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[Q] Restore samsung default recovery

I rooted and installed clockwordmod recovery using the information on this forum, now I want to revert to stock recovery. I followed the instructions on this page
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and did a master clear and the regular flashing process. Everything seems to be working fine except when I reboot into recovery mode and select reinstall all packages i get this error:
e: can't open /sdcard/update.zip.
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I tried two different Odin packages I897UCJF6 and I897UCJF1, both give me the same issue.
I think my only option is to use a nandroid backup from a fresh install, can anyone send me a link to one please.

If you did a master clear it deleted everything on your /sdcard volume... so of course it isn't finding an update.zip package there =P

if your recovery is black screen w blue letters, That is samsung recovery.

Zilch25 said:
If you did a master clear it deleted everything on your /sdcard volume... so of course it isn't finding an update.zip package there =P
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I dont think theres supposed to be an update.zip on the factory device, besides odin is supposed to be a complete image
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iamamp3pimp said:
if your recovery is black screen w blue letters, That is samsung recovery.
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I can get to samsung recovery, but when I click reinstall packages it fails if there isn't an update.zip file in the /sdcard directory.
I poked around the clockworkmod update.zip and found out it deletes the /cache/recovery/update.zip and installs a modified /sbin/recovery; among other things, but I think those are the files that are most important to me right now, are those files not restored by Odin?
btw I'm new to android but I'm a linux admin and programmer so I have a basic understanding of how this works, now to just dig deeper and find out where it's going wrong.

Odin will wipe everything on your NAND clean, this does not include the /sdcard area (internal Sdcard)
Doing a master clear wipes everything including your internal sd (so if you had already had a clockwork backup it would have gotten wiped as well)
Rom Manager/Clockwork creates a folder on your /sdcard called /sdcard/clockwork, and within that folder all of your images are stored. Clockwork uses and update.zip file to install itself on boot up (through stock recovery)
I'm not entirely sure what answer you're looking for though, so I figured I'd just lay out a few facts in hopes that one of them might help

Thanks for the reply, I know the basics of how clockworkmod/nand work. What I'm trying to do is restore my phone to factory condition, Odin restores everything except the recovery manager, for some reason I'm stuck with the modified recovery that needs an update.zip. Before I made any changes, when my phone was new, if I booted into recovery and selected reinstall packages it would run the default att/samsung recovery program and reinstall default packages(as far as I can remember, please tell me if I'm just imagining this, ive been flashing and reflashing my phone countless times so I could be really confused), thats what I wan't to happen, now it just gives me the error:
e: can't open /sdcard/update.zip.
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I don't recall my stock phone doing that, otherwise I wouldn't of had to return my first phone , black screened it on the first day I had it lol.

tbae2 said:
I don't recall my stock phone doing that, otherwise I wouldn't of had to return my first phone , black screened it on the first day I had it lol.
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lol thanks, do you mean that it didn't try to reinstall the packages?
And could someone else with a stock AT&T Captivate please confirm, I'm not ready to admit that I've gone completely crazy....

Just so I understand. You go to recovery and it tries to install an update.zip without you doing anything? This isn't normal.
I'd do another odin and a master clear. That really should do it.

gunnyman said:
Just so I understand. You go to recovery and it tries to install an update.zip without you doing anything? This isn't normal.
I'd do another odin and a master clear. That really should do it.
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No, he is saying that when he first got the phone it used to reinstall the stock packages when he selected reinstall packages. Now it doesn't and instead just says it can't find update.zip. He just wants to make sure that on a stock recovery it's not supposed to install anything when he selects reinstall packages.

If you did a master clear and have not manually put an update.zip file back into the root of the sdcard, then you will always get that message because the file does not exist. If you ran the 1 click odin and restored the phone, then you are back to stock. No further actions necessary.
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gunnyman said:
Just so I understand. You go to recovery and it tries to install an update.zip without you doing anything? This isn't normal.
I'd do another odin and a master clear. That really should do it.
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I've done a few master clears using odin. It's not trying to install an update.zip without me doing anything, the way I remember it on the stock phone when you select reinstall packages it will reinstall the default att packages, am I wrong about this?

kaiserman023 said:
I've done a few master clears using odin. It's not trying to install an update.zip without me doing anything, the way I remember it on the stock phone when you select reinstall packages it will reinstall the default att packages, am I wrong about this?
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You are wrong about this. Selecting reinstall packages tells the phone to look for an update.zip file.

alphadog00 said:
You are wrong about this. Selecting reinstall packages tells the phone to look for an update.zip file.
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Solved. Thankyou
Turns out there was nothing wrong with the phone just me, I've been trying to fix something that isn't broken!!!

alphadog00 said:
You are wrong about this. Selecting reinstall packages tells the phone to look for an update.zip file.
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this......

Lol Jeez with all the hard issues we get around here it's the simple questions that confuse the crap out of us

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stock rom (rooted)

This is a clockworkmod back up of the Hero_C_Sprint_2-1.27.651.5_R mod!! I rooted then made this recovery. For anybody that doesn't want to go through the load of @#$% I had to go through to update my prl. Just unzip and put in the clockworkmod/backup folder on your sd card then you can install it from Rom manager or recovery.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22765899/stock.zip

Shows error code 404.

Sorry about that didn't realize it would take that long to upload to dropbox. Should be good now.
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I tried to flash this from recovery and got an md5 mismatch error. Any ideas?

nharvill said:
I tried to flash this from recovery and got an md5 mismatch error. Any ideas?
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You don't flash it. You need to restore it - it's a nandroid backup, not a ROM.

Sorry, I'm new to this. I did download ClockworkMod Recovery 3.0.0.5 using Method I, don't know if I did it correct. Did not see anything different then, don't know if I was supposed to. I did unzip your stock.zip but don't see the clockworkmod/backup folder. Do I use Rom Manage to install from Recovery. Hopefully only one last question, do you have the RUU 1.56.651.1. That is what was original on my phone and where I want to end up. I really appreciate all the help. I'll never upgrade again without thorough research. This has been a nightmare.

kady2003 said:
Sorry, I'm new to this. I did download ClockworkMod Recovery 3.0.0.5 using Method I, don't know if I did it correct. Did not see anything different then, don't know if I was supposed to. I did unzip your stock.zip but don't see the clockworkmod/backup folder. Do I use Rom Manage to install from Recovery. Hopefully only one last question, do you have the RUU 1.56.651.1. That is what was original on my phone and where I want to end up. I really appreciate all the help. I'll never upgrade again without thorough research. This has been a nightmare.
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If you don't see the clockworkmod/backup folder on your SD card, trying backing up your current ROM first. That will create the folder if it doesn't exist. Then you put the unzipped files from stock.zip under the backup folder. Open ROM Manager, select Manage and Restore Backups, and then select the folder with those unzipped files.

do you lose root if you do this to update the prl?

motoelliot said:
do you lose root if you do this to update the prl?
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He says it's rooted, so you shouldn't.

You won't lose root if you use it to update prl and profile, just don't click on update software. Then the software patch could revert you to stock.
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Install Nandroid ZIP Woes

I can't for the life of my install a stock nandroid to my HTC One. I have tried everything and i can't restore it to the BM___001 nandroid. I need to restore it to stock and i am out of tricks. Suggestions?

Want to give some more details? Which custom recovery are you using? What commands have you been using? What errors you get?

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Want to give some more details? Which custom recovery are you using? What commands have you been using? What errors you get?
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I am trying to install the BM____001 nandroid with CWM. I put the unzipped folder in the right location and cwm does see it. I tried flashing the straight zip and it fails. I try flashing through ROM Manager and it fails. I will re flash to get error codes for you.

MKVFTW said:
I am trying to install the BM____001 nandroid with CWM. I put the unzipped folder in the right location and cwm does see it.
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You can forget about the rest of your attempts. CWM nandroids are not flashed. Just report back the error you got when you selected the folder to restore.

deeevan said:
You can forget about the rest of your attempts. CWM nandroids are not flashed. Just report back the error you got when you selected the folder to restore.
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I knew that but tried anyways. I can't even get the the folder to show up in the backup menu to try and restore.

MKVFTW said:
I knew that but tried anyways. I can't even get the the folder to show up in the backup menu to try and restore.
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I thought you said CWM could see it? Was that a typo?
I'm guessing you're on a 4.2.2 ROM? CWM still thinks your sdcard is at /data/media not the new /data/media/0. Move the clockworkmod folder into /data/media and CWM should be able to see your backups.

deeevan said:
I thought you said CWM could see it? Was that a typo?
I'm guessing you're on a 4.2.2 ROM? CWM still thinks your sdcard is at /data/media not the new /data/media/0. Move the clockworkmod folder into /data/media and CWM should be able to see your backups.
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Got it, and have restored with the CWM backup. Now once it boots, the touch screen does not work. Previously i was on GPe 4.3 and have since updated the firmware.
Downloaded the appropriate BM OTA from the RUU collection and tried to install it and it gives me CID missmatch. I changed from CID 1111111 back to BM___001 and it still gives me the same issue. So i pulled the firmware.zip from the OTA and flashed it via rebootRUU. It flashed sucessfully (both times) and restarted. Still the touch wont work.
I am at a loss with this thing.

Android Revolution custom rom install

Hi all,
I decided to post here because i'm new and I don't have permission to post in the proper thread. Anyway I'm trying to install the new rom 31.0 over my current on 12.1. It installs successfully but then I get stuck on the htc logo boot screen and yes I did the wipe data/cache thing. Can anyone help with this?
Much appreciated.

Did you update the kernel to a newer kernel? Also I would do a full wipe and then install. The two versions you are working with are very different.

spriggan17 said:
Hi all,
I decided to post here because i'm new and I don't have permission to post in the proper thread. Anyway I'm trying to install the new rom 31.0 over my current on 12.1. It installs successfully but then I get stuck on the htc logo boot screen and yes I did the wipe data/cache thing. Can anyone help with this?
Much appreciated.
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did you confirm the MD5 sum? For ARHD 31.0 it's: 601F92B13104A373868C6C1E05972CF9
if it's not, then it's a bad download and you should download again.
EDIT: you should also select WIPE in Aroma installer!

Bootloops happen. Do a factory reset and flash again.

postfatal said:
Bootloops happen. Do a factory reset and flash again.
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Will a factory reset erase my nandroid backup and if so how do I get the img file onto my computer?

spriggan17 said:
Will a factory reset erase my nandroid backup and if so how do I get the img file onto my computer?
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If you don't have a functioning ROM, you'll have to enter custom recovery, adb works there. then you'll have to use "adb pull" commands to get stuff off your internal storage to your PC.
I think there's also an application called "Android Commander" which is basically a graphical file manager that acts as a front-end to adb.

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If you don't have a functioning ROM, you'll have to enter custom recovery, adb works there. then you'll have to use "adb pull" commands to get stuff off your internal storage to your PC.
I think there's also an application called "Android Commander" which is basically a graphical file manager that acts as a front-end to adb.
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I have a functioning ROM, I'm currently on Android Revolution 12.1. I just couldn't install their latest version (31.0) over my current one even after doing the data wipe both in recovery and AROMA. I re-downloaded the file and checkd the MD5 which seems to pass so I will try to install this new DL when I get home from work.
Thanks for the input guys and I'll keep you posted.

spriggan17 said:
I have a functioning ROM, I'm currently on Android Revolution 12.1. I just couldn't install their latest version (31.0) over my current one even after doing the data wipe both in recovery and AROMA. I re-downloaded the file and checkd the MD5 which seems to pass so I will try to install this new DL when I get home from work.
Thanks for the input guys and I'll keep you posted.
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I would still recommend backing up everything to your PC, you MAY have to eventually wipe that. It's always a good idea to keep a backup of everything on your PC (or at least on a USB stick if you have an OTG).
Also remember that most likely your nandroids are in /data/media/... (which will not show up using MTP) as opposed to /data/media/0/... (which does show up on MTP), so if you want to keep them, either move them from /data/media/... to /data/media/0/... EDIT: you need a root-enabled file explorer on your phone to see /data/media/...
or use adb pull to get them off your phone.
Good luck, and remember to hit the thanks button if we helped

nkk71 said:
I would still recommend backing up everything to your PC, you MAY have to eventually wipe that. It's always a good idea to keep a backup of everything on your PC (or at least on a USB stick if you have an OTG).
Also remember that most likely your nandroids are in /data/media/... (which will not show up using MTP) as opposed to /data/media/0/... (which does show up on MTP), so if you want to keep them, either move them from /data/media/... to /data/media/0/... EDIT: you need a root-enabled file explorer on your phone to see /data/media/...
or use adb pull to get them off your phone.
Good luck, and remember to hit the thanks button if we helped
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I got it working with a new download and clean install, but I seem to be missing the LTE icon?

spriggan17 said:
I got it working with a new download and clean install, but I seem to be missing the LTE icon?
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It should be there, what carrier are you on, and did you select "international" in Aroma? Could also be CID related.

[Q] Help with bricked phone!

My S Advance is hard bricked and I am unable to bring it back to life, though it does go to recovery mode and download mode I've flashed plenty of firmwares from 2.3.6 to 4.1.2 and none of them work. Anyway I'm past that because I've bought a new phone now, what I need to ask is this: Can I somehow recover the data from my internal SDcard, and how should i go about doing so?

I want to add one more thing...
I know the problem of the phone not booting is hardware related, but i believe that the internal memory is intact. I believe so because when i go to recovery mode I am able to mount and unmout sdcard0, also using the "Install zip" option I'm able to view the folders inside sdcard0.

M0shi said:
I want to add one more thing...
I know the problem of the phone not booting is hardware related, but i believe that the internal memory is intact. I believe so because when i go to recovery mode I am able to mount and unmout sdcard0, also using the "Install zip" option I'm able to view the folders inside sdcard0.
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See if you can get adb shell, and pull data with it.

shut_down said:
See if you can get adb shell, and pull data with it.
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Does adb require android to boot first?

M0shi said:
Does adb require android to boot first?
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With CoCore you should be able do get it before boot. I think someone had similar question, and I left Odin flashable CoCore in that thread.
P.S. Find CoCore Odin flashable tar in the attachment.

shut_down said:
With CoCore you should be able do get it before boot. I think someone had similar question, and I left Odin flashable CoCore in that thread.
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Well thanks, I'll try that and report back in this thread.

M0shi said:
Well thanks, I'll try that and report back in this thread.
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I put kernel that you can flash with Odin in edit on my previous post.

M0shi said:
My S Advance is hard bricked and I am unable to bring it back to life, though it does go to recovery mode and download mode I've flashed plenty of firmwares from 2.3.6 to 4.1.2 and none of them work. Anyway I'm past that because I've bought a new phone now, what I need to ask is this: Can I somehow recover the data from my internal SDcard, and how should i go about doing so?
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If you are able to enter the custom recovery,as you said,you could do an nandroid backup and it will be automaticly safe to your sd-card.
After that you can open it up in your new or other smartphone with nandroid manager and you can pull out all your files and savegames etc. .