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Wondering if the new Straight Talk model SCH-S960L was going to be supported in the Samsung Galaxy S3 ToolKit anytime soon? I just purchased. I also have a SPH-L710 on Sprint that worked great. Too afraid to use the same settings on this new SCH-S960L just yet.
Thanks!
Scott
SlimBean Rom works on SCH-S960L
Not sure if I'm on the same page, but I just flashed the SlimBean rom for the Sprint SIII to my StraightTalk SIII last night and haven't found any issues. Calls, texts, data, etc all are normal.
fordlove said:
Wondering if the new Straight Talk model SCH-S960L was going to be supported in the Samsung Galaxy S3 ToolKit anytime soon? I just purchased. I also have a SPH-L710 on Sprint that worked great. Too afraid to use the same settings on this new SCH-S960L just yet.
Thanks!
Scott
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Not sure if I'm on the same page, but I just flashed the SlimBean rom for the Sprint SIII to my StraightTalk SIII last night and haven't found any issues. Calls, texts, data, etc all are normal.
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What did you use to root it? The Sprint ROMs should work since it is a brother of the sprint model with a few tweeks for strait talk. But with the GS2 from strait talk that was a ATT type phone you still had to use a different recovery to get it to work but you could use any of the ROMs..... so any info on how you flashed Slimbean would be great, thanks
I'm also wondering if the sprint s3 options in the galaxy toolkit are ok to use on sch-s960l...I read that the camera may not function...also I WILL donate to anyone one who can provide step by step, comprehendable instructions to root and flash slim bean with no issues.
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What did you use to root it? The Sprint ROMs should work since it is a brother of the sprint model with a few tweeks for strait talk. But with the GS2 from strait talk that was a ATT type phone you still had to use a different recovery to get it to work but you could use any of the ROMs..... so any info on how you flashed Slimbean would be great, thanks
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This post should work. (QBKing77's video here) All I did was copy SuperUser zip file to the phone, ODIN'd ClockworkMod to the phone, rebooted to CWM, flashed the SuperUser, rebooted and it was rooted. Really not much to it, seemed too easy to me, but it stuck, didn't lose root after reboot.
I did notice some wonky data issues once I flashed SlimBean. My first post was edited to show that it pretty much locked onto whatever tower I was closest to at the time of the flash, so when I was driving around, once I lost connectivity to that tower, I had no data. Still could call but no data. Had to reflash SlimBean to connect to the next tower, but again, lost it since I was still driving around. Back to rooted Stock now.
Lately I've been trying to install CM 10 but they have a check to see if your phone's build.prop file has the SPH-L710 value in it (ro.phonecode or something), and obviously since we don't have sprint phones, ours says SCH-S960L. I edited the build.prop file and put the sprint code in there, but then it said the ro.bootloader value was incorrect. That line isn't even in the StraightTalk's build.prop so I added it, but it still didn't want to flash.
Next step is to edit the ROM itself and remove those checks. Kinda skeptical about that, since they're there for a reason. But, for the sake of research/advancement of mankind, I'm gonna try it anyway.
Does anyone have the stock apn settings i cant send MMS since i flash to a sprint Rom
I am working on a deodexed stock rom for our straightalk s3
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Does anyone have the 16 digit password for the s960l?
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This post should work. (QBKing77's video here) All I did was copy SuperUser zip file to the phone, ODIN'd ClockworkMod to the phone, rebooted to CWM, flashed the SuperUser, rebooted and it was rooted. Really not much to it, seemed too easy to me, but it stuck, didn't lose root after reboot.
I did notice some wonky data issues once I flashed SlimBean. My first post was edited to show that it pretty much locked onto whatever tower I was closest to at the time of the flash, so when I was driving around, once I lost connectivity to that tower, I had no data. Still could call but no data. Had to reflash SlimBean to connect to the next tower, but again, lost it since I was still driving around. Back to rooted Stock now.
Lately I've been trying to install CM 10 but they have a check to see if your phone's build.prop file has the SPH-L710 value in it (ro.phonecode or something), and obviously since we don't have sprint phones, ours says SCH-S960L. I edited the build.prop file and put the sprint code in there, but then it said the ro.bootloader value was incorrect. That line isn't even in the StraightTalk's build.prop so I added it, but it still didn't want to flash.
Next step is to edit the ROM itself and remove those checks. Kinda skeptical about that, since they're there for a reason. But, for the sake of research/advancement of mankind, I'm gonna try it anyway.
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You can edit the assert prop in the updater script of any d2spr rom. I personally use root browser from the rom toolbox from jrummy. Extract the rom, then go to META-INF>com>google>android>updater script. Open the script as an editable text document. You will see the ro.bootloader lines. Simply take out those lines, or modify them for your specific bootloader. If you downloaded the official update when you activated your phone, it will more than likely be S960LWYAMD6. Save it, then simply rezip everything, and flash. That's it. Just remember it's probably not a good idea to try this with any rom that includes bootloader or modem updates. But you SHOULD be fine with anything cyanogen-based. It's worked flawlessly for me but all phones are different, so use cation and always flash at your own risk.... Well, hope this helps some people out there. I've been having this same issue for a while and couldn't find anything that helped, until I got bored one day and just started messing around with random stuff. Haha. Happy flashing
I just need to root this damn phone...
I simply want to root my SCH-S960L. That seems to be way too much to ask on XDA...
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Hey guys!
Just wondering what my options are for getting the upcoming update to Android 4.3. I have a rooted SCH-S960L on the stock rom with CWM recovery (Touch version) 6.x....I was told that I would need the stock recovery installed in order to install the upcoming 4.3 OTA, but how do I do this? Where can I get the recovery.tar for use w/ODIN to reinstall the stock recovery? If I use KIES to reinstall the factory firmware will this also reinstall the stock recovery? Could I use the Sprint L710 stock recovery.tar since this is essentially the same phone? What should I do?
Anyone with helpful info PLEASE HELP!! THANKS IN ADVANCE!!
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I've read on that Straight Talk doesn't update their phones at all. So what is on it is what will stay on it unless there are custom roms for them. Which I am currently looking for. The topic I read it in mentioned a gingerbread phone that was never updated despite the same phone on other carriers being updated. The ST Customer Service forum had a post saying check their Terms and Conditions(which not sure what that had to do with updating their phone).
https://github.com/Shabbypenguin/an...mmit/b131f82f667433af4d8895d55f00bfc8a2a1c94f
ask your favorite rom devs to add this to their d2spr device trees. it will make it so that there wont be any more need to edit updater scripts, i already sent this info to carbon rom d2spr dev. if/when he merges you guys will be able to use carbon rom without editing anything, just flash in recovery
edit: seems CM will be the first http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/54652/ starting nov 27th you can download sprint d2spr builds and with a sprint based recovery they will flahs just fine for you guys.
Straight Talk does update their phones. The S3 was updated by Straight Talk not long after Sprint updated their S3 to 4.1.2.
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I REALLY NEED SOMEONE TO DO A /system pull and post up the complete factory firmware files for download...full firmware, stock recovery, etc.
If I knew exactly how/what to do I would go buy my wife's phone Friday and do a pull from it and post it up for all who need it.
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Ummm...not exactly what I wanted to accomplish but I found the backup of my totally stock firmware...stock recovery and the whole nine yards...restored and all is back to Day 1 stock!
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Hey guys!
Just wondering what my options are for getting the upcoming update to Android 4.3. I have a rooted SCH-S960L on the stock rom with CWM recovery (Touch version) 6.x....I was told that I would need the stock recovery installed in order to install the upcoming 4.3 OTA, but how do I do this? Where can I get the recovery.tar for use w/ODIN to reinstall the stock recovery? If I use KIES to reinstall the factory firmware will this also reinstall the stock recovery? Could I use the Sprint L710 stock recovery.tar since this is essentially the same phone? What should I do?
Anyone with helpful info PLEASE HELP!! THANKS IN ADVANCE!!
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how did you root the sch s960l I have this phone and I want to root it bad. I emailed customer service at straight talk and they told me they would not be updating the phone to 4.3
They also said that the phone woukd be stuck on ICS also...
As for rooting use SKUNKAPE1's guide on here for rooting the Sprint S3. The only addition to his step-by-step is to install STERRICSON's version of BusyBox once you finish up with the TeamEpic root.
Will tell you though that most of the Sprint S3 roms will not be fully functional on this phone however...everything usually works except the cammera/gallery app. Xposed framework mods do work very well however.
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Ummm...not exactly what I wanted to accomplish but I found the backup of my totally stock firmware...stock recovery and the whole nine yards...restored and all is back to Day 1 stock!
Sent from my SCH-S960L using Tapatalk
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could you provide the backup? have one semi-bricked and need the official stock firmware
Would be more than glad to! I've tried doing this for others with no luck...how can I get that to you?
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Hello all. I have an AT&T HTC One m8, and I need it to be a fully functional T-Mobile Device. Unfortunately money is a huge problem, so thats why I Sim Unlocked this one.
I can't use MMS, Hotspot, and these are things that I actually need (I go to school online AND travel for my job).
What steps can I take to resolve this matter. I heard flashing the rom/ruu would work. Any and all information can help.
I'm currently running 4.4.2 and Have a Mac. I have mild access to a PC. Thanks everyone.
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Hello all. I have an AT&T HTC One m8, and I need it to be a fully functional T-Mobile Device. Unfortunately money is a huge problem, so thats why I Sim Unlocked this one.
I can't use MMS, Hotspot, and these are things that I actually need (I go to school online AND travel for my job).
What steps can I take to resolve this matter. I heard flashing the rom/ruu would work. Any and all information can help.
I'm currently running 4.4.2 and Have a Mac. I have mild access to a PC. Thanks everyone.
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Wrong section!!!!
Hey I actually just converted over my AT&T device over to T-Mobile. Here is what you need to do:
1. Make sure you are S-Off and SuperCID
2. Unlock your boot loader and install TWRP
3. Find Zipped back up for stock T-Mobile App in the roll up tread.
4. Follow instructions and restore to the T-Mobile Rom
5. Find the most recent T-Mobile radio - in the same post and flash
6. You will have a fully working T-Mobile device
I won't link anything because you already found your way here and it shouldn't be too hard to get to the other threads. Also bbecauseif you can't search the forum for these then you shouldn't even try flashing...
Actually after you have superCID you can RUU using the tmobile RUU. Thats what i did and it worked great.
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Leave the phone S-Off
Good day to everybody.
As you could read, I'm interested in flashing a new rom (if that's how it's called) to my Huawei Ascend P6.
However, after succesfully Rooting the device (I have no ****ing idea how that worked in the first place), I found myself stuck.
For some God forsaken reason I can't install TWRP nor can I use CWM (which are needed to flash a new rom, right?)
This phone is getting slower each day, and battery life isn't what it used to be in the first week I started using it. (Battery life drains faster than an open sink)
The build I'm on is B520.
The reason I created this thread is that I'm kind of scared of bricking my device, as I've read in several threads you need Build xxx for flashing this rom, which isn't the build I'm on.
So I've got a couple of questions.
First of all, is there any tutorial on how to succesfully install TWRP to my device? (Tried the built-in TWRP installer you can get in the Play Store, but my phone isn't enlisted there ((Or is the p6 equal to the mate2?))
Next to that, is there any tutorial on how to flash any rom? From A-Z (Need to know where to put a downloaded rom in, how to access it etc etc. )? (Again, very, very cautious about flashing anything new, don't want to get this thing bricked).
Please, don't go to hard on me as I'm unskilled in the arts of smartphones.
Wishing everybody the best.
Love, Martin.
Hi,
There's never any guarantees in this hobby... As soon as you root, bricking could always be a risk. You need to be OK with that possibility, though if you learn and read and read more... This will help to keep you informed and confident in what you do to your device.
If the risk of bricking is unacceptable to you, don't modify your device is my advice. ?
All that said, I will have your thread moved to your device section so the experts who own your device can help you hopefully.
Good luck!
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And yes, Here's a tutorial. ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2636231
Thanks for the reply @Darth, I had no idea I was in the wrong place.
I now know how to do the fastboot, or boot into recovery, but that's it for me. Still don't know how to properly flash a new rom onto it, and if it's possible to just get Omnirom whilst I'm on build B520, or stuff like that.
If anybody would be able to help me through the process of flashing a custom new rom (anyone that significantly improves battery life and speed, that'd be great!) I might even be able to throw in a couple of bucks as a reward.
I'm not scared of bricking it, because I know that if it is done properly, no harm will be done.
So please, if anybody is out there who is willing to teach me the basics of flashing a new rom, to help me get through all the shiznits, do's and don'ts, I would be utterly satisfied.
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Hello everybody!!
My friend gave me his Virgin mobile Samsung Galaxy S3 to root and install a custom ROM on. I have install the latest TWRP recovery, and flashed the Super SU. I am not rooted on stock. I was wondering how to go about installing a custom ROM. I think that the Virgin Mobile and the Sprint are very similar, but I noticed something on the ROMs posted in the development forum. For example, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2750674 shows that it is meant to work on versions with NJ2 and ND8. My S3 here has NJ3. I am wondering what this means. I have NJ3 on my S3, and I was wondering that meant. Does it mean that it is different version completely, or does it mean that it simply says that because it is Virgin Mobile and is still pretty much the same thing? That being said, would that ROM work on my S3 with NJ3?
Thanks everybody for your help and development to make this community awesome!
Okay, well I installed it anyways. It works great, but I need to find the APNs for Virgin Mobile. If someone can point that out to me, I would really appreciate it. Virgin Mobile US internet.
Jayfeather787 said:
Okay, well I installed it anyways. It works great, but I need to find the APNs for Virgin Mobile. If someone can point that out to me, I would really appreciate it. Virgin Mobile US internet.
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Here's the APN fix. You flash the zip in a custom recovery: http://androidforums.com/threads/vi...rgin-mobile-apn-fix-wip-cm-aosp-4-4-x.840298/ My Virgin Mobile SIII is on NJ3, and the APNs work fine. NJ3, ND8, etc is just the modem. AFAIK it allows for connecting to the network, and newer modems have better connections. Any d2spr ROM should work fine on Virgin Mobile SPH-L710 (NOT SPH-L710T, be careful) if you flash the APN fix.
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Hello everybody!!
I have install the latest TWRP recovery, and flashed the Super SU.
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Did you use some modified version of TWRP? The normal official version can't mount partitions properly. I tried installing it and sh*t hit the fan. I had to use a gummified version of TWRP 2.8.0.0.
Thanks for the reply! I found the same problem, and I installed CWM. I did the APN fix, but mobile data won't work. Do I now have to put the APNs for the data to work?
No, after you flash the fix in recovery, everything should be taken care of. Sometimes you might have to flash it a few times to get it to stick, I suppose. The only thing I can think of to recommend is to make sure you follow the instructions and give the FAQs a read. That should explain evertything you need to do.
As a side note, here's a link to the Gummified TWRP that I'm using, in case you want TWRP (I personally prefer TWRP over CWM/PhilZ). You can just install it using the dd method with a terminal emulator on your phone using the instructions on the TWRP site. It's the TWRP 2.8.0.0.img. https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B1mtB5XM-ndHQThQX08xRWFVSzQ#
Thanks for the APN fix for Virgin Mobile. I just updated to CM12.1 on my S3 and had no data until I applied this fix.
Thanks so much, I will give that a try! I flashed it once, and it did not work. I will try flashing it a couple times in order to get it to work.
Are you trying to flash an android 5.1 ROM? Sh*t hit the fan on cm12.1 and all ROMs using cm as a base, and the APN fix doesn't have LTE on 5.1. If you want stability, I'd just go with a kitkat d2lte ROM. This bug is getting worked out, though. They just fixed it on cm, I think
Yep, I found that out the hard way lol. Thanks anyways, I will let my friend back it up, and I will just install kitkat on it. Thanks for your help.
You could also install a touchwiz ROM like wicked s5 for stability, but if you ask me, half the reason to root is to get away from touchwiz
Touchwiz must die.
Hi, guys!
I have a friend who also has a VM S3, and, of course, I told him he could have a way better Android experience if he let me help him put Cyanogenmod on it. He agreed to it, liking the idea of revitalizing his phone, and I went right ahead to the XDA forums to do some research. I came across this thread (obviously), and while it was immensely helpful (thank you everyone who contributed and provided links), it has got some out of date information and a few things gone unmentioned. So, I'll briefly compile a list of everything I know here to save future VM S3 modders some trouble and headache.
1) The latest TWRP (as of right now, it's 3.0.2-0) does work on the VM S3. Whatever issue was there in older versions is taken care of.
2) It is true that one will need to flash the APN fix linked in previous comments. That will get mobile data working.
3) However, in the very article linked, one will also see a Stock MMS fix, because even with the APN fix, the stock AOSP messaging app (in our case, that of Cyanogenmod 12.1) will not receive MMS. However, as users have commented in that forum, DO NOT flash that Stock MMS fix on anything above Android 4.4.4. As I discovered the hard way, it will only result in bootloop, as well as much headache and angst.
4) So, how do we fix the MMS glitch? Directly, there's no way (that I know of/can find). What I ended up doing for my friend was, when installing GAapps, I used the Aroma installer (because why wouldn't I?), and I had it install Google's Messenger app (in Aroma, it's labeled as just "Messenger"), and I had it block the installation of the Stock CM Messenger app. MMS now works fine.
5) Not a fan of Google Apps, or specifically Google's Messenger? Well, I hear Textra is good too. :fingers-crossed:
6) For the comment by @Powered_By_Linux on the issue concerning not getting LTE, I cannot say for certain as I no longer have my friend's phone with me, and I didn't think to test it. However, I know this: the comment was made in April 2015, and the snapshot release of CM12.1 is dated for November 2015, so I imagine it's possible something got fixed in between, as he said. Also, my friend hasn't complained to me yet about any sort of service problems (only praise for his rejuvenated phone), so I'm going to assume everything's working as it should. Also, there are other users in the linked APN fix article also saying their 4G/LTE works.
Again, thank you everyone who commented and provided links, as this thread was of great help to me. Here's to keeping those S3s alive and going strong!
Hello guys , i wanna know if the custom roms in this forum are compatible with my moto g5 Brazil version(baseband version : M8937_22.29.02.56R CEDRIC_BRAZILDSDS_CUST), a have some serious issues flashing some roms in my samsung gran prime because the version released in the world is a little different of the one released in brazil , anyone can answer me that pls ?
(Sorry my english)
Your question has been answered multiple times. Why it is so hard to use the search function?
well , i search terms like compatibility , brazil and xt1672, and nothing related show up , then i went page after page and still i found nothing related (just hardbrick under this variant)
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well , i search terms like compatibility , brazil and xt1672, and nothing related show up , then i went page after page and still i found nothing related (just hardbrick under this variant)
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Hello...
Go to the guides session, there you will find some discussions on how not to brick your phone.
Read them and you should be good to go.
Basically what happens with the G5 is that you can't very simply go back to a stock Rom once you unlocked the bootloader and flashed a custom ROM.
This has to do with Custom ROMs and TWRP being 64 bit while stock firmware being 32 bit.
The hardbricks that you've mentioned happened when you've installed a custom ROM then you reverted back to stock and received an OTA update, that will definitely hard brick your device. But from what I've been reading, people going back to stock without reading anything hardbrick their G5's in general. Right way to go back to stock seems to be flashing 32 bit TWRP then finding a Stock ROM Zip file to flash with it.
But take my word with a grain of salt, I've just skimmed through some threads, don't know if I'm correct.
But it seems that as long as you use only custom roms you're good to go, the problem is if you try to go back to stock, it's not as simple as other phones, but anyways, I haven't done any of these myself, so read yourself through all of it, take A LOT of care if you ever want to go back to stock.
I personally haven't done any mods to my G5 yet, which is quite unnusual of me, simply because l don't think the Oreo ROMs available are worth unlocking the bootloader.
Namely, when we have official Oreo from Lenovo or Official lineageOS, then I think it's worth ( or not, maybe I'll root before that)
I want to add just one information, once u put a custom ROM on your phone, VoLTE is gone, in other words you won't be able to make calls using the LTE network, so your calls will be made under 3-g or GSM.
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Hello...
Go to the guides session, there you will find some discussions on how not to brick your phone.
Read them and you should be good to go.
Basically what happens with the G5 is that you can't very simply go back to a stock Rom once you unlocked the bootloader and flashed a custom ROM.
This has to do with Custom ROMs and TWRP being 64 bit while stock firmware being 32 bit.
The hardbricks that you've mentioned happened when you've installed a custom ROM then you reverted back to stock and received an OTA update, that will definitely hard brick your device. But from what I've been reading, people going back to stock without reading anything hardbrick their G5's in general. Right way to go back to stock seems to be flashing 32 bit TWRP then finding a Stock ROM Zip file to flash with it.
But take my word with a grain of salt, I've just skimmed through some threads, don't know if I'm correct.
But it seems that as long as you use only custom roms you're good to go, the problem is if you try to go back to stock, it's not as simple as other phones, but anyways, I haven't done any of these myself, so read yourself through all of it, take A LOT of care if you ever want to go back to stock.
I personally haven't done any mods to my G5 yet, which is quite unnusual of me, simply because l don't think the Oreo ROMs available are worth unlocking the bootloader.
Namely, when we have official Oreo from Lenovo or Official lineageOS, then I think it's worth ( or not, maybe I'll root before that)
I want to add just one information, once u put a custom ROM on your phone, VoLTE is gone, in other words you won't be able to make calls using the LTE network, so your calls will be made under 3-g or GSM.
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Well , if i cant go back to stock rom , it's not worth, i am in the same sittuation as you , have my phone for 8 months and i didnt even root him , my others smartphones i did within a month, but anyway , thanks man
FrancyelZelling said:
Well , if i cant go back to stock rom , it's not worth, i am in the same sittuation as you , have my phone for 8 months and i didnt even root him , my others smartphones i did within a month, but anyway , thanks man
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It's not that you can't go back to stock...you can go but it's just not intuitive. If it was you I was just going to read through the forum because I saw some tutorials on how to go back to stock it's pretty possible it's just not simple as it was in previous Moto G edition, but it's possible.
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FrancyelZelling said:
Well , if i cant go back to stock rom , it's not worth, i am in the same sittuation as you , have my phone for 8 months and i didnt even root him , my others smartphones i did within a month, but anyway , thanks man
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For example, This Thread shows you how to go back to stock using fastboot. Don't know how reliable that can be, you should research it by yourself: https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5/development/official-stock-moto-g5-cedric-firmware-t3733897