Hello guys,
after flashing and using several custom Roms and Kernels, I wanted to restore the phone to its original state. The problem is, that Samsung Smart switch recognizes my Galaxy S6 as a Galaxy S6 edge.
I already downloaded and successfully flashed the stock ROM (G920FXXU2COH2_G920FDBT2COH2_G920FXXU2COH2_HOME) which worked but Smart Switch still recognizes it as an Edge.
Thanks for your help in advance and greetings from Germany.
dePadre
did you restore using odin?
did you wipe everything prior to restoring?
When I restore with odin, it typically does not wipe my phone so I usually wipe system, data, cache and dalvik in twrp prior to restoring with odin.
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Hey guys, I'm thinking about flashing cm10, now that basically everything is working, but I was wondering , if I make a backup of my current stock rooted Rom, then flash cm10, and decide to come back, can I just go into recovery and wipe everything and then click restore and be fine? I ask because I'm not sure if I can do just that considering the whole software version change. Thanks in advance guys!
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This should be fine. Just make sure that you installed the latest K-Exec recovery via the dd method. There have been some problems with EX Recovery app. Also some older recoveries had problems with making and restoring back-ups.
Yes
Stay on your stock rooted rom, boot to recovery, and create a nandroid (backup). After you create a nandroid, go ahead and wipe all data/cache/davlik and proceed with the installation of the new rom/gapps
If you dont like the new rom, go back into recovery, wipe everything again then go to restore and restore from the nandroid you mad
Okay thanks guys !
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So, I didn't know that Chainfire3D was incompatible with my device until right after the fact that my device was stuck on the "Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1" boot logo a few times. I tried resetting the device, but it didn't work..
Details:
Occurred right after I installed "Chainfire3D" on my device.
Backed up AFTER installed "ChainFire3D". However, I don't know where these backups are stored.
Wiped everything (cache, dalvik cache, data). I don't know whether it wiped my backup as well, which I'm hoping it didn't.
Current ROM: Redemption Rom
Model is N8010 (Canadian Version), upgraded to Android 4.1.2
Reverted back to stock recovery with ODIN
What I'm really hoping in all of this chaos that my CWM backup is somewhere on the device untouched.
I also had a TB Backup file, but that is months old. (I think that Samsung backs up SNote files as well, since my notes suddenly have a cloud icon on the top-left hand corner.)
Can anyone help me? Specific instructions are greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
If you can get into ODIN mode, you shouldn't be bricked, did you try reflashing after a reset and wipe? I had to reflash stock when I got stuck on the logo. 8013 here tho
jaydubbbbs said:
If you can get into ODIN mode, you shouldn't be bricked, did you try reflashing after a reset and wipe? I had to reflash stock when I got stuck on the logo. 8013 here tho
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Will reflashing the stock remove my CWM backup? Do you know where I can find the stock firmware?
It will go back to stock recovery. I haven't seen a Canadian ROM, check sammobile, or the thread in general where samir has compiled stock firmware ( didn't see it there yet tho) . This technique may work tho
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2088809
Due to problems with Google Services on my rooted Galaxy S5 (SM-G900F) I opted for a reset from TWRP and it returned to a condition where after some initial screens it was just stuck at "Checking for Updates" so I went back into TWRP and told it to wipe the other partitions. Whoops - now I have no OS (I was sort of assuming that the factory reset OS was somewhere else)
Which is the stock ROM for my Region - UK, unbranded - where do I get it from and how do I load it using Odin and/or TWRP?
TIA
Hello,
Did you make a nandroid backup of your stock ROM or a nandroid backup of a custom ROM if you installed one? If you have a nandroid backup of either of those then you can restore them in TWRP by choosing the restore option and then your nandroid then swipe the slider at the bottom of the screen. If you installed a custom ROM at any time before this and you still have the ROM file then you can reflash the ROM and Gapps.
If you don't have a custom ROM stored anywhere but can still get to recovery, then you can download any of the custom ROMs compatible with your device and a Gapps package that matches it and put them on your extsdcard then boot to recovery and flash the ROM and gapps, do the normal wipes in recovery after flashing, the normal wipes(wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache and wipe dalvik cache), DO NOT CHOOSE THE ADVANCED OPTIONS THAT LET YOU WIPE PARTITIONS.
Check this thread to see if it is your stock firmware, it SHOULD be but double check first, it also has instructions for rooting again and installing recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/development/stock-rom-root-recovery-sm-g900f-t2967725
If that doesn't work then go to Sammobile.com and search for your stock firmware by using your device model number.
The firmwares can sometimes be found at samsung-updates.com also.
Find the right firmware for your exact model number and flash through Odin.
For further assistance, post your question in the forum linked below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/help
Good luck.
Droidriven said:
Did you make a nandroid backup of your stock ROM or a nandroid backup of a custom ROM if you installed one?
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Sadly not - wasn't expecting to need it, thought it would revert to factory default - I have Titanium backup of apps and data.
I am hopefully a few minutes away from downloading the stock ROM and hopefully can reflash that using ODIN.
KD
colehill said:
Sadly not - wasn't expecting to need it, thought it would revert to factory default - I have Titanium backup of apps and data.
I am hopefully a few minutes away from downloading the stock ROM and hopefully can reflash that using ODIN.
KD
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Making nandroid backups in recovery is the most important and valuable function of custom recovery, flashing ROMs is its' secondary purpose Android is not like PC with a recovery partition that restores a factory IMG, on PC that factory IMG is stored in a recovery partition. The factory reset feature in stock android does not restore an IMG, it deletes all data from the user partition and leaves everything in system partition the way it is, if you delete a system app and then do a factory reset then you will still not have the system app that you deleted. Anything you modify in system remains the way you modified it if you use the factory reset option. You should only use the factory reset in recovery, not the factory reset in system settings when you have a rooted device with custom recovery.
I'm sure that when you found the recovery, the directions had to have mentioned making a nandroid backup of your stock ROM before flashing anything, your present situation is why you do that, so that if anything goes wrong then you can easily restore to the one ROM that you know for sure works with no issues.
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Droidriven said:
I'm sure that when you found the recovery, the directions had to have mentioned making a nandroid backup of your stock ROM before flashing anything, your present situation is why you do that, so that if anything goes wrong then you can easily restore to the one ROM that you know for sure works with no issues.
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I installed the TWERP recovery as part of the rooting operation and I didn't pay any attention to the backup option - I thought that's what Titanium did.
I am learning and will make sure that I take a Nandroid backup once I have it back up and running. Life would be so much simpler if only Samsunng didn't stuff their 'phones with bloatware that can't be deleted in stock mode.
KD
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I installed the TWERP recovery as part of the rooting operation and I didn't pay any attention to the backup option - I thought that's what Titanium did.
I am learning and will make sure that I take a Nandroid backup once I have it back up and running. Life would be so much simpler if only Samsunng didn't stuff their 'phones with bloatware that can't be deleted in stock mode.
KD
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Titanium backup can only backup data that you installed or downloaded, it does not backup anything that comes on the phone itself, that is what custom recovery is for.
When following guides to mod your device, read and understand ALL instructions before you even make the first move to touch your device. Get used to being thorough about reading and understanding first or you'll end up in a mess, possibly even hard brick your device, all it takes is one wrong move. Not all mistakes are fixable with android devices.
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Please i will like to know how i can do a Clean Wiped and install a fresh STOCK ROM on my Samsung galaxy s5, should i make use of the Nand Erase All option in Odin or not, thanks.
You could flash a custom recovery on your device, such as TWRP, and from there go to the wipe button, swipe the bar at the bottom and then install the fresh stock rom
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Please i will like to know how i can do a Clean Wiped and install a fresh STOCK ROM on my Samsung galaxy s5, should i make use of the Nand Erase All option in Odin or not, thanks.
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Go to Sammobile .com or samsung-updates .com and use your model number to find your stock firmware for your region/country then flash it with the newest version of Odin with default settings, just place the firmware file in AP slot, leave the options alone and click start, wait for it to flash and reboot.
If it bootloops, pull the battery and put it back in then boot to stock recovery and factory reset/wipe data and wipe cache and reboot, you should be fully clean on a fresh stock ROM.
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I did everything,but still boot looping
what do I do
<I am using a Samsung galaxy j5 SM-G900K>
please help me out
Hello guys,
I had rooted my phone (Samsung note 3 SM-N9005) rooted, but afterall decided to go back to stock. The main problem is after flashing it becomes pretty annoying. It works like ice untill I add some apps like facebook, messenger and other. It was pretty great and not laggy before rooting, so it is strange that after flashing stock rom it becomes sluggish.
Could it be that I do something wrong to flash it?
What did I do?
I boot into TWRP recovery and wipe Data, Dalvic cache, system and cache.
Using Odin I flash the stock firmware (1 File) downloaded from samsung -updates page. In the meniu of Odin I choose only F.RESET and REBOOT.
After that I boot the stock and wipe data and factory reset once more.
I read others do have issues when writing stock ROM on top of old one. But I do wipe everything. System files take up to 5.73Gb when fresh installed.
What could be wrong? Anyone had same issues? Help needed. Thank you.
I don't think you did anything wrong. My first rom was the official 6.0 rom. When I put it in, two buttons stopped working... and so I had to jump to Lineage OS to get back an "undamaged" phone. I don't think there is any going back.