returning to stock kernel - Thunderbolt General

So a couple of quick questions.
One (and im asking this because including my og droid i haven't not been rooted in two years) if i return to stock (i.e verizon may replace my tbolt) will it also automatically return my kernel to stock. The only reason i ask is i just did a full data and cache wipe for a new rom and my new adrenaline kernel was still there, which is fine for now but not if i have to take it in.
Second: if it doesnt return to a stock kernel is there a boot.img or even a .zip that will work on clockwork for it.
I did try searching, and i do know how to unroot, I just dont know about the kernel issue once i do unroot.
edit: i did do my own full root, bloatware removed, stock kernel backup before i flashed the kernel, so as long as restoring that backup reverts it to the original kernel that is fine also.

if you use a RUU to return to stock....everything is back to stock including the kernel

magneticzero said:
if you use a RUU to return to stock....everything is back to stock including the kernel
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thanks i figured that was the case just wanted to make sure.
question answered: so unless someone needs help with this have a good one.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=975888
if you use that RUU(out of the box state rom) it will remove root and return everything back to 'normal' so you could return/warranty exchange it

magneticzero said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=975888
if you use that RUU(out of the box state rom) it will remove root and return everything back to 'normal' so you could return/warranty exchange it
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yeah i found the unroot instructions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009423 if anyone else needs them and it has the link to the ruu. I just wanted to make sure it did return it. so all is good.

For what it's worth, my son returned a rooted Droid running CM7 because it had a bad camera, he did a mail exchange and never heard a word about it from Verizon. I'm sure the first thing they do with a returned phone is burn a stock image into it even before they "test" it. Think about it, they can't possibly have someone do a forensic examination of the software on returned phones. I think the main way they have of finding modded phones are due to people admitting that they modded it. Just sayin'.

If you make a backup in CWR (Rom Manager) before flashing a new kernel then you can roll back and restore the old configuration... including kernel.
You can also flash the stock kernel from Rom Manager.
No need to RUU unless it is absolutely needed. But this will cause a lot of extra work (need to re-root, etc)

bmcclure937 said:
If you make a backup in CWR (Rom Manager) before flashing a new kernel then you can roll back and restore the old configuration... including kernel.
You can also flash the stock kernel from Rom Manager.
No need to RUU unless it is absolutely needed. But this will cause a lot of extra work (need to re-root, etc)
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Yea but the OP wanted to know in case they had to return/exchange the phone for whatever reason....

Any way to get a copy of the stock kernal only. Would just like to have it around. Im rooted and running the stock rom with the phone and Adrynalynes 1.9 kernal...
Thanks in advance

magneticzero said:
Yea but the OP wanted to know in case they had to return/exchange the phone for whatever reason....
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Ah. My bad... then RUU would be the best method!

Jrocker23 said:
Any way to get a copy of the stock kernal only. Would just like to have it around. Im rooted and running the stock rom with the phone and Adrynalynes 1.9 kernal...
Thanks in advance
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bump? also looking to go back to stock kernel, without unrooting...

Related

[RUU] Official 2.31.651.7 in ZIP Format, Flashable from Fastboot

As the title says, here's the Rom.zip extracted from RUU_Hero_C_Sprint_2.31.651.7_signed_release.exe for those that don't use Windows, or prefer to have their RUU in zip format.
This will flash your phone to 2.31.651.7 STOCK.
http://www.mediafire.com/?m6x4sr682ruk027
Simply rename this to HERCIMG.zip and place on the root of your SDCard.
Power your phone completely off.
Press and Hold VOL DOWN and POWER until your phone boots into HBoot mode.
Wait for it to verify the zip, then click <ACTION> (Trackball) to update, or <SEND> (Green Call) to cancel.
Enjoy!
Here's my guide to rooting .7:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804296
Personally..I want to say THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
I have spent the last four hours searching for this. This needs to be stickied. I'm bookmarking it for sure. This got my phone unbricked..I thought all hope was lost and I would have to call in for warranty support (I got mine refurbed through Sprint last October..so I don't even know if I would still have any warranty support), and see if I could try my luck and getting it replaced, since that is what others have said to do as apparently this file from OP, did not exist.
And so for future reference, so that others don't go mindlessly searching through the forums.
If you
a.) Managed to overwrite your Recovery some how or completely delete it. (I did..and from searching this and many other forums over the past couple hours..I can see I wasn't the only one), and also have no boot (or a corrupted boot loop)
b.) Still have S-ON (You can find this out by powering off your phone and then pressing and holding the power button and the lower volume button), I recommend you turn S-Off for future reference if you're going to be dealing with customer ROMs a lot (so you don't have to go through the hell I just did..). See here..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=759955
c.) Have an updated Hboot (1.47) (you can also find this info. in part b.)
....then you KNOW that you are stuck. Because you
a.) Cannot flash a ROM in Recovery because you cannot access it.
b.) You cannot access ADB because your phone won't go that far and will only go into fastboot..
c.) But even though you have access to fastboot you can't do ANYTHING like flash a recovery image or a ROM..or anything for that matter..because S is still ON. (this is the "not allow" messages you will see pop up.)
d.) You have bootloader 1.47 so if you for example, were like me couldn't use this file here.. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=657086), because it would say there was a newer version and wouldn't install it.
So this file right here..was the only thing getting my phone back to a usable state. And considering that my searches have shown to pretty much give up all hope and have it sent it for warranty repair, then I think this thread deserves a bump for all those that have screwed up.
Yeah..I have to start ALL OVER now from a stock ROM (thank god for nandroid), but at least my phone isn't a dead brick.
Just thought this needed a well deserved bump.
I wonder if there is a RUU for the latest .2?
Wanted to say BIG THANKS. This worked like a charm to update prl/profile. Keeping two copies of this one on the sd and on the laptop. Thanks again.
Yea it's me Again. With the
Modified .HERO.
laie1472 said:
Wanted to say BIG THANKS. This worked like a charm to update prl/profile. Keeping two copies of this one on the sd and on the laptop. Thanks again.
Yea it's me Again. With the
Modified .HERO.
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Forgive me for seeming NOOBish... but I can use this to do the same, then restore Nandroid back and it will keep the PRL/Profile update?
Just wondering... lolz, thanks!
Yup But you will have to reroot. This takes root from you. You will have to reroot with the Hero rooter from Reg or Z4 or one click root. But read read read. And as far as the prl/profile yup it will stick. When your phone boots up after running this just go into settings and updates and choose update profile and update prl don't update firmware. I repeat don't update firmware. After that just reboot and check your prl should be 60675. After that reroot, then flash a recovery and then nand restore. Hope this helps good luck
Remember this returns you to stock you will loose root and recovery..
Yea it's me Again. With the
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Why don't you guys just flash NFX's or LS's already rooted and way faster stock sense ROM to update PRL, etc?
Running stock ROM has to be one of the worst things ever after being on custom ROMs for so long.
I tried flashing almost ever sense rom on here pmgrands port, ninfintes stock odex and deodex and his apps 2 sd builds he has like 4 or 6 different builds. Tried flashing liquids builds beta and stable. All gave me a error. So I had to use this. I couldn't flash any sense rom
and it was easier to use this than try to figure out y. If he can flash a sense rom then yea that's the easier way but if not this is a for sure way to get back to stock.
Yea it's me Again. With the
Modified .HERO.
laie1472 said:
I tried flashing almost ever sense rom on here pmgrands port, ninfintes stock odex and deodex and his apps 2 sd builds he has like 4 or 6 different builds. Tried flashing liquids builds beta and stable. All gave me a error. So I had to use this. I couldn't flash any sense rom
and it was easier to use this than try to figure out y. If he can flash a sense rom then yea that's the easier way but if not this is a for sure way to get back to stock.
Yea it's me Again. With the
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I still have my original nandroid from before I flashed any ROMs and it takes me back to stock Sprint, where I do my updating. Is this faster than that?
jckeyser said:
I still have my original nandroid from before I flashed any ROMs and it takes me back to stock Sprint, where I do my updating. Is this faster than that?
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Yup. That's way better and faster. Just go into settings / updates. Then just update prl and profile. Don't update firmware. After you confirm that your updated just nand restore and you should be good.
Edit not sure if you would have to reroot.
Yea it's me Again. With the
Modified .HERO.
Thanks for the reply's all... I like Sense and have NFX rom on my Hero, loaded a few ROMS but they won't update, so no worries, when I have some free time I'll sit and do it then. I don't like the one click rooters nor the clockwork recovery, I guess I'm old school and do it the hard way, lol, but thanks for letting me know it'll work (prl update) and stay on the handset!
Regards!
Without opening a huge can of worms I would like to know whats the best newest rom out there with sense I just searched for like 3 hours and lot of threads are old and I want what ever is new with sense also would like to upgrade to 2.2 im on Honeybun v.-2 lite firmware 2.1 update1
Gelladuga69 said:
Why don't you guys just flash NFX's or LS's already rooted and way faster stock sense ROM to update PRL, etc?
Running stock ROM has to be one of the worst things ever after being on custom ROMs for so long.
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you got a link ? Im searching now
laie1472 said:
Yup. That's way better and faster. Just go into settings / updates. Then just update prl and profile. Don't update firmware. After you confirm that your updated just nand restore and you should be good.
Edit not sure if you would have to reroot.
Yea it's me Again. With the
Modified .HERO.
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No need to reroot because it was a nandroid. Can't make a nandroid if you're not rooted.
Sent from my HTC Hero CDMA running Android 2.3
Does anybody have the original MD5 checksum for this file? I wanna make sure this file downloaded properly. Thanks in advance!
EDIT: efa439da700b5fad7ea49915ef7d2866
Sent from my HTC Hero CDMA running Android 2.3
does this work with any version of HBOOT? The phone I am dealing with has stock 1.5
mrtimo said:
does this work with any version of HBOOT? The phone I am dealing with has stock 1.5
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What? Is your phone even rooted? Sprint upgraded to 2.1 a LONG time ago, the update is available at www.htc.com
It worked for me a while ago, but my dad just got a new hero so I tried using this, and it wouldn't recognize the image file.. any thoughts?
systemshock869 said:
It worked for me a while ago, but my dad just got a new hero so I tried using this, and it wouldn't recognize the image file.. any thoughts?
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yeah, this only works if he has an S-off bootloader, which he doesn't have if it's a new hero.
il Duce said:
yeah, this only works if he has an S-off bootloader, which he doesn't have if it's a new hero.
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According to the OP this one was extracted from the RUU, so it *should* work S-ON.

[Q] Switch out kernel without Flashing?

I ordered a Nexus S which will be here next week. I am not sure yet if I will keep it and the main test will be to see how I like the Voodoo Sound. I am scared to flash and rather not if I can avoid it(for the reason of possibly returning it).
Is it possible to unroot the phone and just switch out the stock kernel with the stock Voodoo patched kernel from Trinity?...without flashing the phone?
I can say voodoo sound makes a HUGE difference. Worth rooting etc just for that if music is important to you seriously voodoo is fantastic.
Short answer, yes. See thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=949260
dman777 said:
I ordered a Nexus S which will be here next week. I am not sure yet if I will keep it and the main test will be to see how I like the Voodoo Sound. I am scared to flash and rather not if I can avoid it(for the reason of possibly returning it).
Is it possible to unroot the phone and just switch out the stock kernel with the stock Voodoo patched kernel from Trinity?...without flashing the phone?
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Just unlock the phone, root it and flash it. The phone can be returned to stock and the bootloader can be relocked making it look like nothing ever happened.
Restore to stock, just use the Nandroid stock recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884093
Relock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=875630
derfasaurus said:
Just unlock the phone, root it and flash it. The phone can be returned to stock and the bootloader can be relocked making it look like nothing ever happened.
Restore to stock, just use the Nandroid stock recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884093
Relock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=875630
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Unlock's not necessary, and I think we should always mention that if you choose the unlock method you will wipe ALL data on the phone, including sdcard. Probably not an issue for someone rooting right out of the box, but if someone's used their phone for any amount of time, they might want to backup pics and stuff that will be wiped with the oem unlock command.

Q? return to stock error, return still possible?

I went to my backup rom, unrooted, removed all apps...and duuuh realize that my backup was of eagle bloods rom, and it read eagle blood in the firmware (in the about menu) and not stock LOL
so I got turned down on the return (figured Id wait for the sensation), anyway does anyone have a stock rom, untouched somewhere? and also can I return the phone to any tmobile, or does it have to be to the store I bought it from...my local store is small, so I bet if I try and go back now they will just remember me lol
thanks
Amd4life said:
I went to my backup rom, unrooted, removed all apps...and duuuh realize that my backup was of eagle bloods rom, and it read eagle blood in the firmware (in the about menu) and not stock LOL
so I got turned down on the return (figured Id wait for the sensation), anyway does anyone have a stock rom, untouched somewhere? and also can I return the phone to any tmobile, or does it have to be to the store I bought it from...my local store is small, so I bet if I try and go back now they will just remember me lol
thanks
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If you look at the development section you will find the rooted stock version. You can flash that and then unroot using superoneclick.
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yeah I tried that rom, I need one that is untouched no apps installed, none deleted
the guys at my store went through it like crazy, in my attempt to return it lol
might keep it though, as I just installed the newest cm7 kang build and it basically cleaned up all the issues I was having on my device
It's very easy to return to stock.
Unroot using super one click root
Flash the stock recovery using NVFlash
Hold down the vol - / power and it'll restore.
thats EXACTLY what I did,
but when the guy at the store pulled up the "about" settings, it read the "eagle" rom in the firmware for some reason
and all the stock apps were all gone too, only the ones that were included in the eagle rom that I had flashed, and subsequently wiped a few days ago remained
I know its my bad that I didnt nandroid the stock rom when I opened up the phone for the first time
just was hopping someone had a stock backup WITHOUT titanium or busybody included
Hmm that's strange,
That's what I've been doing with CM7 and it works just fine.
I guess you could try these steps
1. Download stock nandroid backup Stock nandroid
2. Restore with clockworkmod recovery, boot up and then shut down.
3. Flash stock recovery.
4. Press vol - / power to do a factory restore.
5. Boot up and skip the Google login and then unroot.
6. Shutdown and Pres vol - / power to do a factory restore again.
If you read the g2x forum you'll see they have a thread with the tmo bloatware apks
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i took mine in yesterday with phone jack in with CM7 nightly on mine to the tmobile i bough it at and they didnt even bother to power it on to look at it. i think it all depends on who's helping you and whether you get lucky or not. i made the guy throw in a free screen protector since mine was on the phone i returned. he let me take the battery from the old phone but he never took the one out of the box so now i have a new battery laying around. i guess you just have to get lucky.
milk242 said:
It's very easy to return to stock.
Unroot using super one click root
Flash the stock recovery using NVFlash
Hold down the vol - / power and it'll restore.
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Wrong! Nandroid the stock rooted rom. Flash stock recovery. Unroot. Remove rooted apps. Done. Factory reset to be sure.
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i took mine in yesterday with phone jack in with CM7 nightly on mine to the tmobile i bough it at and they didnt even bother to power it on to look at it. i think it all depends on who's helping you and whether you get lucky or not. i made the guy throw in a free screen protector since mine was on the phone i returned. he let me take the battery from the old phone but he never took the one out of the box so now i have a new battery laying around. i guess you just have to get lucky.
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yeah the dude who helped was being a serious tard, lol
he acted like he had NEVER heard of any issues, it was the "best " phone he had ever used, blah blah blah lol, all the tech support forums are just "rumors" not real users .....
I felt like I was at a used car dealership lol
I almost cancelled my contract right then and there, but I figured it was my bad for not checking the firmware, and not backing up my own rom from jump
does anyone know if I can return it to another store, by chance? or do I have to go to the same store....all the guys know me, since its a small local store
Noob question how do I Flash stock recovery using Nvflash?
Gilgamesh12 said:
Noob question how do I Flash stock recovery using Nvflash?
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Its all laid out a couple different ways in the development forums. You just have to do a little research and you will find all the instructions you will need.

[Q] To root or not to root..

..that is the question
I just bought a brand new Nexus S (cheaply compared to other phones of this caliber), and I'm really loving the the speed, stock Gingerbread and basically everything about it.
This is my first Android phone, but previously I used a Nook Color (rooted it myself) with CM7 so I'm also familiar with Cyanogen team's work.
I have been using it only for a few days and considering to root it, but here's what's stopping me:
- Google's ICS update (any estimates when it will hit the Nexus S?)
- warranty (any way to save to stock ROM and return it if I need to send the phone?
- bricking?
So I'm asking you guys who are using your Nexus S' for awhile:
- are there any special options in the CM7 for the Nexus S?
- what specific features are in CM7 that are missing from stock Gingerbread?
- which kernels do you guys suggest (with what major features)?
Regarding rooting and warranty:
- can I somehow unroot my Nexus S later on, when the ICS OTA update is available
- possibility of bricking? How high is it? I'm never had to do some ADB stuff so far, so as I see this won't be exactly just a walk in the park...
I know I bombed this post with questions but basically all I want to know from you guys: is it worth rooting, what are the advantages of rooting (beside the obvious one - having a root access for some apps that needs it) and most importantly what is "fixed" and tweaked in various kernels for the Nexus S?
Thanks in advance,
Atila
atirage said:
..that is the question
I just bought a new Nexus S (cheaply compared to other phones of that caliber), and I'm really loving the the speed, stock Gingerbread and basicly everything about it.
This is my first Android phone, but previously I used a Nook Color (rooted it myself) with CM7 so I'm also familiar with Cyanogen team's work.
I have been using it only for a few days and considering to root it, but here's what stopping me:
- Google's ICS update (any estimates when it will hit the Nexus S?)
- Warranty (any way to save to stock ROM and return it if I need to send the phone?
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If you only unlock, flash CWM and flash the SU binary you will have root access and OTAs will still work fine.
Unlike the Nexus One unlocking the boot loader on the Nexus S does not automatically void the warranty. The language has changed to *may* void the warranty.
To save the stock rom, install CWM and make a nandroid backup. Flash that back, reboot and let install-recovery.sh restore the stock recovery and you're back in stock business.
atirage said:
Regarding rooting and warranty:
- can I somehow unroot my Nexus S later on, when the ICS ota update is due
- possibility of bricking? How high it is? I'm never had to do some ADB stuff so far, so as I see this wont be exactly a walk in the park..
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- Restore nandroid to go back to stock, fastboot oem lock to relock the boot loader
- Possibility of bricking is insanely low. Essentially don't pull the battery during a radio flash (if you are updating the radio) and don't flash a CDMA radio to your GSM device. Other than that it's going to be near impossible to really brick it (in the sense that you can't recover it using recovery or fastboot).
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If you only unlock, flash CWM and flash the SU binary you will have root access and OTAs will still work fine.
Unlike the Nexus One unlocking the boot loader on the Nexus S does not automatically void the warranty. The language has changed to *may* void the warranty.
To save the stock rom, install CWM and make a nandroid backup. Flash that back, reboot and let install-recovery.sh restore the stock recovery and you're back in stock business.
- Restore nandroid to go back to stock, fastboot oem lock to relock the boot loader
- Possibility of bricking is insanely low. Essentially don't pull the battery during a radio flash (if you are updating the radio) and don't flash a CDMA radio to your GSM device. Other than that it's going to be near impossible to really brick it (in the sense that you can't recover it using recovery or fastboot).
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quick question how can you still receive OTAs after installing CWR because you essentially replaced the recovery, I was told that once you mod the recovery OTAs won't work. When 2.3.6 was launched I never received it until I went back to stock completely. Please help
anishs said:
quick question how can you still receive OTAs after installing CWR because you essentially replaced the recovery, I was told that once you mod the recovery OTAs won't work. When 2.3.6 was launched I never received it until I went back to stock completely. Please help
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You were told incorrectly. I've flashed plenty of OTA's over CWM on both the Nexus One and the Nexus S. There is no assert done on the recovery in the OTA update script, it merely erases it and flashes a full recovery image over it.
Receiving the OTA has NOTHING to do with the status of your system (rooted, not rooted, custom recovery, locked/unlocked). Your device periodically checks to see if there are updates, if your IMEI / ESN is flagged for an update and you are running a previous build (based on build fingerprint) you'll get the notification to download the OTA.
oh wow alright thanks a lot!
@anishs: OTA update is basically downloading an update.zip which the stock recovery later flashes into the stock rom.
When rooted, you will probably have to tell CWM to flash the update.zip you just received from Google via OTA.
Please correct me if I'm wrong (@krohnjw).
@krohmjw: Thanks a lot for your answers, cleared up bunch of things for me, most of all the fear from bricking.
So could you please tell me some improvements done in CM7 compared the stock rom? (I didn't follow it's development and now I wouldn't know where/how to search for this.)
And the same question regarding the kernels available on XDA - do they improve speed or battery life or anything in particular you'd highlight as a new/better feature?
And regarding kernels: is a stock ROM + custom kernel (flashed by CWM) possible?
Thanks in advance,
Atila
PS: You said you also have a Nexus One, do you remember how long it received the Gingerbread update (and how was that done) after they started rolling out the Nexus S in December last year?
Was the community faster with the update then el Goog?
I wouldn't rely on the word "may" in regards to warranty. They'll argue and say "just unlocking won't void warranty, but further actions that require an unlocked bootloader will".
rentaric said:
I wouldn't rely on the word "may" in regards to warranty. They'll argue and say "just unlocking won't void warranty, but further actions that require an unlocked bootloader will".
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Honestly, I wouldn't worry about it. I sent in an unlocked Nexus One that was damaged in a car accident - repaired under warranty for no charge. If it's a clear hardware defect you're fine, if you burn our your LED or toast your speaker then they may give you grief.
atirage said:
@anishs: OTA update is basically downloading an update.zip which the stock recovery later flashes into the stock rom.
When rooted, you will probably have to tell CWM to flash the update.zip you just received from Google via OTA.
Please correct me if I'm wrong (@krohnjw).
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Correct
atirage said:
@krohmjw: Thanks a lot for your answers, cleared up bunch of things for me, most of all the fear from bricking.
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It's really difficult to "brick" in the traditional sense.
atirage said:
So could you please tell me some improvements done in CM7 compared the stock rom? (I didn't follow it's development and now I wouldn't know where/how to search for this.)
And the same question regarding the kernels available on XDA - do they improve speed or battery life or anything in particular you'd highlight as a new/better feature?
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I don't use CM7 or any non standard kernel any longer - too many stability issues early on and stock AOSP runs fine. Someone else will need to chime in here.
atirage said:
And regarding kernels: is a stock ROM + custom kernel (flashed by CWM) possible?
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Yes - this will modify the boot partition though, so OTAs that assert boot to patch it will fail.
atirage said:
PS: You said you also have a Nexus One, do you remember how long it received the Gingerbread update (and how was that done) after they started rolling out the Nexus S in December last year?
Was the community faster with the update then el Goog?
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The OTA didn't come out until last Feb if memory serves correctly. AOSP Gingerbread roms were being built for the Nexus One in December though.
Thank you again for all your answers
Can somebody explain to me what are the improvements in CM7 and a stable kernel over the stock ones?
Which rom and kernel combo is super stable for everyday use and have some major improvements/features compared to the stock rom?
Anyone can make some good points to root the phone?
atirage said:
Which rom and kernel combo is super stable for everyday use and have some major improvements/features compared to the stock rom?
Anyone can make some good points to root the phone?
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A lot..just read at nexus S development..
If you want to safe..
flash CM 7.1/brainmaster MIUI/Formel MIUI/Pete Alfonso/Oxygen 2.3
kernel matrix V8, TEUV,TUV stable
I am personally holding out till ICS is released.
My conclusion...
borrowedchief said:
I am personally holding out till ICS is released.
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After several days of research, that's the conclusion I got too.
It's all nice what I can do with a rooted device and an unlocked bootloader, but on the other hand the unrooted device is also very customizable and powerful.
The stock rom/kernel works fast and stable, so why risk it?
And the faster ICS official update (earlier then on any other device) is the main reason I bought this phone...
PS. Although I think we won't see an official ICS OTA update before 2-3 months after it's premier (which is next week). Most probably the XDA developers will make an ICS rom much, much sooner and we gonna end up unlocking/rooting our devices anyways.

[Q] I must be doing it wrong. Is there an easier way to get back to stock?

Hey, guys-
I'm unrooted and running stock Android. I have all of my settings and apps exactly how I like them right now.
In the past, I've flashed different ROMs and Kernels. When I get tired/frustrated with them and want to revert back to stock, I usually just do the 1 click revert back to factory settings. When you do that, it... well.. erases anything and everything in order to get back to factory settings.
Nothing is broke. I just don't want to delete my SD card contents and lose root. I just want to revert to the stock kernel and ROM from another ROM and kernel.
I was wondering if there's an easier way to get back to my current settings on the stock Android and Kernels WITHOUT using the 1 click revert back to factory method? If there is, could you PLEASE tell me how to do it EXACTLY? I say that because sometimes people on here give instructions that are clear as mud. Thanks!
Factory reset does NOT restore kernels or roms. It simply wipes user data.
You're confused. What you really want is a nandroid back up
If you have ROM Manager installed, open it up and go to "Download ROM". At the very bottom of the list, there should be a selection that says "Stock Images". I'm pretty sure you can use that to get back to stock. I'M NOT POSITIVE, I've never tried it before. It may unroot your phone/get rid of clockwork mod recovery. Just a suggestion
Remember to fastboot OEM lock
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shockem said:
Remember to fastboot OEM lock
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Ummm... what?
DangerZone1223 said:
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That is to relock your bootloader. Just flash a stock rom in recovery with a full wipe, You'll be unrooted.
Stock roms can be found here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1063664
It's also wise to keep your content copied on a folder on your comp. 5 minutes of copying back and you got it all back. If you got all that sorted what you should always do is once you've got a stock rooted rom, run a nandroid backup/backup restore from CWM before you flash new roms / kernels.
People posting all this trash.
Nexus S 4G 1 Click : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1167819
Nexus S 1 Click : http://nexusshacks.com/nexus-s-hacks/how-to-unroot-nexus-s-i9020ti9020ai9023/
USE GOOGLE PEOPLE! If you don't know what you're talking about, keep your mouth shut!
The easiest method would've been to nandroid backup your OEM setup & restored it...
Exaxtly. GOOGLE IS YOUR TEACHER.google will teach you so much. Use it!!!!
Mish.Mash said:
People posting all this trash.
Nexus S 4G 1 Click : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1167819
Nexus S 1 Click : http://nexusshacks.com/nexus-s-hacks/how-to-unroot-nexus-s-i9020ti9020ai9023/
USE GOOGLE PEOPLE! If you don't know what you're talking about, keep your mouth shut!
The easiest method would've been to nandroid backup your OEM setup & restored it...
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