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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....

nfamisnme said:
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.
Sent from my anonymous i3 epic........

[Q] How do I update to Gingerbread? ROM Manager Causing Issues

I want to update my G2 to Gingerbread 2.3.3 but for some reason when my phone restarts for the update to take affect I see the little green android with the progress bar. It stops without reaching 100% and I get an installation error. Why wont it upgrade? Could ClockworkMod Recovery be the culprit?

I don't know for sure but I would think so. Manually push the stock recovery (find it on the forum somewhere) back via adb and try again maybe? Either that or just flash the entire pc10img and u definitely won't have a problem. You will lose all your data tho.
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JosepHenry said:
I want to update my G2 to Gingerbread 2.3.3 but for some reason when my phone restarts for the update to take affect I see the little green android with the progress bar. It stops without reaching 100% and I get an installation error. Why wont it upgrade? Could ClockworkMod Recovery be the culprit?
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So if you have ClockworkMod Recovery, that means you're rooted.
What are you trying to update to 2.3.3 with? Are you taking the OTA? You can't do this (or really really shouldn't) when you're rooted.
If you're rooted, head to the dev section and pick up a pre-rooted 2.3.3 OTA release. You'll keep your root and be upgraded to 2.3.3 like you want.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1211143 I used this one. Its literally just the OTA, pre-rooted. No radio, just the ROM. Flash through ClockworkMod recovery. You should backup apps with something like Titanium Backup first, because its in your best interest to wipe all data through recovery before flashing.

Thanks guys. I honestly didnt know that I wasnt suppose to update/install official updates if my phone has been rooted. The pc10img ROM xsteven77x didnt work for me but the one martonikaj suggested did.
Once again. Thanks! Problem solved.

JosepHenry said:
Thanks guys. I honestly didnt know that I wasnt suppose to update/install official updates if my phone has been rooted. The pc10img ROM xsteven77x didnt work for me but the one martonikaj suggested did.
Once again. Thanks! Problem solved.
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Yep no problem. Just know that when you're rooted, you can no longer take any official update. Gotta do it on your own manually with pre-rooted ROMs.
Feel free to click "thanks" for my post glad I could help you out.

Samsung Epic update qbking77

I watched QBking77 's video for the samsung epic 4g that he released on oct 23 i believe. This video explained how to gain superuser access and how to root. I did this fine and I know its rooted. I just don't know what I am supposed to do next now that this new (gingerbread) update has been released. Am i able to update now that i am rooted and have superuser access? is this what i should do? I was hoping to have the most up to date of everything and it seems to me that ice cream sandwhich or something like that is hte number 1 thing.
Please help me. im lost.

brett701 said:
I watched QBking77 's video for the samsung epic 4g that he released on oct 23 i believe. This video explained how to gain superuser access and how to root. I did this fine and I know its rooted. I just don't know what I am supposed to do next now that this new (gingerbread) update has been released. Am i able to update now that i am rooted and have superuser access? is this what i should do? I was hoping to have the most up to date of everything and it seems to me that ice cream sandwhich or something like that is hte number 1 thing.
Please help me. im lost.
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You can either Odin back to EC05 to accept the OTA (cannot do rooted) or simply flash a new Gingerbread ROM, a bunch of them in Development, and then if you want (don't need to) if you are on baseband ending in EC05 can flash the file that will update your modem to EI22 (the latest modem). qbking77 has videos for all this stuff too.

Well. what do you recommend? I am not an expert at this and i don't know the best answer. I still have EC05. The only thing ive done is add an open garden and bought tegra overclock and have it overclocked ot 1.52 or so.
Thanks again for your help.
kennyglass123 said:
You can either Odin back to EC05 to accept the OTA (cannot do rooted) or simply flash a new Gingerbread ROM, a bunch of them in Development, and then if you want (don't need to) if you are on baseband ending in EC05 can flash the file that will update your modem to EI22 (the latest modem). qbking77 has videos for all this stuff too.
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brett701 said:
Well. what do you recommend? I am not an expert at this and i don't know the best answer. I still have EC05. The only thing ive done is add an open garden and bought tegra overclock and have it overclocked ot 1.52 or so.
Thanks again for your help.
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Go to Development, download and flash a GB ROM, I highly recommend and support Legendary ROM. Then it is optional to go into the stickies there and grab the EI22 flashable updater in the Modems thread.
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kennyglass123 said:
Go to Development, download and flash a GB ROM, I highly recommend and support Legendary ROM. Then it is optional to go into the stickies there and grab the EI22 flashable updater in the Modems thread.
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so will i still be on FROYO if i flash one of these recommended roms?
If i heard you correct, i will be flashing a rom which is like an optimized/ specialized OS for android's FROYO build. And then I will get the EI22 flashable updater in the modems thread (EI22 is gingerbread?).
Just so i understand hte process, what is the point of flashing a rom before updating to Gingerbread?
Also, i will not be updating with sprints OTA update because that will mess stuff up?
Thanks . You're answering questions that i've had forever.

brett701 said:
so will i still be on FROYO if i flash one of these recommended roms?
If i heard you correct, i will be flashing a rom which is like an optimized/ specialized OS for android's FROYO build. And then I will get the EI22 flashable updater in the modems thread (EI22 is gingerbread?).
Just so i understand hte process, what is the point of flashing a rom before updating to Gingerbread?
Also, i will not be updating with sprints OTA update because that will mess stuff up?
Thanks . You're answering questions that i've had forever.
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No you will have Gingerbread. The modems are independent of the ROM and your choice. The ROM I suggested is EI22 firmware code optimized GB. Then if you want the baseband (MODEM) to be updated you can flash the modem delta I told you about. The OTA will not mess anything up, just more steps and more work to root.
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kennyglass123 said:
No you will have Gingerbread. The modems are independent of the ROM and your choice. The ROM I suggested is EI22 firmware code optimized GB. Then if you want the baseband (MODEM) to be updated you can flash the modem delta I told you about. The OTA will not mess anything up, just more steps and more work to root.
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I've read your responses and thought about them and read about them and thought over and over. I don't know what im supposed to do. Forgive me for being so slow.
Im rooted and superuser and my stats are
model number :sph-d700
firmware version: 2.2.1
baseband version:s:d700.0.5s.EC05
Kernel Version 2.6.32.9
build number : froyo.ec05
hardware version D700.0.5
I just dont understand what you are saying and ive been reading around on wikipedia and stuff. I guess im just slow. Thanks for your help.

Wow! I am so glad I came across this thread. I registered with this forum so I could ask the exact same question. (I watched the video and really really didn't want to look like a noob)
I have the exact same specs as above:
model number :sph-d700
firmware version: 2.2.1
baseband version:s:d700.0.5s.EC05
Kernel Version 2.6.32.9
build number : froyo.ec05
hardware version D700.0.5
I am rooted and have clockwordmod 2.5.1.0 because I did some one click root thing a while back. I tried the OTA update (because last time it worked, I just lost my root) but this time it didn't.
I followed the instructions on how to unroot in QBKing77's video on youtube watch?v=xJ5XZIlGwNY (Sorry too new to post links) with no luck. I even watched a couple of other videos that said they were updated versions, but I think they were for the Galaxy S II.
I was trying to go back to stock and get the OTA update, but thought I bricked my phone because all I would get was the little phone yellow exclamation point and computer. Every .tar or whatever file I had in the PDA would fail. I changed out usb plugs and tried two different computers both on windows 7 one 64 bit and the other 32.
Is it really as simple as me booting in to clockworkmod and selecting a gingerbread ROM? I thought I ran across a "really close to stock" GB ROM but with a couple of fixes.
Is it really that easy, and I wasted about 4 hours trying to unroot my phone?
Many Thanks In Advance.
Ricky

The latest for the Epic is Gingerbread. Click on my signature that says Are You Legendary. Download that ROM. Flash that ROM in clockworkmod. Check Qbking's videos on flashing a ROM. Then you will have the latest Gingerbread. Then go into the top of Development and go into the modems thread and get and flash the ec05toei22 file.
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Rick and bret, you both are on ec05 but neither can get ota to ei22 cause you are rooted. Your 2 options:
1. Odin to stock ec05 using qbking77's video. You will then get the ota. This will wipe your contacts, etc. So BEFORE doing this, go to the market and get both call log and sms backup & restore. You can also export contacts to sd. Once on ec05 base, restore all. Do it before ota. No root or cwm. You will have to do the new 1click video specific to ei22. Look for the update video.
2. Do a backup in cwm. Find an ei22 rom and put it on your sd card. I recommend cleangb by toadlife. Get the rfs version. Boot into cwm and install zip from sd. Select the rom file. When done, you will be rooted ei22 w/cwm. Then boot cwm and restore/advanced/restore data. You will have all your stuff back.
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I have a couple more questions.
What is the point of ODIN?
What is the point of clockworkmod and where do i get the most recent?
Why aren't we flashing? to ice cream sandwhich which is the most recent version out there?
thanks.
Also, which program flashes us? is this odin that does this?

If you are not confident with all of this, research.
CWM - Thing on the phone that flashes custom ROMs and certain modems (replaces the normal recovery) To find the newest, look for it and then flash the zip. It is specific for the epic so make sure you don't get one for the wrong phone
Odin - Flashes things from the computer. Used to downgrade modems or go to complete stock or flash an Odin rom (rare)
We don't have ICS because it takes a lot of time for our devs to port that to the epic. It isn't just copy and paste. It requires a lot of hard coding and will take a long time and we are waiting until cm9 to even start to get in to it. Also sprint and samsung EOLd the epic so we will never get ICS.
Gingerbread actually came out on July 24, 2011 but we just got it recently on the epic
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marcusant said:
If you are not confident with all of this, research.
CWM - Thing on the phone that flashes custom ROMs and certain modems (replaces the normal recovery) To find the newest, look for it and then flash the zip. It is specific for the epic so make sure you don't get one for the wrong phone
Odin - Flashes things from the computer. Used to downgrade modems or go to complete stock or flash an Odin rom (rare)
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Trying to learn as much as possible. my next step i believeis to download clockwork mod so that i can do somethign with this era_ei22_beta_4.0.1 zip which im assuming i will put on my SD card. i dont know if i will use clockwork mod or odin to do this.

brett701 said:
Trying to learn as much as possible. my next step i believeis to download clockwork mod so that i can do somethign with this era_ei22_beta_4.0.1 zip which im assuming i will put on my SD card. i dont know if i will use clockwork mod or odin to do this.
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Ill give you a step by step.
You probably already have CWM.
First put legendary on the SD card then follow this:
1. Watch and follow this http://www.youtube.com/watch?nomobile=1&v=qnk6lfBh5rI
2. In CWM (volume down, camera, power while off) choose wipe data, then choose zip from SD card (camera button to select, volume to move, back to go back), then navigate to legendary and select it
Don't touch Odin
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marcusant said:
Ill give you a step by step.
You probably already have CWM.
First put legendary on the SD card then follow this:
1. Watch and follow this http://www.youtube.com/watch?nomobile=1&v=qnk6lfBh5rI
2. In CWM (volume down, camera, power while off) choose wipe data, then choose zip from SD card (camera button to select, volume to move, back to go back), then navigate to legendary and select it
Don't touch Odin
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God im such a noob. i did this on a different cpu that i dont have access to. SO is clockwork on my SD card? or do i get it from online.
Thank you.
Oh and i have era_ei22_ beta_4.0.1 on my sd cardas a zip file now.

brett701 said:
God im such a noob. i did this on a different cpu that i dont have access to. SO is clockwork on my SD card? or do i get it from online.
Thank you.
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You already have it. It is inside your phone. Just follow the tutorial and my step 2. You don't need a computer anymore. To get cwm turn your phone off and then hold power, camera and volume down.
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This might help. After my step 1, follow this except use legendary instead. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of3TkXjqW5c
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brett701 said:
God im such a noob. i did this on a different cpu that i dont have access to. SO is clockwork on my SD card? or do i get it from online.
Thank you.
Oh and i have era_ei22_ beta_4.0.1 on my sd cardas a zip file now.
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ok i did exactly as you said and im in the blue text screen and im selecting install zip from sdcard and it will do nothing but it ill pop me to the top at reboot system now and wont let me select anything. so i havent selected anything yet ive just done erase and i dont even know if that took effect.
Should i restart"?
None of the options are responsive.

CWM controls:
Enter CWM - Power off your phone, hold volume down, camera and power until you see recovery
Navigate up and down - Volume keys
Select - Camera key
Back - Back arrow
Blue text screen makes me think you are not on cwm. 1 sec, ill pull you a tutorial.
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marcusant said:
CWM controls:
Enter CWM - Power off your phone, hold volume down, camera and power until you see recovery
Navigate up and down - Volume keys
Select - Camera key
Back - Back arrow
Blue text screen makes me think you are not on cwm. 1 sec, ill pull you a tutorial.
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ok i did exactly as you said and im in the blue text screen and im selecting install zip from sdcard and it will do nothing but it ill pop me to the top at reboot system now and wont let me select anything. so i havent selected anything yet ive just done erase and i dont even know if that took effect.
Should i restart"?
None of the options are responsive.

Can not install system update EL30, WHY????

ok, so i have ACS and CWM installed on my phone, along with the impaled keyboard patch to correct the lagging typing. With that said, I try repeatedly to download and install the EL30 update from the sdcard, and it begins to install, then aborts and says failed. Has anyone experienced this and what am i doing wrong???

You are trying to install a system update while on a custom rom. That IS what you are doing wrong.
Just let it fail and you will be good to go. Without EL30.
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well that is the thing, the only thing i have done is unlocked my phone. I have the stock ROM still installed.

mookiemoo said:
well that is the thing, the only thing i have done is unlocked my phone. I have the stock ROM still installed.
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The OTA will not install if you are rooted.
You will have to Odin back to stock if you really want the OTA.
I'm waiting for the Dev's to get the ROMs out before I change.

mookiemoo said:
well that is the thing, the only thing i have done is unlocked my phone. I have the stock ROM still installed.
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But you're rooted. That means you aren't on the stock kernel and might have had the Asphalt game removed to conserve space on /system.
You would have been able to find out why you couldn't update with some initiative on searching and reading threads here prior to posting. There's tons of these threads in pages 1-3 on both Q&A and General sub forums.
Research a bit more, then upgrade to CWM v5 and flash an EL30 based rom. There are stock-like roms available so you don't have to lose your comfort level of look & feel.

ok, nikon, thankyou, but i did search around. hence, why i finally posted a thread. threads are free and probably answer a great number of peoples questions who are afraid to ask questions for fear of feeling stupid. i am an airline pilot, so i am not stupid, but not as educated on rooting phones as most of you all are. Thanks though. so, are you saying that while my phone is unlocked, i will not be able to install EL30? i wanted to fix the speaker phone feedback issue that was to be addressed in this patch..

mookiemoo said:
... so, are you saying that while my phone is unlocked, i will not be able to install EL30?
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Correct, you will not be able to install the stock OTA update while being rooted. However, there is an easy solution to your problem. What you're looking for is probably this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1461377
I'd still recommend you make sure you're on CWM v5.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357655
For your "get back on 100% stock" purposes, here are Odin and Heimdall packages that Toadlife made for EL30. These are not the official .tar files, but this is close enough for right now. The files here will not flash the EL30 modem, that is currently a manual flash.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1461337

mookiemoo said:
well that is the thing, the only thing i have done is unlocked my phone. I have the stock ROM still installed.
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Alright. My mistake. I took "ACS and CWM" to to mean that you were using an ACS rom. But it still seems that your problem is the same.
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ok, now thank you very much for that great help. thank you for taking the time to explain and lead to to the right links. i most appreciate it.

So Confussed on the UPDATE to UVLDE

Hello All,
Please go easy on me, I have searched and the more I read the more I get confused. So here is what I have:
I have it rooted and running:
Baseband T989UVKL1
Build Number: Gingerbread.UVKL1
I hear that than OTA for UVLDE is rolling out, I have not yet had the OTA yet sent to my phone. (T-MO)
What if anyting should I do??? I am so lost here I have Busybox, SU...etc...
Any and all information will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks In Advance
Brad

chargedbird said:
Hello All,
Please go easy on me, I have searched and the more I read the more I get confused. So here is what I have:
I have it rooted and running:
Baseband T989UVKL1
Build Number: Gingerbread.UVKL1
I hear that than OTA for UVLDE is rolling out, I have not yet had the OTA yet sent to my phone. (T-MO)
What if anyting should I do??? I am so lost here I have Busybox, SU...etc...
Any and all information will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks In Advance
Brad
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if you really want to update just download either the ODIN tar thats in this forum or go to rootz and download the flashable zip that whitheawkx made.

Or you can download Samsung Kies (not kies air, actual kies) as you will need it on the 11th for the ICS update.
Edit: nvm somehow missed you saying rooted
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would it worth it??? or should I just wait??

Justananomaly,
If I download Samsung Kies....then what do I do...will it automatically update?? and then I will be ready for ICS....or should I just go back to Stock.....

chargedbird said:
Justananomaly,
If I download Samsung Kies....then what do I do...will it automatically update?? and then I will be ready for ICS....or should I just go back to Stock.....
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Nvm about Kies since you are rooted. Maintenance update will unroot you anyways youll have to use Odin to flash it then unroot unless you want to flash it and stay unrooted and stock until the 11th for ICS and yes kies will ask you to update on the 11th after plugging your phone in.
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Justananomaly,
Ok,,,,I guess I should go back to unrooted and stock till the 11th.
If I go back to unrooted and stock, will I loose all my data......and is there a FAQ or step my step to go back to stock
or when I get this update will this unroot me and just wait till the the 11th.
I would like to back to stock but keep all my data....how do I do this...I see outdated FAQ's, etc....anyinformation will be greatly appreciated.

chargedbird said:
Justananomaly,
Ok,,,,I guess I should go back to unrooted and stock till the 11th.
If I go back to unrooted and stock, will I loose all my data......and is there a FAQ or step my step to go back to stock
or when I get this update will this unroot me and just wait till the the 11th.
I would like to back to stock but keep all my data....how do I do this...I see outdated FAQ's, etc....anyinformation will be greatly appreciated.
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Not sure if you will lose your data or not, most likely on the 11th you will anyways since it's an OS update. The maintenance update didn't wipe my data but did unroot me. But thats because I was on stock just rooted.
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OK...well ihave all my data backed up....so I could just sit back and relax and let T-MO do all the updates and when done then I can unroot again.....and add what Mod I want....does this sound correct?

Justananomaly said:
Not sure if you will lose your data or not, most likely on the 11th you will anyways since it's an OS update. The maintenance update didn't wipe my data but did unroot me. But thats because I was on stock just rooted.
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yes kies resets your phone to stock as in out-of the-box if u choose to go back to stock i did it to my SGSII in order to get the UVLDE and lose everything... good thing i made a backup on my PC but remember that when u flash a new rom even a stock it wipes your data thats why is always recommended to make a nandroid backup. now im just sitting here... waiting for my ICS... no root till then...
edit: that is if you really dont want to use odin wich is recommended. check here for more info: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1332103 . good luck

ok...now how do I do a nandroid backup??? I used titatium backup but please tell me more about nandroid...

chargedbird said:
ok...now how do I do a nandroid backup??? I used titatium backup but please tell me more about nandroid...
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Nandroid is built into clockworkmod recovery. It backs up your entire partition so it's basically like having a full backup image of everything, apps, ROM, data, everything the way it is. If you just want apps backed up, and not your entire phone, sick with titanium.
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OK...now I got it. I do have clockworkmod recovery and titianium...will backup both and save to my pc and google drive.... then I will update to the maintance mod and will wait for ICS....thanks for your help

I flashed the deodexed version of this rom from rootz and would not recommend it. Severe market problems and no search function with the capactive search key...
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quick question: i'm from Guatemala, how can i upgrade when ics comes??? can i use kies??
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Just stay rooted and whatever you are now. Chances are a dev will drop a stock rooted clockwork flashable zip of the update the day of. It will probably deodexed and most importantly carrierIQ removed.
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thanks man!!! you really helped me!!
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To OP: just flash via kies. Then reroot(CWM and SU). Your data won't be touched and will be intact. That's what I did. GL

sllim-kun said:
To OP: just flash via kies. Then reroot(CWM and SU). Your data won't be touched and will be intact. That's what I did. GL
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but i'm on DDW2.7... no problem if upgrade via kies? i'm asking because i bricked a samsung vibrant t959 using kies with a custom rom :'(
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I was replying to the OP whom said he was on stock rooted. I was also running stock rooted with bloat frozen. I just unfreezed, delete dalvic/cache and rebooted. Then flashed via kies, rerooted, then refroze the bloat. It's probably different/cause problems if you are running a custom ROM prior to upgrading via kies. Hope this info helps...