Here's the story:
A while back, I rooted my Nexus One without unlocking using the bait and switch method, and had been using various custom ROMs.
Recently, the power button hasn't been working well, so I called HTC to get a swap. Obviously, before sending my phone back, I need to unroot it.
I tried to restore my phone using the method in the XDA guides, but it hung on each step, and it didn't actually do anything. So, I flashed the non-rooted stock ERE27 through ROM Manager (this, I suspect was a huge mistake.)
Now, I have an rooted phone, that fails on any update attempt and so is stuck on 2.1, and worse, Clockwork Recovery is still on there. I've tried to unroot my phone again using both the bait and switch method, and the freenexus method, but both have run into errors. I've also tried installing Universal Androot and clicking Unroot, but it just tells me my phone isn't rooted.
So, I can't root my phone to attempt to flash the recovery, and I can't find a way to remove Clockwork Recovery, but I need to send this phone back to HTC within the next 7 days, or else I'm gonna be out $530.
Any ideas?
mikeydangerous said:
Here's the story:
A while back, I rooted my Nexus One without unlocking using the bait and switch method, and had been using various custom ROMs.
Recently, the power button hasn't been working well, so I called HTC to get a swap. Obviously, before sending my phone back, I need to unroot it.
I tried to restore my phone using the method in the XDA guides, but it hung on each step, and it didn't actually do anything. So, I flashed the non-rooted stock ERE27 through ROM Manager (this, I suspect was a huge mistake.)
Now, I have an rooted phone, that fails on any update attempt and so is stuck on 2.1, and worse, Clockwork Recovery is still on there. I've tried to unroot my phone again using both the bait and switch method, and the freenexus method, but both have run into errors. I've also tried installing Universal Androot and clicking Unroot, but it just tells me my phone isn't rooted.
So, I can't root my phone to attempt to flash the recovery, and I can't find a way to remove Clockwork Recovery, but I need to send this phone back to HTC within the next 7 days, or else I'm gonna be out $530.
Any ideas?
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Have you tried the PASSIMG.zip method? That will replace everything including recovery.
Alternately if that doesn't work - open up a stock PASSIMG.zip and extract the recovery.img file. Use flash_image from your rooted ERE27 (instructions available elsewhere) to flash stock recovery back to the phone. Now try installing the OTA update or one of the "upgrade anything to FRF85B/FRF91" update.zip files intended for stock recovery. This should (eventually) leave you with an unrooted N1 on stock recovery and Froyo.
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I was rooted and running CM6. I tried getting back to a stock 2.2 by flashing the stock image from Rom Manager. I downloaded the 2.2 update from google and it wouldn't update. In the system menu or bootloader I got a little format happy with boot/system and so on. Anyway, doing a nandroid now. Is there anyway to get this phone back to the kernel it shipped with?
You have to flash it with the stock recovery.
I've been using that Universal androot.http://www.androidappjudge.com/2010/08/one-click-root-application-universal_10.html I tried flashing stock 2.2 and I didn't read the two options, I just clicked them and kept going not realizing that I flashed the rooted, superuser version. Does this mean that I'm now rooted forever? When I try flashing stock 2.2 with rom manager It stops @ the android and /!\ symbol. Now it's even doing this with CM.
I'm now wondering how to get rid of whatever crap might be floating around on my phone and why it may not be flashing anymore?
there is nothing wrong, rooting allows you the ability to have super administrative rights. Since all you have done is grant yourself admin rights, the recovery should be the same.
Something is wrong. I can't Fix Permissions or flash anything.
Man, I should have just left it alone.
glwinkler said:
Something is wrong. I can't Fix Permissions or flash anything.
Man, I should have just left it alone.
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Did you wipe? I used 1-click root and I hadn't flashed anything in over a year so I forgot to wipe and I boot looped until I pulled the battery, booted into recovery and wiped. Simple solution but it could be worth mentioning...
So you are saying that, you have the stock recovery now? Triangle with little android? If so, Just download a PASSIMG.zip and flash through bootloader. This will take you to stock.
I have an N1 with locked bootloader and when I wanted to go back to stock(Forgot to get a nandroid of unroot rom). I had to flash a stock recovery. then downloaded the PASSIMG.zip from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=717870&highlight=frf91+downgrade
This takes me back to ERE76. Then I download an OTA of FRF85B.
I think fix permissions fixed everything. Thanks for the tips!
THIS HELPED TOO:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=619153
So I had a cappy for all of 1 week before the ota update a few days ago came out. It bricked my phone so i took it back to AT&t and got a new one, only to find that I cant use button combinations to get into DL or recovery modes (my original cappy could use button combos). Has anyone else gotten a cappy that cant use button combos to get to the recovery mode?
Oh and before everything was stock, except for the "one click lag fix" from the app market, which i used to root as well as EXT4 i think.
I have heard that the new Cognition rom has done just the opposite for people. People that had the Captivate without the button combination working got it working after the flash. It must not be in the device itself but in the kernel. Flashing the Cognition rom is done through Clockwork, so even if you do not want to keep it (which I do not know why you wouldn't, as Cognition is GREAT), you can flash it to get to whatever kernel you really want. Please, experts, correct me if I am wrong.
thank you! ill try Cognition. ill post back here if it doesnt help me.
Don't you have to be rooted to flash with ROM manager? How would you root the phone without recovery mode?
GuitsBoy said:
Don't you have to be rooted to flash with ROM manager? How would you root the phone without recovery mode?
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Not really, you can ADB reboot recovery after loading the recovery-update.zip (renaming to update.zip) and cognition or whatnot *.zip into \sdcard. Then reinstall packages and it will load Clockwork recovery and allow you to install ZIP from SD Card.
the new OTA will fix the 3 button issue as well. if you are 100% stock this update should work.
ahhh i wish you had posted that a couple hours earlier! I just rooted my captivate and flashed coginative. can i still get back to 100% stock? i have a backup of the stock rooted rom. does un-rooting it count as 100% stock?
Plenty of info on this forum use the search button imo if you don't have button combo.. Take out back your playing with fire
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Try this to go back to stock:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
Follow the directions EXACTLY!
If you can't get the OTA update of JH7 to work, go here and do it manually.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=790080
when you were factory fresh. You should have done OTA. it would have worked flawless ly.
if you are only root right now, you can still TRY OTA update. Worked for my friend. assuming you dont have anything else like lag fix etc.
If you have done a lot of stuff to your phone. Then use Odin3 to go back to stock (google odin3).
Then update, more then likely, it will fail at 50% like it did for me but it made the 3 button recovery start working. so that was the plus to it.
Then I just flashed Cog 2.1.
voila.
I have nexus one. This is my story. I had rooted my phone using universial android. I installed cyanogen mod and was a very happy user until I saw the MIUI Rom and then I flashed that. Then I saw that it was to unstable so I restored to a backup I made of cyanogen. After I started using cyanogen mod again it was very unstable and had random reboots and lots of force closes. So I just decided I was done with the rooting business so I was gonna use a passimg. Acsently I flashed the Korean passimg and I can't flash any of the other ones(except the frg33one because i cant update to frg83 after and lose root) So on the Korean Rom I rooted and installed clockworkmod. Then I noticed I couldn't install any custom rom(i tried CM6, CM6RC3,MIUI)and I kept getting errors.So while I was in clockwordmod restored one of my old stockrom backups before i had flashed any roms and it worked. But still when went to go and try and flash a rom it still gave me errors. But the most ANNNOYING thing of all is i would flash clockwordmod in rommanager than i would touch reboot to recovery. It worked. I got into clockwordmod but then when i would try and go back again a second time it wouldn't be there. It would be the stock android recovery and even when i would go to recovery though the bootloader it would still be stock recovery. I dont know what to do. As i said my bootloader isnt unlocked because i dont want to void my warrenty. my inital plan was if i ever needed to return this ting i could just i could just run a passimg and restore to to stock everything and there would be no traces. If i have to return my phone it would have to be last resort because I live in Canada and I would have to play ridiculous duties and taxes on it. Now i just want to make sure im able to install gingerbread on when it comes out. Also i forgot to mention that everytime i try to update my phone to 2.2.1 it always fails even though im on stock recovery(although even when i go into recovery and it is the stock recovery rommanager still says im running clockwordmod) PLEASE HELP!!!
ps. Im only 13 but i consider myself to be pretty techsmart for 13. I wouldnt mind using cmd/terminal and im running ubuntu 10.10 on my laptop.
ajam100 said:
I have nexus one. This is my story. I had rooted my phone using universial android. I installed cyanogen mod and was a very happy user until I saw the MIUI Rom and then I flashed that. Then I saw that it was to unstable so I restored to a backup I made of cyanogen. After I started using cyanogen mod again it was very unstable and had random reboots and lots of force closes. So I just decided I was done with the rooting business so I was gonna use a passimg. Acsently I flashed the Korean passimg and I can't flash any of the other ones(except the frg33one because i cant update to frg83 after and lose root) So on the Korean Rom I rooted and installed clockworkmod. Then I noticed I couldn't install any custom rom(i tried CM6, CM6RC3,MIUI)and I kept getting errors.So while I was in clockwordmod restored one of my old stockrom backups before i had flashed any roms and it worked. But still when went to go and try and flash a rom it still gave me errors. But the most ANNNOYING thing of all is i would flash clockwordmod in rommanager than i would touch reboot to recovery. It worked. I got into clockwordmod but then when i would try and go back again a second time it wouldn't be there. It would be the stock android recovery and even when i would go to recovery though the bootloader it would still be stock recovery. I dont know what to do. As i said my bootloader isnt unlocked because i dont want to void my warrenty. my inital plan was if i ever needed to return this ting i could just i could just run a passimg and restore to to stock everything and there would be no traces. If i have to return my phone it would have to be last resort because I live in Canada and I would have to play ridiculous duties and taxes on it. Now i just want to make sure im able to install gingerbread on when it comes out. Also i forgot to mention that everytime i try to update my phone to 2.2.1 it always fails even though im on stock recovery(although even when i go into recovery and it is the stock recovery rommanager still says im running clockwordmod) PLEASE HELP!!!
ps. Im only 13 but i consider myself to be pretty techsmart for 13. I wouldnt mind using cmd/terminal and im running ubuntu 10.10 on my laptop.
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If you installed the original passimg then you'll have 2 files you'll want to remove if you don't want the stock recovery to keep flashing back when you reboot
Remount /system rw and remove:
rm /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
rm /system/recovery-from-boot.p
Remove those, flash your custom recovery and you should be good to go.
With respect to the errors: Clear out the cache and dalvik-cache. Wipe and install your rom of choice, be it a stock repack, CM6, Enom etc.
With Amon's latest recovery *1.8.0.1 you can flash both signed (google) and signed (test) packages, so the official update will flash as well as a repack. If you flash the official 2.2.1 remember to pull remove those 2 files again or it will blow away your custom recovery on reboot.
I need to return it to stock before returning it, and I've got less than a week to do so. I've tried so many different methods and files, and the closest I've gotten is a stock/factory reset (with the original setup screen) with a root with Clockwork Recovery (CWR) installed.
I can't use the method in this thread, since this is for the T-Mobile version, and removing the T-Mobile apps and bootscreen would require my rooting it, which would put me back at square one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12590019&postcount=1
I did find a Wifi version of it in this post, but after flashing it multiple times (once after botching a recovery flash and being unable to boot into it), I think I found out that it's already rooted with CWR installed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14303822&postcount=3
And then I tried using this method (along with simply using fastboot to flash the stock recovery from the first link), and every time either CWR still came up, or no recovery came up and it simply booted into the OS when I tried to do the update or full factory reset option:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12355315&postcount=1
EDIT: I also found this method looking through the boards, but sadly the files are also for the T-Mobile version:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12453284&postcount=1
(I can't even access the flash_image file needed because the link is invalid)
Any help? I'd rather not return the Streak in its rooted state, even if it looks stock. If all else fails...I'll just use the method in link 2 to restore it, since at least it looks stock when it first boots up...
use the t-mobile method but the WI-FI only files instead of the t-mobile ones, then when you are back to stock get gingerbreak 1.20 and unroot it (this might be optional) then root it and then unroot it again, it gets rid of CWM and Superuser. It is completely at stock for me now.
also I used fastboot to flash the stock recovery before I used gingerbreak, I don't know if that helped or not but just to be on the safe side.
shadowswithin said:
use the t-mobile method but the WI-FI only files instead of the t-mobile ones, then when you are back to stock get gingerbreak 1.20 and unroot it (this might be optional) then root it and then unroot it again, it gets rid of CWM and Superuser. It is completely at stock for me now.
also I used fastboot to flash the stock recovery before I used gingerbreak, I don't know if that helped or not but just to be on the safe side.
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I'll try that now, I'll post how it turns out. I tried using Gingerbreak to unroot earlier, but didn't think it would work since it just rebooted with no changes.
EDIT: Seems to work so far, I need to recharge before I can use the update or full reset options in the recovery and see if CWR is truly gone, but in any case, thank you so much, finally got it stock and unrooted.
Well, I tried what you said, and while I was able to remove the root through Gingerbreak, and I flashed the stock recovery through fastboot both before and after unrooting...CWR still came up. Tried rooting and unrooting it again, flashing the stock recovery through fastboot before and after unrooting again...CWR still came up.
I think I'll just give up and return it the way it is, I did a factory reset through CWR and turned it off (testing it once before that to make sure the setup screen would show and Superuser wasn't installed), I doubt anybody is going to notice anyway.
magus57 said:
Well, I tried what you said, and while I was able to remove the root through Gingerbreak, and I flashed the stock recovery through fastboot both before and after unrooting...CWR still came up. Tried rooting and unrooting it again, flashing the stock recovery through fastboot before and after unrooting again...CWR still came up.
I think I'll just give up and return it the way it is, I did a factory reset through CWR and turned it off (testing it once before that to make sure the setup screen would show and Superuser wasn't installed), I doubt anybody is going to notice anyway.
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I'm in a similar situation. I tried DJ Steve's Honeystreak, got back to stock 2.2.2 but it was still rooted. Went the Gingerbreak route to unroot, root, then unroot again. Tried to flash stock update.pkg from Dell website and it booted into CWR. I would try to flash the recovery image using fastboot but 1) I don't have the recovery image and have never used fastboot and 2) it doesn't look like it would work even if I tried according to your results.
I got rid of cwr following by just following the recovery flash steps here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011654 nothing more and it was done.
jayfr76 said:
I got rid of cwr following by just following the recovery flash steps here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011654 nothing more and it was done.
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I tried that as well, still has CWM, but I'm stuck in DELL logo loop. Can't flash anything successfully and can't boot into OS. Was up until 5am trying everything I read in the threads. Nothing. Everything I try gives me no errors, that's the wierd bit. All I need to do is break through the boot loop.
jayfr76 said:
I got rid of cwr following by just following the recovery flash steps here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011654 nothing more and it was done.
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I tried the files from that thread, but they are for the t-Mobile version, not the wifi only version. Does anybody know where we can find a stock wifi only recovery image?
bimbot said:
I'm in a similar situation. I tried DJ Steve's Honeystreak, got back to stock 2.2.2 but it was still rooted. Went the Gingerbreak route to unroot, root, then unroot again. Tried to flash stock update.pkg from Dell website and it booted into CWR. I would try to flash the recovery image using fastboot but 1) I don't have the recovery image and have never used fastboot and 2) it doesn't look like it would work even if I tried according to your results.
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Yeah, I wouldn't bother, doubt it'd work for you if it didn't work for me the however many times I tried it.
And if you've ever done anything in adb with the Android SDK, fastboot is similar - basically, you hold volume (-) and power, wait to get into fastboot, plug it into the computer, and use:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
to flash to the recovery. That also works for boot and system.
Bigirish said:
I tried that as well, still has CWM, but I'm stuck in DELL logo loop. Can't flash anything successfully and can't boot into OS. Was up until 5am trying everything I read in the threads. Nothing. Everything I try gives me no errors, that's the wierd bit. All I need to do is break through the boot loop.
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Try doing the NVFlash method in APX mode, it's pretty much guaranteed to work. It's the method in the first link in my original post, and the files for the Wifi version are in the second post (extraded, the .rar file is like 14GB's, you only need the images p2 though p14 to flash). You'll still have root and CWR, but at least you'll be out of the boot loop and you'll still be able to at least remove root with Gingerbreak.
Okay so here's the deal starting at the beginning:
I bought a Revo 8(ish) months ago. A few months later, I decided to root. Then I went on to flash a custom ROM (GingerVolt). With the new OTA update, my phone started to spaz out. I decided to try to revert to stock so I could accept the update. I was able to download and flash the stock ROM, and then in my stupidity, rather than using AllInOne to unroot, I just used an app off the market. This left me with still having ClockworkMod Recovery installed. When I tried to OTA update, it just booted into CWM and told me that the update failed.
So my question is, how to I get stock recovery back on my phone so that I can get the update and get it back to out-of-box shape.
As you can probably see, I am not very knowledgeable about phones, acronyms, tech in general. If you know any way to help, please let me know in simple terms, step-by-step. Thanks in advance!
1) Boot into cwm, then flash stock rooted zv7
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1348637
2) Then using MTs AIO package, install stock recovery (option 5)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1348557
3) Follow the procedure in the new AIO thread to upgrade to ZV8 AND preserve root.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1566729
By the way, if you have lost root but still have CWM, then just run SuperOneClick to regain root before following the steps above.
http://shortfuse.org
Okay so just to make sure that I have this right...
1. I will need to re-root using SuperOneClick
2. The next step confuses me a little...I already have that exact ROM flashed (the one from the first link). Will I have to re-flash it?
3. Install stock recovery via MTs AIO package
4. OTA Update and I should be done?
Am I right or did I totally butcher he process?