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I created a Nandroid backup of the stock Nexus S Rom. This includes the latest OTA GRH78 that just got pushed out today 12/22/10. This is 100% stock.
Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?ontvvh8z9h9lb7a
WARNING: This will wipe everything on your phone
Requirements:
-Clockwork recovery or other custom recovery
-The nandroid backup from here http://www.mediafire.com/?ontvvh8z9h9lb7a
-Transfer cable, to transfer contents of downloaded file to phone's internal memory
Instructions:
1. Download nandroid file from link provided above
2. Extract the .zip file on your computer
3. Move the folder "2010-12-22.21.06.07" to the clockworkmod/backup/ directory of your phones internal storage
Note: if you have never used nandroid you wont have the directory clockworkmod/backup on your phones internal storage, so you will have to manually create those folders, then put the folder "2010-12-22.21.06.07" in the new folders you created
4. Now go into your clockwork recovery manager, you can do this by typing in "adb reboot recovery" if you have adb setup on your computer, and the phone is connected. Or while the phone is turned off hold the volume up+power to get into bootloader mode, then go down to "recovery" by using the volume up/volume down keys to scroll up or down, then press the power button to launch it, and this will launch the recovery manager
5. Once your in clockwork mod recovery select "backup and restore"
6. Then click "restore"
7. Now you should be able to choose and select "2010-12-22.21.06.07"
8. Clockwork will now restore this nandroid backup
9. Reboot system
Note: This version of android build "GRH78" will make sure you have the stock recovery manager everytime you reboot the phone. So after doing this, after you reboot you will no longer have clockwork mod.
Edit: According to xda member Luxferro the new update introduced /etc/install-recovery which may have not been in 2.3, but anyways, it runs this on bootup, and if the MD5 of the recovery doesn't match what is expected, it reflashes the stock recovery back over, so if you dont want the stock recovery to be flashed everytime you boot if your on clockwork or another non stock rom, just rename it to prevent it from running on boot. And for those of you who want to return your phone back to stock this nandroid will do that for you since it also flashes the stock recovery.
Video on how to unroot the nexus s and return to stock
http://theunlockr.com/2011/01/20/how-to-unroot-the-nexus-s/
Video via xda member dcogen
will this method rest the phone and erase phone info?
yungfresh said:
will this method rest the phone and erase phone info?
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yes this will erase everything, this is meant for people who want to go back to stock.
I unlocked the bootloader and flashed clockword mod only. I didn't flash any custom roms. If I do this method, will it lock the bootloader and remove clockword mod?
yungfresh said:
I unlocked the bootloader and flashed clockword mod only. I didn't flash any custom roms. If I do this method, will it lock the bootloader and remove clockword mod?
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No, this will not touch the bootloader, or the recovery. The phone bootloader will stay unlocked, and the recovery manager will stay in tact.
Hi there, your "stock" nandroid is screwed up.
I just tried it right now and TONS of apps are missing from the market with your nandroid.
PayPal, NYTimes, aFile, Fios Mobile Remote, TONS of stuff that I had are gone from the Market.
I pulled out my SIM card, and still all missing.
I restored my Nandroid of my current system, and they're all back in the Market.
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Hi there, your "stock" nandroid is screwed up.
I just tried it right now and TONS of apps are missing from the market with your nandroid.
PayPal, NYTimes, aFile, Fios Mobile Remote, TONS of stuff that I had are gone from the Market.
I pulled out my SIM card, and still all missing.
I restored my Nandroid of my current system, and they're all back in the Market.
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Hmm, very odd. Anyone else having this issue?
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App
momohammed20 said:
No, this will not touch the bootloader, or the recovery. The phone bootloader will stay unlocked, and the recovery manager will stay in tact.
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so... for people that want to fully return to stock:
apply this update. go to fastboot mode and then do a fastboot oem lock. this will reset the phone and recovery partition to full stock.
you can check this by rebooting into recovery and now the recovery will be stock.
I don't think his nandroid file is messed up, there's a different market version its now 2.13 not 2.12 like on the previous build. I think that has something to do with it
Now I'm having a problem with everytime I reboot the phone I lose clockworkmod recovery an I got to reflash it with rom manager. I don't lose root tho but I lost it when I did his nandroid an had to reroot
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Hmm, very odd. Anyone else having this issue?
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Yup. I tried it, and I'm missing those apps as well.
Yes, me too. I lost many of the apps available in the market and the ability to go into recovery.
*Facepalm
These apps were missing from the Nexus S originally on day 1... Lol.
It's how Android market works. New builds don't get full market support. You need to wait for Google to update their system to allow the new build to get copy protected apps from the market.
Will this wipe my sd card?
I just checked and I don't have those apps either in market, and I'm on stock.
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Sigh! You're not supposed to have those apps.
It's not an issue with this nandroid, it's an issue with every single new version / update to android on any phone. You will always have missing apps until Google adds the build number to its servers.
Other than that, thanks a lot for posting this OP! Saved me a huge pain in the ass getting updated -_-
Yes, maybe the apps issue is an issue with the server not updating yet, but have you noticed any problem with the clockwork recovery not functioning after reboot?
My recovery reverted to 3e recovery after flashing this. Clockwork is gone. No problem though, I wanted clockwork gone.
Now how do we root without flashing clockwork ?
I will try to investigate the recovery issue. But some people wanted to go back to stock recovery, and were not able to with the stock recoveries floating around, so that's pretty odd that this nandroid takes you back to stock recovery.
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bogdi1988 said:
so... for people that want to fully return to stock:
apply this update. go to fastboot mode and then do a fastboot oem lock. this will reset the phone and recovery partition to full stock.
you can check this by rebooting into recovery and now the recovery will be stock.
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Really? That's interesting. Has anyone actually done this and confirmed it restores stock recovery? Easy fix for something that's been vexing quite a few people the last few days.
How long till the Market "fixes" itself and updates to 2.1.2 so the missing apps appear on the market?
Ok, I want to Get MY sprint Galaxy tab back to stock, UnRooted, and without a custom recovery, How can I do this? I am currently running SpaceMoose's Honeycomb Alpha 2.5
search for the EA24 stock flasher. Get Odin and flash the file from there. Complete stock 2.2, then you can go through the OTA updates to 2.3.4.
Can you please give me links? also will this restore the bootloader?
here's the thread you want (all the info for Sprint Tab's)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1133053
When I flash back to stock EA24, my old apps are still there. I get prompted to use Dolphine Browers and Launcher Pro. They are even still listed in the Installed App.
Timanator said:
When I flash back to stock EA24, my old apps are still there. I get prompted to use Dolphine Browers and Launcher Pro. They are even still listed in the Installed App.
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The stock flash (I always use Odin instead of the SWUdater) always wipes everything out, if your old apps are still there, you can always do a wipe from settings or recovery, then do the stock flash.
How do you do a recovery? I tried returning to stock and that did not work.
Timanator said:
How do you do a recovery? I tried returning to stock and that did not work.
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you can do it from settings > privacy and do a factory data wipe, or you can power off your device and then hold vol. up and power to get into recovery and wipe data and cache from there.
Ahh, i tried both already and the installed software comes back. Even after I flash it with EA24.
Hi
I was running rooted UK ICS 4.0.4 stock ROM this evening, when I set out to install Cyanogenmod 10.1 on my device. I went through the install procedure correctly but was unable to boot after installation. I am stuck on the word Samsung which follows the startup Samsung logo and chime.
I've tried just about everything i can think of, including using Odin to flash back to a stock ROM (both ICS and Gingerbread), I've also tried flashing other custom ROMS - all to no avail. I am able to enter Download Mode, connect to Odin and flash a stock ROM. But then am not able to boot successfully.
I am also able to enter the stock recovery if I have flashed a stock ROM and CWM Recovery if flashing a custom ROM.
So basically I am unable to boot beyond the white Samsung text on a black background. I would be very grateful of any help to get my Note back up and running, thank you in advance.
So currently what recovery do you have? And what rom did you flash in the end
nokiamodeln91 said:
So currently what recovery do you have? And what rom did you flash in the end
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Hi
In the end I flashed UK stock ICS 4.0.4 using Odin and I have Stock Recovery.
Ok. So are you getting stuck at the samsung flashing logo?
nokiamodeln91 said:
Ok. So are you getting stuck at the samsung flashing logo?
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No, I am getting stuck at the static Samsung white text on black background, which displays after the initial Samsung graphic logo and sound. I'm stuck here no matter what ROM I have flashed etc. I even tried to restore from a backup I made earlier today, but even then I get stuck here - in the same place.
Download any ics kernel from this thread (zip)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1901191
Put it on external sd card. Then boot into recovery and choose "apply update from external storage". Then select the zip file. After flash, reboot into recovery and you should see Cwm. Then perform a factory reset. The reboot. Check if the phone boots.
nokiamodeln91 said:
Download any ics kernel from this thread (zip)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1901191
Put it on external sd card. Then boot into recovery and choose "apply update from external storage". Then select the zip file. After flash, reboot into recovery and you should see Cwm. Then perform a factory reset. The reboot. Check if the phone boots.
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Do you mean put a custom ROM on my external SD card? If so, I've already done this. But I will do again and see if I can perform a factory reset in CWM Rec. I will post back as soon as I have done this - thank you
pretty pixel said:
Do you mean put a custom ROM on my external SD card? If so, I've already done this. But I will do again and see if I can perform a factory reset in CWM Rec. I will post back as soon as I have done this - thank you
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Do you suggest I flash a custom ROM or stock ICS ROM from the external SD card?
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Do you suggest I flash a custom ROM or stock ICS ROM from the external SD card?
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I flashed a kernel from your link. I then rebooted into recovery and saw CWM. I then went to select data wipe/factory reset. The process has started, but it seems stuck. The screen says 'wiping data'...'formatting data' but nothing else is happening it appears to be stuck there.
pretty pixel said:
I flashed a kernel from your link. I then rebooted into recovery and saw CWM. I then went to select data wipe/factory reset. The process has started, but it seems stuck. The screen says 'wiping data'...'formatting data' but nothing else is happening it appears to be stuck there.
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I then pressed and held down the Power key to try and reboot. I do not get beyond a black screen with "Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000" in white text
pretty pixel said:
I then pressed and held down the Power key to try and reboot. I do not get beyond a black screen with "Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000" in white text
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Why you wiped on Stock ICS? Did you read all the warnings in the whole Galaxy Note section? All the ICS stock roms has a bug that erases all the emmc chip when you wipe data. You CAN'T wipe on stock rom if you dont flashed a safe kernel (like Philz) before. Sadly, you hardbricked your device. You can revive it for free with the PIT method (avaliable in the "General" forum)but you will lossabout 3gigs of space, or you can get repaired replacing your motherboard. If you are in warranty you need to say you tried to update via KIES and when the device rebooted it wont start anymore. Good luck and sorry my bad english!
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Why you wiped on Stock ICS? Did you read all the warnings in the whole Galaxy Note section? All the ICS stock roms has a bug that erases all the emmc chip when you wipe data. You CAN'T wipe on stock rom if you dont flashed a safe kernel (like Philz) before. Sadly, you hardbricked your device. You can revive it for free with the PIT method (avaliable in the "General" forum)but you will lossabout 3gigs of space, or you can get repaired replacing your motherboard. If you are in warranty you need to say you tried to update via KIES and when the device rebooted it wont start anymore. Good luck and sorry my bad english!
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Oh dear Luckily, I am in warranty so will contact Samsung. Thank you for your help.
OK. just make sure your counter is 0 in download mode and no yellow triangle at boot
nokiamodeln91 said:
OK. just make sure your counter is 0 in download mode and no yellow triangle at boot
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Thank you for your help and advice.
installed recovery, got into recovery went to reboot system now I have lg logo briefly and a blank screen and the notification light fades between blue and green? what have I done and can anyone point me in the direction to fix this
(How do i get in recovery mode? Factory reset or not?)
scratch that was able to get into recovery but I am unable to figure out how to get back to stock?
I can also get into download mode.
all I wanted was rooted stock with recovery, again any ideas how to get back to stock?
bell boy said:
(How do i get in recovery mode? Factory reset or not?)
scratch that was able to get into recovery but I am unable to figure out how to get back to stock?
I can also get into download mode.
all I wanted was rooted stock with recovery, again any ideas how to get back to stock?
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If download mode is working, follow the stock recovery guide in the general section and start over again.
will start to look at that thank you,
was originally on 4.2.2 if that makes any difference routed from the device with towel root installed superuser everything was fine until I flashed recovery,
any chance stock recovery would do anything and if so how do I get into stock recovery
bell boy said:
will start to look at that thank you,
was originally on 4.2.2 if that makes any difference routed from the device with towel root installed superuser everything was fine until I flashed recovery,
any chance stock recovery would do anything and if so how do I get into stock recovery
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If you've correctly flashed a custom recovery, then no stock recovery....
Hello,
So my Galaxy S6 is stuck in a boot loop and i've literally tried EVERYTHING already and nothing will solve the problem. Safe mode won't work, clearing the cache partition won't work and USB Debugging was turned off so adb wasn't seeing my device either. I also tried Kies and Smart Switch. I am convinced my phone is soft bricked and I need to recover some very important pictures and files from it. At this point my last hope is to flash the stock ROM via Odin and I saw that some people said that they have successfully done this without losing any of their data. Is this possible? If so how do I go about doing it properly?
Thanks for any help!
Phone is not rooted and 100% stock.
Recovery and Download screens are working.
How did Kies not work for you? I used it about 4 times to restore to like new.
cwhiatt said:
How did Kies not work for you? I used it about 4 times to restore to like new.
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Because the phone is stuck in a boot loop. Kies won't detect my phone because it never fully boots.
Weird. I completely removed the system on one before reinstalling the system via Kies before sending it back via warranty exchange. I'd suggest trying again. Obviously you will need model and serial #.
cwhiatt said:
Weird. I completely removed the system on one before reinstalling the system via Kies before sending it back via warranty exchange. I'd suggest trying again. Obviously you will need model and serial #.
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Tried Kies multiple times but it just won't work. Uninstalled and reinstalled drivers, disconnected and reconnected the phone, nothing works. That's why I turned to Odin.
1337Dev said:
Tried Kies multiple times but it just won't work. Uninstalled and reinstalled drivers, disconnected and reconnected the phone, nothing works. That's why I turned to Odin.
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Since you can get into recovery, if I were you I'd flash Unikernel (latest version is 9.1 I believe) and then flash a custom rom. If you can get it to boot you shouldn't lose data in the sdcard/download.
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I am running Sick as Hell version X rom and loving it.
cwhiatt said:
Since you can get into recovery, if I were you I'd flash Unikernel (latest version is 9.1 I believe) and then flash a custom rom. If you can get it to boot you shouldn't lose data in the sdcard/download.
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I am running Sick as Hell version X rom and loving it.
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Forgot to mention but I am going to have to return this phone to T-mobile for a warranty exchange, that's why I was trying to avoid custom rom's thinking it might become ineligible. Want to be able to recover data and then reset the phone for return
The phone i wiped the system on was returned via warranty with Tmobile (of course I later reinstalled it via Kies). I would install a custom rom to attempt to get the thing up and running. Once you do that then go from there (back to Kies or factory reset...)
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The phone i wiped the system on was returned via warranty with Tmobile (of course I later reinstalled it via Kies). I would install a custom rom to attempt to get the thing up and running. Once you do that then go from there (back to Kies or factory reset...)
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Ok, Thank you! I was worried about the warranty exchange. I will attempt to install a custom rom let's see how it goes.
The purpose of installing the custom rom is to attempt to retrieve your data. If you can boot and then successfully get your data, it would be advisable to remove the custom rom and restore it to factory. Let me know how it goes...
cwhiatt said:
The purpose of installing the custom rom is to attempt to retrieve your data. If you can boot and then successfully get your data, it would be advisable to remove the custom rom and restore it to factory. Let me know how it goes...
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Hello another User here , I am in a similar situation . I installed some theme [live] from theme store , then it started acting wierdly. Finally a bad combination of Good Lock , System UI and Safe Mode my phone is in a bootloop.
I want to recover my data mostly videos and pictures. What shall I do. I am unrooted , I can access recovery , adb sideload from recovery , I can get into download mode. Will wipe data option save my Pictures?
y2k2r2d2 said:
Hello another User here , I am in a similar situation . I installed some theme [live] from theme store , then it started acting wierdly. Finally a bad combination of Good Lock , System UI and Safe Mode my phone is in a bootloop.
I want to recover my data mostly videos and pictures. What shall I do. I am unrooted , I can access recovery , adb sideload from recovery , I can get into download mode. Will wipe data option save my Pictures?
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If you've got recovery installed it would be just for that purpose. Restoring your backup (i.e., recovery). I gather you don't have a backup?
What device do you have?
G920F International. The Recovery is not a custom one . It is the default recovery that doesn't have backup mode.
y2k2r2d2 said:
G920F International. The Recovery is not a custom one . It is the default recovery that doesn't have backup mode.
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Ahh gotcha. Well...if it were me what I'd do is to boot to download mode and flash TWRP custom recovery file using Odin. Once that passes I'd boot into TWRP and do a backup.
You can then reboot into TWRP and try to restore your backup but you'll likely end up in a bootloop again. If that happens...
Then, I'd download a stock recovery (looks like they have your variant here.
I'd then flash the stock recovery using TWRP and then reboot.
If you get stuck in a bootloop again then I would do a factory reset (which doesn't wipe storage which is where your photos etc. are) and then reflash the stock recovery zip file.
I can't say for certain if that'll wipe your photos, etc. or not but I'm not inclined to think it would.
cwhiatt said:
Ahh gotcha. Well...if it were me what I'd do is to boot to download mode and flash TWRP custom recovery file using Odin. Once that passes I'd boot into TWRP and do a backup.
You can then reboot into TWRP and try to restore your backup but you'll likely end up in a bootloop again. If that happens...
Then, I'd download a stock recovery (looks like they have your variant here.
I'd then flash the stock recovery using TWRP and then reboot.
If you get stuck in a bootloop again then I would do a factory reset (which doesn't wipe storage which is where your photos etc. are) and then reflash the stock recovery zip file.
I can't say for certain if that'll wipe your photos, etc. or not but I'm not inclined to think it would.
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Thanks. It will help in the backup.
Will factory reset/wipedata from stock recovery remove the pictures ?
Can you backup data using OTG/pendrive from TWRP recovery?
y2k2r2d2 said:
Thanks. It will help in the backup.
Will factory reset/wipedata from stock recovery remove the pictures ?
Can you backup data using OTG/pendrive from TWRP recovery?
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factory reset doesn't erase storage data.
Not sure about otg/pendrive
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I didn't flash TWRP as I learned that Samsung Pay will never work not even Stock ROM flash. I instead pulled some vital data files from adb pull on 'the window of around 1 minute' each time it was active during safe mode rebooting and thankfully Google Photos had a backup of my Photos and videos.
I used the wipe data option on stock recovery that wiped everything. The device is like new.