Currently on Freeza's stock TAR KK and Odin Phil's CWM. If I were to go into recovery and do a factory reset plus wipe Internal storage would I be able to flash Sec's ROM w/o issue?
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Yeah I would wipe everything minus your sd card a couple times then flash Sacs, always does me good.
SantinoInc said:
Currently on Freeza's stock TAR KK and Odin Phil's CWM. If I were to go into recovery and do a factory reset plus wipe Internal storage would I be able to flash Sec's ROM w/o issue?
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I honestly don't see why you couldn't, if already on KitKat, but always check the OP for the rom you're intending to run.
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Hi all,
So I was trying to re-flash a friend's S3 stock firmware I9300XXBLFB via odin and 1 file ROM, everything went fine but when the device rebooted it wasn't back to factory, in fact all the data was still there as if nothing happened. So I shut down the phone, rebooted into recovery and did a wipe/cache and wipe/data factory reset, rebooted, this is when it got back to factory condition. My question is why didn't it work the first time after I flashed with Odin? Is it because I didn't tick on re-partition and had no PIT file???
That's how it should work to ensure upgrading/updating newer firmware doesn't wipe phone data. Otherwise, we will be very headache
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So ur saying that it's normal that nothing changes after flashing via odin??? Why not just skip this step then and just do a wipe cache and wipe data from recovery???
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Flashing using odin is to change phone firmware /rooting or any mods that are flashable via odin. Is not meant to wipe phone.
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Ok, So let's say I messed up my phone and the software get stuck a lot and I wanna get it back as new, do I just do a wipe data/factory reset and wipe/cache partition from recovery??
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Ok, So let's say I messed up my phone and the software get stuck a lot and I wanna get it back as new, do I just do a wipe data/factory reset and wipe/cache partition from recovery??
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hi!
to get that brand new feeling, you have to flash a stock firmware first and just basically reset to factory settings no need to wipe caches because that is already taken care of when you do a factory reset
i hope this helps!
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but the above poster Arsaw said there's no need to flash via odin to do a wipe...
Yes. First step to fix bugs is to factory reset which will wipe everything and start from scratch.
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Quick question, why does Odin show the ID:COM field in Cyan and not yellow? Is it like this in the new versions? Also will Odin do the flashing process even if USB Debugging is enabled??
Yes, newer odin should show cyan colour.
Normally is it suggested to enable the debugging when flashing with odin. Why you think it will fail?
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Nvm, I was just wondering
Thanks a lot for the help, appreciate it
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I'm new to the thundbolt. I purchased a rooted thunderbolt which after activation keeps prompting me to update. Is there no method of freezing the ota with this device? Best way is to download the zip which I did ? But how do you go about flashing it so it will stop the ota ? Thanks for all your help !
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Reading about renaming files now
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Reboot into recovery. Choose install from SD card or flash a zip. Find the file and flash it then wipe cache and dalvik cache and rebooy
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Is it suppose to be upgrading upon reboot ? Thanks
Haha yea. That's android building caches. Comes with ics and up
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Reboot into recovery. Choose install from SD card or flash a zip. Find the file and flash it then wipe cache and dalvik cache and rebooy
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This was immensely helpful. I had forgotten how to do this as I hadn't flashed my phone in ages.
Thank you!
I've flashed the Cm Nightly, then the xperia rom. I cannot flash a ROM? I can really, but stays stuck at the boot animation screen. Just unlocked bootloader, and flashed that bat file for recovery. I did factory reset, wiped dalvik and cache, still stuck. I don't even have the stock one. Does it matter if I have s on? Am I missing something?
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I've flashed the Cm Nightly, then the xperia rom. I cannot flash a ROM? I can really, but stays stuck at the boot animation screen. Just unlocked bootloader, and flashed that bat file for recovery. I did factory reset, wiped dalvik and cache, still stuck. I don't even have the stock one. Does it matter if I have s on? Am I missing something?
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Which recovery are you using?
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I've flashed the Cm Nightly, then the xperia rom. I cannot flash a ROM? I can really, but stays stuck at the boot animation screen. Just unlocked bootloader, and flashed that bat file for recovery. I did factory reset, wiped dalvik and cache, still stuck. I don't even have the stock one. Does it matter if I have s on? Am I missing something?
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Amm first of all I'll recommend you to flash 4ext recovery.
Then if you have branded amaze then it's ohk you can flash the ics firmware and then simply wipe all partitions via 4ext anđ flash the Rom..
But if you have unbranded amaze then s-off is must and then further steps..
Have you done this! ?
If not then do this and for working device flash gb Rom if you have not updated yet
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Which recovery are you using?
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Already fixed. I installed TWRP v2.3.3.0 and flashed some unofficial Cm 4.2.2 rom and gapps, then flashed boot.img via adb. Now I have another problem. I have no internal storage. Only about 2gb.
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This is just crazy, I'm going to attempt reflashing. Just bought this phone used yesterday. My battery went from 85 to 54 jut by booting to recovery, then to 9percent
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This is just crazy, I'm going to attempt reflashing. Just bought this phone used yesterday. My battery went from 85 to 54 jut by booting to recovery, then to 9percent
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I recommend using 4ext. I would also recommend starting from scratch. Put it back to stock and start over. Also wipe your battery in 4ext and calibrate it after flashing any rom.
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I want to update my boot loader and modem to the newest version, and the easiest way I see to do it is to flash a factory ROM from sammobile, followed by flashing back to my ROM of choice, (OmniROM). Anyhow, if I do this, will it wipe and format the internal SD card? I will be using ODIN, not KIES, if it matters.
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I flashed NA7 stock with Odin, and it did wipe my internal SD, so I'm pretty sure it will. Always backup just to be sure!
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So I finally took a shot at flashing a custom ROM ( from stock to unified 4.4 ROM). When I attempted to revert back to stock nandroid backup, everything went completely haywire. The radio was disabled and I got recurring process close errors. All I could do was battery pull and flash back to the ROM.
What do I need to make my nandroid recovery work correctly? I'm on CWM if that matters.
Sounds like you didn't wipe correctly..... wipe system ,data, cache and davlik
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Sounds like you didn't wipe correctly..... wipe system ,data, cache and davlik
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Tried it again, this time the radio is on, but otherwise, same result. Did all wipe options five times just to be sure.
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Tried it again, this time the radio is on, but otherwise, same result. Did all wipe options five times just to be sure.
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you didnt say what your trying to restore...... is it nab based or mj4 or aosp if its 4.2 mj4 and you were on aosp 4.4.2 you need to wipe internal sd as well. will cause issues. what recovery are you using twrp or philz?
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you didnt say what your trying to restore...... is it nab based or mj4 or aosp if its 4.2 mj4 and you were on aosp 4.4.2 you need to wipe internal sd as well. will cause issues. what recovery are you using twrp or philz?
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I was originally flashing a Pac-ROM 4.4.2, then tried to flash back to my stock nandroid. My recovery is CWM, not Philz. Unless I also needed to flash cache partition too? I thought the factory reset option took care of that as well? I'll try this again.
EDIT: Formatted internal SD as well, same result. Got the same process and gapps errors. I really have no clue as to what other options I have. Perhaps loading up a ROM just to use that Philz recovery?
Yep, PhilZ recovery was the difference maker. I guess I'm done with CWM for good.
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Yep, PhilZ recovery was the difference maker. I guess I'm done with CWM for good.
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What did you do different to clear the issue?
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What did you do different to clear the issue?
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Honestly, that was really all it was. Using a different recovery made all the difference.