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[Resolved] [Q] I've made a mess of my Nexus S...

Hey guys,
This is my very first post, just to let you all know, so please have some patience! Thanks!
Anyway, so I have a Nexus S 3G (Canada) and I have rooted it, unrooted it, installed roms and everything. I works...for the most part. It's giving me all sorts of different little errors and what not. So I was wondering, how can I COMPLETLY start ALL OVER, as in, factory new, like when you buy a new phone (without the carrier stuff). I wanted to start fresh, fresh out-of-the-oven kind of start, do you understand what I mean? FACTORY FRESH. Thank you all so much in advance!

well download your phone's stock rom and of course unroot it.Regarding the stock bloatware you can modify the custom rom by going in system/app and deleting the apps you dont want to be installed

[email protected] said:
well download your phone's stock rom and of course unroot it.Regarding the stock bloatware you can modify the custom rom by going in system/app and deleting the apps you dont want to be installed
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Thanks for the reply, I've already done that, and I'm still getting errors and other weird things, like not going out of airplane mode, failing to download the OTA 2.3.6 Update (I'm on stock 2.3.1 unrooted, I think), and I don't know if this is normal, but ClockworkMod Recovery is still there. Am I still rooted or something? Plus, when I try to flash a restore, from let's say Gingerbread 2.3.6 Stock, it says MD5 mismatch! How about if it's an ICS AOSP Build, it gives me the normal white Google logo like normal, but then just stays stuck there.
Is the anyway to erase EVERYTHING and start over like NOTHING was ever done to the device? Like when they are first distributing the the device and no one has ever touched it? Is there anyway to do just that?

There is a difference between being "rooted" and using a rooted ROM. You could be using a non-rooted ROM, and your phone can still be "rooted". The first step in rooting a phone is changing SECURITY-ON to SECURITY-OFF. If you REALLY want to go back to when you first got the device, you will need to find a way to turn SECURITY from OFF to ON. When it is off, you are able to access the bootloader, in turn allowing you to install a recovery to install a ROM with rooted permissions. I think the best way to go back to stock would be for you to first download the latest OTA update for your device, do a FULL WIPE of everything on your phone thru recovery (data, system, cache, dalvik cache). Then installing the latest OTA. I do not think however, that this is how you turn your device S-ON.
I hope I've been of some help.
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lodxcol said:
There is a difference between being "rooted" and using a rooted ROM. You could be using a non-rooted ROM, and your phone can still be "rooted". The first step in rooting a phone is changing SECURITY-ON to SECURITY-OFF. If you REALLY want to go back to when you first got the device, you will need to find a way to turn SECURITY from OFF to ON. When it is off, you are able to access the bootloader, in turn allowing you to install a recovery to install a ROM with rooted permissions. I think the best way to go back to stock would be for you to first download the latest OTA update for your device, do a FULL WIPE of everything on your phone thru recovery (data, system, cache, dalvik cache). Then installing the latest OTA. I do not think however, that this is how you turn your device S-ON.
I hope I've been of some help.
Sent from my Incredible 2 using xda premium
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Thanks for your excellent reply, but I have also already done that, EXACTLY that, multiple times too. Dalvik, battery stats, factory reset/delete all user data, wipe cache partition and fix permissions. What else is there left to do?

Thank you all so very much!!!!
I have fixed my Nexus S!!!

HeroKhar said:
I have fixed my Nexus S!!!
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how did you fix it?

lodxcol said:
how did you fix it?
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I reinstalled the newest update with the vanilla recovery
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I have a second xoom, rooted and rom'd, that I am selling on eBay. I'd like to wipe the little bit of personal data on it. How do I do that properly w/o loosing the rom I have. I think I need to use cwm?
Also, if the buyer wants the stock hc rom (its a 3g version), how would I do that properly?
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rosystreasures said:
I have a second xoom, rooted and rom'd, that I am selling on eBay. I'd like to wipe the little bit of personal data on it. How do I do that properly w/o loosing the rom I have. I think I need to use cwm?
Also, if the buyer wants the stock hc rom (its a 3g version), how would I do that properly?
Sorry, I forgot the title ...
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here is a guide on how to return to stock - just make sure you download the correct files for your device
http://goo.gl/kCCUY
hope this helps

How would I wipe my data off the xoomm and leave EOS rom on?

rosystreasures said:
How would I wipe my data off the xoomm and leave EOS rom on?
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Just do a wipe data/factory reset from the recovery menu. Rom /root should not be affected.

weird, that didn't seem to work. My Google acct is still there along with the few apps I d/l....
I did the factory reset from the recovery menu...3 times.
What about settings > backup and reset > factory data restore.....?
So, I tried cwm recovery again, the pic is what the xoom told me....how to proceed???
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Ok, so I did the proceedure for unlocking the bootloader and that seems to have done the trick.

[Q] Completely reset my phone to sell. (All data wiped)

Is there a way to completely reset my phone. Its rooted with a custom rom.
I am planning to sell it and when I do I want to completely remove all data, the custom rom, etc and go back to the stock phone as if it were new.
Do I have to flash the original rom, or what the current official rom is, back onto the phone?

How about you read
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The stickies are your friend. vincom has a great one that details how to return to stock, which is ultimately what you need to do after you wipe ALL the things.

Just use the function "Factory Data Reset" (settings/Backup&Reset)
Don't forget to remove your ext-SD
And you should be good to go. Personally I always leave the custom Rom if that rom is stable, otherwise ODIN is your friend
One more trick, sometime it's good to pay a few buck to have uour phone unlocked (and not only rooted), this way you can attract people on other networks (T-Mobile, Rogers...)
Good luck

floppy__ said:
Just use the function "Factory Data Reset" (settings/Backup&Reset)
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That does not always remove everything. Just sayin'.

[Q] DXLP8 issue + flash back to stock ROM DXLP7

Hi,
I bought a P6800 (came with DXLP7 ROM, Singapore version) one month ago. Its WIFI worked great in my work place but wifi could not connect to my router at home. I received OTA updates(~20 MB) few days ago which updated the ROM to DXLP8. DXLP8 solved my wifi connection issue at home but wifi connection is much slower now when I use it in my work place. I’d like to flash it back to stock ROM DXLP7 (found on sammobile.com) since I mainly use the p6800 at work.
Here is the status of the P6800:
• Stock ROM ICS 4.04 DXLP8
• Rooted using this method (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849235)
• Factory reset using “setting”->”backup and reset”-> factory reset
• Factory reset in recover mode (hold volume up and power button->Select wipe cache, Select wipe data/factory reset)
If I flash ROM to stock ROM DXLP7 using odin, will that brick the P6800? Please help.
Many thanks
John

The dangerous part was the factory reset on stock kernel.
If it survived that you should be ok to flash.
You can always install and run the emmc brick bug test app from play store
since you are rooted, just to be sure.
Anyway, avoid to factory reset the P6800 it can kill your device anytime.

friedje said:
The dangerous part was the factory reset on stock kernel.
If it survived that you should be ok to flash.
You can always install and run the emmc brick bug test app from play store
since you are rooted, just to be sure.
Anyway, avoid to factory reset the P6800 it can kill your device anytime.
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Thanks friedje,
I'm a newbie to Android. I will do emmc brick bug test to check it. and I will not do factory reset again.
Thanks again!

Not so much to do with being newbie, samsung screwed up the Galaxy note and the P6800 (amongst others) , by putting faulty emmc chips inside. Under Gingerbread or Honeycumb there is no problem, but with ICS a factory reset can hard brick your Tab.
Since I own both, I need to betwice as careful

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friedje said:
Not so much to do with being newbie, samsung screwed up the Galaxy note and the P6800 (amongst others) , by putting faulty emmc chips inside. Under Gingerbread or Honeycumb there is no problem, but with ICS a factory reset can hard brick your Tab.
Since I own both, I need to betwice as careful
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Hi friedje,
I checked the emmc bug it showed no issue. I successfully flashed the ROM to DXLP7.
BTW, I have a note too, looks we have the same interest on those gadgets.
Many thanks for your help!

You may try the SkyHigh version of LP8.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1978573
It has some tweaks to the rom.
Goodluck!

daniel_hk said:
You may try the SkyHigh version of LP8.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1978573
It has some tweaks to the rom.
Goodluck!
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Thanks daniel!

[Q] Updating, not losing apps"Custom ROM."

I got my Note 10.1 a few months back. Now I have got a lot of apps that I love and don't want to lose.
I am using a custom European ROM made by zedomax "HighonAndroid".
I've decided 2 days ago that I want to update my note to jelly bean.
My question is: How can I back up all my applications before wipe/data reset?
I really don't want to lose the apps nor the root.
Can anyone help me?

insanehadi said:
I got my Note 10.1 a few months back. Now I have got a lot of apps that I love and don't want to lose.
I am using a custom European ROM made by zedomax "HighonAndroid".
I've decided 2 days ago that I want to update my note to jelly bean.
My question is: How can I back up all my applications before wipe/data reset?
I really don't want to lose the apps nor the root.
Can anyone help me?
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titanium backup, buy it. you'll use it all the time
You can make a flashable zip of your stuff. If you do this, I have only had good resaults of flashing it after rebooting into the new rom and then flash the update zip. also would be good if you went ahead and did the thing in your securty setting to allow the non play store apps, especially if you have them.
This usually does a great job of doing the data part of the apps like logins and stuff. sometimes mine dont work right at first but it still saves a lot of time
If the rom you are going to doesnt have root built into it, which I think all here do, then getting root back isnt hard and there is this voodoo root keeper app as well somewhere maybe on the market. but rerooting isnt that big of a deal and shouldnt be nesesary

smaw51 said:
titanium backup, buy it. you'll use it all the time
You can make a flashable zip of your stuff. If you do this, I have only had good resaults of flashing it after rebooting into the new rom and then flash the update zip. also would be good if you went ahead and did the thing in your securty setting to allow the non play store apps, especially if you have them.
This usually does a great job of doing the data part of the apps like logins and stuff. sometimes mine dont work right at first but it still saves a lot of time
If the rom you are going to doesnt have root built into it, which I think all here do, then getting root back isnt hard and there is this voodoo root keeper app as well somewhere maybe on the market. but rerooting isnt that big of a deal and shouldnt be nesesary
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Ty very informative, but I don't think the root will be installed because im going for stock JB.
Only question is can I flash in germany's ROM when I'm on European now?

Yep, ODIN or mobile ODIN will do it... You would benefit from backing up internal sd card - connect to pc and copy contents of phone/internal.... This means if it does an entire wipe you don't loose all your game saves etc.... Not likely to but the chance is always there, especially if you use mobile ODIN and tick "clear cache/data"...
Though I am curious why you don't flash the stock UK JB rom in developement as all are the same, just csc is different...

ultramag69 said:
Yep, ODIN or mobile ODIN will do it... You would benefit from backing up internal sd card - connect to pc and copy contents of phone/internal.... This means if it does an entire wipe you don't loose all your game saves etc.... Not likely to but the chance is always there, especially if you use mobile ODIN and tick "clear cache/data"...
Though I am curious why you don't flash the stock UK JB rom in developement as all are the same, just csc is different...
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Hey thanks for the reply but could you please explain more about the UK JB stock ROM? Please keep in mind im on a custom ROM.

insanehadi said:
Hey thanks for the reply but could you please explain more about the UK JB stock ROM? Please keep in mind im on a custom ROM.
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I have up and I believe darkman_rs does as well, stock versions of the jelly bean set up to run on an 8013. Mine is for the uk and I think darkman has the nordik. Either will work. I am in the U.S. and use the uk version with no issues. The csc is consumer region stuff, both of these roms have that stuff taken care of so they will not have an issue in any region.
So if you are on a custom rom and want to go to a complete stock, then go to sammobile, firmware, download one from there and flash through odin, then reroot
Or you can grab another stock, or custom rom from here set to flash through cwm and go that route

Stock, rooted UK rom - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2027604
Thanks to Smaw51....
CWM for this, don't need to muck about with ODIN...

ultramag69 said:
Stock, rooted UK rom - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2027604
Thanks to Smaw51....
CWM for this, don't need to muck about with ODIN...
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Do I need to wipe data if im coming from a custom room if I wanted to flash this ??
I am on HIGH ON Android trainwreck ..

I didn't, just clear cache & dalvik cache afterwards...

insanehadi said:
Do I need to wipe data if im coming from a custom room if I wanted to flash this ??
I am on HIGH ON Android trainwreck ..
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If you are coming from ICS then yes, a complete wipe of everything is reconremended. If you do not do a full wipe and get FC, then you need to do a full wipe