Thanks to the open-source nature of Android. there are a plethora of things to try out. For newcomers, they could theme their device, apply tons of icon packs, try out custom launchers, etc. On the other hand, the tech geeks take this a step further and tweak their device OS in the form of the root, or even try an altogether different OS based on Android. The latter is possible via custom ROMs like LineageOS, HavocOS, etc. For these to happen, you need an unlocked bootloader, which you already be aware of. But there exist some devices that don’t have many developments concerning these custom developments. Exynos devices are always the first in line to suffer. This is because unlike Snapdragon and up to an extent MediaTek, Exynos chipsets are closed source. Therefore, there isn’t much in line for the developers to get hold of its source code and hence they can’t carry out developments for the devices equipped with this chipset. Earlier, we used to have only Samsung devices suffer this fate, but now Motorola too has joined this bandwagon. Many of its devices lined up for Android One series comes with Exynos chipset under the hood. So for all these devices, there exists a life savior in the form of GSI ROMs. Generic System Images have been made possible thanks to the Project Treble introduced by Google alongside Android Oreo. The best part about this is that even if there is no official support for your device, you could still flash these GSI ROMs onto your device. The only major prerequisite is that your device should be Project Treble. Well, its obvious that your device is Project treble compatible otherwise you wouldn’t have landed on this page to revert your device to Stock ROM from GSI. So with all that mentioned, here are the required steps to carry out the said task. but before that please refer to the Prerequisites section.
How to Revert to Stock ROM from GSI
Let’s first check out the requirements that your device needs to fulfill before you begin with the instructions.
Prerequisites
That’s it. Now follow the below steps to revert your device to Stock ROM from GSI
Instructions to Revert Back to Stock ROM from GSI
Bootloop Fix
If while reverting to Stock ROM from GSI, you end up in a bootloop, then follow the below steps:
Conclusion
So with this, we conclude the guide on how to revert to stock ROM or firmware from a GSI ROM. If you are stuck at any steps while executing the above steps, do let us know in the comments We will revert to you with a possible fix. On that note. here are some other such guides that you might be interested in:
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