Is there anyway to update to 404 without losing my apps and data
I have unlocked boot loader and rooted my gn
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Yeah just flash the official update.
Are you on stock 402 wanting to stock 404? My understanding is that by flashing to stock 404, you shouldn't have to do anything..... but the safe bet would to batch backup your users apps/data with Titanium backup anyway (user data only, NOT system). If you are going from stock 402 to a custom 404 ROM, then you will most likely lose apps/data, but can easiliy be restored from your Titanium backup. Please understand that I am new to this as well, so if someone could verify, that would be great. Forgot to add..... contents in your SD Card directory should not be affected either regardless of flashing Stock or Custom...... still waiting on verification from I thread I started.
Yes stock to stock how do i flash it
I'm assuming that you have the CDMA version (4.0.4 has not been officially released, only leaks). If you are on GSM I'm guessing you would have gotten the notification for OTA version. If on Verizon, find a ROM that is AOSP 4.0.4 based (Probably based off the leaked version). There are supposedly many ROMS that give the Stock Experience that are based off of AOSP 4.0.4. Eclipse 1.5 looks like it is AOSP 4.0.4, but it is way more cutomizable then Stock (but not to the extent of other popular ROMS). If you want the pure stock experience, look in the ROM section and see what people are saying. As far as actually flashing the new ROM, look at the stickied thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529058 It has a wealth of knowledge.... and you are about 25% there since you are already un-locked and rooted.
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I'm assuming that you have the CDMA version (4.0.4 has not been officially released, only leaks). If you are on GSM I'm guessing you would have gotten the notification for OTA version. If on Verizon, find a ROM that is AOSP 4.0.4 based (Probably based off the leaked version). There are supposedly many ROMS that give the Stock Experience that are based off of AOSP 4.0.4. Eclipse 1.5 looks like it is AOSP 4.0.4, but it is way more cutomizable then Stock (but not to the extent of other popular ROMS). If you want the pure stock experience, look in the ROM section and see what people are saying. As far as actually flashing the new ROM, look at the stickied thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529058 It has a wealth of knowledge.... and you are about 25% there since you are already un-locked and rooted.
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No I am using GSM
I have stock recovery do I just download 404 then rename to update.zip and install it via recovery?
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if youre stock with nothing modified (bootloader, recovery, system partitions) then you can wait for updates. if youre not on 4.0.4 and see no updates look at the build.prop file and look for ro.build.fingerprint. if it says =google/yakju/ then you should be getting the update to 4.0.4 if youre not already on it and it shouldnt wipe your apps.
if it doesnt say google/yakju then i would go here:
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
and flash the yakju build. i wasnt on yakju and as soon as i did i got the update notification. downside is when you flash this youll have to lose your apps; brightside, you wont have to wait anymore.
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I am using GSM GN with 4.0.2 stock rom but modified the battery icon, radio is XXLA2 and bootloader is PRIMELA03 and already relocked bootloader
I know the OTA update now is only for completely stock 4.0.2 and I cannot find any custom "Stock rooted deodexed IMM76D" rom for GSM GN
Is there any method to update the rom to stock 4.0.4 without wiping my data??
hello, i have a related question but i didnt want to make another thread to avoid the spam and all the forum trolls.
my question is, i got the 4.0.4 android update (OTA) i did not update yet because i dont have stock, i have Android revolution ROM.
what will happen if i update ? will my device get unrooted ?
will my data be wiped ?
thanks a lot.
punalex said:
I am using GSM GN with 4.0.2 stock rom but modified the battery icon, radio is XXLA2 and bootloader is PRIMELA03 and already relocked bootloader
I know the OTA update now is only for completely stock 4.0.2 and I cannot find any custom "Stock rooted deodexed IMM76D" rom for GSM GN
Is there any method to update the rom to stock 4.0.4 without wiping my data??
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best is to wipe all , like uprade to win7 from vista compared to clean installation
beirouty said:
hello, i have a related question but i didnt want to make another thread to avoid the spam and all the forum trolls.
my question is, i got the 4.0.4 android update (OTA) i did not update yet because i dont have stock, i have Android revolution ROM.
what will happen if i update ? will my device get unrooted ?
will my data be wiped ?
thanks a lot.
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dude, as stated also in other threads, you will never be able to install OTA update due to custom recovery
seeya mates
I know the best is to wipe, but it need to backup the whole sdcard folder which is about 10GB data to my computer and then restore and need to reconfig the phone setting after wipe which really take a long long long time!!!!
So I want to find out the method of bypassing the complete 4.0.2 limitation or wait for someone to make a custom rom like "stock 4.0.4 rooted deodexed"
this kind of rom is available everytime a stock rom come out but not in this time!!?
with root explorer, or better with adb under cwm recovery if u have it, u can restore the files modified by the battery mod, and restore that files with the original 4.0.2 ones
in this way, u can apply the 4.0.4 ota when u get the notification
However, my rom is already deodexed!! Anyone have 4.0.2 rom(stock odexed but no need to wipe), radio and bootloader link (CWM zip), so I can flash this three in recovery and then the OTA update
Having come from flashing SGS have read up as much as I can regarding flashing the HOX.
Have held back having a crack at a custom ROM until Jellybean update arrives on stock, to see how it runs.
However, if I do upgrade to stock Jellybean (which would have a new HBOOT?) would it still be possible to load AOSP Rom after.
If i've read correctly, unless I have a Nandroid backup of a custom ROM (whether it be Jellybean or ICS), the new HBOOT will prevent an ICS based ROM but custom Jellybean should be ok?
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Having come from flashing SGS have read up as much as I can regarding flashing the HOX.
Have held back having a crack at a custom ROM until Jellybean update arrives on stock, to see how it runs.
However, if I do upgrade to stock Jellybean (which would have a new HBOOT?) would it still be possible to load AOSP Rom after.
If i've read correctly, unless I have a Nandroid backup of a custom ROM (whether it be Jellybean or ICS), the new HBOOT will prevent an ICS based ROM but custom Jellybean should be ok?
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It's a confusing, ill-explained situation a lot of people are confused about.
From what i understand, when upgrading to JellyBean (including the upgraded hboot), you can STILL flash ICS custom roms & nandroid back ups. However, what you will be unable to do is flash any sort of Ice cream sandwich RUU's. This is because, the upgraded hboot will cause errors in the installation (considering the hboot version in the RUU, will be of a totally different earlier version).
Hope this clears it up a little bit.
would anyone know how to get back to stock on our evos? i see that gingerbread and jelly bean bootloaders are different so if i were to try to flash a gingerbread rom it would brick my device (happened on my galaxy captivate) or am i able to flash a GB rom on jelly bean 4.2?
any help?
I don't see how flashing a GB rom would change anything. There was no official firmware for JB, so flashing between GB/ICS/JB is strictly on the software side. Now, if you are referring to a dirty flash, then that will not work. You have to wipe caches & data before you flash a GB rom.
Correct. OP, forget what you know about ROM flashing and modding-HTC & Samsung aren't the same. Firmware and software are independent of one another. There are no "Jelly Bean" bootloaders. The bootloader version typically changes with official firmware updates, but that's not always the case. Flash whatever ROM you'd like:thumbup:
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I hope someone can help with a dilemma I have.
I need to flash back to stock rom and do a factory reset on my AT&T SGIII - this I know how to do . However, what I don't know is if the links I've found for tar files for a stock restore (like the one posted here)are for the ice cream sandwich version that launched with the phone, or the newer jelly bean version.
If it is the older version, once I'm done restoring it back to stock and factory settings, will I get an option to update to jelly bean thru AT&T?
Or do I need to find a stock AT&T jelly bean file to flash? If so, where do I find that?
any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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I hope someone can help with a dilemma I have.
I need to flash back to stock rom and do a factory reset on my AT&T SGIII - this I know how to do . However, what I don't know is if the links I've found for tar files for a stock restore (like the one posted here)are for the ice cream sandwich version that launched with the phone, or the newer jelly bean version.
If it is the older version, once I'm done restoring it back to stock and factory settings, will I get an option to update to jelly bean thru AT&T?
Or do I need to find a stock AT&T jelly bean file to flash? If so, where do I find that?
any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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this shouldnt be posted here check the general section for going back to stock
Did you update your phone to AT&T 4.3 stock rom via an OTA update? If you did, do not flash any rom that includes an older bootloader as the flash will brick your phone.
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Did you update your phone to AT&T 4.3 stock rom via an OTA update? If you did, do not flash any rom that includes an older bootloader as the flash will brick your phone.
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No. Ever since going to the Sonic FreeGS3 Resurrection rom, I have been on the 4.1.1 version. I've never been to a more current version than that since that was the last version update for this rom and I liked it just fine.
Even though I'm not wild about having to return to stock, I am at least excited about (hopefully) being able to go up to the latest version released by AT&T. But I wasn't sure if I need to flash a stock 4.3 version AT&T rom (or even where to find that) or if I could just flash the original released stock rom and then be prompted with OTA updates to go to the newer versions.
Any thoughts or input is greatly appreciated.
The latest version of the AT&T ROM is 4.3 which can be done via an OTA update or Kies from a stock 4.1.1 AT&T ROM.
Any reason you need to return to stock? Personally, I would not go near 4.3 as it's not required to install KK ROMS and, once on 4.3, rooting, etc. becomes more complicated.
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The latest version of the AT&T ROM is 4.3 which can be done via an OTA update or Kies from a stock 4.1.1 AT&T ROM.
Any reason you need to return to stock? Personally, I would not go near 4.3 as it's not required to install KK ROMS and, once on 4.3, rooting, etc. becomes more complicated.
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I have to for work. That's the only reason I'm going back to a stock rom. Plus I want to trade my phone in after a few more months once my contract is up.
I have a quick question. I am on a stock rooted 4.1.1 att sgs3. I was curious if i flashed this rom/kernal,[ROM/KERNEL][4.4.2] Quantum 3.54 & QuantumKernel 3/7, would i be able to go back to my stock rooted rom if I wanted to? Thanks in advance.
Looks like you are trying to flash a custom ROM. Don't know much about these particular ROMs you mentioned but you need to your research thoroughly on custom ROMs before flashing. You may know most Custom ROMs don't come with their own bootloaders but still have to rely on a manufacturer's bootloader to run. You should, therefore, avoid any ROM that may update your bootloader because this is the only way that you would not be able to return to your previous stock version. If the ROM simply updates the system without mucking with your bootloader, there is no reason why you may not be able to return to stock.
I had an AT&T SG3 on stock 4.1.1 and I was able to flash KitKat (4.4) based CM11 and return to stock 4.1.1 without any hitches. Finally, whilst you are still on stock 4.1.1 I would suggest you take advantage of all the flexibilities offered by this Android version especially free unlocking before you begin tinkering with firmware.
So as long as I dont update my bootloader, I should be fine on going back to stock rooted 4.1.1? Thanks for the info!!
So how do i know what roms dont mess with the bootloader?
Most ROMS do not include an aboot file. I have flashed CM11, Validus, Slim, and Cyanfox and none of these altered the bootloader.
I suggest that you find a ROM you like, unzip the file, and look at the updater script to determine which bootloaders are required to install the ROM on your phone.
Ok guys, thanks for the tips. I just didn't want to get stuck on a firmware where i could not have root anymore or go back to a stock rooted rom.