Hi,
I have flashed villainrom but would like to go back to the original state my phone came in.
Is there a way to do that so that literally everything gets cleaned up?
Can I just do a factory reset? Will the phone then go back to the original rom? Or do I need to flash something?
I have made a back up of all my apps with Titanium Backup, copied my photos to my pc and have synched my contacts and calendar to google.
Have I missed anything?
Thanks for your help!
angel123 said:
Hi,
I have flashed villainrom but would like to go back to the original state my phone came in.
Flash your original firmware .
Is there a way to do that so that literally everything gets cleaned up?
In CWM recovery mounts and storage format data cache system and sd card ,
Remove battery go to download mode
Flash firmware through ODIN
Can I just do a factory reset? Will the phone then go back to the original rom? Or do I need to flash something?
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I have made a back up of all my apps with Titanium Backup, copied my photos to my pc and have synched my contacts and calendar to google.
Have I missed anything?
If required reset custom rom counter to zero with usb jig .
jje
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Thank you for answering me. Just to make sure, I have to flash my original firmware before and after the cleanup?
No you only have to flash the original firmware once after the clean up once you have backed up of course
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if rooted useing the galaxy sIII toolkit, how can i unroot so i can reset device to out of box state??? i know i would go to CWM and wipe the system, but how would i go about flashing the original recovery???
Daviddc1144 said:
if rooted useing the galaxy sIII toolkit, how can i unroot so i can reset device to out of box state??? i know i would go to CWM and wipe the system, but how would i go about flashing the original recovery???
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when you restore cwm will be gone and wrong forum
darren.wlsn1 said:
when you restore cwm will be gone and wrong forum
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Lol
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where do i get the original recovery to flash???
so i flash it in clockwork recovery, and when phone reboots it is back to OEM????
what i mean is the stock GS3 software.. when i am in clockwork recovery, i wipe the system and i flash the stock software, where do i download it from?? thanks..
So you don't want to unroot you just want to use the stock rom?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726558
see if this helps. i know when i had to unroot it worked and kept all my data but if you are taking it back to the store for warranty you may want to try the app called "triangle away". the app makes it so they cannot tell if you have flashed any ROMs.
check out the development section for how to go back to stock. once i got it back up and running..i also went to settings, privacy to do a system reset as i didnt want them to see superuser app when i took my phone in to the store.
I am still running the stock Rom, I just rooted the phone and flashed clockwork recovery.. I'm trying to do a factory data reset. To reset the phone back to the out of box state. I am under the assumption that when a phone is rooted and a custom recovery is flashed you can not just go into settings and factory reset your phone or you will brick it. Am I correct in this assumption? And if I am corect what I think I have to do is flash the original recovery, then I can reset the phone to factory settings which will wipe it back to stock and remove the root.. correct? I am just not sure where to get the factory recovery. Doesn't clockwork recovery replace the factory recovery?
Yes factory reset after having cwma will not restore back to stock. You''ll have to flash stock via computer or mobile Odin. The link provided above should be helpful
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If you just want to unroot - removing Superuser.apk, su and busybox works.
CWM will stay though.
Then do factory reset and format internal sdcard. That will remove all user data.
So.. if you have clockwork recovery, and you factory reset the phone, it will put the factory recovery back?
I thought trying to reset while having a recovery flashed would lock up the phone...
Daviddc1144 said:
if rooted useing the galaxy sIII toolkit, how can i unroot so i can reset device to out of box state??? i know i would go to CWM and wipe the system, but how would i go about flashing the original recovery???
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If your still having trouble here, the answer this question & alot of others is at galaxys3root.com. It's one of Zedomax's sites that will give you clearly labeled & very easy to follow instructions to unroot for warranty return. He also includes a video where he will walk you step by step through the process. This is a great Site & you can find some great tutorials on the gs3, as well as rom reviews, so be sure to bookmark it! I hope I've helped
no no, i dont want to just follow instructions.. i am trying to understand CWM. i know how to use it, but every phone i ever rooted i was never able to reset back to factory settings because i was never sure if it would screw my phone up and i am trying to learn if it is safe t do. Does CWM replace the factory hboot or just install along with it? if i am rooted and i have CWM flashed, can i still reset to factory settings like normal? and if i do what will happen? will i still have root and CWM?? can i reset back to factory in ANY rom i flash safely? all that resetting back to factory does is remove accounts and .data files correct?? when you do a wipe in CWM it removes the entire OS, then you flash whatever rom you want.. when you reflash the factory ROM, unroot and remove CWM, hboot is still there correct? you dont have to reinstall hboot, right? you just have to make sure you reflashed the original ROM and uninstall root and CWM and then your back to original right?? i am just trying to understand it all thats all.. i know i can follow directions, but i am trying to learn. any site i find explaining CWM, it just explains what it does, i am trying to learn HOW it works so i can feel safe and i dont have to worry about bricking my phone. i was always too afraid to reset any phone i ever rooted because i never fully understood how CWM worked.. i always thought of our phones as a PC, where as a PC has a recovery partition with the software backed up in it, and i always think CWM wiped it clear, so if i try to reset the phone it will be looking for a partition that's not there. but now i think my PC analogy is wrong, and all a factory reset does is remove the .data files, not re install the software.. im trying to figure which one is true..
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Guess were all in the same boat lol
after flashing stock back to the device, it also goes back to stock recovery. after boot, you still have all apps ex. titanium but once u open it will say no root access. u can then go to settings, privacy, and factory reset to get rid of titanium, etc so it is complete stock. no one would be able to tell of your past..lol. i was rooted earlier in week and made mistake of resetting to factory reset before unrooting. nothing bad happened and i unrooted and factory reset to take it to the store hope this clears up stuff.
if you are returning to a store flashing a stock Rom was all I needed to do a warranty exchange.
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This will answers all your questions I would hope.
galaxys3root dot com
I did search how to factory reset but in those threads people generally ask how to KEEP files and settings etc., but I want to delete everything, settings, files, contacts etc. I want my phone to just as when I took it out of the box.
I'm on stock 4.0.4 ROM, rooted, and I did delete some stock Samsung apps, will I have them back when I factory reset. And is it better to do factory reset or just re-flash ROM via Odin.
Thanks
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sirkula said:
I did search how to factory reset but in those threads people generally ask how to KEEP files and settings etc., but I want to delete everything, settings, files, contacts etc. I want my phone to just as when I took it out of the box.
I'm on stock 4.0.4 ROM, rooted, and I did delete some stock Samsung apps, will I have them back when I factory reset. And is it better to do factory reset or just re-flash ROM via Odin.
Thanks
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Deleted apps won't come back to life. Factory rests turns your settings to presets (Android Version's Presets).
If you want an "out-of-the-box" ROM, you're gonna have to flash another one (as long as you didn't have a back up, which i'm guessing you don't).
If you wanna flash a new ROM, beware for the brick bug on 4.0.4.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36884476&postcount=1160
Can I safly re-flash/downgrade to 4.0.3 ROM then update again via wifi?...
I know the answer is here somewhere but I really need someone to guide me...
I bought a Galaxy S3 yesterday and it´s not my first. It came with WanamLite. I know that WanamLite is a good ROM but the phone was laggy as syrup... Last night I flashed the latest leaked 4.2.2 Samsung firmware but I really feel it´s still laggy... as soon as I do two different things in ot it lags like he**.
Now I wanna try to restore EVERYTHING to it´s factory state... kernel, firmware... EVERYTHING! I want to be able to update this phone the usual way... either KIES or OTA. As of now I just get a message that the firmware has been changed and that the phone is not supported.
So... can someone please give me directions to fully restore the phone to it´s original state?
Thanx guys!
first go to recovery and do a wipe data/factory reset and cache and on advanced wipe dalvik cache then go to mounts and storage and format everything there
then go to download mode and flash a stock Rom
So if I do that the custom recovery, root and Everything else will be as "out of the box"?
Isnt it best to use ODIN to flash Stock ROM?
Usually Stock Rom has stock recovery in it.
So if u flash with a stock rom
Then everything will be back to normal.
It is optional to use Triangle Away.
Use it only if u need to rest ur binary count
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Manneman32 said:
So if I do that the custom recovery, root and Everything else will be as "out of the box"?
Isnt it best to use ODIN to flash Stock ROM?
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yes everything will be deleted and back to stock but your binary counter will not be back to 0 for that you will need triangle away for waranty purposes which is useless since you bought your phone second hand
yes odin is the best choice but you need to go to download mode so odin can idintify your phone you can't flash a Rom on home screen LOL
Run triangle away
Flash your stock Rom
Factory reset
slaphead20 said:
Run triangle away
Flash your stock Rom
Factory reset
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Think its the easiest and best way to get back to stock..
-) Check out the latest Firmware for your region on sammobile.com,
-) backup your data / SMS etc if you would,
-) reset the counter with triangle away,
-) flash the downloaded Firmware with Odin and last do a factory reset
Yeah. Just check the flash counter in download mode first. Bootloaders since 4.1.1 have been increasing back to 1 after reboot so you need to be on a stock recovery and kernel to reset without going back to 1 .
Or you have to prevent triangle away from rebooting after the reset. Pull the battery and go straight to download mode
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Everything Went fine... counter restored, and Stock flashed.
First I was worried that the phone had gotten the "Sudden Death" due to the constant freezing... AND it has the stupid chip that causes the darn thing... but after a reset of the phone it works just fine!
Thanx alot guys! I´ll hit the "Thank You"-button!
Manneman32 said:
Everything Went fine... counter restored, and Stock flashed.
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Nice to hear
Thanks for your response my friend
Hi!
I recent rooted my Galaxy s2 skyrocket i727 using Odin and i flashed it with TWR
I backup my stock rom with TWR and i decided to wipe the data to install CM10.1
So after about a day i decided the stock rom (android 4.1) was better
So i decided to wipe the data and recover my stock rom using TWR
The recovery was successful, but when i turn on the phohne.
It is stuck on ANDROID IS UPGRADING: STARTING APPLICATIONS
The only thing i care about is my Contacts and any other thing doesnt matter
if there is anyway to fix the error or get my contacts back please help....
Help appreciated thank you!!!
Usually a complete wipe is necessary when restoring a backup, hopefully your contacts etc are synced or backed up elsewhere, but being it was only for a day I cant imagine you will loose much going to a day old backup
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demkantor said:
Usually a complete wipe is necessary when restoring a backup, hopefully your contacts etc are synced or backed up elsewhere, but being it was only for a day I cant imagine you will loose much going to a day old backup
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i tried complete wiping but i would get the same error
Meta7 said:
Hi!
I recent rooted my Galaxy s2 skyrocket i727 using Odin and i flashed it with TWR
I backup my stock rom with TWR and i decided to wipe the data to install CM10.1
So after about a day i decided the stock rom (android 4.1) was better
So i decided to wipe the data and recover my stock rom using TWR
The recovery was successful, but when i turn on the phohne.
It is stuck on ANDROID IS UPGRADING: STARTING APPLICATIONS
The only thing i care about is my Contacts and any other thing doesnt matter
if there is anyway to fix the error or get my contacts back please help....
Help appreciated thank you!!!
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Hello, do you remember when you saved your contacts, did it prompt you to save it to one of your emails? Because Android phones will most of the time backup your contacts and save it to your email. If you want to check if you it did do a backup, try to reach another working android cellular device, then login using your email account and sync the contacts. If your contacts appear in that phone, it means that there is a backup in your email. And you can now peacefully install the stock rom manually and not by restoring. CLICK HERE to get download the link for the stock rom, you can just install it like any other rom. And if this happens again in the future, make sure you use the PC/MAC software called "Samsung Kies" to backup almost everything important from your phone.
Thank you for consulting the forums, please click the "Thanks" button below this reply if I helped. Have a nice day.\
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I have restored back to stock nab via odin and still have custom status. Deleted all data with TWRP before I restored, removed sd card, and have restored 2 times and still get custom? Any ideas on what could be doing wrong?
wgorham said:
I have restored back to stock nab via odin and still have custom status. Deleted all data with TWRP before I restored, removed sd card, and have restored 2 times and still get custom? Any ideas on what could be doing wrong?
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what i always do is after flashing in odin. i boot to stock recovery wipe whole device. then i re odin and wipe again. usually gets me official status.
Try taking the battery out for a few to do a full shut down hold the power button after battery is out to drain residual energy in chip set.
Make sure you leave the sd card out during first boot after odining back to official and doing the factory restore.
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Do what @kaos420 said, or go-to stock recovery and just do a factory reset.
That method worked for me
Clever23 said:
That method worked for me
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Sorry for taking so long to reply just had a chance to try it. It worked! After the oneclick restore I had to do a factory reset then do another restore and it is now official. Thank you for the help guys!
Does this Wipeout the twrp recovery? I need to send my phone back so I need it back in full factory...
wgorham said:
Sorry for taking so long to reply just had a chance to try it. It worked! After the oneclick restore I had to do a factory reset then do another restore and it is now official. Thank you for the help guys!
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Yes this will restore stock recovery. Do you have the engineering bootloader? If so you will have to flash back to the stock bootloader.
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