Going back to stock - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III

Im on synergy nightly and everything is running fine. When i want to go to another rom to try it out do i need to odin back to stock then install the rom? or can i just install it over synergy? Since my boot loader is unlocked will i have to go threw a certain step when going back to stock?
Any reply would be appreciated

You don't need to go back to stock. You can flash the new rom over Synergy. Make sure to back up first and then wipe data and cache. No need to change the bootloader.

Bleelas said:
You don't need to go back to stock. You can flash the new rom over Synergy. Make sure to back up first and then wipe data and cache. No need to change the bootloader.
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How to completely wipe phone

Alright, I want to start fresh. By starting fresh I mean, not just wiping the phone in recovery or using SuperWipe.zip
I want to completely wipe the phone to original manufactor settings and then go ahead and root the phone and then s-off that way. How would I go ahead and do this? 1.45ruu? I am a T-Mobile USA user so I don't know how that would work.
Also when using a ruu to wipe the phone, would that revert me back to my old radio/hboot/recovery?
Because I have the latest radio on here, I don't want that to mess anything up.
THANKS
xdviper said:
Alright, I want to start fresh. By starting fresh I mean, not just wiping the phone in recovery or using SuperWipe.zip
I want to completely wipe the phone to original manufactor settings and then go ahead and root the phone and then s-off that way. How would I go ahead and do this? 1.45ruu? I am a T-Mobile USA user so I don't know how that would work.
Also when using a ruu to wipe the phone, would that revert me back to my old radio/hboot/recovery?
Because I have the latest radio on here, I don't want that to mess anything up.
THANKS
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Boot n to hboot ( vol. down and power button down at the same time) the scroll down to reset to factory
xdviper said:
Alright, I want to start fresh. By starting fresh I mean, not just wiping the phone in recovery or using SuperWipe.zip
I want to completely wipe the phone to original manufactor settings and then go ahead and root the phone and then s-off that way. How would I go ahead and do this? 1.45ruu? I am a T-Mobile USA user so I don't know how that would work.
Also when using a ruu to wipe the phone, would that revert me back to my old radio/hboot/recovery?
Because I have the latest radio on here, I don't want that to mess anything up.
THANKS
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Run the 1.29 RUU, there is no 1.45ruu for T-Mobile
This will revert EVERYTHING back to stock, radio, hboot, recovery.
When that's done, boot the phone up, login, and check updates and get the latest 1.45 OTA, apply it (this will update your stock firmware to 2.3.4 and update to latest tmobile radio (10.14).
Now you're stock with the latest official updates. If you want to root/rom/etc:
When that's done, run Revolutionary (if you're already s-off, running the ruu reverts it back to a normal hboot, so you still need to run revolutionary to be able to do more advance hboot commands).
When that's done, install recovery, then if all you want to root, flash the su root zip file in recovery, if you want to flash a rom, wipe data/cache, then flash the rom.
you're done.

Nexus S 4G Root issues?

I've been playing around with a Nexus S 4G that I have lying around and never used, and I've ran into a few problems, but you've all been helpful. I rooted all my old EVO 4G's without any problem, but the other day I rooted my NS4G using a one click/simple root and downloaded ClockWorkMod etc. But now for some reason It seems like I've almost lost my root? Is that possible? I still have the little unlocked symbol when booting up.
I've searched this forum and Google and haven't found anything, which could possibly be because I don't know what to look for. I've never had this happen :/
Currently running the stock 2.3.7
Nobody? I just need a little help.
Did you flash a superuser.zip after you installed clockworkmod?
SeeNah said:
Did you flash a superuser.zip after you installed clockworkmod?
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I thought I had... But no lol
Thank you. Sorry for pretty much making a useless thread :/
Its the Q&A forum ask away! Lol
Did flashing it work for you though?
SeeNah said:
Its the Q&A forum ask away! Lol
Did flashing it work for you though?
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Yes, it did. Thank you!
Now I just need to re figure out how to backup my stock rom on rom manager. I need to do that if I'm going to flash a custom rom onto my NS4G correct? I've never actually gone that far with my phones lol.
Slap-Yourself :) said:
Yes, it did. Thank you!
Now I just need to re figure out how to backup my stock rom on rom manager. I need to do that if I'm going to flash a custom rom onto my NS4G correct? I've never actually gone that far with my phones lol.
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Okay lol hold on so just go make sure you
1. Unlocked the bootloader right?
2. Flashed a custom recovery (clockworkmod)?
3. Flashed superuser for root access?
4. Now you have a stock rooted ROM?
If you have/did all that then yeah you could backup your stock rooted ROM, you don't need to back it up but its helpful just incase you mess something you could always restore it to start all over
And you could backup any ROM you install incase you didn't know, just remember when you install different ROMS make sure to do a proper full wipe which includes data/factory reset/wiping DALVIK cache, and formatting system and boot in the "mount" option in CWM. And now I think your good lol
SeeNah said:
Okay lol hold on so just go make sure you
1. Unlocked the bootloader right?
2. Flashed a custom recovery (clockworkmod)?
3. Flashed superuser for root access?
4. Now you have a stock rooted ROM?
If you have/did all that then yeah you could backup your stock rooted ROM, you don't need to back it up but its helpful just incase you mess something you could always restore it to start all over
And you could backup any ROM you install incase you didn't know, just remember when you install different ROMS make sure to do a proper full wipe which includes data/factory reset/wiping DALVIK cache, and formatting system and boot in the "mount" option in CWM. And now I think your good lol
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Unlocked Bootloader? If I boot in fastboot it says Unlocked. Is this what you mean?
I have ClockWorkMod, but I haven't done anything with it.
I have superuser from the root
and I was working with a stock ROM the whole time....
I think I'm ok lol
So I'll back up my ROM, and flash a Nightly CM9? And back that up as well? Just perform a factory data reset before doing so, right?
Slap-Yourself :) said:
Unlocked Bootloader? If I boot in fastboot it says Unlocked. Is this what you mean?
I have ClockWorkMod, but I haven't done anything with it.
I have superuser from the root
and I was working with a stock ROM the whole time....
I think I'm ok lol
So I'll back up my ROM, and flash a Nightly CM9? And back that up as well? Just perform a factory data reset before doing so, right?
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Yeah if it says unlocked your good to go. The super user.zip you first flashed won't be needed once you flash different ROMS, it was only needed for stock because you didn't install a ROM you just unlocked the boot loader and super user just gave you root access that didn't come with stock.
Yeah backup your stock ROM JUST in case you encounter a boot loop so you can just restore and start over, you don't need to back up CM9 that's completely your choice if you want . Its convenient though if you like CM9 but still like to flash other ROMS that way you can just go back if you miss CM9 without doing the whole setup process.
And a full wipe is
Data/factory reset
Then wipe dalvik under "advanced"
Then wipe system and boot under the "mount" option in CWM
stellar said:
Yeah if it says unlocked your good to go. The super user.zip you first flashed won't be needed once you flash different ROMS, it was only needed for stock because you didn't install a ROM you just unlocked the boot loader and super user just gave you root access that didn't come with stock.
Yeah backup your stock ROM JUST in case you encounter a boot loop so you can just restore and start over, you don't need to back up CM9 that's completely your choice if you want . Its convenient though if you like CM9 but still like to flash other ROMS that way you can just go back if you miss CM9 without doing the whole setup process.
And a full wipe is
Data/factory reset
Then wipe dalvik under "advanced"
Then wipe system and boot under the "mount" option in CWM
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I'm not sure if I'm supposed to post links to videos or not. But I'm in love with some of the features this guy has on his NS4G
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKdyAm3CgHc
He said it was a nightly etc.
The hidden status bar and bottom menu hidden is amazing. I also like the inverted G-Mail and Facebook. Is this all separate from the Nightly ROM?

[Q] I did something bad in ICS

I thought I could flash a theme to the stock ICS leak. But apparently that doesn't work because it's not de-odexed. Is there a way to de-odex the stock ROM on my phone? If not, is there a way to undo my theme flash (I forgot to make a backup ). Or, can I go back to stock ICS by just flashing the Odin one click ICS leak?
If you're not worried about losing anything try factory reset. Sometimes themes will stick, if it does just flash through Odin and your good to go.
Sent from a Galaxy Device
Infekxion said:
If you're not worried about losing anything try factory reset. Sometimes themes will stick, if it does just flash through Odin and your good to go.
Sent from a Galaxy Device
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Yeah, I tried the factory reset. It didn't do anything. I'm not worried about losing data though. I have everything backed up with Titanium. So, I can flash directly from Odin without clearing cache, etc through CWM?
Themes do not work on odexed . Period. Flash one of the custom . Deodexed ics roms if u wsnt a theme
If u flash the collective ics rom . You will not loose data or anything. Just download and flash. It will sort out your issue. And give u a good rom check it out here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=1548469
Its the 4.0.3 ics rom at the bottom of the op
silver03wrx said:
If u flash the collective ics rom . You will not loose data or anything. Just download and flash. It will sort out your issue. And give u a good rom check it out here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=1548469
Its the 4.0.3 ics rom at the bottom of the op
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I'm a little confused. Do I just flash it in CWM without wiping anything, or do I follow these instructions?
1. Make a nandroid backup, it is always a good idea
2. Have your apps backed-up with titanium
3. Downloadrom, and place onsd card
4. Shutdown, and boot to cwm recovery
5. Wipe data, wipe cache
6. Select mounts/storage, and choose format system
7. Flash rom
8. Fix permissions
9. Reboot.
10. Enjoy
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Sathed said:
I'm a little confused. Do I just flash it in CWM without wiping anything, or do I follow these instructions?
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Follow his 10 steps then restore your apps using titanium as step 11.
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For my ics rom. Wipe NOTHIng. Just flash it

Going from CM9 to stock ?

I have cm9 and want to go back to stock type roms.. less bugs..
anyway, how do I do this? I did a full wipe and restored hydro but the kernel stays on CM9 kernel.. and wifi wont turn on...
You need to flash the actual .30 zip from asus. That returns you to stock. Then do a custom recovery/root and THEN flash hydro.
thatisandwas said:
You need to flash the actual .30 zip from asus. That returns you to stock. Then do a custom recovery/root and THEN flash hydro.
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Wow, that sucks..... thanks for the help tho. Think I'll just stick to cm9. I got it working well and its fast.
try hydro. Izs based on stock and is one of the fastest roms out there.
hdjoe said:
Wow, that sucks..... thanks for the help tho. Think I'll just stick to cm9. I got it working well and its fast.
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Which recovery do you have? Flash the latest twrp recovery and you can flash hydro without the need to return to stock. Simply download the newest base for hydro. You can also flash clean rom over cm9 without returning to stock. Make sure that you wipe cache, dalvic, factory data reset, and format system.
dxwilliams40 said:
Which recovery do you have? Flash the latest twrp recovery and you can flash hydro without the need to return to stock. Simply download the newest base for hydro. You can also flash clean rom over cm9 without returning to stock. Make sure that you wipe cache, dalvic, factory data reset, and format system.
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I'm on cwm. Still. Formatting system won't wipe everything off my internal memory will it? I have about 15 movies , and a bunch of snes games....

Return to Stock

Hi All,
I did a back-up before flashing Virtuous rom. If I want to go back to stock, do I just wipe everything, then restore the back- up through TWRP? I also downloaded somewhere stock boot.img. Not sure if I need that. Just making sure I won't brick my htc Butterfly(x920d)
enyaj said:
Hi All,
I did a back-up before flashing Virtuous rom. If I want to go back to stock, do I just wipe everything, then restore the back- up through TWRP? I also downloaded somewhere stock boot.img. Not sure if I need that. Just making sure I won't brick my htc Butterfly(x920d)
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just restore from the backup that's enough
You will need to flash that boot.img in fastboot also otherwise it may not boot or if its does, then some of the modules like wifi bluetooth may not turn on ... safer to flash the stock boot

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