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[Q] Restore to stock with own made cwm backup

I just bought my Gio in the Netherlands. I've rooted it and installed cwm 5.0.2.7 rfs+ext4. I made a backup with cwm so I have a backup of the stock ROM.
3 hours after I bought it I converted my rfs partition to ext4 to install CM7.2 this went well and installed cwm 5.0.2.7 ext4 only (so i can make backups of ext-sd (EXT4)).
My question is if I wanted to go back to the stock ROM how would I go about this ? I am thinking I should do it like this.
I believe I can't restore the backup I made with cwm initially of my stock ROM since I converted the phone partition to ext4. I would need to flash the stock ROM (download it online) with ODIN.
Root it and install cwm 5.0.2.7 rfs+ext4 and restore the backup I made of my stock ROM with cwm. Or is this step pointless and is the backup I made exactly the same as the stock ROM you download online (meaning there are no specific dutch modifications) ?
Tbh i'm quite happy how my phone is working now, I just want to try this so i'm confident I can go back to way it was.
Regards,
oOze

Latest Kies file
Product Code: GT-S5660DSAXEN
Latest firmware: S5660XXKPS/S5660XENKP1/S5660XXKPA/S5660XXKPS
Modified: 9/14/2011 10:12:10 AM
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Flash it with Odin
When i tryed to restore stock rom from CWM backup it failed . So here is the latest file for your phone download it and keep it somewhere safe in case u want to go back to stock

o0ze said:
I just bought my Gio in the Netherlands. I've rooted it and installed cwm 5.0.2.7 rfs+ext4. I made a backup with cwm so I have a backup of the stock ROM.
3 hours after I bought it I converted my rfs partition to ext4 to install CM7.2 this went well and installed cwm 5.0.2.7 ext4 only (so i can make backups of ext-sd).
My question is if I wanted to go back to the stock ROM how would I go about this ? I am thinking I should do it like this.
I believe I can't restore the backup I made with cwm initially of my stock ROM since I converted the phone partition to ext4. I would need to flash the stock ROM (download it online) with ODIN.
Root it and install cwm 5.0.2.7 rfs+ext4 and restore the backup I made of my stock ROM with cwm. Or is this step pointless and is the backup I made exactly the same as the stock ROM you download online (meaning there are no specific dutch modifications) ?
Tbh i'm quite happy how my phone is working now, I just want to try this so i'm confident I can go back to way it was.
Regards,
oOze
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You're right. Restoring a stock rom to a phone that hase ext4 filesystem partitions wont work. The Android OS wont start up. I did test it. Ik teste het
Installing a stock rom with Odin will make the internal system rfs again i did read.
I think installing cwm 5.0.2.7 rfs+ext4 even will make the file system rfs again? Not tested it. Would save 5 min. odin.
Happy testing

Ty for the quick replies.
I downloaded the ROM one that was suggested in the replies.
I had S5660XXKPE_S5660XXKPA_S5660XENKP1.rar I guess thats an older version.

And if you restore a stock rom via Odin, can you restore the CWM backup afterwards in order to regain your original settings and stuff ?
Or doesn't it work that way ?
Otherwise you could always do a full backup using Titanium of course...

WalkerOfTheDay said:
And if you restore a stock rom via Odin, can you restore the CWM backup afterwards in order to regain your original settings and stuff ?
Or doesn't it work that way ?
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I don't know I guess I will find out but if its the Dutch/Netherlands ROM you posted in the link I won't have to I guess.
I guess i'll have to use Titanium backup anyway since the backup I made with cwm is old already (or lose some data I don't have much I really want to keep now).

o0ze said:
I don't know I guess I will find out but if its the Dutch/Netherlands ROM you posted in the link I won't have to I guess.
I guess i'll have to use Titanium backup anyway since the backup I made with cwm is old already (or lose some data I don't have much I really want to keep now).
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I didn't post that link ( SilviuMik did )
My 2.3.5 version is S5660XXKS2, which I got from the Android Advice tutorial, guess I don't have the newest either

Right my bad well anyway he said in a other thread its the newest dutch ROM

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GT-S5660 S5660XXKS2 ## 2.3.5 2011 September S5660OXXKS2
Btw: My firmware seems newer, it's from September 2011. It's not official Kies though. It's on SamMobile Firmware Page.

WalkerOfTheDay said:
Code:
GT-S5660 S5660XXKS2 ## 2.3.5 2011 September S5660OXXKS2
Btw: My firmware seems newer, it's from September 2011. It's not official Kies though. It's on SamMobile Firmware Page.
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I have no ideea which one is newer. U can stay on that no problem Mine is "good" in case of warranty issues and u must bring phone back to where u buyed it , because u can`t bring the phone with another firmware on it other then the one u have in your country Netherlands

Yeah, your right about the warranty, but I sim-unlocked my prepaid phone myself, so I guess I'm out of warranty anyway
Or is there an option to relock too ?

WalkerOfTheDay said:
Yeah, your right about the warranty, but I sim-unlocked my prepaid phone myself, so I guess I'm out of warranty anyway
Or is there an option to relock too ?
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I have no ideea if u can lock it back . Maybe if u did a backup of /dev/stl5 ( EFS ) folder before u started to modify it for the unlock process and restore it, then it would be locked again, but i am not sure about this never did it

An appropriate CSC file followed by a factory reset should relock.

[Q] Copy ROM between phones

I have a Wildfire S with stock ROm and bought another one with Cyanogen-whatever-mod-7. I dont like it, so I want the same unlocked factory ROM just I have on the other phone. Is it possible to copy a ROM from one phone to another? If yes, how? I'm completly stupid about this ROM things, so please try to speak to me as you would speak to a child. Or a dumb...

tcxbalage said:
I have a Wildfire S with stock ROm and bought another one with Cyanogen-whatever-mod-7. I dont like it, so I want the same unlocked factory ROM just I have on the other phone. Is it possible to copy a ROM from one phone to another? If yes, how? I'm completly stupid about this ROM things, so please try to speak to me as you would speak to a child. Or a dumb...
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Yes, but it would be far easier to just install a stock rom on your cm7 device.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074445

Thrawed said:
Yes, but it would be far easier to just install a stock rom on your cm7 device.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074445
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Thanks. Could you tell me which one is the latest unlocked ROM in that list and what should I do to install that, please? I'm in UK (if this information is relevant).

Backup your rom via recovery......copy the backup to the other phone......restore that backup from recovery......
I'm puzzled by the fact that you have 2 WFSs

csoulr666 said:
Backup your rom via recovery......copy the backup to the other phone......restore that backup from recovery......
I'm puzzled by the fact that you have 2 WFSs
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Thanks. Which program should I use for recovery-backup?

tcxbalage said:
Thanks. Which program should I use for recovery-backup?
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If you have rooted WFS (both) then do it with Clockworkmod recovery, it backups complete system/apps/sd-ext including call logs, sms etc
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edit. sorry I didnt read your post carefully
you can use rezo609's All-In-One Utility (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1697985) to get stock recovery to your phone and I supose you will just make factory reset and will be on stock rom, but you should make Titanium Backup of your apps cause you will lose them

CWM for LG-D855?

Hi!
I just made up my mind to root my G3, but i can't seem to find CWM recovery for my phone!
Thx in advance!

no proper custom recoverys available yet.... you can get a CWM .apk recovery but it doesn't seem great, if you wanna just wipe and flash new rom then its fine but being a .apk recovery if you bork your phone its not gonna be much help to you.
Good news TWRP is on the horizon although currently unreleased

557953 said:
no proper custom recoverys available yet.... you can get a CWM .apk recovery but it doesn't seem great, if you wanna just wipe and flash new rom then its fine but being a .apk recovery if you bork your phone its not gonna be much help to you.
Good news TWRP is on the horizon although currently unreleased
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Do you have a link?
I prefer CWM, so i will just have to use an CWM apk until my device is supported.

artipex said:
Do you have a link?
I prefer CWM, so i will just have to use an CWM apk until my device is supported.
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Mirror here,
https://www.dropbox.com/s/l6emmobf3qvyuj4/RecoveryInstaller-v1_1_.0.apk

557953 said:
Mirror here,
https://www.dropbox.com/s/l6emmobf3qvyuj4/RecoveryInstaller-v1_1_.0.apk
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Thanks!
Good enough for my use! :good:

artipex said:
Thanks!
Good enough for my use! :good:
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Hi,
I have 02 question
Can i use this for full nandroid backup?
If i install this cwm is there any impact on my LG G3?
thanks in advance.

Backup yes, restore no. No impact but for me not useful

easyest way to update

Hi im not a total noob but I have never updated my phone as was looking for the simplest way to do so. I also have a few questions for when ive done so. Im currently on 4.4.2 rooted soff and have been advised to update so I can get a working kexec so I can install multirom properly.
will I need to reroot and unlock bootloader after?
Is there a risk of bricking.
thanks.

gimpchop said:
Hi im not a total noob but I have never updated my phone as was looking for the simplest way to do so. I also have a few questions for when ive done so. Im currently on 4.4.2 rooted soff and have been advised to update so I can get a working kexec so I can install multirom properly.
will I need to reroot and unlock bootloader after?
Is there a risk of bricking.
thanks.
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Sir if you were in rooted condition and gladly also in S-OFF, you're free to do anything , i mean rather than fallback to stock, just flash any custom rom you want but also flash it's correlated firmware.
Thank You

erwinpiero said:
Sir if you were in rooted condition and gladly also in S-OFF, you're free to do anything , i mean rather than fallback to stock, just flash any custom rom you want but also flash it's correlated firmware.
Thank You
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Thanks for the reply the reason I was staying on stock is becouse I don't know what Rom to use to suit my needs thats why I was going to try multrom so I can test a few. And keep all my apps and contacts till I change over.

Can anyone add anything further?

gimpchop said:
Can anyone add anything further?
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If I'm you, I rather update my device to 4.4.4 first as you're running the older firmware so all you can enjoy is simply CM based rom whereas the lastest GPE and sense based rom may not work properly since you're still using the older firmware.

Is it better for me to return to stock update everything and reroot rather than updateing Rom and firmware seperately

gimpchop said:
Is it better for me to return to stock update everything and reroot rather than updateing Rom and firmware seperately
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Easier way is to restore back to stock and do the OTA than root if need but I don't. I flash a custom recovery and make a nandroid backup and flashing straight! skipping root

Bobbi lim said:
Easier way is to restore back to stock and do the OTA than root if need but I don't. I flash a custom recovery and make a nandroid backup and flashing straight! skipping root
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Thanks not 100% sure what u meen.
Is it a more fool proof way to go back to stock?
Or better to flash fw from tarp I don't want to wreck my phone

Hi do I need to Unroot and flash stock recovery to do a its update or just flash stock recovery?
When I'm updated will I need to root the new Rom or just re flash custom recovery?
Thanks.

gimpchop said:
Hi do I need to Unroot and flash stock recovery to do a its update or just flash stock recovery?
When I'm updated will I need to root the new Rom or just re flash custom recovery?
Thanks.
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The easiest way is to get s off, then go superCID
You download the firmware zip, rename it to 0P6BIMG.zip. Put that on your extCSD and boot into hboot.
That's it. Your phone does the rest.
You can read more about it here.

xunholyx said:
The easiest way is to get s off, then go superCID
You download the firmware zip, rename it to 0P6BIMG.zip. Put that on your extCSD and boot into hboot.
That's it. Your phone does the rest.
You can read more about it here.
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Hi thanks for the reply my only worry with doing it this way is I have no idea what firmware to flash there are so many how do I know what is the right one. I may be being over cautious but I love my phone and don't want to mess it up.

gimpchop said:
Hi thanks for the reply my only worry with doing it this way is I have no idea what firmware to flash there are so many how do I know what is the right one. I may be being over cautious but I love my phone and don't want to mess it up.
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Do you have s-off?
Or the simplest and fool proof method. Grab your nandroid backup (found in general section) and restore the backup and flash your stock recovery. After which please do a factory reset and try to search for OTA. It'll appear

Bobbi lim said:
Do you have s-off?
Or the simplest and fool proof method. Grab your nandroid backup (found in general section) and restore the backup and flash your stock recovery. After which please do a factory reset and try to search for OTA. It'll appear
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Hi Yes I'm soff and still on stock Rom it rooted do I still need to flash stock nandroid

gimpchop said:
Hi Yes I'm soff and still on stock Rom it rooted do I still need to flash stock nandroid
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Use a RUU will be easier for you. But beware, everything inside your device will be clean. So do backup your pictures and etc to your com before you use it.

Bobbi lim said:
Use a RUU will be easier for you. But beware, everything inside your device will be clean. So do backup your pictures and etc to your com before you use it.
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Ok thannks. I was trying to avoid a full wipe if possible

gimpchop said:
Hi thanks for the reply my only worry with doing it this way is I have no idea what firmware to flash there are so many how do I know what is the right one. I may be being over cautious but I love my phone and don't want to mess it up.
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I understand you not wanting to mess your phone. It is always best not to proceed if you are unsure.
I'm not sure what carrier you are on, but for the normal international model, you will want to download this firmware to use in the method I explained.
Some American carriers have different firmware, so if you on an American carrier, let me know which one and I will provide you with the proper download to update to 4.4.4
The best thing about this method over an RUU is that you won't lose any data.

xunholyx said:
I understand you not wanting to mess your phone. It is always best not to proceed if you are unsure.
I'm not sure what carrier you are on, but for the normal international model, you will want to download this firmware to use in the method I explained.
Some American carriers have different firmware, so if you on an American carrier, let me know which one and I will provide you with the proper download to update to 4.4.4
The best thing about this method over an RUU is that you won't lose any data.
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Hi thanks for the help its appreciated. I have the UK and carrier is O2. Just so I'm clear after fw update all I need to do is update to a 4.4.4 rom? I do have HTC backup and a full tarp backup is that sufficient to restore my phone after thanks again.

gimpchop said:
Hi thanks for the help its appreciated. I have the UK and carrier is O2. Just so I'm clear after fw update all I need to do is update to a 4.4.4 rom? I do have HTC backup and a full tarp backup is that sufficient to restore my phone after thanks again.
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Yep, that's right. The HTC backup I wouldn't worry about. They aren't as good as TWPR's. Flash the firmware from the link I provided, then install a 4.4.4 ROM.

xunholyx said:
Yep, that's right. The HTC backup I wouldn't worry about. They aren't as good as TWPR's. Flash the firmware from the link I provided, then install a 4.4.4 ROM.
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Great thanks for the clarification I'll let you know how I get on.

gimpchop said:
Great thanks for the clarification I'll let you know how I get on.
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Ok so i flashed my fw and it now says 3.19 happy days. My phone boots up in to my previous rom but it seems there is no custom recovery can i just reinstall it useing multirom app as i intend to ues this later on to test roms or do i need to have a custom recovery allready on before i can use the app thanks.
p.s is it normal that i can boot in to a 4.4.2 rom with the 3.19 fw.
Thanks

Is it go back to stock ROM? (only ROM, not recovery)

I wanna keep bootloader unlocked and TWRP recovery. would it be possible to go from the CM12.1 rom to the stock rom? I dont need stock recovery as Ill be reflashing CM12.1 after I have tried out HTC sense 7 and MM

No, i dont think so. Dont you Have a backup in twrp? If no i'm not sure if there is a solution. Maybe take a look on ruu.lalleman.net.
Sorry for bad english

Mr_White_214 said:
No, i dont think so. Dont you Have a backup in twrp? If no i'm not sure if there is a solution. Maybe take a look on ruu.lalleman.net.
Sorry for bad english
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I made a TWRP backup but I cannot remember for sure if its from stock rom.

fraggz99 said:
I made a TWRP backup but I cannot remember for sure if its from stock rom.
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If your backup isn't Stock rom your only option i know of is to restore using ruu and reroot your phone

Mr_White_214 said:
If your backup isn't Stock rom your only option i know of is to restore using ruu and reroot your phone
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If its stock rom am I in luck? I am currently backing up my current phone state and gonna restore this older backup

fraggz99 said:
If its stock rom am I in luck? I am currently backing up my current phone state and gonna restore this older backup
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If you Have a backup of your original firmware (Stock ROM) you can restore it and then update your System to 6.0 in your settings, info, device updates(maybe somewhere else in settings)

Mr_White_214 said:
If you Have a backup of your original firmware (Stock ROM) you can restore it and then update your System to 6.0 in your settings, info, device updates(maybe somewhere else in settings)
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I tried restoring the backup but it said system is read only. How can I make it read write ? Tried going into mount but no luck there

fraggz99 said:
I tried restoring the backup but it said system is read only. How can I make it read write ? Tried going into mount but no luck there
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I had this problem before. Try mount, unmount, mount until it your restore is succesfull

Mr_White_214 said:
I had this problem before. Try mount, unmount, mount until it your restore is succesfull
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Tried that for for 10 minutes straight and no luck

No idea what cuases that? Maybe do a quick Google search for that issue. You can try Flash twrp again using flashify (play Store)or htc_fastboot

Mr_White_214 said:
No idea what cuases that? Maybe do a quick Google search for that issue. You can try Flash twrp again using flashify (play Store)or htc_fastboot
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I'll try reflashing later. I am not home right now

Mr_White_214 said:
No idea what cuases that? Maybe do a quick Google search for that issue. You can try Flash twrp again using flashify (play Store)or htc_fastboot
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I reflashed twrp and had the same issue

fraggz99 said:
I reflashed twrp and had the same issue
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I honestly don't know what causes that. Maybe it's easier to restock everything and unlock your bootloader to flash TWRP.

Mr_White_214 said:
I honestly don't know what causes that. Maybe it's easier to restock everything and unlock your bootloader to flash TWRP.
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I have the bootloader unlocked... Im running cm12.1 rom

fraggz99 said:
I have the bootloader unlocked... Im running cm12.1 rom
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If you want your bootloader unlocked and TWRP installed you cant get HTC sense rom unless you have a working backup which you don't have

Mr_White_214 said:
If you want your bootloader unlocked and TWRP installed you cant get HTC sense rom unless you have a working backup which you don't have
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I have a working backup but TWRP says /system is read only...
I have TWRP installed.

You can flash a sense rom from TWRP. There are many stock based roms that have few optimizations.
Try Viper, ICE, Leedroid, Sky Dragon, Bad Boyz (might not have international support).
There are also a few stock rooted roms around. It's very easy to flash from recovery. Just make sure you are on the most current Firmware for your device.
If you are looking to go stock with no extras, THIS might be what you are looking for (also elaborates on the write protection issue you are having)
Ooops. I didn't realize your device was the M8s. I think it's kind of silly it's in the same forum, but oh well. Sorry for the confusion.

dopy25 said:
You can flash a sense rom from TWRP. There are many stock based roms that have few optimizations.
Try Viper, ICE, Leedroid, Sky Dragon, Bad Boyz (might not have international support).
There are also a few stock rooted roms around. It's very easy to flash from recovery. Just make sure you are on the most current Firmware for your device.
If you are looking to go stock with no extras, THIS might be what you are looking for (also elaborates on the write protection issue you are having)
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You're in wrong device thread man ... all your suggested ROMs are meant for M8 only.
They won't work for his/this device.

ckpv5 said:
You're in wrong device thread man ... all your suggested ROMs are meant for M8 only.
They won't work for his/this device.
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ahhhhh. I see. Didn't realize this was the M8s they were talking about. I thought it was the M8 general. Thank you for pointing that out. I was wondering why it was so hard for them to find a stock ROM....

Found a fix guys. Will post here if someone has the same issue:
1. boot TWRP, try flashing recovery, get the error
2. go to mount in twrp and turn on mount system as read only, then try flash again
3. go back into mount, turn off mount system as read only, then tap system
4. start the restore, this fixed it for me