I have used towelroot and i changed the look of my software buttons using Softkeyz amd forgot to backup my rom. Will i be able to recive ota updates or will i have to flash my rom with stock first, which i really do not want to do. Just a small question i have been wondering a lot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/info-nexus-5-ota-help-desk-t2523217
Thanks! I suppose i will not be able to get ota without flashing to stock
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nikssims said:
Thanks! I suppose i will not be able to get ota without flashing to stock
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You don't even need to OTA. Beside OTA is the least reliable method of updating. Just wait till the L images are posted or until L custom ROMs come out
So if i wait until L comes out, can i directly flash it instead, using the same flashing instructions from google? From old times of roms as far as i remeber, each rom had its versions of regions, so i had to flash specific region based rom on my phone. Havent done any thing like this for years so sorry for silly question.
nikssims said:
So if i wait until L comes out, can i directly flash it instead, using the same flashing instructions from google? From old times of roms as far as i remeber, each rom had its versions of regions, so i had to flash specific region based rom on my phone. Havent done any thing like this for years so sorry for silly question.
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Nothing to worry about with Google devices. Just go to Google's site and grab the L stock ROM for your device (D820 or D821) and fastboot it. Done. Or wait for a flashable zip
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Sorry, I'm new to this so sorry if this seems dumb.
So i bought the phone from rogers and immediately updated to froyo 2.2 official release by rogers/samsung.
I read about all the hype online about rooting and custom roms so i decided to give it a shot.
I used the superoneclick method to root my phone and it was successful.
I then used "rom manager - clockworkmod" and created a restore file before i did any flashing to my phone.
after creating a backup, i went on and flashed to the cognition 3.04.
Now my question is. Am i ever able to get my phone back to its original rom, kernel, and modem? the reason i want to know is because i might need to get my phone replaced due to some technical issues with the phone.
Also, does the backup of my phone after rooting play a part in any of this? if so, how?
Im sorry if there is already a post like this one. Its just that i couldn't find the answer through all the hundreds of pages of threads and replies, so I thought it would be easier to post a here with my specific question. Thanks.
regards,
danny
dsu said:
Sorry, I'm new to this so sorry if this seems dumb.
So i bought the phone from rogers and immediately updated to froyo 2.2 official release by rogers/samsung.
I read about all the hype online about rooting and custom roms so i decided to give it a shot.
I used the superoneclick method to root my phone and it was successful.
I then used "rom manager - clockworkmod" and created a restore file before i did any flashing to my phone.
after creating a backup, i went on and flashed to the cognition 3.04.
Now my question is. Am i ever able to get my phone back to its original rom, kernel, and modem? the reason i want to know is because i might need to get my phone replaced due to some technical issues with the phone.
Also, does the backup of my phone after rooting play a part in any of this? if so, how?
Im sorry if there is already a post like this one. Its just that i couldn't find the answer through all the hundreds of pages of threads and replies, so I thought it would be easier to post a here with my specific question. Thanks.
regards,
danny
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Follow this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
It guides you through the process of going back to a stock ROM. Btw, I've used it and it works.
Good Luck!!
Christo_69 said:
Follow this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
It guides you through the process of going back to a stock ROM. Btw, I've used it and it works.
Good Luck!!
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Dont use that link because it is for att firmaware. I havent seen any prepackaged odin one click for rogers.
This is my captivate. There are many like it buy this one is mine.
Christo_69 said:
Follow this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
It guides you through the process of going back to a stock ROM. Btw, I've used it and it works.
Good Luck!!
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Thanks for that. Do you think Odin is the only way to do it or do you think i can use clockworkmod
flashman2002 said:
Dont use that link because it is for att firmaware. I havent seen any prepackaged odin one click for rogers.
This is my captivate. There are many like it buy this one is mine.
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Do I not use that link in general, or just not to use the firmware given at the bottom? the steps are correct though, no?
also from my searching.
i can put my phone back to my backup point (just after rooting) through clockworkmod. Woud this change my rom back to stock from? how about kernel and modem and all that? would that all get reversed back to my backup point? meaning it will basically be a stock phone. But I think also read somewhere that my kernel and modem does not get changed back to rogers original one. is there a way to do it?
I then found this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846501
that says i need the original rogers rom for the captivate by the links there no longer work for download. Also on that thread, it was mentioned that the AT&T logo will still come up on startup, which would not be a good idea if i had to send my phone in for warrenty.
I then looked at : http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/SGH-I896
Here it tells me to flash to a i9000 before i reflash to a rogers firmware in order to remove the at&t logo. it also provides me with a link for the " Official Rogers Stock ROM ", but according to somebody on the first link i posted here, it isnt the "official rom"
Any ideas?
This is where I got the stock 2.2 file from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905042.
Edit: I have flashed a bunch of times and have never got stuck with the AT&T startup after flashing back to stock with the odin file.
Akalon said:
This is where I got the stock 2.2 file from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905042.
Edit: I have flashed a bunch of times and have never got stuck with the AT&T startup after flashing back to stock with the odin file.
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Thanks. Do you know if my kernel is going to go back to stock too or is it going to remain the same as the custom rom one?
dsu said:
Thanks. Do you know if my kernel is going to go back to stock too or is it going to remain the same as the custom rom one?
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If you use the odin file the kernal and modem will revert back to stock.
Akalon said:
If you use the odin file the kernal and modem will revert back to stock.
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Thanks. So im assuming now that the only time my kernel and modem wont go back to stock is when i flash with CWM. correct?
I haven't tried using the CWM file in that link so I'm not sure if it contains the kernel and modem. As far as custom roms go most if not all come packaged with the kernel and modem of choice.
So.. When I do a "master clear" from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989...
Would everything be wiped? I read somewhere that when you do a "wipe" from your settings it only clears user settings or something. What would a "wipe"
from the recovery menu do?
I flashed to a different rom today thinking it will help my battery issue. When i am flashing from one rom to the next, i do a restore back to my backup before i flash to a new rom. Is this the correct method? or am i supposed to wipe beforehand? The reason i ask is because this is my 2nd rom and my battery issue still seems to be there. I tried other methods of fixing hte battery but nothign seems to work. When i looked into root explorer, i see that there are a lot more files now everywhere, than when i first started. would some of them be from my previous rom? if so how do i remove them?
I just downloaded a rom for my phone, Galaxy Y. The rom already had OTA (I believe it means Over the Air Updates), from 1-7. When flashing them, should I flash them one by one then restart my phone or can I flash one then flash another before I restart?
By the time this has been answered, I probably already have flashed them one by one (then restart). But thanks anyway for any answers since I think I'll be checking a lot of roms.
You can flash both but understand that one will write over the other so make sure to back it up and flash either the suggested ota rom or the one you found. If something goes wrong? The backup will put you back as you were before the rom flash.
Why not see for the answer in the rom thread?
I guess it has been answered several times in that thread if you are talking about evo x3.
Learn to search
Triple's said:
You can flash both but understand that one will write over the other so make sure to back it up and flash either the suggested ota rom or the one you found. If something goes wrong? The backup will put you back as you were before the rom flash.
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Got that. Tried yesterday and only one update worked so yeah, copy that.
[Bruce Wayne] said:
Why not see for the answer in the rom thread?
I guess it has been answered several times in that thread if you are talking about evo x3.
Learn to search
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Nah. New accounts have to have at least 10 posts somewhere before they can post in any Developmental sections.
I'm sorry for posting the same question in two different places (at the OnePlus forum and here).
It's not that I am impatient, but it's just so hard to get any straight answers over there.
Maybe someone here can help with this...
Well my device arrived yesterday and so far it is working very well.
I did the first OTA before doing anything else to the device and it went without any problem.
The only thing that really bothers me is that a couple of people wrote that they bricked their device after the OTA, when the device was unlocked and had a custom recovery installed (and was rooted, eventhough I don't think that could cause any problems).
So the question is, and I think it is a really important one...
Do CM11s OTA updates work with a custom recovery installed (twrp in my case)?
Should people flash the original, stock recovery via fastboot if they want to use the CM11s OTA update service?
And if that is the case...It is recommended, for people who do not want the stock recovery, to just go ahead and flash the the CM11 nightly (regular CM), to not receive any OTA updates?
I would really appreciate an answer to these questions.
Thanks in advance.
Ps. The problem was already mentioned at the cyanogen forum (and a couple of other places), but didn't get an answer.
http://forum.cyanogenmod.org/topic/97186-hard-bricked-oneplus-one/
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[armitage] said:
I'm sorry for posting the same question in two different places (at the OnePlus forum and here).
It's not that I am impatient, but it's just so hard to get any straight answers over there.
Maybe someone here can help with this...
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As far as I know, you won't be able to get OTA's with a custom recovery.
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I did ota with custom recovery.Just uncheck update cm recovery in developer options
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i try to update to the latest firmware but i got an error i try'd to flash it manual bit it also didn't work out for me can anyone help me to fix this problem cause if i cannot update i can never update to another update anymore
That's so ridiculously vague, you haven't provided any pertinent information.
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vikash0513 said:
i try to update to the latest firmware but i got an error i try'd to flash it manual bit it also didn't work out for me can anyone help me to fix this problem cause if i cannot update i can never update to another update anymore
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Albeit you haven't been very specific I believe I know what you are trying to so. So I assume you're rooted. If you aren't I suggest you do so. There are several guides in the general section and also two toolkits in the regular development section. So get that done and install a custom recovery (I recommend twrp). Then once you have done so DO A NANDROID BACKUP.
Then flash this stock rooted ROM and optionally the radio.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=54981116
Then you'll be all set
I'm just curious and haven't browsed XDA for a while. My curiosity got me to the point of posting in G+ and Twitter about CM installer reverting Oxygen OS to CM11. So many people installed Oxygen OS and because of missing features, they want to revert back to CM. I manually flash and root my devices. I know about CM installer which installs a stable version on a device without you doing anything but I've never used it. My question is, can a CM installer be used to revert back to CM11 without any issues. I don't have a problem flashing Oxygen or reverting or even bricking my device, it's just that I'm curious. If somebody could answer this, it will help a lot of newbies and others who are afraid of bricking their device or doesn't feel safe to go with the hand on method of flashing, fastboot techniques etc... and clear my curiosity too.
You can't just use CM Installer. We're already discussing this here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/oxygen-os-released-download-t3072259
See the OP for instructions.
CafeKampuchia said:
You can't just use CM Installer. We're already discussing this here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/oxygen-os-released-download-t3072259
See the OP for instructions.
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I know how to flash and root.. I'm curious about this one and this hasn't been answered yet..
caspertechno said:
I know how to flash and root.. I'm curious about this one and this hasn't been answered yet..
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If you read up on how to downgrade from OxygenOS or even CM12, you'll find out why you can't just reflash CM11 with CM Installer. Both O2OS and CM12 flash a new modem that won't work with CM11. The modem has to be reverted manually.
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If you read up on how to downgrade from OxygenOS or even CM12, you'll find out why you can't just reflash CM11 with CM Installer. Both O2OS and CM12 flash a new modem that won't work with CM11. The modem has to be reverted manually.
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ok.. now, just assume that can be done by a newbie.... can someone downgrade with or without the modems? or might get stuck in a boot loop ?
caspertechno said:
ok.. now, just assume that can be done by a newbie.... can someone downgrade with or without the modems? or might get stuck in a boot loop ?
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Anything can be done by a newbie willing to read, and that's how one goes from being a newb to becoming proficient. That's why I don't like tools and video tutorials--more often than not, they leave people ignorant.
Yes, it will bootloop because the Lollipop modem doesn't play nice with CM11/11s.
CafeKampuchia said:
Anything can be done by a newbie willing to read, and that's how one goes from being a newb to becoming proficient. That's why I don't like tools and video tutorials--more often than not, they leave people ignorant.
Yes, it will bootloop because the Lollipop modem doesn't play nice with CM11/11s.
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I agree... I don't like tools either.. But I have seen people asking on FB if the service center can do an upgrade for them... this installer if it properly works could help those guys... does the installer wipes everything and installs them from scratch, the modems too, I meant. I haven't used it, that's why...
I'm not getting proper answers here or anywhere.. sorry guys... It's already understood that Oxygen and CM12 flashes a new modem, but when the installer flashes a stable version, will it remove or wipe everything and start from scratch? Oxygen OS may be a different thing, if and when CM12 arrives, which is going to be a stable one, can the installer be used to switch...?