I have a Samsung Transform Ultra (rooted), I am using the stock ROM that came with the phone, recently I have corrupted something and need to attempt a factory reset, however some people have said that doing a factory reset on a rooted phone could brick it, so this brings a couple of questions:
1.- How would I un-root my phone, or, if un-rooting is not necessary, what steps should I take to factory reset it safely? My data is safely backed up already.
2.- Has anyone done a factory reset on a rooted Transform Ultra?
Any help would be most appreciated.
The4thDoctor said:
I have a Samsung Transform Ultra (rooted), I am using the stock ROM that came with the phone, recently I have corrupted something and need to attempt a factory reset, however some people have said that doing a factory reset on a rooted phone could brick it, so this brings a couple of questions:
1.- How would I un-root my phone, or, if un-rooting is not necessary, what steps should I take to factory reset it safely? My data is safely backed up already.
2.- Has anyone done a factory reset on a rooted Transform Ultra?
Any help would be most appreciated.
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Don't you have a custom Recovery installed? I don't know about this device specifically, but there should be a factory reset option you can utilize within your Recovery image. You'll need a ROM to flash afterwards also, otherwise you'll have no OS on your device. Or simply flash a NANDroid backup.
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Since my (rooted) phone has the stock factory ROM only, and I never changed it, do I still need a ROM? My original ROM was never removed or changed.
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Since my (rooted) phone has the stock factory ROM only, and I never changed it, do I still need a ROM? My original ROM was never removed or changed.
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Well that's the thing, when you factory reset a rooted phone it wipes everything, including the OS. So after a factory reset there will be no ROM to boot into. Even though you've never changed it and you're running stock, you'd still need a copy of that stock ROM (if you wanted to continue running stock). But if you've made a nandroid backup (complete snapshot of your entire system) at some point before you noticed the current problem you're having, it might be easier to simply restore that particular backup via Recovery.
I never flashed any roms or recovery, just rooted.
Unfortunately, I never made a nandroid backup before I had this problem, however, my daughter has an identical phone, could I make such a backup from hers, and use it on my phone, then just delete her settings etc?
I had no idea that just rooting would kill the stock ROM image, making the phone un-recoverable, I thought that rooting only gave me superuser permissions.
The4thDoctor said:
I never flashed any roms or recovery, just rooted.
Unfortunately, I never made a nandroid backup before I had this problem, however, my daughter has an identical phone, could I make such a backup from hers, and use it on my phone, then just delete her settings etc?
I had no idea that just rooting would kill the stock ROM image, making the phone un-recoverable, I thought that rooting only gave me superuser permissions.
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Looks like Clockworkmod doesn't support your device.... not sure what custom Recoveries are available for your phone... but rooting doesn't mess up the stock ROM, we (the users) mess up our ROMs. You're right when you said that rooting gives you superuser privileges, and with those privileges come the unfortunate ability to screws stuff up. In my case I have tons of backups and a custom Recovery whereby I can wipe the phone and restore if need be. I also have ADB installed and can use Fastboot commands if things go sideways. Basically if you're gonna root have a backup plan.
Can you perhaps follow an unrooting method? Then you could safely factory reset without losing the OS... you know...the more I think about this, the more I wonder if you could just use the factory reset option from within the phone's settings... on a custom ROM you'd never do it, but in your situation (no custom recovery or ROM) who knows, maybe it would work with a problem.... I'll ask a friend of mine and post back.
Edit: Never heard back, but in your case on the stock ROM without a custom Recovery you *should* be able to factory reset through the Privacy setting section of your settings. If you do lose root, simply re root and you're good to go.
Thanks, Well I am going to give it a try and see what happens, worst case, I will have to buy another phone.
EDIT: I had no problems with factory reset, thank you!
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Anyone know how to go about this on my GSII?
Planning on flashing to Stock and would prefer a fresh start, would just flashing the firmware be sufficient?
I do remember seeing a reset option when pressing power+home+vol down on start. Would ideally like everything to go back to factory and all data deleted, basically factory fresh.
Thanks Guys.
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Anyone know how to go about this on my GSII?
Planning on flashing to Stock and would prefer a fresh start, would just flashing the firmware be sufficient?
I do remember seeing a reset option when pressing power+home+vol down on start. Would ideally like everything to go back to factory and all data deleted, basically factory fresh.
Thanks Guys.
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Have you rooted and flashed anything or changed anything on /system?
If not, the reset option in recovery would be fine.
If you have, you would need to reflash.
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Have you rooted and flashed anything or changed anything on /system?
If not, the reset option in recovery would be fine.
If you have, you would need to reflash.
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Thanks for the prompt reply.
Rooted yes, though not sure if anything is changed on/system as a result (I personally haven't).
I've an O2 Handest so would like to unbrand, hence I would be flashing to the actual stock Rom so I'm assuming I would need to Root again anyhow?
Just wondering If I would need to reset then flash, or would flash be sufficient and get rid of everything in the process?
A flash should be enough to clear out anything left behind.
You would obviously flash the O2 UK firmware, and you would want to reset the download mode counter (see the dev section) before you presented it as an "untouched" phone
How do you completely and totally factory reset the Note 3?
I rooted the device and backed up some files by renaming name. For example the the otacerts.zip file. I rename it to otacerts.zip.bak. When I did a factory reset in the recovery mode it was still there, when I did a factory reset in the software it was still there.
I want to do a factory reset where it erases absolutely everything and completely rewrites the rom and every file.
I thought when you did factory reset you usually see the android guy in the beginning rewriting the rom to the drive, but now it just wipes and resets but leaves all files pretty much the same.
How do I get around this? Do I have to use Kies 3? I thought I read somewhere that even Kies the official app can trip Knox.
Is there another way to reset the rom and rewrite the rom and all the files?
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How do you completely and totally factory reset the Note 3?
I rooted the device and backed up some files by renaming name. For example the the otacerts.zip file. I rename it to otacerts.zip.bak. When I did a factory reset in the recovery mode it was still there, when I did a factory reset in the software it was still there.
I want to do a factory reset where it erases absolutely everything and completely rewrites the rom and every file.
I thought when you did factory reset you usually see the android guy in the beginning rewriting the rom to the drive, but now it just wipes and resets but leaves all files pretty much the same.
How do I get around this? Do I have to use Kies 3? I thought I read somewhere that even Kies the official app can trip Knox.
Is there another way to reset the rom and rewrite the rom and all the files?
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You have to use a custom recovery and then you would have to flash a rom if you wipe the system
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You have to use a custom recovery and then you would have to flash a rom if you wipe the system
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So phones now a days no longer have the ROMS saved on to the phones where they do a complete rewrite or copy of the ROM onto the drive? You have to manually flash them now with software?
This process will trip KNOX right? Even if I use KIES or ODIN and only flash exacty factory ROM back on? Or will it not trip KNOX if I use stock ROM to flash like this one?
SPR-N900PVPUBMJ4-20131028151254
Is there anyway to flash that ROM above without tripping KNOX?
I can't believe that ROM is not on the drive already and re-written when you do a Factory Reset.
If I use this ...
andromint-Odin-v3-09
to flash this ...
SPR-N900PVPUBMJ4-20131028151254
Will I trip KNOX?
And if it will is there any way to do a Factory Reset without tripping KNOX. Not a basic reset a complete rewrite of the ROM?
If not I guess I am screwed and I will have to trip KNOX in order to completely reset my phone. That is outrageous.
P.S. Will I trip KNOX if I use this one click method?
SM-N900P MJ4 Full Restore Unrooted (Compressed Archive).exe
In your first post you said you are rooted. Unless you rooted with Kingo, your Knox counter is already tripped. There is no known way to reset Knox once it has been tripped.
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In your first post you said you are rooted. Unless you rooted with Kingo, your Knox counter is already tripped. There is no known way to reset Knox once it has been tripped.
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I rooted with Kingo. So my KNOX is at Zero. I un-rooted with Kingo and when I booted in recovery it said that my system was still official.
My question remains that if I want to do a complete recovery erasing absolutely everything and leaving nothing is there a way to do this without using a custom recovery program like ODIN or Kies?
I do not want to merely erase my Data and do a reset. I want to reload the ROM. Is it just me or did not phones use to do this? If you did a factory reset on an older phone it would reboot and you would see the Android guy at the beginning and everything would be completely fresh with nothing left over. Is this a thing of the past? Do manufactures not keep the Stock Images on the phones any more? What is the point of a factory reset if you can't do that? They should just call it Data Wipe, or "Wipe Your Personal Data" button.
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I rooted with Kingo. So my KNOX is at Zero. I un-rooted with Kingo and when I booted in recovery it said that my system was still official.
My question remains that if I want to do a complete recovery erasing absolutely everything and leaving nothing is there a way to do this without using a custom recovery program like ODIN or Kies?
I do not want to merely erase my Data and do a reset. I want to reload the ROM. Is it just me or did not phones use to do this? If you did a factory reset on an older phone it would reboot and you would see the Android guy at the beginning and everything would be completely fresh with nothing left over. Is this a thing of the past? Do manufactures not keep the Stock Images on the phones any more? What is the point of a factory reset if you can't do that? They should just call it Data Wipe, or "Wipe Your Personal Data" button.
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The rom on this phone stock is almost 1.9 gb uncompressed. ... And not really they didn't keep a rom on your phone sort of like a nandroid backup. .. If your still jelly bean and not kit kat yes you can Odin that stock mj4 and be good but if you took a ota and have 4.4.2 you will have to Odin nab or nc5 ... There is no going back to jelly bean if you are on kit kat
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A factory reset will delete your personal data and all apps and reset the phone to the unmodified out of the box ROM or whatever ROM you're running. You can download the same or another ROM and install it with Odin if you want to overwrite what's there. Even if you could erase everything from your phone, I don't know of any tools to load a ROM to a completely empty phone.
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The rom on this phone stock is almost 1.9 gb uncompressed. ... And not really they didn't keep a rom on your phone sort of like a nandroid backup. .. If your still jelly bean and not kit kat yes you can Odin that stock mj4 and be good but if you took a ota and have 4.4.2 you will have to Odin nab or nc5 ... There is no going back to jelly bean if you are on kit kat
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So there is no ROM on my phone to go completely back to? You know like the old Dell Streak or older Android phones. Seemed like they had the ROM somewhere on the phone and it would reload everything. Meaning that like if you change a system file to .bak because you didn't want to checking something every time you booted up. Well if you did a Factory Reset you would have to rename that file again to .bak again because it re-set everything literally.
I am still on 4.3 and I did not upgrade to 4.4.2.
I just want to reset my phone to absolutely stock experience even over writting everything including anything that I might of changed in the system files by renaming something to .bak I should not be able to find anything that I did in the past with my phone when doing a complete factory reset.
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A factory reset will delete your personal data and all apps and reset the phone to the unmodified out of the box ROM or whatever ROM you're running. You can download the same or another ROM and install it with Odin if you want to overwrite what's there. Even if you could erase everything from your phone, I don't know of any tools to load a ROM to a completely empty phone.
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I did a factory reset but like I mention earlier it kept my modified files of OTA update so I cannot receive updates. I did that because I was tired of rececing notifications about the OTA because I do not want to update my phone.
The surprise came in when I did the factory reset my modifications where still there. That is precisely my point. It does not appear that a factory reset is a true reset but just a personal data eraser.
On the old Androids it would take like 10 to 15 minutes to Factory Reset because it was actually rewriting the entire ROM again from an image built into the phone. Now it just seems that it erases personal data and that is it. Well at least on my anyway, unless there is an error or something. I mean do they have the 1.9 GB file on factory ROM on the phone or do they not?
I do not want to erase my phone first. I just want it to take the original stock image that should be on my phone and completely reset it and over write all information on my phone to new leaving nothing except new image.
Is my factory image corrupt? Am I missing something?
If I remember right, Windows phones worked like that but Android doesn't. You were only able to rename system files because you were rooted. You can't expect a restore to undo anything you did when you were rooted, You can either root again and rename them back or Odin the 4.3 stock ROM again to replace/rewrite all files. That will replace the original files but your renamed ones will still be there.
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So there is no ROM on my phone to go completely back to? You know like the old Dell Streak or older Android phones. Seemed like they had the ROM somewhere on the phone and it would reload everything. Meaning that like if you change a system file to .bak because you didn't want to checking something every time you booted up. Well if you did a Factory Reset you would have to rename that file again to .bak again because it re-set everything literally.
I am still on 4.3 and I did not upgrade to 4.4.2.
I just want to reset my phone to absolutely stock experience even over writting everything including anything that I might of changed in the system files by renaming something to .bak I should not be able to find anything that I did in the past with my phone when doing a complete factory reset.
I did a factory reset but like I mention earlier it kept my modified files of OTA update so I cannot receive updates. I did that because I was tired of rececing notifications about the OTA because I do not want to update my phone.
The surprise came in when I did the factory reset my modifications where still there. That is precisely my point. It does not appear that a factory reset is a true reset but just a personal data eraser.
On the old Androids it would take like 10 to 15 minutes to Factory Reset because it was actually rewriting the entire ROM again from an image built into the phone. Now it just seems that it erases personal data and that is it. Well at least on my anyway, unless there is an error or something. I mean do they have the 1.9 GB file on factory ROM on the phone or do they not?
I do not want to erase my phone first. I just want it to take the original stock image that should be on my phone and completely reset it and over write all information on my phone to new leaving nothing except new image.
Is my factory image corrupt? Am I missing something?
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If you take it to sprint they use a tar file and Odin just like this .... That is all you have to do. .. Don't make it so hard
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If I remember right, Windows phones worked like that but Android doesn't. You were only able to rename system files because you were rooted. You can't expect a restore to undo anything you did when you were rooted, You can either root again and rename them back or Odin the 4.3 stock ROM again to replace/rewrite all files. That will replace the original files but your renamed ones will still be there.
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I remember for a fact that when I would rename some system files to prevent reloading other system files that Android developed a script or something that would replace even what I had renamed so each time I recovered I had to rename the system files again.
That is what I am looking for this time. I complete re-wipe.
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If you take it to sprint they use a tar file and Odin just like this .... That is all you have to do. .. Don't make it so hard
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I am not that worried about it. I just want to know if I use Odin and a factory image will I trip the KNOX counter.
I actually just reset my phone and reinstalled everything and rooted it with Kingo and KNOX is still not tripped so I am happy. I solved the battery issue that I was having.
I just wanted to know for future use if there was a way to completely wipe a Note 3 with absolutely nothing remaining without tripping KNOW. Not just wipe user data.
Do not mean to sound redundant but if I reset my phone by re flashing the stock ROM on it via ODIN or KIES will I trip KNOX?
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Do not mean to sound redundant but if I reset my phone by re flashing the stock ROM on it via ODIN or KIES will I trip KNOX?
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No it won't trip Knox.
Hello Everyone,
Ok so not sure where to start, umm yesterday i decided to root my phone i have the HTC Desire C from Cricket wireless. I was successful at unlocking my bootloader and rooting the device. Now for some reason im unable to flash a custom rom or whatever to my device, not sure if im doing something wrong, but i must have screwed something up because i cant even perform a factory reset or a hard reset to the device at all, and the google play store no longer works and the sync icon never goes away. Now when i attempt to flash the custom rom the clockwork recovery tool wont allow me to do a full wipe which i believe must be completed before you can even install the roms.
any help or suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You.
Just unlocking and rooting the device should not affect how the Play Store works at all. That seems odd. What's the error? By the Clockwork recovery tool, are you referring to the Rom Manager or the actual ClockWorkMod recovery?
es0tericcha0s said:
Just unlocking and rooting the device should not affect how the Play Store works at all. That seems odd. What's the error? By the Clockwork recovery tool, are you referring to the Rom Manager or the actual ClockWorkMod recovery?
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Actually you know what, I think i know what happened. when i was trying to flash the rom i also flashed the gapps for jelly bean into my phone which is running ice cream sandwich currently because the rom flashing failed. So basically i think the gapps apps are conflicting with the stock apps on the phone ? It seems like all the google apps are the only ones messing up and the google account sync is messing up also the google playstore and google plus crashes a lot so its only the google apps. so what do you think and how do i restore the phone ? I didnt make a back up recovery either. If someone could also just walk me through how to flash a custom rom like CyanogenMod i believe everything will probably fix its self (hopefully). oh and as for the Clockworkmod i think its the actual clockworkmod recovery the one with a black hat, i accessed it through bootloader recovery options, anyway it doesnt allow me to flash any custom roms ive tried like 3 so far and everytime it ask me for some update file or something about a update not sure.
Yep, the other Google apps is what did it. You don't need to flash Gapps on a stock rom, only for ones like CM that don't come pre-installed. Well, first off, it's good to take note of what system version and baseband version you have, in case you need to find the files for later to reflash. As far as CM, well, you might want to check on how stable a version is for your phone. Often times less popular HTC CDMA phones don't have as good of support from CM. If you just find another stock rom and install it through CWM, you'll probably be fine. Just make sure to wipe everything suggested in the install guide for the rom you pick. Some devs and roms require a full wipe including /system and some do not. ProTip : Do a backup in CWM before ever wiping /system, even your system now which doesn't work right, because if you wipe the system and the rom you downloaded doesn't work, then you will be stuck with nothing to do and at that point would need to find the RUU from HTC to restore the phone back to stock.
FYI: If you unlocked via htcdev.com, this is not a full unlock and whenever you install a custom rom that has a different kernel than what is already on the phone, then you need to extract the boot.img from the rom.zip and install it via fastboot. You should get familiar with fastboot as it is very handy for reviving the phone in a worst case scenario.
es0tericcha0s said:
Yep, the other Google apps is what did it. You don't need to flash Gapps on a stock rom, only for ones like CM that don't come pre-installed. Well, first off, it's good to take note of what system version and baseband version you have, in case you need to find the files for later to reflash. As far as CM, well, you might want to check on how stable a version is for your phone. Often times less popular HTC CDMA phones don't have as good of support from CM. If you just find another stock rom and install it through CWM, you'll probably be fine. Just make sure to wipe everything suggested in the install guide for the rom you pick. Some devs and roms require a full wipe including /system and some do not. ProTip : Do a backup in CWM before ever wiping /system, even your system now which doesn't work right, because if you wipe the system and the rom you downloaded doesn't work, then you will be stuck with nothing to do and at that point would need to find the RUU from HTC to restore the phone back to stock.
FYI: If you unlocked via htcdev.com, this is not a full unlock and whenever you install a custom rom that has a different kernel than what is already on the phone, then you need to extract the boot.img from the rom.zip and install it via fastboot. You should get familiar with fastboot as it is very handy for reviving the phone in a worst case scenario.
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Ok Thanks for the reply, now as for the full wipe my CWM wont allow me to do this im only allowed to do a cache wipe and I believe this is why im unable to get a Rom working on my phone and this is getting very frustrating, the CWM is the latest version and TWRT wont even flash to my phone so that one doesnt work at all if you know of any others please let me know. Yesterday morning i soft bricked my phone and none of the roms are working because i believe i must perform a full wipe which i am unable to do at this time. oh and about unlocking my bootloader via htcdev.com and it not being a full unlock, do you suggest that may have something to do with the fact roms wont work on my phone and how do you do a full unlock ? oh and i tried to restore back to stock also thats not working either, I get a status 7 error when installing the roms and sometimes a status 6.
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Ok Thanks for the reply, now as for the full wipe my CWM wont allow me to do this im only allowed to do a cache wipe and I believe this is why im unable to get a Rom working on my phone and this is getting very frustrating, the CWM is the latest version and TWRT wont even flash to my phone so that one doesnt work at all if you know of any others please let me know. Yesterday morning i soft bricked my phone and none of the roms are working because i believe i must perform a full wipe which i am unable to do at this time. oh and about unlocking my bootloader via htcdev.com and it not being a full unlock, do you suggest that may have something to do with the fact roms wont work on my phone and how do you do a full unlock ? oh and i tried to restore back to stock also thats not working either, I get a status 7 error when installing the roms and sometimes a status 6.
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Are you sure you don't have the recovery from another version of the Desire C - GSM maybe? I still don't understand what you mean when you say you can factory reset. Why not? What is the error? And sounds like at this point you should just use the RUU to return to full stock and start over.
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Are you sure you don't have the recovery from another version of the Desire C - GSM maybe? I still don't understand what you mean when you say you can factory reset. Why not? What is the error? And sounds like at this point you should just use the RUU to return to full stock and start over.
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Ok not sure what the RUU is and how im suppose to use it to return to full stock, and correct i cant perform a factory reset in bootloader period, when i select factory reset it does nothing but reboot and say HTC "this build is for development purposes only do not distribute outside of htc without written permission. Failure to comply may lead to legal action." then it stays like that and nothing else happens period, not sure what im doing wrong but no worries im going to buy a new phone tomorrow and never use custom roms again, if i want a upgrade ill just go out and buy a new phone which i should have done in the first place, only thing ill be doing is rooting my devices for now on and nothing more thank you for your help.
Well, once you have a custom recovery, you don't factory reset from the bootloader screen, but via the recovery itself. That's one of the main reasons for the recovery - better options to wipe the phone as well as backing up, restoring, and flashing the custom stuff. Not saying you shouldn't buy another phone, but no reason to give up on this one. I just think it would require a bit more reading since you don't see very familiar with what to do with CWM after you installed it. Have you even booted INTO CWM?
Hey guys
I have a Galaxy S3, GT-I9300 with the default, non-rooted 4.3 Jelly Bean.
I saw a custom TouchWiz Galaxy S5 4.4 KitKat ROM thread and I immediately wanted to download it, but Im afraid in case I dont like it, I will have no way to get back to my old OS, so the question I want to ask is: Is there any kind of full system backup without root, or if not, is there a way to root it, backup, install the rom, and if I dont like it, reinstall the default one and unroot so I dont void warranty? Thanks.
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Hey guys
I have a Galaxy S3, GT-I9300 with the default, non-rooted 4.3 Jelly Bean.
I saw a custom TouchWiz Galaxy S5 4.4 KitKat ROM thread and I immediately wanted to download it, but Im afraid in case I dont like it, I will have no way to get back to my old OS, so the question I want to ask is: Is there any kind of full system backup without root, or if not, is there a way to root it, backup, install the rom, and if I dont like it, reinstall the default one and unroot so I dont void warranty? Thanks.
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You'll be able to go back.
I recommend backing up all your contacts, call logs, texts, apps, etc with a backup app like Go Backup, or something similar, then making sure that folder and your internal storage is copied to a PC or somewhere safe. Then you put the rom on your phone, install a custom recovery via Odin, reboot directly to recovery before it reboots to the OS (otherwise the stock system will replace the recovery with the original one and you'll have to do it again) and do a full backup of the OS and data (called a nandroid backup), then follow the install directions for the rom provided by the developer. Typically it's factory reset then install, but in some cases you will need to also wipe the system. Check the thread to see if they recommend using a different modem as many updates need the right one to make sure you have the best connection, GPS, etc.
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You'll be able to go back.
I recommend backing up all your contacts, call logs, texts, apps, etc with a backup app like Go Backup, or something similar, then making sure that folder and your internal storage is copied to a PC or somewhere safe. Then you put the rom on your phone, install a custom recovery via Odin, reboot directly to recovery before it reboots to the OS (otherwise the stock system will replace the recovery with the original one and you'll have to do it again) and do a full backup of the OS and data (called a nandroid backup), then follow the install directions for the rom provided by the developer. Typically it's factory reset then install, but in some cases you will need to also wipe the system. Check the thread to see if they recommend using a different modem as many updates need the right one to make sure you have the best connection, GPS, etc.
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Sorry but I lost you when you talked about installing a custom recovery via Odin and until you talked about a nandroid backup. I've installed custom ROMs on my old Galaxy Gio so Im fairly familiar with how to installing ROMs and rooting, what I dont understand is:
The part i said you lost me
How to boot into that blue and black menu (In gio it was sleep+home buttons, and in this one i dont know)
thanks
Metrox!' said:
Sorry but I lost you when you talked about installing a custom recovery via Odin and until you talked about a nandroid backup. I've installed custom ROMs on my old Galaxy Gio so Im fairly familiar with how to installing ROMs and rooting, what I dont understand is:
The part i said you lost me
How to boot into that blue and black menu (In gio it was sleep+home buttons, and in this one i dont know)
thanks
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Now I'm confused...how did you flash roms and do nandroid backups on the Galaxy Gio if not via a custom recovery?
But anyway, it's always good to check out your phone forum's Stickies, especially in the General and Developer sections.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/howto-rooting-wiping-flashing-ultimate-t1911726
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Now I'm confused...how did you flash roms and do nandroid backups on the Galaxy Gio if not via a custom recovery?
But anyway, it's always good to check out your phone forum's Stickies, especially in the General and Developer sections.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/howto-rooting-wiping-flashing-ultimate-t1911726
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I remember vaguely that I rooted it with some zip, installed cwm recovery but before that, i only backuped SMS, CONTACTS, CALL LOGS AND APPS, not the system, thus dictating that if I wanted to go back i needed a custom rom to install. I didnt make a backup copy of the system, just the ones I said above. In this one I want to make a complete backup, preferably before I rooted it so I could go back without voiding warranty. If you have any doubts, you can PM me your skype for a faster troubleshooting, thanks
Metrox!' said:
I remember vaguely that I rooted it with some zip, installed cwm recovery but before that, i only backuped SMS, CONTACTS, CALL LOGS AND APPS, not the system, thus dictating that if I wanted to go back i needed a custom rom to install. I didnt make a backup copy of the system, just the ones I said above. In this one I want to make a complete backup, preferably before I rooted it so I could go back without voiding warranty. If you have any doubts, you can PM me your skype for a faster troubleshooting, thanks
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Can't back up the whole system without a custom recovery. Only the stuff you previously mentioned and some other stuff like wifi/BT connections, wallpapers, ringtones, etc.
As far as recovery, it is accessed via Home+Vol Up+Power and Download Mode is accessed by Home+Volume Down+Power.
es0tericcha0s said:
Can't back up the whole system without a custom recovery. Only the stuff you previously mentioned and some other stuff like wifi/BT connections, wallpapers, ringtones, etc.
As far as recovery, it is accessed via Home+Vol Up+Power and Download Mode is accessed by Home+Volume Down+Power.
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Ok so, then I have to root it, install cwm and download the rom and install in cwm.
Suggestions on where to find the root zip file and app to backup the whole system after I root it?
If you dont mind or can help with it, a step by step on how to root it, back everything up and preparing for install would be much appreciated as im rusty from messing around with that stuff
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Ok so, then I have to root it, install cwm and download the rom and install in cwm.
Suggestions on where to find the root zip file and app to backup the whole system after I root it?
If you dont mind or can help with it, a step by step on how to root it, back everything up and preparing for install would be much appreciated as im rusty from messing around with that stuff
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You don't need to root to perform a nandroid backup, just have to install a custom recovery via Odin and boot to it before the system reboots as it will overwrite the custom recovery. But I already gave you a link with all the info you'll need to root, recovery, and custom rom your phone. And as I mentioned, you need to look at the Stickies in the section for your phone here on xda. I don't like to help those that don't want to help themselves first.
I have TWRP installed it has been good to me but now I'm having some issues so I'd figure the best thing to do is to completely wipe the phone and start fresh.
What is the best way to do that. I know I will lose root and TWRP but I have no issues with starting over again.
This is a rookie mistake by editing build.prop file without backing it up. My fault and I will remember this but trying to start over might be the easiest. I just can't find the answer if that Restore G3 to stock will get rid of TWRP or just deletes the user data. Luckily I have a TIBackup of all the factory apps and I reloaded them back on.
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I have TWRP installed it has been good to me but now I'm having some issues so I'd figure the best thing to do is to completely wipe the phone and start fresh.
What is the best way to do that. I know I will lose root and TWRP but I have no issues with starting over again.
This is a rookie mistake by editing build.prop file without backing it up. My fault and I will remember this but trying to start over might be the easiest. I just can't find the answer if that Restore G3 to stock will get rid of TWRP or just deletes the user data. Luckily I have a TIBackup of all the factory apps and I reloaded them back on.
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I'm not sure if the "factory data reset" from the settings menu within android will or not, but the full "reset" with the .tot file and LG flash tool definitely will (I just did this 2 nights ago). Flashing a new rom via TWRP with a .zip file might be your easiest bet though lol.
I did a factory reset the other day but still having issues so I was thinking of just starting over.
I thought about a new ROM too but I'd rather just fix it right the first time. Restoring my data is easy for me so no biggie
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couldn't another G3 owner sent you a copy of the build.prop file?
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couldn't another G3 owner sent you a copy of the build.prop file?
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True. This could also work if someone has a unmodified build.prop file for VZW?
Anyone?
My concern is if someone gives me a ATT or another carrier then I would be screwed.
One of the purposes of installing twrp is so you can backup to solve problems like this. If your going to perform a factory restore I suggest you pull your sim card and do not connect to wifi. before restore also get copies to sdcard of stump.apk and titanium.apk to freeze system updates. Bump the device and make a copy and you will never have to restore to factory again with the lg app. You will always have a freshstart install.
Yea and that was my mistake. I just forgot to do a backup. I'll be doing that once I get it sorted out.
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