and please forgive me for the noobocracy that i am about to commit... i flashed my phone back to stock due to some strange things happening with rom i was using... it was JB. i flashed back to stock GB. i tried to go back to my jb rom, but the phone won't boot. do i need to flash stock ics or an ics rom before going to jb, or do i have a much more serious issue??
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More serious issue, but maybe u didn't flash GB properly. You should just be able to usenodin and go back to 2.3.5
my phone is currently on 2.3.6 stock and working fine. let me try one more thing and i will get back to you....
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i was able to get things running... i went from gb, to ics, then to my jb rom, and things seem to be working fine. thanks for the reply though...
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For future reference, Kies (from Samsung), although a PITA app (I'd install it, use it, then uninstall), installed on your computer, can update/restore your phone completely and fairly painlessly as long as the computer can recognize the phone is plugged in. It's all stock stuff, of course, but it should get you the latest stuff as far as radios and such go as well.
The PITA part of it is it's not just for recovery, it has a bunch of other functions (media management, backup, blah, blah) that are pretty much unnecessary given superior alternatives.
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Im in the process of trying out new roms, I originally backed up my stock rooted rom, through clockwork recovery, I installed a new rom, and want try out another new one. If I ever want to revert back to my stock rooted rom, should I continue to back up every time, or just install the new rom of my choice.
I only made one back-up of my stock rooted Rom. And I have tried out 2 different roms since then. And today I went back to stock using my back up and every thing worked fine.
So just back it up once and you should be good.
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The stock backup won't change unless it is removed, hence you'll have it to flash if needed. Recommend backing up other ROMs tried , prior to flashing a new one.
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I just back up when I might want to go back. If you have no intention of running that Rom ever again no need to back it up
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Ok, thanks for the info, that has, answered my questions
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I rooted my original inc this weekend, and am currently running cm7.1. I've got it backed up, also have another backup for skyraider 4.2, and another backup of the original rom when I first rooted. I flashed like 10 different roms, and backed up my existing rom every time I flashed a new rom, so I have like 11 different backups. Is it safe to delete all but my backup of the STOCKROOT, cm7.1, and skyraider?
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It most definitely is. You don't even really need the stock one, as SR4.2 is basically stock in the same way that CM is basically stock: similar, but more settings/features. And, you can always grab a stock ROM in the Android Development section here anyway
Very cool, thanks. I'm new to the root scene, but I'm liking everything so far, the possibilities are endless. Gonna activate my og inc tomorrow and give it a few day shakedown to see how it runs thru a normal days use.
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I only have 3 backups, anymore is unnecessary to me.
I keep stock, my latest for Magnolia, and my latest MIUI and delete the rest every chance I get.
Maybe save them to PC? I've got a couple of backups there of ROMs no longer available. So if I wanted to flash them I could, without doing setup, etc.
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To do a nandroid advanced restore of data from a gb rom to a ics rom? Currently on calks ics fd24 and i have a nandroid of blazer rom. Would doing an advanced restore of data be ok or do you think it might mess something up?
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I'd use sfhubs autoroot EL26+StockCWM. Safest bet for sure.
Im not trying to go back to gb, i want to restore my data from a gb rom to the ics rom im on now.
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Oh I wouldn't do that yet. But, you can try it an let us all know. For maximum safety I've just been using Odin to flash then going back to the stock EL26+CWM to then flash to ICS builds. And then I have to reinstall all my apps and do the configuration of everthing again - real pain in the anus. Main reason I haven't been flashing as much. I have kept coming back to my Blazer Rom. After messing with ICS I'll do the above (Oding stock EL26, add stock CWM - both from sfhub) then restore my last nandroid. It gets me back to completely working phone. I'm hoping to get some answers to using the 'preserve data' option to update/upgrade so I can save a crap load of time and effort.
Ill try and see what happens. Also, i thought the ics kernels were only giving problems for flashing roms? Whenever im on a ics rom and i want to go back to blazer, i just wipe and restore, no issues.
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Ok so i thought cm10 was having issues with my phone like i thought i had a bad download. But it turns out there is somethimg wrong with my glide it keeps rebooting. I have wiped data and cache many times. Im running on a backup and its still doing it. Can someone give me detailed instructuions on how to get back to stock 2.3.6 from ICS leak, i need to warrenty out my phone through samsung.
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Try this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1897224
Please forgive me if I've missed this. Tried looking/searching and came up empty.....
I've been on the UKB & Tazz ICS ROMS for a while now but, just out of curiosity, wanted to go back to Gingerbread (Nits', to be specific). Anyway, I restored the backup of Nits' GB and had significant problems, like Gmail FC, etc.. I suspect it's because I installed the ICS firmware along the way but not real sure. Is there a way to get back? I have not tried fully reinstalling the GB ROM yet, just restoring. Been on skiing and didn't have the time to try different permutations.
Any ideas/experience appreciated.
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Re: ICS -> Gingerbread
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Please forgive me if I've missed this. Tried looking/searching and came up empty.....
I've been on the UKB & Tazz ICS ROMS for a while now but, just out of curiosity, wanted to go back to Gingerbread (Nits', to be specific). Anyway, I restored the backup of Nits' GB and had significant problems, like Gmail FC, etc.. I suspect it's because I installed the ICS firmware along the way but not real sure. Is there a way to get back? I have not tried fully reinstalling the GB ROM yet, just restoring. Been on skiing and didn't have the time to try different permutations.
Any ideas/experience appreciated.
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If you restored app data from ICS that could be causing the FC. The firmware makes no difference because I am also running Nis' cm7 with ICS firmware.
You should also have done a full wipe (meaning system, data, cache, and dalvik) before restoring your backup.
If all else fails, do a full wipe now and a clean install. Maybe even use the SuperDuperWipe script from the dev section.
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Re: ICS -> Gingerbread
AliceBToklas said:
Please forgive me if I've missed this. Tried looking/searching and came up empty.....
I've been on the UKB & Tazz ICS ROMS for a while now but, just out of curiosity, wanted to go back to Gingerbread (Nits', to be specific). Anyway, I restored the backup of Nits' GB and had significant problems, like Gmail FC, etc.. I suspect it's because I installed the ICS firmware along the way but not real sure. Is there a way to get back? I have not tried fully reinstalling the GB ROM yet, just restoring. Been on skiing and didn't have the time to try different permutations.
Any ideas/experience appreciated.
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Yeah like guy above me said firmware shouldn't affect you, it hasn't me either
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Thank you both. I'll should have some time this week to try again.
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Just to follow up. After a full wipe & restore I had to remove/reinstall a few apps that were the problem. The last hour all has been going well.
Thanks again.
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Re: ICS -> Gingerbread
I reverted from jellybean to gb with no problems. I just did a full wipe exxept sd card on my recovery them installed cm7
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