Yesterday I flashed to the Charmeleon rom using TWRP. Stupidly I didn't make a backup of the stock rom and part of the process is wiping the current rom completely, which I did. Now it seems like I'm stuck with no way to get back to my stock rom. If there is ANY WAY to get back to the complete, full stock rom my EVO LTE came with, PLEASE explain to me how to do it! Thanks in advance for anyone who offers their help.
Well 1 you're in general so you're in the wrong section. 2 Yes! you can go back to stock WITH OUT your stuff using a RUU
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1655733
Or flash the stock rooted rom.
"We're coming from a pure power source"
Ok quick question, I found RUU files here - http://stockroms.net/file/HTCEvo4GLTE/RUU, and the link you gave me has 3 new ones... can anyone tell me which one is current?
cg121792 said:
Ok quick question, I found RUU files here - http://stockroms.net/file/HTCEvo4GLTE/RUU, and the link you gave me has 3 new ones... can anyone tell me which one is current?
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your supposed to flash the same one that on your phone now... go into menu in about.. software info.. more.. build number.. mines is 1.13651.1 so thats the ruu that i would run... check to see what build u got and run that ruu and u golden!
Well that's my problem, none of those are on my phone, the Charmeleon rom is. I completely wiped the stock rom away which is what I'm trying to get back. Am I not able to do so?
An ruu is run from your pc, a rom is flashed through your recovery. Not to be a ****, but I think you should have read
a lot more about all of this before you started. So download the stock rooted rom from the dev section, boot into recovery, wipe everything but your sd card, and flash the rom just like you did before.
"We're coming from a pure power source"
Yeah sorry man, I'm just getting ahead of myself a bit because I've been searching this for the last (literally) 8 hours freaked out that I've done permanent damage to my phone. There's so many variations and believe it or not, there isn't a lot on this for this particular phone. Thanks to all you guys though, you all helped me a lot. Appreciate it.
The most recent build is 1.13, so you want to flash the stock rom of that build. It's always good to have the current ruu on your computer as a precaution, it can bring your phone back from the dead most of the time. Other than than its pretty easy, i'm on my phone so I can't post a link, but all you need should be in the stickies in the development section.
"We're coming from a pure power source"
Okay guys ran into antother quick problem. My bootloader was unlocked and in order to install the RUU it has to be locked. So I re-locked it and my phone will only start into the bootloader, with a 'security warning' on the screen. I now found out that if you have a custom rom installed when you re-lock the bootloader, you can only start into the bootloader until you run the RUU. So now I'm basically trying to find out how to run the RUU without actually being into my phone.
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Yeah sorry man, I'm just getting ahead of myself a bit because I've been searching this for the last (literally) 8 hours freaked out that I've done permanent damage to my phone. There's so many variations and believe it or not, there isn't a lot on this for this particular phone. Thanks to all you guys though, you all helped me a lot. Appreciate it.
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Like thwese guys said, if u want to take your phone into Sprint for any reason, just flash the Stock Rooted ROM. The RUU will take your phone back to it Original state, but u need to relock your Bootloader before u run that. But dont run the RUU and all that, just to have a Bacjup of a stock ROM. That would just be silly. flash the Stock Rooted ROM, and make a backup of that. It will be no different from having the Original Stock ROM. Only differnce is, is that it has SU and Busybox installed with it. SO your fine. No worries
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Okay guys ran into antother quick problem. My bootloader was unlocked and in order to install the RUU it has to be locked. So I re-locked it and my phone will only start into the bootloader, with a 'security warning' on the screen. I now found out that if you have a custom rom installed when you re-lock the bootloader, you can only start into the bootloader until you run the RUU. So now I'm basically trying to find out how to run the RUU without actually being into my phone.
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You should b able to run the RUU while the phone is in fastboot.
Everything worked. So now I'm completely back to the stock rom as if I had just taken the phone out of the box?
cg121792 said:
Everything worked. So now I'm completely back to the stock rom as if I had just taken the phone out of the box?
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I did the same thing you did but with CM10 rom. Where can I find the most current stock ROM that is rooted? I want to stay rooted but also have the stock ROM available to flash? Your input is extremely appreciated.
Hello Community,
I rooted using the Regawmod method and went ahead and flashed a rom but forgot to make a backup of my stock rom. I'm having trouble with this rom and want to go back to stock now but I have S-on. Forgive a newb for this question but how can I run an RUU to restore this to stock? I have a crack in my screen and want to send it back but not until i restore it. Any information will be greatly appreciated!
Thx
Relock the bootloader then run the RUU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yS7yy4XVA4
Does going back to stock remove custom recovery such as 4ext recovery? And by returning to stock, does it return everything back to stock as if it were a brand new phone?
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Does going back to stock remove custom recovery such as 4ext recovery? And by returning to stock, does it return everything back to stock as if it were a brand new phone?
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no returning to stock does not remove 4ext recovery.. and technically yes the phone will be "bran new" although if anyone checks your bootloader status it will say "relocked" since you need to relock the boot loader before you flash back to stock with the RUU... if you would like more info on "how to return to stock" and flash back "stock" recovery.. please provide the following info... : carrier, android os version (whether GB or ICS) and S-On/S-Off.. thank you and i hope that answered your question
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no returning to stock does not remove 4ext recovery.. and technically yes the phone will be "bran new" although if anyone checks your bootloader status it will say "relocked" since you need to relock the boot loader before you flash back to stock with the RUU... if you would like more info on "how to return to stock" and flash back "stock" recovery.. please provide the following info... : carrier, android os version (whether GB or ICS) and S-On/S-Off.. thank you and i hope that answered your question
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I would like more info about flashing "stock" recovery.
Carrier: T-Mobile
Android OS: ICS
S-ON
Oh and flashing both stock ROM and stock recovery is basically a complete stock of a phone, right?
Edit: I just finished flashing the stock ROM (RUBY_ICS_35_S_TMOUS_2.14.531.3_R2_Radio_1.14.550L.17DC_30.78.550L.15_release_262141_signed.zip)
how did you flash the stock rom? from recovery or from the bootloader? and flashing the RUU is considering going back to "stock" flashing stock recovery also is just an extra people do incase they need too
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how did you flash the stock rom? from recovery or from the bootloader? and flashing the RUU is considering going back to "stock" flashing stock recovery also is just an extra people do incase they need too
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I flashed it through bootloader in fastboot. So basically I'm completely in 'stock/original' just from flashing the RUU?
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I flashed it through bootloader in fastboot. So basically I'm completely in 'stock/original' just from flashing the RUU?
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yes.. that is stock.. the recovery doesn't really matter.. if your just returning to stock in order to S-Off or fix another issue your having..
Hey guys!
So I unlocked and rooted my off and flashed the Google stock edition rom to my phone. I would like to return to stock. Completely stock.
I used HTCs RUU Update utility and it failed and put my phone in an infinite bootloader loop.
How can I go back to stock? Thanks :3
AxleStar said:
Hey guys!
So I unlocked and rooted my off and flashed the Google stock edition rom to my phone. I would like to return to stock. Completely stock.
I used HTCs RUU Update utility and it failed and put my phone in an infinite bootloader loop.
How can I go back to stock? Thanks :3
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I just relocked my bootloader and now I can't get past the bootloader. It boots into it
Wipe cache via all in one kit. Rerun ruu.exe.
Hello,
Im currently s-on, unlocked, and running the viper rom. But now I have the purple tint bug and need to go back to stock for a replacement. Being s-on, since firewater is discontinued, i'd prefer not to have to spend 25$ to return a phone. The firmware it came with is the latest, and I don't remember it off the top of my head. Unfortunately I no longer have my backup of stock in my twrp folder so I can not go that route. Anyone know what I can do in this situation? I don't mind it still saying unlocked/relocked, just want it to be as close to stock as possible.
Thanks
Evo1514 said:
Hello,
Im currently s-on, unlocked, and running the viper rom. But now I have the purple tint bug and need to go back to stock for a replacement. Being s-on, since firewater is discontinued, i'd prefer not to have to spend 25$ to return a phone. The firmware it came with is the latest, and I don't remember it off the top of my head. Unfortunately I no longer have my backup of stock in my twrp folder so I can not go that route. Anyone know what I can do in this situation? I don't mind it still saying unlocked/relocked, just want it to be as close to stock as possible.
Thanks
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If you on 5.x firmware use this
Guru_Reset_M7_5.12.502.2_clsA.zip
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23501681358545274
in the setup choose yes to stock recovery and radio and no to root and don't root when you exit twrp