Hello all,
I recently upgrade (for my first time) to ICS ROM with ABYSS Kernel,
but of course before my upgrade i backup my phone - Nandroid backup.
My question is:
can i restore my Nandroid image and all my Data, ROM and Kernel will be restore??
Thanks in advance,
Bar
Do NOT restore a nandroid backup with CWM on any of the stock ICS roms. You will need to flash the Abyss kernel to restore a nandroid.
What is the nandroid backup of? Like which rom?
The Nandroid backup i have is from my GB stock ROM,
can i go and restore form it?
Yes but first you must flash abyss kernel. Reboot into abysskernels cwm then you can restore the backup.
I already have Abyss kernel installed, is there another Abyss version for gingerbread?
my current Abyss version is: AbyssNotekernel42CWTouchOriginalLogo.zip
bgrosvald said:
I already have Abyss kernel installed, is there another Abyss version for gingerbread?
my current Abyss version is: AbyssNotekernel42CWTouchOriginalLogo.zip
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That's the right version. However, Abyss is just for Gingerbread and restoring nandroids. So, you couldn't have been booting ICS with Abyss because it wouldn't boot up, at least not correctly.
But yeah, if you don't have it flashed, flash Abyss, reboot recovery, and restore nandroid.
Thanks andreww88,
Before my upgrade to ICS i went through the below link instruction:
1. install Abyss Kernel
2. reboot into it
3. wipe data
4. install rom
Link:
http://rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-note-roms/kingdroid-ics-rom-v2-0-for-galaxy-note-gt-n7000-best-ics-romtouchwiz-ux/
please give last green light that i can go and restore Nandroid if i have Abyss ver 4.2 already installed on my GNote N7000?
Have you installed abyss again after ics?
Hi Belfia,
This is my problem, i failed install kernel.
after i installed Abyss and KingDroid ROM all went well, till i reboot into recovery via Rom Manager...
what can i do to go back to gingerbread? (i am afraid from bricking my device...)
bgrosvald said:
Thanks andreww88,
Before my upgrade to ICS i went through the below link instruction:
1. install Abyss Kernel
2. reboot into it
3. wipe data
4. install rom
Link:
http://rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-note-roms/kingdroid-ics-rom-v2-0-for-galaxy-note-gt-n7000-best-ics-romtouchwiz-ux/
please give last green light that i can go and restore Nandroid if i have Abyss ver 4.2 already installed on my GNote N7000?
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Now, I understand you. Any time you flash a rom it will install the kernel that goes with it. So you flashed stock ICS so you have the stock ICS kernel (so do NOT wipe data and do not restore nandroid). Reboot into recovery. You need to flash the abyss kernel again in CWM. Then, you need to "Reboot Recovery". It should be in Abyss now. Now, you can do restore nandroid.
i think i was not clear enough, i will explain again:
After i installed Abyss and KingDroid ROM all went well, till i reboot into recovery via Rom Manager...
Now when i try to install Abyss Kernel again it's failed, it is stuck on "Installing Update..." (see screenshot attached).
what can i do to go back to gingerbread without bricking my device?
Thanks you all
OK - don't reboot after you install Abyss Kernel
After you install zip - choose Advanced > Reboot into recovery.
Don't reboot after install Abyss - it is likely a bootloader problem. Check out the video on first page and you will see that what I mean.
TempusFudgeIt said:
OK - don't reboot after you install Abyss Kernel
After you install zip - choose Advanced > Reboot into recovery.
Don't reboot after install Abyss - it is likely a bootloader problem. Check out the video on first page and you will see that what I mean.
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Which video? i can't find it, please attach link.
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ok guys tere is the thing, i used rocket v21 with abyss 4.0 for a while, worked fine
then i decited to go from v21 rocket to leaked ics, i flashed with odin and it stucked in hidden, then i try to flash stock rom (older LA4-2.3.6) and also stud at hidden please help!
Thank you for your answears
You will need to get phone into download mode and flash stock rom with pc odin. Follow Dr.Ketans guide here forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20963718&postcount=2.
That should get you back to stock gb rom
go to recovery, flash abyssnote kernel 3.9, reboot recovery, restore your nandroid backup, done.
i,m also stuck at hidden when trying to flash stock with odin...done evrythin correctly. :/
hgberry said:
go to recovery, flash abyssnote kernel 3.9, reboot recovery, restore your nandroid backup, done.
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i cant even get to recovery mode
Hi,
This may be a noobish question, but if I want to experiment with the new ICS builds, will I be able to simply restore a nandroid to revert to the way I had it before on GB?
octavian90 said:
Hi,
This may be a noobish question, but if I want to experiment with the new ICS builds, will I be able to simply restore a nandroid to revert to the way I had it before on GB?
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Yes you can. Here are the detailed steps for reverting to GB from ICS.
--Download AbyssNote 4.2 kernel with redpill touch recovery Or Abyss 3.9 Kernel (for some users where the 4.2 kernel haven't worked 3.9 worked perfect)from here- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362424 .
--Now first put this zip on your SD Card before you try to flash anything or restore anything.
--Now boot into recovery - Volume up + Home + Power
--Choose - install zip from SD Card
--Navigate to your Abyss kernel 4.2 or 3.9 zip and flash it
--After flashing is complete- go back to the Recovery start menu
--Go to advanced > reboot recovery
--This will reboot the phone directly to new recovery - Hyperdroid Redpill Recovery
--Now go to Wipe Menu and wipe cache, dalvik and do your factory reset
--After this start your restore from nandroid backup , or flash any GB rom !
Cheers!! Enjoy your Note!
Hit thanks if it helped!
Hi abhi...
I heard that if you're coming from ICS Stunner to Nandroid or Flashed GB Rom, you should downgrade to AbyssNote 3.9 Kernel instead.
Have you experienced such a thing?
source is below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1599229&highlight=ics+stunner
abhisahara said:
Yes you can. Here are the detailed steps for reverting to GB from ICS.
Download AbyssNote 4.2 kernel with redpill touch recovery from here- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362424 .
Now first put this zip on your SD Card before you try to flash anything or restore anything.
Now boot into recovery - Volume up + Home + Power
Choose - install zip from SD Card
Navigate to your Abyss kernel 4.2 zip and flash it
After flashing is complete- go back to the Recovery start menu
Go to advanced > reboot recovery
This will reboot the phone directly to new recovery - Hyperdroid Redpill Recovery
Now go to Wipe Menu and wipe cache, dalvik and do your factory reset
After this start your restore from nandroid backup , or flash any GB rom !
Cheers!! Enjoy your Note!
Hit thanks if it helped!
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leafsacc said:
Hi abhi...
I heard that if you're coming from ICS Stunner to Nandroid or Flashed GB Rom, you should downgrade to AbyssNote 3.9 Kernel instead.
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Stick to Abyss 4.2!! tried and tested numerous times!!
However once kernel is flashed make sure to reboot the recovery from the kernel, it will reboot into the newly flashed kernel and then try to restore your nandroid.
Just follow what Abhi said and it will be a smooth ride for you mate!!
Hi,
I have very limited experience with my brand new SG note.
Just a few quick questions:
1. I currently have midteam 1.1 installed.
2. If I create a cwm/rom manager backup of the current rom, can I reboot to cwm recovery and simply restore (which I did with lots of struggles.
Restoring after removing sim card worked eventually and that may have nothing to do with restore; but it worked!)?
Would Abyss 4.2 in place have made the recovery smoother?
Or
It is required only if I want to go back to GB again?
3. Can I flash Abyss on top of my current ICS, regardless?
I hope I have put my question properly.
cheers
The only ,I repeat the only safe ICS ROM is cm9 official ,if you install that then you can restore your GB nandroid backup normally from CWM
But with any other ICS ROM you'll have a high chance of bricking if you so a restore or flash from CWM .the reason being is the leaked kernel which is being used in said ROMs have a faulty erasing script and may cause a corrupted nand drive ,thus a permanent brick
Read the public service announcement sticky first before flashing anything.
So there has been a lot of discussion in other threads about backing up,
and restoring ICS ROMS. I had to find out what is possible and what not.
I wrote down the steps for reference,please if you find that there are corrections or additions, post!
Here's the deal:
It can be done, you just have to flash the Abysnote 4.0+ kernel everytime you want to do a backup or restore. This is also the way to safely revert to a Gingerbread Nandroid backup, after you're done playing with ICS.
There's a few caveats, if you do a backup of ICS and you forget to reflash
the ICS kernel, you will be trying to boot ICS with an Abyss kernel...
Something I never did, but it might end you up in the, well... abyss.
Also, I found myself first scared, then confused with the occurence of
an LP5 repack from Chainfire, that is admitted to be a high risk release.
Then you see LP5 ROM's popping up, so you think, might they be using
that LP5 repack and am I inherently in danger? Seems not the case.
One can flash the ROM's by the Chef's containing LP5 kernels, but from what I learned, the base is OK anyway. *please correct me here if I'm wrong.
Here's the scenario's, tested once by me on accounts 1 and 3. 2 is beta but hearsay says it works. Anyway, it most probably won't hardbrick your device if it doesn't You'd still have recovery mode from holding down home-volume up-power until white samsung logo appears.
1- Howto create Nandroid backup from a working ICS rom that you have.
So, if on ICS, and want to make an ICS nandroid (i.e.progressive installation/configuration backups), you can :
- reboot to recovery mode
- flash abyss 4.0+ kernel
- reboot to recovery after the kernel flash is done, dont boot the Android phone
- you are now in a different looking recovery mode, don't panic, its almost the same
- do your nandroid thing
- after the nandroid has finished, reflash the kernel you had in your ICS ROM
- after that, you can reboot to recovery again, or select reboot system.
(I always reboot system after I reboot once more to recovery)
2- Howto restore ICS Nandroid backup from a working ICS rom that you have.
So, if on ICS, and want to restore an ICS nandroid (i.e.progressive installation/configuration backups), you can :
- reboot to recovery mode
- flash abyss 4.0+ kernel
- reboot to recovery after the kernel flash is done, dont boot the Android phone
- you are now in a different looking recovery mode, don't panic, its almost the same
- go to restore menu, select the ICS nandroid that you want to restore
- **not tested by me, but there should be no need to reflash the ICS kernel as it has been overwritten by the restore**
- after the nandroid restore has finished, you can reboot to recovery to reboot system
(I always reboot system after I reboot once more to recovery)
3- Howto revert to Gingerbread Nandroid backup from a working ICS rom that you have. (Safely going back to GingerBread without much trouble)
reboot to recovery mode
- flash abyss 4.0+ kernel
- reboot to recovery after the kernel flash is done, dont boot the Android phone
- you are now in a different looking recovery mode, don't panic, its almost the same
- do a fullwipe/factory reset
- restore your GB nandroid using backup/restore menus in CWM
- after the nandroid restore has finished, do a factory reset/full wipe again
- after that, you can reboot to recovery again, or select reboot system.
(I always reboot system after I reboot once more to recovery)
Hi ... I got a hint from stunner thread that backups work on lp5 kernel ... I've done one without any apparent issues but don't know whether it would properly restore if required? ... If yes, it would avoid the need for this multiple flashing of kernels .... You can also try and confirm ...cheers.envy
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envyofindia said:
Hi ... I got a hint from stunner thread that backups work on lp5 kernel ... I've done one without any apparent issues but don't know whether it would properly restore if required? ... If yes, it would avoid the need for this multiple flashing of kernels .... You can also try and confirm ...cheers.envy
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+1 I'd like to know this as well. I made a direct nandroid in stunner recovery without flashing abyss.. Hope it won't be a problem.
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Well.. if you guys already made the backup with the LP5 kernel,
could you take the ""risk" and try a restore ? You would the first the really
confirm it, and the thread would grow in information worth.
I guess the worst that can happen is that you have to use ODIN to restore a stock
ROM and then restore your ICS backup using Abyss.
More likely is that you can just flash abyss if it doesn't work, then flashback ICS backup. Hope you will try. Im back on GB.
lucid said:
Well.. if you guys already made the backup with the LP5 kernel,
could you take the ""risk" and try a restore ? You would the first the really
confirm it, and the thread would grow in information worth.
I guess the worst that can happen is that you have to use ODIN to restore a stock
ROM and then restore your ICS backup using Abyss.
More likely is that you can just flash abyss if it doesn't work, then flashback ICS backup. Hope you will try. Im back on GB.
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Sorry for hacking in
I too wrote the instructions how to shift to GB rom from ICS rom !!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24535533&postcount=2
Thanks for you detailed instructions on various scenarios!! Good one!
Cheers! Enjoy your Note!!
Sorry but I'm a bit confused. I'm on Stunner, and would like to do a nandroid backup, and continue using stunner as is.
Steps:
1. Get into recovery and flash latest abyss, then reboot to redpill recovery, then perform nandroid.
2. How do I revert stunner as I had it before, since kernel has changed? The only file I have is the stunner rom package itself. No separate kernel to flash. Should I just restore the newly made nandroid to get back to the way I had it pre-abyss? Wouldn't the nandroid backup have stunner rom+abyss kernel, which I don't want?
Thanks!
Tested by me - the ICS kernel has not been overwritten by the restore
octavian90 said:
Sorry but I'm a bit confused. I'm on Stunner, and would like to do a nandroid backup, and continue using stunner as is.
Steps:
1. Get into recovery and flash latest abyss, then reboot to redpill recovery, then perform nandroid.
2. How do I revert stunner as I had it before, since kernel has changed? The only file I have is the stunner rom package itself. No separate kernel to flash. Should I just restore the newly made nandroid to get back to the way I had it pre-abyss? Wouldn't the nandroid backup have stunner rom+abyss kernel, which I don't want?
Thanks!
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First of all thanks to "lucid" for the thread!
I am on ICS Stunner 1.4.19. I followed the instructions above and did backup and restore as described.
I have tested to restore the nandroid backup and reboot without reflashing the kernel. Well, that didn't work. My Note stuck on Samsung logo. Fortunately I was prepared for it beforehand. I had previously extracted the kernel from my Stunner. So I rebooted into recovery again and flashed the ICS kernel (3.0.15-I9220ZCLP5-CL295568).
Peace!
I have N7000 with ICS (4.0.3) and XXLQ2 firmware. I have flashed chainfire's CF-Root kernel. BUT I want to completely reset/wipe the phone to its pristine condition. I have checked 'got brickbug' and i have got the brick bug. so what am i supposed to do? If I wait, will this bug be resolved by Samsung in an upgrade to ICS, or should I go 'back' to GB (if so, how), or can I ignore the brick bug thing and get on with it?
So you don’t want the Odin back to GB. Well then you have the Abyss Note 4.2 Kernel with Redpill Touch recovery. You are on any unsafe kernel ICS Rom and you want to go to safe rom then do one last CWM flash of Abyss kernel reboot recovery and then flash the safe roms. This keeps your root intact. You can even acieve root though this if you have lost it. Just flash Abyss 4.2 go to GB. Check root there and then flash the ICS rom. No need of repack. If any of this gets struck or brick then you know your way out already…..you told that in the question. Link for Abyss 4.2 Kernel is here.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362424 --Download AbyssNote 4.2 kernel with redpill touch recovery Or Abyss 3.9 Kernel (for some users where the 4.2 kernel haven't worked 3.9 worked perfect).
--Now first put this zip on your SD Card before you try to flash anything or restore anything.
--Now boot into recovery - Volume up + Home + Power
--Choose - install zip from SD Card
--Navigate to your Abyss kernel 4.2 or 3.9 zip and flash it
--After flashing is complete- go back to the Recovery start menu
--Go to advanced > reboot recovery
--This will reboot the phone directly to new recovery - Hyperdroid Redpill Recovery
--Now go to Wipe Menu and wipe cache, dalvik and do your factory reset
--After this start your restore from nandroid backup , or flash any GB rom !
Cheers!! Enjoy your Note!
Can be used to wipe only
devid801 said:
So you don’t want the Odin back to GB. Well then you have the Abyss Note 4.2 Kernel with Redpill Touch recovery. You are on any unsafe kernel ICS Rom and you want to go to safe rom then do one last CWM flash of Abyss kernel reboot recovery and then flash the safe roms. This keeps your root intact. You can even acieve root though this if you have lost it. Just flash Abyss 4.2 go to GB. Check root there and then flash the ICS rom. No need of repack. If any of this gets struck or brick then you know your way out already…..you told that in the question. Link for Abyss 4.2 Kernel is here.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362424 --Download AbyssNote 4.2 kernel with redpill touch recovery Or Abyss 3.9 Kernel (for some users where the 4.2 kernel haven't worked 3.9 worked perfect).
--Now first put this zip on your SD Card before you try to flash anything or restore anything.
--Now boot into recovery - Volume up + Home + Power
--Choose - install zip from SD Card
--Navigate to your Abyss kernel 4.2 or 3.9 zip and flash it
--After flashing is complete- go back to the Recovery start menu
--Go to advanced > reboot recovery
--This will reboot the phone directly to new recovery - Hyperdroid Redpill Recovery
--Now go to Wipe Menu and wipe cache, dalvik and do your factory reset
--After this start your restore from nandroid backup , or flash any GB rom !
Cheers!! Enjoy your Note!
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--After this start your restore from nandroid backup , or flash any GB rom ! OR Flash any ICS Kernel you want!
Hi Folks,
i have a simple question and i hope someone can answer this:
I'm on GB 2.3.6 with XXLC1 (i did this via flashing old GB ->zergrush exploit -> GB 2.3.6 via mobile odin with keep root)
Am i right when i say that all i have to do now is putting the PA.zip in the root directory and flash it via CWM?
Or do i have to change the kernel or any other things?
Download and flash abyss kernel in CWM, then reboot into recovery (under advanced in CWM) and do a full wipe and then install PA
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Download and flash abyss kernel in CWM, then reboot into recovery (under advanced in CWM) and do a full wipe and then install PA
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with abyss kernel you mean abyssnote 4.2 right? (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362424&highlight=abyss)
Original or RedPill?
Thank you very much!
I dont think it matters, But ive always used the redpill version