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As the title says, here's the Rom.zip extracted from RUU_Hero_C_Sprint_2.31.651.7_signed_release.exe for those that don't use Windows, or prefer to have their RUU in zip format.
This will flash your phone to 2.31.651.7 STOCK.
http://www.mediafire.com/?m6x4sr682ruk027
Simply rename this to HERCIMG.zip and place on the root of your SDCard.
Power your phone completely off.
Press and Hold VOL DOWN and POWER until your phone boots into HBoot mode.
Wait for it to verify the zip, then click <ACTION> (Trackball) to update, or <SEND> (Green Call) to cancel.
Enjoy!
Here's my guide to rooting .7:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804296
Personally..I want to say THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
I have spent the last four hours searching for this. This needs to be stickied. I'm bookmarking it for sure. This got my phone unbricked..I thought all hope was lost and I would have to call in for warranty support (I got mine refurbed through Sprint last October..so I don't even know if I would still have any warranty support), and see if I could try my luck and getting it replaced, since that is what others have said to do as apparently this file from OP, did not exist.
And so for future reference, so that others don't go mindlessly searching through the forums.
If you
a.) Managed to overwrite your Recovery some how or completely delete it. (I did..and from searching this and many other forums over the past couple hours..I can see I wasn't the only one), and also have no boot (or a corrupted boot loop)
b.) Still have S-ON (You can find this out by powering off your phone and then pressing and holding the power button and the lower volume button), I recommend you turn S-Off for future reference if you're going to be dealing with customer ROMs a lot (so you don't have to go through the hell I just did..). See here..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=759955
c.) Have an updated Hboot (1.47) (you can also find this info. in part b.)
....then you KNOW that you are stuck. Because you
a.) Cannot flash a ROM in Recovery because you cannot access it.
b.) You cannot access ADB because your phone won't go that far and will only go into fastboot..
c.) But even though you have access to fastboot you can't do ANYTHING like flash a recovery image or a ROM..or anything for that matter..because S is still ON. (this is the "not allow" messages you will see pop up.)
d.) You have bootloader 1.47 so if you for example, were like me couldn't use this file here.. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=657086), because it would say there was a newer version and wouldn't install it.
So this file right here..was the only thing getting my phone back to a usable state. And considering that my searches have shown to pretty much give up all hope and have it sent it for warranty repair, then I think this thread deserves a bump for all those that have screwed up.
Yeah..I have to start ALL OVER now from a stock ROM (thank god for nandroid), but at least my phone isn't a dead brick.
Just thought this needed a well deserved bump.
I wonder if there is a RUU for the latest .2?
Wanted to say BIG THANKS. This worked like a charm to update prl/profile. Keeping two copies of this one on the sd and on the laptop. Thanks again.
Yea it's me Again. With the
Modified .HERO.
laie1472 said:
Wanted to say BIG THANKS. This worked like a charm to update prl/profile. Keeping two copies of this one on the sd and on the laptop. Thanks again.
Yea it's me Again. With the
Modified .HERO.
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Forgive me for seeming NOOBish... but I can use this to do the same, then restore Nandroid back and it will keep the PRL/Profile update?
Just wondering... lolz, thanks!
Yup But you will have to reroot. This takes root from you. You will have to reroot with the Hero rooter from Reg or Z4 or one click root. But read read read. And as far as the prl/profile yup it will stick. When your phone boots up after running this just go into settings and updates and choose update profile and update prl don't update firmware. I repeat don't update firmware. After that just reboot and check your prl should be 60675. After that reroot, then flash a recovery and then nand restore. Hope this helps good luck
Remember this returns you to stock you will loose root and recovery..
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Why don't you guys just flash NFX's or LS's already rooted and way faster stock sense ROM to update PRL, etc?
Running stock ROM has to be one of the worst things ever after being on custom ROMs for so long.
I tried flashing almost ever sense rom on here pmgrands port, ninfintes stock odex and deodex and his apps 2 sd builds he has like 4 or 6 different builds. Tried flashing liquids builds beta and stable. All gave me a error. So I had to use this. I couldn't flash any sense rom
and it was easier to use this than try to figure out y. If he can flash a sense rom then yea that's the easier way but if not this is a for sure way to get back to stock.
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laie1472 said:
I tried flashing almost ever sense rom on here pmgrands port, ninfintes stock odex and deodex and his apps 2 sd builds he has like 4 or 6 different builds. Tried flashing liquids builds beta and stable. All gave me a error. So I had to use this. I couldn't flash any sense rom
and it was easier to use this than try to figure out y. If he can flash a sense rom then yea that's the easier way but if not this is a for sure way to get back to stock.
Yea it's me Again. With the
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I still have my original nandroid from before I flashed any ROMs and it takes me back to stock Sprint, where I do my updating. Is this faster than that?
jckeyser said:
I still have my original nandroid from before I flashed any ROMs and it takes me back to stock Sprint, where I do my updating. Is this faster than that?
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Yup. That's way better and faster. Just go into settings / updates. Then just update prl and profile. Don't update firmware. After you confirm that your updated just nand restore and you should be good.
Edit not sure if you would have to reroot.
Yea it's me Again. With the
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Thanks for the reply's all... I like Sense and have NFX rom on my Hero, loaded a few ROMS but they won't update, so no worries, when I have some free time I'll sit and do it then. I don't like the one click rooters nor the clockwork recovery, I guess I'm old school and do it the hard way, lol, but thanks for letting me know it'll work (prl update) and stay on the handset!
Regards!
Without opening a huge can of worms I would like to know whats the best newest rom out there with sense I just searched for like 3 hours and lot of threads are old and I want what ever is new with sense also would like to upgrade to 2.2 im on Honeybun v.-2 lite firmware 2.1 update1
Gelladuga69 said:
Why don't you guys just flash NFX's or LS's already rooted and way faster stock sense ROM to update PRL, etc?
Running stock ROM has to be one of the worst things ever after being on custom ROMs for so long.
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you got a link ? Im searching now
laie1472 said:
Yup. That's way better and faster. Just go into settings / updates. Then just update prl and profile. Don't update firmware. After you confirm that your updated just nand restore and you should be good.
Edit not sure if you would have to reroot.
Yea it's me Again. With the
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No need to reroot because it was a nandroid. Can't make a nandroid if you're not rooted.
Sent from my HTC Hero CDMA running Android 2.3
Does anybody have the original MD5 checksum for this file? I wanna make sure this file downloaded properly. Thanks in advance!
EDIT: efa439da700b5fad7ea49915ef7d2866
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does this work with any version of HBOOT? The phone I am dealing with has stock 1.5
mrtimo said:
does this work with any version of HBOOT? The phone I am dealing with has stock 1.5
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What? Is your phone even rooted? Sprint upgraded to 2.1 a LONG time ago, the update is available at www.htc.com
It worked for me a while ago, but my dad just got a new hero so I tried using this, and it wouldn't recognize the image file.. any thoughts?
systemshock869 said:
It worked for me a while ago, but my dad just got a new hero so I tried using this, and it wouldn't recognize the image file.. any thoughts?
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yeah, this only works if he has an S-off bootloader, which he doesn't have if it's a new hero.
il Duce said:
yeah, this only works if he has an S-off bootloader, which he doesn't have if it's a new hero.
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According to the OP this one was extracted from the RUU, so it *should* work S-ON.
Finally got a nexus s, & wanna start experimenting with root & ROMs, but i used to htc sense phones in which i can just use stock rom exe to go back to stock ROM, how do i do the same thing with my nexus s, i mean if something goes wrong is there any way of going back to stock ROM,
don't say just do the nandroid, because that means rooting first, can somebody please help me on this one
starting experimenting
if you want experimenting with your NS you have to root the phone first. It is really easy to root the nexus s, just have a look at this tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895545
and then you can make a nandroid backup, like what you said.
if somethings goes wrong anyway, there is a way to go to stock as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884093
just try, in worst case you can go to stock
The answer is Nandroid.
Nexus phones are different. Super easy.
Fastboot OEM unlock
Accept the warning
Fastboot flash recovery blah.img
Make nandroid, mount it back it up etc. Then flash whatever rom u want.
If u want to go back to stock, nandroid recover then
Fastboot OEM lock
say yes and you're back to stock.
-Nexus S
It is NOT necessary to oem unlock the phone to flash clockwork or a custom rom. See this method here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=931865
Also, if you're going to oem unlock, be aware it completely wipes all data off the phone, including anything on the sdcard you may have put there (like pics from the camera).
Finally, the most bizarre thing about the original post is that you're willing to flash custom roms, but not to root? Huh? You're aware that most custom roms come PRE-ROOTED, aren't you? What's the difference? Just curious....
By the way, Google's own blog states they intentionally made this phone easy to root and add customizations to...it's extremely safe and easy.
distortedloop said:
It is NOT necessary to oem unlock the phone to flash clockwork or a custom rom. See this method here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=931865
Also, if you're going to oem unlock, be aware it completely wipes all data off the phone, including anything on the sdcard you may have put there (like pics from the camera).
Finally, the most bizarre thing about the original post is that you're willing to flash custom roms, but not to root? Huh? You're aware that most custom roms come PRE-ROOTED, aren't you? What's the difference? Just curious....
By the way, Google's own blog states they intentionally made this phone easy to root and add customizations to...it's extremely safe and easy.
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thanks for the info, i said, i want a way to going back, i want root, why the hell not?
polandy posted above a perfect guide to return back to stock just as shipped through manufacturer. Just make sure you relock the BOOTLOADER for any warranty purposes. Now you can flash all you want and can go back to "stock". Here is the link again, http://theunlockr.com/2011/01/20/how-to-unroot-the-nexus-s/
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thanks for the info, i said, i want a way to going back, i want root, why the hell not?
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I misunderstood you. You can flash cwm without rooting first, I think you could try nandroid before rooting.
Don't forget we have Odin now to return to stock......
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App
sarge363 said:
Don't forget we have Odin now to return to stock......
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Stock version of a European ROM from an unknown (though not necessarily untrusted) source...
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sarge363 said:
Don't forget we have Odin now to return to stock......
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App
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How do u do that? I had Samsung galaxy s first so I know what Odin is, can you please post the link to rom or image.
dryspuri said:
How do u do that? I had Samsung galaxy s first so I know what Odin is, can you please post the link to rom or image.
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Search is your friend, but here it is for ya: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=947950
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Stock version of a European ROM from an unknown (though not necessarily untrusted) source...
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I did not know there was a European version of the Nexus S..... build says GRH78 which is stock for "US"......
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sarge363 said:
I did not know there was a European version of the Nexus S..... build says GRH78 which is stock for "US"......
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I didn't say a there was European version of the Nexus S (yet)...but it's well known that there is one coming. I said this was a European version of the ROM.
Did you read the thread that has the files? The first post says that the guy obtained it from Samsung service center in England. Then someone asked if there was a US version, and no one corrected him in saying that this one was or wasn't. Granted, Samsung England could easily have access to US ROMs from the Samsung mothership, so that alone is not proof it is European.
However, if you download the rar file from that thread, and unrar it, you'll see that it contains a file named "CSC_I9020_EUR.tar" which is clearly a EURopean CSC file, making this a European ROM.
The PDA file's images may be 100% the same as a stock US phone, but until someone flashes this stuff from Odin and somehow runs a diff against a stock US ROM, I'm not assuming it's the same thing just on faith. You're welcome too, of course.
What's interesting to me is that there is a CSC at all. I don't think our Nexus S uses it, or at least it doesn't use it in the same way as the Samsung issued ROMS do. CSC is carrier specific customizations, if you're not familiar with it; it's a way to add bloatware and carrier settings to the phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=941346
It's for the Milestone not sure if it could be tweaked to work for our phone.
brian5475e said:
Anybody want to see if this will work for our phone
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=941346
it's for the milestone not sure if it could be tweaked to work for our phone.
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I would not attempt flashing this. Our open recovery works quite differently from Milestones. If your system partition isn't just right, open recovery won't work and you'll have to restore in the bootloader from a sbf. Additionally I think CM7 for Milestone requires a much newer kernel than we have.
There has been some discussion about building CM6 though. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1010350
I need a Nandroid of Singapore 2.1 SBF.... My RSD Lite did not work... I cannot flash the sg SBF...Any link? Please help.
Singapore Sbf Nandroid
abet1017 said:
I need a Nandroid of Singapore 2.1 SBF.... My RSD Lite did not work... I cannot flash the sg SBF...Any link? Please help.
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Singapore sbf Nandroid
You know, I don't think this is such a bad idea with all the people having troubles with bum links and RSDlite working on some machines and not others. Just some plain "stock" nandroids of all the SBF's maybe with Root and OR but that is it. Not sure if the kernals will work like that though. Might be something that Hellmonger or Mio can answer.
I was having 9 kinds of hell with Special Beta and memory leaks, so I actually went back to Kahl's V4 Epicsteelblue for now. Way more stable and I have it tweaked just right.
Anyways back on topic, if the S'pore or Koren kernals will transfer, this would solve a lot of peoples problems flashing the Wanhu original, xtSpecial Alfa/Beta and Kahl's Optimized.
Woodrube said:
You know, I don't think this is such a bad idea with all the people having troubles with bum links and RSDlite working on some machines and not others. Just some plain "stock" nandroids of all the SBF's maybe with Root and OR but that is it. Not sure if the kernals will work like that though. Might be something that Hellmonger or Mio can answer.
I was having 9 kinds of hell with Special Beta and memory leaks, so I actually went back to Kahl's V4 Epicsteelblue for now. Way more stable and I have it tweaked just right.
Anyways back on topic, if the S'pore or Koren kernals will transfer, this would solve a lot of peoples problems flashing the Wanhu original, xtSpecial Alfa/Beta and Kahl's Optimized.
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All this sbf flashing doesn't make sense to me, actually. I flash the CBW or SKT 50R, and that's it (in the past I have flashed the UK one because Dexter preferred it, but not recently). Kernels are in boot.img--you don't have to flash sbf to change the kernel. The system is in system.img--you don't have to flash sbf to change the system. data and cache get destroyed on factory reset. As far as I can tell, the only thing flashing an actual sbf's does is change the partitions we can't use nandroid for and that are not already identical (basically the radio software).
If you want to get boot.img from an sbf, use sbf_flash -x and rename CG35.img to boot.img and rename CG39.img to system.img. Or make a nandroid backup after you've just rooted and installed OpenRecovery. From what I've seen the partition structures of all Milestone XT720 sbfs are identical.
Specifically, I have managed to collect 9 Milestone XT720 sbfs:
STR_U2_01.18.2_UCASHLSTABB1B4DEMA033.0R_USASHLSTBRTINT_P027_A009_HWp3_1FF.sbf
STR_U2_01.1E.0_SIGNED_UCASHLSTABB1B4DEMA039.0R_UCASHOTBRTLRTCEE_P001_A008_HWp3_1FF.sbf
STR_U2_01.1E.0_SIGNED_UCASHLSTABB1B4DEMA039.0R_USASHLSTBRTINT_P029_A014_HWp3_1FF.sbf
STR_U2_01.1E.2_SIGNED_UCASHLSTABB1B4DEMA039.0R_USASHLSTBSTARSG_P019_A019_HWp3_1FF.sbf
STR_U2_02.1E.0_SIGNED_UCASHLSTABB1B4DEMA039.0R_UCASHOTBRTLRTFR_P018_A009_HWp3_1FF.sbf
STR_U2_02.1E.0_SIGNED_USASHLSTAB14P2XAPCNRTI039.0R_USASHOTBRTLRTIT_P001_A009_HWp3_1FF.sbf
STR_U2_03.20.1_SIGNED_UCASHLSTABB1B4DEMA039.0R_USASHLSTBRTRU_P012_A013_HWp3_1FF.sbf
STR_U2_04.1E.1_SIGNED_UCASHLSTABB1B4D039.0R_NAREG_P011_A006_HWp3_1FF.sbf
STR_U2_04.1E.1_SIGNED_USASHLSTAB14P2XAPCNCBW039.0R_NACBW_P011_A006_HWp3_1FF.sbf
By extracting and comparing the CGs, you can think of them this way:
Identical in all Milestone XT720 sbf
RDL03.img ramloader
CG31.img cdt.bin (partition table)
CG33.img cdrom (autorun drivers)
CG34.img linux boot loader (lbl)
CG53.img kernel panic dump space
CG61.img devtree
Nandroidable in OpenRecovery in all Milestone XT720 sbf
CG35.img boot.img (kernel)
CG36.img cust.img (supposedly /system/etc/motorola but I can't figure out how it's used)
CG37.img data.img (Android /data)
CG39.img system.img (Android /system)
CG40.img cache.img (Android /cache)
CG42.img logo.img (boot logo)
Not identical and not nandroidable
CG45.img bpsw (baseband/gps software)
CG47.img Android Recovery (Motorola Recovery)
So, as you can see, the only things that cannot be modified via nandroid are the Android recovery (who cares?) and bpsw (if baseband ain't broken, don't fix it is my moto).
I think some of the confusion is that on the Special's front page it says to flash the Korean SBF before you apply the new ROM. Then some are saying that the Singapore SBF is the way to go. Then the links are borken or RSDlite isn't working and it is snowballing from one issue into another about SBF before they can even get into the Specials. I just flashed Wanhu's original and laid the special overtop that, in the first place and worked it over from there. My memory leaks are soley self inflicted and I haven't had time to work those out.
It is just in the other thread, it seems like every other question is about the Korean SBF this and the Singapore SBF that and less about the ROM itself and the tweakage that everyone is putting on it.
Hi guy this guy needs sinpor nandriod he not trying to start a discussion what's better.
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Think it is more of a clarification issue, rather than which is better. He can't post on the development forum yet and Libertymonger was helping him over there on and about flashing the new ROMs.
Mediaon,The Gentleman who brought us this ROM specifically said to start with Singapore sbf or tv out would not work. To me it's what the man says is what goes! lol. I don't know how Korean got thrown in the mix but I did what the man said, rsdlite the Singapore sbf and most everything is pretty awesome and stable. So if I follow the man's directions and it turns out pretty freakin awesome for me, I'm not gonna try and change what aint broken that's for sure! I've heard great luck with and bad without. That's enough to convince me that's my story and I'm stickin to it! lmao.
I guess I need to figure out how to make a nandroid image of it. I don't know any other way to help him with this. Well I guess if he can flash a nandroid then he can flash a nandroid. So maybe you need to go with the MIUI or Eclair Strikes Back or the EpicSteelBlueXt. I don't know What to advise.
The only reason why I want sg 2.1 stock rom is the warranty issue. I have discovered that there are issues regarding window7 and rsd lite... I am planning to download linux bootable cd and try to boot my computer in linux Os. Maybe it will help. Thanks guys.
abet1017 said:
The only reason why I want sg 2.1 stock rom is the warranty issue. I have discovered that there are issues regarding window7 and rsd lite... I am planning to download linux bootable cd and try to boot my computer in linux Os. Maybe it will help. Thanks guys.
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Yeah a nandroid wouldn't help much then since you have to be rooted to flash a nandroid right? I wonder if you can run rsdlite in xp mode?
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Yeah a nandroid wouldn't help much then since you have to be rooted to flash a nandroid right? I wonder if you can run rsdlite in xp mode?
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Thanks... I already tried the compatibility feature of windows7 and run rsdlite in xp mode but still nothing happened.
abet1017 said:
The only reason why I want sg 2.1 stock rom is the warranty issue. I have discovered that there are issues regarding window7 and rsd lite... I am planning to download linux bootable cd and try to boot my computer in linux Os. Maybe it will help. Thanks guys.
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I am using Windows 7 Professional x64 and am having no problems with RSD Lite.
LibertyMonger said:
Yeah a nandroid wouldn't help much then since you have to be rooted to flash a nandroid right?
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Root isn't technically required. You just have to have openrecovery installed. You usually have to have root to install OpenRecovery, but you can flash a nandroid that doesn't have root. nandroid automatically installs OpenRecovery--so if you flash a system.img extracted from a sbf (which won't have root or OpenRecovery) you end up with a system that has OR but no root.
pavithren said:
I am using Windows 7 Professional x64 and am having no problems with RSD Lite.
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Yes before Rsdlite in my windows7 computer can easily detect my phone... but now there is a problem... I tried everything like installing and reinstalling rsdlite and moto drivers, still rsd lite cannot detect the phone.
Mioze7Ae said:
Root isn't technically required. You just have to have openrecovery installed. You usually have to have root to install OpenRecovery, but you can flash a nandroid that doesn't have root. nandroid automatically installs OpenRecovery--so if you flash a system.img extracted from a sbf (which won't have root or OpenRecovery) you end up with a system that has OR but no root.
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From what I've heard Motorola really doesn't care if the phone has been modded or rooted with their warranties. I have read in a forum or 2 about it From my experience they would never even know or check. But i guess it's not worth the risk. But Cincinnati bell gives us a 2 year warranty and they usually take care of it.
Singapore Sbf Nandroid
I got one for ya bud, will post it in a bit as soon as I get my phone back in order.
LibertyMonger said:
I got one for ya bud, will post it in a bit as soon as I get my phone back in order.
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Thanks........
Singapore Sbf Nandroid
Get your Singapore SBF Nandroid Here!
Not sure if you need all the files. You will have to see which you need.
Good Luck Dude!
LibertyMonger said:
From what I've heard Motorola really doesn't care if the phone has been modded or rooted with their warranties. I have read in a forum or 2 about it From my experience they would never even know or check. But i guess it's not worth the risk. But Cincinnati bell gives us a 2 year warranty and they usually take care of it.
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Yea Motorola doesn't care what's been done to your phone rooted with a custom rom or anything. They just restore it 2.1 before they ship it back. And 2 year warrenty from Cincinnati bell? Hmm did u pay extra for that? They always send me to Motorola.
easye420 said:
Yea Motorola doesn't care what's been done to your phone rooted with a custom rom or anything. They just restore it 2.1 before they ship it back. And 2 year warrenty from Cincinnati bell? Hmm did u pay extra for that? They always send me to Motorola.
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No don't pay extra, if you sign a 2 year contract you get a 2 year warranty. I didn't know that either until I just recently got a replacement from them. I guess if they go thru Motorola I would think they couldn't ship your phone as fast. Oh and my old balackberry I gave to my mom needs replaced and I called cbw and they said my warranty ran out a month ago which would be 2 years. So that sucked cause I assumed I only had a year and it had been ran out or i would have cashed in on it somehow lol. It cost me $10 to get my XT replaced. I should have asked to go thru moto though cause you get to use your cbw warranty twice for the $10 fee then after that it costs $35.
Hello, is there any method of returning my Photon Q from 4.1.2 to 4.0.4 or 4.1.1? Are there any 4.1.1 ROMs or CWM recoveries out there? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
envy5000 said:
Hello, is there any method of returning my Photon Q from 4.1.2 to 4.0.4 or 4.1.1? Are there any 4.1.1 ROMs or CWM recoveries out there? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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You can use RSD lite to flash back to stock (ICS or JB) Read more here.
There's a few TWRP backups floating around... Not sure if anyone has uploaded any CWM backups...
arrrghhh said:
You can use RSD lite to flash back to stock (ICS or JB) Read more here.
There's a few TWRP backups floating around... Not sure if anyone has uploaded any CWM backups...
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RSD Lite won't allow me to flash anything but 4.1.2, it gives the error:
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Code:
Flashed flashing process. 1/23 flash partition "gpt_main0.bin"-> Phone returned FAIL.
Long story short I am attempting to move carriers on a phone I bought off of ebay. To do that I need to "find" something.
Originally, I was rooted, unlocked and had CWM with an external backup.
I got stuck trying to RSD Lite back down to 4.0.4 and to RSD Lite back to stock 4.1.2. I'm thinking that I will get root again, install TWRP, create backup, TWRP back to ICS, get the thing I am looking for, TWRP back to 4.1.2, RSD Lite back to 4.1.2, reroot, install CWM and use an older CWM backup on my SD card to get back to the start. After that I plan to use an NV writer/reader and QPST to finish this.
envy5000 said:
RSD Lite won't allow me to flash anything but 4.1.2, it gives the error:
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Flashed flashing process. 1/23 flash partition "gpt_main0.bin"-> Phone returned FAIL.
Long story short I am attempting to move carriers on a phone I bought off of ebay. To do that I need to "find" something.
Originally, I was rooted, unlocked and had CWM with an external backup.
I got stuck trying to RSD Lite back down to 4.0.4 and to RSD Lite back to stock 4.1.2. I'm thinking that I will get root again, install TWRP, create backup, TWRP back to ICS, get the thing I am looking for, TWRP back to 4.1.2, RSD Lite back to 4.1.2, reroot, install CWM and use an older CWM backup on my SD card to get back to the start. After that I plan to use an NV writer/reader and QPST to finish this.
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You get that flash gpt error when trying to flash the JB FXZ image? Were you using the right one?
Either way, depending on where you are the legality of what you want to do is questionable and not welcome on XDA... Just FYI.
arrrghhh said:
You get that flash gpt error when trying to flash the JB FXZ image? Were you using the right one?
Either way, depending on where you are the legality of what you want to do is questionable and not welcome on XDA... Just FYI.
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Yes, the stock FXZ 4.0.4 file in RSD Lite 6.1.5, gaah I hate that I can't post/edit for 5 minutes.
Hey, chrisngod posted the MSL reader in this very Photon Q forum. I'm not the first nor am I the last to move carriers. The only difference is I actually paid for the phone and I don't intend to sell it to anyone else. In terms of moral ground I don't think anyone here at xda should complain.
envy5000 said:
Hey, chrisngod posted the MSL reader in this very Photon Q forum. I'm not the first nor am I the last to move carriers. The only difference is I actually paid for the phone and I don't intend to sell it to anyone else. In terms of moral ground I don't think anyone here at xda should complain.
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I see you're just going to attack my comment about you doing potentially illegal things.
nvram, qpst, etc... are questionably legal stuff, let's not argue about it.
You should be able to use the RSD Lite application to flash JB. If you are downgrading to ICS, there's some additional lines which you have to remove from the XML file.
Make sure you are using a new version of RSD (6.0+)
arrrghhh said:
I see you're just going to attack my comment about you doing potentially illegal things.
nvram, qpst, etc... are questionably legal stuff, let's not argue about it.
You should be able to use the RSD Lite application to flash JB. If you are downgrading to ICS, there's some additional lines which you have to remove from the XML file.
Make sure you are using a new version of RSD (6.0+)
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Theoretically wouldn't using TWRP to downgrade to ICS not require anything other than root?
Part of the problem is I cant post or edit for five minutes between each reply. That makes this discussion difficult.
I think in general my original question refers to something that is perfectly legal. It could easily be said that modifying the user experience of any computer product at all is illegal take for instance anything Apple. Up until 2012 it was commonly stated that even unlocking a phone could be illegal. Axiomatically anyone may legally program their legally owned phone. This is an entire forum dedicated to hacking/creating useability out of legally purchased merchandise. Consider the first thread in the general forum which is physically adding a sim card slot to the phone to able to change carriers at will. I think it's a tad bit silly to approach things thinking the user intends to something illegal or with malice.
envy5000 said:
Theoretically wouldn't using TWRP to downgrade to ICS not require anything other than root?
Part of the problem is I cant post or edit for five minutes between each reply. That makes this discussion difficult.
I think in general my original question refers to something that is perfectly legal. It could easily be said that modifying the user experience of any computer product at all is illegal take for instance anything Apple. Up until 2012 it was commonly stated that even unlocking a phone could be illegal. Axiomatically anyone may legally program their legally owned phone. This is an entire forum dedicated to hacking/creating useability out of legally purchased merchandise. Consider the first thread in the general forum which is physically adding a sim card slot to the phone to able to change carriers at will. I think it's a tad bit silly to approach things thinking the user intends to something illegal or with malice.
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My point is, don't discuss it. Drop it.
Use RSD to restore to stock JB. Enjoy.
Edit - you can restore any backups you find, and down/upgrade at will. If you find the backup for ICS, I think there is one for TWRP floating around.
arrrghhh said:
Use RSD to restore to stock JB. Enjoy.
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This isn't working, as I and other users have stated in other threads except to go to versions above 4.1.2 and up.
arrrghhh said:
Edit - you can restore any backups you find, and down/upgrade at will. If you find the backup for ICS, I think there is one for TWRP floating around.
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Will try using TWRP and report back if one can downgrade successfully.
envy5000 said:
This isn't working, as I and other users have stated in other threads except to go to versions above 4.1.2 and up.
Will try using TWRP and report back if one can downgrade successfully.
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Are you trying to get JB or ICS with RSD?
JB should work no problems. Downgrading to ICS, there's an additional set of lines to remove from the XML file. I'll try to dig them up and have Skrilax post it in his thread.
Good luck with TWRP.
envy5000 said:
This isn't working, as I and other users have stated in other threads except to go to versions above 4.1.2 and up.
Will try using TWRP and report back if one can downgrade successfully.
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gpt_main0 can't be downgraded. Remove its line from the 4.0.4 FXZ XML file so RSD Lite does not try to flash it. Then you should be able to flash the 4.0.4 FXZ over 4.1.2 on phone just fine.
kabaldan said:
gpt_main0 can't be downgraded. Remove its line from the 4.0.4 FXZ XML file so RSD Lite does not try to flash it. Then you should be able to flash the 4.0.4 FXZ over 4.1.2 on phone just fine.
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Oh, that must be the line to remove. There's 2 IIRC...
kabaldan said:
gpt_main0 can't be downgraded. Remove its line from the 4.0.4 FXZ XML file so RSD Lite does not try to flash it. Then you should be able to flash the 4.0.4 FXZ over 4.1.2 on phone just fine.
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That might be the problem. Thank you. I will try this first.
arrrghhh said:
Oh, that must be the line to remove. There's 2 IIRC...
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It's already quite some time ago when I needed to do it (from JB to ICS via RSD Lite), so I don't remember the exact edits, but it worked fine for me in the end.
The simple general rule is - when there is an error, remove the related line from the XML file and try it again .
kabaldan said:
It's already quite some time ago when I needed to do it (from JB to ICS via RSD Lite), so I don't remember the exact edits, but it worked fine for me in the end.
The simple general rule is - when there is an error, remove the related line from the XML file and try it again .
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Yep. I still want to mention it to Skrilax_CZ - he should add this edit to his OP, a lot of people are asking about this one.
Thanks for pointing it out tho
kabaldan said:
It's already quite some time ago when I needed to do it (from JB to ICS via RSD Lite), so I don't remember the exact edits, but it worked fine for me in the end.
The simple general rule is - when there is an error, remove the related line from the XML file and try it again .
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This worked. Thank you for your help. I guess this was a little more simple than I thought it would be. It also had an odd side effect of completely changing the programming and the MSL for anyone else remotely interested.