[Samsung Galaxy Gear] droidshadow:
question about going back to stock...

My journey with the Galaxy Gear Smart Watch...

I am telling you all this in the hopes that if someone out there is wondering about can they do this or do that or will this update affect root or whatever that some questions may be answered with this post...

Hey guys so i just purchased my Samsung Galaxy Gear watch about 3 days. The first day i got the watch I had to root it and flash TWRP recovery manager and flash the Null_19 custom ROM on my Gear watch. When i first setup my watch with my S4 after a few hours it told me that an update was available. That update was ML1. I was a bit worried about doing the update because I hadn't rooted the watch yet or flashed any custom ROM and Verizon is known for their updates to block custom software...

So after the ML1 update I was able to root the watch with no problem install SuperSU with no issues. I did have some issues trying to flash TWRP with Odin, but after I did some research on a thread by fOmey i realized that i just had to remove the stock recovery and I was able to flash TWRP. After i flashed TWRP i was able to flash the Null_19 ROM without any issues.

So i am in love with this Null_19 ROM especially how you can jump back in forth from Nova Launcher to Touchwiz. Nova Launcher is the custom layout where TouchWiz is basically the exact look and feel of the STOCK firmware that comes with the smart watch. However, anyone who has experience with custom ROM's or flashing or Android/Open Source knows that sometimes things just go wrong...

Because of my experiences with custom ROM's and kernels etc etc I have truly become a guy that hopes for the best but also plans for the worst...

This is why i have come to this thread. At this moment of my post I am currently downloading the UK stock firmware. I read a few posts where people were complaining about the link not working. One of the links is dead but the RaptorGator link is still working, the download will take some time

but I am so ever grateful for the person who took the time to make all of these stock firmwares available to us! Thank you so much!

Okay so here are my questions...

Question 1. When you flash the stock firmware with Odin to take your smart watch back to stock factory settings it is recommended to reboot to recovery after the flash and wipe everything? Or should i just do a gear reset in settings after the flash? Or should i do both?

Question 2. When you flash the stock firmware what happens to the recovery manager? If i was using TWRP would i still have TWRP or when i flash the stock UK firmware (i am in US) will that stock firmware replace TWRP with the stock recovery manager?...

Question 3.

Since I have deleted the stock recovery manager in order to flash TWRP recovery manager if i wanted to put the stock recovery back on does the stock firmware do that or do i need to put the stock recovery back on manually after the stock firmware flash? If i need to put the stock recovery back on after the stock firmware flash does anyone know where I could download the stock recovery manager for the Galaxy Gear Watch with the ML1 update?

Well i don't have any plans on removing the Null_19 ROM from my smart watch as I really like it but like i said above I like to prepare for the worst so just in case anything happens I have all the tools and files i need to save my watch...

I would like to thank the thread creator for taking the time to upload all of these files for us, we all owe you so much! I bet you have saved a bunch of peoples watches by doing this. THANK YOU!

-droidshadow