I would like to restore back to stock rom. The restore completes without any issues except I have low ram. When I flash a custom rom I have around 500mb available but when I restore I have less than 100mb available. Im from the uk so figure I have to flash the ramfix.img. Could somebody help me as Im not too sure how to flash an image. I thought that by restoring back to stock the ram issue would no longer be present?
Sorry guys.... I really need some help here. I can restore back to stock but my ram is low. How do I flash ramfix.img to fix low ram on stock rom?
thanks
you need to flash a fruitcake rom from the fruitcakes thread for your device
Really, can you explain why? Not that I think your information is wrong in any way. I have a backup of my stock rom, I can recover this rom but due to my atrix being from the uk I get low ram issues. I thought that I could maybe fastboot and flash the ramfix.img after restoring my stock rom? I'll take a look at fruitcake again.
Thanks...
I'm selling my atrix and just wanted to go back to stock.
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1. What is the difference between performing a nandroid backup after booting into recovery and doing one through Rom Manager?
2. Where are the backups saved and is there any chance of them being overwritten by flashing a rom?
No difference
In the clockwork folder, internal memory.
You will not lose this because the rom's do not wipe internal, just data (apps)
I need a bit of clarification. What exactly is a nandroid...if i assume that it is a complete back up of all data and apps, would i be correct? As you can see im a bit confused. I read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475&page=2 (just in case i wanted to revert back to a stock rom for what ever reason) is the nandroid used once you flash back to stock using odin to get everything back to stock or can you us the nandroid to get back to stock?
Ive searched on here and cant really find a straight answer.
Thanks for the help!
Hi guys, I really need a big help over here . Before i flash my 2.1 to custom rom (the latest miui which looks very attractive ) i backup the rom using rom manager and flash my vibrant to the miui firmware then i backup it once more and i feel doesn't comfortable with it then i go for a backup again .When i intended to restore a error occur which is mdu5 missing (i think so) then i select my 1st backup (2.1) then i let my rom manager do it all but my vibrant NOW stuck in samsung home screen which doesn't move into vibrant screen . i try to get into download mode but no luck !!! Urgent need a big help !!!
By the way my vibrant is hardware locked .
ODIN to stock. From there root and flash the MIUI of your choosing. If you are trying to flash "ReVaMpEd" version, keep in mind you will still need to flash the "Original MIUI for US" first. Then the "ReVaMpEd". Either way that should get you to where you wanna be with MIUI, ENJOY!
If you ever plan to use the "nandroid" backup you made of the stock 2.1, you will need to ODIN back to stock, then root, and then restore the nandroid backup. Being that once on MIUI you will be on 2.3.5 gingerbread. You never wanna restore a backup of a different firmware then what you are currently running.
Good luck!
kawika said:
ODIN to stock. From there root and flash the MIUI of your choosing. If you are trying to flash "ReVaMpEd" version, keep in mind you will still need to flash the "Original MIUI for US" first. Then the "ReVaMpEd". Either way that should get you to where you wanna be with MIUI, ENJOY!
If you ever plan to use the "nandroid" backup you made of the stock 2.1, you will need to ODIN back to stock, then root, and then restore the nandroid backup. Being that once on MIUI you will be on 2.3.5 gingerbread. You never wanna restore a backup of a different firmware then what you are currently running.
Good luck!
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what he said above ....
i always almost prefer to Odin to stock even before I restore any backup. so I have a clean platform to work from.
Thanks for trying hard to solve my problem but the problem is .... i mention that my device is hardware locked means that i cant get through download mode ... is there anyway other way i can get into download mode ?
Buy a JIG. I honestly would keep trying the buttons though.
I know this is old but did you fix?
I've had bluetooth streaming problems with EVERY ICS custom ROM that I've tried before and after 3.11.605.22, and while on the stock RUU itself. I want to get back to a GBE based ROM, on stock firmware but I wonder how it's going to work after having flashed the 3.11.605.22 RUU.
Has anyone gone back? Is it even possible to get back to the previous firmware, or am I SOL?
I assume that a simple nandroid restore is now out of the question (and probably won't fix the bluetooth problem) given the firmware changes with the RUU
nukeboyt said:
I've had bluetooth streaming problems with EVERY ICS custom ROM that I've tried before and after 3.11.605.22, and while on the stock RUU itself. I want to get back to a GBE based ROM, on stock firmware but I wonder how it's going to work after having flashed the 3.11.605.22 RUU.
Has anyone gone back? Is it even possible to get back to the previous firmware, or am I SOL?
I assume that a simple nandroid restore is now out of the question (and probably won't fix the bluetooth problem) given the firmware changes with the RUU
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it actually is just that simple, flash your GB nandroid and/or ROM the GB kernel.
you will need to flash this file after flashing back to your nandroid/ROM in order for rom to see SD card.. same fix was applied with old firmware to have sd seen on ics roms. its just doing the reverse.
http://www.mediafire.com/?3b1t2y9i11onm41
andybones said:
it actually is just that simple, flash your GB nandroid and/or ROM the GB kernel.
you will need to flash this file after flashing back to your nandroid/ROM in order for rom to see SD card.. same fix was applied with old firmware to have sd seen on ics roms. its just doing the reverse.
http://www.mediafire.com/?3b1t2y9i11onm41
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Similar situation. Completely unacceptable power draw is frying my battery on the leak. I'm afraid I'm going to cook my phone, and USB charge can't keep up with the drain unless I put it in airplane mode. I have good nandroid backups of the current OTA release (released February, I think?) but I don't know where to get suitable GB kernel or how to install it. Can you explain?
andybones said:
it actually is just that simple, flash your GB nandroid and/or ROM the GB kernel.
you will need to flash this file after flashing back to your nandroid/ROM in order for rom to see SD card.. same fix was applied with old firmware to have sd seen on ics roms. its just doing the reverse.
http://www.mediafire.com/?3b1t2y9i11onm41
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Thanks. I'll have to give it a try. So you say I should flash a previous backup / ROM from recovery, then flash the kernel (if it doesn't flash as a part of the ROM installation)
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Thanks. I'll have to give it a try. So you say I should flash a previous backup / ROM from recovery, then flash the kernel (if it doesn't flash as a part of the ROM installation)
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yea do the exact same thing you would do as if you are on still on the old firmware.
the ONLY thing you do differently, is flash the .zip file I attached in my other post anything AFTER flashing the new GB ROM/ and/or old backup.. and kernel(in hboot) if not included in ROM.
Hey guys,
Wanted to get a sure answer.
Whats the safest way to restore back to the stock firmware fro CM10 (or any rom in general).
There are two answers that i seem to have come across.
Answer 1:
Just download the stock firmware. Extract tar. Load onto PDA, check auto reset the flash reset and then start. Boom done! Everything reverts to stock, modem, firmware, kernel, etc.
Answer 2:
YOU MUST first flash stock kernel. So flash that first via odin then open odin again and flash the rom. If you don't flash the stock kernel first and then just flash the stock firmware, you'll have some issues.
As you can see, both are a bit contradicting. Whats the right method?
You missed one.
Make a nandroid of your stock ROM. then once you're done checking out CM or whatever else, just restore that. A lot less headache.
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You missed one.
Make a nandroid of your stock ROM. then once you're done checking out CM or whatever else, just restore that. A lot less headache.
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Yep, nandroid is much much faster. In fact I went to lunch today and restored my CM10 nandroid to show a friend. 10 minutes later I was back to my Samsung ROM. Its much easier than flashing stock, then re-rooting, then loading all your apps and data back on.
I had heard that nandroid restores between stock/CM9/CM10 were causing bugs, or something of the sort.
If it really is working that easily, I might have to give these CM9/CM10 builds a try. I just didn't want to play around with it for a bit and then be forced to set up my stock configuration all again, because I do have a need for a certain level of stability.
Edit: Ah, I was thinking of our Verizon version however. I think it might require an Odin flash back to stock, then you can restore a stock nandroid backup.
While I can't guarantee you won't have problems, I can say that I haven't had any issues while restoring nandroids.
*your experience may differ.
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What version of CWM or TWRP is working fine for nandroid backup and restore, specially for Tmo version?
Sent from my SGH-T999
Is this possible? The full details are I had my phone stolen, and got a new one with android 4.0.4 on it. I have on my computer a copy of my latest backup of my old cognition gingerbread rom. Can I just use CWM to recover to my old rom, or do i need to first downgrade to a gingerbread rom, and then recover?
Thankyou very much for assistance
Edit: Also, I don't actually want to use the old rom, I just need the contacts it saved, afterwards I'll wipe everything and install a clean ICS mod. In case there's any way of doing this without having to revert
You'll probably need to restore the backup with a version of CWM close to the one the backup was made with, you can often have problems restoring if you're using a CWM version a lot (say 12 mths or more) newer than the one you made the backup with.
So I'd probably go GB/with a rooted GB kernel first, restore the backup & go from there. I mean, it could work first try with an ICS kernel that's running a recent CWM build, but there's a fair chance it won't.
Edit - And be really careful with stock 4.0.4, don't do a wipe while you're running that.
Wow. I just... wow.
Ok, so I did the stupid thing and just tried to restore my old backup without doing proper downgrading first and it ended up soft bricking my machine, couldn't get recovery mode up, but I got into download mode. So I downloaded my country's stock gingerbread rom from samsung's site and flashed it with odin just to see what happens, and somehow my old rom was working again, and I have all my contacts and data. saved everything up to google, upgraded to ICS, import.
Everything went better than expected.
Thanks for the help
Told you Important thing is you managed to fix it yourself without asking silly questions in Q&A. Not many people seem to be able to do that these days.
Well done. I'm glad you got it sorted
Edit -You're welcome