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[Q] How to revert back to stock everything without root on GT-i9020T?

How do I revert back after one-click root to the stock everything including radio, rom, build, etc. I am currently running Cynagon mod RC1 7 and have had numerous issues, I would just like a clean, simple cut answer so I can give this to someone for the holidays, any help would be mightly appreciated, as i've asked this in the past and can never seem to get a clear cut answer, thanks.

wierd165 said:
How do I revert back after one-click root to the stock everything including radio, rom, build, etc. I am currently running Cynagon mod RC1 7 and have had numerous issues, I would just like a clean, simple cut answer so I can give this to someone for the holidays, any help would be mightly appreciated, as i've asked this in the past and can never seem to get a clear cut answer, thanks.
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Just flash a full rom, it should restore the radio, the recovery, and the OS. Then do a reset to factory defaults if you are paranoid.
Get the proper rom for you phone here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1063664
If you're on T-Mobile, you have an i9020-T, this should work for you. It is the full 2.3.6 image.
http://android.clients.google.com/p...a25375426.signed-soju-ota-189904.1ada2537.zip

Is this also working if you're coming from stock unrooted ICS 4.0.3 ?
And
Is there any risk of loosing IMEI if you're going full ROM ?

mahanddeem said:
Is this also working if you're coming from stock unrooted ICS 4.0.3 ?
And
Is there any risk of loosing IMEI if you're going full ROM ?
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I have reverted back from 4.0.3 yesterday by reflashing the full 2.3.6 rom without any issues. I'm not sure I understand what you mean by losing IMEI.
My phone works just fine after doing this (more than once!).

pcbroch said:
Just flash a full rom, it should restore the radio, the recovery, and the OS. Then do a reset to factory defaults if you are paranoid.
Get the proper rom for you phone here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1063664
If you're on T-Mobile, you have an i9020-T, this should work for you. It is the full 2.3.6 image.
http://android.clients.google.com/p...a25375426.signed-soju-ota-189904.1ada2537.zip
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Ok here's my problem i did the ics update earlier before you told me this and still having issues, now when I go to recovery I get a android with his chest open with a red caution sign on it...how could I just format everything, essentially make it the way it was out of box so I could start over...because of all the issues I'm currently having.

When you get to that point, you need to hold down power then press vol up. Then you will be able to flash the zip. You need to put the zip on the phone first though, unless you have CWM recovery, in which case you can mount the sdcard section and move it across then, and flash it after.

OK thanks...Just please let's summarize this
1.You were on I9020T bone stock , unrooted
2.You had GB 2.3.6
3.You updated manually (or OTA) to 4.0.3
4.You decided to revert to GB 2.3.6
5.You used exactly the same method of manual update (stock recovery after copying the .zip file and in this case the full ROM of 2.3.6 to SD)
6.You followed the stock recovery steps and chose the .zip 2.3.6..
7.After everything was setup , you booted into GB 2.3.6 without any problems
Is that right ? or better if you make the exact detailed steps you did to revert to GB 2.3.6 would be apreciated
Thanks

furiannn said:
When you get to that point, you need to hold down power then press vol up. Then you will be able to flash the zip. You need to put the zip on the phone first though, unless you have CWM recovery, in which case you can mount the sdcard section and move it across then, and flash it after.
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Tried, but then I get this error:
--Install /sdcard ...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
Installing update...
assert failed: !less_than_int(1316544229. getprop("ro.build.date.utc"))
E:Error in /tmp/sideload/package.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
Any help?

I think u need a custom recovery to be able to revert back to gingerbread
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Raver27 said:
I think u need a custom recovery to be able to revert back to gingerbread
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how would I go about flashing the custom recovery? I tried to flash another full rom package with the recovery in it and like i said i got that error...

Do you have a folder in windows where you have been flashing stuff from, using fastboot?
If so, just get this recovery image http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=988686
Download either the blue or green 5023 image. Doesnt matter which just changes colour of mod place the file in the same folder as the fastboot.
Next, with the phone off and after attaching the phone to USB, turn it on while pressing vol-up and power. You should see the boot option screen, the fastboot screen. Leave the phone there.
Now go back to cmd window in windows, and browse to the folder where you have all the fastboot files and where you have put the above image file. Then type in the following:
fastboot flash recovery <image name.img> (without the < >)
press enter and it'll flash the recovery and then you can install the old version of android

furiannn said:
Do you have a folder in windows where you have been flashing stuff from, using fastboot?
If so, just get this recovery image http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=988686
Download either the blue or green 5023 image. Doesnt matter which just changes colour of mod place the file in the same folder as the fastboot.
Next, with the phone off and after attaching the phone to USB, turn it on while pressing vol-up and power. You should see the boot option screen, the fastboot screen. Leave the phone there.
Now go back to cmd window in windows, and browse to the folder where you have all the fastboot files and where you have put the above image file. Then type in the following:
fastboot flash recovery <image name.img> (without the < >)
press enter and it'll flash the recovery and then you can install the old version of android
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I don't believe I have a folder as such, being a person who is not familiar with the lingo, etc of all this i rooted it with one-click mod, and just flash things through this, are you saying I can flash things externally? sorry to sound like a bum, but i'm trying to understand thanks.

No problem, we're all noobs once, hell i still am and only just coming to terms with it all! Just need to do a bit of researching, but heres the basics...
fastboot lets you flash stuff to the phone from windows, when the phone is attached to the USB and is in fastboot mode (just turned on, from vol-up/pwr).
Can unlock the boot loader and flash recovery images from there. Once thats done, most other stuff can be done from within the new recovery mode, clockworkmod being the one that everyone uses.
over at nexusshacks it's explained really well how to root your phone. And he provides a zip with everything you could want. That zip is the folder I was talking about in the last post. It comes with drivers to install when you first plug the USB in and the PC recognises the phone. Download the pack, install them drivers and then go back to my last post and take it from there
http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/NexusS/rooting/nexussrootnew.zip
EDIT: Also do a full wipe/data reset just before you flash the new rom

furiannn said:
No problem, we're all noobs once, hell i still am and only just coming to terms with it all! Just need to do a bit of researching, but heres the basics...
fastboot lets you flash stuff to the phone from windows, when the phone is attached to the USB and is in fastboot mode (just turned on, from vol-up/pwr).
Can unlock the boot loader and flash recovery images from there. Once thats done, most other stuff can be done from within the new recovery mode, clockworkmod being the one that everyone uses.
over at nexusshacks it's explained really well how to root your phone. And he provides a zip with everything you could want. That zip is the folder I was talking about in the last post. It comes with drivers to install when you first plug the USB in and the PC recognises the phone. Download the pack, install them drivers and then go back to my last post and take it from there
http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/NexusS/rooting/nexussrootnew.zip
EDIT: Also do a full wipe/data reset just before you flash the new rom
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I'm using clockwork right now, but it seems to be corrupted, im running 4.0.3 right now on a full rom package, so your saying I should still do this? I think i may have done all that before, as the phone is rooted, but I used the one-click method instead.

Just download that file and then you'll have what you need on your pc to do what i mentioned above. Plug the phone in and reflash the new recovery which will not harm it, and then you'll be able to stick gingerbread or ICS back on. You gotta try things out otherwise you'll not understand what is going on. I dont know of any one click thing that will let you go back to default as it was before. After it flashes the new recovery, scroll down to "recovery" on the screen and press the power button, dont restart the system.
In hindsight, while the one click methods are easy to use, theyre getting used by people that dont do the necessary research to learn about the rooting and flashing process. This means you end up skipping so much that you learn about the whole rooting and flashing proocess when doing it manually, which in turn means you have more trouble getting out of it if you want it back to the way it was! No offence intended here, but you just need to man up and do it! All will be well

[Q] Need help on what to do next [Unlocked -> Now what?]

So I unlocked my HTC ONE X Rogers and I am un-certain as to what is the next step before I can try to get CM10 on my phone. I've yet to find a guide for this anywhere that is 100% accurate.
If anyone would be able to kindly point me in the right direction I'd appreciate it a lot. Thanks in advance.

Killustration said:
So I unlocked my HTC ONE X Rogers and I am un-certain as to what is the next step before I can try to get CM10 on my phone. I've yet to find a guide for this anywhere that is 100% accurate.
If anyone would be able to kindly point me in the right direction I'd appreciate it a lot. Thanks in advance.
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You unlocked what, the bootloader? If so, your next step would need to be to flash a custom recovery (twrp) via fast boot. After that step, you drag over a SU zip to your sdcard, and flash that via recovery. Then you have successfully rooted and installed a Recovery. If you need a step by step, follow the guides on the development stickies. I personally rooted and unlocked my cousins Onex yesterday using the methods on one root.com.. even though I'll probably be slapped around for admitting that on xda lol
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InflatedTitan said:
You unlocked what, the bootloader? If so, your next step would need to be to flash a custom recovery (twrp) via fast boot. After that step, you drag over a SU zip to your sdcard, and flash that via recovery. Then you have successfully rooted and installed a Recovery. If you need a step by step, follow the guides on the development stickies. I personally rooted and unlocked my cousins Onex yesterday using the methods on one root.com.. even though I'll probably be slapped around for admitting that on xda lol
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Okay, so 1 Unlock Bootloader check.
2) Flash twrp via fast boot.
3) Drag SU zip(?) no idea.

Killustration said:
Okay, so 1 Unlock Bootloader check.
2) Flash twrp via fast boot.
3) Drag SU zip(?) no idea.
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First and foremost make sure that you properly mount and unmount the device from your computer not doing so will cause your internal memory to get corrupted. I have made that mistake twice even knowing about it. This means on your computer think of your phone as a USB drive.
Once you have flashed recovery,
You need to flash the boot.img that comes with the ROM that you want to install. (I have used X-factor tool, simply extract the boot.img from the zip package and put it in /data/kernel/ then from the menu select "install kernel using this command" and press Install)
Then reboot your device into recovery
mount your sdcard
upload your ROM to your phone, and GApps that will work with your ROM
unmount
Install your ROM.
Install your Gapps ( or you can reboot and then install them)
It has worked for me.
I hope that helps you.

XRACER said:
First and foremost make sure that you properly mount and unmount the device from your computer not doing so will cause your internal memory to get corrupted. I have made that mistake twice even knowing about it. This means on your computer think of your phone as a USB drive.
Once you have flashed recovery,
You need to flash the boot.img that comes with the ROM that you want to install. (I have used X-factor tool, simply extract the boot.img from the zip package and put it in /data/kernel/ then from the menu select "install kernel using this command" and press Install)
Then reboot your device into recovery
mount your sdcard
upload your ROM to your phone, and GApps that will work with your ROM
unmount
Install your ROM.
Install your Gapps ( or you can reboot and then install them)
It has worked for me.
I hope that helps you.
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Why do I need X-Factor tool? is it not a matter of copy paste I guess? a bit confused on this front.
Mounting my sd card - how do I do that?
Link to Gapps download? or do I just install them via play store?
I am afraid to do all these steps. haha sorry for all the questions if I seem like a total idiot.

Killustration said:
Why do I need X-Factor tool? is it not a matter of copy paste I guess? a bit confused on this front.
Mounting my sd card - how do I do that?
Link to Gapps download? or do I just install them via play store?
I am afraid to do all these steps. haha sorry for all the questions if I seem like a total idiot.
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It is not a simple matter of just copy paste "to an extent" the tool gives the user a GUI to simplify the process this is the thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952426 you need to go to his website to download the tool. It just makes it easier for people who are not too comfortable with the command prompt.
This tool goes from a locked phone to unlocked and rooted in "easier" to follow steps.
You unlock your boot loader,
Then Flash your Recovery
Then Flash your boot.img
Then install your ROM and Gapps and you are done.
About mounting/unmounting, if you have installed the recovery image (I use TWRP) when you enter recovery there is a menu, one of the options is Mount, if you click on that (and you have your phone connected to the computer via USB) then there will be several options, you want to mount your sdcard, if there is an "x" is already selected and just press "mount" then the system will mount your device as a external drive. At that point you copy your ROM and GAPPS to the phone.
To properly unmount think of your phone as a USB drive, on your computer screen (WIN) go to the notification and righ-click on the "USB" attached and select eject OR go to your "computer" window and right click on the drive that is your phone and the select eject. Once you have done that then on your phone you click unmount.
press the back arrow and go back to the main menu from there for to "Install",
select your ROM which should now be in your phone now and
slide to install.
Then to install your GApps follow the same install but this time select the gapps zip.
A link to the Gapps i can't give you since it depends on your rom if you are using CM10 just search CM10 gapps download and that will take you to the CM website.
after that reboot and you should be good.

Everyone is confusing you in this thread. Download twrp. Install. Put ROM and gapps on SD card. Boot into twrp. Install ROM then gapps. That's it
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XRACER said:
It is not a simple matter of just copy paste "to an extent" the tool gives the user a GUI to simplify the process this is the thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952426 you need to go to his website to download the tool. It just makes it easier for people who are not too comfortable with the command prompt.
This tool goes from a locked phone to unlocked and rooted in "easier" to follow steps.
You unlock your boot loader,
Then Flash your Recovery
Then Flash your boot.img
Then install your ROM and Gapps and you are done.
About mounting/unmounting, if you have installed the recovery image (I use TWRP) when you enter recovery there is a menu, one of the options is Mount, if you click on that (and you have your phone connected to the computer via USB) then there will be several options, you want to mount your sdcard, if there is an "x" is already selected and just press "mount" then the system will mount your device as a external drive. At that point you copy your ROM and GAPPS to the phone.
To properly unmount think of your phone as a USB drive, on your computer screen (WIN) go to the notification and righ-click on the "USB" attached and select eject OR go to your "computer" window and right click on the drive that is your phone and the select eject. Once you have done that then on your phone you click unmount.
press the back arrow and go back to the main menu from there for to "Install",
select your ROM which should now be in your phone now and
slide to install.
Then to install your GApps follow the same install but this time select the gapps zip.
A link to the Gapps i can't give you since it depends on your rom if you are using CM10 just search CM10 gapps download and that will take you to the CM website.
after that reboot and you should be good.
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Alright the only thing I am missing is GApps - where to find the right one? I've found a few on the forums but I am un-sure which one?
http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip
Alright, I wiped, installed both. and awaiting boot. so far I see "Cyanogen mod 10" with a circle and am pretty freaking excited. lol

Killustration said:
Alright the only thing I am missing is GApps - where to find the right one? I've found a few on the forums but I am un-sure which one?
http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip
Alright, I wiped, installed both. and awaiting boot. so far I see "Cyanogen mod 10" with a circle and am pretty freaking excited. lol
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yes those gapps are good,
No you do not need to do any of that since you are doing a clean install.
IF you see the circle then you are almost there !!!!
area51avenger said:
Everyone is confusing you in this thread. Download twrp. Install. Put ROM and gapps on SD card. Boot into twrp. Install ROM then gapps. That's it
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IMHO, Not everyone is as well versed as you are in this process, sometimes they need a more detailed description, anything that can me it easier for new user i think is generally better received.
telling him, install TWRD, install ROM install gapps, and you are done, doesn't help much if he is not familiar with any of this.

XRACER said:
yes those gapps are good,
No you do not need to do any of that since you are doing a clean install.
IF you see the circle then you are about 95% there only thing you need is the apps and you are done!!!!
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I wiped prior that should be alright though right? Not like it can hurt I don't think haha
When I did it on the menu, I wiped, then installed GApps then afterward I hit back, and selected CM10 and installed - is this okay?
The CM10 Screen is still showing, spinning for awhile now - how long does it take normally?

Killustration said:
I wiped prior that should be alright though right? Not like it can hurt I don't think haha
When I did it on the menu, I wiped, then installed GApps then afterward I hit back, and selected CM10 and installed - is this okay?
The CM10 Screen is still showing, spinning for awhile now - how long does it take normally?
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It shouldn't take that long maybe a few seconds
make sure that you installed CM10 first
and then the apps,
Also did you flashed your boot.img? it happened to me that it would not load unless i flashed the boot.img initially.

XRACER said:
It shouldn't take that long maybe a few seconds
make sure that you installed CM10 first
and then the apps,
Also did you flashed your boot.img? it happened to me that it would not load unless i flashed the boot.img initially.
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Do I have to unzip it and put it on the sd?
I just tried to do CM10 alone, selected install from the list(its still zipped) then reboot and now it's at the circle again.

Killustration said:
Do I have to unzip it and put it on the sd?
I just tried to do CM10 alone, selected install from the list(its still zipped) then reboot and now it's at the circle again.
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Well that is one weird step that has worked for me,
if you are using the X-factor tool, you extract the boot.img from the zip and put it in the folder ...\data\kernel\ within the x-factor folder in your computer not the phone.
Put your phone into fastboot mode (it should display fastboot USB)
Then you run the tool and on the left bottom side there is a menu, select "using this command" and press either install or flash i don't remember
Then try to reboot if your system load then you are good to go if not
then reisntall the ROM and the gapps
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if you are not using the X-factor tool then reboot into fastboot
unzip the boot.img in the same folder where you have fastboot (forgot make sure the DOS prompt is in the right folder where fastboot and boot.img are)
and run this command
fastboot flash boot boot.img
and then
fastboot reboot
if the system doesn't come up then reinstall the ROM and the gapps

Killustration said:
I wiped prior that should be alright though right? Not like it can hurt I don't think haha
When I did it on the menu, I wiped, then installed GApps then afterward I hit back, and selected CM10 and installed - is this okay?
The CM10 Screen is still showing, spinning for awhile now - how long does it take normally?
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Had a friend end up with the spinning circle splash. All he did was flash the boot.img again and it booted.
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XRACER said:
Well that is one weird step that has worked for me,
if you are using the X-factor tool, you extract the boot.img from the zip and put it in the folder ...\data\kernel\ within the x-factor folder in your computer not the phone.
Put your phone into fastboot mode (it should display fastboot USB)
Then you run the tool and on the left bottom side there is a menu, select "using this command" and press either install or flash i don't remember
Then try to reboot if your system load then you are good to go if not
then reisntall the ROM and the gapps
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if you are not using the X-factor tool then reboot into fastboot
unzip the boot.img in the same folder where you have fastboot (forgot make sure the DOS prompt is in the right folder where fastboot and boot.img are)
and run this command
fastboot flash boot boot.img
and then
fastboot reboot
if the system doesn't come up then reinstall the ROM and the gapps
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Did all that. Still stuck on "CyanogenMod" spinning circle. : /

Perhaps I have the wrong version on my phone of CM10 ?
I have the Rogers HTC ONE X
Details:
soft #: 1.94.631.3
SDK: 4.11
Ver; 4.0.3
Sense: 4
HTC ext: HTCExtension_403_1_GA_4
Kernel: 3.0.8-01169-g209f9dc
[email protected] #1
SMP PREEMPT
Baseband: 0.18as.32.09.28L_10.103.32.24L
Build #: 1.94.631.3 CL76063
Browser ver: WebKit/534.30
Perhaps I don't have the right version - can anyone hit me with a link to the stable most recent build? I believe I got the "Evita" version on the cm dl site.
This is the one I downloaded Version 10.

Killustration said:
Did all that. Still stuck on "CyanogenMod" spinning circle. : /
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hmmm...
revise the process again,
if your recovery is working
then flash your boot.img (make sure that you are actually flashing the boot.img) if you are not doing it properly then you will remain in the booting logo.
with X-factor make sure the boot.img is in the \kernel\ folder that is where the tool will look in order to flash if nothing is there then nothing will be flashed.
Flashing manually you need to make sure your boot.img is in the same folder as your fastboot script and then you need to run the command stated in the previous reply.
Then reboot, this has always been the main problem you need to make sure you are actually flashing the boot.img and then reboot your phone.
If the still no loading
then go into recovery
install your ROM
then install your gapps

If I select the one I put on my SD card, should it be a zip, or the boot.img file only ? maybe that's where I am messing this up?
Edit: Nope, .zip only lol
I am still at the spinning circle. . .
I put the boot.img in my C:\hox (containing adb, adbwinapi.dll, boot.img,fastboot, Unlock_code)
and shift - Right click ->Open command from here, then did the commands you mentioned previously.
Then from there, spin circle.
Then I try to go in to recovery and install the rom from there and still after reboot spin circle.

Killustration said:
If I select the one I put on my SD card, should it be a zip, or the boot.img file only ? maybe that's where I am messing this up?
Edit: Nope, .zip only lol
I am still at the spinning circle. . .
I put the boot.img in my C:\hox (containing adb, adbwinapi.dll, boot.img,fastboot, Unlock_code)
and shift - Right click ->Open command from here, then did the commands you mentioned previously.
Then from there, spin circle.
Then I try to go in to recovery and install the rom from there and still after reboot spin circle.
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the evita version is the correct for the US and Canada versions,
try cleaning your cache
also what version of TWRP are you using?
try using twrp 2.3.1.0
in your phone only .zip
on your computer you use the .img for flashing

XRACER said:
the evita version is the correct for the US and Canada versions,
try cleaning your cache
also what version of TWRP are you using?
try using twrp 2.3.1.0
in your phone only .zip
on your computer you use the .img for flashing
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Where do I get that? It brings me to some goo manager? what's this? eughhh haha

[Q] I think I may have unlocked my bootloader twice...

I tried to use the search and google but didn't really find anything helpful. Almost 2 years ago, I unlocked the bootloader back on honeycomb and did custom recovery, root, and custom rom. Then a little while after ICS came out, I did the OTA update.
Today, I reset the xoom back to stock ICS and tried to unlock the bootloader again...thinking nothing of it. The process was taking a few minutes so I decided to get a snack and when I came back it was rebooting.
I assumed that it worked and continued to try and fastboot a recovery image. The recovery image installed and I did another reboot but was greeted with the android welcome screen. Anyways I went through the menus and then tried to enter recovery and it gave me an android laying on its back with and exclamation point above his open chest.
I hard rebooted and can still get into my device, but adb cannot seem to find my xoom anymore. I have tried it on a 64bit desktop and laptop with no luck.
Have I messed up? Or is there a simple fix that I am missing? Thanks in advance for any help!

Can you get into fastboot mode? The second time you unlocked did you have to go through the questions on your xoom again?

dfib1 said:
Can you get into fastboot mode? The second time you unlocked did you have to go through the questions on your xoom again?
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Yes, I can get into fastboot by holding the volume down key and the power button. That's fastboot, right?
Yes, I had to go through the menus the second time I unlocked.

sounds like the recovery you try to fastboot did not take or the rom was corrupt.. Which recovery was it? Do you want to be rooted and run a custom rom or completely stock? what xoom do you have(wifi, 3g, 4g)

dfib1 said:
sounds like the recovery you try to fastboot did not take or the rom was corrupt.. Which recovery was it? Do you want to be rooted and run a custom rom or completely stock? what xoom do you have(wifi, 3g, 4g)
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I want to flash this ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1997434
With whichever recovery is best. I tried flashing this recovery:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074979
I am on a 4G xoom on 4.0.4 but I don't use my data plan. I would like to be on a nice stable build of 4.2.

Download your rom choice, gapps and put them on the root of your sd card. If they are already there skip this step
I like TWRP Recovery the best. Easy to use and lots of options.
download this Twrp 2.4 img to the folder you hve fastboot in
open a cmd prompt in that o that folder
type fastboot flash recovery TWRPv2.4.1.0.img
Once you have verification on your device that this has been flashed, reboot your device by holding volume up + power.
Then 3 seconds after you see the Motorola logo, hit volume down. You should now see "Android Recovery" in the top left corner. Hit volume up to boot into recovery.
You should be in twrp 2.4
select backup/restore and backup your current system
select install and find your rom select asnd then swipe to flash
when done then select home
select install again and find the gapps package and install
when done select wipe dalvick/cache
when done select reboot
select system
you should be good to go.

Well I got through all of the steps, but when I try to boot I get stuck in a loop of the roms boot logo. Is it okay to flash a wingray rom over a stingray device?

dfib1 said:
Download your rom choice, gapps and put them on the root of your sd card. If they are already there skip this step
I like TWRP Recovery the best. Easy to use and lots of options.
download this Twrp 2.4 img to the folder you hve fastboot in
open a cmd prompt in that o that folder
type fastboot flash recovery TWRPv2.4.1.0.img
Once you have verification on your device that this has been flashed, reboot your device by holding volume up + power.
Then 3 seconds after you see the Motorola logo, hit volume down. You should now see "Android Recovery" in the top left corner. Hit volume up to boot into recovery.
You should be in twrp 2.4
select backup/restore and backup your current system
select install and find your rom select asnd then swipe to flash
when done then select home
select install again and find the gapps package and install
when done select wipe dalvick/cache
when done select reboot
select system
you should be good to go.
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Well I got through all of the steps, but when I try to boot I get stuck in a loop of the roms boot logo. Is it okay to flash a wingray rom over a stingray device?

I think it is fine just the 3g/4g won't work.
I can get you going again but you are going to be starting with a locked honeycomb device. You will then have to either let it update to ICS or JB or unlock, root, install custom recovery and flash a rom. What xoom do you have 3g or 4g?

dfib1 said:
Download your rom choice, gapps and put them on the root of your sd card. If they are already there skip this step
I like TWRP Recovery the best. Easy to use and lots of options.
download this Twrp 2.4 img to the folder you hve fastboot in
open a cmd prompt in that o that folder
type fastboot flash recovery TWRPv2.4.1.0.img
Once you have verification on your device that this has been flashed, reboot your device by holding volume up + power.
Then 3 seconds after you see the Motorola logo, hit volume down. You should now see "Android Recovery" in the top left corner. Hit volume up to boot into recovery.
You should be in twrp 2.4
select backup/restore and backup your current system
select install and find your rom select asnd then swipe to flash
when done then select home
select install again and find the gapps package and install
when done select wipe dalvick/cache
when done select reboot
select system
you should be good to go.
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Okay I restored it again but this time i did a factory reset and wipe dalvick before flashing the rom and gapps. It works! Thank you for your help!
However, could I ask how to root this thing?

since you have a custom recovery on it already and are unlocked.
Download this file Universal xoom root place it on the root of your sd card and flash it. Then reboot and try a root required app such as root checker

dfib1 said:
since you have a custom recovery on it already and are unlocked.
Download this file Universal xoom root place it on the root of your sd card and flash it. Then reboot and try a root required app such as root checker
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Thanks! Got it!

g;lad to hear it.

Re-root after Kitkat update?

Hi,
I finally managed to update my Moto G to 4.4.2 by flashing stock rom. However, before I did that, my phone was rooted and I used Titanium Backup to back up some files. I then copied that folder to my PC. Now, I have tried to root the phone again using superboot, but my screen goes purple literally 2 seconds after I load superboot and then I have to switch it off and back on again. It hasn't installed SuperSU so I'm assuming my phone isn't rooted any more. I am a total noob in these matters and I really do appreciate all the help given on this site.
I would greatly appreciate if you can help me by getting my files from Titanium backup back up again, and how to re-root my phone. I have searched the forum but I didnt find anything too similar to my situation and I don't understand a lot of the terminology. It took me a really long time to even learn how to flash the stock rom!
So I would appreciate any help. Thank you

Root option 2 doesn't work either. It just says "waiting for device" at the first stage. When I click on recovery, it says no command. USB debugging has been enabled. Im confused!

Put latest superSU zip on /sdcard on phone. Copy across to phone using USB or use airdroid app. Search internet for superSU zip by chainfire developer.
Flash custom recovery CWM (search forum for it). Be sure to get the one for 4.4.2 bootloader.
Boot into CWM recovery (boot to bootloader and choose recovery option using UP volume button) and choose to flash a zip file and then pick the superSU zip.
You are now rooted and have a custom recovery.
For titanium backup, either copy to phone using USB or use airdroid app.
If you still have probs then let me know and I can give more detailed instructions tomorrow when I am at my laptop along with links to files needed.

scott_doyland said:
Put latest superSU zip on /sdcard on phone. Copy across to phone using USB or use airdroid app. Search internet for superSU zip by chainfire developer.
Flash custom recovery CWM (search forum for it). Be sure to get the one for 4.4.2 bootloader.
Boot into CWM recovery (boot to bootloader and choose recovery option using UP volume button) and choose to flash a zip file and then pick the superSU zip.
You are now rooted and have a custom recovery.
For titanium backup, either copy to phone using USB or use airdroid app.
If you still have probs then let me know and I can give more detailed instructions tomorrow when I am at my laptop along with links to files needed.
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Thank you very much for your help. Just a few questions if you dont mind. How do I put the SuperSU zip on the /sdcard part of the phone? When I access my phone via the pc, i cant find that folder.
Also, how do I go about flashing the custom recovery CWM. I don't know how to do this. The rest I should be OK with.
Thanks again pal

Go to android development section and follow the cwm 6.0.4.6 guide you can get the latest supersu from chainfire website just DL the zip plug your phone in and open your device and place the zip there. Then when you flash cwm don't reboot just move on to updating SD card and flash the super Su zip
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tiger123uk said:
Thank you very much for your help. Just a few questions if you dont mind. How do I put the SuperSU zip on the /sdcard part of the phone? When I access my phone via the pc, i cant find that folder.
Also, how do I go about flashing the custom recovery CWM. I don't know how to do this. The rest I should be OK with.
Thanks again pal
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When you access phone via PC do you see a list of directories, eg data, documents, pictures. If so that is the sdcard. Just put the superSU zip in any folder, or just copy it across so its not even in an actual folder. As long as its on there its fine.
If you don't see the folders then maybe you don't have the right drivers for the phone. In this case may be easiest to use airdroid app.
You may need drivers for fastboot below though anyway - not sure on windows as I use Linux. Bit of reading on forums should help with that.
CWM - have you used fastboot before? Basically fastboot is a program you put on your PC to allow you to flash images to your phone. You will enter a command like
fastboot flash recovery cwm.img
Where cwm.img is the CWM recovery file. You need to be in the bootloader to allow the phone to accept fastboot commands. The cwm.img is then flashed to the phones recovery partition.
Check the forums for a link to a fastboot program, that's the easiest way to get it.

Honestly, thank you so much for your help guys, a special thanks to you scott. I kinda understand now!
Now, I did all that, but I got a problem. When I try to flash CWM by using "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
On my phone, it says mismatched partition size (recovery). Also, a bit off topic but when I try to restore factory settings, the phone doesn't do it properly. The android logo comes up....then it disappears, then appears again and disappears and so on.
Have I messed something up?

The partition mismatch is fine try factory reset on the phone setting not by recovery and see if that works
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Thank you so much guys. Got it sorted now. God bless
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[Q] HELP! Can't flash ANY recovery or rom! xt1032

Hi, first, thanks for reading. Second, i've already searched de whole google world, and inside all this threads, but....
I CAN'T FLASH ANY RECOVERY! I don't know why!
In fastboot, i put the commands for flashing CWM, TWRP, Philz, and it works with no error. But, when i select the recovery option in my xt1032, it always boot the CUSTOM recovery. What can i do?
And sorry about my english, i´m from argentina.
Thank You!!

Hi. I don't get it. TWRP or CWM or Philz is custom recovery, so if you flash them to your device, of course the stock recovery will be replaced by custom recovery, so when you select Recovery option in Bootloader screen, of course it will bring you to a custom recovery. Yesterday I flashed all kinds of recovery in order to flash ROM (flashable zip file) into my phone but it failed all the time, so I decided to install stock firmware by using mfastboot (and removed custom recovery also).

outerspacebuddy said:
Hi. I don't get it. TWRP or CWM or Philz is custom recovery, so if you flash them to your device, of course the stock recovery will be replaced by custom recovery, so when you select Recovery option in Bootloader screen, of course it will bring you to a custom recovery. Yesterday I flashed all kinds of recovery in order to flash ROM (flashable zip file) into my phone but it failed all the time, so I decided to install stock firmware by using mfastboot (and removed custom recovery also).
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So, i'm getting it wrong.... Please tell me: if i flash a custom recovery, like twrp, how can y acces to it? I though it was from fastboot>recovery
Actualy, I can't flash ANYTHING! It's so frustrating. I've tryied to flash the bootlogo, but it doesn't work either!

outerspacebuddy said:
Hi. I don't get it. TWRP or CWM or Philz is custom recovery, so if you flash them to your device, of course the stock recovery will be replaced by custom recovery, so when you select Recovery option in Bootloader screen, of course it will bring you to a custom recovery. Yesterday I flashed all kinds of recovery in order to flash ROM (flashable zip file) into my phone but it failed all the time, so I decided to install stock firmware by using mfastboot (and removed custom recovery also).
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Sorry, i misunderstand you. "so when you select Recovery option in Bootloader screen, of course it will bring you to a custom recovery", you said. But no, it only boot de stock recovery! No matter how many times i've flahsed twrp cwm philz...

solauciel said:
Sorry, i misunderstand you. "so when you select Recovery option in Bootloader screen, of course it will bring you to a custom recovery", you said. But no, it only boot de stock recovery! No matter how many times i've flahsed twrp cwm philz...
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If you want to flash a custom recovery, you need to have:
- Minimal ABD & Fastboot. Extract it into a folder.
- The recovery's .img file from its website. Its name may be very long, so you should rename it into something shorter, for example "newrecovery.img". Put this file into the same folder that you've just extracted Minimal ADB & Fastboot.
- Boot your phone into Bootloader screen (by first keep holding your Volume Down then press Power button for a short while). Connect the phone to your computer. In your computer, open the folder that contains Minimal ADB & Fastboot and the .img file of the custom recovery aforementioned. Now hold Shift key on your computer's keyboard and right click your mouse on the blank space of the folder. Choose "Open command prompt here''. When you see a black window, type:
fastboot flash recovery newrecovery.img
then Enter. The custom recovery will be installed right away. After that, choose Recovery on your Bootloader screen and the custom recovery will open. Yesterday I read on a website that some ROMs overwrote your custom recovery when your phone rebooted so that might be the reason why you cannot use the custom recovery you've just installed. I don't know how to solve this as I'm just a noob.
However, why do you need to install custom recovery? Does your phone still work properly? What kind of ROM are you using? If your phone doesn't work since the ROM has been messed up, I suggest you do a fresh install as this thread tutors: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2542219. After restoring your phone to a good state, you may try installing custom recovery again.

outerspacebuddy said:
If you want to flash a custom recovery, you need to have:
- Minimal ABD & Fastboot. Extract it into a folder.
- The recovery's .img file from its website. Its name may be very long, so you should rename it into something shorter, for example "newrecovery.img". Put this file into the same folder that you've just extracted Minimal ADB & Fastboot.
- Boot your phone into Bootloader screen (by first keep holding your Volume Down then press Power button for a short while). Connect the phone to your computer. In your computer, open the folder that contains Minimal ADB & Fastboot and the .img file of the custom recovery aforementioned. Now hold Shift key on your computer's keyboard and right click your mouse on the blank space of the folder. Choose "Open command prompt here''. When you see a black window, type:
fastboot flash newrecovery.img
then Enter. The custom recovery will be installed right away. After that, choose Recovery on your Bootloader screen and the custom recovery will open. Yesterday I read on a website that some ROMs overwrote your custom recovery when your phone rebooted so that might be the reason why you cannot use the custom recovery you've just installed. I don't know how to solve this as I'm just a noob.
However, why do you need to install custom recovery? Does your phone still work properly? What kind of ROM are you using? If your phone doesn't work since the ROM has been messed up, I suggest you do a fresh install as this thread tutors: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2542219. After restoring your phone to a good state, you may try installing custom recovery again.
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I think you're rigth... I need to instal custom recovery because flashing from fastbooy doesn't worked at all... Realy, i've flashed a lot of firmwares and none of them seems to "get flashed" in mi device