Just a quick question:
When you flash your phone, with for example a DFT custom ROM, and you want to go back with a stock ROM, will your phone then be as new, as in, SPL and Radio etc...?
kirkwesterbroek said:
When you flash your phone, with for example a DFT custom ROM, and you want to go back with a stock ROM, will your phone then be as new, as in, SPL and Radio etc...?
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yes, as long as you flash the RUU_Signed.nbh of a stock Shipped ROM specific to your device.
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I was wondering if people flash an original base ROM, such as the stock HTC one or the original At&T one, before flashing each custom ROM.
With my Wizard, it was always advised to flash a stock carrier ROM first to ensure the extended ROM was not corrupted and to avoid battery drain issues.
From what I understand, if you flash an OEM ROM, it does not re-flash your SPL like it did with the Wizard, just the radio and OS - which would mean that a newer radio would needed to be re-flashed, as well (if desired).
Just wanted people's thoughts on this. Does anyone do this, or does everyone just flash over the custom ROMs?
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zakhir_n said:
I was wondering if people flash an original base ROM, such as the stock HTC one or the original At&T one, before flashing each custom ROM.
With my Wizard, it was always advised to flash a stock carrier ROM first to ensure the extended ROM was not corrupted and to avoid battery drain issues.
From what I understand, if you flash an OEM ROM, it does not re-flash your SPL like it did with the Wizard, just the radio and OS - which would mean that a newer radio would needed to be re-flashed, as well (if desired).
Just wanted people's thoughts on this. Does anyone do this, or does everyone just flash over the custom ROMs?
Thanks...
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I just flash whatever new version comes along. I have not had any problems at all.
Is the Flashing order important. Can I flash a radio-less ROM first and apply the radio ROM afterwards?
JKO
yup, you can do that
At the end of the "effen manual" in ace's hack kit, it shows you how to reflash the stock radio and rom, probably in case you ever need to send the phone back for insurance purposes. My question is...do I need to reflash the stock radio if I intend to use the stock radio with a custom rom or will the stock radio still be in tact after rooting, downgrading the rom, etc...
In other words, does ace's hack kit affect the stock radio?
Yes. As part of the downgrade step, the radio is also replaced by the one in the downgrade package.
Thank you.
I will reflash the stock radio and then flash a custom rom. It doesn't matter which order I perform those two steps in...or does it?
if your going to flash a custom rom, go ahead and wait to flash the radio, until you flash the custom rom, then you can flash the recommended radio for the rom.
Like said above because sometimes the roms will run just as good with one radio as they do with another. I did though when I used the kit.... can't really go wrong with either one you can always change it later.
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The first rom I flashed after I rooted with the Hack-Kit was the rooted stock rom with the OTA update in PD98IMG.zip form (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1058042). Because it has the OTAed stock radio with the rooted stock rom in it so everything is done in one step (installed from HBoot). After that you can flash any rom of your choice from recovery and you get to keep the OTAed stock radio.
Hello, I have looked around and there isn't really a clear explanation or guide to reverting the phone to about as stock as possible, I upgraded the firmware so I could use ICS.
jgonz120 said:
Hello, I have looked around and there isn't really a clear explanation or guide to reverting the phone to about as stock as possible, I upgraded the firmware so I could use ICS.
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It's not clear whether you want to revert to the stock ROM because you want to, flash a ROM that is close to stock or fully revert to stock for warranty repair or similar?
If you just want to return to stock, look for the RUU from your carrier or for your region here.
If you want to flash a custom ROM that is close to stock, try Android Revolution HD.
If you need to return to stock for warranty, flash your carrier's or region's RUU then follow the instructions in steps 4 and 5 here.
wmoore said:
It's not clear whether you want to revert to the stock ROM because you want to, flash a ROM that is close to stock or fully revert to stock for warranty repair or similar?
If you just want to return to stock, look for the RUU from your carrier or for your region here.
If you want to flash a custom ROM that is close to stock, try Android Revolution HD.
If you need to return to stock for warranty, flash your carrier's or region's RUU then follow the instructions in steps 4 and 5 here.
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im not reverting to stock atm but in future is it possible to revert to stock without losing all my data?
dmcb123 said:
im not reverting to stock atm but in future is it possible to revert to stock without losing all my data?
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It is pretty easy to follow the steps and return to stock but any data stored on the phone will be wiped - the SIM card won't be.
Just installing the RUU would downgrade the firmware and restore w.e radios necessary?
jgonz120 said:
Just installing the RUU would downgrade the firmware and restore w.e radios necessary?
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Yes, the RUU is the complete package
wmoore said:
Yes, the RUU is the complete package
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Hmm. Like on of those 'one package' deals for Odin flasher (Samsung) I see. I'll keep this in mind if the need arises
Let's say I want to flash a rom and made a backup thru CWM of my stock rom will I be able to keep root if I flash it back to the stock rom ?
II'm doing this cause I care most about no auto brightness issue than the actual advantage to go with a custom rom.
Thanks
Why don't you just root your stock ROM then? You need to be rooted to flash CWM recovery anyways..
rener78 said:
Let's say I want to flash a rom and made a backup thru CWM of my stock rom will I be able to keep root if I flash it back to the stock rom ?
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If your ROM is already rooted, and you're restoring it from CWM, yes. If you're using fastboot to re-flash the stock ROM, no, you'll have to re-root it.
I'm kind of confused about what you're asking, though. Can you give more specific details? Are you going to flash a different ROM and try to flash the stock ROM, or parts of it, on top of the new ROM? I wouldn't do that unless you're very sure of what you're doing.