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I know we had a Flashable.zip to return you to 100% stock. anyone have that lying around? i've got to send my broken t989's usb port in to samsung so I can start cranking some stuff out again. since the usb port is fried ODIN is a no go :[ someone help :]
starskyrob said:
I know we had a Flashable.zip to return you to 100% stock. anyone have that lying around? i've got to send my broken t989's usb port in to samsung so I can start cranking some stuff out again. since the usb port is fried ODIN is a no go :[ someone help :]
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Wish I could help you with that. But I can help you with this sound piece of advice, if you manage to get that .zip, DO NOT FLASH IT UNTIL you flash the flash counter removal .zip, so they can't tell you ever rooted/flashed on your phone. After flashing that, than proceed to flash that stock .zip...all the best and good luck to you!
Ask mrx ... he does everything stock he have bases on t989$
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Yeah there were like 3 zips... Rom kernel and recovery. You turn just remove the super user after that. If anything you should be fine flashing stock ROM and kernel. No need to go to stock recovery
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1374868
I just had to flash that too. Good luck. I also flashed the counter reset zip too. That is in the stickies.
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starskyrob said:
I know we had a Flashable.zip to return you to 100% stock. anyone have that lying around? i've got to send my broken t989's usb port in to samsung so I can start cranking some stuff out again. since the usb port is fried ODIN is a no go :[ someone help :]
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Yes someone help him! I'm missing his PA rom!
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Couldent you just make a image from the ICS Odin flash
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don728871 said:
Couldent you just make a image from the ICS Odin flash
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His USB is fryed, so starskyrob can't, can you do that for him!?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1374868
I just had to flash that too. Good luck. I also flashed the counter reset zip too. That is in the stickies.
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If you didn't see me post it before, here it is again. The links are in the OP.....
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CloudTown3 said:
If you didn't see me post it before, here it is again. The links are in the OP.....
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Dude, he cannot use Odin, his USB is fried. He needs a FLASHABLE zip of stock ROM.
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LoopDoGG79 said:
Dude, he cannot use Odin, his USB is fried. He needs a FLASHABLE zip of stock ROM.
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LD, there is a way to return to stock enough'
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LoopDoGG79 said:
His USB is fryed, so starskyrob can't, can you do that for him!?
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Was I not clear or are u stupid you can extract the image from odin and convert it to a flash able cwm ...get it now
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don728871 said:
Was I not clear or are u stupid you can extract the image from odin and convert it to a flash able cwm ...get it now
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My bad, didn't read enough
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Anyways rob if u want closest to stock flash the MR.X flash able ICS its floating around bro
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I can try to make a CWM/TWRP not De-odexed or rooted out of the stock T989 UVLH1 tar file and make a flashable stock recovery, once I get off work.
Edit 1:Uploading Flash-able SGH-T989 UVLH1 stock rom to Dev-host(20 minutes to finish upload) wait for confirmation i need to test it on my device 1st once is done uploading in the mean time i will make flash-able stock recovery and test it also.
Edit 2:Uploading done both rom and recovery, going to download now both and test it.
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Ok testing completed, everything works as it should. The ROM zip will update your kernel to stock.
Might need to flash the UVLH1 radio 1st before flashing the stock recovery.
This is how I did it(tested it):
1. install/flash stock ROM 1st.
2. Once installation completed Reboot to custom recovery.
3. install/flash stock recovery.zip.
4. Power off to verified stock recovery.
SGH-T989_UVLH1_Stock_Odex_zipaligned_signed.zip
http://d-h.st/MAT
SGH-T989_UVLH1_Stock_Recovery.zip
http://d-h.st/UwL
I also have a de-odex and rooted version of this ROM @:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1858435
KRZ-2pa said:
Ok testing completed, everything works as it should. The ROM zip will update your kernel to stock.
Might need to flash the UVLH1 radio 1st before flashing the stock recovery.
This is how I did it(tested it):
1. install/flash stock ROM 1st.
2. Once installation completed Reboot to custom recovery.
3. install/flash stock recovery.zip.
4. Power off to verified stock recovery.
SGH-T989_UVLH1_Stock_Odex_zipaligned_signed.zip
http://d-h.st/MAT
SGH-T989_UVLH1_Stock_Recovery.zip
http://d-h.st/UwL
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Awesome and thanks! I know starskyrob needs this as has been working on the PA rom. I'm currently using another one posted in his thread and it works great! I honestly have no idea if the guy made it or if he just posted it.
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LoopDoGG79 said:
Dude, he cannot use Odin, his USB is fried. He needs a FLASHABLE zip of stock ROM.
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Dude if you look at that thread again there's a flashable zip towards the the top of the OP. It's zedomax's stock flashable zip.
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CloudTown3 said:
Dude if you look at that thread again there's a flashable zip towards the the top of the OP. It's zedomax's stock flashable zip.
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Been dualy noted. I jumped the gun when I read Odin in the links page. My apologies.
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KRZ-2pa said:
Ok testing completed, everything works as it should. The ROM zip will update your kernel to stock.
Might need to flash the UVLH1 radio 1st before flashing the stock recovery.
This is how I did it(tested it):
1. install/flash stock ROM 1st.
2. Once installation completed Reboot to custom recovery.
3. install/flash stock recovery.zip.
4. Power off to verified stock recovery.
SGH-T989_UVLH1_Stock_Odex_zipaligned_signed.zip
http://d-h.st/MAT
SGH-T989_UVLH1_Stock_Recovery.zip
http://d-h.st/UwL
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I'm saving the link to this comment. Never know when you run into the same situation as starskyrob. Plus its pretty convenient :thumbup:
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Thank you all for your help. Phone is on its way to Samsung tomorrow. Then expect some paranoid android 2.2 for our beloved t989!
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Does anyone know if it is possible to downgrade from LK8 to LJC?
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yes it is
t3project said:
yes it is
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Do you know how to do it?
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Okay go here -http://stockroms.net/file/GalaxyNote2/SPH-L900- and download these 2 files.
One is a Sprint LJ1 stock rom. (Flash through Odin on PC)
The 2nd is the flashable zip of LJ1 to LJC (do it though TWRP or CWM)
Make sure to make a backup of your apps and data because it does a restore.
There you go
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wierd that someone would send you to another site to DL files, files that you can get here with actual instructions on how to use them. (really? ODIN one thing, then CWM another? Just to get stock? smh)
and then for a person to send you to do this without mentioning the HFA errors and Chameloen FCs that you get from reverting to an earlier ROM from the LK8 leak, and how to fix that.
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kingdazy said:
wierd that someone would send you to another site to DL files, files that you can get here with actual instructions on how to use them. (really? ODIN one thing, then CWM another? Just to get stock? smh)
and then for a person to send you to do this without mentioning the HFA errors and Chameloen FCs that you get from reverting to an earlier ROM from the LK8 leak, and how to fix that.
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There's a fix for those errors right?
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there is, sorry i can't get you to it at the moment. half asleep, and can't find the thread.
look for garwynn/EvilKoncepts fix around here... and a guy named billards in the dev section, i think he did this as well.
good luck!
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Thanks for the help guys.
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I was just mentioning the easiest way
If theyve used roms and such on their phone they would know exactly how to do what I described.
Pretty easy stuff.
Did it like 2 days ago. Lol.
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I am including a version of Billard's TWRP, (original thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769) to make it easier for you to revert to LJC. What I do, coming from LK8, is the usual prescribed wipes, before flashing any rom, but I also wipe with the new Carrier button under the wipe menu. When you first boot the new rom, it will rebuild the wiped carrier partition automatically and reboot. Once rebooted, the Handsfree Activation will begin, and the Chameleon errors will no longer be a problem.
This recovery is a godsend.
If you want to go back to any other recovery afterwards, just ODIN your chosen recovery, or flash one, whichever format of recovery you downloaded. I usually just download Goo Manager from the Play store, and install the official TWRP from OpenRecovery Script.
This is a recovery zip file you can flash with the recovery you have now.
Hope this helps, and Billard, I could not find a link to your recovery (found it!! Updated to your original link now). If there's a problem with me sharing your recovery, let me know!
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=2472 << chose the one with carrier wipe!
As always, proceed with caution, and I am NOT resposible for any and all problems you may run into.
Thanks so much.
Theres a flashable chameleon fix in that thread.
So awesome.
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I am including a version of Billard's TWRP, (original thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769) to make it easier for you to revert to LJC. What I do, coming from LK8, is the usual prescribed wipes, before flashing any rom, but I also wipe with the new Carrier button under the wipe menu. When you first boot the new rom, it will rebuild the wiped carrier partition automatically and reboot. Once rebooted, the Handsfree Activation will begin, and the Chameleon errors will no longer be a problem.
This recovery is a godsend.
If you want to go back to any other recovery afterwards, just ODIN your chosen recovery, or flash one, whichever format of recovery you downloaded. I usually just download Goo Manager from the Play store, and install the official TWRP from OpenRecovery Script.
This is a recovery zip file you can flash with the recovery you have now.
Hope this helps, and Billard, I could not find a link to your recovery (found it!! Updated to your original link now). If there's a problem with me sharing your recovery, let me know!
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=2472 << chose the oCOMBINATION_L900VPALJC_CL434243_HWID04_HW_Rev0406_user.tar.md5ne with carrier wipe!
As always, proceed with caution, and I am NOT resposible for any and all problems you may run into.
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what I did was I flashed the custom recovery by Billard, then I flashed the LJC_Stock_With_Count_Reset[FINAL].zip and that put me in a boot loop. I then booted my phone to download mode and flashed COMBINATION_L900VPALJC_CL434243_HWID04_HW_Rev0406_user.tar.md5. The result was my note 2 back to stock with stock recovery and 4.1.1 ljc! If you were to flash the COMBINATION_L900VPALJC_CL434243_HWID04_HW_Rev0406_user.tar.md5 without first at least installing the custom recovery and wiping the carrier settings I know that the combination tar will fail and you'll be stuck with a kies message. If you follow my steps your phone should also go through with the combination.tar file and put you back to unrooted, stock, ljc. Hope this helps someone.
Sorry for the dumb question but what is chameleon
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budde2 said:
Sorry for the dumb question but what is chameleon
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMT1FLzEn9I&feature=youtube_gdata_player
No all jokes aside is what happens when you revert back to LJC from any of the other builds like LK8 and up. Something breaks which causes hands free activation to start up after every boot and it fails to activate device.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2062499
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMT1FLzEn9I&feature=youtube_gdata_player
No all jokes aside is what happens when you revert back to LJC from any of the other builds like LK8 and up. Something breaks which causes hands free activation to start up after every boot and it fails to activate device.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2062499
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I went to ma7 back to ljc with no problems with that maybe the restore with flash count reset has a fix implemented
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budde2 said:
I went to ma7 back to ljc with no problems with that maybe the restore with flash count reset has a fix implemented
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Yes it does have the fix. You should read more clearly before flashing things. It's noted in the OP. Wouldn't want you bricking your Note one of these days
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RayTrue04 said:
Yes it does have the fix. You should read more clearly before flashing things. It's noted in the OP. Wouldn't want you bricking your Note one of these days
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Yeah must have missed that. Honestly I read it twice im a shamed to say lol
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Alright everyone. Here is a stock ZVB rooted ROM you can flash. I recommend you flash in TWRP because that is all I have tested.
You must be Freegee unlocked
You do not need ZV9, this ZIP can be flashed clean.
It can also be flashed on top of ZV9 to upgrade it, wipe system before flashing.
I also recommend wiping system, cache, and dalvik cache in TWRP before flashing
I also recommend flashing the radio update prior to this. This can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2176186
Information:
Odex
V1.25 SuperSu
1.19.0 Busybox
ROM Link: http://goo.im/devs/TheShadow/geehrc/ZVB-Stock-Rooted.zip
MD5: e0fb4d4b988cb49b4e9f902b9b8ec9bb
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Re: ZVB Stock Rooted ROM Flashable ZIP
Thanks sooooo much man. I've been patiently waiting to upgrade. I appreciate all the work that went in to this!
Edit: Is it OK to flash radio and ROM zips back to back?
The new freegee or the old one?
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alsaces daddy said:
The new freegee or the old one?
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You just need Freegee unlock, not the newest one.
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TheShadow1 said:
You just need Freegee unlock, not the newest one.
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Downloading now. Thank you!
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Thank you so much, I'll be downloading this as soon as I get home from work!
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Geeeawwwd why do these roms have to be so big!!!? My connection at work is soooo slow
Downloading (very very slowly) as we speak.
Thanks for this one!
Thanks Shadow
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Odex or deodex,
busybox updated or not also what version,
which su app is being used
mdubs said:
Geeeawwwd why do these roms have to be so big!!!? My connection at work is soooo slow
Downloading (very very slowly) as we speak.
Thanks for this one!
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Hit the Imperium thread and you'll see why.
After Shelnutt stopped being dumb and corrected Freegee (heh) I decided I was going to upgrade last night, but since it took 1.5 hrs to donwload everything, I wound up having to get to bed before I was able to apply the updates.
Perfect timing on this! Thanks so much. Can't wait to get home.
This is what dreams are made of! Thanks for everyone and their hard work. Downloading now
Question, Can i flash this if I am already on ZVB with Root and Unlock?
_Epic said:
Question, Can i flash this if I am already on ZVB with Root and Unlock?
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Yes of course.
Lokifish Marz said:
Thanks Shadow
Could you add the following to the op?
Odex or deodex,
busybox updated or not also what version,
which su app is being used
Hit the Imperium thread and you'll see why.
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Odex, latest Supersu, 1.19.0 busybox
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It did not seem to keep integrity when I uploaded it. If you have it , delete it, as it probably wont flash. Reuploading now.. sorry
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TheShadow1 said:
It did not seem to keep integrity when I uploaded it. If you have it , delete it, as it probably wont flash. Reuploading now.. sorry
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Lol just confirmed, goo wouldnt finish download thanks man
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Ditto^^
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Question, Can i flash this if I am already on ZVB with Root and Unlock?
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What's is the advantage of doing that? I'm the same as to at this point. If there is something to gain, then I'll flash it. Thanks to everyone involved.
how big should the file be? I think it was at +800mb before?
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What's is the advantage of doing that? I'm the same as to at this point. If there is something to gain, then I'll flash it. Thanks to everyone involved.
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Fresh install. I did root by OTA root keeper. So this guarantees root.
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jkrough0728 said:
Lol just confirmed, goo wouldnt finish download thanks man
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UPLOADED TO GOO.IM 100% INTEGRITY. Restart download, should be about 800mb or so.
Same link as before.
Make sure you MD5 is the same as below
MD5: e0fb4d4b988cb49b4e9f902b9b8ec9bb
So I'm taking that we flash radio and then zvb?
idk how i got here...
My Sprint SGS3 is flash with a donor to Boost Mobile and also is rooted wirh Superuser and for some reason I cant seem to be able to do a System update. Can anybody help I would really appreciate it. Thanks
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I'm pretty dumb when it comes to this stuff... but my understanding is that if you don't have stock rom and stock recovery, you're pretty much stuck with what you got. Tons of custom rom out there though that have all the nifty software upgrades, just take a look around XDA.
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rocastar said:
My Sprint SGS3 is flash with a donor to Boost Mobile and also is rooted wirh Superuser and for some reason I cant seem to be able to do a System update. Can anybody help I would really appreciate it. Thanks
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You trying to flash a factory rom update? If so it's not going to work with custom recovery. Have to have stock recovery. Also, being that it's flashed to Boost, it may not work with stock recovery either.
message brought to you by my GalaxyS3
You mean a OTA update?
Freeza MD4 DeOdex.
rocastar said:
My Sprint SGS3 is flash with a donor to Boost Mobile and also is rooted wirh Superuser and for some reason I cant seem to be able to do a System update. Can anybody help I would really appreciate it. Thanks
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What i would suggest you do is go to the Sprint Galaxy S3 FAQ by @flastnoles11 at the top of this thread you cant miss it and look for custom recoveries FAQ and you can flash stock recovery over CWM recovery in CWM recovery if that makes sense then call the person that flashed your phone and make sure you can do system updates cause it could kick your flash trying to update it since your not on sprint.
rocastar said:
My Sprint SGS3 is flash with a donor to Boost Mobile and also is rooted wirh Superuser and for some reason I cant seem to be able to do a System update. Can anybody help I would really appreciate it. Thanks
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You may want to check out THIS thread.
Read this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2209418
But you can take the update and it will not remove your flash. However, it is failing right now because it is signed with special keys and the custom recovery cannot verify them.
Just read the thread I linked and follow the directions for updating.
Since I wiped all my data and was able to flash a custom rom, how do I get back to stock?
I saw a thread for all the other variants on this but not one specific for sprint.
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Or does anyone have a clean stock back up file they can pm me? (Is that even possible?)
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Return to stock
Follow the guide here
first here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2477595
and the follow the verizon guide here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448960
but used the sprint .DLL file and .TOT files.
worked for me when I flashed the incorrect ROM.
blaskewitts said:
Follow the guide here
first here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2477595
and the follow the verizon guide here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448960
but used the sprint .DLL file and .TOT files.
worked for me when I flashed the incorrect ROM.
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Thanks, looks like I have to clear my schedule to do this lol
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back to stock
the process took around 10 minutes for me. Let me know if you need help finding the correct files.
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the process took around 10 minutes for me. Let me know if you need help finding the correct files.
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I've been reading the guides so let me clarify: if I can get into download mode, I can skip the first guide?
And I don't see sprint DLL or tot file. Can you point me to the download?
Appreciate your help on this.
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Back to stock
Here is a .rar file of everything that you will need for the return to stock.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zntnp3cruifu7uh/sprint%20lg%20g2%20back%20to%20stock.rar
blaskewitts said:
Here is a .rar file of everything that you will need for the return to stock.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zntnp3cruifu7uh/sprint%20lg%20g2%20back%20to%20stock.rar
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You are a life saver. I've been looking for a while now and i'm almost done downloading.... Thanks alot.
Here is the SPRINT Stock Firmware on my Server for FAST speeds
http://storagecow.eu/index.php?dir=Xda/LG+G2/Stock/Sprint+LS980/
hyelton said:
Here is the SPRINT Stock Firmware on my Server for FAST speeds
http://storagecow.eu/index.php?dir=Xda/LG+G2/Stock/Sprint+LS980/
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Do you mind if i make a thread in the sprint android development forum and link your server for easy access? Also I noticed download speeds are in the 100KB/sec. Is this because the server is getting hammered hard by downloads?
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I could use stock recovery
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Is it possible for someone to make a nandroid backup of their stock ROM, then post a DL link?
Then we could just DL the backup, manually copy it to our phone to the proper folder, and restore it through TWRP or CWM. Does that work?
I've never tried but it seems much more simple! Sorry in advance if that is a stupid idea and doesn't work. If not, explain why!
Gub40897 said:
Is it possible for someone to make a nandroid backup of their stock ROM, then post a DL link?
Then we could just DL the backup, manually copy it to our phone to the proper folder, and restore it through TWRP or CWM. Does that work?
I've never tried but it seems much more simple! Sorry in advance if that is a stupid idea and doesn't work. If not, explain why!
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No that doesn't work because you can't make a backup in TWRP or CWM of the stock based ROM when you are unrooted since if you are unrooted you can't flash TWRP or CWM. The earliest you can make a nandroid backup is right after you root and flash TWRP recovery.
When you do an OTA, the Sprint stock OTA update looks for valid files in certain directories that the root method might have changed and any certificates might be invalid so it doesn't install. That is why some folks who rooted and then do the OTA and the OTA install fails and they get bootlooped. This is why they say if you are rooted, do NOT take the OTA update. If you must, like in the case of Verizon you should take the OTA first when you are unrooted, let it install and then root.
Thanks for responding!
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not working for me.. i have twrp and aospa 4.4 kk alpha. i downloaded the sprint return to stock zip and followed all instructions to the letter. everything seems fine untill the final step where it will actually flash then it tells me (lg flash tool) download failed, device model is different. really stressing me out i would like to get back to stock.appreciate any help.
Can't you just flash via recovery?
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tinpaul said:
Can't you just flash via recovery?
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is there a flashable stock image? i had made a backup in twrp but somehow accidentally wiped everything including sdcard when i was wiping.
Am asking because I thought that the zip file we all downloaded could be flash via recovery and not just the flash tool?
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Nah it holds a sprint tot image file and a dll and needs to be flashed using the LG tool.
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Deejayadhd said:
Nah it holds a sprint tot image file and a dll and needs to be flashed using the LG tool.
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Ok didn't know, luckily I have that tool, now it's knowing how to use it.....lol
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