Restore any Android device back to Stock ROM

In this article, we hope to bring a detailed description of how to restore back to Stock ROM to all Android lovers. This article covers various smartphones from popular OEMs like Samsung, OnePlus, Google and Xiaomi. Those of you who may be new to the technical aspects of Android devices may be wondering what a stock ROM is. Well, it is nothing but the operating system that the device runs on.

Next, you may ask what is the need to restore if it is the OS. The need for recovery comes when the user installs some custom ROM as a replacement for the stock ROM. The Android operating system is one of the open sources in nature. So, people tend to try earlier, to check out the various features that a custom ROM offers over a regular stock ROM. However, in most cases, people are too quick. So, they make some mistakes while installing custom ROM, and the whole device gets messed up.

Hence, the need to flash back to stock ROM arises. That is what we have covered in this article.

Table of Content

• Stock ROM
• Importance of Stock ROM
• Prerequisites

Stock ROM

Let us explain simply. When you buy a smartphone from any vendor and unbox the device, the operating system running on it is the stock ROM. Stock means the one created by the OEM and pre-loaded on the smartphone. Stock ROMs are based on different versions of Android OS. In some devices like Google Pixel, the stock ROM is based on pure Android or Vanilla Android.

Again devices from Xiaomi and Samsung use their signature over vanilla Android UI. This means that Xiaomi uses MIUI and Samsung uses OneUI respectively. Having a skin over the native Android OS helps bring a.

Importance of Stock ROM

Let us explain why stock ROMs always have a huge advantage over custom ROMs. As the basic, when you buy your device, the stock ROM works fine. Yes, I admit sometimes it has bugs but it can be fixed instantly.

Things are official. OEMs are running a tough business and ensure that they provide users with a seamless experience without any hassles.

In my experience, I have personally rooted my smartphone and used custom ROM, TWRP, and so on. However, it comes at an expensive price. You need to root your smartphone to install a custom ROM. Once you root your device, the warranty will be void. Second, you can’t use banking apps on your device. There is a workaround using Magisk, but it may not be effective in all cases.

With custom ROMs, you may face issues like app crashes and bugs. Custom ROMs come from unofficial developers. They are really smart, it’s sure they can design a complete alternative to stock ROM. However, they may not always be able to tackle every bug. Build variants of Android OS vary. So, depending on which version of custom ROM is used, troubleshooting can be a time-consuming process.

As mentioned earlier, it’s often the custom ROM builds that tend to get buggy. So, expect app crashes, shutdowns, hang issues, and whatnot. Bricking is one of the major issues that often arises. Therefore, restoring back to stock ROM can help unbrick a device. Also, when we go back to the official version of the ROM, the bug issues will be fixed. If the device is delayed due to errors, that will also be resolved.

By going back to stock ROM the device will be unrooted and you can run any official app on your smartphone without any hassle.

Prerequisites

Before starting the article on how to flash back to stock ROM on different smartphones, we must have different tools and stock ROMs for respective smartphones.

Taking Backup

It is a good practice and a necessary step to ensure that your device data remains safe while you are doing any kind of modification on your smartphone. So, you should take a complete data backup of your device. You can use any application to transfer data to your computer using a data cable.

While restoring to stock ROM, the device will revert to its factory avatar. This means it will be exactly the same as when it was first purchased and unboxed. Naturally, all data will be deleted. Therefore, backup is necessary.

Download the Stock ROM

To make things very easy for you, we have put stock ROM storage links for various smartphones from popular OEMs like Samsung, Google, OnePlus, Xiaomi, etc. It also features smartphones running on MediaTek and Spreadtrum chipsets.

Download the Flash Tool

Let’s see the list of flash tools you need for different devices. These are related tools intended for specific OEMs. The point is, if you are using a Xiaomi smartphone, use the dedicated Mi Flash tool to install or flash the ROM.Do not use any other flash tools intended for other OEMs.

• Xiaomi Smartphones use the Mi Flash tool
• Samsung Smartphones use the ODIN Flash tool
• Smartphones running on MediaTek Chipset use the SP Flash tool
• Smartphones running on Spreadtrum Chipset use the SPUpgrade tool

Frequently Ask Questions

Can we install stock android on any device?

Including a stock Android launcher and more, you can get the Android experience on almost any Android phone with these apps. Google’s Pixel devices are the best pure Android phones. But you can get that stock Android experience on any of your phones without rooting.

Can I flash ROM with stock recovery?

Yes! You can install a custom ROM ZIP file from stock recovery on all smartphones

Can we install custom ROM without root?

You can install a custom ROM without rooting your android device. Rooting is a process of unlocking the operating system that allows you to install and modify anything on your Android device. To flash a custom ROM, you just need to unlock the bootloader and enable USB debugging in the Settings app.