I've been away from the RAZR community for a while and forget the methods for reverting to stock. Will the DroidRazrUtility 1.82 revert my phone back to stock?
I'm running SafeStrap v3.11
ROM: LiquidSmooth (Liquid-JB-v2.3-OFFICIAL)
Android Version: 4.2.2
What's your stock android version?
DigitalJosee said:
What's your stock android version?
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I forget. It's been a while since I used this phone. I believe stock was 4.1.2
Regardless, I wiped my custom ROM slot, activated stock ROM, uninstalled SafeStrap and factory reset the phone. It's basically stock but rooted and good to go to whoever decides to buy it.
I also need to revert mine to stock. I accidentally installed fat free bean rom on the stock rom slot. There original version of Android on my phone was 4.1.2. The rom installed is a moto based Rom though.
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Now i had Vodafone Eu 4.1.2 on my stock and i accidentally installed Avatar ROM on it (I wanted to keep my stock slot on Moto JB and use system 2 for experimenting with other ROMs like Avatar) . Now both my slots: slot 1 and slot 2 have Avatar ROM on it. Is there any way to go back to Moto JB without going thru the RSD way..??
I have BMM
If you made a backup prior to flashing avatar you can; otherwise you're pretty much stuck without "your"stock..but worry not my friend you can flash this rom instead,it is stock,much better than original I'd say; it is deodexed and looks very cool.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2371207
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If you made a backup prior to flashing avatar you can; otherwise you're pretty much stuck without "your"stock..but worry not my friend you can flash this rom instead,it is stock,much better than original I'd say; it is deodexed and looks very cool.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2371207
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Have been using this for sometime now and it is very good. Best thing as stated above is that its deodexed and comes with root.
Hey guys I have been on CM11 for a while now and I have decided I just want basically a stock TW ROM now a days...something that is on the newest firmware if possible. I ran Hyperdrive for a while but it hasn't been updated in a month and I would like something more stock anyways.
I may just go back to stock MDK with root...
Also what is the newest radios?
Thanks
Development for this device has slowed down a lot, so Hyperdrive and Jellybeans are about your only choice, but neither have been updated in quite a while.
I was still running CleanROM 1.6.5 up until Hyperdreive RLS12 came out.
HD just updated on Christmas ... You guys will learn monthly updates are pretty quick for tw roms. I'm fairly sure jellybeans won't be getting another update. But we have a patch you can flash to use international tw ROMs so you really have tons of options.
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I wondered this myself recently before taking the TW plunge.
Newest radio is MK2.
Good stock roms are old&slow's stock MK2 or jrkruse's. Old&slow's rom is completely stock. jrkruse's has aroma options.
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Hey guys I have been on CM11 for a while now and I have decided I just want basically a stock TW ROM now a days...something that is on the newest firmware if possible. I ran Hyperdrive for a while but it hasn't been updated in a month and I would like something more stock anyways.
I may just go back to stock MDK with root...
Also what is the newest radios?
Thanks
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as long as you don't take an OTA or odin a later firmware image...if you do that, your bootloader is locked. There are TW based ROMS that you can set up to be close to stock.
I just put factory stock back on but am rooted and custom recovery
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I am currently running jellybeans ver21 on android 4.1.2. Can I just use odin and upgrade the MJ9 firmware then wipe and load new roms using the newest firmware or do I have to go back to stock first?
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I am currently running jellybeans ver21 on android 4.1.2. Can I just use odin and upgrade the MJ9 firmware then wipe and load new roms using the newest firmware or do I have to go back to stock first?
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From what I read (because I have the MJ9), having 4.1.2 with MJ9 can either cause messy problems with some apps and sms/mms/calls/data/etc. or works perfectly fine (usually when you flash a custom ROM).
I haven't done it myself but you're more than welcome to do a complete backup of everything on your phone and flash MJ9.
Best of luck to you.
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I am currently running jellybeans ver21 on android 4.1.2. Can I just use odin and upgrade the MJ9 firmware then wipe and load new roms using the newest firmware or do I have to go back to stock first?
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I went from 4.1.2 and Beans 22. I flashed mj9 with Odin, booted immediately in to recovery and then flashed Alliance 26. It's working perfectly.
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I am running alliance rom MJ9, safestrap 4.3 bootloader. I am still on 4.3, can I update to ND7 alliance rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-2-verizon/development/rom-alliancerom-build-27-t2896823) without having to take the OTA to 4.4.2? like can I use my current safestrap and everything(MJ9) and upgrade my rom only to ND7(4.4.2)? I want to be able to run 4.4.2 but still reset my phone back to 4.3 rom after I am ready to get rid of it/sell it, I don't want to UPDATE my PHONE to 4.3 I want to put a ROM on 4.4.2
If you have a locked bootloader and are using Safestrap you cannot flash Alliance build 27 and up. It is because to use safe strap the way it is being used on the Verizon note 2, the rom has to flash over the stock rom, instead of using a rom slot and it is using the stock kernel.
The kernel in the rom you want to flash have to be the same as the stock kernel you are running now or it will not work for you. The kernel in Alliance build 27 and up is incompatible.
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I got a used Note 2 that was already updated to the mj9 version with the locked bootloader. I rooted it using saferoot and installed safestrap.. Been trying out the mj9 roms and I like the ones I've used, but I want to know if there's a way to update this still awesome beast of a phone to nd7 or higher. I've downloaded the I605VRUFND7_I605VZWFND7_VZW.zip file from samroms, but it's still sitting untouched because I haven't seen anything definite.. I'm currently running Alliance build 26 mj9 version, but I also have build 30 nd7 version and Nephilim.STABLE.EMJ9.ROM.v8.0-FINAL-R3Ds.zip
downloaded and sitting on my sdcard with the official nd7 update from samroms..
Basically I wonder if I can just Odin the official samroms nd7? If there is a bootimg I need to delete first? Can I wipe and install the alliance build 30 for nd7?
I suppose mainly I want to get a newer Android version going and want to know the best way to go about it.. The phone isn't activated with Verizon, and I only use it on Wi-Fi, not as an actual phone..
Any tips, suggestions, or ideas are appreciated. Thanks in advance to the best community out there..
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I got a used Note 2 that was already updated to the mj9 version with the locked bootloader. I rooted it using saferoot and installed safestrap.. Been trying out the mj9 roms and I like the ones I've used, but I want to know if there's a way to update this still awesome beast of a phone to nd7 or higher. I've downloaded the I605VRUFND7_I605VZWFND7_VZW.zip file from samroms, but it's still sitting untouched because I haven't seen anything definite.. I'm currently running Alliance build 26 mj9 version, but I also have build 30 nd7 version and Nephilim.STABLE.EMJ9.ROM.v8.0-FINAL-R3Ds.zip
downloaded and sitting on my sdcard with the official nd7 update from samroms..
Basically I wonder if I can just Odin the official samroms nd7? If there is a bootimg I need to delete first? Can I wipe and install the alliance build 30 for nd7?
I suppose mainly I want to get a newer Android version going and want to know the best way to go about it.. The phone isn't activated with Verizon, and I only use it on Wi-Fi, not as an actual phone..
Any tips, suggestions, or ideas are appreciated. Thanks in advance to the best community out there..
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Since your bootloader is locked (and the bootloader is unlockable on 4.3+), the only options I can think of for you would be to.... 1). either stay on 4.3 MJ9 with Safestrap and use 4.3 stock based roms - OR - 2). upgrade the phone to stock 4.4.2 and then root it with Ghettoroot and use Safestrap to run 4.4.2 stock based ROM's. (Due to having a locked bootloader-- you are forced to use stock based ROM's that use the stock kernel when using Safestrap). So, if your phone is on a 4.3 based bootloader - you have to stay with 4.3 based stock ROM's. Once you go to 4.4.2, you have to stay with 4.4.2 stock based ROM's.
My Note 2 is still on the 4.1.2 bootloader, so I haven't personally had to use Safestrap on the Note 2.... but I've read where others say that they've successfully used Safestrap on 4.4.2 after getting the phone rooted.
Personally, I prefer 4.3 to 4.4.2 on my Note 2. I could never find a 4.4.2 based ROM that didn't have some sort of bug that drove me crazy(ier). Either the bluetooth audio would stutter, I would get a lot of lagging with the UI, or would get poor battery life. However, many others report having good success with 4.4.2, so you might be happy with upgrading. I actually decided to come back to the 4.3/MJ9 based Jett ROM v. 3.0, as it does everything that I want in a ROM, works well with my Sony SW3 smartwatch, and runs very stable with great battery life. If you haven't tried out Jett ROM yet, you might want to give it a try (you can find it in the development forum).
Since your phone isn't activated - you obviously won't be getting OTA's, so you'll have to use ODIN if you want to upgrade. If you do decide to upgrade the phone to 4.4.2, you won't be able to return to 4.3 again due to the locked bootloader issue. Also.... if you upgrade 4.4.2, you may want to restore back to total stock 4.3 first and make sure it's wiped clean with a factory reset-- just to make sure nothing is leftover that could mess up the upgrade to 4.4.2.
Good luck!
Hey mattnmag, thanks for the info! It was a good read, and I didn't realize that if I upgraded to kit kat I wouldn't be able to downgrade back to jellybean if I didn't like it.. I've still got all the files I need except for the mj9 stock firmware, so I'll have to dl that before I get too crazy with this thing..
But I did dl the Jett ROM, and I'm gonna give that a run later tonight probably.. Just gotta get my backups onto the PC first just in case.. I hate doing full wipes though.. Because I'm lazy and don't like reinstalling everything lol..
What I'd really like it's too have my cyanogenmod back.. I had that on my old Droid RAZR and loved it..
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