since i just signed up i cant really post in the development thread anyways what i did was update the tab to stock ics, rooted, unlocked and flashed the flexreaper rom, what i didn't do was create a backup of the tab before flashing, if i wanted to go back to stock ics how would i do this? is it as simple as flashing the update.zip? or is there more to it then that?
on a side note if civato happens to read this, just want to mention that the link to the RF1-Default-Look is not working.
mrsmiles said:
since i just signed up i cant really post in the development thread anyways what i did was update the tab to stock ics, rooted, unlocked and flashed the flexreaper rom, what i didn't do was create a backup of the tab before flashing, if i wanted to go back to stock ics how would i do this? is it as simple as flashing the update.zip? or is there more to it then that?
on a side note if civato happens to read this, just want to mention that the link to the RF1-Default-Look is not working.
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Yes...its as simple as flashing the update.zip
only thing is that when you flash the stock ics your bootloader will be relocked and you will have to go through the process again (which you should know isn't that difficult) to unlock it...there is a way to flash by removing some files from the stock ics rom...but i cant locate that method at the moment..
cool thanks, really just wanted to make sure, before i did something i shouldn't have.
dont plan on reflashing at this point unless something messes up.
Yea man...as long as you follow things to a "t" your good....this community has done a good job providing good tutorials...I feel like an "a100 genius" because of these guys lol...good luck
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Ok, so I just got an Rogers Xperia Play (r800a) a couple days ago and my bootloader is locked but I want to use the stock based roms. How do I flash a rom? So far I've rooted my phone and I have uninstalled/frozen a lot of stuff so my phone is running pretty fast right now.
To summarize what I said, I have a rooted phone with a locked bootloader, can someone just tell me how to get that clockworkmod thing and what to do to flash a rom?
Here is a link for CWM so that it'll get you started:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390771
I suggest going here first, most ROM developers will have instructions on how to install their ROMs.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1294129
n0_face said:
Here is a link for CWM so that it'll get you started:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390771
I suggest going here first, most ROM developers will have instructions on how to install their ROMs.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1294129
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Thanks. I now have recovery installed. And the guide thing sad that it's possible to brick my phone so can someone give detailed instructions on the nandroid back up thing which lets you restore your phone to the way it is? My phone is in functioning good condition right now and I don't wanna freeze all the bloat again after the rom.
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Thanks. I now have recovery installed. And the guide thing sad that it's possible to brick my phone so can someone give detailed instructions on the nandroid back up thing which lets you restore your phone to the way it is? My phone is in functioning good condition right now and I don't wanna freeze all the bloat again after the rom.
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Boot into recovery, select backup and restore, backup
Hey guys, sorry to hi-jack the thread but it saves making a new one.
I bought a R800i a few weeks ago, and the bootloader says unlock allowed: yes
and was wondering where I could go to install ROMS and how I'd do it? Would I need Clockwork Mod aswell (the same one as above or a different one? )
Thanks!
I literally just accepted the FH13 OTA update yesterday morning. As far as I can tell, I'm back to being unrooted and no custom recovery.
I've browsed the threads here about how to not brick your phone and upgrading and all that but to someone who doesn't flash a custom ROM every day it's a bit confusing. Every other line in one of the threads was striked out. I remember somewhere someone saying that installing CWM on ICS is a bad, bad thing. I don't even want to try it as of right now.
Can someone just explain to me, briefly, the steps to go form stock FH13 to CM9/10. I don't even need links to threads, I can do the digging. I just want to be absolutely sure of the steps. Like, do I have to go back to GB first? Can I backup my current system before I do any of this with Nandroid? Can I even install CWM on ICS?
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I literally just accepted the FH13 OTA update yesterday morning. As far as I can tell, I'm back to being unrooted and no custom recovery.
I've browsed the threads here about how to not brick your phone and upgrading and all that but to someone who doesn't flash a custom ROM every day it's a bit confusing. Every other line in one of the threads was striked out. I remember somewhere someone saying that installing CWM on ICS is a bad, bad thing. I don't even want to try it as of right now.
Can someone just explain to me, briefly, the steps to go form stock FH13 to CM9/10. I don't even need links to threads, I can do the digging. I just want to be absolutely sure of the steps. Like, do I have to go back to GB first? Can I backup my current system before I do any of this with Nandroid? Can I even install CWM on ICS?
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Hey, I know you said you don't want any links, but they are kinda tricky to find. Currently, the most reliable way to do this is to use odin (or one-click) to downgrade your phone to an earlier build, and then use the absurdly stable recoveries and kernels there to upgrade once again. The way you should do this is as follows:
1. Use Odin one click to go back to EL29 (which is gingerbread)
2. Install a kernel with a recovery through the use of either Odin or Mobile Odin (I have provided a link for sfhub's Odin GUI)
3. Reboot your phone and give it a couple minutes.
4. reboot into recovery and flash away
The link to odin one click to get back to EL29 (provided by sfhub):http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
The link to Odin GUI to root EL29 (provided by sfhub): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728
If you have any questions, please ask, and also be sure to watch the instructional videos provided by qbking77 in the above links. If this is your first time using odin, it can be somewhat nerve wracking, but be patient, take it slow and follow the directions. Good luck
EDIT: to answer the other questions in your post:
nomaxtech said:
Can I even install CWM on ICS?
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Well, you can use Mobile Odin to flash a kernel that has a working recovery, but for that you would need to have root. You could however use Odin(on the computer) to flash a kernel with a custom recovery, but It wouldn't be as reliable as flashing back to el29 and using that recovery. HOWEVER, a lot of people have been claiming that the newer recoveries for ics are safe and can be used.
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Can I backup my current system before I do any of this with Nandroid?
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Well, you would need a working recovery, so refer to the previous question.
Today I used ODIN to flash agats 0.5.4 kernel, which I then wiped and installed CM9. I think you need a rooted rom in-order to do what I did though.
nomaxtech said:
I literally just accepted the FH13 OTA update yesterday morning. As far as I can tell, I'm back to being unrooted and no custom recovery.
I've browsed the threads here about how to not brick your phone and upgrading and all that but to someone who doesn't flash a custom ROM every day it's a bit confusing. Every other line in one of the threads was striked out. I remember somewhere someone saying that installing CWM on ICS is a bad, bad thing. I don't even want to try it as of right now.
Can someone just explain to me, briefly, the steps to go form stock FH13 to CM9/10. I don't even need links to threads, I can do the digging. I just want to be absolutely sure of the steps. Like, do I have to go back to GB first? Can I backup my current system before I do any of this with Nandroid? Can I even install CWM on ICS?
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I don't know if you check on some youtube tutorial, If not go to QBking77 channel, he has the latest and newest way to re-root your phone. Take your time and read. you probably know what to do, but lack the confidence to go thru with it, take your time and check out some youtube videos.
I was wondering this my self thanks.
Freeroot, thank you so much!
I never expected all of that. Every time I have ever asked a question I would usually get short answers and scolded for not doing the searching myself. I had hoped that I would get a better response if I said not to bother with links.
Seriously, thank you very much! Above and beyond! :good:
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Freeroot, thank you so much!
I never expected all of that. Every time I have ever asked a question I would usually get short answers and scolded for not doing the searching myself. I had hoped that I would get a better response if I said not to bother with links.
Seriously, thank you very much! Above and beyond! :good:
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Hey, I'm just glad you posted this in the right section. Hope it all worked out for you!
Im not such a fan of custom roms or custom kernels. I always stay on Stock roms, I dont really like to mess around with my phone other then rooting it and i also like to replace system apps from other phones I previously had, so I usually make nandroid backups if something goes wrong I just go back to a previous working backup.
So my quetion is guys... Do I really need to unlock my bootloader? If I brick my phone and need to reflash my stock rom do I need to have it unlocked? Or what would be another way of getting it back to life? Oh and finaly can I have CWM without been unlocked? Please any help would be greatly appreciated.
No one "needs" their bootloader to be unlocked. We unlock it for extra functionality such as flashing custom roms. Since you don't care about that, why do it? No, you don't need an unlocked bootloader to flash back to stock. Yes, CWM can be installed with just root now. These are easy answers that you could find by searching around a little
Thank you bro, but I swear I searched as a matter of fact I have been reading different posts for two days but no one specified this. There is a guide on how to flash CWM but it says you need bootloader unlocked and as of now I still havent found a guide on how to flash stock roms to our Xperia Play so thats why I posted these questions. Im gonna try and find the ways of flashing custom roms and cwm...
installing cwm couldn't be any easier... Just download cwm installer from somewhere Google it and that's it... Or try xparts from the market which is the same app but is just the latest version but I saw people having problem with it maybe they fixed the problem
cippi21 said:
installing cwm couldn't be any easier... Just download cwm installer from somewhere Google it and that's it... Or try xparts from the market which is the same app but is just the latest version but I saw people having problem with it maybe they fixed the problem
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Yeah thanks alot bro, I found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390771 (for future refrence). Now I only need the stock rom flashing... Im reading something about flashloader I think im close.
Flashtool is a great program for flashing stock roms...give that a try
cippi21 said:
Flashtool is a great program for flashing stock roms...give that a try
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Thanks bro im gonna try it.
1. I have my note 2 rooted if I want to go back to stock I've read that you need to flash the stock rom. (If this is not right let me know).
Where can I find the stock rom?
Ive found one that's called L900VpaLJ. on my phone it say L900vpalJc is this the same?
2. Im looking to flash a custom rom since In rooted might as well enjoy it.
More than a question Im looking for some suggestions. Im looking for something that improves the battery, and maybe the audio.
Im not looking to change any of the graphics (booting image) sounds it makes.
Any suggestions?
3. Ive read around that there is a 4.1.2 update. Is this official? Is it for the international or does it include sprint?
If not official when would you guess it'll be released?
Let me thank you in advanced for taking the time to read this.
Getting to Stock
AlexE714 said:
1. I have my note 2 rooted if I want to go back to stock I've read that you need to flash the stock rom. (If this is not right let me know).
Where can I find the stock rom?
Ive found one that's called L900VpaLJ. on my phone it say L900vpalJc is this the same?
2. Im looking to flash a custom rom since In rooted might as well enjoy it.
More than a question Im looking for some suggestions. Im looking for something that improves the battery, and maybe the audio.
Im not looking to change any of the graphics (booting image) sounds it makes.
Any suggestions?
3. Ive read around that there is a 4.1.2 update. Is this official? Is it for the international or does it include sprint?
If not official when would you guess it'll be released?
Let me thank you in advanced for taking the time to read this.
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Okay, if you want the original firmware/rom that was released with the Note II initially from Sprint, here is that:
http://stockroms.net/file/GalaxyNote2/SPH-L900/SPH-L900_L900VPALJ1_L900VPALJ1_L900SPTALJ1.zip
^ Flash that in Odin.
(If you don't know how to use Odin, i'll teach you)
If you want to upgrade the firmware on the above rom (Official Sprint Update), flash this in TWRP:
http://stockroms.net/file/GalaxyNote2/SPH-L900/SPH_L900_LJ1_to_LJC.zip
That's all stock (except the Team Win Recovery [TWRP] )
If you have any questions just post them.
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AlexE714 said:
1. I have my note 2 rooted if I want to go back to stock I've read that you need to flash the stock rom. (If this is not right let me know).
Where can I find the stock rom?
Ive found one that's called L900VpaLJ. on my phone it say L900vpalJc is this the same?
2. Im looking to flash a custom rom since In rooted might as well enjoy it.
More than a question Im looking for some suggestions. Im looking for something that improves the battery, and maybe the audio.
Im not looking to change any of the graphics (booting image) sounds it makes.
Any suggestions?
3. Ive read around that there is a 4.1.2 update. Is this official? Is it for the international or does it include sprint?
If not official when would you guess it'll be released?
Let me thank you in advanced for taking the time to read this.
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If you want a good steady (awesome and probably best) rom, get this one.
It's the JellyBomb ROM by Team Venum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957773
^ Just go onto that thread, download the latest version (12.1), and out it onto your external SD card.
There is a rom with the Aroma installer, which pretty much lets you choose the mods to put on it, and there is another rom without the Aroma installer, which I would recommend for you, being a beginner and all.
If you have any questions just post them.
Once it's on your external SD card, boot your phone into recovery mode (TWRP) and install the .zip file you downloaded.
2. No offense but I would not recommend jelly bomb if he's looking to keep things as stock as possible (graphics, etc). I'd go through the roms in Android Development and look for a stock custom rom. I used to use project rom that was pretty stock at the time, ,may still be..
For audio, u can tweak settings in Stweaks, an app included with many roms. If it's not included chances are its still compatible and u should get it. My phone is soo loud through the speakers so well as auxiliary
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netzer119 said:
2. No offense but I would not recommend jelly bomb if he's looking to keep things as stock as possible (graphics, etc). I'd go through the roms in Android Development and look for a stock custom rom. I used to use project rom that was pretty stock at the time, ,may still be..
For audio, u can tweak settings in Stweaks, an app included with many roms. If it's not included chances are its still compatible and u should get it. My phone is soo loud through the speakers so well as auxiliary
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He didn't say anywhere that he wanted to stay close to stock.
He said
Im looking to flash a custom rom since In rooted might as well enjoy it.
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So I reffered him to the ROM I also flashed first, to enjoy the Note II for a little while until he wants to go back towards stock again.
Question I just got the note 2. Um really impressed my old device was the evo lte.
Now my question do I need to be s off to flash radio updates or I just need to be rooted? Sorry if I just sound dumb but I was with htc for to long its my first samsung
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There is no S-Off on samsung devices. In lieu of a locked bootloader they use a custom binary flash counter and a stock recovery auto install script that over writes custom recovery on boot, CWM and TWRP via goomanager disable the script, flash counter can be reset if warranty is needed
I like to break stuff!
Hi,
I am trying to flash the original stock rom that my tmobile came with before I flashed it with cyanogen mod. I have been viewing and searching for the right sites but I can't seem to find the correct stock rom. Also some sites are saying to use odin and some are saying to just flash the stock rom like i did with cyanogenmod. Any help would be appreciated.
Did you make a backup prior flashing the custom rom?
Need Odin to flash stock.
All needed links are in my signature.
Aerowinder said:
Need Odin to flash stock.
All needed links are in my signature.
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Thanks so much, you don't know how long I was looking for those. Just a few questions I have though.
Also...
1) Will this take away my root? And if so, if I every need to root again do I just do the same thing I did before to root? (because I want to use titanium backup to get my apps and data back.)
2) Will I be able to do system/T-mobile updates normally from the device from now on or will I have to do them manually?
3) Finally, and it's alright if you don't but do you know any good videos to follow to flash the stock rom? (I think I found one but this comment won't let me post it right now.)
mrcolonelpopcorn said:
Thanks so much, you don't know how long I was looking for those. Just a few questions I have though.
Also...
1) Will this take away my root? And if so, if I every need to root again do I just do the same thing I did before to root? (because I want to use titanium backup to get my apps and data back.)
2) Will I be able to do system/T-mobile updates normally from the device from now on or will I have to do them manually?
3) Finally, and it's alright if you don't but do you know any good videos to follow to flash the stock rom? (I think I found one but this comment won't let me post it right now.)
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I did a detail post for this a while back to someone who was asking same questions. Will find it for you when I get home if no one provides it by than. But for your first q question use root66 it comes prerooted
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