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
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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?
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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?
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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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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?
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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?
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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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Btw with this counter does the number go up every time you flash a rom?
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Btw with this counter does the number go up every time you flash a rom?
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Yes
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No it does not
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OK, so for some personal reasons, I'm forced to sell my Galaxy S3...
I have CWM on it, and its rooted (obviously) running stock touchwiz rom...
Thing is, I cannot just hit the factory reset in settings because it's missing some apps like Samsung services, s-voice, etc.. stuffs that I deleted...
So my question is, How can I 100% Wipe the 16GB memory free of my personal data and perform a clean install of STOCK Telus SGS3 rom on it?
THanks!!!
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OK, so for some personal reasons, I'm forced to sell my Galaxy S3...
I have CWM on it, and its rooted (obviously) running stock touchwiz rom...
Thing is, I cannot just hit the factory reset in settings because it's missing some apps like Samsung services, s-voice, etc.. stuffs that I deleted...
So my question is, How can I 100% Wipe the 16GB memory free of my personal data and perform a clean install of STOCK Telus SGS3 rom on it?
THanks!!!
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1) Flash the original unrooted stock ROM from your carrier in Odin
2) Settings > back up and reset > Factory reset. reboot.
3) Turn debug on, and adb shell back in just to double-check that your nukular launch codes aren't there anymore.
And make sure your binary/custom flash counter is at 0.
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1) Flash the original unrooted stock ROM from your carrier in Odin
2) Settings > back up and reset > Factory reset. reboot.
3) Turn debug on, and adb shell back in just to double-check that your nukular launch codes aren't there anymore.
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where would i find the unrooted rom? only found the rooted one :/
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phzi said:
And make sure your binary/custom flash counter is at 0.
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and how would i do that?
thanks
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and how would i do that?
thanks
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800878
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defnow said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800878
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counter already at 0 ... normal ?
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dk2000zx said:
counter already at 0 ... normal ?
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Yes, don't worry about that.
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DO NOT flash the AT&T firmware. Here is the proper firmware for your device http://www.hotfile.com/dl/162304546/3421015/I747MVLALE8_I747MOYBALE8_TLS.zip.html
Once you have downloaded it, unzip it and let me know what files are in there. It should be a .tar file.
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DO NOT flash the AT&T firmware. Here is the proper firmware for your device http://www.hotfile.com/dl/162304546/3421015/I747MVLALE8_I747MOYBALE8_TLS.zip.html
Once you have downloaded it, unzip it and let me know what files are in there. It should be a .tar file.
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Will it unrooot and uninstall CWM same time to make it as stock as possible?
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Will it unrooot and uninstall CWM same time to make it as stock as possible?
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Yes, complete stock.
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Yes, complete stock.
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and if i flash that with odin will it trip my counter? and will it remove cwm ?
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and if i flash that with odin will it trip my counter? and will it remove cwm ?
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It will remove everything and restore your phone back to when you first bought it. Yes you flash it with odin, it will not trip your counter since it's an official package.
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It will remove everything and restore your phone back to when you first bought it. Yes you flash it with odin, it will not trip your counter since it's an official package.
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awesome thanks
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One last thing I would do is browse your SD card to see that there's nothing there. I have not tried a factory reset on the SIII, but on the Captivate and probably other phones, factory reset didn't wipe every directory.
See this for the very few directories it did wipe:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1152181&highlight=does+factory+reset+wipe+sd+card
I did a few factory resets (but not recently) and only once do I recall having to copy things back onto my internal sd card from the copy on my computer. Every time I did one, I'd backup my internal sd just in case, do the factory reset and finish whatever else I was doing like a new rom, and then see what had to be put back on. But other than that one time, my Titanium backups, pictures, whatever have still been there. I tried out a lot of different roms on the Captivate and even the "full wipe" versions left the internal sd data there.
That one time I did need to copy it back was I think when I tried out the secret code to do a real wipe. Although I can't recall which it was.
Hope I did the right thing,
I flashed STOCK .tar with ODIN, rebooted phone onto stock, mounted to my computer, formatted memory (the 11GB or so), went on phone, did Factory Reset..
Hope its 100% CLEAN Wipped !
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Look at the Dev forum there is a ton of information there.
relaxed83 said:
Look at the Dev forum there is a ton of information there.
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WOW mr.obvious... this is Q&A thread not like im dumb
I'm on cyanogenmod 10 beta 3 and wanted to go back to AOKP Milestone 6 but I'm having problems with superuser (and therefore cant use mobile odin) so I was wondering if I could just restore my nandroid back to EL26 via the JB recovery mode and then flash the aokp ROM through that recovery like normal? Or would that not work/brick my phone?
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Bump, really need some input on this. Any help is appreciated. thanks.
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Safe bet as I had the same issue: use sfhub one click to go back to el29 w root, then one click root to el26 cwm access and then you're good to go. Just make sure whatever road u take it leads you to el26 cwm by chris41g.
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dante32278 said:
Safe bet as I had the same issue: use sfhub one click to go back to el29 w root, then one click root to el26 cwm access and then you're good to go. Just make sure whatever road u take it leads you to el26 cwm by chris41g.
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I don't really have a PC at my disposal at the moment though is my biggest problem :/ which is why I was asking if restoring back to my nandroid back up via JB recovery would be safe?
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dante32278 said:
Safe bet as I had the same issue: use sfhub one click to go back to el29 w root, then one click root to el26 cwm access and then you're good to go. Just make sure whatever road u take it leads you to el26 cwm by chris41g.
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Hey, quick question.I'm just trying to do some reading about safety and such, and came across your post. Wouldn't it be safe to JUST Odin EL26 CWM alone? Without going back to EL29 first? Is that necessary? Again, not being a smartass and trying to call you out, I'm just really trying to get a hold on what is safe, or not, and procedures.
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Hey, quick question.I'm just trying to do some reading about safety and such, and came across your post. Wouldn't it be safe to JUST Odin EL26 CWM alone? Without going back to EL29 first? Is that necessary? Again, not being a smartass and trying to call you out, I'm just really trying to get a hold on what is safe, or not, and procedures.
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That's exactly what you should do.
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Well the main issue is it seems he lost root access....just saying its safest to start fresh. Only takes 10 extra minutes. If he had root he would've been able to just mobile Odin el26 like he stated, but its not an option.
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dante32278 said:
Well the main issue is it seems he lost root access....just saying its safest to start fresh. Only takes 10 extra minutes. If he had root he would've been able to just mobile Odin el26 like he stated, but its not an option.
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Exactly. That's the problem I'm having, which is why I'm asking if (since i dont have a pc to use) It would be smart and safe to just restore my nandroid (which is el26 with root and cwm) from the JB recovery (cwm6) and then just flash my original ROM through el26 cwm.
Anyone think this is safe?
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organizedConfoosion said:
Exactly. That's the problem I'm having, which is why I'm asking if (since i dont have a pc to use) It would be smart and safe to just restore my nandroid (which is el26 with root and cwm) from the JB recovery (cwm6) and then just flash my original ROM through el26 cwm.
Anyone think this is safe?
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It sounds safe, both are quoted as being safe recoveries. I even restored a nand from a broken phone onto my replacement one yesterday so I'm sure what you're doing is far less risky. Its the wiping in non-safe recoveries that caused bricks, you should be OK as long as you don't do something stupid like pull the battery during the restore.
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dante32278 said:
It sounds safe, both are quoted as being safe recoveries. I even restored a nand from a broken phone onto my replacement one yesterday so I'm sure what you're doing is far less risky. Its the wiping in non-safe recoveries that caused bricks, you should be OK as long as you don't do something stupid like pull the battery during the restore.
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Someone else told me that even while restoring a nandroid backup, it still wipes data, so if you're on an unsafe kernel, it still can brick. Just so everyone knows, I was on a safe kernel when I bricked mine. Apparently there was a mis-merge that happened that caused the safe kernel to be unsafe for a few days. I was very unlucky, but its one of the risks we all take when doing this. I'm planning on odin-ing el26 kernel whenever I need recovery from here on out!
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It sounds safe, both are quoted as being safe recoveries. I even restored a nand from a broken phone onto my replacement one yesterday so I'm sure what you're doing is far less risky. Its the wiping in non-safe recoveries that caused bricks, you should be OK as long as you don't do something stupid like pull the battery during the restore.
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vinscuzzy said:
Someone else told me that even while restoring a nandroid backup, it still wipes data, so if you're on an unsafe kernel, it still can brick. Just so everyone knows, I was on a safe kernel when I bricked mine. Apparently there was a mis-merge that happened that caused the safe kernel to be unsafe for a few days. I was very unlucky, but its one of the risks we all take when doing this. I'm planning on odin-ing el26 kernel whenever I need recovery from here on out!
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Thank you both for the replies. I guess I'll go ahead and try the nandroid restore.
Wish me luck haha. Hopefully this recovery is as stable as people have been saying lately.
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organizedConfoosion said:
Thank you both for the replies. I guess I'll go ahead and try the nandroid restore.
Wish me luck haha. Hopefully this recovery is as stable as people have been saying lately.
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Just thought of something: if you lost root, how do you still have a custom recovery? You may want to wait til ur near a PC to do el26 flash!
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No idea but I can boot into CWM just fine, its just superuser won't give me root access. I even tried to do the su binary update and nothing.
I'm not flashing El26, I'm just restoring to my nandroid backup which is el26.
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organizedConfoosion said:
No idea but I can boot into CWM just fine, its just superuser won't give me root access. I even tried to do the su binary update and nothing.
I'm not flashing El26, I'm just restoring to my nandroid backup which is el26.
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OK well good luck and let us know how it goes! Fingers crossed....
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I ended up not restoring, and found a way to fix my root access. Thanks all for the input though everyone!
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I just bought my SGS3 yesterday and still going under battery calibration, first cycle. Question is should I wait to complete the battery calibration before rooting or go ahead and root?
I'm coming from a Vibrant, so I know about rooting, just don't know if its a better idea to get the calibration done right first before rooting.
I would just go ahead and root it. I rooted mine on like the 2nd or 3rd day
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I would just go ahead and root it. I rooted mine on like the 2nd or 3rd day
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I would assume that I would have to re-calibrate either way, correct?
krntehknik303 said:
I would assume that I would have to re-calibrate either way, correct?
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I honestly think all that batt calibrating is bogus. The new batt will get better thru every cycle. Just my 2cents
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Great to know! Thanks fellas!
krntehknik303 said:
I would assume that I would have to re-calibrate either way, correct?
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I never calibrate my battery anymore because its been said it doesn't do anything and I didn't notice any difference when I used to
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I just rooted my phone anyways! Ah, I guess I have been misinformed and been trapped in my old ways, Vibrant ways. lol. Had another question, will removing any of the T-Mobile crapware mess with the full functionality of the stock rom? I remember for the vibrant, removing certain apps caused the phone to force close repeatedly and crashed the phone.
Flash a debloated rom and you should be fine.
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Flash a debloated rom and you should be fine.
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I wanted to keep it stock rom because those debloated roms look like they are the previous OS versions? I bought my phone with the OTA update that everyone seems to be talking about now and how some kernels don't work well with the new OS update
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I wanted to keep it stock rom because those debloated roms look like they are the previous OS versions? I bought my phone with the OTA update that everyone seems to be talking about now and how some kernels don't work well with the new OS update
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726842
Apps safe to remove and follow into the thread, a couple of good spots to remove .apk with no harm to the system in other threads.
I nandroid my stock and did a android of a stock debloated. Always keep them on my sd, then flash away so I can come back.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726842
Apps safe to remove and follow into the thread, a couple of good spots to remove .apk with no harm to the system in other threads.
I nandroid my stock and did a android of a stock debloated. Always keep them on my sd, then flash away so I can come back.
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Is it safe to remove with Titanium Backup or would Root Explorer be best?
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Nvm, I think Titanium will be more user friendly I'll use Root Explorer for other stuff.
I've used both...
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Follow up, but kind of on point, is there a way to obtain root without wiping everything?
Like, I set up the phone, go for a week, then decide I want root.
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Follow up, but kind of on point, is there a way to obtain root without wiping everything?
Like, I set up the phone, go for a week, then decide I want root.
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You don't need to wipe anything before rooting. You just need to make sure you back up your stuff in case the worst of the worst happens.
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What if you're doing it through Odin?
** EDIT ** Meaning, flashing a stock rom with root injected in Odin.
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What if you're doing it through Odin?
** EDIT ** Meaning, flashing a stock rom with root injected in Odin.
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Follow the guide in the dev section and nothing gets wiped and it doesn't trip the counter
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Follow the guide in the dev section and nothing gets wiped and it doesn't trip the counter
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This will sound very n00b however could you link me please. The only guide I found was the youtube video and I am not 100% sure its good to go with the latest OTA
Any suggestions on a stable room?
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good rom
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This will sound very n00b however could you link me please. The only guide I found was the youtube video and I am not 100% sure its good to go with the latest OTA
Any suggestions on a stable room?
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Wildchild made a good rom v 32 stable and stock based off of new update
I was just wondering if it was possible to make a .zip file to restore our phones to Factory fresh-ish?
Heres my thinking: If we did a Factory Reset from the phone that wipes everything, sd included, then boot into CWM or TWRP Recovery because it would still be there, I believe, wipe everything in Recovery, then install the .zip? The .zip would have Root, CWM or TWRP Recovery and all the stock files.
Question is...Would this allow us to not have to use LGNPST? Or would there still be files stuck that would make us use LGNPST?[/SIZE]
Hope that all makes sense.
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I was just wondering if it was possible to make a .zip file to restore our phones to Factory fresh-ish?
Heres my thinking: If we did a Factory Reset from the phone that wipes everything, sd included, then boot into CWM or TWRP Recovery because it would still be there, I believe, wipe everything in Recovery, then install the .zip? The .zip would have Root, CWM or TWRP Recovery and all the stock files.
Question is...Would this allow us to not have to use LGNPST? Or would there still be files stuck that would make us use LGNPST?[/SIZE]
Hope that all makes sense.
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That would be nice. But I can't imagine it to be more useful that lgnpst. Think of it like Odin for the Samsung phones.
True. But Odin is simple and easy to get. Im just trying to think of an easier way to fix our phones when we mess em up.
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True. But Odin is simple and easy to get. Im just trying to think of an easier way to fix our phones when we mess em up.
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Simpler way will definitely be appreciated lol
Its being worked on. Only one bug bug atm, check back tomorrow.
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Its now available under development
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Its now available under development
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Awesome thanks!
Its not quite what i mean. But this will do. I guess i can't quite put it into words.
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Its not quite what i mean. But this will do. I guess i can't quite put it into words.
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Under recovery just wipe system/cache and dalvik cache.
All was wiped but the sd card part. was still there. Was that what you meant?
My idea or thought in the OP was to make something as available as Odin that could fix borked phones. LGNPST isn't as readily available. I think the stock v8 .zip is as close as we can get. It was a thought.
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But, arent ZIPs useless if the phone is really bricked and cant even boot into recovery? Isnt that the advantage LGNPST has?
Unless it was an update.zip like factory recovery. I don't think what im thinking can be done.
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Hey guys so i rooted my phone using odin and was attempting to put on cyanogen mod 10.1 when it failed and i restored to factory settings. then i thought ill restore to my previously saved backup and it stayed at the samsung screen that lights up behind the white lettters. now i tried going into recovery mode and restoring to factory and also tried clear cache and delvik cache. only problem is it still got stuck at the samsung screen so i then tried to reroot it on obin but since there was a binary count of 1 it didnt work what can i dooo
binary count wouldn't stop anything from flashing. after flashing a stock rom with odin again, make sure to go directory into recovery to wipe data/factory reset and then boot up the phone.
I got it working then I tried to put cyanogen 10.1 on and it crashed again idno what the deal is I put it on sd card and loaded it with root manager
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root manager? or rom manager?
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Don't use rom manager to flash a rom. Odin back to stock (Samsung devices are special that way) or use one of the root injected firmwares in one of the stickies in the development section. Once you get set up, download goo manager from the play store (you must be rooted to use it). From the menu of goo manager install recovery script, you will then have twrp recovery installed. Then follow the instructions in the op for the rom you want to flash. If this seems foreign to you then Odin back to stock and stay there. If you want to continue to modify your device read and read some more. Tony stark has a thread with all the information you need. Just Google search.
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Rom lol sorry was flustered. That all does sound beyond me I thought it would be easier to install a rom
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tsoby said:
Rom lol sorry was flustered. That all does sound beyond me I thought it would be easier to install a rom
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It is easy once you do it once. First time can be overwhelming. I'm a visual learner so I found a YouTube video for the phone and followed it step by step. Now I'm almost flashing them in my sleep. :thumbup:
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So I know I'm rooted right now on my s3 so do I have to go back to stock and reboot it before I flash a rom? Or can I just do it like in the video now and flash it from recovery mode
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Just odin to stock and reroot, reflash recovery, and restore backup
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okay will doo
so it bricked trying to install the cyanogen mod again i just want to go back to stock unrooted lol how can i do this? can only get into download and recovery mode and my backup wont work for some reason
alright so unbricked it and dont ever wanna root again haha ill wait for samsung to release updates from here on out lol
tsoby said:
alright so unbricked it and dont ever wanna root again haha ill wait for samsung to release updates from here on out lol
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Thats how we learn lol.
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tsoby said:
so it bricked trying to install the cyanogen mod again i just want to go back to stock unrooted lol how can i do this? can only get into download and recovery mode and my backup wont work for some reason
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It's only a soft brick. As long as you can get into download mode you can use Odin to return to stock.
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I really do want to run 4.2.2 but don't want to brick it again is there a really cool proof guide I could read
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Good guide* was watching TV typig what I was hearing woops
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Goto dev section stickies and read the rooting guide. Then follow directions step by step in the room you want op's.
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Well the first time i rooted it and followed the instructions it bricked and kept bricking lol so idno how to do it now
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tsoby said:
Well the first time i rooted it and followed the instructions it bricked and kept bricking lol so idno how to do it now
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If it was bricked you don't get a chance to keep bricking it. Stay with stock until you feel more comfortable with the process.
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Yeah I have read a lot I feel like I did it right that's the frustrating part
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