How do I go back to stock? - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have a quick question.
So I had a fully updated EVO and then I used UnrEVOked to root my EVO. Then I started flashing custom ROM's. Well now I want to go back to stock. How do I go about doing this?
I have tried the one guide that is in this forum but I didn't do a nandroid backup.
Thank you in advance.
~Tim

i dont mean to be mean at all thats not my nature BUT this should be in Q&A and this has been answered 10000 times 1 u run a stock ruu 2 you search on XDA you will find the answer MOD move this thread

I think I got it back to stock. Sorry to be a bother.

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Unroot?

How would I go about unrootong from cm6 to stock? Also what about the radios? What radio to use with what ruu? I used the easy root method and I then went back to the start over stock 1.47. Thanks
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conflikt said:
How would I go about unrootong from cm6 to stock? Also what about the radios? What radio to use with what ruu? I used the easy root method and I then went back to the start over stock 1.47. Thanks
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wrong forum, post in Q&A
I would like to know this too, despite the forum police.
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Then do a little search. There's about 5 threads on how to do it. In this forum and in Q&A.
There is not a specific thread about how to unroot from clockwork. I have read everything from just accepting the update to running all three ruu exe files. I am tired of all of the stupid wrong forum and search posts. More people with power trips than wanting to help....
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THIS
It was only a few threads down from this one. Secondly, if you think Clockwork is the issue, why not just flash AR Recovery then try to unroot? Before you ask how to flash AR recovery, please do a search... That's how I did it.
ballr4lyf said:
THIS
It was only a few threads down from this one. Secondly, if you think Clockwork is the issue, why not just flash AR Recovery then try to unroot? Before you ask how to flash AR recovery, please do a search... That's how I did it.
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Thanks for the reply. I know how to flash AR. I also have the ROM Manager, so I can switch between the two recoveries. I am just concerned that I will be leaving something irreversible on the EVO if I simply run the RUU. Ideally, I would like to completely remove all traces of root, if that is even possible. With Froyo with Sense dropping today, I don't see any reason for keeping root other than wireless tether, which I can live without.
lzlaxhacker said:
wrong forum, post in Q&A
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yaaa, it's not just me who does this!
Kllian said:
yaaa, it's not just me who does this!
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I am gonna try telling this to the next cop that pulls me over....
"officer it's not just me who speeds"
Questions go in Q&A; development of new software, roms, fixes, hacks, go in Development.
jethrt said:
Thanks for the reply. I know how to flash AR. I also have the ROM Manager, so I can switch between the two recoveries. I am just concerned that I will be leaving something irreversible on the EVO if I simply run the RUU. Ideally, I would like to completely remove all traces of root, if that is even possible. With Froyo with Sense dropping today, I don't see any reason for keeping root other than wireless tether, which I can live without.
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except until early releases of Android 3.0 come out then you will want to re-root. You know you could just wait until a rooted Stock Froyo Rom is out (probably shortly after stock is released).
spiicytuna said:
I am gonna try telling this to the next cop that pulls me over....
"officer it's not just me who speeds"
Questions go in Q&A; development of new software, roms, fixes, hacks, go in Development.
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i meant post in a thread and report it for being in the wrong section.
Wrong section. Q&A please. (I've always wanted to say that lol.)
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[Q] Help getting back to stock

Okay guys, im kinda new to this forum.... And ive been trying to find a way to get back to FULL stock ek02, i rooted and my wifi doesnt work.. So i want to flash stock again.. Or if you can give me a kernel that has working wifi that would be great too!
Sorry ive been trying to find one but i cant really
xkillswitchx23 said:
Okay guys, im kinda new to this forum.... And ive been trying to find a way to get back to FULL stock ek02, i rooted and my wifi doesnt work.. So i want to flash stock again.. Or if you can give me a kernel that has working wifi that would be great too!
Sorry ive been trying to find one but i cant really
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The answers are all in Development... all kernels have working wifi you may have another issue or just flash another kernel you have quite a few choices... May I ask what did you do to find one because I can see quite a few in Development
Just trying to understand
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playya said:
The answers are all in Development... all kernels have working wifi you may have another issue or just flash another kernel you have quite a few choices... May I ask what did you do to find one because I can see quite a few in Development
Just trying to understand
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What i did was *It might not be the smartest thing* but i went to the samsung epic 4g touch forum page. And just searched the forum for flashing stock ek09 and got this http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=596949, and since im coming from the transform im not used to all the complicated names like [ACS][Mod][EK02][EL13][Deodex][Odex]AIO Mod Updated 20 Dec 11
xkillswitchx23 said:
What i did was *It might not be the smartest thing* but i went to the samsung epic 4g touch forum page. And just searched the forum for flashing stock ek09 and got this http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=596949, and since im coming from the transform im not used to all the complicated names like [ACS][Mod][EK02][EL13][Deodex][Odex]AIO Mod Updated 20 Dec 11
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Honestly I came from an Evo and was not used to the labeling myself so I took a week to figure **** out before doing anything. But there is a thread that says full restore for Ek02 and EL13..
Edit: fyi- that's two separate threads.... you make your choice plus if you looked at the stickies or search the wiki it would give you everything with links
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playya said:
Honestly I came from an Evo and was not used to the labeling myself so I took a week to figure **** out before doing anything. But there is a thread that says full restore for Ek02 and EL13..
Edit: fyi- that's two separate threads.... you make your choice plus if you looked at the stickies or search the wiki it would give you everything with links
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Alright well thanks! Sorry for being noobish, I cant be the only one lol.
playya said:
Honestly I came from an Evo and was not used to the labeling myself so I took a week to figure **** out before doing anything. But there is a thread that says full restore for Ek02 and EL13..
Edit: fyi- that's two separate threads.... you make your choice plus if you looked at the stickies or search the wiki it would give you everything with links
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1367971 Is that the thread i would want?
xkillswitchx23 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1367971 Is that the thread i would want?
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Like the thread says its stock rooted... If you want a stock rooted rom then that's for you..... or are you trying to go back to full stock no root
My friend this was under a sticky in development.... I would read this stuff before doing anything else http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Epic_4G_Touch/ROMs
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playya said:
Like the thread says its stock rooted... If you want a stock rooted rom then that's for you..... or are you trying to go back to full stock no root
My friend this was under a sticky in development.... I would read this stuff before doing anything else http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Epic_4G_Touch/ROMs
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I was planing on going stock and rooting again so i could overclock and flash a rom sooner or later. So i guess that would be the best way with that link
That thread will give you ek02 kernel and ek02 rom, but not the modem.
Flash the modem separately if you want it.
Alternatively if you want to start from scratch, odin the eg30 factory restore from my signature, then immediately apply the ek02 ota update.
xkillswitchx23 said:
I was planing on going stock and rooting again so i could overclock and flash a rom sooner or later. So i guess that would be the best way with that link
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Hope it worked out for you but there is no need to go back to stock unrooted to achieve your goal unless thats what you want to do
sfhub 's methods work awesome
Is there an easy way to go back to 100% stock no matter what modem and everything else you have? This one mentions if you are on a certain version of something you won't be able to flash.
boe said:
Is there an easy way to go back to 100% stock no matter what modem and everything else you have? This one mentions if you are on a certain version of something you won't be able to flash.
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This one takes you back to box stock EG30 everything
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1383678

[Q] Q's about flashing ICS

Hey I had a ics ROM and then I restored a Ginger Bread backup. Do I have to do anything. It worked and just put everything back the way it was before I flashed the ics ROM.
stock?
Paden32 said:
Hey I had a ics ROM and then I restored a Ginger Bread backup. Do I have to do anything. It worked and just put everything back the way it was before I flashed the ics ROM.
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Do you mean stock? As in the way it was when you first bought it?
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Well if you did want it bone stock again but with ROOT then I have a link that takes you to Zedomax's website where he has a download that includes root: http://epic4gtouchroot.com/epic-4g-touch-root/how-to-root-galaxy-s2-epic-4g-touch-newsph-d710/
To do it just follow the instructions and it will remove everything off of the phone and return it to stock W/root. To remove root just download ES file manager from the "Play Store", I hate that name, and then find the superuser.apk and remove it.
He says how to do this on his website. That's actually how I got into flashing and rooting and all this nonsense. ^^b
Make sure you put you phone into download mode before you connect your phone and also make sure you have KIES with the drivers installed on your computer.
I flashed a ics ROM and did not like it so I restored a android backup of the blazer 4.0 ROM.
As much as I am confused by the OP, anyone else think it's wierd that someone would link to some other site for getting back to stock on XDA? What with all the resources available right here?
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Paden32 said:
I flashed a ics ROM and did not like it so I restored a android backup of the blazer 4.0 ROM.
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Is everything working? Either you already know what you're doing... or you're very lucky.
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I just wanted to know that since I restored a Android backup did I mess anything up. Or am I good to go.
lol
kingdazy said:
As much as I am confused by the OP, anyone else think it's wierd that someone would link to some other site for getting back to stock on XDA? What with all the resources available right here?
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The thing you have to remember is I've been on here less then a month and I used that other website as my learning tool so it's all I know! ^^
I would use this website but I'm finding it impossible to find anything since this is the first forum I've ever joined/been on.
Excuse me if I've offended anyone it wasn't intentional I'm just trying to be helpful.
Nabbu said:
The thing you have to remember is I've been on here less then a month and I used that other website as my learning tool so it's all I know! ^^
I would use this website but I'm finding it impossible to find anything since this is the first forum I've ever joined/been on.
Excuse me if I've offended anyone it wasn't intentional I'm just trying to be helpful.
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No, no offense taken, at all, helpful is helpful, and always appreciated.
Check "sfhub"s posts in the development section. He has Very easy "one click" restore downloads, and "qbking"s videos on YouTube, he's a favorite here for super easy walkthroughs on doing Anything et4g related. ;-)
The reason I was concerned about the op was that Many people have been getting permanent bricks doing what he says he did, so check out a sticky thread in general titled " how not to brick your et4g ".
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I guess im good to go. I just wanted to know it if was safe for me to flash a ics ROM I am waiting for a stable ROM.
Hate to say it Paden, but your posts have not been very clear.
When posting here, it's very important to be very detailed about what rom you're on, what you flashed, in what order, and any symptoms or problems you are having.
If I've got it correctly...
You flashed some ICS rom, didn't like it, then flashed back to Blazer's?
And things are working?
You didn't do a complete stock restore first?
What recovery was built into the ICS rom?
What kind of wiping did you do before flashing?
And why are you looking for another ics ROM to flash to?...
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very cool
kingdazy said:
No, no offense taken, at all, helpful is helpful, and always appreciated.
Check "sfhub"s posts in the development section. He has Very easy "one click" restore downloads, and "qbking"s videos on YouTube, he's a favorite here for super easy walkthroughs on doing Anything et4g related. ;-)
The reason I was concerned about the op was that Many people have been getting permanent bricks doing what he says he did, so check out a sticky thread in general titled " how not to brick your et4g ".
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I appreciate that a bunch I've been wandering around for forever trying to find the one-click restore. I watch QBking77 on youtube all the time like everyone else because he guides us with his syndicated wisdomness. ^^ lol
Thanks again!
Nabbu said:
I appreciate that a bunch I've been wandering around for forever trying to find the one-click restore. I watch QBking77 on youtube all the time like everyone else because he guides us with his syndicated wisdomness. ^^ lol
Thanks again!
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Play around with the Search at the top of threads to help find stuff too. Searching can be a little odd on here at times but once you get used to it, it really helps.
Paden32 said:
I flashed a ics ROM and did not like it so I restored a android backup of the blazer 4.0 ROM.
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Wouldn't try that again with the method you used! Judging by your question i think you know that methods more dangerous than unprotected sex with a hooker on a drunken Saturday night... Don't do it!
I flash ics roms while on blazer 4.0 then restore back to blazer n never had a problem n ive done it more then 10 Times.. So from gb recovery i flash ics roms then from ics recovery i restore blazer 4.0 never been had a problem
tr1zrus said:
I flash ics roms while on blazer 4.0 then restore back to blazer n never had a problem n ive done it more then 10 Times.. So from gb recovery i flash ics roms then from ics recovery i restore blazer 4.0 never been had a problem
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When devs have said don't use ics with cwm that's what had been causing bricks ... I would say not to use it but do what u want , but if I see you post about a brick oh my gosh will you get laughed out of the place
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Did you not read it correct i said i flash ics roms thru gb recovery i never said i flash ics roms while on ics recovery
tr1zrus said:
Did you not read it correct i said i flash ics roms thru gb recovery i never said i flash ics roms while on ics recovery
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How do you do that
I was going to post a thread asking a similar question. I've been running blazer for a while, and eventually I downloaded the Goodness and ran with it for a week. It was nice and all but for the moment I still prefer GB...however, my nandroid backup didn't work, it told me I had an MD5 mistmatch. So I just went into the ICS recovery and reflashed Blazer no problem. It's been perfect since. Afterwards I was reading the thread on how to not brick your phone, and it said to do exactly the opposite of that. Does that make me the luckiest man in the world? or am I missing something. Would it be okay to try it again?
MultiLockOn said:
How do you do that
I was going to post a thread asking a similar question. I've been running blazer for a while, and eventually I downloaded the Goodness and ran with it for a week. It was nice and all but for the moment I still prefer GB...however, my nandroid backup didn't work, it told me I had an MD5 mistmatch. So I just went into the ICS recovery and reflashed Blazer no problem. It's been perfect since. Afterwards I was reading the thread on how to not brick your phone, and it said to do exactly the opposite of that. Does that make me the luckiest man in the world? or am I missing something. Would it be okay to try it again?
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It's all luck, the current ICS recovery is very iffy on flashing and even wiping data is bricking some devices, if you want to continue using your phone I suggest making a nandroid backup before you flash ICS then flash ICS, and if you wish to go back to GB then ODIN to EL29 and install clockwork mod and restore nandroid, or it won't be long before you have some fancy paperweight.
MultiLockOn said:
How do you do that
Make sure u do a nandroid back up using the gb recovery before u try these steps...... Simple lets saY u are on blazers 4.0 rom n u have a zip of a ics rom put it on your sdcard go into recovery n do a full wipe i use calkins full wipe then i flash the ics rom keep in mind that after you flash the ics rom you will lose your gb recovery n you will have a ics recovery n if you don't like the ics rom u can go to the ics recovery n restore ur nandroid backup make sure to do a full wipe before restoring your backup n when you finish your restore you will have your gb rom n ur gb recovery... Ive done this like a million times n never had a problem BUT DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK... ONE MORE THING I NEVER FLASH ANY ROM USING A ICS RECOVERY
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As long a your just restoring a backup from ics recovery you're fine, it may be a problem when flashing roms from it that results to bricking. So if i read right from your beginning post all you did was just restore so you're fine.

I'm still on Froyo - upgrade to Gingerbread help please

I searched through the forums here and didn't find anything helpful. Probably because it has been a long time since 2.3 came out.
I have a stock Froyo Evo 4G (rooted). I would like to move up to 2.3.x
I find many sites online with instructions on doing it, and downloads, but I don't trust any of them. I only really trust what I read here at XDA.
That being said, can someone point me to instructions to do the update?
Also...what will I lose from the phone?
How do I re-root afterward?
When I use the phone to look for the system update it finds nothing, so I need a link to download the file(s) necessary.
Thanks in advance, I know I'm way behind the curve but my job just started using Office 365 with Lync, and it doesn't support 2.2.
Just flash a gingerbread ROM. Here's a link to an almost totally stock sprint rooted ROM. this thread may also have a truly stock sprint ROM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321340
I would backup
from my 2yr old ICS Evo
Do NOT take an OTA update if you are rooted. Every single guide for rooting tells you this.
That being said, if you want to stay stock, fine the stock rooted GB rom in the stickies in the Dev section. Make a nandroid backup in recovery, then wipe everything, then flash. You will not lose root as long as you flash a rooted rom.
sitlet said:
Do NOT take an OTA update if you are rooted. Every single guide for rooting tells you this.
That being said, if you want to stay stock, fine the stock rooted GB rom in the stickies in the Dev section. Make a nandroid backup in recovery, then wipe everything, then flash. You will not lose root as long as you flash a rooted rom.
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I will lose all my apps and text messages, right?
My contacts and email are all in Google/Exchange so there's no worry there.
Here's. Link to almost stock sprint ROM .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321340
your don't need to unroot or anything. Backup whatever stuff you wanna keep with Ti Backup or mybackup root. Wipe caches and data and flash ROM.
I think you may wanna update radios, too. Update to at least the 11.19 radio. All radios are available in Calkulins thread in dev section. I would say update radio first, but maybe someone else can chime in on if that really matters.
But, you don't need to unroot, reroot, blah blah blah. Just flash updated ROM. When updating radio, do NOT interrupt the flash. It's about the only thing that can truly brick your phone.
from my 2yr old ICS Evo
Also, the thread I linked may be the slightly modified stock ROM. If so , brad has another thread in the dev section that is for absolutely stock rooted GB ROM.
from my 2yr old ICS Evo
To save your text messages you can find SMS backup/restore in the market. Some use myBackup root for this, but I'm not familiar with it and can't advise.
from my 2yr old ICS Evo
Bro here's the best advice I can give you I'm gonna give you two roms that I stand by as the most stable
First of all if you still want sense on the evo and want 2.3 download mikg rom v3 go to themikmik.com and go to the evo section and there will be a lthread that says update 3.11 its in v3.xx forum. There will be a download link and download the one that's not the update version after that follow normal flashing rom procedure.
Now if you want pure gingerbread then I would go to cyanogenmod.com and go to evo and go to stable release and click on the newest one download and flash there are tons of helpful forums on flashing roms if anything reply and ill walk you through... Enjoy bro
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Now if you want pure gingerbread then I would go to cyanogenmod.com
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That's funny, you misspelled "Deck's GB 1.3d" there.
Yeah, dude wasn't looking for a sense 3.0 rom, as far as I could tell.
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scottspa74 said:
Yeah, dude wasn't looking for a sense 3.0 rom, as far as I could tell.
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Its actually a sense 2.0 rom there 3.0 features so it still looks like original evo
postwick said:
I will lose all my apps and text messages, right?
My contacts and email are all in Google/Exchange so there's no worry there.
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Texts can be backed up with SMS Backup and Restore. Apps and their data can be backed up and restored with Titanium Backup.
SilverZero said:
That's funny, you misspelled "Deck's GB 1.3d" there.
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****, I thought the same thing.
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Hook your self up with Decks 1.3d with the Mason kernel and apply CoD twesks and see if you ever go back.
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Holy Cow your still running Froyo lol kid you best be keeping up with the game if your a sense user grab MIKG 3.11 amazing gb 2.35 with sense 2.1+ 3.0 its a great daily and since I'm guessing your not a big flasher... You won't need another rom for some time
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scottspa74 said:
Just flash a gingerbread ROM. Here's a link to an almost totally stock sprint rooted ROM. this thread may also have a truly stock sprint ROM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321340
I would backup
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This answered all my last questions, the fact that I had to downgrade from 2.3 unrooted, to 2.2 and then root, once rooted but back on froyo, I was wondering how to upgrade to Gingerbread... well this post opened my eyes, I just flashed digitalkarma's ROM and I am back to Gingerbread and rooted and with awesomeness written all over the place!

Can i update my phone to jellybean?

okay so i searched before looking and no one actually asked ths im on stock ics rooted and with cwm if i go to settings right now will i be able to get the ota update to jelly bean? and if now how can i step by step any help will be thanked!
soccerdude612 said:
okay so i searched before looking and no one actually asked ths im on stock ics rooted and with cwm if i go to settings right now will i be able to get the ota update to jelly bean? and if now how can i step by step any help will be thanked!
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The link will show you three different ways to upgrade. Short answer is yes you can upgrade through cwm and keep root and cwm recovery. Read the first two posts in the link over and over until you know exactly what you are doing.
Good luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687
Personally I am going to use the computer odin method. I want clean partitions etc, then upgrade to whatever evil1art cooks up.
Lol!
Ive answered variants of this question at least a dozen times today! No offense.
No you wont get ota and it wont work unless you are 100% stock.
Go to the firmware thread in my sig and it explains a lot, provides downloads and instructions.
Check what all is there and ill be happy to answer any more questions.
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