Hey guys! i have been searching through all the forums on xda and google on how to downgrade 4.0.3 to gingerbread. And no luck. I have Rooted BM ICS, and i have flash some other ics and quite frankly all are buggy so i want to go back to gingerbread since i cant find a fully stable ICS (Battery, ram etc.) Btw i have i9020T and cwm.
If you unlocked the bootloader and is rooted, the easiest way is to download rom manager from the market, choose a rom from the dev section and install it.
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Yes in rom manager peter alfonso has stock images. Just download and install
This will unroot ur phone but will keep the bootloader unlocked. From there you can reroot and have gb or a gb rom of choice.
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aight then im about to do so, uhhh just another question...how do you root again?? i forgot lol and will this change my radio?Also does it matter what rom i choose?
allenxx said:
aight then im about to do so, uhhh just another question...how do you root again?? i forgot lol and will this change my radio?Also does it matter what rom i choose?
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you dont root when you install a custom rom. they come rooted. so you can just flash whatever you want, when ever you want.
if you need a refresher, when you change roms you need to format everything, format data/cache and dalvik cache, (in advanced) then find the rom and install from zip. anymore questions ill help you out. just pm me.
and research your questions first. this place has a wealth of knowledge.
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Is it not possible to code a custom ROM so as to then flash it the same way an official ROM is flashed?
Greetings, fellow Oklahoman.
What do you mean "the official way"? RUU? PD98IMG.zip?
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inconceeeivable said:
Greetings, fellow Oklahoman.
What do you mean "the official way"? RUU? PD98IMG.zip?
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Hi. Thanks for the reply. What I mean is how an official ROM is flashed when an upgrade is issued. A notice is given that there is an upgrade and you download and install the upgrade. Can a custom ROM not be installed this way? Rather than having to go through the process of rooting the phone and then flashing one of the available custom ROMs. I would think it would be possible to issue a rooted ROM as an upgrade flash.
Wow. U must be truly a noob. The only way u can flash a custom rom is that u have to be rooted and have s off achieved first. And once u achieve that, you are talking about an over the air update. Which that only can happen from an unrooted totally stock phone. The only thing that comes close to that is an update from rom manager, in which u have to be rooted first before rom manager will work properly, which will download and install a custom rom of your choosing.
In other words, you have to be rooted and s off in order for u to do anything outside of stock
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Bro, very nicely stated.
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Wow. U must be truly a noob. The only way u can flash a custom rom is that u have to be rooted and have s off achieved first. And once u achieve that, you are talking about an over the air update. Which that only can happen from an unrooted totally stock phone. The only thing that comes close to that is an update from rom manager, in which u have to be rooted first before rom manager will work properly, which will download and install a custom rom of your choosing.
In other words, you have to be rooted and s off in order for u to do anything outside of stock
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cavsoldier19d said:
Wow. U must be truly a noob. The only way u can flash a custom rom is that u have to be rooted and have s off achieved first. And once u achieve that, you are talking about an over the air update. Which that only can happen from an unrooted totally stock phone. The only thing that comes close to that is an update from rom manager, in which u have to be rooted first before rom manager will work properly, which will download and install a custom rom of your choosing.
In other words, you have to be rooted and s off in order for u to do anything outside of stock
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I think the OP was asking if its in anyway possible to flash a custom rom via RUU not OTA. In the same way that ROMS for Samsung devices can be cooked to flash via ODIN as opposed to CWM...
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I am one of the few that have been able to upgrade to the Official GINGERBREAD.UCKL2, 2.3.6, Kernal 2.6.35.7-I997UCKL2-CL806505. But now i need a Root. Are there any options out there. I dont use it for roms i just like to be able to remove apps and other stuff that being rooted lets you do.
No, there isn't... you have to flash a rooted kernel, then you will lose video, or you could flash one of the custom uckl2 Tom's with everything working. The official update is crap anyway
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Yes i also want to know about the same.
Title says it all. I'm on a Gingerbread ROM and I want to use an ICS one but all the ICS ROMs say I need to be already using an ICS ROM.
Thanks for your help.
flash an ics rom from this link using rsd lite http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32742731 , just be carefull with the procedure , look arround for an rsdlite tutorial if you don't know how to use it
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jdwhite87 said:
Title says it all. I'm on a Gingerbread ROM and I want to use an ICS one but all the ICS ROMs say I need to be already using an ICS ROM.
Thanks for your help.
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Your going to want to do some research, if you upgrade via fxz I believe you have no safe way to get back to GB....
However...
If you upgrade to leak 1 via jimbridgmans method there is a safe way to get back....
After deciding which method to use, install atrix bootstrap and pick your ROM... I say bootstrap cause its the most supported...
Good luck and enjoy....
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If your phone is not from AT&T, and you install the upgrade that Pzyduck upload, you won't be able to downgrade to GB.
Hi. I really started to hate android.
OK,What's wrong with my O1? I'm using stock 2.3.3 unrooted to flash recovery. I rooted, i flashed a recovery and bang...just a hard reset no recovery installed! I tried with ROM Manager and few other apps, but it''s not succesful. I've tried to flash V10H.kdz (2.2.2 froyo) and try again but..no. ROM Manager says its succesfully installed CWM and when i click BOOT TO RECOVERY it boots to...hard reset. What is wrong with my O1?!
All new users flashing recovery through rom manager getting this problem
Already a post there of this
Anyways chk this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2003080
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doesnt work with me
any other ideas?
I use amonRA now but cant flash any ROM. Any ideas?
What if i try to flash older version of CWM with recovery flasher?
Can someone provide me a link with older working version of CWM-Old BB O1.
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Hi. I really started to hate android.
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So don't use it, just give it to other people who really need it. You hadn't read becarefully before flash custom recovery, then you started to hate android... genius...
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Lolz.. definitely he doesnt know much about Android phones.
Dude.. are you properly rooted or temporary root??
If have succeeded in flashing recovery.. check which rom you are trying to flash and which model you own!!
insitex said:
doesnt work with me
any other ideas?
I use amonRA now but cant flash any ROM. Any ideas?
What if i try to flash older version of CWM with recovery flasher?
Can someone provide me a link with older working version of CWM-Old BB O1.
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first the method work for many if u follow the instructions carefully
second if u hate android who cares just go we were only helping u because u asked not becausr u oredered
Ok, i was angry. I DO NOT HATE ANDROID. But it's obviously not my favourite. I just don't like its UI. I want XPERIA-ICS as XPERIA TimeScape UI has the best UI for me, and Sense too (but we don't have any stable working sense ROM's).
So can someoen rpovide me older version of CWM for old baseband? I can flash it with recovery flasher, and please let it be in .img format, as recoveries in .zip format cannot be flashed.
I Have CWM in ZIP format, but i cant flash with with AmonRA,wich im using. So hwo to remove amonRA,and install CWM properly?
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So don't use it, just give it to other people who really need it. You hadn't read becarefully before flash custom recovery, then you started to hate android... genius...
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Dude u buyed desire hd ??? Awsome !!!
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insitex said:
Ok, i was angry. I DO NOT HATE ANDROID. But it's obviously not my favourite. I just don't like its UI. I want XPERIA-ICS as XPERIA TimeScape UI has the best UI for me, and Sense too (but we don't have any stable working sense ROM's).
So can someoen rpovide me older version of CWM for old baseband? I can flash it with recovery flasher, and please let it be in .img format, as recoveries in .zip format cannot be flashed.
I Have CWM in ZIP format, but i cant flash with with AmonRA,wich im using. So hwo to remove amonRA,and install CWM properly?
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Flash cwm over amonra.. same.. like you flash a rom through recovery.
You can later theme your phone just like xperia or sense.
Hi I have a suggestion for u
Find an app to reboot on fastboot then use this(download a good recovery image coz the one in the one provided in this tuto is bad)
Good luck!
hey guys, i have a nexus s running on ics stock (4.0.4) i want to know that if i root it, will i be able to install root font changer? i had an htc one v which i rooted on ics only to find out that it's hectic to install new fonts on ics, is it the same case with the nexus s? if not then HOW? if we can ill root it then
thanks
jafferkhan said:
hey guys, i have a nexus s running on ics stock (4.0.4) i want to know that if i root it, will i be able to install root font changer? i had an htc one v which i rooted on ics only to find out that it's hectic to install new fonts on ics, is it the same case with the nexus s? if not then HOW? if we can ill root it then
thanks
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If you want to change system fonts then you had to be rooted..
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If you want to change system fonts then you had to be rooted..
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thanks for replying man, but the question is, if i do root, will i be able to install fonts? is it possible to install fonts on an ICS rooted device?
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thanks for replying man, but the question is, if i do root, will i be able to install fonts? is it possible to install fonts on an ICS rooted device?
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Yes you will be able to install any fonts.
For installing fonts you just had to be rooted, there isn't any limitation of which android version you are using, I myself able to install fonts from gingerbread to JB 4.2.2
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Yes you will be able to install any fonts.
For installing fonts you just had to be rooted, there isn't any limitation of which android version you are using, I myself able to install fonts from gingerbread to JB 4.2.2
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thanks for the info, i just bricked my Nexus S after installing that font changer from play store and yes i was rooted. it messed up my phone and i had to install the entire system again ... any legit way and sure fire way of installing fonts and wont brick me again? im on 4.1.1 stock jellybean
jafferkhan said:
thanks for the info, i just bricked my Nexus S after installing that font changer from play store and yes i was rooted. it messed up my phone and i had to install the entire system again ... any legit way and sure fire way of installing fonts and wont brick me again? im on 4.1.1 stock jellybean
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Really don't know whats the problem?
May be these help you?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1561998&highlight=fonts
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2114682
Before installing any mod, remember to always make a nandroid backup! If something bad happens, you can always restore the system that worked!
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devil188 said:
Before installing any mod, remember to always make a nandroid backup! If something bad happens, you can always restore the system that worked!
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thanks bro, i have made a backup through ROM toolbox, it flashed easily too, if however i do mess things up, how to restore? i just go into recovery and flash backup or something? what's the procedure? just asking, simple steps thats all
jafferkhan said:
thanks bro, i have made a backup through ROM toolbox, it flashed easily too, if however i do mess things up, how to restore? i just go into recovery and flash backup or something? what's the procedure? just asking, simple steps thats all
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Before messing up with something, go into recovery and choose backup, after backup is done, start messing up, if by chance you go into bootloop, then go into recovery again, and do a restore. Done!
thanks man