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[Q] Cyanogen back to Stock ROM

I'm on CyanogenMod7-7.0.3-NS right now but want to go back to stock 2.3.4 as wavesecure is having issues with Cyanogen and can't verify my sim.
Baseband version: I9020XXKD1
Build Number:GRI40
Will this guide work for my Nexus S? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1061855
Sorry newbie here, just want to be really really sure as I followed a poor guide somewhere and got stuck up with the google logo and lock on boot, hence was forced to install cyanogen.
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UPDATED: 7/8/11
Okay..so to close my question. I just followed this and everything went back to stock.
theunlockr.com/2011/01/20/how-to-unroot-the-nexus-s
1. followed the link above.
2. I remain rooted but recovery went back to stock. no more clockwork.
3. after booting, was alerted of a 2.3.4 update..so I updated again.
4. marketplace has been upgraded to the new interface (probably bec of the update)
5. to install screenshot app and fontchanger..I needed to have super user, so I just installed Clockwork (recovery-clockwork-3.0.2.4-) again and installed SU (su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip) via SD card install.
6. so far, everything's good.
If you have some questions, feel free to ask.

Download a stock rom ( unless you made a nandroid backup)
Turn off you phone then start it while holding vol+
Do a factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik cache( found under advanved)
Flash your stock rom
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Emhalwis said:
Download a stock rom ( unless you made a nandroid backup)
Turn off you phone then start it while holding vol+
Do a factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik cache( found under advanved)
Flash your stock rom
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thanks! I have made a nandroid backup but I think I may have a corrupted boot.img.
Where can I get a stock rom? Is the one from the link I posted good enough?

Emhalwis said:
Download a stock rom ( unless you made a nandroid backup)
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Is there a way to return to stock while keeping CWM ?

You can stay on stock rom while you are rooted. You can google it. I got my 2.3.4 from ardoid.com
Its a stock rom with added arabic support. Since you dont need arabic. It wont make any difference to you.
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I'm not asking for keeping root, only to revert back to stock while keeping CWM

Clockworkmod will stay on your phone. As far as i know, all your phone recoveries will be done through cwm
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Emhalwis said:
Clockworkmod will stay on your phone. As far as i know, all your phone recoveries will be done through cwm
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I read somewhere that flashing a stock ROM will restore the stock boot/recovery. Is it true ?

That i cant answer u. But i can say that i went back and forth between roms. Reverting to stock when needed. CWM stayed on my phone.
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Ok, will have try. Thanks

dude if install stock rom via odin then u will loss cwm bt iheard u cn gt .zip files of stock roms using tht u wont loss cwn

Thats what im trying to say. The only way (i think) to lose cwm is using odin. But you can find zip stock roms. Thats what i did
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Okay..so to close my question. I just followed this and everything went back to stock.
theunlockr.com/2011/01/20/how-to-unroot-the-nexus-s
1. followed the link above.
2. I remain rooted but recovery went back to stock. no more clockwork.
3. after booting, was alerted of a 2.3.4 update..so I updated again.
4. marketplace has been upgraded to the new interface (probably bec of the update)
5. to install screenshot app and fontchanger..I needed to have super user, so I just installed Clockwork (recovery-clockwork-3.0.2.4-) again and installed SU (su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip) via SD card install.
6. so far, everything's good.
If you have some questions, feel free to ask.

Thanks for the clarification !

[ROM] ICS Stock Rooted Full Bloat (AT&T OR ROGERS)

ATT-ICS-STOCK-FULL BLOAT /w ROOT
MADE FROM dd SYSTEM.img DUMPS NOT FROM NANDROID BACKUPS
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Features ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Android ICS 4.0.3
AT&T UCLA4 Base Files from ODIN Leak
Stock Kernel 3.0.8 unsecured -- thx romracer
Superuser/ Rooted
BusyBox installed
Rom Manager & Titanium Backup Preloaded
Deodexed and ZipAligned
Rom sym link Modem Fixes to ensure Modem Works on Rogers & AT&T
This is a FULL WIPE, Flash at your own risk & backup your data.
INSTALL HOW TO: (read step 10 first)
The only people who have a hard time flashing are Gingerbread users. Its hit or miss. I dont know what else to do. Most people who cant flash find that Darkside SuperWIPE fixes it and the ROM will flash! (DONT FORGET put on your sdcard before your WIPE)
Reboot to Recovery
Flash MODEM (ONLY IF YOUR ON GINGERBREAD)
Wipe Data/Factory Reset
Under "Mounts and Storage" Format /system
Under Advanced "Wipe Dalvic Cache"
Flash ROM
Flash KERNEL (ONLY IF YOUR ON GINGERBREAD)
Reboot- FIRST boot will take up to 5mins to start.
If you have any trouble with your home button not working or reboot/shutdown hangs, just pull battery and reboot.
If for any reason, you have trouble ROGERS or Gingerbread users, Repeat the install process 3 times. Sometimes the kernel doesnt want to flash with this ROM and its the main reason why there has been so many problems.
DOWNLOAD LINKS:
ULCA4 Modem/Radio
ROM: ICS-STOCK FULL BLOAT WITH ROOT
Romracer KERNEL

It works like a charm. Wait for the att boot screen, takes awhile. Enjoy guys! =]

Here it goes!!!!!! ICS development!!!!!!! Good job bud!

I'll try this tomorrow, going from mhx 3.1, and let you know how it goes. I probably won't be able to post until tomorrow night so if anyone else is brave enough, feel free to beat me to the punch.
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Is there a difference between this rom and the recovery you have posted? Other then flashing wise?
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Just installed your recovery! But I am having issues with root not working properly, cant move files into /system/app so I might try this instead.

Just flashed this and it installed with no issues at all. Can't wait to start working on this since my first rom became null and void once ICS leaked lol Great work MHX and everyone else involved

Pulling 6500-6600 consistently on Antutu with this and romracers unsecure kernel. The real world performance is better than CM7 AND MHX Superlite I ran previously. Thanks again so much man.
Galaxy S2 Skyrocket - MHX Stock ICS 4.0.3 - Romracer ICS Kernel - UCALC4 Modem

I can confirm it works coming from stock Rogers to ICS so far no issues I run into any i will post have to leaven for work so i will be a few hours
I am finding that system ui is showing up in task manager not sure if this is normal it didn't in the nandroid back up
And this is new

Wipe Data/Factory Reset
Under Advanced "Wipe Dalvic Cache"
Under "Mounts and Storage" Format /system
Under "Mounts and Storage" Format /data
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Can we use darksides wipe to do this?

Play keeps fc-ing on me =\

sparker366 said:
Can we use darksides wipe to do this?
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It's quicker and easier to just do so through clockwork
Galaxy S2 Skyrocket - MHX Stock ICS 4.0.3 - Romracer ICS Kernel - UCALC4 Modem

I cannot get Wifi hotspot or USB tethering to work with this. Settings force closes everytime I try to initiate it.
Any help?

32dave said:
I can confirm it works coming from stock Rogers to ICS so far no issues I run into any i will post have to leaven for work so i will be a few hours
I am finding that system ui is showing up in task manager not sure if this is normal it didn't in the nandroid back up
And this is new
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Yeah came with the new radio
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norcalsfinest said:
It's quicker and easier to just do so through clockwork
Galaxy S2 Skyrocket - MHX Stock ICS 4.0.3 - Romracer ICS Kernel - UCALC4 Modem
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I hazard a guess that its about the same. You are clicking 4 times with your way and 2 times with mine. I wipe dalvik first and then run darkside. Its pretty damn fast way to wipe phone. I will stick with it. Worked great when installing this.

This thing is smooth as silk. Anyone had the guts to try the 14 toggle mod? I'm pretty sure it won't work since its based off different firmware.
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MikeySmikey said:
This thing is smooth as silk. Anyone had the guts to try the 14 toggle mod? I'm pretty sure it won't work since its based off different firmware.
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I tried that on stock ics as its indicated that it can be applied. I borked the hell out of my phone lol. No nandroid so it was a fresh install to recover. I have since done nandroids and titbu's to avoid fresh installs.

Ok so i am back from work i have found a couple of issues i cannot restart the phone with quick reboot it just hangs and its a little laggy (i am guessing because of TW) and the camera seems to hang for a half a second not sure if this is normal as it did it on the nandroid back up as well

Any advantage to flashing this if I already have the mhx cwm backup installed?
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Flashing from GB DID NOT work for me. It installed, but kept freezing at the boot screen then would shut off.

How Do I Backup the Operating System?

I rooted my S3. I have not unlocked it.
I would like to backup the android operating system, the apps, and the data before I allow the recent OTA update.
Based on my research, I believe I can use titanium to backup everything except the operating system. How do I backup the operating system?
I tried the Volume Up/Power/Home Button restart. It gives me the option to restore but not to backup.
What am I missing??

chinook9 said:
I rooted my S3. I have not unlocked it.
I would like to backup the android operating system, the apps, and the data before I allow the recent OTA update.
Based on my research, I believe I can use titanium to backup everything except the operating system. How do I backup the operating system?
I tried the Volume Up/Power/Home Button restart. It gives me the option to restore but not to backup.
What am I missing??
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Have to install a custom recovery.

prdog1 said:
Have to install a custom recovery.
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prdog1
Thank you for the speedy reply. I did a quick search and found quite a bit written on installing a custom recovery including on the S3.
It appears that I can only back up to a custom ROM such as ClockworkMod Recovery or TWRP Recovery and not the base ROM as it is on the phone now. Is that correct?
I have ROM manager on the phone so I expect the ClockworkMod Recovery would be the way to go.

Nope, CWM and TWRP are custom recoveries. You'll have to install one of those in order to backup. Go onto the app store and search for EZ Recovery. Use that app to install the recoveries(it's the easiest way for someone new). Then you just boot into your recovery and do a backup of your current setup.

Download EZ Recovery and flash CWM then boot into recovery and choose the backup option.
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Custom recovery will backup stock rom. You will not be able to install any OTA until untill you Odin back to stock.

Thank you for the replies.
I guess I should have included in the initial post that all I have done is root the phone......I think.
I never unlocked the phone with Ez-Unlocker
I never used Rom-Manager either.
I did install SD Speed Increase and increased the SD cache size from 128kb to 1024 kb.
Thats it.
Does this information change the previous recommendations?

No, just install EZ Recovery and follow the directions listed in one of the guides in the stickies.
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chinook9 said:
Thank you for the replies.
I guess I should have included in the initial post that all I have done is root the phone......I think.
I never unlocked the phone with Ez-Unlocker
I never used Rom-Manager either.
I did install SD Speed Increase and increased the SD cache size from 128kb to 1024 kb.
Thats it.
Does this information change the previous recommendations?
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Yes, if you have a custom recovery you cannot accept an OTA. The install will fail. You will have to Odin back to stock in order to take the OTA.
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Thank you for the input.
There is a lot of information on this topic but its not easy to determine which of it applies to my situation. I feel pretty good about being able to Odin back to stock but I'm not sure I want to take the risk of doing that (probably not much risk) just to get the latest update.
I expect the best thing for me to do is decide to either 1) go ahead and install CM10 (I think that's the one I would want) or 2) go back to stock and stick with the Verizon software. I'd like to get Jelly Bean now, but I'm not sure its worth the risk. We'll see.
Thanks again!

If u use ez recovery and flash back the stock recovery u can then accept the ota just fine. As long as u haven't messed with any system files you are good. Then just re root it once ota is done.
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musclehead84 said:
If u use ez recovery and flash back the stock recovery u can then accept the ota just fine. As long as u haven't messed with any system files you are good. Then just re root it once ota is done.
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Thanks for the info.
I have installed EZRecovery and it seems pretty straightforward. I'm still trying to decide if I want to go for a Jelly Bean ROM now or just wait.
I'll just keep reading until I'm comfortable that first, Jelly Bean will give me improvements worth the risk, and second, I won't brick the phone.
I have been fooling with computers since the 70s but Android is somewhat different and it will take a while to learn something about the architecture.
Thanks again.

chinook9 said:
Thanks for the info.
I have installed EZRecovery and it seems pretty straightforward. I'm still trying to decide if I want to go for a Jelly Bean ROM now or just wait.
I'll just keep reading until I'm comfortable that first, Jelly Bean will give me improvements worth the risk, and second, I won't brick the phone.
I have been fooling with computers since the 70s but Android is somewhat different and it will take a while to learn something about the architecture.
Thanks again.
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If new I would flash an ICS rom first and get you a stable daily driver setup and backed up. Regardless of what you read all JB builds are buggy to an extent since they are all ports. The advantage of Android is as long as you have a stable Nandroid you can experiment with more advanced ports. Backup IEMI also and be careful jumping back and forth between AOSP and TW based roms. This is where the most problems come up. From what I've seen if flashed AOSP base it is best to Odin back to stock before going back to Touchwiz.

HI F2 said:
Download EZ Recovery and flash CWM then boot into recovery and choose the backup option.
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Or Twrp
I prefer twrp as it will allow you to name the backup from within recovery as well as some things cwm doesnt do.

[Q] CM10 Boot Loop

Man, I must have some serious derpage going on here, but I cannot get CM10 onto my Skyrocket. I don't consider myself a noob -- been doing this for a few years now -- but this one has me stymied.
My phone is fine in CM9.1.0. When I try to load CM10, following TeamChopsticks CM10 Install Guide I start boot looping. I've gone as far as to wipe everything I can think of (wipe data/factory reset, cache, dalvik, format/data, format/system, format/cache all x3) with no joy. When booting, I get Samsung logo, 60 seconds of CM10 spinning boot animation, freeze and then re-boot.
I'm running sk8erwitskil's 6.0.1.5 CWM Touch Recovery.
Heimdall fails with "libusr error: -12" and I've been unable to resolve that on my local PC.
Download mode says:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SGH-I727
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: NO
CURRENT BINARY: SAMSUNG OFFICIAL​...dunno if that's right, wrong or indifferent.
As such, I appeal to all you people out there much smarter than I. What else should I do? What else can I check? There must be something fundamentaly wrong with the config of my phone as I know there's a lot of folks out there on Skyrockets with CM10. I'd appreciate any and all help.
TIA,
Bob

Redownload the .zip and check md5

Been there -- Done that
UZ7 said:
Redownload the .zip and check md5
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Oh, yeah, been there -- done that, but thanks. I'm currently downloading the latest nightly. I'll MD5 it and try again just for giggles, but that hasn't helped in the past. I will update this with the results when done.
EDIT: Yup, downloaded latest nightly, GAPPS (10/11) and MD5'ed 'em all. No joy -- same boot loop. Any other suggestions? TIA...

When things start to crap out, I always think that starting over from the beginning is the best solution. Use Odin to go back to stock and get your phone working and then work your way back into JB.

Here be dragons...
artbybart said:
When things start to crap out, I always think that starting over from the beginning is the best solution. Use Odin to go back to stock and get your phone working and then work your way back into JB.
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Well, then we are definitely entering the NOOB zone. My sense is that "Here be dragons..."
While the procedure seems easy enough -- thanks to k0nane -- I have several questions.
Will I loose root? (I'm assuming that's a given...)
Do I need to be concerned about the /efs directory?
I'm using my Skyrocket on T-Mobile. Will I lose the unlock?
What else do I need to be aware above before jumping off this cliff?
TIA,
Bob

artbybart said:
When things start to crap out, I always think that starting over from the beginning is the best solution. Use Odin to go back to stock and get your phone working and then work your way back into JB.
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+1 ^^
Or try twrp, or try a cache wipe and/or reset after rom has installed
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My skyrocket was doing the exact same thing. After installing the CM9.1 rom, phone went into boot loop with the same symptoms. After about 10 tries to reboot, I had to flash back to the stock ICS. When that got up and runnung I installed CWM, rooted, then installed Dark_pa ROM. Everything has been running nice and smooth since.

Verify the MD5 hash of the ROM zip file on phone before installing, i had similar problems and it turned out that the file was not being copied to phone properly. Some strange issues and MD5 of the file is always different on the phone.
You can either download MD5 checker from Play store or if you have File Manager, it will show MD5 of the file in File Details.
OR
If you have an external SD card, you can try copying the ROM to SD card using SD CARD adapter.

Stock-town, here I come!
vincom said:
Or try twrp, or try a cache wipe and/or reset after rom has installed
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Yup, did all that -- no joy.
Jayster0966 said:
My skyrocket was doing the exact same thing. After installing the CM9.1 rom, phone went into boot loop with the same symptoms. After about 10 tries to reboot, I had to flash back to the stock ICS. When that got up and runnung I installed CWM, rooted, then installed Dark_pa ROM. Everything has been running nice and smooth since.
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Cool -- Nice to get some validation. I think I'll be going the "Return to Stock" route next.
sghi777 said:
Verify the MD5 hash of the ROM zip file on phone before installing, i had similar problems and it turned out that the file was not being copied to phone properly.
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Tru dat. I always MD5 the file when I put it in it's final resting place. To date, I've never had an MD5 check fail.
Thanks for all the good suggestions, folks. I think I'll take the Odin train back to Stock-town now and then try to get back to JB. I've got everything backed up and am ready to take the plunge! I'll get back to y'all with the results...
EDIT: Hallelujah! (* Cue Angellic Music *)
It worked! When back to stock and worked my way back to JB and it went like clockwork (mod) (pun intended).
Thanks for the advice from everyone. (I'll be smacking Thanks buttons).
Special thanks to vincom for all the great NOOB guides / howto's.

I´am like BobSilva but still in Boot Loop
Hi , I read the thread from the top , and I have a lot in common with BobSilva. I´am not so noob also , but I´am still with the Boot Loop in my Skyrocket .
The difference in that I already did the path back to the stock ROM UCFL6 AT&T Skyrocket and tried again about 3 or 5 times ... Wipping cahe , dalvik /resetig / formating system an etc ...
I have the CWM 6.0.1 / ROM Manager / and I was tried with CM 10 Stable and Nightly Dec 07 . I also left the phone in loop for 10 minutes or more , but still in Boot Loop.
Does anyone can give the steps to put this to work ?
Thanks in advance ....

nelsonmc said:
Hi , I read the thread from the top , and I have a lot in common with BobSilva. I´am not so noob also , but I´am still with the Boot Loop in my Skyrocket .
The difference in that I already did the path back to the stock ROM UCFL6 AT&T Skyrocket and tried again about 3 or 5 times ... Wipping cahe , dalvik /resetig / formating system an etc ...
I have the CWM 6.0.1 / ROM Manager / and I was tried with CM 10 Stable and Nightly Dec 07 . I also left the phone in loop for 10 minutes or more , but still in Boot Loop.
Does anyone can give the steps to put this to work ?
Thanks in advance ....
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Try return to stock first... See what happens.
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CM 10 Boot LOOP
droidbabyxda said:
Try return to stock first... See what happens.
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I´am I flshed the stock back and I am now at ICS 4.0.4 Baseband I727UCLI3 kernel 3.0.8 Build numeber UCLF6 Working fine
Seeem that the problem is CWM is not "wipping" something properly ...
Do you have any clue ?
Thanks

Try using twrp I've never had problems with it but have with cwm
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Thanks JD1639 .... CWM was the issue ... I used the TWRP and CM10 Nightly Dec 09 now is working good.
What I did :
1. Using ODIN I Flashed my stock ICS 4.0.4 UCLF06 ( Details in how to do at the thread NOOB Guide )
2. Using ODIN to install the TWRP ( There is a version of TWRP for that also at the Noob Guide )
3. Root with Superoneclick
4. Download the CM10 Nightly Dec 09 and Gapps and tranfer to Sdcard
5. Using TWRP
a. Backup the actual ROM
b. Factory Reset
c. wipe / data / cache / dalvik
d install CM 10
e install Gapps
f. Reeboot
6. Wait for almost 5 minutes the CM10 Logo and then everything was fine ....
Thanks ....

That sounds good but you didn't need to root it
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nelsonmc said:
Thanks JD1639 .... CWM was the issue ... I used the TWRP and CM10 Nightly Dec 09 now is working good.
What I did :
1. Using ODIN I Flashed my stock ICS 4.0.4 UCLF06 ( Details in how to do at the thread NOOB Guide )
2. Using ODIN to install the TWRP ( There is a version of TWRP for that also at the Noob Guide )
3. Root with Superoneclick
4. Download the CM10 Nightly Dec 09 and Gapps and tranfer to Sdcard
5. Using TWRP
a. Backup the actual ROM
b. Factory Reset
c. wipe / data / cache / dalvik
d install CM 10
e install Gapps
f. Reeboot
6. Wait for almost 5 minutes the CM10 Logo and then everything was fine ....
Thanks ....
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Root isn't required to flash roms, and I would personally stay away from super one click to root the phone, as our phones are super easy to root, just use the flashable su file from the root sticky, it takes 3sec's and its impossible to muck up or brick the phone
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Usually when I get this problem I force it to recovery and reboot from there or I just restore to my last back up
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SantiagoSolis said:
Usually when I get this problem I force it to recovery and reboot from there or I just restore to my last back up
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Wtf this threads been dead since December why necro
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mtdew said:
Wtf this threads been dead since December why necro
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Brain damage
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Go to Recovery then Factory Reset... I hope you have back up.
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[Q] Flashing a new ROM ?

I currently have CM9 installed on my SGS4G and it's been over a year since I had it and wanted to try something new. After browsing in the dev forum, I decided to try out the SlimBean 4.2.2.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2233640
I was wondering will my phone be able to handle it? Its still on ICS 4.0.4. The first instruction says to factory reset/wipe my phone but I don't really want to erase everything. Can I just download the SlimBean rom and flash it while on my CM9? Will it change my ROM to SlimBean or will something really bad happen.

crazykidguy said:
I currently have CM9 installed on my SGS4G and it's been over a year since I had it and wanted to try something new. After browsing in the dev forum, I decided to try out the SlimBean 4.2.2.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2233640
I was wondering will my phone be able to handle it? Its still on ICS 4.0.4. The first instruction says to factory reset/wipe my phone but I don't really want to erase everything. Can I just download the SlimBean rom and flash it while on my CM9? Will it change my ROM to SlimBean or will something really bad happen.
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That would be what's called a dirty
flash only used if you are upgradeing your current ROM..
You will have all kinds of problems dirty flashing jellybean from ICS..
Back up your app data with Titanuim Backup and try restoring app data 1 by 1..But don't dirty flash JB from ICS follow the OP's flashing
Instructions.
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hutson23 said:
That would be what's called a dirty
flash only used if you are upgradeing your current ROM..
You will have all kinds of problems dirty flashing jellybean from ICS..
Back up your app data with Titanuim Backup and try restoring app data 1 by 1..But don't dirty flash JB from ICS follow the OP's flashing
Instructions.
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If I do the factory reset like the instructions then I would have to re-root and reinstall ClockworkRecovery right?

crazykidguy said:
If I do the factory reset like the instructions then I would have to re-root and reinstall ClockworkRecovery right?
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No you would not..just follow the
Op's flashing instructions and you will be fine..
I always...
1.Backup data
2.Factory reset
3.wipe system
4.wipe dalvik
5.Flash new ROM
6.flash gapps if needed
7.reboot
I have never had a problem..
You will still be rooted and have
A custom recovery...
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