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[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:
Ummm... what?
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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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HELP! Custom under Samsung boot logo

I need to return my phone and ive used the guide to reset my flash counter with triangle away (which was never tripped, just did it for piece of mind), then i used odin and used the stock kernel and stock image to reinstall back to stock. Everything passed but when i boot my phone up right under the samsung logo it still says custom with the unlock logo. How do i get rid of this so i can return my phone back to verizon?
EDIT***** So i re-rooted then installed ez-unlocker and locked the bootloader again. Then reinstalled stock image through odin and all is well now

shortguy088 said:
I need to return my phone and ive used the guide to reset my flash counter with triangle away (which was never tripped, just did it for piece of mind), then i used odin and used the stock kernel and stock image to reinstall back to stock. Everything passed but when i boot my phone up right under the samsung logo it still says custom with the unlock logo. How do i get rid of this so i can return my phone back to verizon?
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Try locking your bootloader with Ez-Unlock in the play store.

fr8cture said:
Try locking your bootloader with Ez-Unlock in the play store.
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My phones not rooted so i cant use the app.

I thought using Odin with the stock rom/kernel automatically locks the bootloader?
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Jarredw said:
I thought using Odin with the stock rom/kernel automatically locks the bootloader?
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I thought so as well but when I restarted my phone it still said custom. I tried to factory wipe data after I reflashed stock and still didn't work. So I dont know what happened
Tap'n

Wish i could help but i have no idea. I guess your gonna have to try your luck.

techgov8 said:
I thought so as well but when I restarted my phone it still said custom. I tried to factory wipe data after I reflashed stock and still didn't work. So I dont know what happened
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that means your bootloader is indeed locked...look around on the forums a bit! When the custom unlock screen is gone then your unlocked. I believe there is a guide in the dev section that explains this. :angel:

droidstyle said:
that means your bootloader is indeed locked...look around on the forums a bit! When the custom unlock screen is gone then your unlocked. I believe there is a guide in the dev section that explains this. :angel:
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Well when you first boot up a brand new phone it doesn't have the custom on the samsung screen and that's locked
Tap'n

Need to get rid of custom Samsung bootloader screen
techgov8 said:
Well when you first boot up a brand new phone it doesn't have the custom on the samsung screen and that's locked
Tap'n
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. I've tried all the guides and their bot working for me on my galaxy s4 d or s anyone know where I can find a step by step guide I'm a noon on rooting

garygnobriga said:
. I've tried all the guides and their bot working for me on my galaxy s4 d or s anyone know where I can find a step by step guide I'm a noon on rooting
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Wait hold up if you have an s4 why are you on the S3 forums? I am assuming you have at&t , T-Mobile or Sprint go to those threads as it makes much more sense to do that.

Beyond Screwed

So I gave my friend my phone and she messed with the pattern till it asked for my google credentials but because my Wi-Fi isn't on and I turn my data off for preserving reasons.. I can't do anything.
Before this I rooted my phone but relocked it so I have "Security Warning, Relocked & Tampered" at bootloader.. I also had a custom recovery which I removed so now I can't do hard reset from bootloader or recovery..
My question is.. Is there anything I can use at this point to start my phone over or give me access to remove the password
Extra details: My HTC One S is also from Fido

Find the ruu for your device and flash it
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Spastic909 said:
Find the ruu for your device and flash it
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That's one of my problems I tried about 4 different RUUs and well they didn't work.. Is there any collection of all the RUUs I can look into?

kbunz19 said:
That's one of my problems I tried about 4 different RUUs and well they didn't work.. Is there any collection of all the RUUs I can look into?
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Just factory reset, shouldn't that work ?
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ickedmel said:
Just factory reset, shouldn't that work ?
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Comes down too what he means by "I also had a custom recovery which I removed" since you can't remove it but for factory reset to work you need stock recovery.

Darknites said:
Comes down too what he means by "I also had a custom recovery which I removed" since you can't remove it but for factory reset to work you need stock recovery.
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You hit the nail spot on.. So where should I find a Fido RUU For my HTC?

kbunz19 said:
You hit the nail spot on.. So where should I find a Fido RUU For my HTC?
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Google lol that's the trick with RUU's they not easy to find for a branded phone but there is a person you can pay to get the RUU you want.

kbunz19 said:
You hit the nail spot on.. So where should I find a Fido RUU For my HTC?
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Try this site: http://www.htcruu.com/?dir=Ville
Maybe it is on there?

I misread. ignore.

Well because my HTC One S is already 1.84 the ROGERS one (1.70) won't work
I need to find a higher version from Rogers/Fido or I don't know what else to do at this point..

kbunz19 said:
Well because my HTC One S is already 1.84 the ROGERS one (1.70) won't work
I need to find a higher version from Rogers/Fido or I don't know what else to do at this point..
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What do you mean by "I also had a custom recovery which I removed" ?
What recovery is on the phone now?
Is USB debugging on?
Why can't you unlock it again?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsFDkYQ0S8c
Does this not work?
I'm not on a stock recovery and I don't remember for certain if this option is available on the One S, but I don't see why it wouldn't

Can't you just connect it to computer...
Unlock bootloader again
Flash recovery, root etc
Then full wipe factory reset?
Or install a rom and do full wipe that will clear the lock thing too
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dc211 said:
What do you mean by "I also had a custom recovery which I removed" ?
What recovery is on the phone now?
Is USB debugging on?
Why can't you unlock it again?
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I don't know what recovery is on the phone now after uninstalling a custom recovery
k1llacanon said:
Can't you just connect it to computer...
Unlock bootloader again
Flash recovery, root etc
Then full wipe factory reset?
Or install a rom and do full wipe that will clear the lock thing too
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I thought of this but because I don't have USB debugging enabled I can't..
blinksilver said:
Does this not work?
I'm not on a stock recovery and I don't remember for certain if this option is available on the One S, but I don't see why it wouldn't
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I've tried the system menu before but all I get is the red warning text and then I'm back at the system menu with no change

kbunz19 said:
I don't know what recovery is on the phone now after uninstalling a custom recovery
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But how did you "uninstall" it. Some recovery should be in place. If it's the stock one factory reset will clear it. If it's custom you can boot into it.
kbunz19 said:
I thought of this but because I don't have USB debugging enabled I can't..
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You don't need USB debugging enabled to unlock your bootloader. Everything is done in fastboot. Not even directions from HTCdev say anything about USB debugging.

Why the hell did u take off usb Debug? Ur only choice will be to run ruu as mentioned above. Pm "football"
Tell him what happened and give him this information
1) what carrier your on
2) what radio your on (either that or hboot forgot which)
3) your country
You may have to pay a little fee if you do might as well it'll revive your phone
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kbunz19 said:
Well because my HTC One S is already 1.84 the ROGERS one (1.70) won't work
I need to find a higher version from Rogers/Fido or I don't know what else to do at this point..
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I have a Fido phone. You can use the 1.70 Rogers RUU if you downgrade your HBOOT first. I have done this successfully a few times now! :good:

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dc211 said:
But how did you "uninstall" it. Some recovery should be in place. If it's the stock one factory reset will clear it. If it's custom you can boot into it.
You don't need USB debugging enabled to unlock your bootloader. Everything is done in fastboot. Not even directions from HTCdev say anything about USB debugging.
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Everyone, thank-you so much for all the replies, I tried the unlock bootloader suggestion DC211 gave me and my phone finally factory reset and the Recovery was finally working, thank-you so much for all the suggestions .. Thanks ^_^
I'm so happy gonna dance around naked anyways thanks again

Nexus S 4G wont boot

Hello there. I had just got done unlocking my bootloader and rooting my phone...after several failed attempts on trying to install a custom rom I went to install my stock rom...I got the stock rom to install but now the phone itself wont boot up. I have done a battery pull and left the battery out for two days....nothing will want to turn on....I went to my cmd and tried to boot up that way and it didnt work I put in "adb devices" and my Huawei Ascend 1 will show but the Nexus S 4G wont show.....any help would be GREATLY appreciated...
-Brian (Elmo) Salazar

Try using PDAnet to reinstall your drivers.
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Did that and still nothing...Is there any way to hard reset???

I believe this is another Nexus S bites the dust from JB update.
Motherboard is toast. Send in for warranty repair.

_android_ said:
I believe this is another Nexus S bites the dust from JB update.
Motherboard is toast. Send in for warranty repair.
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Well I think this is bad because I dont have a warranty anymore....

Can u get into recovery?
After u unlocked, did u immediately make a backup of that stock ROM?
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vidaljs said:
Can u get into recovery?
After u unlocked, did u immediately make a backup of that stock ROM?
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I do have TWRP v.2.2.0...although no I didn't make a backup..My Nexus S rootkit was able to download the 4.1.1 update so I didn't really think I had to worry about that all that much...

How to go to stock from 4.1.2

I have gone thru the thread on how to go back to stock however i still have some questions, my s3 had a broken screen for quiet sometime so i am not sure where to start on getting it back to stock or whatever to get me back on the latest firmware. It is rooted on 4.1.2 but i dont know how to check if bootloader was unlocked or not.
If i can just flash a file to get me the latest i can do that as well. It does have TWRP for recovery

aford89 said:
I have gone thru the thread on how to go back to stock however i still have some questions, my s3 had a broken screen for quiet sometime so i am not sure where to start on getting it back to stock or whatever to get me back on the latest firmware. It is rooted on 4.1.2 but i dont know how to check if bootloader was unlocked or not.
If i can just flash a file to get me the latest i can do that as well. It does have TWRP for recovery
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Its not unlocked by default but the last version of Android you were able to unlock it was on 4.1.2. You can unlock it with casual or ez unlock. If you however unroot it and take the OTA up to 4.4.2 your bootloader will be permanently locked and you will not be able to revert it back
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ShapesBlue said:
Its not unlocked by default but the last version of Android you were able to unlock it was on 4.1.2. You can unlock it with casual or ez unlock. If you however unroot it and take the OTA up to 4.4.2 your bootloader will be permanently locked and you will not be able to revert it back
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I am aware of that, i need to get it back to stock and to the latest version 4.4.x im just not sure how to go about it so i dont brick it. I have odin just looking for the correct stock files to get me the rest of the way and how to use them in what order

Can i just odin straight to 4.4.2? if i am rooted and unlocked on 4.1.2?

aford89 said:
Can i just odin straight to 4.4.2? if i am rooted and unlocked on 4.1.2?
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You have to unroot first. Once your unrooted you can take the OTA. Just warning you about the bootloader being locked once you take the OTA. As far as straight to 4.4.2 I'm not sure. Never took an OTA on my S3. Start with unrooting first and see where it goes
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ShapesBlue said:
You have to unroot first. Once your unrooted you can take the OTA. Just warning you about the bootloader being locked once you take the OTA. As far as straight to 4.4.2 I'm not sure. Never took an OTA on my S3. Start with unrooting first and see where it goes
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how do i go about unrooting? like i said this phone sat for a LONG time im pretty sure i did it from outlawers method when i first got it
Thanks in advance

aford89 said:
how do i go about unrooting? like i said this phone sat for a LONG time im pretty sure i did it from outlawers method when i first got it
Thanks in advance
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What SU app do you have on it?
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ShapesBlue said:
What SU app do you have on it?
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the one that looked like a superman shield, i went thru settings and found unroot however its not prompting me for an OTA and when i check it says its up to date. If i just odin the same version thats on there that should be fine right? then it'll start prompting for OTA's?

aford89 said:
the one that looked like a superman shield, i went thru settings and found unroot however its not prompting me for an OTA and when i check it says its up to date. If i just odin the same version thats on there that should be fine right? then it'll start prompting for OTA's?
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Did you freeze any system apps? That is supersu your speaking of. I'm not completely sure if you can just odin to the newest firmware or not
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ShapesBlue said:
Did you freeze any system apps? That is supersu your speaking of. I'm not completely sure if you can just odin to the newest firmware or not
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No system apps are frozen, i did a factory wipe on it just thru TWRP and its still saying nothing is available

aford89 said:
No system apps are frozen, i did a factory wipe on it just thru TWRP and its still saying nothing is available
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Then I would say try to Odin back to stock. It should work but don't quote me on that
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ShapesBlue said:
Then I would say try to Odin back to stock. It should work but don't quote me on that
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Yeah took the dive and used Odin from 4.1.2 all the way to 4.4.2 and everything worked out fine, was slow to boot and gave me an error but factory recovery wipe fixed that
Thanks for all the replies trying to help