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[Q] question about sprint ota update

when the update came out i try to update but i couldnt bcause it went to recovery and then when the update was starting i got an android with an exclamation mark. so then i flashed the radios and after a while the update notification started to show up again? i dont know what to do can someone help me out

Have you changed anything about your stock software? Added/removed system apps, rooted, changed fonts, recovery, etc..?

yes... lol. its rooted, changed soft keys, recovery, kernel.. i kinda knew it was because of that but i dont know how to go back to stock.

carbaj12 said:
yes... lol. its rooted, changed soft keys, recovery, kernel.. i kinda knew it was because of that but i dont know how to go back to stock.
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Well there you go. You can't have anything changed in the system if you plan on accepting the OTA update.
If you want to accept the OTA, you need to flash back to the stock images (everything back to 100% stock except bootloader unlock is OK) and wait for the OTA notification again.

martonikaj said:
Well there you go. You can't have anything changed in the system if you plan on accepting the OTA update.
If you want to accept the OTA, you need to flash back to the stock images (everything back to 100% stock except bootloader unlock is OK) and wait for the OTA notification again.
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Or check now on update section (settings /system) but I would recommended stay rooted that only bad thing about rooting is the a lot rooms don't have prl update and is annoying to flash a stock from just to do that
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What do I flash or use to go back to stock?
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carbaj12 said:
What do I flash or use to go back to stock?
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You can use Odin go to the developer section and stickies there is a good thread and video by qbking to take you back to stock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esxEh0M2E44&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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jgalan14 said:
You can use Odin go to the developer section and stickies there is a good thread and video by qbking to take you back to stock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esxEh0M2E44&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Meaning everything will be deleted right even all my data?
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carbaj12 said:
Meaning everything will be deleted right even all my data?
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Yes. Returning to stock you'll have to completely wipe the device. How else would you get rid of all the **** you changed?

I'm just asking cause before with my evo 4g I could've restored and my memory card wouldn't get erased and if I restore my nexus it does so its different.
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carbaj12 said:
I'm just asking cause before with my evo 4g I could've restored and my memory card wouldn't get erased and if I restore my nexus it does so its different.
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If you do a factory reset with CWM or something it doesn't wipe the virtual SDcard.
The reason why it wipes when you flash to stock is you only have 1 partition internal storage that must be wiped when you install the OS...

help. can't unroot my phone

i used odin and pda the stock jellybean tar. it booted up the phone and the superuser was still there. did a root checker and it says the phone is still rooted. what did i do wrong here

You might have flashed a stock rooted one
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Make sure you download the stock firmware from Samsung updates website and odin
Should return it to 100% stock
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track 1 said:
i used odin and pda the stock jellybean tar. it booted up the phone and the superuser was still there. did a root checker and it says the phone is still rooted. what did i do wrong here
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Yeah bro, Odin doesn't wipe everything. You need to factory reset first through cwm and I would recommend formatting /system. Then Odin to stock and you will be "unrooted"
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imilleson said:
Yeah bro, Odin doesn't wipe everything. You need to factory reset first through cwm and I would recommend formatting /system. Then Odin to stock and you will be "unrooted"
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How do I format system?

track 1 said:
How do I format system?
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i think that option is in "advance".
I agree wit the second post, flash with rooted ROM and then go TWRP to flash any other ROM.

track 1 said:
How do I format system?
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Formatting /system is under mounts in CWM. And why the heck would you Odin a pre-rooted image first? He wants to unroot not re-root
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New gs3 user rooting this phone for first time

Hey guys, and so you know, I have rooted my vibrant, but i just have a few questions i could not find the answer to,weirdly
1. Factory unlock needed? Is there a different root procedure ( wouldnt be suprised)
2. The possibility of hardbricking, high or low.
3. Can I restore a backup of a different version of android if possible, and do i just need to wipe cache etc to flash the same version of android.
Thanks in advanced and sorry if this is noobish, just dont really have a lot of time due to school.
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iKoolkid said:
Hey guys, and so you know, I have rooted my vibrant, but i just have a few questions i could not find the answer to,weirdly
1. Factory unlock needed? Is there a different root procedure ( wouldnt be suprised)
2. The possibility of hardbricking, high or low.
3. Can I restore a backup of a different version of android if possible, and do i just need to wipe cache etc to flash the same version of android.
Thanks in advanced and sorry if this is noobish, just dont really have a lot of time due to school.
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1. Factory unlock...? The easiest way (at least for me) was using Odin to inject root into stock ROM.
2. As with any tinkering/modding with any Android device, there is always a risk of hard bricking, but if you follow the procedures carefully, you shouldn't run into any issues.
3. Not sure what you really mean, but as i always say, it's always best to flash fresh (full wipe)
hope this helps, good luck!

1) unlock not needed but if you want u can do it for free; check general section
2) less possibility of hard bricking unless u flash rom for different phone ; dont forget to backup imei number ; high possibility of loosing it.
3) restore from diffwrent version highly not recommend if you want bug free phone.

And that is how you turn you're soon to be rooted phone into a rocket ship with fireworks coming out of it!
With rainbow sprinkles!
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And also, i want confirm because my friend said clockwork will be wiped after first reboot after using, is this true? Or does is stay for as long as you wish.
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Umm, the clockwork recovery? It stays forever.
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Hey man. Welcome over to this side of the fence.
The Recovery gets saved into the recovery partition and will stay until you switch it out with another (TWRP) or stock. So that is a non-issue.
Being a fellow ex-Vibe user, I understand your questions. Same as the Vibrant you can flash/restore laterally and not have any issues as long as you wipe, reset, usual stuff. But also same as the Vibrant, you should not go from ICS to JB or JB 4.2 and back without a clean install (can always upgrade but going back is where issues come into play). And by clean install I mean Odin to reset the proper partitions. That is another thing. You should probably update your Odin. There is a thread around here with it or just get your Google on.
If you are on stock TWiz, you can use (your recently updated) Odin to flash mrRobinson's Root66 and it will be stock ROM but with Root. Way easier than the Update.zip scene we had on the Vibrant.
Another thing is that the internal is set up differently. The internal is set up as a /data/media partition. This means that if you Factory Reset with the Stock recovery, you will effectively wipe your whole internal SD. However, if you use CWR or TWRP, they won't wipe your internal SD unless you Format Data. I learned that the hard way on my tablet about a year ago.
Good luck
*formerly known as Woodrube

iKoolkid said:
And also, i want confirm because my friend said clockwork will be wiped after first reboot after using, is this true? Or does is stay for as long as you wish.
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clockwork will stay forever unless you ODIN back to stock, which will replace clockwork with the stock recovery

WOODY! Glad to see you here. I missed your advice. Anyway, thanks for everything and i may root soon.
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Im also new looking to root, will rooting wipe everything in my internal? pix, vids, songs, sms etc? Sorry not exactly clear on the root process for this phone, also had vibrant (easiest way to root ever) and sensation (not hard either). But this is kind of confusing like I have to flash a fw thru odin that already has root?

aamir123 said:
Im also new looking to root, will rooting wipe everything in my internal? pix, vids, songs, sms etc? Sorry not exactly clear on the root process for this phone, also had vibrant (easiest way to root ever) and sensation (not hard either). But this is kind of confusing like I have to flash a fw thru odin that already has root?
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Its not the only way to root it, but if you do it that way you won't lose things in your SD anyway, only your data like apps and stuff.. An easier way is to just flash clockwork mod and flash superuser which will give you root, it will however trip your flash counter.. I've done it both ways
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serio22 said:
Its not the only way to root it, but if you do it that way you won't lose things in your SD anyway, only your data like apps and stuff.. An easier way is to just flash clockwork mod and flash superuser which will give you root, it will however trip your flash counter.. I've done it both ways
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will flashing cwm recovery then su then using triangleaway to reset meter be good? As in my counter will be back to where it is right now?

aamir123 said:
will flashing cwm recovery then su then using triangleaway to reset meter be good? As in my counter will be back to where it is right now?
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Technically yes, but if you go that route I would stay away from resetting it unless you really need to
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Btw with this counter does the number go up every time you flash a rom?
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daxecutioner24 said:
Btw with this counter does the number go up every time you flash a rom?
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Yes
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daxecutioner24 said:
Btw with this counter does the number go up every time you flash a rom?
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LoopDoGG79 said:
Yes
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No it does not
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[Q] BRICKED?!?!?!

So i saw that jelly bean 4.2.1 came out so i wanted to give it a try. I flashed it and everything was gone, i reflashed back to 4.1.x. both are aokp. After that i read about the sdcard0/0 thing and i copied my cwm files from /0 to sdcard. I tried to recover it back to it was before i upgraded to 4.2.1 but something went wrong. it said error while restoring /system or something like that. I think what i did wrong was that i forgot to wipe everything before recovering. So now my S3 is stuck at the pink unicorn boot... Im unable to go to recover mode, download mode is my only option. HELP PLZZZ

You're not bricked..
If you can get into download mode flash a stock rom thru Odin.
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jayRokk said:
You're not bricked..
If you can get into download mode flash a stock rom thru Odin.
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can u plz tell me what i should do to recover back to my 4.1? TY VERY MUCH FOR REPLYING

RaizelXZT said:
can u plz tell me what i should do to recover back to my 4.1? TY VERY MUCH FOR REPLYING
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try one of these
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2031840

RaizelXZT said:
can u plz tell me what i should do to recover back to my 4.1? TY VERY MUCH FOR REPLYING
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-Get on a PC
-Run Odin
-Put your phone in download mode
-Plug in your phone so Odin sees it
-Grab a rooted stock ROM from the dev section
-Put the .tar file in the PDA section of Odin
-Click start the Odin processes
-Success back to stock!!
And begin flashing all over again
I might add if you don't understand advanced setting it think you might mess something up... Stick to just regular flashing
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jayRokk said:
-Get on a PC
-Run Odin
-Put your phone in download mode
-Plug in your phone so Odin sees it
-Grab a rooted stock ROM from the dev section
-Put the .tar file in the PDA section of Odin
-Click start the Odin processes
-Success back to stock!!
And begin flashing all over again
I might add if you don't understand advanced setting it think you might mess something up... Stick to just regular flashing
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i downloaded a pre rooted stock rom.. but its not not booting up, its stuck at the samsung logo now not the pink unicorn

RaizelXZT said:
i downloaded a pre rooted stock rom.. but its not not booting up, its stuck at the samsung logo now not the pink unicorn
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Boot into recovery and factory reset
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jerrycoffman45 said:
try one of these
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2031840
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do u have a link for cwm odin flashable for my phone? thx alot

RaizelXZT said:
do u have a link for cwm odin flashable for my phone? thx alot
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You can't flash Odin files thru recovery
You really know what you're doing right? Because it kind of sounds like you don't (no offence)
Odin a stock ROM
After you do try to boot up to the Samsung e3 recovery
Wipe your phone and reboot it
Give it time... Stick roms can take up to 10minutes to completely boot up..
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jayRokk said:
You can't flash Odin files thru recovery
You really know what you're doing right? Because it kind of sounds like you don't (no offence)
Odin a stock ROM
After you do try to boot up to the Samsung e3 recovery
Wipe your phone and reboot it
Give it time... Stick roms can take up to 10minutes to completely boot up..
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if i knew what i was doing, i wouldnt be asking for help cuz i messed up my phone xD. But yea..i think i lost everything i had before. The sdcard/0 is gone. Is it possible to get it back? I had a lot of stuff in that backup

Is this rom messing ext sd cards up?
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Man you have no business flashing if you don't understand the simple instructions and links they provided. You really should do a little reading and watching some videos before you really do brick your phone.
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If you Odin and factory reset and everything then yeah your data is gone.
Invest in an external SD card and keep backups on there.
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slawcop` said:
Man you have no business flashing if you don't understand the simple instructions and links they provided. You really should do a little reading and watching some videos before you really do brick your phone.
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yea i shoulda :/ ive flashed my phone alotta times before but this was the first time all my pics and stuff were gone cuz of the new folder :/ i thought it woulda been the same as upgrading my phone to 4.1

geoldr said:
If you Odin and factory reset and everything then yeah your data is gone.
Invest in an external SD card and keep backups on there.
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yea i figured :/ i still have some of my data on my comp so yea..i might get an SD card, thx for the tip

N7100 does not boot past start up screen

Hi All,
Couple days ago I tried to flash my note2 with mobile odin back to stock rom but something went wrong and since I have not been able to get past the welcome screen *Samsung Galaxy Note 2*. I can get into a recovery screen but I am unable to choose a new rom to flash with.
I ve tried to flash it with odin 3.07 and via kies but no joy.
At this stage I am quite desperate to get this resolved. Can anyone help me?

Download correct stock rom to pc. Mount SD Card in recovery. Transfer file. flash from recovery.
Flash stock rom via pc odin
make a nandroid bake up as soon as you root your phone next time.
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timmyk101 said:
Download correct stock rom to pc. Mount SD Card in recovery. Transfer file. flash from recovery.
Flash stock rom via pc odin
make a nandroid bake up as soon as you root your phone next time.
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Unfortunately I do not have that option. I only have volume up to continue or volume down to restart. When I go volume up the phone goes into download mode.

Yeah. Then you have to flash stock firmware.
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UtkarshGupta said:
Yeah. Then you have to flash stock firmware.
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Thank you so much! I flashed it with a stock rom and then triangled it and now its working again
Cheers!

U just needed to factory reseted it and would also have done the job xD
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AskinSavascisi said:
U just needed to factory reseted it and would also have done the job xD
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He would have lost his data then. Flashing doesn't remove data.
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AskinSavascisi said:
U just needed to factory reseted it and would also have done the job xD
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True but i had to use Odin and every guideline said the filed had to color yellow while for me it stayed blue but i figured heck at the moment it's just a paperweight so I don't have a lot to loose.
Now Rooting it again and placing my nandroid back up back and I am all sorted.
Thank you again!

UtkarshGupta said:
He would have lost his data then. Flashing doesn't remove data.
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I lost my data anyway I had backed it up with titanium but ran into problems restoring it... Lesson learned to create an image of my Android once I got it sorted again.
Thanks

I had the same problem and almost had a heart attack thinking I bricked my phone when downgrading back to 4.1.1... Needless to say I just had to do a factory reset in recovery and it worked fine