[Q] From CM9 to Stock via CWM? - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Is it possible to go from CM9 to stock via CWM? Restoring an old rom backup that was stock 2.2 while currently on CM9 or Miui (4.0.4)?
Will that work?

No. You will need to first return to 2.2, then get CWM, then restore your backup.
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Arisenhavok91 said:
Is it possible to go from CM9 to stock via CWM? Restoring an old rom backup that was stock 2.2 while currently on CM9 or Miui (4.0.4)?
Will that work?
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Don't think so. You'll have to Odin to stock

Arisenhavok91 said:
Is it possible to go from CM9 to stock via CWM? Restoring an old rom backup that was stock 2.2 while currently on CM9 or Miui (4.0.4)?
Will that work?
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Not sure remember correctly but I think CM is MTD and 2.2 is not (rfs i think). So going back to stock to get rid of the MTD is nessesary for the backup to work.

Yes... CM is mtd and touhwiz roms are bml. Odin is required but I can't use a computer version of Odin and the mobile version won't convert between mtd and bml. People need to make all roms mtd
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[Q] ROM backup

hi all,
i've got a problem which hopefully you guys can help me with. i rooted my i9000(2.2) with z4root and then installed oclf....
now i wanted to flash gingerbread 2.3.3, so to backup the current ROM i installed ROM manager 3.0.2.2 and did flash cwm recovery, then proceeded to 'backup current ROM' but i'm getting this screen - Android system recovery (3e) and its giving me the message that its' updating media, installing mulit-csc and install default apk-files... how can i backup the ROM? i tried searching but couldn't come up with anything useful...any help would be appreciated.. i'm pretty much a newbie when it comes to this stuff
you can't install a custom zip with 3e recovery install a kernel containing cwm or if it is easier for you a rom including it(darky resurection for example) you can also downgrade your recovery and then install cwm with rom manager(2.1 roms have 2e recovery it is even possible to downgrade it with a script)
easiest would be darkys rom with odin
do you have 3btn?
edit:btw you need clockworkmod(cwm) to do a backup
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gbohm said:
do you have 3btn?
edit:btw you need clockworkmod(cwm) to do a backup
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yes i've got 3btn and about the cwm it's currently unable to backup... should i install speedmod kernel?.... i'll try darky's rom like you mentioned but won't i need to backup first?
thanks for the reply
well you can't backup without cwm any kernel flashable with odin/heimdall having cwm will do it ...
with darky's resurrection you will loose all apps and everything
you should use titanium to save them but don't restore system apps in 2.3
backing up efs is a must tho...
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thanks for the reply
read this it clears a lot of questions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723596
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il_bruto said:
hi all,
i've got a problem which hopefully you guys can help me with. i rooted my i9000(2.2) with z4root and then installed oclf....
now i wanted to flash gingerbread 2.3.3, so to backup the current ROM i installed ROM manager 3.0.2.2 and did flash cwm recovery, then proceeded to 'backup current ROM' but i'm getting this screen - Android system recovery (3e) and its giving me the message that its' updating media, installing mulit-csc and install default apk-files... how can i backup the ROM? i tried searching but couldn't come up with anything useful...any help would be appreciated.. i'm pretty much a newbie when it comes to this stuff
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sounds like CWM is NOT installed to me? (3e would seem to indicate it hasn't to me) but I haven gone to gingerbread myself yet.
gbohm said:
read this it clears a lot of questions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723596
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did it!... flashed speedmod with odin and used the 3btn for going into recovery mode... selected backup and restore and then backup all.... got the backup file on the sd card and copied it to the pc too... so i guess i'm ready to install darky's resurrection...thanks a lot for the link
one more question, after installing darky's rom can i upgrade to gingerbread 2.3 with kies if samsung releases the upgrade?
il_bruto said:
did it!... flashed speedmod with odin and used the 3btn for going into recovery mode... selected backup and restore and then backup all.... got the backup file on the sd card and copied it to the pc too... so i guess i'm ready to install darky's resurrection...thanks a lot for the link
one more question, after installing darky's rom can i upgrade to gingerbread 2.3 with kies if samsung releases the upgrade?
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no it will not work with kies buth with odin
remember you will delete everythinv on your phone (not the files/media but settings apps contacts etc. so save them)
you can use darkys normal rom no need for resurection
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i had oclf and speedmod installed.. so i disabled the oclf lagfix and removed the ext2 tools... but before flashing darky's rom i forgot to go in recovery mode and disable lagfix, is that a problem?? the rom is working perfectly but i read some posts that the lagfix should be disabled...
il_bruto said:
i had oclf and speedmod installed.. so i disabled the oclf lagfix and removed the ext2 tools... but before flashing darky's rom i forgot to go in recovery mode and disable lagfix, is that a problem?? the rom is working perfectly but i read some posts that the lagfix should be disabled...
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they aren't on by default with speedmod.
even if on it shouldn't be a problem because both kernels(you used dark voodoo with darky ?) know ext4 but it is better to deactivate it. i myself had a problem with it it didn't mount data..
if it works now you are good to go
just a tip make nandroid backup before any lagfix chance
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gbohm said:
they aren't on by default with speedmod.
even if on it shouldn't be a problem because both kernels(you used dark voodoo with darky ?) know ext4 but it is better to deactivate it. i myself had a problem with it it didn't mount data..
if it works now you are good to go
just a tip make nandroid backup before any lagfix chance
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before flashing i installed darkyrom manager and in the kernel option selected skip since i already had speedmod... i think i didn't use dark voodoo(installed version 9.5)?...but i did go in the advanced options in speedmod before the flash and enabled the lagfix and changed the data_fs, cache & DBDATA to ext4... i have already done nandroid backup....the phone has become so smooth it just feels different
thanks for replying gbohm.. you've been very helpful
you are very welcome.
you kept the kernel so what you flashed had no influence on your lagfix.
only if you chance ther kernel there could be problems.
if you flash a kernel better turn off lagfix (just to be safe)
in many cases there is no need to put it off but you have to know them with off you are safe to go...
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[Q] Installing MIUI on CM7

So, I am using CM7 on my i9000 and I want to simply try the MIUI.
I have just wanted to make a nandroid backup, install MIUI zip and then restore back to CM7
Will it work, or MIUI uses the custom Kernel?
superstepa said:
So, I am using CM7 on my i9000 and I want to simply try the MIUI.
I have just wanted to make a nandroid backup, install MIUI zip and then restore back to CM7
Will it work, or MIUI uses the custom Kernel?
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Just do a data wipe and flash Miui via cwm.
To go back, wipe data again, install the new cm7 nightly, then restore your nandroid.
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rschenck said:
Just do a data wipe and flash Miui via cwm.
To go back, wipe data again, install the new cm7 nightly, then restore your nandroid.
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But doesn't nandroid backup EVERYTHING, including the rom itself? So, shouldn't I restore, and then update the Nightly?

Restore CWM 2.5.1.3 nandroid backup on CWM 5.5

I did a nandroid backup on a 2.2 rom with cwm 2.5.1.3 before installing an ICS rom (AOKP milestone 6) that upgraded it. Now I want to restore the cwm 2.5.1.3 backup, can I restore it using the same cwm 5.5 that the rom installed or should I perform an additional action? In case that the answer is that I have to use the same cwm version as the one I did the nandroid backup with, can I simply just flash that cwm version from the updated one?
Since u went to ICS Rom, u will have to use Odin or Heimdall to flash back to the Stock 2.2 Froyo (use one with no bootloaders. If u have GB bootloaders they are backwards compatible). Then flash the 2.2 Rom u were on when u made the back up and after that boot into recovery and restore the back up.
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4-2ndtwin said:
Since u went to ICS Rom, u will have to use Odin or Heimdall to flash back to the Stock 2.2 Froyo (use one with no bootloaders. If u have GB bootloaders they are backwards compatible). Then flash the 2.2 Rom u were on when u made the back up and after that boot into recovery and restore the back up.
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Could I use this same guide? I think I can but since I'm not on a stock rom that gives me pause.
U gotta do it the way i posted previously, because of ICS being MTD/yaffs2 partition and Froyo being BML/RFS. No way around it. U gotta flash back to Stock.
4-2ndtwin said:
U gotta do it the way i posted previously, because of ICS being MTD/yaffs2 partition and Froyo being BML/RFS. No way around it. U gotta flash back to Stock.
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Sorry, I didn't post the guide I was referring to, this is it. Which one are you referring to?
I'm not referencing a guide...just my post at post #2 above.
Here is [Stock ROMs](OneClicks Master Collection) from the Dev forum. It is a Stickied thread.

[Q] Unsure on how to flash to GB????

Hi! So I've been trying to flash my phone back to GB Rom from my..I think its my stock ICS rom? (4.0.2) because I've rooted it already but haven't done anything else to it. I want to update it to CM 10.1 but I know it requires me to go back to GB before I can try to flash it to CM 10.1
I wasn't sure if I was able to flash my phone back down to GB Rom because I've been looking at threads.. and they said that doing that from an unsafe kernal (stock ICS) may result in a brick???
>< My Kernel Verison: N7000DXLP9-CL551076.
Not sure what to do. @[email protected]
Thanks for the help everyone
If you install a safe kernel on ICS, then you don't need to downgrade to GB. You can directly flash cm rom using Cwm.
On your ics rom you could install speedmod or hydracore kernel using mobile odin (as you said it's rooted) and boot into cwm, do the wipes and install cm rom.
nokiamodeln91 said:
If you install a safe kernel on ICS, then you don't need to downgrade to GB. You can directly flash cm rom using Cwm.
On your ics rom you could install speedmod or hydracore kernel using mobile odin (as you said it's rooted) and boot into cwm, do the wipes and install cm rom.
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Thanks for the response!! However.. I was reading this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1796217
And it said if I flash from stock ICS... either way..roms based on ICS- it'll result in a brick? Wouldn't it be better for me to flash to GB first?
If you flash a safe kernel, it won't matter. But if GB is the way you want to go, it's safe too.
nokiamodeln91 said:
If you flash a safe kernel, it won't matter. But if GB is the way you want to go, it's safe too.
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^Oh really? >< I just really don't want my phone to be bricked is all..because I did see the disclaimer on that thread. If I put a safe kernel on- would I still be on stock ICS?
I'm not even truly sure how to flash it back to GB because I'm not sure which GB rom to go to
Thanks
Forget crap about going back to GB and paranoic flashing instructions. Flash a PhilZ kernel (any zip version) from stock ICS, boot into new recovery, make a backup, do wipes and flash ROM. That's it.
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Thanks a lot for everyone's help. I did flash speed mod kernel and then just flashed it to CM 10.1 and it works perfectly.
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[Q] Question about CWM

I want to install ClockWork mod on my phone (Samsung i897 Captivate) so I can do a nandriod backup.
I don't want to lose anything on my phone.
Whats the best way of doing this?
(There r a few different ways depending on what android platform u r on. But here is one way...)
U will have to use Odin or Heimdall to flash a kernel that is made to run on the android platform u r on.
i.e. if u r on GB 2.3.5 i897ucKK4, u can use the KK4 Corn Kernel. I recommend version 7.0A
Once u flash the appropriate kernel, reboot into recovery and make a backup. ...Also a good idea to copy pics and other important stuff to ur pc.
Don't use Rom Manager because it does not work well with the Captivate.
And also Titanium Backup Pro is a great Investment in my opinion.
And the Stickied Threads will prove helpful as well.
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4-2ndtwin said:
(There r a few different ways depending on what android platform u r on. But here is one way...)
U will have to use Odin or Heimdall to flash a kernel that is made to run on the android platform u r on.
i.e. if u r on GB 2.3.5 i897ucKK4, u can use the KK4 Corn Kernel. I recommend version 7.0A
Once u flash the appropriate kernel, reboot into recovery and make a backup. ...Also a good idea to copy pics and other important stuff to ur pc.
Don't use Rom Manager because it does not work well with the Captivate.
And also Titanium Backup Pro is a great Investment in my opinion.
And the Stickied Threads will prove helpful as well.
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I have the version that you have listed.
My goal is to install cyanogenmod on my phone but I want to do a Nandroid backup before I do so I can restore my phone back to the state it was in before CM install.
After u flash CM, in order to return to the backup u made while on KK4 (because of the different partitions, i.e. bml vs mtd) u would 1st have to Odin or Heimdall back to Stock KK4, Odin/Heimdall flash KK4 Corn Kernel, Reboot into Recovery and Restore ur backup.
Once u go to CM, u will have to Odin/Heimdall back to Stock KK4 in order to get to KK4. U cannot reboot into recovery while on cm and restore ur backup u made on kk4. If u try, a soft brick will more than likely occur.
(A nandroid backup has to be restored on the android platform/rom where u made the backup).
Its all because of the different partitions and file systems used in Stock firmware vs CM. Just the way it is.
Like i said previously, Titanium Backup Pro is a big help....especially if ur just goin back to stock firmware that u have root access on.
In the end if u r just wanting to backup ur apps and their data and then restore that after u flash CM, then TB Pro is ur answer.
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4-2ndtwin said:
After u flash CM, in order to return to the backup u made while on KK4 (because of the different partitions, i.e. bml vs mtd) u would 1st have to Odin or Heimdall back to Stock KK4, Odin/Heimdall flash KK4 Corn Kernel, Reboot into Recovery and Restore ur backup.
Once u go to CM, u will have to Odin/Heimdall back to Stock KK4 in order to get to KK4. U cannot reboot into recovery while on cm and restore ur backup u made on kk4. If u try, a soft brick will more than likely occur.
(A nandroid backup has to be restored on the android platform/rom where u made the backup).
Its all because of the different partitions and file systems used in Stock firmware vs CM. Just the way it is.
Like i said previously, Titanium Backup Pro is a big help....especially if ur just goin back to stock firmware that u have root access on.
In the end if u r just wanting to backup ur apps and their data and then restore that after u flash CM, then TB Pro is ur answer.
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I do not want to lose my call/text/internet history nor do I want to lose my application data (example Angry birds saved data, not the app itself).
Just use TB Pro for apps and data backup.
And find a reliable app on the Play Store for texts, call log, web history etc backup.
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4-2ndtwin said:
Just use TB Pro for apps and data backup.
And find a reliable app on the Play Store for texts, call log, web history etc backup.
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I got to thinking I am going to have to install CWM anyways. Could I install CWM and then run a Nandroid backup and then flash my CM Rom?
the only reliable way to install cwm from stock is to flash a kernel that includes cwm, via usb. the corn kernel 7.0a recommended by 4-2ndtwin is a safe way to do that. it doesn't touch your user apps and user data.
then you can do a nandroid backup from cwm, and go on to flash other roms via cwm, from zip files on your phone.
as noted, to keep your user apps and data for later roms, use Titanium Backup. only restore user apps and data, not system apps.
you cannot take a KK4 nandroid backup and restore it over a later CM rom. you will brick the phone.
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Forgot about mentioning this Utility until i was making a post a lil bit ago...
If on Stock KK4...here is a [Utility]KK4 Easy Root by Red_81 that u can gain Root access through and also get the KK4 Corn Kernel version 7.0A that has CWM Recovery so that u can proceed with flashin ur rom of choice.
See post # 4 in the thread linked for a workin download...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26710533&postcount=1
U can use this method if desired, instead of using Heimdall or Odin to flash the KK4 Corn Kernel.
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laughingT said:
the only reliable way to install cwm from stock is to flash a kernel that includes cwm, via usb. the corn kernel 7.0a recommended by 4-2ndtwin is a safe way to do that. it doesn't touch your user apps and user data.
then you can do a nandroid backup from cwm, and go on to flash other roms via cwm, from zip files on your phone.
as noted, to keep your user apps and data for later roms, use Titanium Backup. only restore user apps and data, not system apps.
you cannot take a KK4 nandroid backup and restore it over a later CM rom. you will brick the phone.
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If I reloaded KK4 Stock (thru Samsung Keis mini) would the backup work then?
mrnapolean1 said:
If I reloaded KK4 Stock (thru Samsung Keis mini) would the backup work then?
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yes, but you would need to install corn kernel again to get the cwm to do the restore.
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mrnapolean1 said:
If I reloaded KK4 Stock (thru Samsung Keis mini) would the backup work then?
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You can not flash back to stock using kies mini. You have to use Odin.
jram0421 said:
You can not flash back to stock using kies mini. You have to use Odin.
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Do you know where I can get a good known KK4 Stock ROM?
And BTW do you know if CM will work with the corn kernel?
Ive looked on CMs site but it doesn't say anything.
^
KK4 Corn Kernel will not work for CM.
And a good KK4 based Rom is Legend by the Collective team. Look a few pages back in the Development forum. (edit...here it is...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20288065&postcount=1 )
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4-2ndtwin said:
^
KK4 Corn Kernel will not work for CM.
And a good KK4 based Rom is Legend by the Collective team. Look a few pages back in the Development forum.
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What kernel would you recommend to work with CM or what Android Jellybean based ROM would you recommend for my captivate?
This Jellybean 4.2.2 Rom by the Collective... AoCP http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37484782&postcount=1
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4-2ndtwin said:
This Jellybean 4.2.2 Rom by the Collective... AoCP http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37484782&postcount=1
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Do I still need the Corn kernel?
And does this come with CWM Recovery?
Yep and yep.
Instructions in that Roms OP.
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