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[Q] Stock LF2, rooted, CWM Recov to Jellybean

I need advice on what you would do in my situation. I am on stock rom LF2, rooted, CWM recovery and bootloader unlocked and I want to upgrade to JB. What would you recommend be my upgrade path without wiping data? Just doing a dirty flash using CWM or upgrade via OTA and then rooting using the ODIN packages? As an added complication, I recently acquired the copy/paste bug. Thanks for your input.

Use the pre-rooted no-wipe version here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984436. Then you can just boot up the phone and flash CWM recovery using EZ-Recovery and unlock with EZ-Unlock version 1.2. There is another guide stickied at the top of the development section but I think it is a little more work to get the same result. Make sure to take a backup first of course. Then if you want the latest CWM recovery you can flash it with ROM Manager. I used this method to go from stock rooted and unlocked VRALG1 to the J1, K1 and then K3 leaks all without wiping data and everything has worked great. No media drain or anything else.

Thanks, I was confused about which method to use. I just finished flashing and everything seems to be working.

[Q] [XT1032] 4.4.4 brick question

Hello everyone I am using an XT1032 which is the Moto G that isn't the google play edition and I was wondering if it was safe to flash to the 4.4.4 custom ROM's such as AOSB?
I've read the guide on how to unbrick and currently I've being trying ROM's and then restoring my ClockWorkMod backup of stock, obviously this stock ROM is 4.4.2 so if I was to upgrade to a 4.4.4 ROM for the XT1032 could I go restore that stock ROM afterwards and get away without bricking? I know there is a fix but I would really like to avoid going through all of that...
Thank you in advance
- Cryptoncore (Aaron)

cryptoncore said:
Hello everyone I am using an XT1032 which is the Moto G that isn't the google play edition and I was wondering if it was safe to flash to the 4.4.4 custom ROM's such as AOSB?
I've read the guide on how to unbrick and currently I've being trying ROM's and then restoring my ClockWorkMod backup of stock, obviously this stock ROM is 4.4.2 so if I was to upgrade to a 4.4.4 ROM for the XT1032 could I go restore that stock ROM afterwards and get away without bricking? I know there is a fix but I would really like to avoid going through all of that...
Thank you in advance
- Cryptoncore (Aaron)
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You should be able to upgrade to 4.4.4 ROM and then restore to anything as long as your boot loader is unlocked.

yes, it is safe
unlock bootloader and convert to gpe 442, receive the ota, having no root and stock gpe 442 recovery just to be super sure
and done
but after having 444, you wont be able to have stock 442 , at least not in an easy way

maurocds said:
yes, it is safe
unlock bootloader and convert to gpe 442, receive the ota, having no root and stock gpe 442 recovery just to be super sure
and done
but after having 444, you wont be able to have stock 442 , at least not in an easy way
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I have try many way to do that but fail,stay on gpe 444

okay
Okay, I don't mean the official GPE ROM I mean what if I install lets say, Carbon 4.4.4, can I restore my stock backup after?

I installed the latest cm11 nightly (4.4.4) and I could restore my stock 4.4.2 backup with no problems.
The downgrade brick is caused by some partition table changes in the stock OTA I think. Custom roms don't change partition tables so it is fine.
I may be wrong about the cause though, feel free to correct me but I could restore without any problems.

[Q] Downgrade from Lollipop to Kitkat using nandroid backup

Hi,
Can I use a Kitkat Nandroid backup to downgrade my Nexus 5 from Lollipop factory image to Kitkat?
What problems can I expect? Is that the right procedure or do I need to go thro the long process of flashing the Kitkat factory image again?
Thanks in advance.

vijaysivakula said:
Hi,
Can I use a Kitkat Nandroid backup to downgrade my Nexus 5 from Lollipop factory image to Kitkat?
What problems can I expect? Is that the right procedure or do I need to go thro the long process of flashing the Kitkat factory image again?
Thanks in advance.
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That's what I did with preview builds and I didn't face any issue.

Hi,
i have downgraded my Nexus5 to KitKat using a nandroid backup this morning! everything is fine again (even with the new radio).

troedi said:
Hi,
i have downgraded my Nexus5 to KitKat using a nandroid backup this morning! everything is fine again (even with the new radio).
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FYI the radio isn't linked to the Android version you are using.

[Q] Revert to stock recovery XT1039?

Hi,
I decided a while back to give Cyanogen mod a try on my Moto G 4G (XT1039). After finally reverting back to the stock firmware (4.4.4) from a backup I am left with a rooted phone and a custom recovery (TWRP).
Lollipop will be rolling out shortly and I would like to emjoy the update. As I understand I will not be able to update OTA due to TWRP.
What you be the best way to update to the stock Lollipop once it is released?
Is it best to return to the stock recovery? And especially how?
Or would it be best to wait for a flashable stock Lollipop zip to be posted and flah it through TWRP?
Thank you for your advice.

Back to the STOCK
If you want move back to the STOCK ROM - firstly download it here.
Secondly follow this instructions here.
I've rooted my XT1039 once and then I moved back to the STOCK and the OTA 4.4.4 for repair 10 class microSD came. I don't have TWRP so that isn't exactly the same situation. I just have unlocked bootloader.
PS: I'm chacking System updates five times every day

cm12 to stock.

Hi guys,
I've tried asking this question in various threads but haven't got a reply hence this thread
How do i revert back from cm12 to stock 5.0.2.

You could download the original stock ROM and manually flash each file in fastboot. What bootloader version is on your phone?
I had stock 4.4.2 GPE on a converted xt1032 with a 41.18 bootloader and just flashed back to stock Telus 4.4.4 by flashing everything except motoboot.img.