Is there or ever will be a way to flash back to stock safely witgout the possibility of softbrick device or having to do a hard factory reset just to get the phone to boot up successfully? I'm comming from xperia play and for xperia devices its so simple via flashtool or for my friend who had a SGS2 who wanted me to flash a custom rom on his phone and that's how I discovered ODIN. Basically what I'm trying to ask is will there or is there already a standard easy tool or something that will allow us to flash back to stock easy as 123?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010624
.KDZ method worked as easy as....well....like you say 123. There is another method using factory .tot images, which I have no tried.
Unlock bootloader -> custom recovery -> nand backup.
In case of emergency, loading into the recovery, restore nand backup.
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Is there a way that I can remove the root on my phone? I used Fresh Kitchen to root it. But I was just curious as to if there was a way to remove the root and return everything back to stock. Any help? Thanks :]]
yes , you can un-rooting the dvice by flashing the Original recovry
the first time that you rooting the device by flashing the recovery
like ..
recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.6.2H image recovry, Automatically the
device will made a recovry image of the Original flash recovery
if you have the Original flash recovery flash it and the rooting will be over
and the device will be return back to stock
i hope i helped you
Kinda new at rooting/Android etc, right now I have .434 rooted with docomo status/nav bar mod, I want to get all the way back to stock, is the only way to do this is to hook up the phone to a pc and use pc companion? Factory data reset doesn't do it. So let's say I want everything wiped, cwm recovery/root/mods, all of it. PC Companion is the only way?
I used Flashtool and a stock firmware to get back to stock. That gets rid of root.
I'm not sure about un/locked bootloader though.
pati305 said:
I used Flashtool and a stock firmware to get back to stock. That gets rid of root.
I'm not sure about un/locked bootloader though.
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So if I use flashtool with a generic .434 firmware that would get me back to stock and wipe everything in the process ( i intend to flash the rooted .253 that is out there after this...)?
Similar question here as well. Unlocked bootloader, custom kernel, custom ROM. I imagine just flashing FTF is not going to fix everything? Do we re-lock bootloader via sony's website first?
To go back to stock, just simply flash the FTF (with Flashtools) corresponding to your phone model, that will get rid of all the data, even the custom kernel to give you a Stock Rom & Stock Kernel. Then you can start all from 0. There's no need to lock the bootloader again to do this.
Hi guys, I have european e975 and would like to go safely back to stock, but i need help.
I tried to flash the new V20A stock KDZ via vietnamese easy method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2797190, but the tool just can't connect to the device, i tried everything, even fidling with COM ports.
Also I made backup with TWRP of V10H, but now the phone has CWM and CM11 and i don't know if i should use the backup.
tl;dr: Safest way/method to flash back to stock?
ThankYou )
Try to flash TWRP again, then restore backup
Flashing the twrp backup is fine don't worry.
Hello Peeps,
Ik have a E986 with a problem
When i rooted my phone and run freegee i only see the options of installing CWM/TWRP or Backup/Restore EFS.
There is no option to unlock my bootloader.
It is still possible to flash a recovery and a rom, but i can only boot into the recovery.
The only option is to flash a stock KDZ file and return to stock.
I've used freegee and different roms succesfull in the past, but because a soft brick i had to return to stock.
I'm rooted with frp unlocked and so on with oreo. I need to go all the way back to out of the box stock setup to download the latest updates. I'm on oreo and have a ton of reading but I need to be guided into a set of instructions to get this restore done.
Please help.
Thx!
Via magisk uninstaller, uninstall and your boot will be fine
Also, you can flash stock boot and recovery to be on full stock
Will this allow me to relock and do ota updates? Basically I need to be able to use the factory recovery partition incase of failure. Currently due to the unlocked phone the use of the recovery bricks the phone. And where can I get these stock recovery partitions at?
Doesn't matter if your BL is locked or unlocked. As long as you have stock recovery and stock boot, you will be able to install OTA
Can you e plain a bit more detail? Thx! How the process should go
What are the commands for stock boot and recovery images through the recovery screen. The white screen that shows bootloader and frp status.... And possible link to those specific files would be great.
Erecovery? How to reflash?