Hello, I just bought a droid to use temporally after selling my thunderbolt. I noticed the phone is already rooted and running 2.3 gingerbread. There is no backup of the stock rom as there was no sd card.
My question is how do I unroot and go back to a completely stock rom? I want to do this then make a backup and then root again... Do I need a different radio since im on gingerbread now?
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Hey guys, I just bought a Nexus One off of craigslist. The guy that I bought it from has CyanogenMod-6.0.0-N1 on it right now. Im not really experienced with flashing custom roms and rooting or any of that stuff. I put Froyo on my Captivate when I had and thats it. What I would like to do is to get my Nexus One back on stock Froyo so I can start with a clean slate. Im not sure of everything that the previous owner did to the phone and Ive been having a couple of issues with it, so I just want to start over so I know exactly what is on the phone. So what I need to know is how I can do this.
-Where can I find a stock Froyo file?
-How do I put it on my Nexus One? Do I have to erase the CyanogenMod first?
-Any other hints or good roms that you guys would suggest.
-Is there a way to back up my phone so I dont have to reinstall all of my apps?
Im sorry if there is already another thread like this. I couldnt find it. Thank you for any help.
I did exactly what you did. I used the Passimg.zip method http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...des_&_Tutorials#Unroot_.2F_Restore_your_Nexus Was easy as pie. But yeah i didn't need to do backup / restore of apps as it was a new phone. You can't use Titanium Backup without root, but the market as a few other apps that let you backup apps to SD card.
All info including the Froyo ROM files are linked from the wiki. I went with FRG33 and then updated to FRG83.
Thank you. I was reading through the wiki post and I wasn't sure if the files were updated because the original post date was a while ago. So if I do the method that you did, will it unroot my phone? It is rooted right now.
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Yes it will unroot it, flash the stock rom and will also flash stock recovery. So if you have a custom recovery installed that will go away too. Plus all your data and apps.
syl0n said:
I did exactly what you did. I used the Passimg.zip method http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...des_&_Tutorials#Unroot_.2F_Restore_your_Nexus Was easy as pie. But yeah i didn't need to do backup / restore of apps as it was a new phone. You can't use Titanium Backup without root, but the market as a few other apps that let you backup apps to SD card.
All info including the Froyo ROM files are linked from the wiki. I went with FRG33 and then updated to FRG83.
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Is there any way to do this without a functioning power button? The only way to select things in the bootloader is with it.
mortzz said:
Is there any way to do this without a functioning power button? The only way to select things in the bootloader is with it.
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This:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=825737
or this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829577
danger-rat said:
This:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=825737
or this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829577
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My bootloader is locked, and I'd like to keep it that way. I'm sending it in to HTC and want it to go as smoothly as possible.
Just as an FYI, what I did to get back to stock:
From CM6.0 I flashed clockwork recovery
from clockwork I flashed 4.06 radio (was on 5.08)
flashed stock unrooted FRF91 from an update.zip
used flash_image in ADB from recovery to flash a stock recovery.img pulled from a FRF91 PASSIMG.
Everything works and is 100% stock now.
Sounds like you're all over it then...
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Wait, didn't you need to be rooted to flash back the stock recovery?
gravufo said:
Wait, didn't you need to be rooted to flash back the stock recovery?
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I was still rooted in clockwork. Using flash_image put it back to stock unrooted recovery.
As it stands I have stock unrooted everything including recovery.
Oh i see, thanks for the details
Hey guys. I had rooted my Nexus One without unlocking the bootloader using the 1-click root application. I have managed to successfully use Cyanogen roms in the past. I am currently running eViL's NXSense v1.26.
I want to now revert back to the stock Froyo Rom, install all the latest updates which have been done after Froyo 2.2 & be ready eventually for Gingerbread . My question is how I can safely revert back to the stock Froyo rom & still be rooted?
I have Rom Manager installed and I am currently using clockwork recovery. I believe that there is an option in Rom manager to flash the stock Froyo rom. Is this the best option to select? Also I have an ext 3 partition of 512 MB. Do I have to format my card to delete the partition ?
I would really appreciate if someone can post a step by step procedure regarding what needs to be done
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829577
Thanks for the link mate. I would still like to know since my Nexus is rooted, if I revert back to the stock rom will I lose the root? Also if I revert back to stock Froyo 2.2, will I get the OTA updates which have been released after that? Finally what about the ext 3 partition? Do I keep it or do I have to delete the partition and how I delete it if it is not required?
Hey guys. Can anyone please look into my questions? I want to switch back to the stock rom while still maintaining my root.
you will lose root on a completely stock (untouched) ROM, no matter the version. But you can always root back through various methods if needed. Rooting does not prevent you from getting OTA updates.
If you go to Froyo 2.2, you MIGHT have to manually update to 2.2.1 (FRG83) depending on if Google made the update available again (it was taken off for some reason...) but you WILL get future updates (such as the new FRG83D)
As for the ext partition, I do not think it's useful, unless you are planning to use apps2ext which requires root I believe. Don't take my word for granted, I don't know much about this.
Thank you replying mate. As mentioned earlier, rom manager does have an option of going back to the stock Froyo rom. I have a2sd enabled. So how do I go back to the stock Froyo rom. Do I have to format my sdcard to delete the ext 3 partition?
Hey guys. I managed to download & install Nexus One FRF91 stock rooted image using rom manager. I have also managed to restore my applications using Titanium backup. I can see all my root applications are working fine & I can also see the superuser app.
Now when I go to Settings--> About phone--> System updates, it gives me a message that my system is currently up to date. Is this because I am rooted? As mentioned earlier I rooted using the 1-click root & so my bootloader is still locked. How do I move on from FRF91 to the remaining Froyo updates while still maintaining my root?
Also when I connect my phone to my PC & use Minitool Partition Wizard, it shows me my ext 3 partition & the swap space. Since I am not using a2sd, how do I regain this space while still maintaining other files? Can I just delete these 2 things using Minitool Partition Wizard?
I would really appreciate some help here folks
Ok Mods I have finally updated to FRG83D without unlocking my bootloader Also I do not have to delete my a2sd partition now. So please delete this thread. Thank you to everyone who attempted to answer my queries.
hi guys,
i purchased an at&t captivate which has cognition rom on it. the seller took the sd card out, market is not installed etc. i tried flashing stock rogers rom, updated firmware but it reports sdcard busy when i boot in recovery mode.
thanks in advance.
This doesn't belong in Development.
As to the OP, does the phone turn on: ie can you get to the homescreen and such?
yeah the phone turns on. i can make calls, receive texts, surf over wifi etc.
gtalk cannot launch, cant connect to rogers 3g network..
i need to get a rom loaded on there. any rom, can i load cognition using adp?
do an odin 1click restore and see where that gets you if you can.
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hi guys,
i purchased an at&t captivate which has cognition rom on it. the seller took the sd card out, market is not installed etc. i tried flashing stock rogers rom, updated firmware but it reports sdcard busy when i boot in recovery mode.
thanks in advance.
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Ok.. First , It is an att phone so I am going to assume it has an att cog rom on it YES? Second .... There are Samsung calls the internal storage of the phone an sd card... there is also a spot for an external sd card. The Phone has the internal card or the phone wouldn't boot.
I am curious as to which you are having problems with.... the root or the flashing
You do have to be rooted to flash a rom unless youre using Odin
And Rom Manager makes Everthing Nice!!
Anyways the External (microsd) sd card is in /sd/sd
internal is just sd
You are wanting to use an Att phone on a different network so this Requires :
A: 1. Reflash Cog. 2.3b6 (which will include att bloatware plus "market.)
2. Use the tips and tricks to sideload apps in 2.2 .
3. Unlock the phone for use with Rogers Network.
B. 1. Reflash to att cog 2.3b6 and do the root , and the unlock
2.Flash your rogers rom. you should be set.
I am curious as to which you are having problems with.... the root or the flashing
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bikerboy
working!
thanks for the reply guys.
i had trouble with flashing any new roms so used odin3 to go back to the stock at&t one.
rooted the phone, then installed recovery. created a backup of the stock rom with root and have flashed axura rc1.
back in business and testing roms!
I recently rooted my bionic, then, thanks to crobbs, flashed ics .232 onto it. during this whole process i safe-strapped a recovery to my sd-ext. i then heard that ics should come out no latter than Sept. 30th.(if Motorola and Verizon come through) so i decided id go back to the stock version so i could get the ota update whenever it came out. i went back to stock using the fxz tools and im back to .905 GB stock un rooted. (or so i hope, not to sure how to tell if im on the ota)
***My main question.....since i still have my very first original safestrap recovery saved....if i was to root right now and use that original safestrap recovery, would i get everything i had from my old phone back just the way i had it when i first safe-strapped?
Yesterday I got a nice condition g1, it is unlocked and in g9d condition.
I have rooted and flashed RA-1.5.2 which works fine.
What now?
What is the best ROM to flash on it? And can I backup the 1.0?
I have been using androind for years so am not a nub, but not had a g1 for years so can't remember which ROMs are which etc.
Cheers
Edit: A mod can move this to General please?