I'm looking to install a new rom on my phone and want to flash back to stock first to make sure the new install has no bugs. The only way I can find to install the Rogers rom on my phone is through using Odin and I do not want to go through all those steps, re-rooting my phone etc. Is there a flashable CWM stock Rogers rom out there?
Thanks in advance for your help.
don't think you'll find a flashable stock, Just run the root66 rogers file through Odin, once thats done Factory reset from settings, re-install CWM and flash away
Thanks for the heads up. Going back to stock using Odin isn't my main issue. I just don't want to have to install CWM using the android terminal emulator so I can have the no tripping flash counter......outlined here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28019751
After going back to stock, do I have install CWM separately again? or can I just flash the stock rom and not worry about CWM because it is still installed from the previous time.
Thanks again for the help, I appreciate it.
You don't have to go all the way back, Just use the stock rooted tar in Odin,Once done that perform all usual wipes, reboot then go into setting/back up and restore and do a factory reset. you will have to re-install CWM, but just use the Snapdragon toolkit http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746665, its so easy. As for tripping the flash counter, if you're really worried about it you can just use Triangle Away to reset it whenever you feel you need to
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Hello,
I was going to try out a near stock root but it requires clockwork mod. The only overwrite of my previous stock was using Odin and a tar file.
Can someone help me out and explain why or if there is much a difference between a tar overwrite and using CWM?
Also can you just install CWM on the stock and then flash it?
tar files are what ODIN uses to flash your phone. ODIN is an application that runs on your PC and communicates with your phone over the USB cable using ODIN protocol. ODIN can pretty much flash anything on your phone, so just saying you used ODIN to flash your phone doesn't tell folks trying to answer your question anything useful. You need to tell use which tar file you flashed.
CWM is a recovery program that runs on your phone. It takes signed zip files and installs them. It can also flash things like kernel and ROM, and with some versions of the kernel can flash full modems as well. It can't flash as much as ODIN can, but it can flash most of what you would find useful.
If you started from stock, you can root your phone and install CWM using the Auto Root thread in my signature.
I've been using sfhub's scripts for the last few weeks. Highly recommended and well documented.
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sfhub said:
tar files are what ODIN uses to flash your phone. ODIN is an application that runs on your PC and communicates with your phone over the USB cable using ODIN protocol. ODIN can pretty much flash anything on your phone, so just saying you used ODIN to flash your phone doesn't tell folks trying to answer your question anything useful. You need to tell use which tar file you flashed.
CWM is a recovery program that runs on your phone. It takes signed zip files and installs them. It can also flash things like kernel and ROM, and with some versions of the kernel can flash full modems as well. It can't flash as much as ODIN can, but it can flash most of what you would find useful.
If you started from stock, you can root your phone and install CWM using the Auto Root thread in my signature.
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Thanks. The file I think I ran before was acs-eg30-stock-kernel-pulled.tar. My phone got the OTA update to 2.3.6 and I'd like to root it again so I can tether again. I was going to install Calkulin's Stock Rooted EL13 Rom as I think that will enable to me to tether again.
boe said:
Thanks. The file I think I ran before was acs-eg30-stock-kernel-pulled.tar. My phone got the OTA update to 2.3.6 and I'd like to root it again so I can tether again. I was going to install Calkulin's Stock Rooted EL13 Rom as I think that will enable to me to tether again.
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That would root you but you would need to root your current version first and install CWM (you would have lost root after the EK02 OTA upgrade) before you could install that.
If you want a complete EL13 system, my suggestion is you use Titanium to backup your user data, then ODIN the FULL EL13 rooted system. This will give you EL13 Modem, Kernel, and ROM (pre-rooted) in a single operation.
[ODIN][TAR] SPH-D710.EL13_CL806482 (EL13 Modem/Kernel/ROM - Full Restore - Rooted)
Then restore your data.
There is also a "NoData" version of the ODIN tar file, which is the same as above, but doesn't reset your User Data (meaning you keep your existing User Data). I would suggest the latter for folks who know what they are doing because you may need to clear dalvik-cache and possibly android market data.
The full install that resets your user data is a "cleaner" install but both will work.
You'll be rooted after installing that. If you want CWM, just use the Auto Root thread:
[ROOT][NCIQ][EG30/EG31/EK02] Auto root your existing stock ROM (w/o ODIN/ROM Flash)
and choose Option C to install EL13+CWM.
Thanks - I'll try to do that today.
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That would root you but you would need to root your current version first and install CWM (you would have lost root after the EK02 OTA upgrade) before you could install that.
If you want a complete EL13 system, my suggestion is you use Titanium to backup your user data, then ODIN the FULL EL13 rooted system. This will give you EL13 Modem, Kernel, and ROM (pre-rooted) in a single operation.
[ODIN][TAR] SPH-D710.EL13_CL806482 (EL13 Modem/Kernel/ROM - Full Restore - Rooted)
Then restore your data.
There is also a "NoData" version of the ODIN tar file, which is the same as above, but doesn't reset your User Data (meaning you keep your existing User Data). I would suggest the latter for folks who know what they are doing because you may need to clear dalvik-cache and possibly android market data.
The full install that resets your user data is a "cleaner" install but both will work.
You'll be rooted after installing that. If you want CWM, just use the Auto Root thread:
[ROOT][NCIQ][EG30/EG31/EK02] Auto root your existing stock ROM (w/o ODIN/ROM Flash)
and choose Option C to install EL13+CWM.
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Thanks for all your help.
Just so I'm sure I know what you think would be best for me, I should pretty much do this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1394332 and then I won't need to do the CWM thing?
boe said:
Thanks for all your help.
Just so I'm sure I know what you think would be best for me, I should pretty much do this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1394332 and then I won't need to do the CWM thing?
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Given where you are currently at and considering you want to end up with a rooted el13, that would be the fewest steps.
So far no real issues. I did have the marketplace issue which is mentioned in the thread and clearing it took care of it. I've only played with my phone for about 30 minutes since flashing but I should know more by tomorrow.
Thanks for your help.
After using this one for a day, I'd probably recommend not using it quite yet. I've had lots of dropped calls, inability to use the internet on a regular basis and GPS seems way off. I've been using my phone for a few months now and haven't had this kind of bad luck in the past even with my previous rooted version of this phone worked great. While it was certainly easy, I don't think this version of the ROM is ready yet.
I'm sure the person who created it knows 1000 times more about android than I do but this one has problem with voice/data that needs a little work still so I'd hold off on it until that is tweaked. Or it could be that Sprint is having some serious issues with their network in Connecticut.
To root my 'glorious' SGS2, i used the methods posted at:
www.galaxys2root.com
Which I should have nandroid a back up of my system BEFORE i rooted..
Anyway.. Every forum, and every 'how-to's shows how to get back to stock if you had a T989UVKID, but nothing if you have a T989UVKL1.. In other words, I purchased my Samsung Galaxy SII from T-Mobile with the T989UVKL1 already installed.
There is a thread in this very forum, howbeit in the developers section HERE with an image of the T989UVKL1 that you can download and Odin back to stock using the image in the PDA field, however it doesn't get rid of the CWM.. or does it?
Has anyone rooted, then decided (for what ever reason, non-important) to un-root and return back to COMPLETE stock T989UVKL1????
Does the Odin way with the image work like as if I was just turning on the phone for the first time? I also know that the stock kernal would need to be reflashed.
Any help un-rooting for those who purchased a T989UVKL1 phone from the start, would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks..
Yes, itll be back to how it was when you bought it. And it removes cwm and puts in stock, everything. Factory reset within the phone, when it reboots and does its thing.. Wait for the animated bootscreen. Not the first splash screen. Remove battery, then odin flash that file from your link. You will have to unrar it, get your odin ready and have your phone in download mode. Put the file in the pda section. Then flash away. Only reason to factory reset first is because it just overwrites the system files and adds your stock recovery keeping all user apps, but if you want a fresh clean install like nothing happend unless you had custom roms, i think your binary will have how many times you flashed custom when you get into download mode on the phone.
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I've been out of the rooting game for about two months now. I'm a little rusty and I finally got my epic 4g touch back from sprint. I just rooted it using the FH13 auto root method so it now has super user. I have not installed anything additional on top of it, ONLY just rooted it. I'd like to jump on a JB rom (thinking CNA or paranoidAOKP).
In order to do so I was going to use the odin and an el26 pda file I've had for a while now to jump to el26 recovery and then flash JB.
Can someone confirm if this is safe? I've already been on JB roms for the months prior breaking my phone, and I've done the method a hundred times. Just trying to be careful so I don't immediately brick my phone. 99.9% positive this is the safe way. If I'm missing a step please correct me I don't need to manually install CWM on top of rooting it correct? Just root, then odin el26, then flash?
Yes for a clean flash first copy your jb rom, gapps and other files to your external sd card. Next verify md5, update prl and profile, then get a gps lock and reboot in download mode. Flash the safe el26 recovery kernel via Odin (PC) PDA slot. Immediately reboot to el26 recovery then do factory reset and wipe cache and dalvik. Flash ROM, flash gapps, reboot to system. Enjoy
Thanks everything went well as expected. Appreciate the reply.
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Glad you got it. It seems like a lot of step but really only takes like 10 minutes to flash a ROM.
Just bought an s3 and the owner put AOKP rom on it rooted the works. I do however want to start off completely fresh on Touchqiz and learn how to root and all of that myself. How would I go about doing this? When I factory reset in settings, it just goes back to stock AOKP.
Thanks!
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Just bought an s3 and the owner put AOKP rom on it rooted the works. I do however want to start off completely fresh on Touchqiz and learn how to root and all of that myself. How would I go about doing this? When I factory reset in settings, it just goes back to stock AOKP.
Thanks!
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You will want to use Odin to flash a stock firmware. Or, you can do two steps in one and use Odin to flash a pre-rooted stock image, so you can get the experience of returning to stock and rooting your device yourself all at the same time!
After you flash the stock ROM, you will boot loop. When you get the loop, boot into recovery and do a factory reset.
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After you flash the stock ROM, you will boot loop. When you get the loop, boot into recovery and do a factory reset.
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Couldn't he do a format of everything in recovery and then flash the stock rom via ODIN?
I've been wondering about this myself. I feel that I've flashed and downloaded so much there has to be space being taken up that I will never use and different folder structures and what not.
If that's the case, could I just use the format options in TWRP and then install the rom of my choice?
If you are on AT&T with an I-747, please ensure that whatever you flash is for the I-747 or d2att. It sounds like you are pretty new at this. A lot of people have hard bricked their phone flashing Galaxy S3 ROMs that are not specifically for their device. Take the time to read up on here before you do anything. Let us know if you have questions before you dive in.
I am trying to restore a backup made with TWRP. Here's what has happened so far:
Flashed TWRP several weeks ago. I've made several backups with no problems.
Flashed NK2 radio with no apparent problems.
Full wipe of phone. Phone was not rooted at this point.
Flashed 5.01 GPE ROM.
Phone boots and I get the "Kernal not SELinux enforcing" message (ugh...KNOX). Phone won't boot to new rom. I can only get to TWRP.
Try to restore backup. TWRP checks MD5 on backup-it passes and then screen blanks and TWRP reboots. It does this several times.
After research I restore phone to stock MB4 through Odin.
Phone boots into Android and is indeed 4.4.2 MB4.
Using Unified Toolkit re-flash TWRP and then proceed to root phone. After procedure SuperSU gives me "SuperSU has stopped" msg. Follow toolkit procedure to get around KNOX. SuperSU runs and I also install Busybox. Reboot phone. Root not held. Redo toolkit procedures to attain root. Still lose it upon reboot.
TWRP still reboots when trying to do anything involved with the filesystem (restore backup--wipe cache and dalvik--none works. TWRP blanks and reboots.) . At this point I'm scratching my head. I'd like to restore the backup and also root and change to GPE. I'm thinking this comes down to not being able to do anything in the filesystem due to root not being held. Any suggestions as to how to get root to stick so I can do the restore and change ROMS? Thanks folks.
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If you don't have root you wouldn't have twrp, you would have the stock recovery.
You need to do a factory reset and start from there.
If you can't do it in twrp, flash back to stock with Odin, then do a factory reset. At this point you may have corrected what got borked by flashing the 5.0 rom.
I would recommend flashing to latest firmware NH7 or NK2 and running phone for 24hrs just to make sure there are no issues and that everything works.
ShinySide has links in general section.
Pp.
PanchoPlanet said:
If you don't have root you wouldn't have twrp, you would have the stock recovery.
You need to do a factory reset and start from there.
If you can't do it in twrp, flash back to stock with Odin, then do a factory reset. At this point you may have corrected what got borked by flashing the 5.0 rom.
I would recommend flashing to latest firmware NH7 or NK2 and running phone for 24hrs just to make sure there are no issues and that everything works.
ShinySide has links in general section.
Pp.
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In flashing the stock 4.4.2 rom (which is where my phone was when I started this journey) I have done a reset haven't I? That is what I did when the 5.0 GPE rom wouldn't boot. I can certainly try loading the 4.4.4 NK2 rom and seeing what that will do. Pretty sure I did not root before using the toolkit to replace the stock recovery with (originally) CWM and then later with TWRP. I remember wanting to do a Nandroid backup before installing the 4.4.4 OTA (which then didn't work because I had changed the stock recovery). I keep thinking that KNOX is involved with this but not sure what to try to remedy it (other than the 4.4.4 suggestion which I will try). Thanks for the reply.
Steve
The only thing Knox does is tell Samsung if you rooted and installed a custom recovery, and that is only while your still under warranty (12 months ) after you get the phone. After that warranty runs out they don't give a hoot what you do to your phone.
You need to flash it twice so that it works properly, after d/l Samsung info app, in play store and check that you have current bootloader and modem .
And use Chainfire's auto root to root afterwards.
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PanchoPlanet said:
The only thing Knox does is tell Samsung if you rooted and installed a custom recovery, and that is only while your still under warranty (12 months ) after you get the phone. After that warranty runs out they don't give a hoot what you do to your phone.
You need to flash it twice so that it works properly, after d/l Samsung info app, in play store and check that you have current bootloader and modem .
And use Chainfire's auto root to root afterwards.
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I'll try that. Thanks again.