Nandroid backup - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777

Quick question, I searched but just want to be sure. I recently come over to ics but might want to go back to stock with root. Will doing a nandroid backup take me there if that's when I did it?
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ZephCr said:
Quick question, I searched but just want to be sure. I recently come over to ics but might want to go back to stock with root. Will doing a nandroid backup take me there if that's when I did it?
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Yes. If you made your nandroid when on stock rooted that's what will be restored
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ZephCr said:
Quick question, I searched but just want to be sure. I recently come over to ics but might want to go back to stock with root. Will doing a nandroid backup take me there if that's when I did it?
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I suggest flashing UnNamed if you want a stock rom feel & look with a few extra benefits.
Also ShoStock but its more beefy with nice additions but still stock base.

LiLChris06 said:
I suggest flashing UnNamed if you want a stock rom feel & look with a few extra benefits.
Also ShoStock but its more beefy with nice additions but still stock base.
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I'm on ShoStock, it's not bad but it seems to get really hot & drains the battery even when plugged in when I'm playing games or watching stuff.
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ZephCr said:
I'm on ShoStock, it's not bad but it seems to get really hot & drains the battery even when plugged in when I'm playing games or watching stuff.
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Just FYI. you will get worse battery life on stock.

ZephCr said:
Quick question, I searched but just want to be sure. I recently come over to ics but might want to go back to stock with root. Will doing a nandroid backup take me there if that's when I did it?
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U have to have made a nandroid backup when u had the stock rooted rom if u wanna go back to that state. If not u will have to go back to stock and re root
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Nandroid Backup will get you back when you did that nandroid backup.

ZephCr said:
I'm on ShoStock, it's not bad but it seems to get really hot & drains the battery even when plugged in when I'm playing games or watching stuff.
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Well I am talking about Gingerbread though.

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Ok so i restored my stock backup because i needed to do a fresh install of unnamed. now when i turn the phone off it comes right back on and when i try to go into recovery it just continues booting up. what have i done and what do i need to do?
Even with phone on you can press and hold power and both volume up and down. Keep holding it and it will boot you into recovery.
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there is no need to go to stock to do a new rom flash
The problem is fixed but now i face a new dilemma. When i go to turn the phone off it comes right back on. Even with a hard shut down. Also happens when i pull the battery and put it back in. It will turn on again by it self. I am on unnamed 1.3.1 with the blue monkey theme. Any ideas?
what if maybe your power button is tweaked?
I guess warranty wouldnt cover it because I'm rooted?
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MWilkenson said:
I guess warranty wouldnt cover it because I'm rooted?
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If you revert the root using entropy rom and a jig you can return it for warranty work undetected.
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k4zyn said:
If you revert the root using entropy rom and a jig you can return it for warranty work undetected.
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Alright thanks. Ill look into it. me being an android noob is not helping the situation lol.
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MWilkenson said:
Alright thanks. Ill look into it. me being an android noob is not helping the situation lol.
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True
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Be still true
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Ok I'm honestly baffled here. My battery life has been terrible. Here's what has been done recently. two days ago I restored my stock back up and flashed unnamed 1.3.1. Noticed my battery was dying very quickly. So I went into cwm. Wiped data, cache and davik cache and reflashed unnamed 1.3.1. My battery is dying no exaggeration about 10% every 40-50 minutes. In addition to all this...my phone wont stay turned off. It turns it self on after about 2 seconds. Ugh please help me.
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Wow. That's pretty rough. I say go back to 100% stock and see how it goes. If it still is dropping that fast your battery may be bad.
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The phone screen turning back on so often says "rogue app" to me.
I really appreciate the replys. I'm going to take one more day and see how it goes...if its still not working right ill be buying a USB jig and learning how to get back to stock.
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Wow. That's pretty rough. I say go back to 100% stock and see how it goes. If it still is dropping that fast your battery may be bad.
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Also when you say go back to 100% stock...do you mean like restore my stock back up? Or am i going back to 100% stock unrooted? Or what? I've seen a couple threads, I'm just confused so I apologize. If you could guide me in the right direction I would appreciate it.
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MWilkenson said:
Also when you say go back to 100% stock...do you mean like restore my stock back up? Or am i going back to 100% stock unrooted? Or what? I've seen a couple threads, I'm just confused so I apologize. If you could guide me in the right direction I would appreciate it.
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Use Entropy512's return/unbrick to stock package. Or I have an Odin3 OneClick Downloader of his package is you prefer. It's a little easier. See the link in my signature.
There is no such thing as a backup of 100% stock. To make a working nandroid backup, you need to already have a custom kernel installed.
creepyncrawly said:
Use Entropy512's return/unbrick to stock package. Or I have an Odin3 OneClick Downloader of his package is you prefer. It's a little easier. See the link in my signature.
There is no such thing as a backup of 100% stock. To make a working nandroid backup, you need to already have a custom kernel installed.
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Thank you so much. I will check it out when I get home. So after I do that I'll still be rooted? Or do I need to root again before I flash a rom again? I promise im almost out of noob questions.
And I might try getting a new battery to fix the other problem. I'd hate to have to send my phone in for warranty
EDIT: ok i just looked at your link with odin 3. say i use the one without root. i would essentially be bone stock out of the box correct? and from there i could just start over, use the guide on how to root, etc.?
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MWilkenson said:
EDIT: ok i just looked at your link with odin 3. say i use the one without root. i would essentially be bone stock out of the box correct? and from there i could just start over, use the guide on how to root, etc.?
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The only difference between the two packages is one will give you root while the other will not. If you go with the one with root you will be 100% stock aside from root. I only recommend going 100% because then you'll know it won't be any rogue apps draining the battery or issues from a custom rom. If you get the expected battery life stock rom has then you'll know the battery is good. If it's lower than what is usually is for stock rom most at&t stores will replace the battery on the spot for you.
So no benefit of going with the package without root unless you're taking it back to at&t.
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ok i just went back to stock + root. about to flash the unnamed rom again. I cannot express how appreciative i am for everyones help and for being patient with me. im slowing learning as much as i can. thanks everyone!
Pay it forward
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indeed i will sir.
although i do have another question..sorry. Ok so when i first rooted i became acustom to CWM and flashing unnamed rom themes in that. After i used odin3 one click it gives me the android system recovery 3e and ive never seen it before. can i still flash unnamed through this or do i do something different?
edit: ha nevermind i found it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18576627#post18576627
sorry.

Reverting back to GB from ICS

To the people wondering about going back to GB after flashing ICS it works fine. I restored a nandroid backup and everything works just fine.
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Thanks,
This is definitely good to know!
can we make a nandroid of ICS and revert back to that?
Is it safe from design gears and dagr8? Just wondering because one says it doesn't change basebands and the other i haven't found where it mentions it
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trentthompson said:
Is it safe from design gears and dagr8? Just wondering because one says it doesn't change basebands and the other i haven't found where it mentions it
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we'll find out in a second. Im reverting to GB from DesignGears.
*crosses fingers*
s1mpd1ddy said:
we'll find out in a second. Im reverting to GB from DesignGears.
*crosses fingers*
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thanks for the effort but dont do that.
after some reading, designgears .exe leak changes everything INCLUDING flashing ics bootloaders. if you read dag8s op he uses gingerbread bootloaders with ics on top to allow you to restore back to a gingerbread backup seamlessly.
Otherwise you will have to manually flash gb bootloaders
powdered_donuts said:
thanks for the effort but dont do that.
after some reading, designgears .exe leak changes everything INCLUDING flashing ics bootloaders. if you read dag8s op he uses gingerbread bootloaders with ics on top to allow you to restore back to a gingerbread backup seamlessly.
Otherwise you will have to manually flash gb bootloaders
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It worked though. I'm back on the "Unofficial" with GB. I'll post any updates if I have any problems but it seems like its good
s1mpd1ddy said:
It worked though. I'm back on the "Unofficial" with GB. I'll post any updates if I have any problems but it seems like its good
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Thats awesome! I just would have felt bad if your next post was about a brick and i didnt speak up lol. Good to know, im sure there is at least one dev looking into the bootloaders and stuff im sure we will know why soon enough.
Thanks this is good info right here.
Yeah you can nandroid ics and restore from gb. The different baseband doesn't seem to have any effect on gb.
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If you are going back from ics to gb you loose your modem, the ics modem stays, well did on my tells note
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pterry30 said:
If you are going back from ics to gb you loose your modem, the ics modem stays, well did on my tells note
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Worked fine for me.
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My nandroid of GB was wiped in the transition using the EXE to ICS. Now that I'm a dumbass, how do I get back to Gingerbread?
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oxeneers said:
My nandroid of GB was wiped in the transition using the EXE to ICS. Now that I'm a dumbass, how do I get back to Gingerbread?
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my guess is downloading the ODIN version of the stock gingerbread, and then flashing it through ODIN.
I take no responsibility if you brick your device though.
s1mpd1ddy said:
my guess is downloading the ODIN version of the stock gingerbread, and then flashing it through ODIN.
I take no responsibility if you brick your device though.
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So, were you able to go back to GB? I don't like this leaked ICS, very slow, tried all of the above launcher. I need to revert to.
oxeneers said:
My nandroid of GB was wiped in the transition using the EXE to ICS. Now that I'm a dumbass, how do I get back to Gingerbread?
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It's good to keep your backups on the external sd
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I flashed the exe and can't go back even in Odin and I used 3 different PCs it get stuck at the system flash the only thing I can flash are recovery img nothing I do works
This has been bugging me for a while, what's GB?
id_mew said:
This has been bugging me for a while, what's GB?
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Gingerbread?
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id_mew said:
This has been bugging me for a while, what's GB?
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Gingerbread

How to install custom ROMS?

I really want to Try out these custom ROMS but I don't know where to start!
Plus I want to make sure I can get back to the original state as well so if there is anyone who can put me in right directions I would really appreciate it, plus I want something that's fast power efficient and minimalistic when it comes to ROMS so any suggestions on that will be appreciated as well.
Are you rooted?
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Robert235 said:
Are you rooted?
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I haven't even rooted, everything is stock.
Made a guide link here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2035331
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Made a guide link here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2035331
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Thank you so much!!!
Any guide to backup my current state on my phone so if anything goes wrong or if I want to put it back to stock I can revert back?

[Q] Kernel questions

I'm thinking of installing flapjaxxx kernel on my i717 running black star x, will this dump my current settings and contacts?
And what are the steps to do this (running cwm)?
It shouldn't. All I did was boot into recovery, wipe cache, wipe dalvik, then install from sd card.
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Weissling said:
I'm thinking of installing flapjaxxx kernel on my i717 running black star x, will this dump my current settings and contacts?
And what are the steps to do this (running cwm)?
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No it will not. Make sure you use the correct kernel.
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Ended horribly lol. Phone wouldn't go past load screen. Had to reinstall the Rom. Oh well, after the wipe the whole thing seems more stable.
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Weissling said:
Ended horribly lol. Phone wouldn't go past load screen. Had to reinstall the Rom. Oh well, after the wipe the whole thing seems more stable.
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sounds like you flashed the wrong kernel then. Which kernel of his did you flash?
http://goo.im/devs/flappjaxxx/i717/kernel/3.0.2/ICS-TW
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http://goo.im/devs/flappjaxxx/i717/kernel/3.0.2/ICS-TW
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That should have worked for you as long as you were on Blackstar X and not xi
It was definitely x. It was getting buggy and unstable though. Not sure why, maybe i restored too much w ti. This round im doing all fresh installs.
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Aaaand success! Rocking bsx with h0tcakez like the cool kids. Dont know why it worked this time or what the advantages are (call me a noob i deserve it) but its running
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Weissling said:
Aaaand success! Rocking bsx with h0tcakez like the cool kids. Dont know why it worked this time or what the advantages are (call me a noob i deserve it) but its running
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Glad you got it running. No telling what the issue was before
I bricked my phone, I want to know why
Hi.
First of all I apologize for my not so good English.
The thing is that I hard bricked my note i717 by flashing a wrong kernel and now I know that JTAG is my only option, but I want to know if they are going to be able to bring my phone back to life, I don't live in the US that is the reason why I want to be 100% sure before I send it.
I was experiencing some problems with the USB not being recognized by any computer, after searching and reading a lot of post it came dawn to an incompatible kernel (something to do with the fast-charge option) so I´ve tried to flash a fast-charge compatible kernel but I downloaded it wrong and BAM!!! my phone is just a brick now (kinda useful to hold the door)
Full info:
I had the stock AT&T rom, then flashed some other roms without problems until this one:
cm-10.1-20130304-experimental-quincyatt-m2, that's where the USB problems began... after that one I had pa_quincatt-2.57-20120122-201611 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1686320)
My question is:
Is it possible to connect the device(you know the JTAG method http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0SX3iDuIZc ) now that it is hardbricked even if it wasn't recognized before bricking?
I appreciate the responses in advance. :laugh::laugh:

[Q] I deleted my efs data in the service menu

I was on CleanRom ACE 5.0 I think. Then I deleted my EFS data from within the service menu. Then I couldn't get a cell signal.
Today I flashed back to a stock I605VRAMC3 using ODIN. That didn't fix it.
Can you please point me in the right direction on how to fix this?
I've read the forum for about 3 hours and can't find the answer.
Thanks.
Do you have a twrp or cwm backup?
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macasus76 said:
Do you have a twrp or cwm backup?
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No, I have twrp installed on my phone, but didn't make a backup on this phone.
I don't think I have any saved backups from older phones either.
Is there a file I can copy to my phone or ADB commands to make it work?
I've seen a few posts where people ask for the EFS files, maybe there are three of them?
I don't know what the result of those requests were.
I can email you mine. Not sure of that will help. Send me a pm with your email. I'm at work now so I will send when I get home.
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macasus76 said:
I can email you mine. Not sure of that will help. Send me a pm with your email. I'm at work now so I will send when I get home.
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Thanks! I had replaced my Note 2 in December using my assurian insurance with $100 deductible. So I called them today and told 'DonTrey' what happened. He said they'd send me a new phone for free so I didn't argue.
It should get here tomorrow. Are there any issues flashing to the latest ROMs? Which one would you recommend?
Depends on what firmware is installed when you get it. If it's completely locked down then safestrap will give you root but no custom roms as of yet. I prefer meanbean but that's just my opinion. I run meanbean reborn v0.9 It's so smooth and battery life is the best. But again just my 2 cents.
Just found this for future reference
How to Backup EFS for SCH-I605?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51538033
How to Backup EFS for SCH-I605?
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Depends on what firmware is installed when you get it. If it's completely locked down then safestrap will give you root but no custom roms as of yet. I prefer meanbean but that's just my opinion. I run meanbean reborn v0.9 It's so smooth and battery life is the best. But again just my 2 cents.
Just found this for future reference
How to Backup EFS for SCH-I605?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51538033
How to Backup EFS for SCH-I605?
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OK thanks Macasus, I might try that meanbean. Is it a 4.4 or 4.3 Touchwiz based ROM? I saw some ROMs that included some stuff from the Note 3. I might try some of them out.
I'll do some reading and find out how to tell if my new phone is completely locked down. That would suck. I'm hoping it will arrive today.
I have a week of vacation, and of course I have to deal with my phone for half of it. I'm almost ready to jump ship and get an iPhone. j/k
Izord that's not even funny lol! Glad I can help and the folks here will be just as helpful along the way I'm sure. Enjoy!
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