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[Q] How to downgrade from EF02 back to stock 2.2.1

I upgraded the firmware to 2.3.3 with the EF02 build and i want to go back to stock for many reasons. I lost my root and now it seems i cannot get it back i tried many ways but cannot. Can someone please help me on how to go back to stock it would help alot thanks

Phantomg93 said:
I upgraded the firmware to 2.3.3 with the EF02 build and i want to go back to stock for many reasons. I lost my root and now it seems i cannot get it back i tried many ways but cannot. Can someone please help me on how to go back to stock it would help alot thanks
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Have you watched qbking77's videos on "How to return to stock"?
No, you haven't. You still can though, and I would suggest that. They are great vids and easy to follow along to. You can pause, stop, even rewind them to keep up
All kidding aside, check them out. It will get you where you want.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009997

You're ok for a Packer fan

Use odin or heimdall and flash ec05....

blu9987 said:
Use odin or heimdall and flash ec05....
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Well I did this and I still get notice to update modem on exhibit even flashed ec05 tar modem.
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daddy_droid said:
Well I did this and I still get notice to update modem on exhibit even flashed ec05 tar modem.
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You might wanna try to flash eb13 and after you use odin to flash to eb13, connect to wifi and manually update your software via ota to ec05. Go to settings and click about phone then system updates and select update android. This should get you back on ec05. I had the same problem when i wanted to go back to ec05. But i gotta say the second time i flashed ef02 all my functions that didnt work previously now work flawlessly. Although i did redownload the ef02 file again so maybe my original one was a bad download...Good luck to you...Dont forget to update us....

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You might wanna try to flash eb13 and after you use odin to flash to eb13, connect to wifi and manually update your software via ota to ec05. Go to settings and click about phone then system updates and select update android. This should get you back on ec05. I had the same problem when i wanted to go back to ec05. But i gotta say the second time i flashed ef02 all my functions that didnt work previously now work flawlessly. Although i did redownload the ef02 file again so maybe my original one was a bad download...Good luck to you...Dont forget to update us....
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Had to go to last 2.1 version tar and still got the notice to ef10 to ef02.
I then said yes
Rebooted
then went do update to fryo on wifi
Then I checked firmware, profile, prl and android and now all is good. No updates...
Thinking of trading tomorrow for an evo 4g. I trade about every week or so.
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still didnt work...and idk if its just my epic but every rom ive tried the battery is off really bad...it would take me a half an hour just to go up 3%...also i backed up my stock 2.2.1 tw and i tried restoring it but it wouldnt restore through clockwork(i have the purple cwm)it would just stay on the samsung bootloader and vibrate constantly. I would have to use another rom just to fix it...i just want to restore it back to stock with root but i have yet to sucessfully achieve that....would appreciate that i looked at the videos but none showed how to restore back to stock

Phantomg93 said:
still didnt work...and idk if its just my epic but every rom ive tried the battery is off really bad...it would take me a half an hour just to go up 3%...also i backed up my stock 2.2.1 tw and i tried restoring it but it wouldnt restore through clockwork(i have the purple cwm)it would just stay on the samsung bootloader and vibrate constantly. I would have to use another rom just to fix it...i just want to restore it back to stock with root but i have yet to sucessfully achieve that....would appreciate that i looked at the videos but none showed how to restore back to stock
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Your ggoing to have to use odin to flash back to stock not cwm, then reroot ur phone.
Sent from my anonomous ef02......

i tried that and it didnt work..i downloaded the stock dk28 and did it exactly as instructed but i said md5 script was invalid...ugh...what rom is the closest to the stock 2.2.1 and can be flashed with the purple cwm?

Phantomg93 said:
i tried that and it didnt work..i downloaded the stock dk28 and did it exactly as instructed but i said md5 script was invalid...ugh...what rom is the closest to the stock 2.2.1 and can be flashed with the purple cwm?
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U might want to go back as far as d107 or d118, their eclair versions but u could update back to froyo using ota updating. In your case I would start from the bottom and work my way back up.
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[Q] How to restore "Stock" recovery and unroot without reflashing the ROM?

Is there a way to replace CWM with the stock recovery?
Also, is there a way to unroot?
I am currently on EC05 rooted with CWM purple but I'd like to unroot and remove CWM without having to reflash and spend hours reinstalling all my stuff.

Yes. I can't gve an exact guide right now, but you should delete superuser.apk and /system/xbin/su or /system/bin/su. Then find the stock recovery
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poit said:
Is there a way to replace CWM with the stock recovery?
Also, is there a way to unroot?
I am currently on EC05 rooted with CWM purple but I'd like to unroot and remove CWM without having to reflash and spend hours reinstalling all my stuff.
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DCrocks put out a stock recovery flash. Then I guess you would remove Superuser. Why do you need to do this? If you go to Development in the stickies there is the How to fix a semi-bricked Epic. Dyeha posted links for this in one of the last posts.
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Here's the stock recovery
http://db.tt/ijXFTzOB
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kennyglass123 said:
DCrocks put out a stock recovery flash. Then I guess you would remove Superuser. Why do you need to do this? If you go to Development in the stickies there is the How to fix a semi-bricked Epic. Dyeha posted links for this in one of the last posts.
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I'd like to use the OTA GB whenever it arrives. I'm on stock EC05 except for root and CWM, so I think reflashing stock recovery should allow the OTA without losing my setup.

I refuse to have stock anything on my phone; I continue to wait patiently for a GB that is fully modded and hot rodded

poit said:
I'd like to use the OTA GB whenever it arrives. I'm on stock EC05 except for root and CWM, so I think reflashing stock recovery should allow the OTA without losing my setup.
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Are you sure you have all the stock apps? Asphalt?
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kennyglass123 said:
Are you sure you have all the stock apps? Asphalt?
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yup, got them all

poit said:
yup, got them all
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Then you are all set...oh, no custom kernel and boot ani right?

I tried the above zip, but it caused my phone to hang on restarting; only odining something could get my phone back.
Like the above poster, all I have is a rooted stock EC03 (with no system apps removed whatsoever), and all I want is to update to EI22, either OTA or from the Google download, without losing my data. Does anyone know of another way to restore stock recovery to help make this possible?
Thanks much!

I wish I could do the same since I'm on stock rom + root. But since I'm already getting the OTA gingerbread prompt, I'm going to go ahead and try to ODIN to EC05 then upgrade to Gingerbread then root again.

rafareal said:
I wish I could do the same since I'm on stock rom + root. But since I'm already getting the OTA gingerbread prompt, I'm going to go ahead and try to ODIN to EC05 then upgrade to Gingerbread then root again.
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That will certainly work. I did it and it worked fine. But I didn't want to lose my settings and data, and I'm not adept enough with Titanium Backup, so I didn't keep things that way. Still trying to find a way with keeping my settings/data...

I'm going to go ahead and try to ODIN to EC05 then upgrade to Gingerbread then root again
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Will that wipe your phone. I'm in the same boat & I don't want to lose everything again.

[Q] HELP!!! stuck on samsung logo

I simply just updated to ei22 from clockwork mod and its not booting!

newguy0804 said:
I simply just updated to ei22 from clockwork mod and its not booting!
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A little more information please...
Did you attempt the manual update zip via flashing it in CWM?
Did you flash a custom GB based ROM?
Thanks.

I am ...was running a rooted froyo stock rom that came with the phone.
I followed this guide....for the most part I just installed the gingerbread folder from cwm and rebooted now im stuck.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB956i_KEp4
link to the video i used

Could be a bad flash.
Redownload, wipe, and try again.
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i have to be at thanskgiving an need my phone for driections now can u juyst tell me how to back to stock quick! like real quick! i cant get the com light to show up on odin!

If you followed the instructions right, you've already hosed what was previously your "stock" rom.
First, did you make a backup?
If so, wipe and restore.
If now, flash a new rom.
Did you already update the modem?
If its still on EC05, flash an EC05 rom.
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MY PROBLEM IS THat i cant even get it to show up on odin!

You don't Odin to flash a rom, so that's beside the point right now.
Don't get flustered here, I am trying to help.
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Dude, just restore your nand backup.

If you want to go back to stock and become unrooted, go to youtube and search samsung epic return to stock. Watch qbkings video. You will need the ec05.tar file, samsung drivers for your pc, and one additional file that should come with odin, and a valium. There are turtorials everywhere around here, but for step by step "easy" instructions, use qbkings video.
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newguy0804 said:
MY PROBLEM IS THat i cant even get it to show up on odin!
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Two options if odin doesn't see your phone. Try a different cable I bought mine at staples 15 dollars for a better 6 foot cable. Second option is remove the battery hold down 1 and power insert battery. That should get you back in. Then odin to stock ec05. Find a rom of your choice like randomrom thunderhawk. After it installs use the ec05 to ei22 modem flash. That is the method that I upgraded worked like a champ.

If odin doesn't see your phone, try disabling your antivirus and firewall that was causing me problems a while back with Norton I think.

how to go back to stock???

i bought my phone on 9-21-12... how do i go back to complete stock and have that same firmware? i forgot to nandroid before flashing a rom and i want to go back. can someone give me a hand?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737859
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My best guess is to unroot it.....that will go back to stock
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im running a diff rom though

FLBoy1991 said:
im running a diff rom though
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First reply is 100% correct.Second, not so much

Naddict said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737859
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Thanx bro I may have a few questions, is it ok to pm u???
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And once this thing is done down loading, do I flash it the way I would a normal Rom?? Through twrp???
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FLBoy1991 said:
And once this thing is done down loading, do I flash it the way I would a normal Rom?? Through twrp???
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no, once u downlaod the odin file, thats just the first step, u still need to download the modem
best method ive found to be is to download the modem for ure smartphone and then odin back to stock, but before u do odin back to stock, i recommend getting the triangle away which removes ure custom count flash so then if u do return it back to the store they wont know. which is explained on the second post.
just follow the instructions which guy posted ontop with the link to odin back to stock, it shows u on the video how to return back to stock.

Practitioner said:
no, once u downlaod the odin file, thats just the first step, u still need to download the modem
best method ive found to be is to download the modem for ure smartphone and then odin back to stock, but before u do odin back to stock, i recommend getting the triangle away which removes ure custom count flash so then if u do return it back to the store they wont know. which is explained on the second post.
just follow the instructions which guy posted ontop with the link to odin back to stock, it shows u on the video how to return back to stock.
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Ive actually simplified this and am in the process of uploading this file to the site. Full stock with LI3 OTA based on the one in the dev section, but will also flash: Stock Recovery, LI3 Modem, and no root access. System will show as normal as this is totally unmodified stock. The equivalent of the odin tar but updated and flashed without odin. Just flash in recovery like any rom https://dl.dropbox.com/s/sqns12krx5u0rr9/LI3_STOCK_COMPLETE.zip?dl=1

billard412 said:
Ive actually simplified this and am in the process of uploading this file to the site. Full stock with LI3 OTA based on the one in the dev section, but will also flash: Stock Recovery, LI3 Modem, and no root access. System will show as normal as this is totally unmodified stock. The equivalent of the odin tar but updated and flashed without odin. Just flash in recovery https://dl.dropbox.com/s/sqns12krx5u0rr9/LI3_STOCK_COMPLETE.zip?dl=1
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well even better

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypmqJbZqOaU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
How to unroot/unbrick thanks to QBKing77 for all the awesome videos.
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Brand new and quick way to do it on this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...Quick Return to COMPLETE UNROOTED STOCK (LI3)
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Unbrick a softbricked gs2 sph-d710

I was trying to root my sprint samsung galaxy s2 using the program odin an what I thought was the right file wasnt an after flashing my phone wont go past the boot up stage and it has the yellow triangle. I can get in download mode and recovery mode but every thing I have tryed dont work. Help?
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Drewand91 said:
I was trying to root my sprint samsung galaxy s2 using the program odin an what I thought was the right file wasnt an after flashing my phone wont go past the boot up stage and it has the yellow triangle. I can get in download mode and recovery mode but every thing I have tryed dont work. Help?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416477
Try flashing this. It's more stock then anything (odin in download mode)Follow directions in the thread here. Should be safe once ya do this (i've soft bricked both my Epic and my Epic touch a few times) And this is a Rooted EL26 (GB) rom as well. Hope it helps.

If you can get into DL mode, you can also use the one-click EL29 . It takes all the guesswork out of Odin settings plus it gets rid of the yellow triangle. Every time I have been able to get back to DL mode I have used this method. I will try to find the link, but there is a great video on YouTube done by QBking77.
Here it is
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sp...2158-guide-how-rollback-gingerbread-el29.html

What did you try to install?was it for an international version galaxys2?
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When I go to download one click el29 do I click all the mirrors or just one of them?
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Drewand91 said:
When I go to download one click el29 do I click all the mirrors or just one of them?
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Just one. Just need to download the file.. Mirrors are just other servers or links to get the same information

Originally Posted by Drewand91<br />
When I go to download one click el29 do I click all the mirrors or just one of them? <br />
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Just one. Just need to download the file.. Mirrors are just other servers or links to get the same information
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Ok, that drew me to scratch my head lol. Im a noob but ill get there. Thanks.
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Drewand91 said:
Ok, that drew me to scratch my head lol. Im a noob but ill get there. Thanks.
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Let us know when you get back to stock EL29. Also where do you want to go with this and what do you want to do? Are you looking to be stock rooted or install custom roms?
Also, once you get to EL29, your phone will check for upgrades. If you want to stay there on GB, stay rooted, or install roms, do not accept the upgrade.

Stock before my mess up I had 4.0.4 and after doing these step I hope to get back to that just rooted. After that maybe clockworkmod and throw in a rom for ics...., I have to do updates manualy right? If phone is rooted?

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Let us know when you get back to stock EL29. Also where do you want to go with this and what do you want to do? Are you looking to be stock rooted or install custom roms?
Also, once you get to EL29, your phone will check for upgrades. If you want to stay there on GB, stay rooted, or install roms, do not accept the upgrade.
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If I accept the upgrade will my phone do the upgrade and and work fine just wont be rooted?

Drewand91 said:
Stock before my mess up I had 4.0.4 and after doing these step I hope to get back to that just rooted. After that maybe clockworkmod and throw in a rom for ics...., I have to do updates manualy right? If phone is rooted?
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Yes, you will need to install them manually with Odin, Mobile Odin, or CWM after you are rooted. Figure out what ICS rom you want before you do anything and let us know if you need any help. BTW, there are a few JB roms that are decent daily drivers as well.
Were you able to get back to EL29 okay?
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Drewand91 said:
If I accept the upgrade will my phone do the upgrade and and work fine just wont be rooted?
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I believe so. I have never done that. Once I rooted, I have never went back to stock.

Havent got a chance to try and flash to el29 yet. Left my phone at my gf house for the night so gotta wait tell she brings it over in the morning. As soon as I jump on all this ill let yall know .

i flashed this---->http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721229./ and every thing works great. now im gonna flash this custom romhttp://phantomroms.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=13&pid=83#pid83. to do so i need to flash a custom recovery correct and calkulins?

It is considered safer to flash from a GB kernal, but whatever the instructions call for on that custom rom do that. BTW, I have never flashed a rom from any thing other than EL29 direct boot CWM and EL26 stock w/ CWM5.