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[GUIDE] Back Up and Restore your ROM (manual method)

For these steps to work, ensure that your Milestone currently contains an unprotected recovery image (eg. Brazilian 2.0.1 SPF or the vulnerable recovery SPF for 2.1 Milestones).
Also ensure that you have installed the Android SDK so that you can access your phone with ADB.
These instructions are mostly based on user poseiden's guide at alldroid.org, before the site went down and was cleaned up.
How to make a Nandroid backup
Download the ADBRecovery files from here.
Unzip the archive onto the base of your SD card, so that you have a /recovery folder and an update.zip (NOTE: if you had an earlier update.zip, it will be overwritten with the ADBRecovery update.zip, so back up or rename the original update.zip.)
Reboot your phone into recovery menu:
Turn off phone
Press Camera button, then press Power. Hold them both till you see recovery screen.
Press Volume Up and Camera button at the same time till you see the recovery menu.
Run the update.zip.
Connect via ADB and execute:
If you want everything backed up:
Code:
nandroid-mobile.sh --backup
If you don't want your installed apps + data backed up:
Code:
nandroid-mobile.sh --backup --nodata --nocache --nomisc
How to do a Nandroid restore
Ensure the Nandroid backup content is found under your phone's /sdcard/nandroid/console=ttyS2,115200n8 folder.
Ensure the /recovery folder and ADBRecovery update.zip is at the base of your SD card.
Reboot your phone into recovery menu:
Turn off phone
Press Camera button, then press Power. Hold them both till you see recovery screen.
Press Volume Up and Camera button at the same time till you see the recovery menu.
Run the update.zip.
Connect via ADB and execute:
Code:
nandroid-mobile.sh --restore
Type the name of the backup you want to restore.

Telus 2.0.1 unrooted backup
Here's a clean Telus Milestone 2.0.1 Nandroid backup. I found this one on the web, and then I removed the "su" and "Superuser.apk" files so that it's no longer rooted. Sorry, the original source is uncredited as I forgot where I got it from.
As far as I know, there is no shipped SPF of the 2.0.1 Telus firmware, so this is your only option to go back to stock.
http://www.multiupload.com/TA8V2QPJEO
I used this to restore back to stock Telus Milestone ROM so that I could return the device. The only thing different from the original purchased state was the recovery SPF, but that would be really hard to tell or to find out (just a version number difference).

There's a step missing from the backup process. You need to 'flash' the update.zip from the recovery menu before you can connect over adb.

slightly said:
There's a step missing from the backup process. You need to 'flash' the update.zip from the recovery menu before you can connect over adb.
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Oops! Fixed now. Thanks!

no need for a computer to do this anymore custome recovery does all that from the phone now .

DAGr8 said:
no need for a computer to do this anymore custome recovery does all that from the phone now .
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Wicked, thanks for letting us know. Do you have instructions or a link to one?
EDIT: You mean this?
http://www.motorolafans.com/forums/...m-update-recovery-package-updated-v1-12d.html
I see it also does root!

dsixda said:
Here's a clean Telus Milestone 2.0.1 Nandroid backup. I found this one on the web, and then I removed the "su" and "Superuser.apk" files so that it's no longer rooted. Sorry, the original source is uncredited as I forgot where I got it from.
As far as I know, there is no shipped SPF of the 2.0.1 Telus firmware, so this is your only option to go back to stock.
http://www.multiupload.com/TA8V2QPJEO
I used this to restore back to stock Telus Milestone ROM so that I could return the device. The only thing different from the original purchased state was the recovery SPF, but that would be really hard to tell or to find out (just a version number difference).
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You just saved my Milestone. Thank you x10!

(using xperia x10)
I've made a lot of modifications to my stock rom, and would like to share it.... so is system.img a valid way to share my *own* rom or mod ? (valid as in technically feasible? means ppl can d/l it n flash using recovery n use it?)
my main concerns are... will it boot on someone else's device? (i tried it myself... total wipe + clean stock instal, followed by flashing only my backed up system.img, *didn't flash data.img, only system* it took an eternity to boot first time but it ran)
second concern... system.img doesn't have any personal data right? logs, msgs etc are in data partition i guess??
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[GUIDE] Clean up your Vivid: easily root, install recovery image, remove Carrier IQ

I was trying to follow slapshot30's guide to rooting and installing CWM on the Vivid, but the instructions require an SD card, and my phone didn't ship with one (and I didn't want to power down my other Android and remove the card etc.)
So here's a simple, clear, no-magic, guide on:
how to get permanent root (permroot) on the HTC Raider/Vivid
instal a recovery image that will later let you backup and install ROM images
remove Carrier IQ, a piece of software that snoops on all your actions and can report them to your carrier
Prerequisites
Install the HTC Vivid drivers for Windows
Follow the steps at http://htcdev.com/bootloader to unlock your phone. Note that HTC will have you signup, and your email address will be uniquely associated with your phone. If you care about privacy, you may want to use a different email address that accepts attachments.
Have adb and fastboot working on your computer, preferably in your PATH. You only need the three files from the attached adb_and_fastboot_r16.zip (these are from the Android SDK r16).
Extract recovery.img from PH39IMG.zip - this is the ClockWorkMod (CWM) recovery image.
Download VIVID_CWM_ROOT_VER2.zip - this will get you root. It has busybox, su, and the Superuser APK.
Steps
On the phone, enable USB debugging in Settings -> Applications -> Development.
Connect phone to PC via USB cable. Verify that adb sees the phone by running
Code:
adb devices
Make sure your phone shows up (mine is HT1ASVJ....).
Boot phone into "HBOOT" mode (remove and reinsert battery, then hold Volume Down and Power)
Once booted, press Power to select FASTBOOT mode
Flash the recovery image:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
From the phone menu, select RECOVERY. Use the Volume Up/Down and Power keys to navigate.
Copy the rooting ZIP to the phone's internal storage:
Code:
adb push VIVID_CWM_ROOT_VER2.zip /emmc/
On the phone, choose "install zip from sdcard", then "choose zip from internal sdcard". Select the VIVID_CWM_ROOT_VER2.zip and confirm.
Choose "reboot system now".
That's it, you've unlocked your Vivid, have a recovery image and root. Test that by installing the Titanium Backup APK:
Code:
adb install [URL="http://matrixrewriter.com/android/files/TitaniumBackup_latest.apk"]TitaniumBackup_latest.apk[/URL]
To remove Carrier IQ (credits go to 8125Omnimax):
Run Titanium Backup and remove the following 2 apps: HtcIQAgent, IQRD
On your terminal/command prompt, run:
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cd /system/bin
rm iqd iqfd
cd /system/lib
rm libhtciqagent.so libciq_client.so libciq_htc.so
rm /system/etc/iqprofile.pro

After you do the boot loader unlock, recovery and root, then I can flash a custom ICS ROM?
Appreciate the step by step will let you know.....

maddie01 said:
After you do the boot loader unlock, recovery and root, then I can flash a custom ICS ROM?
Appreciate the step by step will let you know.....
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You need to upgrade to ics before do a custom ics rom. You have to have updated hboot, etc. so flash the ota ics then you can unlock boot loader, recovery, root, and flash ics.

Thanks for the reply....I have stock ICS and I unlocked bootloader today on HTC dev site...I tried to use hansoon's all in one tool to do recovery but did not know how to get phone in recovery mode....but I see how to in your directions, will try tomorrow...
Very much appreciate your help.

Nice guide!

is there a battery difference or more ram when Carrier IQ is removed?

Excellent guide! Thank you!

thanks
Worked just fine!

does this wipe any personal data or installed apps???

How did you get 139 thanks if you've asked this question?!
robgee789 said:
does this wipe any personal data or installed apps???
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Yes, of course. It's a new ROM. All your apps will be wiped out.
Data on the SD card, will, of course, be left alone. Check out my Android backup guide on how to backup and restore what you need to.

Thanks for the info mate
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Ok, so I just spent all night doing this........
It worked GREAT! Unlocked, Recovery, Rooted.......
I do have questions about removing the Carrier IQ, so if someone could PM me on the details of how to do it, THAT WOULD BE AWESOEM...(I wasn't able to locate them in Titanium Backup). All-in-all...BIG THANKS.

Nice.
xJU1C3x said:
Ok, so I just spent all night doing this........
It worked GREAT! Unlocked, Recovery, Rooted.......
I do have questions about removing the Carrier IQ, so if someone could PM me on the details of how to do it, THAT WOULD BE AWESOEM...(I wasn't able to locate them in Titanium Backup). All-in-all...BIG THANKS.
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I also wasn't able to locate them in TB. I'm assuming that means the program isn't there. Would I be incorrect in assuming that?

No, not correct...There is another program you can use to remove the CIQ, I'm not at my comp right now, but its one of those "one-click" kind of things. Sorry I can't be more specific, but browse the forums...you should find it. But I've used it and my Carrier IQ is now removed.
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Is the reason you couldn't find the IQ is because your running: MIUIAndroid_Holiday-2.7.6 ?
I'm just asking because I unlocked, rooted and flashed a stock ICS and I also can't find the apps in TB.

Negative.....this incident was prior to me installing MIUI.....
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Carrier iq was removed in ics
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Thanks. After years of cyanogenmod, I'm just getting back into it....
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Does this method still work today? Or an easier method available??
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ubigred said:
Does this method still work today? Or an easier method available??
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i'm sure the method still works, but you might want to try this out instead. i think it got good feedback.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2437705

[Q] Revolution with broken USB - return to stock

I have my wife's LG Revolution running Broken Out rom. I am getting to read to send int to big read for a replacement. They made me state that I had made not hardware or software modifications. So I need to return this to stock. I have successively used LGNPST in the past. But now the USB port does not work in data mode. A computer will charge the phone, but the phone does not prompt for USB Mode when plugin to a computer. I have tried 2 computers and 2 different cables. All of which work for my LG revolution with out a problem.
Is there any way to remove Clock Work mode and switch it to the factory recovery, and return the rom to Stock without a working USB port?
I have a way of copying files to the SD card if needed.
Thanks.

I like this this guys thoroughness, though, not totally relevant for you. The following steps would pertain best in your situation.
1) wipe data, cache, davlik cache from CWM
2) When the phone initial setup begins, bypass it with this method. Touch top left, top right, bottom right, then lastly bottom left.
3) OPTIONAL - Erase external SD card from settings menu (if you thnk it's necessary... you may not be sending that back in)
4) format internal memory from settings menu
5) LGNPST flash stock V9. Get the V9 TOT here and unzip it first.
Flashing the TOT just took me 20 minutes.
Really, though, just flashing the TOT will suffice.

That's very neet, thank you. But can I use LGNPST without a usb cable? My usb port will only charge, no data.
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Whoops. Missed that part. I was on a roll doing a TOT via USB myself. Maybe, if someone could wrangle you up a stock boot.img to flash in CWM after you unroot?
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If someone who is running a stock rooted rom, v9 or later, wants to put up a backup I can rip the rom out of it and make a flashable zip. Just when making the backup, go into the backup settings of cwm and change it to tar.gz. Not the blob crap.

Mine phone is now rooted, stock and running ZVb. This one could be backed up and installed on my. Wife's phone with the bad usb port?
I should install cwm on mine to take a backup?
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thesavo said:
Mine phone is now rooted, stock and running ZVb. This one could be backed up and installed on my. Wife's phone with the bad usb port?
I should install cwm on mine to take a backup?
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That would be awesome! To have at least the android part of the new update is better than nothing.

He still needs to find a way to remove cwm with out a pc?

I don't have clockwork on my stock + rooted Revolution. Can I use any rooted backup tool from the market/play store?

IF i have to use Clockwork mod recovery, can I just do a nandroid backup from the good phone the other phone? I have to take in to big red tomorrow.
Does anything need to be stripped out of the nandroid back?

I was just trying to think of another way to get you going. ADB Wireless sounded good up until the point that the SU part has to be removed. Then ADB Wireless would fail I'm sure.
My best guess for you is to use the Easy V8 - V9 All in One by Mark Once Again as a basis for commands to execute from terminal. I'm not sure if losing root during terminal will affect the operation however. Looking at the batch file adb shell commands, it looks fairly straightforward to manually do. I am just not 100% sure it will work. Someone else with more experience could chime in about that.
Below is what I copied out of the batch file, the UNROOTSTOCK portion.
The ALL CAPS portions are comments I have added in. The usual warnings apply. Use at your own risk.
Code:
rm /data/bootlogo/bootlogopid
ln -s /data /data/bootlogo/bootlogopid
REBOOT
echo 'ro.kernel.qemu=1' > /data/local.prop
REBOOT
UNROOTING TIME
rm /system/bin/su
rm /system/xbin/su
rm /system/app/Superuser.apk
rm /system/xbin/busybox
rm /system/bin/busybox
rm /data/local/tmp/* 2>/dev/null
USE A ROOT FILE EXPLORER APP TO COPY THIS Files\stockrecovery.img FROM THE EASY V8 - V9 ZIP. . .
TO HERE ON YOUR PHONE /data/local/tmp/stockrecovery.img
TIME TO PUSH THE STOCK RECOVERY
dd if=/data/local/tmp/stockrecovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p14 bs=4096
rm /data/local/tmp/* 2>/dev/null
CLEAN-UP TIME
rm /data/bootlogo/bootlogopid
rm /data/local.prop
REBOOT AND YOU'RE DONE!
Hope that helps, or that it spurs the help you need.
EDIT: To make it stock, all the superuser and busybox files need to be removed, and the stock boot image needs to replace the one that has CWM. Otherwise, CWM is still there. So, no. A nandroid from the other phone wouldn't help you.

But would a restored nandroird backup (from my phone) work enough to get me 1/2 way there? Would the nandroid restore leave me with
Rooted Verizon rom
Clockwork mod recovery.
If so. I could DD the stock recovery over clockwork mod recovery.
Then unroot it with a terminal app.
By the looks of your pseudo-code script, It does do all of that, in a different order.

It's possible to capture a stock, unmolested nandroid, but that would be from a bone stock phone with CWM I think. A dev did that for us on the Nabi 2, making a stock image before the rooting business. Then it's just getting the stock boot image back, if you catch my drift.
I could have done it a couple days ago having just reTOT'ed...
Edit: The Nabi is a tablet and I think some have shared their images, but I don't know if there are any implications sharing a phone nandroid.
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I have two of these VS910s. I just cleared out my internal SDCard on my VS910. It's rooted running the newest verizon rom. It doesn't have CWM right now, but is that required for nandroid backup? To restore to my wife's with the busted USB port? I'll run the backup to my sdcard then place it in her phone to run the restore.

Needing CWM. . . no. I was going to say yes, but there is a way to make a nandroid with your phone on. Using Online Nandroid, or an app developed based on it, Orange Backup, you can make an image with your phone on, no need for CWM. It will need a patch file installed, but I already got that going with the dev. It looks like it will work for the Revolution. One caveat. While I tested that it successfully backed up my phone, I didn't actually restore the nandroid created.
Looking into the Nabi's stock backup during rooting and recovery, the dev used TWRP instead of CWM. TWRP supports Open Recovery Scripts which he used to do a stock backup. No go for us with CWM, at least not how he did it. No matter because your phone is rooted.

OK, so I installed CWM recovery on my working phone. No big deal. I took two backups for good measure on the bad phone. I also restored one of the backups, it seamed to work.
I am taking a backup of my rooted stock phone. I will then attempt to restore it to the bad phone. Any thoughts to using DD in a terminal app on the phone? I should then dd the recovery.img file over CWM,
To unroot, i think i shuld be able to do as you suggested to delete SU.apk and busybox.

Good luck. Dinner is served now so I'll be missing for a while.

Bait-Fish said:
Good luck. Dinner is served now so I'll be missing for a while.
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We have stupid verizon 4G LTE boot video on the bad phone. That's a good sign.
Edit: Its running a VZW rom now!

home stretch
Ok, so after restoring a Nandroid backup of verizon's VZB to the bad phone. Now I need to un-root it. and I should be good. Also, Settings -> about says its version VZ9 not VZB. Odd.
Plan.
Add my google account to get to play store.
Add a terminal app.
Use terminal to delete any nandroid backups.
Run DD from terminal to overwrite CWM with recovery,img
delete rooted files.
Run factory wipe. from settings menu or PWR + Vol Down.
Then I should be done
Any thoughts.?

Seems about right. The version won't tick up from VZ9 unless you do the actual OTA I understand. Something about the baseband.
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[GUIDE]Resources and information regarding MJA

This is a work in progress. I will be adding more items as I get to them or as people bring things up. I will be starting with how to make a clone of the data partition so that you can restore your data on MJA. I will be working on how to Odin back to other versions. And anything else that comes up that may be useful. If you have any finds or suggestions yourself feel free to post them. I will add them to the sections once verified.
I am not responsible for anything that happens to your phone. You do this at your own risk.​

Making a full backup of the data partition
You could do this with the system up but the safest, and preferred, way of doing this is from recovery. I could only get ADB access by using PhilZ Recovery. CWM and TWRP did not work for me.
Your phone must be rooted in order to do this.
This method will require you to have an external sdcard with up to 16GB of free space to be safe. It will also have to be formatted with a file system capable of handling single file sizes of greater than 4GB. ExFat and EXT4 are a couple of examples. I just format the sdcard in the phone and that takes care of it. Be sure to back the card up first if you need to format it. Don't proceed if you are unable to meet these requirements.
1. Make sure you have the usb drivers installed on the computer. I have provided three links just in case one method doesn't work for you.
a. http://org.downloadcenter.samsung.c...ng_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_v1.5.14.0.exe​b. http://www.samsung.com/us/kies/​c. http://koush.com/post/universal-adb-driver​2. Install Philz recovery on the phone from here http://d-h.st/users/philz_touch/?fld_id=18376#files.
3. Enable Developer options and check USB debugging. To enable this go to Setting, More, About device. Tap on Build number until it says it is enabled. Then go back to More and you will have Developer options listed.
4. With the phone on and the system up, Connect the phone to the computer and accept the RSA request. Sometimes this doesn't show until you access adb.
5. If you don't have ADB on the computer already, download the zip file from here http://sdrv.ms/16euO58 and extract it to the computer, C:\ADB for example.
6. Open a command prompt on the computer and navigate to that folder. cd c:\adb for example.
7. Type adb shell and hit enter.
8. Check the phone and make sure you don't have the RSA prompt. If you do, accept it. You should see a prompt similar to this [email protected]:/ $
9. Type su, hit enter and check the phone. Accept the su request on the phone if necessary. You should see a prompt similar to this [email protected]:/ #
10. Type reboot recovery and hit enter.
11. Leave the ADB window open as you will need it soon.
12. Choose Mounts and Storage.
13. Choose mount /storage/sdcard1.
14. Go back to the ADB window.
15. Type adb shell and hit enter. You should see a prompt similar to ~ #.
16. Type dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p29 of=/storage/sdcard1/userdata bs=4096 and hit enter. Make sure that you type this exactly as it shows or you could brick the phone. You can change userdata with any name you want to use. This will take about 16 minutes to run so don't think it is hung and shutdown the phone.
17. Once it is done you will see something similar to this 2554880+0 records in, 2554880+0 records out, 10464788480 bytes (9.7GB) copied, 1002.040284 seconds, 10.0MB/s
18. You now have a complete backup of your data. It will be stored in the root of your external sdcard with the name userdata or whatever you changed it to.
19. If you need to make another backup in the future just start from step 6.
Restoring a full backup of the data partition
1. Open a command prompt on the computer and navigate to the adb folder. cd c:\adb for example.
2. Type adb shell and hit enter.
3. Check the phone and make sure you don't have the RSA prompt. If you do, accept it. You should see a prompt similar to this [email protected]:/ $
4. Type su, hit enter and check the phone. Accept the su request on the phone if necessary. You should see a prompt similar to this [email protected]:/ #
5. Type reboot recovery and hit enter.
6. Leave the ADB window open as you will need it soon.
7. Choose Mounts and Storage.
8. Choose mount /storage/sdcard1.
9. Go back to the ADB window.
10. Type adb shell and hit enter. You should see a prompt similar to ~ #.
11. Type dd if=/storage/sdcard1/userdata of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p29 bs=4096 and hit enter. Make sure that you type this exactly as it shows or you could brick the phone. If you changed userdata with a different name make sure you update the command before you enter it. This will take about 16 minutes to run so don't think it is hung and shutdown the phone.
12. Once it is done you will see something similar to this 2554880+0 records in, 2554880+0 records out, 10464788480 bytes (9.7GB) copied, 1002.040284 seconds, 10.0MB/s
13. You have now restored your data.

Going back to previous versions
Once you are fully on MJA you can't, currently, replace the bootloader. But you can Odin back to another version without the bootloader. I am attaching links to completely stock Odin tars with just the bootloader removed. Once you are on MJA you can Odin these to get back to previous versions. You will most likely have to wipe data after you Odin. But I was able to restore a nandroid backup after that. I could also restore data using the dd operation from above. Sometimes it will appear to hang at the S4 logo with the text in the upper left corner. Just let it sit. It will get past it. If the modem doesn't take just download the modem tars and install them separately.
Because the results of this vary so much I have removed the links, at least for now.

Stock MJA Firmware
This is the firmware for MJA. It includes everything but the system. So far I can't get the system to Odin without boot loops. Thanks to UnknownForce for the modem. If you get hung at the firmware error screen and CF Auto no longer works to get past it you can flash this to recover.
This does include the bootloader
https://copy.com/BnqHEWTWlet18Mol

Can I use mobile odin. With this
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amieldl143 said:
Can I use mobile odin. With this
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Not unless it has changed since I remember it. I haven't used it in a long time so I am not really sure what it can do now. Mobile Odin wasn't a full Odin replacement. It was good for installing kernels, recovery and I think system but it didn't handle certain firmware. I can't recall exactly which ones it couldn't install though.

Wow so it is possible to go back from MJA to 4.2.2 or otherwise. Amazing. Will wifi and sound work as others are reporting issues with that part?

samappz said:
Wow so it is possible to go back from MJA to 4.2.2 or otherwise. Amazing. Will wifi and sound work as others are reporting issues with that part?
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I was able to go back to each version and have everything work by wiping data. However last night I tried to go back to mf9 so I could try and ota back up to mja and got the firmware error screen. Then later on I lost wifi. So it just seems to be all over the place with the MJA bootloader. It seems like the hard part is getting all of the firmware to take at the same time. If it doesn't match, beside the bootloader, you have issues. And when it decides to give you the firmware error it is harder to get it working. I am really tired of messing with it. I'm going to try again today to see what happens. If I have any trouble I am just going to stop messing with it.
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I tried to Odin back to MF9 using the MF9 tar file in the 3rd post because I think I bricked my phone really bad. But when I tried to add the MF9 tar file toOdin, it keeps saying "stock_mf9_no_aboot.tar.md5 is invalid". So I cant Odin to get back to MF9. Any idea? I tried to redownloaded a few times, but same problem. The only thing I can do with my phone now is getting into download mode. I cant boot up or get into recovery mode. If I try to boot up the phone or get into recovery mode it says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again". I dónt know what to do now. If anyone can help me out, I certainly will appreciate it very much.

thevumeister said:
I tried to Odin back to MF9 using the MF9 tar file in the 3rd post because I think I bricked my phone really bad. But when I tried to add the MF9 tar file toOdin, it keeps saying "stock_mf9_no_aboot.tar.md5 is invalid". So I cant Odin to get back to MF9. Any idea? I tried to redownloaded a few times, but same problem. The only thing I can do with my phone now is getting into download mode. I cant boot up or get into recovery mode. If I try to boot up the phone or get into recovery mode it says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again". I dónt know what to do now. If anyone can help me out, I certainly will appreciate it very much.
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That is the firmware error I was talking about. Odin CF Auto and you should get past it. Make sure you download the most current version.

crawrj said:
That is the firmware error I was talking about. Odin CF Auto and you should get past it. Make sure you download the most current version.
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Thanks. I got my phone back up and running again. I had to wipe everything though.

mf9 tar
crawrj said:
This is a work in progress. I will be adding more items as I get to them or as people bring things up. I will be starting with how to make a clone of the data partition so that you can restore your data on MJA. I will be working on how to Odin back to other versions. And anything else that comes up that may be useful. If you have any finds or suggestions yourself feel free to post them. I will add them to the sections once verified.
I am not responsible for anything that happens to your phone. You do this at your own risk.​
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help.. Bricked my phone tried to odin mf9 tar file says pass but when it reboots says secure fail kernel. System software not authorized by samsung has been found on your phone... what do i do..

amieldl143 said:
help.. Bricked my phone tried to odin mf9 tar file says pass but when it reboots says secure fail kernel. System software not authorized by samsung has been found on your phone... what do i do..
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That is the firmware error I was talking about. Odin CF Auto and you should get past it. Make sure you download the most current version. If you can't get past it with CF Auto, which you should be able to, I have provided the stock firmware that will work.

Did the firmare mja then installed stock mf9 rpoted then mobile odin the the stock mfa and updated to mja. Not touching anymoe. Lolthanks
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Is there any way to flash the MJA bootloader back to get rid of twrp?
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MJA tarball finally available. Going to pull it and mirror on rwilco12.com ASAP.
Edit: Dang, seems like it's going to take 2+ hours! Yeesh.

Finally. Took almost 4 hours but MJA now on rwilco12.com:
http://www.rwilco12.com/downloads.p...axy S4 (SPH-L720)/Stock ROMs/MJA/Original TAR
Not sure what I'm going to do with this yet if anything. Stay tuned.

I'm fully up on MJA!
In the past I've only ever flashed stock roms or stock rooted roms. Today I took a huge leap of faith in the Devs on this site and I'm glad I did. Everything is faster!
I followed the instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277480
I'm now running SAC's 4.3 v3.1, and everything works. I had no data loss.
I haven't posted enough to post in Dev threads (because I try to stay out of the way,) so I'm putting my thanks here.

Going back to stock on Boost Mobile version. But I need help.

So this one isn't working when I flash it with TWRP ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/desire-510/development/virgin-sprint-htc-desire-510-stock-t2961521 ). I wasn't successful looking for one so I was hoping I could find some help here. After I flash back to stock I want to flash this kernel ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/des...sprintboost-modded-desire-510-kernel-t2969979 ).
Correct me if I'm wrong but I feel as though this combination is better than just having CM11. Less hardware issues is a huge plus for me.
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meeniemuffin said:
So this one isn't working when I flash it with TWRP ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/desire-510/development/virgin-sprint-htc-desire-510-stock-t2961521 ). I wasn't successful looking for one so I was hoping I could find some help here. After I flash back to stock I want to flash this kernel ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/des...sprintboost-modded-desire-510-kernel-t2969979 ).
Correct me if I'm wrong but I feel as though this combination is better than just having CM11. Less hardware issues is a huge plus for me.
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Flash the kernel then restore.
Also, you don't flash that zip of stock. Unzip on your computer and drop the files in the TWRP/BACKUPS/FAJBLAHBLAHBLAH folder and restore in TWRP. You may not have to flash the kernel first because the boot.img should be backed up.

Did now know all this. Thanks for the help, I'm going to get started on this now that I got off work. Also, not obligatory, but can you explain how that works?
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Flash the kernel then restore.
Also, you don't flash that zip of stock. Unzip on your computer and drop the files in the TWRP/BACKUPS/FAJBLAHBLAHBLAH folder and restore in TWRP. You may not have to flash the kernel first because the boot.img should be backed up.
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Just letting you know that perhaps we are not on the same page here. Im coming from Cyanogenmod 11, is flashing the Kernel the only thing I have to do in order to back to Boost Mobile stock? ROM and everything come withing the Kernel?

meeniemuffin said:
Did now know all this. Thanks for the help, I'm going to get started on this now that I got off work. Also, not obligatory, but can you explain how that works?
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Download the zip and the kernel img
Unzip in Windows/Linux
cd to folder where the folder you unzipped is located
In a file explorer on your phone navigate to wherever you make TWRP backups to (ie. /sdcard or /sdcard2 )
In /sdcard or /sdcard2 there will be a folder named TWRP, tap it
In TWRP there will be a folder named BACKUPS, tap it
In BACKUPS there will be a folder with your devices serial number (eg. FA4AJSR24392), tap it, this is where you need to place the folder from the zip
Open cmd/terminal and move the folder to the device by executing
Code:
adb push [B][COLOR="DarkRed"]"2014-12-01--07-42-35 KOT49H release-keys"[/COLOR][/B] "/sdcard/TWRP/BACKUPS/[B]<device serial #>[/B]/[B][COLOR="DarkRed"]2014-12-01--07-42-35 KOT49H release-keys[/COLOR][/B]/"
Now move the kernel over by executing
Code:
adb push HTC-Desire-510-Modded-Kernel-v1.img /sdcard/HTC-Desire-510-Modded-Kernel-v1.img
Reboot to bootloader by executing
Code:
adb reboot recovery
In TWRP tap Install and find HTC-Desire-510-Modded-Kernel-v1.img
Tap it and swipe to flash/install
Afterwards back out to the main menu
Now tap Restore and restore 2014-12-01--07-42-35 KOT49H release-keys
I thought rb had backed up the boot.img along with system but that backup is only a system backup so you will have to flash the kernel first and then restore the stock.

dipspit said:
Download the zip and the kernel img
Unzip in Windows/Linux
cd to folder where the folder you unzipped is located
In a file explorer on your phone navigate to wherever you make TWRP backups to (ie. /sdcard or /sdcard2 )
In /sdcard or /sdcard2 there will be a folder named TWRP, tap it
In TWRP there will be a folder named BACKUPS, tap it
In BACKUPS there will be a folder with your devices serial number (eg. FA4AJSR24392), tap it, this is where you need to place the folder from the zip
Open cmd/terminal and move the folder to the device by executing
Code:
adb push [B][COLOR="DarkRed"]"2014-12-01--07-42-35 KOT49H release-keys"[/COLOR][/B] "/sdcard/TWRP/BACKUPS/[B]<device serial #>[/B]/[B][COLOR="DarkRed"]2014-12-01--07-42-35 KOT49H release-keys[/COLOR][/B]/"
Now move the kernel over by executing
Code:
adb push HTC-Desire-510-Modded-Kernel-v1.img /sdcard/HTC-Desire-510-Modded-Kernel-v1.img
Reboot to bootloader by executing
Code:
adb reboot recovery
In TWRP tap Install and find HTC-Desire-510-Modded-Kernel-v1.img
Tap it and swipe to flash/install
Afterwards back out to the main menu
Now tap Restore and restore 2014-12-01--07-42-35 KOT49H release-keys
I thought rb had backed up the boot.img along with system but that backup is only a system backup so you will have to flash the kernel first and then restore the stock.
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Im trying what you suggested and TWRP isnt recognizing that the image file is there. Any ideas?

Never mind. I flashed the kernel using flashify and then I rebooted into TWRP and restored to stock. Thanks for the help.
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