I recently tried to downgrade for rooting and cwm recovery.
No matter how many roms i tried (.245,.254,.287),
Nothing happens,I get stuck in bootloop.
When i flash 4.3,it flashes perfectly.
What should i do?
U was in the stock recovery after u flash a new rom and made a factory reset? When not make it.
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Sorry.Could you please elaborate?
Did you wipe data when flashing the 4.1.2 rom?
My talking
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mrhnet said:
Did you wipe data when flashing the 4.1.2 rom?
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I didn't wipe data.I unticked all wipe partitions in flashtool.
Sushrut52 said:
I didn't wipe data.I unticked all wipe partitions in flashtool.
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That could be the problem. I also tried once 4.3 >> 4.1.2 without wiping data, resulted in bootloop as yours. (But going from .266 to .201 without wiping data worked). You might have to flash with the three check-boxes ticked (wipe data, cache and appslog).
But the only reason to downgrade is to backup data using cwm recovery and then root 4.3
By wiping ill lose all my data i.e. drm keys.
Sushrut52 said:
But the only reason to downgrade is to backup data using cwm recovery and then root 4.3
By wiping ill lose all my data i.e. drm keys.
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That's the dilemma I also faced Had to start all over again.. You can try "Backup&Restore" app that comes with stock rom. But that didn't work for properly for me
Btw, can backup sms, contacts, etc and app apk's with 'SuperBackup' app. But it won't backup the app data.
Because your BL is locked, have to downgrade to get root and a recovery. If you unlock the BL now, that itself will wipe the data! No way out I think..
Can u think of an alternative?
**Edit - wiping data won't erase drm keys. Unlocking BL will erase it. Before unlocking, you have to backup TA partition to save the drm keys. For that we need root! Again back to the same place.. oh.
mrhnet said:
That's the dilemma I also faced Had to start all over again.. You can try "Backup&Restore" app that comes with stock rom. But that didn't work for properly for me
Btw, can backup sms, contacts, etc and app apk's with 'SuperBackup' app. But it won't backup the app data.
Because your BL is locked, have to downgrade to get root and a recovery. If you unlock the BL now, that itself will wipe the data! No way out I think..
Can u think of an alternative?
**Edit - wiping data won't erase drm keys. Unlocking BL will erase it. Before unlocking, you have to backup TA partition to save the drm keys. For that we need root! Again back to the same place.. oh.
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I have to ask something.What will happen if :
I wipe my all data,cache and the third one,will it install 4.1.2,
If it does,i can root 4.1.2 using @DooMLoRD easy rooting toolkit,install cwm and take backup.
Then flash 4.3,root it and restore backup from cwm.
Will it work?
All you can do: Reflash 4.3 without wiping data etc..
Make a backup with the backup app from sony (backup to external SD)
Flash 4.1.2 and wipe everything.....
Boot up and restore backup..
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All you can do: Reflash 4.3 without wiping data etc..
Make a backup with the backup app from sony (backup to external SD)
Flash 4.1.2 and wipe everything.....
Boot up and restore backup..
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Thank you.Will try it.
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okay, I upgrade my n70f00 from ics stock to jb stock then root with philz kernel. everything went fine. then I notice my phone a bit slow, memory almost full (left less then 100mb out of 800mb) and everytime I boot I get 'android is upgrading, app statting.." notification. i want to reset, but when I do backup with cmw always fail (never backup before). do some this and that, i found that i can't access folder '\data\lost&found'. each time I click that folder using any rooted explorer I have the phone restart. I search and found sgs tools app that can delete corrupted media file, and it did. but I still can access '\data\lost&found' folder (keep restarting).
any idea at all?
thanks in advance..
Did you wipe all the partitions before flashing jb? You can download philz kernel (zip file) corresponding to your rom and flash it from stock recovery.. Go back to recovery (cwm) and wipe data, preload, system, cache, dalvik cache and put the phone in download mode and flash jb for your country or any country using pc odin.. Do backup anything important before wiping..
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treacherous_hawk said:
Did you wipe all the partitions before flashing jb? You can download philz kernel (zip file) corresponding to your rom and flash it from stock recovery.. Go back to recovery (cwm) and wipe data, preload, system, cache, dalvik cache and put the phone in download mode and flash jb for your country or any country using pc odin.. Do backup anything important before wiping..
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I didn't wipe anything prior to jb upgrading, hoping everything went fine so I dont have to reinstall alot of apps after upgrading. Now, I can't do full backup because it keep rrstarting when I do full backup. So I'll try several things before doing full wipe and odin.
Thanks
mymyway said:
I didn't wipe anything prior to jb upgrading, hoping everything went fine so I dont have to reinstall alot of apps after upgrading. Now, I can't do full backup because it keep rrstarting when I do full backup. So I'll try several things before doing full wipe and odin.
Thanks
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if you are already rooted and if phone gives you enough time to backup your apps you can try using Titanium backup pro to backup your apps.
treacherous_hawk said:
if you are already rooted and if phone gives you enough time to backup your apps you can try using Titanium backup pro to backup your apps.
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yes, I'm root. ok, i'll try that. btw, is there any risk of bricking if I do odin with 'corrupted' system folder ('system\data\lost&found')?
thanks again
No. If you put the phone into download mode and flash stock rom from pc odin it should work, but it is advisable that you do wipe the /system /data /preload before you flash stock rom again. Make sure you are on safe kernel before wiping.
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Hi guys,
Thanks to jcase, we can now root out Razr i without unlocking the bootloader.
However, a locked BL prevents from installing CWM or another custom recovery.
I've googled and found Onandroid and Orange Backup, which are solutions for backing up a rom without a custom recovery.
Is it reliable?
What's the method to restore the created backup?
Can I set the path to the backup? (because our external sdcard is not mount at the standard mount point)
Thanks!
ciberbeb said:
Hi guys,
Thanks to jcase, we can now root out Razr i without unlocking the bootloader.
However, a locked BL prevents from installing CWM or another custom recovery.
I've googled and found Onandroid and Orange Backup, which are solutions for backing up a rom without a custom recovery.
Is it reliable?
What's the method to restore the created backup?
Can I set the path to the backup? (because our external sdcard is not mount at the standard mount point)
Thanks!
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What I usually do is just backup my add data with Titanium Backup cause that the most important stuff.
Everything else can get flashed back.
dagoban said:
What I usually do is just backup my add data with Titanium Backup cause that the most important stuff.
Everything else can get flashed back.
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I actually don't minf losing my app data.
I'm talking about the system, the rom itself.
How can I make a backup of the entire system and restore it with no custom recovery?
I know the stock recovery has an option to flash a zip, but in which format?
I also checked the Onandroid topic, and a custom recovery seems to be needed...
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I actually don't minf losing my app data.
I'm talking about the system, the rom itself.
How can I make a backup of the entire system and restore it with no custom recovery?
I know the stock recovery has an option to flash a zip, but in which format?
I also checked the Onandroid topic, and a custom recovery seems to be needed...
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Maybe this one could help you http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=614016
Hello I have an xperia z c6602 I'm currently using pac man rom with meow kernel
My bootloader is unlocked and I want to go back to stock
I have a CWM backup of my stock rom. And a backup of my TA partition (i read it was useful)
How do I go back to stock? Can I just restore my CWM backup? Or I have to flash through Emma? How do I restore my ta backup?
Can someone be so kind to guide in a newbie way please? (I'm use to play around with Samsung devices. This is really different!)
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Hello I have an xperia z c6602 I'm currently using pac man rom with meow kernel
My bootloader is unlocked and I want to go back to stock
I have a CWM backup of my stock rom. And a backup of my TA partition (i read it was useful)
How do I go back to stock? Can I just restore my CWM backup? Or I have to flash through Emma? How do I restore my ta backup?
Can someone be so kind to guide in a newbie way please? (I'm use to play around with Samsung devices. This is really different!)
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Hello, I was on pac rom few days ago as well, then i decided to try miui which is based on stock.
So here's the steps:
BACK UP ALL YOUR INTERNAL SD FILES AND FOLDERS because flashing ftf will erase everything inside internal sd, I never did a backup, lost all the chats and messages. :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying:
copy all the flashable .zip u want to your sd card.
Flash a stock .ftf file .67 / .74 will do, then root it with any method u want
then flash original kernel using flashtool
then reboot str8 to recovery and proceed to do a clean wipe then flash any stock custom rom you want.
let me know if you have any doubts or question here.
My method is
1.Backup everything, photos, messages, app data using titanium backup, literally everything you need.
2.Store backups somewhere safe, especially titanium backup file(the whole thing).
3.Flash back stock rom and wiping everything.
4.Relock bootloader.
5.Now you have a clean phone, root it again and restore titanium backup app datas,
But be sure to only restore games, apps, but not system files, it may causes crash.
6.Restore the rest of them.
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Hello, I was on pac rom few days ago as well, then i decided to try miui which is based on stock.
So here's the steps:
BACK UP ALL YOUR INTERNAL SD FILES AND FOLDERS because flashing ftf will erase everything inside internal sd, I never did a backup, lost all the chats and messages. :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying:
copy all the flashable .zip u want to your sd card.
Flash a stock .ftf file .67 / .74 will do, then root it with any method u want
then flash original kernel using flashtool
then reboot str8 to recovery and proceed to do a clean wipe then flash any stock custom rom you want.
let me know if you have any doubts or question here.
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Thanks for the replies! Do you know how to restore my ta backup? Or by flashing the stock rom it would be the same? If not. At what part of the process should I do it?
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Thanks for the replies! Do you know how to restore my ta backup? Or by flashing the stock rom it would be the same? If not. At what part of the process should I do it?
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restore ta backup is the last step basically, ( after flashing stock kernel and stock rom)
i think you used the backup ta for windows from one thread if i'm not wrong,
just restore dry run just to make sure the ta is correct and then just restore it
(the phone should be power on like normal, with usb debugging on)
for your concern, cwm backup also can be used, just restore it and it's done, but, the app data and all other things will return to the state during the time you made the backup, so the progress you did in this custom rom wil not be saved, unless you used titanium backup after you restore nandroid.
Excellent! Thanks man I will restore my backup and restore TA. And yes. I used a Windows tool to make the ta backup (don't even know what's that for. I just read it was important) haha
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I was surprised that after flashing stock ROM by ODIN, phone was not cleaned from the user data.
I mean: account settings, applications installed by user, etc.
I know that flashing dont erase data from internal/external SD card, but why all data was still exist?
Only Wipe Data / Factory Reset will erase all user data?
Btw, Merry Xmas
darcik said:
I was surprised that after flashing stock ROM by ODIN, phone was not cleaned from the user data.
I mean: account settings, applications installed by user, etc.
I know that flashing dont erase data from internal/external SD card, but why all data was still exist?
Only Wipe Data / Factory Reset will erase all user data?
Btw, Merry Xmas
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Nope, factory reset will not erase all user data. Go into setting/storage and delete from there (not sure cause I didn't have the device now). If you want to erase using odin, tick the repartition box while flashing the firmware. This is the easiest way I think.
Odin flash doesn't wipe user apps and their data, but it may cause bugs if you come from another ROM...
E.g : if u soft bricked on stock JB, just odin flash is necessary.
for other ROMs, it may or may not lag.
I will describe my way.
I tried to install CM 10.2
I did factory reset, next steps follow procedure.
When I did first start, unfortunately keyboard stop working, so my cyjanogen install failed and I decided back to old system using backup.
After restore and start, phone required settings like on first start after factory reset.
Lol, big surprise.
Ok, I entered necessary information but after reset -
again same like after factory reset
I tried from another backup with same result.
Hmm, big mess.
So I flash stock ROM by Odin.
And new surprise - phone with fresh system and all my own settings and applications from last restore.
Two disappointments:
1. Restore from backup does not cause a return to the initial state.
2. Flash ROM by Odin don't make factory state of phone.
I have question, if format partitions: system and data and next restore backup will do real state phone on this backup?
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darcik said:
I will describe my way.
I tried to install CM 10.2
I did factory reset, next steps follow procedure.
When I did first start, unfortunately keyboard stop working, so my cyjanogen install failed and I decided back to old system using backup.
After restore and start, phone required settings like on first start after factory reset.
Lol, big surprise.
Ok, I entered necessary information but after reset -
again same like after factory reset
I tried from another backup with same result.
Hmm, big mess.
So I flash stock ROM by Odin.
And new surprise - phone with fresh system and all my own settings and applications from last restore.
Two disappointments:
1. Restore from backup does not cause a return to the initial state.
2. Flash ROM by Odin don't make factory state of phone.
I have question, if format partitions: system and data and next restore backup will do real state phone on this backup?
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1. Almost every restore from backup for me it returned phone on state when backup was made. Only if my backup was bad (did not have enough place on sd for backup or something corrupted it).
2. Flashing stock ROM by Odin do not touch data partition (or folder whatever it is). So if you want to erase that, you need to make factory reset. It is like that on every Samsung Android device - I am not sure for other, never used.
When you come back from any CM10.2, Omni 4.3 and CM11 based ROM - first flash stock with Odin, do factory reset - and after that restore backup (ofcourse first root, install CoCore kernel for CWM before restore - you can't use restore in stock recovery).
Tnx for answers.
This is weird that format system partition not enough to get rid of the CM
But I checked this again and exactly after refresh ROM by Odin - restore my settings and data works fine.
Hmm imo this is mess in whole Android system
darcik said:
Tnx for answers.
This is weird that format system partition not enough to get rid of the CM
But I checked this again and exactly after refresh ROM by Odin - restore my settings and data works fine.
Hmm imo this is mess in whole Android system
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Explanation for that, TeamJanica used preload partition for swap, and it is patitioned in other format than the one stock ROM use. That partition is not used on CM for files, but it has it's use on stock based ROM.
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Explanation for that, TeamJanica used preload partition for swap, and it is patitioned in other format than the one stock ROM use. That partition is not used on CM for files, but it has it's use on stock based ROM.
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Tnx for explanation :good:
Is there somewhere a description of the organization of the file system, partitions in our device?
darcik said:
Tnx for explanation :good:
Is there somewhere a description of the organization of the file system, partitions in our device?
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I think there is in some of the first posts of developer thread. I will try to find it and post if I get it.
Maybe this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30694671&postcount=288
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I think there is in some of the first posts of developer thread. I will try to find it and post if I get it.
Maybe this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30694671&postcount=288
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Tnx, as usual you are very helpfull
How I missed this topic?
darcik said:
Tnx, as usual you are very helpfull
How I missed this topic?
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It is made 25th August 2012. Maybe because of that.
Heeeelp pleeeease
Ive got a problem with frp protection my daughter forgot everything so i restored to factory and used odin 3 v13.3 and correct firmware to flash it but when odin says pass the phone erases itself of the flashed firmware it’s a galaxy s7 edge any help would be grateful im pulling my hair out now .
j7 nxt stock frimware flash failed
i accidentally wiped vendor,syastem and all and now i can only install custom gsi roms.
While flashing stock frimware it stuck at set partition adn cannot install stock frimware please helpe to get this fixed?
gauravsapkotanp said:
j7 nxt stock frimware flash failed
i accidentally wiped vendor,syastem and all and now i can only install custom gsi roms.
While flashing stock frimware it stuck at set partition adn cannot install stock frimware please helpe to get this fixed?
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supposedly you have downloaded the stock FW, flash via Odin with re-partition ticked. if it fails, extract the PIT file from CSC_OMC_OXM_XXX save it in a location and load it at the pit session via Odin the re-flash again with re-partition ticked.
Hi
Suddelny my Z1 C9603 restarted and was stuck on the "wawes" after the Xperia logo. I flashed the .108 firmware and then it got stuck and "Android is upgrading, starting programs". I then flashed the .757 firmware and it got to: "Android is upgrading, starting program x/x(Where x is a number)" It finished and is now stuck at "starting programs". Both time I flashed without wiping data. Any suggestions of what I can do?
BL=Unlocked
Root=Yes(Before flashing)
Dualrecovery=TeamWin and ClockWork(Also before flashing ofc)
Thanks
Restore a backup or flash and wipe data
my Xperia z1 too won't turn on
hi guys pls help me
Got the same problem as well: i flashed with ihackers v4.1 my Sony Xperia z1 and won't turn on when i press button power i should feel vibrations . sorry for my English
gregbradley said:
Restore a backup or flash and wipe data
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Hmm, I thought about that myself, but I don't want to lose my data, and I do not have any backups.. Is there any way to backup the data now? Through ADB or something?
Yes, you can make a backup in recovery, but if its the data that's causing the bootloop restoring will restore the bootloop...
Also, take this as lesson number 1, always make a backup.
gregbradley said:
Yes, you can make a backup in recovery, but if its the data that's causing the bootloop restoring will restore the bootloop...
Also, take this as lesson number 1, always make a backup.
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Okey, thank you I will try backing up and then wipe alle data, and so restore, if that won't work, I'll just wipe it all..