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[Resolved] [Q] I've made a mess of my Nexus S...

Hey guys,
This is my very first post, just to let you all know, so please have some patience! Thanks!
Anyway, so I have a Nexus S 3G (Canada) and I have rooted it, unrooted it, installed roms and everything. I works...for the most part. It's giving me all sorts of different little errors and what not. So I was wondering, how can I COMPLETLY start ALL OVER, as in, factory new, like when you buy a new phone (without the carrier stuff). I wanted to start fresh, fresh out-of-the-oven kind of start, do you understand what I mean? FACTORY FRESH. Thank you all so much in advance!

well download your phone's stock rom and of course unroot it.Regarding the stock bloatware you can modify the custom rom by going in system/app and deleting the apps you dont want to be installed

[email protected] said:
well download your phone's stock rom and of course unroot it.Regarding the stock bloatware you can modify the custom rom by going in system/app and deleting the apps you dont want to be installed
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Thanks for the reply, I've already done that, and I'm still getting errors and other weird things, like not going out of airplane mode, failing to download the OTA 2.3.6 Update (I'm on stock 2.3.1 unrooted, I think), and I don't know if this is normal, but ClockworkMod Recovery is still there. Am I still rooted or something? Plus, when I try to flash a restore, from let's say Gingerbread 2.3.6 Stock, it says MD5 mismatch! How about if it's an ICS AOSP Build, it gives me the normal white Google logo like normal, but then just stays stuck there.
Is the anyway to erase EVERYTHING and start over like NOTHING was ever done to the device? Like when they are first distributing the the device and no one has ever touched it? Is there anyway to do just that?

There is a difference between being "rooted" and using a rooted ROM. You could be using a non-rooted ROM, and your phone can still be "rooted". The first step in rooting a phone is changing SECURITY-ON to SECURITY-OFF. If you REALLY want to go back to when you first got the device, you will need to find a way to turn SECURITY from OFF to ON. When it is off, you are able to access the bootloader, in turn allowing you to install a recovery to install a ROM with rooted permissions. I think the best way to go back to stock would be for you to first download the latest OTA update for your device, do a FULL WIPE of everything on your phone thru recovery (data, system, cache, dalvik cache). Then installing the latest OTA. I do not think however, that this is how you turn your device S-ON.
I hope I've been of some help.
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lodxcol said:
There is a difference between being "rooted" and using a rooted ROM. You could be using a non-rooted ROM, and your phone can still be "rooted". The first step in rooting a phone is changing SECURITY-ON to SECURITY-OFF. If you REALLY want to go back to when you first got the device, you will need to find a way to turn SECURITY from OFF to ON. When it is off, you are able to access the bootloader, in turn allowing you to install a recovery to install a ROM with rooted permissions. I think the best way to go back to stock would be for you to first download the latest OTA update for your device, do a FULL WIPE of everything on your phone thru recovery (data, system, cache, dalvik cache). Then installing the latest OTA. I do not think however, that this is how you turn your device S-ON.
I hope I've been of some help.
Sent from my Incredible 2 using xda premium
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Thanks for your excellent reply, but I have also already done that, EXACTLY that, multiple times too. Dalvik, battery stats, factory reset/delete all user data, wipe cache partition and fix permissions. What else is there left to do?

Thank you all so very much!!!!
I have fixed my Nexus S!!!

HeroKhar said:
I have fixed my Nexus S!!!
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how did you fix it?

lodxcol said:
how did you fix it?
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I reinstalled the newest update with the vanilla recovery
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[Q] Bricked tab 2 10.1!

So. I have finished installing live dmesg lite and then I rebooted. My screen started flashing. I went into recovery mode and did a factory reset. Altough, it still flashed, plus. its stuck on the install screen and its ins panish and i cant do anything.

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Reinstall rom
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Didn't work
I tried to reinstall android, I did everything frm recovery mode. IT DOESN'T JUST WORK.

onlyherebecausebrickedtab said:
I tried to reinstall android, I did everything frm recovery mode. IT DOESN'T JUST WORK.
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Restore to stock and redo it

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I restored to stock BEFORE i installed a new android. Gosh, why doesn't anyone understand anything

onlyherebecausebrickedtab said:
I restored to stock BEFORE i installed a new android. Gosh, why doesn't anyone understand anything
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give me every step you did and i will help the op does not give ANY kind of helpful info for you !!

[Q] help needed to unroot GT-N8013EAYXAR

I rooted my Galaxy Note 10.1 about a year ago. I want to bring it back to original unrooted factory settings. I assume that I need to remove the following apps:
SuperSu
SuperUser
Titanium Backup
Triangle Away
I ran the triangle away program and now when I hold down the power and volume down buttons until I get to an Odin screen, it appears that I have no counter problems, it all shows "official", which I guess is good.
I am not sure what steps I need to take next. Should I be uninstalling the above software in any particular order? After that, how do I go about getting the original stock software reloaded again? There is nothing critical on the device that I am worried about from a backup point of view and I know that I can have all of my apps recovered from Google Play.
Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Run TA flash stock rom via Odin and factory reset is the basics .
Check custom in download mode and in settings about device Status .

What do you mean by "TA", Titanium Backup? In any event, It appears that I was successful in removing SuperSu and all of the other root related apps and I was able to get back to the stock rom. I would, however, like to understand your approach for future reference in case I decide to root again and then need another return path back to stock.
Thanks

bookbean said:
I rooted my Galaxy Note 10.1 about a year ago. I want to bring it back to original unrooted factory settings. I assume that I need to remove the following apps:
SuperSu
SuperUser
Titanium Backup
Triangle Away
I ran the triangle away program and now when I hold down the power and volume down buttons until I get to an Odin screen, it appears that I have no counter problems, it all shows "official", which I guess is good.
I am not sure what steps I need to take next. Should I be uninstalling the above software in any particular order? After that, how do I go about getting the original stock software reloaded again? There is nothing critical on the device that I am worried about from a backup point of view and I know that I can have all of my apps recovered from Google Play.
Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
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kkretch said:
Here is the latest factory firmware for GT-N8013 (WiFi - USA) N8013UEUCMI3_N8013XARCMI3_XAR.zip if you need it.
It maybe better to get a 10 GB free storage account on pCloud before downloading as you could then just do a transfer (much faster) and have the file on your own account.
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My tablet is rooted and currently running JZO54K N8013UEUCMA3. Can anyone tell me if I can use this firmware to flash my tablet back to stock?

Zeab said:
My tablet is rooted and currently running JZO54K N8013UEUCMA3. Can anyone tell me if I can use this firmware to flash my tablet back to stock?
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It looks like Sam Mobile has the firmware data base working again so go to this link http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/2/and use the firmware checker to download your file.
I believe my file is correct but as sammobile site is back up I'm deleting my link.

problem with up rom
Hiu guys,
Please help me
last time i used N8013 with revolution hd 10.1, till now i tried up new rom on xda but it's not working, its was hand up at samsung logo, and then i tried re setup CMR Download HighOnAndroid v1 ClockworkMod Recovery 6.0.1.1 and then re up rom revolution again, but it till stop at samsung logo, then i find one rom stock on samfirmware KIES_HOME_N8013UEALI3_N8013XARALI3_1081475_REV00_u ser_low_ship.tar but its has a problem ( factory mode has unabale working) and auto turn off wifi, so i dont know how to turn back my best tab before.
Please help me.
Thanks all.

Safe Way to Downgrade from LL to KK SM-N900

:good: you may know that when u flashed a new firmware mean you'll flash a new bootloader with protect boot you'll MOD EDIT when you flash something wrong with that bootloader you're phone will completely dead my experience of my two device xperia Z1 and Samsung Grand 2 :cyclops: there only one way to unbrick it is to go to phone repair service change motherboard (because we cannot write any programme on it anymore)
Now if you flash LL you want to Downgrade KK
DO NOT CHECK AUTO REBOOT IN ODIN PROCESS !!
Download this clear warranty bootloader :
http://www.mediafire.com/download/d0fw56n3ucj66oh/BL_HA3GZS_CLEAR_WARRANTY_BIT-4.tar
if you flash it success but not see any change of bootloader logs you have to flash it again it'll work
LL bootloader be like :
PRODUCT NAME : SM-N900
CURRENT BINRAY : CUSTOM
SYSTEM STATUS : Custom
REACTIVATION LOCK(KK) : OFF
Secure Download : Enable
KNOX WARRANTY VOID : x
AP SWREV :A4
IF YOU SEE CHANGE OF BOOTLOADER LOGS YOU CAN FLASH KK Firmware without any risk and you're device will reset knox to 0 auto unless you're root or install custom recovery :laugh:

Wow...BRILLIANT GUIDE...that means my note 3 is long ago dead and what I am typing on is a BLOODY GHOST or ZOMBY?
Bcoz I don't know how many times have I reverted to kit kat after flashing lollipop...only first time I had to flash lollipop bootloader and it's still there..it allows me to switch back and forth both android versions...Can't say about knox warranty Bcoz I never cared...but it's nothing that terrifying as ur guide says Bro.
Sent from my beloved Galaxy Note 3

one week ago i flashed the LL for my N900 and i revert back to KK with latest firmware but nothing happen .. all went well .. and the successful almost every time when i tried ..

unisol107 said:
Wow...BRILLIANT GUIDE...that means my note 3 is long ago dead and what I am typing on is a BLOODY GHOST or ZOMBY?
Bcoz I don't know how many times have I reverted to kit kat after flashing lollipop...only first time I had to flash lollipop bootloader and it's still there..it allows me to switch back and forth both android versions...Can't say about knox warranty Bcoz I never cared...but it's nothing that terrifying as ur guide says Bro.
Sent from my beloved Galaxy Note 3
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@UniSol
Would you please share the steps to revert back to Kk ? Can I just restore KK back up to revert to KK form android L safely ?

Micheal86 said:
@UniSol
Would you please share the steps to revert back to Kk ? Can I just restore KK back up to revert to KK form android L safely ?
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Yeah buddy...just restore from recovery your kitkat backup and you are good to go. Unless u flash kitkat bootloader again...you can safely switch between lollipop and kitkat...i had NL4 bootloader installed which allows switching...dont know about NL8 bootloader.

Note 3 sm-n9005
Hi. I installed the leak android 5.0 onto my note 3. I let it on about 85% charge and when i woke up only 60% chargin was left. Now this is not usual as on my kitkat it only use to drain about 3 to 4% in whole night.
I tried to revert back to 4.4.2 but offcourse it gets stuck on the samsung screen and then restarts over and over. Just wanted to know if there is a safe way to get back to 4.4.2 on the sm-n9005 without tripping the knox?
Btw i am now back to android 5.0 so currently running fine.
Just curious to know the way to get back to 4.4.2.
any advise would be greatly appreciated.

aqi1992, you'll need to do a factory reset and a partition wipe from the recovery menu (power off, hold volume UP+home+power buttons to enter). After that it'll boot fine but you'll have to reinstall everything.

Hi. So basically i will need to do the above before flashing the stock 4.4.2?
That means once i have wipes the cache and factory data reset it then after i dont let it restart and straight away flash it with 4.4 2 stock?
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aqi1992 said:
Hi. So basically i will need to do the above before flashing the stock 4.4.2?
That means once i have wipes the cache and factory data reset it then after i dont let it restart and straight away flash it with 4.4 2 stock?
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No, I was stuck where you are now. I had flashed 4.4.2 successfuly but it wouldn't boot. So I did what I mentioned in my previous post (AFTER flashing) rebooted, and everthing was fine.

Ok. I get it. I did try factory data reset but didnt do partition wipe. I will try that and feed back on it.
One last question, will i be able to get ota if i put stock 4.4.2 when android l comes out?
My knox is not tripped yet.
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I expect you will be, but I wouldn't know for a fact.

Well thank you. I will give android 5 a couple of more days and if it still drains battery then i might revert back.
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Right on.

no one
no one will downgrade to that fail kit kat

Fail kitkat?! Now that's subjective.
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q8peace said:
no one will downgrade to that fail kit kat
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rofl
As per my experience (read about it here), at least I'm downgrading.

I have to say that i have tried android 5 on my oneplus. I have had note 4 which i recently sold and currently using the note 3 with android 5.
The thing is i wont call kitkat a joke or neither i think the colors here are bad looking. I think the samsung implementation is much better than plain android. But again hey thats just me.
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Tried to wipe cache partition and factory data reset but no luck!
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aqi1992, you'll need to do a factory reset and a partition wipe from the recovery menu (power off, hold volume UP+home+power buttons to enter). After that it'll boot fine but you'll have to reinstall everything.
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Hey i have just tried above and it doesn't work.
The phone goes to either samsung logo or sometimes even before that it's just in bootloop. It went to the upgrading android only once when it was stuck on 72 out of something and i had to restart it but after that it never worked.
Also when i flashed android 5 i also flashed the .pit file that came with that. and also the bootloader file so it might be the bootloader file that is initiating this problem.

first attempt at this seemed to be going ok. after flashing with odin i tried to restart manually (think i pulled battery cause i couldnt reboot via PB).
immediatley went to recovery mode to flash new rom. didnt wipe nothing but flashed ketan k12 rom, and got stuck at samsung logo. went to reboot and got weird red screen (of death) i thought but continued on into download mode, where i saw the change you mention. Anyways cause of the many reboots i did to see if the dam thing was stuck i reverted trying to flash kit kat via odin (didnt work). went back to download mode after more failed attempts to boot correctly, i decided to flash lollipop back onto my phone via odin. still didnt reset factory in recovery, and now im back to square one lol.
so my guess is that i messed up cause i didnt factory reset for a new rom, but answer me this please... is it normal to have that red screen cause i didnt restart download mode correctly. you did mention not to have it check, so how am do i restart correctly? thankyou in adavnced (unless i figure it out before your reply LOL).

unisol107 said:
Yeah buddy...just restore from recovery your kitkat backup and you are good to go. Unless u flash kitkat bootloader again...you can safely switch between lollipop and kitkat...i had NL4 bootloader installed which allows switching...dont know about NL8 bootloader.
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@UniSol
Thanks. It works. I had NL4 bootloader installed.
Now I just want to know that can I flash any other KK rom through CWM with this above said bootloader safely, as I did earlier when I had KK bootloader installed ?
Thank you once again for your suggestion.

My camera

I deleted my camera app for my sprint note 5 on titanium back up and now i cant get it back any ideas will help alot. It keep saying unfortunately camera not working. I tried wiping chacce and things still didnt work.

Restore a back up?. Either that or find an odexed or deodexed ROM, which ever you have, and pull it from that
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Go to SAM Mobile and download your original Firmware and flash it with Odin.
Other option is to wipe data factory , wipe cache and reboot, you will have the phone as new

Thanks folks it all worked out thanks again