Oh where do I start...
eh hem, my last phone was HTC Desire, I know ancient now, but recently bought a used Galaxy Nexus and I like it so far. Cant beat Wind Mobile $29/month plan so I gave in
So here are my questions so if you can answer these for me, much appreciated.
1. Factory reset. Previous owner supposedly reset and erased all the data for me (was on start-up menu), but once I got home and started tinkering around, there were still some pictures, musics, downloaded apps (mostly empty folder), rar. files left in the storage. Isn't it suppose to wipe clean? I had to plug in the phone to the computer and had to manually delete them. Hmm...
2. The guy said it was a Bell phone, which they haven't released OTA update for Jelly Bean yet -at least to my knowledge- but it was running 4.1.1, kernel 3.0.31-g6fb96c9 build JRO03C dated June 28/2012. So obviously it was flashed...can someone explain which rom this is and is it good/stable/popular/outdated?
3. It also has SuperSu app so is my phone rooted as well?
4. Will I get the next OTA update if there will be one in the future with this rom?
PS: I am the third owner of this phone in the span on 3 months and last owner didn't seem very tech savvy and I have a feeling it was the first owner that did this.
Thanks in advance for any input!
smrtphusr said:
Oh where do I start...
eh hem, my last phone was HTC Desire, I know ancient now, but recently bought a used Galaxy Nexus and I like it so far. Cant beat Wind Mobile $29/month plan so I gave in
So here are my questions so if you can answer these for me, much appreciated.
1. Factory reset. Previous owner supposedly reset and erased all the data for me (was on start-up menu), but once I got home and started tinkering around, there were still some pictures, musics, downloaded apps (mostly empty folder), rar. files left in the storage. Isn't it suppose to wipe clean? I had to plug in the phone to the computer and had to manually delete them. Hmm...
2. The guy said it was a Bell phone, which they haven't released OTA update for Jelly Bean yet -at least to my knowledge- but it was running 4.1.1, kernel 3.0.31-g6fb96c9 build JRO03C dated June 28/2012. So obviously it was flashed...can someone explain which rom this is and is it good/stable/popular/outdated?
3. It also has SuperSu app so is my phone rooted as well?
4. Will I get the next OTA update if there will be one in the future with this rom?
PS: I am the third owner of this phone in the span on 3 months and last owner didn't seem very tech savvy and I have a feeling it was the first owner that did this.
Thanks in advance for any input!
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Follow the steps in the "flash" link in my signature, and you'll be sure to have a fully stock JRO03C build that will receive OTA updates.
First of all, welcome to Galaxy Nexus community!
1. The guy might have just used clockworkmod to factory reset/wipe. This means that it only clears the apps+data, and not the sdcard folder, which includes things like photos and musics.
2. We can't (At least I can't ) just tell you which ROM it is with kernels and infos that you gave us. If you're curious, check the system settings and see if you see any ROM controls, tweaks, performance tweaks or any of them. If you see them, it should be custom ROM. If there isn't any additional settings, I assume that it is stock ROM.
3. Yes, it is rooted. If you want to unroot, I believe there's a setting to unroot in the SuperSU app itself.
4. That depends, if it is on stock ROM, has stock recovery, has bootloader, and radio that came with the stock ROM, then yes, you will get and able to update the next OTA. What I recommend doing is, however, just follow Efrant's guide to flashing to stock and then root if you want to. Doing this can make sure that you are getting the next OTA!
Thank you guys for your replies.
I already had that step by step guide bookmarked
OK, I used to love to fiddle around with the phone but Ive gotten lazy
So what I am going to do is just use it and if I do miss the next OTA I will flash then haha
Cheers!
Follow efrants guide in his sig, and use takju 4.1.1 JRO03C(so you get to use Google Wallet) from the Google factory images webpage. flash that and youll be fully wiped clean and ready to go
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Hi,
I've had my DHD for 6 months now, and I love it, but after seeing this thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056329
I've finally decided I want to get rid of the Vodafone crap on my phone. It takes way longer to boot than it should, I have stupid apps on there, and I'm generally sick of seeing the Vodafone symbol every time I boot my phone, especially as I bought the phone from them and am not even contracted to them.
Is there an easy way to rid myself of this Vodafone branded ROM? I know next to nothing about rooting or anything, however.
After seeing the link above, I realised that I'll probably be waiting ages for Vodafone to send the update OTA, and I would really like some Gingerbread around about now. Hopefully the process will speed up my phone.
But, is there anyway I can do this without losing everything on my phone? My messages, apps, settings?
A lot of questions there - thanks in advance.
Hi, you will lose everything you don't backup.
Apps will need to be reinstalled, and settings will be lost.
If your firmware version is greater than 1.3x.xxx.x then you will need to downgrade to 1.32
Follow THIS thread to downgrade.
Once downgraded simply download & run the RUU~.exe file and it will take care of the rest.
How could I backup my apps (and settings) and restore them once updated?
My 'software version' is 1.32.178.5
Looking at the link you provided, it says...
System requirements:
Desire HD with build number 1.72 or higher
My DHD's build number is 1.32.xxx.x... Do I...not have to downgrade? Or what?
Also, since I'm running on an Australian network (Virgin), will I need to incorporate that somehow into the software I put onto the phone or something..?
You can root your phone and use clockwork to remove data/cache to go back to factory settings
as for the virgin thing, just make sure your APNs are correct and you should be fine
So I could root it and use Clockwork and my phone would basically be like a standard Desire HD that I bought new, unbranded in a shop?
yeah but you will also lose all your contacts and messages etc
i think you can use titaniumbackup to save those kind of things .. but done quote me because ive never done this, ive only rooted and cleared then flashed a new rom on
actually look up a stock RUU guide
EDIT: Just Root your phone and flash a custom rom imo
I did it .. never going back
Hmm, okay.
What about if I wanted to put something on my phone like the link I posted up top, the 2.3 'release'?
well click the ROOTED link in my sig
and do all the steps with the exception of the flashing of the MIUI.zip ... just replace it with the custom rom of your choice and bobs your uncle
i advice to back up your apps and anything else you want to keep
hey all, I noticed that jelly bean is out, sort of.
i would like to put it on my nexus but am sofar unable to make sense of the development forums pertaining to this so hopefully someone here can help me understand this.
I used the efrant's post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21113773#post21113773
to take my yakjuux nexus to yakju (4.0.4) using fastboot and the stock image provided from google...
I would like to upgrade further, though from what i can figure out JB is only available on takju (yakju with google wallet (works in US only)).
can someone here help me?
batkinson001 said:
hey all, I noticed that jelly bean is out, sort of.
i would like to put it on my nexus but am sofar unable to make sense of the development forums pertaining to this so hopefully someone here can help me understand this.
I used the efrant's post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21113773#post21113773
to take my yakjuux nexus to yakju (4.0.4) using fastboot and the stock image provided from google...
I would like to upgrade further, though from what i can figure out JB is only available on takju (yakju with google wallet (works in US only)).
can someone here help me?
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If you're running stock yakju you don't really need to switch to takju. Just install CWM (The Galaxy Nexus Toolkit is an awesome tool to help you do that) and flash this.
You can go from any rom (custom or stock) to jb as far as you have cwm and xxla2 radios..
Cheers
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
Camazza said:
If you're running stock yakju you don't really need to switch to takju. Just install CWM (The Galaxy Nexus Toolkit is an awesome tool to help you do that) and flash this.
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got some troubleshooting to do... phone wont show up in fastboot... cant use the toolkit until i figure this out.
edit: reinstalled the naked universal driver... shows up in fastboot now.
Does this method wipe everything?
Camazza said:
If you're running stock yakju you don't really need to switch to takju. Just install CWM (The Galaxy Nexus Toolkit is an awesome tool to help you do that) and flash this.
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i think it worked, used option 6 for my build of android, then selectedthe option to install cwm touch, followed the instructions in section 3 on:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1614827
Hopefully this will fix the issue i was having with my nexus where the radio would lose all connection to the network... usually have to reboot the phone to get it to work again... a minor annoyance for an awesome phone. Atleast it doesn't take 3-5 min to boot up like my blackberry playbook tablet (that's not cool RIM, please fix)...
nipcarlover said:
Does this method wipe everything?
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it didn't on my nexus... though i didn't use the 7th option which does steps 3-6 (unlock bootloader, root phone, flash recovery) which would wipe the phone.
I just hope i can still send messages on it, last time i flashed it i had to get telus to resend the info to the phone.
another question, I don't think I got the full JB os, as my phone is still using the xxla2 radio... if i wanted to go back to yakju for the full stock OTA update, supposedly coming next month sometime, and keep my warranty, I would just reflash everything back to yakju, including recovery (CWM - stock)?
I assume I would have to do this with the fastboot in the DOS window since I don't think that I can revert everything back to 4.0.4 with the toolkit.
also how do I tell if the phone is rooted? I don't think i did this but would like to know anyways.
batkinson001 said:
another question, I don't think I got the full JB os, as my phone is still using the xxla2 radio... if i wanted to go back to yakju for the full stock OTA update, supposedly coming next month sometime, and keep my warranty, I would just reflash everything back to yakju, including recovery (CWM - stock)?
I assume I would have to do this with the fastboot in the DOS window since I don't think that I can revert everything back to 4.0.4 with the toolkit.
also how do I tell if the phone is rooted? I don't think i did this but would like to know anyways.
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Yes, for stock, use adb+fastboot and Nexus Factory Images for everything stock 100%. And to check for superuser, just download an app that requires it and see if you get a command prompt. But even easier than that, SuperUser or SuperSU should be in your app drawer if you have it installed, and also in your /system/app
anton2009 said:
Yes, for stock, use adb+fastboot and Nexus Factory Images for everything stock 100%. And to check for superuser, just download an app that requires it and see if you get a command prompt. But even easier than that, SuperUser or SuperSU should be in your app drawer if you have it installed, and also in your /system/app
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I don't have those apps installed, guess I am not rooted. Good to know.
Also it should be noted that I no longer have any input lag using poweramp, with ICS 4.0.4 there was always a 1 second (seemed like it anyways) delay between the button press and the phone doing what I want. I hope this extends to using my bluetooth headset as well.
hmmm figured i would try downgrading to takju using the toolkit... it did everything which is nice however i noticed that it still uses the radio from yakju...
is there a way to check what it didn't add to the phone when it downgraded?
edit: I should add that it wiped my phone when I loaded takju...
looking forward to getting the official JB update next month...
batkinson001 said:
hmmm figured i would try downgrading to takju using the toolkit... it did everything which is nice however i noticed that it still uses the radio from yakju...
is there a way to check what it didn't add to the phone when it downgraded?
edit: I should add that it wiped my phone when I loaded takju...
looking forward to getting the official JB update next month...
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I already had bootloader unlocked, so I just had to install CWM recovery and flash the jb-takju image mentioned earlier. Once the phone has rebooted the CWM was gone, so had to reflash that. Afterwards I downloaded the XLFF1 radios (you can search for radio-i9250-xxlf1.zip) and flashed them as well. Now my phone shows all the same versions as the takju phones passed out at Google I/O. All my settings, etc. were preserved.
dmapr said:
I already had bootloader unlocked, so I just had to install CWM recovery and flash the jb-takju image mentioned earlier. Once the phone has rebooted the CWM was gone, so had to reflash that. Afterwards I downloaded the XLFF1 radios (you can search for radio-i9250-xxlf1.zip) and flashed them as well. Now my phone shows all the same versions as the takju phones passed out at Google I/O. All my settings, etc. were preserved.
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i really would like to remain stock but get JB as well, what would I need besides that radio to make the takju image from the google site to be prompted to dl the OTA JB update if it is still available to download from google...?
edit: screw that, found efrant's post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28178320&postcount=2
hopefully the jb-takju.zip linked earlier in this thread is the same as the one in efrants' post....
if not, is it possible to reflash with the newer zip without setting everything up again?
batkinson001 said:
i really would like to remain stock but get JB as well, what would I need besides that radio to make the takju image from the google site to be prompted to dl the OTA JB update if it is still available to download from google...?
edit: screw that, found efrant's post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28178320&postcount=2
hopefully the jb-takju.zip linked earlier in this thread is the same as the one in efrants' post....
if not, is it possible to reflash with the newer zip without setting everything up again?
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The linked one produced the same build number (JRN84D) on my phone as the one on the phone that came from Google I/O, which is the same as the one in efrants' post.
dmapr said:
The linked one produced the same build number (JRN84D) on my phone as the one on the phone that came from Google I/O, which is the same as the one in efrants' post.
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good to know, i compared the url's for both links, the one in efrant's post is missing the ) at the end. I ended up wiping the cache's (except for the one that sounds like some guys name) and flashed the zip from it. working great so far.
at the moment I am reinstalling my apps, and i do not think that all of the apps that were in the google folder last time i reinstalled the os, are there. anyone know what the default apps that are supposed to come with the OS are in that folder? I can only remember Layer which I installed manually...
batkinson001 said:
good to know, i compared the url's for both links, the one in efrant's post is missing the ) at the end. I ended up wiping the cache's (except for the one that sounds like some guys name) and flashed the zip from it. working great so far.
at the moment I am reinstalling my apps, and i do not think that all of the apps that were in the google folder last time i reinstalled the os, are there. anyone know what the default apps that are supposed to come with the OS are in that folder? I can only remember Layer which I installed manually...
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Sorry, I didn't have to reinstall anything, so the apps in my Google folder are the same as before the update. I do however have Currents in the main app drawer which I don't remember having before.
Hi all,
I just received a new GNex from Vodafone Australia. Can someone please help me figure out which version I have so I can update it?
I am running 4.0.4 (rooted)
The Baseband is:
I9250TDVLE1
The build is:
IMM76K.I9250TDVLE1
I could not find an update on google anywhere...
I found reference to my build pertaining to Toro, Magro and Verizon.
I can't see how all of these could be simultaneously true...
I thought '**** it' I ll roll back to a yakju 'official' 4.0.4 IMM76I ROM from here and then flash the Update to 4.1.1 JRO03C
But When I booted into CWM and tried to flash the imm76i, it would not let me. Is there something I am doing wrong or do not understand about swapping roms...?
(I cleared the cache / factory reset)
Am I stuck with IMM76I until google makes an 4.1.1 update, or can I flash another google rom somehow and get the update that way?
Cheers
ac17 said:
Hi all,
I just received a new GNex from Vodafone Australia. Can someone please help me figure out which version I have so I can update it?
I am running 4.0.4 (rooted)
The Baseband is:
I9250TDVLE1
The build is:
IMM76K.I9250TDVLE1
I could not find an update on google anywhere...
I found reference to my build pertaining to Toro, Magro and Verizon.
I can't see how all of these could be simultaneously true...
I thought '**** it' I ll roll back to a yakju 'official' 4.0.4 IMM76I ROM from here and then flash the Update to 4.1.1 JRO03C
But When I booted into CWM and tried to flash the imm76i, it would not let me. Is there something I am doing wrong or do not understand about swapping roms...?
(I cleared the cache / factory reset)
Am I stuck with IMM76I until google makes an 4.1.1 update, or can I flash another google rom somehow and get the update that way?
Cheers
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That's because the package you downloaded on Google's Developers website needs to be flashed using fastboot, not CWM. Follow this thread to flash back to yakju, and you should be good to go.
Did this work for you? as i have the same phone and im tempted to do this but not if its going to mess the phone up. Damn you vodafone for having to be different
Rayzor76 said:
Did this work for you? as i have the same phone and im tempted to do this but not if its going to mess the phone up. Damn you vodafone for having to be different
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It would definitely work however if you even need to return your phone back to Vodafone, you may or may not run into some issues due to not being on their ROM. It's pretty hard to find random stock ROMs for places other than the main ones these days (or I just might be looking at the wrong places).
Rayzor76 said:
Did this work for you? as i have the same phone and im tempted to do this but not if its going to mess the phone up. Damn you vodafone for having to be different
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I'm sorry, I can't remember what I did, but I fixed it that night, which now feels like months ago.
I installed Nexus Root Toolkit v1.5.2, on a pc and I know that that helped me speed up the process.
You can't ruin anything unless you flash a rom not designed for the phone, or format the bios partition and then reboot (with out installing a new bios), but even then I'm sure you can install stuff from a pc over usb using that program.
ac17 said:
I'm sorry, I can't remember what I did, but I fixed it that night, which now feels like months ago.
I installed Nexus Root Toolkit v1.5.2, on a pc and I know that that helped me speed up the process.
You can't ruin anything unless you flash a rom not designed for the phone, or format the bios partition and then reboot (with out installing a new bios), but even then I'm sure you can install stuff from a pc over usb using that program.
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Thanks New to Android as I have been an avid iOS user and jailbreaker for a few years so just catching up on rooting and flashing ROMs n stuff. But good to know it can be done as i Have the exactly same phone from Vodafone Australia. Better to be safe than sorry and ruining a 2 day old phone.
Rayzor76 said:
Thanks New to Android as I have been an avid iOS user and jailbreaker for a few years so just catching up on rooting and flashing ROMs n stuff. But good to know it can be done as i Have the exactly same phone from Vodafone Australia. Better to be safe than sorry and ruining a 2 day old phone.
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No worries mate, this is my 2nd android phone (first was a nexus s).
I learned a lot by rooting and playing with custom roms on that ph, but I have been really happy with stock jelly Bean on this (albeit rooted) device. Battery life is great, and it's a snappy phone with great features.
FYI I just read an interesting article Why Apple Won't Divorce Samsung today that explained how Samsung make all the chips for Apple products. You can't go wrong with Samsung mate.
Android users on this forum are generally friendly and Damn knowledgeable too.
Enjoy your new phone!
ac17 said:
Hi all,
I just received a new GNex from Vodafone Australia. Can someone please help me figure out which version I have so I can update it?
I am running 4.0.4 (rooted)
The Baseband is:
I9250TDVLE1
The build is:
IMM76K.I9250TDVLE1
I could not find an update on google anywhere...
I found reference to my build pertaining to Toro, Magro and Verizon.
I can't see how all of these could be simultaneously true...
I thought '**** it' I ll roll back to a yakju 'official' 4.0.4 IMM76I ROM from here and then flash the Update to 4.1.1 JRO03C
But When I booted into CWM and tried to flash the imm76i, it would not let me. Is there something I am doing wrong or do not understand about swapping roms...?
(I cleared the cache / factory reset)
Am I stuck with IMM76I until google makes an 4.1.1 update, or can I flash another google rom somehow and get the update that way?
Cheers
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OK. The fact is that Vodafone and Telstra get all their updates later. This is because of the better 3g signals they have built in the phone. So due to this their updates come out a little while later. Also it depends where you are in the world (eg. UK, AU, USA) because the UK has already got the update as far as I know. So there is two options here to stay with Vodafone if something does go wrong so you have a backup. And referring to what Unlawful had said he is right you do need a stock Vodafone ROM or features and such can go wrong. BTW I am also with Vodafone but running a custom ROM.
Thank mate. I updated it manually, months ago.
The Gnex is an awesome phone (I upgraded from a NEXUS S), and with stock jelly Bean (rooted) with stock kernel it runs smoothly and is stable.
I miss rge Wolfson audio chip of the nexus s though bc audio recordings are terrible and crackling with the gnex.
Fast charge is something that I now need and otherwise I'm satisfied!
OK all, not looking for a silver spoon here, but, would appreciate some guidance...
Current Status of GN: STOCK 4.0.4 w/ unlocked bootloader (since day 1)
Target: JB 4.1.1 w/ all current applications settings, and data
I've been doing some reading of the forums trying to get a handle on how to proceed...but, much of what I'm reading doesn't take into account a phone full of data that must be retained. In other words, it doesn't start from a well-used device, backup, install ROM, and restore. This is what I'm in search of....someone that can guide me through the paces of upgrading but retaining what I currently have.
Does anyone have a link to a guide such as this or something similar? I do come from the land of OG Droid running Peter Alfonso ROM's and such, so, I do have that experience...and, I've already taken a full backup and a virtual SD card backup via the GNex Toolkit. So, I think I'm half-way there....just need a little reassurance that I can get things back once I upgrade.
Thanks for the help!
KSAT
KSATMobile said:
OK all, not looking for a silver spoon here, but, would appreciate some guidance...
Current Status of GN: STOCK 4.0.4 w/ unlocked bootloader (since day 1)
Target: JB 4.1.1 w/ all current applications settings, and data
I've been doing some reading of the forums trying to get a handle on how to proceed...but, much of what I'm reading doesn't take into account a phone full of data that must be retained. In other words, it doesn't start from a well-used device, backup, install ROM, and restore. This is what I'm in search of....someone that can guide me through the paces of upgrading but retaining what I currently have.
Does anyone have a link to a guide such as this or something similar? I do come from the land of OG Droid running Peter Alfonso ROM's and such, so, I do have that experience...and, I've already taken a full backup and a virtual SD card backup via the GNex Toolkit. So, I think I'm half-way there....just need a little reassurance that I can get things back once I upgrade.
Thanks for the help!
KSAT
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If you want to keep all your stuff, it'd probably be easiest to wait for an ota to be leaked. Once an ota gets leaked, you just put it on your sdcard, boot to bootloader, boot into clockwork(or similar) and install the .zip. Or you could try titanium backup. I'm not an expert on titanium though.
animal24 said:
If you want to keep all your stuff, it'd probably be easiest to wait for an ota to be leaked. Once an ota gets leaked, you just put it on your sdcard, boot to bootloader, boot into clockwork(or similar) and install the .zip. Or you could try titanium backup. I'm not an expert on titanium though.
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Yea, that was a thought - but, I'm NOT rooted at the moment. Only unlocked. So, I don't have any Recovery loaded and don't have Titanium Backup.
If your phone is GSM and yakju or takju, then you can simply boot into a temporary CWM image and flash the update file to 4.1.1. You'll retain all of your data.
If you're not yakju/takju (aka yakjuxw, yakjujp, etc.), then you're kinda out of luck unless you want to wait for the OTA for your particular version. If you're not yakju/takju, I recommend just biting the bullet and flashing to takju, so that you'll get the OTAs from here on out directly from Google. It's really the only way to go if you intend to stay stock and rely on OTAs rather than custom ROMs or hacks.
martonikaj said:
If your phone is GSM and yakju or takju, then you can simply boot into a temporary CWM image and flash the update file to 4.1.1. You'll retain all of your data.
If you're not yakju/takju (aka yakjuxw, yakjujp, etc.), then you're kinda out of luck unless you want to wait for the OTA for your particular version. If you're not yakju/takju, I recommend just biting the bullet and flashing to takju, so that you'll get the OTAs from here on out directly from Google. It's really the only way to go if you intend to stay stock and rely on OTAs rather than custom ROMs or hacks.
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Thanks for the input. I'm not GSM, unfortunately. I'm on Verizon... So while it's not really what I wanted to hear, sounds like the best. Do you have a preference as far as current 4.1.x versions? Go with AOSP or sick to custom like Bugless Beast or similar?
Thanks for the input...
KSAT
KSATMobile said:
Thanks for the input. I'm not GSM, unfortunately. I'm on Verizon... So while it's not really what I wanted to hear, sounds like the best. Do you have a preference as far as current 4.1.x versions? Go with AOSP or sick to custom like Bugless Beast or similar?
Thanks for the input...
KSAT
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Since you're on Verizon (Toro) you're going to be waiting quite some time for Jelly.
And I'm not talking ****. Just stating the facts...I'm on Verizon as well.
I personally flashed the AOKP preview Jelly Bean build a few hours ago.
Seems clean thus far.
As far as not losing data and such...since you're not going to have to flash full images and erase your data you'll be golden if you follow post 2 of my guide.
(Linked in sig).
Jubakuba said:
Since you're on Verizon (Toro) you're going to be waiting quite some time for Jelly.
And I'm not talking ****. Just stating the facts...I'm on Verizon as well.
I personally flashed the AOKP preview Jelly Bean build a few hours ago.
Seems clean thus far.
As far as not losing data and such...since you're not going to have to flash full images and erase your data you'll be golden if you follow post 2 of my guide.
(Linked in sig).
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Ha! Just got done reading that thread for the second time... (I'm sure your ass looks fine in those shorts btw).
I'll take another look at post #2 and see what I need to do. Thanks!
KSAT
Hello,
About a month ago I rooted and installed a custom JB ROM (Kangdroid I believe?) onto my AT&T Galaxy SIII with the custom recovery mod. Now that the official release of JB has come out from AT&T I want to return my phone to it's original factory state with no custom anything, and then update to the official JB release. I don't want to use a custom un-bloated ROM. Call me crazy but I really didn't want to root/mess with the phone in the first place but I really, really, really wanted Jelly Bean. I already have backed up my contacts since that is the only thing I really need to save from my phone at the moment. I can download all of my apps again, etc. I tried searching the forums but couldn't come up with a very clear answer on how to do this. I found it hard to figure out exactly what I needed to do, and since I did this so long ago, I pretty much forgot how to do all of the little things that made my first attempt at flashing/rooting successful. I guess my question is this: What software do I need and what are some links (if any) on this site to help me return the phone to it's original out-of-the box state so that I can update my OS with the Samsung Kies software. Thanks a lot for your help and I hope to hear from some of you soon. Sorry for noobing it up in here.
easterdev said:
Hello,
About a month ago I rooted and installed a custom JB ROM (Kangdroid I believe?) onto my AT&T Galaxy SIII with the custom recovery mod. Now that the official release of JB has come out from AT&T I want to return my phone to it's original factory state with no custom anything, and then update to the official JB release. I don't want to use a custom un-bloated ROM. Call me crazy but I really didn't want to root/mess with the phone in the first place but I really, really, really wanted Jelly Bean. I already have backed up my contacts since that is the only thing I really need to save from my phone at the moment. I can download all of my apps again, etc. I tried searching the forums but couldn't come up with a very clear answer on how to do this. I found it hard to figure out exactly what I needed to do, and since I did this so long ago, I pretty much forgot how to do all of the little things that made my first attempt at flashing/rooting successful. I guess my question is this: What software do I need and what are some links (if any) on this site to help me return the phone to it's original out-of-the box state so that I can update my OS with the Samsung Kies software. Thanks a lot for your help and I hope to hear from some of you soon. Sorry for noobing it up in here.
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The same way you rooted it with odin .. download the stock rom from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968625
push it on with odin and that should revert your phone back to stock ..