I want to try and flash ICS onto my phone, it is rooted on stock, but is there a way i can back up everything on the phone now to the sd card, try ics, then restore the phone to its previous state?
richyrocket said:
I want to try and flash ICS onto my phone, it is rooted on stock, but is there a way i can back up everything on the phone now to the sd card, try ics, then restore the phone to its previous state?
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Make a nandroid backup in clock work mod. If you dont have clock work, you will have to install that first. Search the dev thread for the CWM recovery threads
Okay, i have cwm and i have it backed up. so if i download ics and flash it i will be able to restore my old data?
richyrocket said:
Okay, i have cwm and i have it backed up. so if i download ics and flash it i will be able to restore my old data?
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you are correct!
WAIT HE'S NOT ON MTD No no no.
You can't do that your on stock rooted bml...and flashing cm9 will put you on mtd restoring bml nandroids will bootloop it/ soft brick it and will need to be re odined to get back to stock.
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Big Goron said:
WAIT HE'S NOT ON MTD No no no.
You can't do that your on stock rooted bml...and flashing cm9 will put you on mtd restoring bml nandroids will bootloop it/ soft brick it and will need to be re odined to get back to stock.
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WOW WOW WOW!! Thank you! You still can make the nandroid and not worry about anything. You will however, have to odin back to stock and use the victory pit file, to restore said backup!! Sorry, and thanks again Big Goron!
edit: also make sure repartition and auto reboot are checked in Odin!
Its okay sorry my shift key got stuck for a minute there tried to make it look as urgent as possible.
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Big Goron said:
Its okay sorry my shift key got stuck for a minute there tried to make it look as urgent as possible.
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LOL, I mean the WOW for me being so quick to respond and not even thinking of the file system! I would have felt terrible! But really, he would have just pooped himself a little lol, and no harm would have been done! Again, thanks for saving my dumbness today!
Coycaine said:
LOL, I mean the WOW for me being so quick to respond and not even thinking of the file system! I would have felt terrible! But really, he would have just pooped himself a little lol, and no harm would have been done! Again, thanks for saving my dumbness today!
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One more bml/mtd aren't filesystems they're Partitions just saying..etx4 and yaffs2 are FS's . No problem I tend to forget BML even exists anymore.
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Big Goron said:
One more bml/mtd aren't filesystems they're Partitions just saying..etx4 and yaffs2 are FS's . No problem I tend to forget BML even exists anymore.
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If you keep correcting me...lol I'll learn more! What really gets me, is going back and forth between the Epic and Nexus. Both on the phones, and forums! They are sooo damn similar, yet sooooooo different lol! I sent the OP a PM just to clear my conscience a little! And what Im hoping for the OP is he will love CM9, and never want to go back to the BML "PARTITION"! lol look Im getting it already!
THANK GOODNESS! glad I checked back here before i started.
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THANK GOODNESS! glad I checked back here before i started.
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So did you get all that? lol...Do you have Odin installed on your computer?
everything you will need... http://forums.acsyndicate.net/showt...ot-unbrick-the-Samsung-Epic-4G-on-BML-and-MTD
yes i have odin, flashback from when i bricked my palm pre so what all would i need to do to restore back to GB? (if i wanted to)
oops. just saw your links.
richyrocket said:
yes i have odin, flashback from when i bricked my palm pre so what all would i need to do to restore back to GB? (if i wanted to)
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1. Odin
2. Victory.pit file
3. A stock tar
The only reason for this is,it is the way to get back to the BML partition. Once you are back on stock, your back up will work as it should!
edit: If you use a non rooted stock .tar you will have to install CWM again. I am looking for the rooted ec05 tar for you right now.
this is a stock rooted ec05 tar from noobnl. http://www.mediafire.com/?opnq0n0pau8cu01
You all make me so proud!
To the OP you can follow this thread exactly to return to EL30 stock:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
Then Qbking's video to root it again:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwFRzzIqouE
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Hey guys, I'm sure this ? has come up numerous times, but, I'm still going to ask, yet, again. Ok, Epic4g Ext4, ACS rom & previously Midnight rom 5.3 which I really liked, but, kept getting FC with txt. msging apps after a couple days, don't know why. Anyways, so going to in all liklihood Odin back to stock and start clean. So, here's my ?, should I go back to EXT4 or stay with RFS? I'm an app/game junkie, so, obviously, going to root & am on my phone all the time. So, for a girl, haha, I'm pretty savy with these things & have been mgr. with Sprint & others, so, need my phone like oxygen, lol. Anyways, advice appreciated and pretty darn quick, if you please, because want to get this over with asap! Lastly, try out Gingerbread or not and what roms do all y'all like out there and why? Keep in mind, need it to be STABLE, STABLE, STABLE, fast would be good, and not a battery sucker, but, one can't have it all! Thanks!
Flash back
-Acs Syndicate
Then Odin the EE03 Modem
-Also the FC's were caused b/c you had Journalizing OFF
you need to turn journalizing off.
ok, still confused. So, yes, knew journaling was off, but, what did I need to do & where to, if I'm reading your answer correctly, to keep it off? Thanks for the quick response, btw.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1071723
Here you go when you flash Acs Frozen
Just flash this in Clockwork...
you'll need the Re Enabling one.
hope it solves your problem
Beat me to it. ^^^
U can flash the rom once u set everything how u want it go ahead and boot into clockworkmod do a backup then when that's done wipe everything 3x then restore ur back up. That will re enable journaling
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iSaint said:
Flash back
-Acs Syndicate
Then Odin the EE03 Modem
-Also the FC's were caused b/c you had Journalizing OFF
you need to turn journalizing off.
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So, advice is to Odin back to stock, yes or no? Then, obviously, root, ext4, correct? Flash Midnight rom (since that's the rom I want most, so far), Odin to modem EE03, then, lastly flash the reenable journaling file you linked me to? Not trying to sound stupid, and, admittedly, not a developer, but, I CAN follow directions pretty well. Thanks, again, guys!
smathias503 said:
So, advice is to Odin back to stock, yes or no? Then, obviously, root, ext4, correct? Flash Midnight rom (since that's the rom I want most, so far), Odin to modem EE03, then, lastly flash the reenable journaling file you linked me to? Not trying to sound stupid, and, admittedly, not a developer, but, I CAN follow directions pretty well. Thanks, again, guys!
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yep you got it
No problem.
iSaint said:
yep you got it
No problem also dude
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She's a girl, not a dude.
The Root said:
She's a girl, not a dude.
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Fixed My bad
The Root said:
She's a girl, not a dude.
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She's just one of the guys!!!
Gracias, gracias, gracias!
Dude is ok, jeez! I've been called "one of the guys," many times, so, thanks for the compliment! And, above all, thanks for all the input. Have a great supposedly the end of the world as we know it day, yeah, right!
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Hey guys,
So, I ran EH06, and liked it, but I prefer EC05 (more stable). I tried to Odin back, followed the instructions, but for some strange reason the phone is stuck on Gingerbread. Any suggestions/explanations?..
What are the errors/where does Odin stop, what are you trying to flash, what file name?
malcolmXman said:
What are the errors/where does Odin stop, what are you trying to flash, what file name?
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No errors. Everything's cool when I Odin, everything says "successful", everything goes according to plan. And when the phone reboots, I get back to stock, but still on Gingerbread with the EH06 modem.
Kangaji said:
No errors. Everything's cool when I Odin, everything says "successful", everything goes according to plan. And when the phone reboots, I get back to stock, but still on Gingerbread with the EH06 modem.
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What are u trying to go back to?
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Esteway.619 said:
What are u trying to go back to?
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Just trying to go back to stock EC05 (planning to go to viperrom AFTER going back to stock). I used the files provided by qbking to do so, and it worked once before. But that was when I was on EG22. EH06 seems different...
Kangaji said:
Just trying to go back to stock EC05 (planning to go to viperrom AFTER going back to stock). I used the files provided by qbking to do so, and it worked once before. But that was when I was on EG22. EH06 seems different...
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Try this. Link:
ReRFS Format Stock ROM EC05 v1.01
flash with cwm then use Odin to flash the ec05 modem
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You must have flashed a tar that did not have the EC05 modem in it. You could get the stock tar here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
kennyglass123 said:
You must have flashed a tar that did not have the EC05 modem in it. You could get the stock tar here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
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Nope, that's actually exactly the same .tar I used. From the same page.
Kangaji said:
Nope, that's actually exactly the same .tar I used. From the same page.
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That's a little freaky. Go to the 2nd post of that thread and use Heimdall and you can just do the modem.bin from the EC05 tar or anywhere else you can get it from.
kennyglass123 said:
That's a little freaky. Go to the 2nd post of that thread and use Heimdall and you can just do the modem.bin from the EC05 tar or anywhere else you can get it from.
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Wait -- I just wanna be sure I got this right. I've been doing this for a few months now, so I THINK I sorta know what I'm doing, but I just wanna check to be sure.
So right now, I've got a firmware version of 2.3.4, a baseband version of EH06, and a build number of GINGERBREA.EH06. I CAN change the baseband to EB13, but when I do that the firmware and build number do not change.
Just to be sure, is there something I might have forgotten? I followed the directions, but I just wanna be sure.
And you didn't think to nand backup before going to eh06? Tsk tsk tsk.
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And you didn't think to nand backup before going to eh06? Tsk tsk tsk.
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See, that's the funny part: I DID make nand backup. And I tried to restore but it wouldn't let me. It kept saying "aborted".
Hm... negatory md5 match?
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Hm... negatory md5 match?
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....What's that?
Nand backup in CWM creates an MD5 checksum. If it was in any way corrupt,or incomplete, you could experience a succesful restore with issues. Or an unsucessful restore all-together.
.....So does this mea there's no hope for me then?
Not quite, if someone was willing to share their nand backup with you, you could always put that inside the clockworkmod folder found on your sd card and try that.
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Wait -- I just wanna be sure I got this right. I've been doing this for a few months now, so I THINK I sorta know what I'm doing, but I just wanna check to be sure.
So right now, I've got a firmware version of 2.3.4, a baseband version of EH06, and a build number of GINGERBREA.EH06. I CAN change the baseband to EB13, but when I do that the firmware and build number do not change.
Just to be sure, is there something I might have forgotten? I followed the directions, but I just wanna be sure.
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Then you are only Odining the modem which is the baseband. If you restore a nand backup from 3.1.0.1 it will put your kernel and ROM back on. If you want to be on EB13 or EC05 then you will need to flash a ROM for that or after Odining a stock tar and rooting do only Restore Advanced Data from a nand.
Also if you are getting MD5 mismatches there is a thread for trying to repair those.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14170473
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Then you are only Odining the modem which is the baseband. If you restore a nand backup from 3.1.0.1 it will put your kernel and ROM back on. If you want to be on EB13 or EC05 then you will need to flash a ROM for that or after Odining a stock tar and rooting do only Restore Advanced Data from a nand.
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I see. Except that now after Odining my nand backups are all gone for som reason....
Would anyone happen to have a nand backup they wanna share?
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
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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.
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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
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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.
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?
---------- Post added at 11:49 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:42 AM ----------
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
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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?
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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 exchanging my phone for a new one. I should send back my current phone after I receive the new one.
Do I need to flash back to stock ROM before sending back the device to tmo? It is rooted and is on Darkside ICS.
P.S. If so, is there anyway to do it over Mac or through the phone itself since I don't have access to PC?
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I'm exchanging my phone for a new one. I should send back my current phone after I receive the new one.
Do I need to flash back to stock ROM before sending back the device to tmo? It is rooted and is on Darkside ICS.
P.S. If so, is there anyway to do it over Mac or through the phone itself since I don't have access to PC?
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Yes yes yes yes
U should have done a nandroid of your stock -pre-rooted phone before you flashed superuser. If you did as u were suppose to then all u have to do is restore that backup and ull be fine back to stock. U Also have to flash stock recovery I think....in which case u need a PC and Odin.... as far as I know....I'm sure someone knows a better way that may better fit ur needs.
Also, there is a counter that ticks every time u flash. Mr. X, I believe had a post on how to reset that counter so that tmo doesn't see that u have altered ur phone. I'm not, however, sure how important that is to do.
Good luck
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bzlik88 said:
Yes yes yes yes
U should have done a nandroid of your stock -pre-rooted phone before you flashed superuser. If you did as u were suppose to then all u have to do is restore that backup and ull be fine back to stock. U Also have to flash stock recovery I think....in which case u need a PC and Odin.... as far as I know....I'm sure someone knows a better way that may better fit ur needs.
Also, there is a counter that ticks every time u flash. Mr. X, I believe had a post on how to reset that counter so that tmo doesn't see that u have altered ur phone. I'm not, however, sure how important that is to do.
Good luck
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I really appreciate your reply.
I was on Ginger bread before ICS and I'm almost certain that my nandroid backup is from that ROM
I'm worried now! Assuming I can get access to PC somehow, would I have all the required tools to make my device good enough to return?
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I really appreciate your reply.
I was on Ginger bread before ICS and I'm almost certain that my nandroid backup is from that ROM
I'm worried now! Assuming I can get access to PC somehow, would I have all the required tools to make my device good enough to return?
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It doesn't matter whether ur on ics now or not....flashing ur nandroid backup will bring u back to unrooted stock regardless of where u are now. And yes....if u get access to a computer....and download odin and ur drivers...your set....
Do some research on the kernel counter thing I mentioned....a quick search should bring it up. U may or may not need it.
Search Mr.X counter
I don't know if I'm being difficult to understand. Feel free to ask questions.
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Thanks again for quick reply.
That's good to know. I though that Nandroid, backs up the current rom of the phone, so since I did it when I was on GB to upgrade to ICS, currently there is a GB backup on my phone. So it is the stock ROM... good.
Ok. I'll probably will restore the nandroid tonight to see what happens. and will sure look for Mr.X. Thank you so much!
Oh, btw, how about radio? do I need to do something about that or it restores back to default by nandroid restore?
raizaM said:
Thanks again for quick reply.
That's good to know. I though that Nandroid, backs up the current rom of the phone, so since I did it when I was on GB to upgrade to ICS, currently there is a GB backup on my phone. So it is the stock ROM... good.
Ok. I'll probably will restore the nandroid tonight to see what happens. and will sure look for Mr.X. Thank you so much!
Oh, btw, how about radio? do I need to do something about that or it restores back to default by nandroid restore?
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Yeah your nandroid will restore back to the exact state it was in when u made the backup....therefore you'll be back on gb and not on ics. Which doesn't matter if ur returning the phone.
Your radio will be restored as well with the nandroid
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Oh, the problem is that my previous GB was a custom ROM and I made a nandroid backup on that... oh...
So summary:
1. Look up Mr.X counter thingie and figure out if u need it and if u do all the instructions will be there.
2. Restore nandroid to stock
3. Odin stock recovery.tar using PC. If u don't have the stock recovery a quick search should get it for u as well.
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Oh, the problem is that my previous GB was a custom ROM and I made a nandroid backup on that... oh...
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Ooo that's a problem. U should have made a backup of ur stock before u rooted. Maybe somebody can give u theirs. I have sensitive information on mine.
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Oh god... There should be some plain untouched stock rom somewhere... ((((
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Oh god... There should be some plain untouched stock rom somewhere... ((((
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I agree....your not the only person who has been thru this. I'm surprised nobody has joined this conversation. Give it time
all of this may not even be necessary...sometimes they don't even check....but if they do ur screwed so better safe than sorry.
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Yes, I should try my best than to be sorry. I hope someone can help me with this quickly. Because I have 7 days to return the device and have a hard time accessing PC...
I really appreciate your support bzlik88!
You will need access to a PC to use Odin to flash back to stock. Once you get a computer, it shouldn't take more than an hour and there are plenty of threads here to help you figure that out.
I don't know anything about resetting the flash counter. Depending on WHY your sending your phone back, it may not matter.
I filed an insurance claim on mine after it got a crack in the side. Even went in to the store, played dumb, told them it wasn't working right, and they sent it back for me.
At every step of the way when you talk to someone at Tmobile, don't give them any indication that you know anything about "flashing".
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