am interested in the paranoid android jelly bean and my question is being on Verizon stock ics,do I need to flash jelly bean then pa over it or can I just flash th pa an it has all the necessary jelly beans stuff in it?reason I'm asking I seen when.I downloaded the file there was a paranoid ics and paranoid jelly bean an I want jelly bean,thank you for your time.
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I'm sure you would have to, luckily amon ra is a great recovery utility and creates nandroid copies of your stock Rom on command, I have yet to try reverting to my stock Rom, but I can tell you this I restored a nandroid of my stock with no problems, but read my signature... S-off is why I can with no issue, not sure why as I am new to this also.
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and is there a way to do.a nandroid backup before being rooted or unlocked boot o can I just copy my sd card contents to pc
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No, you have to be rooted.
Rooting is the easiest part.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1790625
Just take your time and follow all of the directions, only on the root link no need to rush you.
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davefromohio said:
am interested in the paranoid android jelly bean and my question is being on Verizon stock ics,do I need to flash jelly bean then pa over it or can I just flash th pa an it has all the necessary jelly beans stuff in it?
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You flash whatever ROM you want over whichever ROM. JB, ICS has nothing to do with it.
fallen00sniper said:
I'm sure you would have to, luckily amon ra is a great recovery utility and creates nandroid copies of your stock Rom on command, I have yet to try reverting to my stock Rom, but I can tell you this I restored a nandroid of my stock with no problems, but read my signature... S-off is why I can with no issue, not sure why as I am new to this also.
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Amon_RA does not make a recovery for the Galaxy Nexus. And there is no such thing as "S-OFF" for Samsung devices.
davefromohio said:
and is there a way to do.a nandroid backup before being rooted or unlocked boot o can I just copy my sd card contents to pc
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You either need root, or an unlocked bootloader. If you don't have one of the two, then no.
Didn't realize this was in the nexus section, must have been moved or my mistake, you seem knowledgeable with the nexus, please help him further.
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Any particular reason for this?
Some people wanna do their own mods rather than install a custom ROM.
Well, have have done installs for many custom roms, but this phone is just for my wife, so I just wanted to make sure there isn't any harm in rooting for additional apps etc. like titanium if she is just going to want stock. Do I have it right?
Ratlegion said:
Well, have have done installs for many custom roms, but this phone is just for my wife, so I just wanted to make sure there isn't any harm in rooting for additional apps etc. like titanium if she is just going to want stock. Do I have it right?
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No, you don't have to change anything if you root it. Its all optional changes. You can just have root and use root apps, you don't have to change the system at all if you don't choose to.
But if she just wants stock... why are you rooting it in the first place?
lol because she's going to want more reliable ways to back up app data among other things and, TO ME, Titanium is the ONLY way to go.
Why change the stock ROM?
Because developers make some pretty great modifications to the UI, kernel, and such.
Make your phone reflect your personality, not the service provider's. (bleh)
After a while people might want to change, sometimes not, but if you already have it rooted it will be easier on you.
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If all you want is a good backup, just make a nandroid and transfer a copy to your computer.
I know, but don't I have to root to do nandroid? That's one of the reasons I wanted to root to begin with.
Ratlegion said:
I know, but don't I have to root to do nandroid? That's one of the reasons I wanted to root to begin with.
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Yes.
At this point, the potential for disaster while rooting is minimal as long as one follows all steps correctly.
Ratlegion said:
I know, but don't I have to root to do nandroid? That's one of the reasons I wanted to root to begin with.
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Nope, no root required for nandroid.
Keep in mind though: a nandroid backup backs up your entire ROM as is. If you restore it you are back to where you were. TB backs up your apps, so you can restore them on the same ROM or on a different one.
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Okay, so when the Jelly Bean ota comes through for Sprint, will it be okay to take it with the custom recovery I installed or not?
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Ratlegion said:
Okay, so when the Jelly Bean ota comes through for Sprint, will it be okay to take it with the custom recovery I installed or not?
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You will need to download it yourself (or move it from /cache to /sdcard) and then it will install with your custom recovery. It will not install over-the-air with a custom recovery.
I have a quasi related question. The Xoom got Jelly Bean recently, and even though I wiped my device and did a factory reset from recovery, all of my music I had put in the internal SD card was still there. Why wasn't all of the internal erased, and could I expect this when I install Jelly Bean on my wife's Nexus?
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Ratlegion said:
I have a quasi related question. The Xoom got Jelly Bean recently, and even though I wiped my device and did a factory reset from recovery, all of my music I had put in the internal SD card was still there. Why wasn't all of the internal erased, and could I expect this when I install Jelly Bean on my wife's Nexus?
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If you wipe data with CWM, it will NOT touch /sdcard.
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Why?
And why is CWM the only custom recovery that doesn't?
Additionally, when ROM installations insist on CWM, why would they also have instructions to put the ROM zip on the external card if the internal is safe?
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Why?
And why is CWM the only custom recovery that doesn't?
Additionally, when ROM installations insist on CWM, why would they also have instructions to put the ROM zip on the external card if the internal is safe?
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What external card?? The GNex does not have one.
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But the Xoom does. Are you saying that CWM is mostly popular with internal storage only devices?
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Ratlegion said:
But the Xoom does. Are you saying that CWM is mostly popular with internal storage only devices?
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That is not at all what I am saying.
This is the GNex forum. If you have questions about the Xoom, I suggest you ask in the Xoom forum.
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I know where I am. It is only that you had been so helpful that in anticipation of Jelly Bean for the Galaxy Nexus, I was asking a general question about custom recoveries here because until now you had been especially helpful to me, and I was eager to give you even more thanks, but it appears I have wasted both of our times instead. I apologize. Good day.
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right i have my gnex GSM unlocked with CWM rooted, on JB 4.1, im not getting the OTA reliese,
I've tried looking on how to update to stock 4.1.1 but i have no idea on what im doing now lol
Should i just wait longer for the OTA or flash it,
if i have to flash it how do i do it coz i keep getting errors.
Im on build JRN84D
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Since you have CWM installed, you won't be able to auto-install off an OTA anyways. You have to flash it manually.
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Since you have CWM installed, you won't be able to auto-install off an OTA anyways. You have to flash it manually.
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How do I do that, I've tried and it just comes up with errors
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How do I do that, I've tried and it just comes up with errors
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Read all stickies in development and return to bone stock and wait for your precious ota or just stay where you are at and wait for another rom to flash.
good day.
not that i want to go back, i am loving this ICS leak, but for those that want to go back to stock 2.3.5 can we simply just put in the rom image in odin and flash in download mode?
figured someone was bound to ask so wanted to get it out there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762209
Hope this helps
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Crzycoco said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762209
Hope this helps
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not really any help there. rooting is not the issue. didnt know if anything was hard coded into the device with the ics update that prevented anyone from being able to just put the phone in download mode and load up the official odin roms to downgrade.
No, you can use the stock ROM at anytime to flash to GB or back to ICS.
Did you not read the second paragraph of the thread?
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Hey guys, im rooted on stock jb for tmobile with stock recovery. I wanna get custom recovery and flash back to ics and use a custom rom like wicked v7.
To do this do I just download goo manager, install its recovery, wipe then flash? Or do I have to change the firmware etc?
Sorry, I usually search for my solutions but im read mixed stuff on reverting and I really dont wanna brick this thing. I even kinda forgot how to do all this since I havent touched my old sensation in months.
Thanks guys.
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Yup.
If you're rooted, 1. download goo manager 2. install openrecovery script 3. flash ROM of choice. You may need to wipe cache and data if you get a bunch of FC's since you're going back to ICS from JB. Don't forget to do a nandroid (step 2.5).
Already on Frosty ics, but thanks guyss
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What I would first do is Odin the ics so you have all drivers installed properly then root and flash rom of choice
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I agree with Crisisx1. I know you said you're already running Frosty (I'm a Wicked guy myself) but if you notice any anomalous behavior, I'd definitely Odin to stock ICS and then go through the proper flashing process. This will ensure all of your partitions/drivers are properly set up. GL man.
So far so good, if any weird things happen ill deff odin back, thanks again guys.
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1st off i want to say sorry if someone already posted this question, but i couldnt find a answer. my sis galaxy nexus on 4.1.1 and i wanted to know if theirs a way to update to 4.1.2 or maybe even the latest 4.2.2 but with out losing any data. the phone is stock unlock and rooted. i know i can just put a rom but she doesnt want to lose anything so can i update it?
Thanks in advance
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1st off i want to say sorry if someone already posted this question, but i couldnt find a answer. my sis galaxy nexus on 4.1.1 and i wanted to know if theirs a way to update to 4.1.2 or maybe even the latest 4.2.2 but with out losing any data. the phone is stock unlock and rooted. i know i can just put a rom but she doesnt want to lose anything so can i update it?
Thanks in advance
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Download titanium back up. Back up all app data. Make sure your on the latest clockwork mod or twrp. Wipe data factory reset flash mmuzzy 4.2.2 rom let apps restore from play store then restore app data from titanium back up and profit.
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You can, but will she even notice if its updated? I'd fastboot flash all except userdata.img, in your case http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
so i can get the system img and boot img from 4.2.2 and flash it on her Gnex and itll work?
Ram1500 said:
so i can get the system img and boot img from 4.2.2 and flash it on her Gnex and itll work?
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I think Titanium is your best bet... After I flash a rom I restore apps and data (not system apps) before I even sign into my Google accounts, it's never failed, I've have backups that I've used since Titanium came out, it's never failed me and I've never had any issues with it...
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Download titanium back up. Back up all app data. Make sure your on the latest clockwork mod or twrp. Wipe data factory reset flash mmuzzy 4.2.2 rom let apps restore from play store then restore app data from titanium back up and profit.
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THIS!
Trust me ANY other custom ROM is usually ALOT better than pure stock, she will appreciate it mor as an update!
Any custom rom will have advantages over plain stock.
I also have a similar question. Is there any way to stay on stock unrooted 4.1.1 and get the 4.2 lock screen?
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tatuuud said:
Any custom rom will have advantages over plain stock.
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and disadvantages.
supervision said:
I also have a similar question. Is there any way to stay on stock unrooted 4.1.1 and get the 4.2 lock screen?
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I think that would take some serious tomfoolery, a lot of that stuff is in the framework I believe, I could be wrong though...
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Ram1500 said:
and i wanted to know if theirs a way to update to 4.1.2 or maybe even the latest 4.2.2 but with out losing any data. the phone is stock unlock and rooted. i know i can just put a rom but she doesnt want to lose anything so can i update it?
Thanks in advance
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419170
simple
Yeah I figured - I'll probably just use Cyanogen's nightly. Thanks for the reply.
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supervision said:
Yeah I figured - I'll probably just use Cyanogen's nightly. Thanks for the reply.
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The CM nightlies are runnimg very well for me...
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Yeah I figured - I'll probably just use Cyanogen's 4.2 nightly.
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