I recently flashed the purity rom which is a .893 rom. I have a backup of my stock rooted rom. If I restore that backup will it work or is there an issue going back to stock???
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brandon2x said:
I recently flashed the purity rom which is a .893 rom. I have a backup of my stock rooted rom. If I restore that backup will it work or is there an issue going back to stock???
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Should be no issue. The custom roms do not change your baseband or the kernel. So those things are unchanged. When it says it's based on the .893 leaked OTA, it is referring to the "system" part of the leak only. The system on these phones can be overwritten easily.
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Hey guys. i was just wondering if i nandroid backup my current rom, flash a stock sprint rom (nfx stock), update my prl and radio, then flash back my nandroid backup will my kernel stay the same as the original or will it contian the kernel of the nfx stock sprint rom? Sorry if this is a noob question. I appreciate any help.
It will be the kernel you back up with nand.
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Ok. I read somewhere that Nandroid does not back up your kernel but i may be wrong...
No. It installs system and data just as it was when you backup. If you use firerat mod just remember to change partitions again.
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I Believe... the Only thing that Changes the Kernel is the Rom itself, Unless of course you Manually Flash a Different one!
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Okay, so I'm pretty much a noob and I'm not as comfortable modding my bionic as I am my kindle fire. I thought that I couldn't flash an ICS ROM to my bionic in Safestrap unless I am running one of the leaks or wait for ota ICS on my "unsafe" partition. But I recently read a thread that made it sound like I could flash an ICS ROM to my "safe" partition as long as I'm running .905 on my unsafe partition. Is this true or will I brick my bionic if I attempt. Currently running stock GB .905 on unsafe partition and eclipse 3.0 on safe partition. Could someone that understands these things please let me know and explain? Is it a kernel thing? I'm itching for some ICS but would rather not touch my "unsafe partition if I don't have to. Thanks
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G-diddy said:
Okay, so I'm pretty much a noob and I'm not as comfortable modding my bionic as I am my kindle fire. I thought that I couldn't flash an ICS ROM to my bionic in Safestrap unless I am running one of the leaks or wait for ota ICS on my "unsafe" partition. But I recently read a thread that made it sound like I could flash an ICS ROM to my "safe" partition as long as I'm running .905 on my unsafe partition. Is this true or will I brick my bionic if I attempt. Currently running stock GB .905 on unsafe partition and eclipse 3.0 on safe partition. Could someone that understands these things please let me know and explain? Is it a kernel thing? I'm itching for some ICS but would rather not touch my "unsafe partition if I don't have to. Thanks
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You can easily flash the leaks (.232, etc.) that are semi-official ICS releases without being rooted or anything else. To do safestrapping, just look through the dev section or google it. It's pretty easy. I safestrapped a rom on my bionic yesterday, no issues...
Thanks for the reply. Still not quite ready to flash one of the leaks to my stock partition yet. Probably going to wait for the elusive ota update unless I get impatient. Thanks again.
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I flashed my Droid Bionic with Android 4.0.4 and so far it is running well. No change in battery life and my phone is not rooted.
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I am currently running Eclipse 2.2m system 902. Do I have to flash back to stock rom to get the 905. Also so do I have to do that before going to one of the ICS leaks.
b_dax said:
I am currently running Eclipse 2.2m system 902. Do I have to flash back to stock rom to get the 905. Also so do I have to do that before going to one of the ICS leaks.
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FBZ to 902 then upgrade OTA to 905. Flash the ICS 232 leak and root.
b_dax said:
I am currently running Eclipse 2.2m system 902. Do I have to flash back to stock rom to get the 905. Also so do I have to do that before going to one of the ICS leaks.
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b_dax said:
I am currently running Eclipse 2.2m system 902. Do I have to flash back to stock rom to get the 905. Also so do I have to do that before going to one of the ICS leaks.
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I hope you knew there is a 3.0 version of Eclipse
So I'm going to try to flash axiom annihilated to my brothers phone, he is currently running eclipse v 2.2 which is 2.3.4. But I'm not sure how to get safe side, he only has bootstrap. Any ideas or help? Do I have to be on a specific rom before I can flash it?
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lakid06 said:
So I'm going to try to flash axiom annihilated to my brothers phone, he is currently running eclipse v 2.2 which is 2.3.4. But I'm not sure how to get safe side, he only has bootstrap. Any ideas or help? Do I have to be on a specific rom before I can flash it?
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You are on gingerbread. Axiom is a ICS rom, your first step would be to go back to 905 stock. Step two is to install one of the ICS leaks after installing leak you will need to regain root access. Then download the safestrap apk 2.11 is the latest version. After installing safestrap you will have a safe and unsafe side. Once you have completed all the above steps. You will be able to flash the axiom rom.
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Sorry to bother you guys. I dont have the d4. My buddy does. Can't seem to flash a Rom. New to safe strap.
He is on an old moto update. 2.3 build. He put safe strap v1 on his phone and tried to flash a few roms. Can't get any to boot.
Is this due to the recovery? I told him try the ics recovery. Dont know if he should. He installed the gb version cuz he is on gb.
Any input is appreciated.
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havikx said:
Sorry to bother you guys. I dont have the d4. My buddy does. Can't seem to flash a Rom. New to safe strap.
He is on an old moto update. 2.3 build. He put safe strap v1 on his phone and tried to flash a few roms. Can't get any to boot.
Is this due to the recovery? I told him try the ics recovery. Dont know if he should. He installed the gb version cuz he is on gb.
Any input is appreciated.
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I am guessing this is because all of the newer ROM builds are built to run off of the stock ICS kernel. Since he is still on GB (and thus running a GB kernel) the current ROMs are not going to work. I would suggest he fastboot ICS so he is on the most current stock build, install safestrap 3.05 and go from there.
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Hi
If back up my stock rooted rom flash cm10 based PA can I return to back up without flashing new kernel?
If not what kernel would I flash to go back to stock rooted backup?
Thanks
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chiefy009 said:
Hi
If back up my stock rooted rom flash cm10 based PA can I return to back up without flashing new kernel?
If not what kernel would I flash to go back to stock rooted backup?
Thanks
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Depends if your backup includes the boot.
If it does then yes, if not then no
But its not a problem, if your backup does not include the kernel then just flash the kernel you are on now...you know which one you are on,
I guess I am on stock as its the rooted stock rom I am on, where do I find just the kernel?
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chiefy009 said:
I guess I am on stock as its the rooted stock rom I am on, where do I find just the kernel?
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Just flash a stock ftf and exclude everyting except the kernel...I have one backed up somewhere, but not here...I can post it another time, but you can just do what i said.
Also, look in yout backup file. If it includes a boot.img you should be fine to flash that recovery image and it should restore the kernel
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http://goo.im/devs/cdesai/mint/sony/boot-20120224.img
thats a link to a stock kernel, its not mine, but it says its stock unmodified...