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[Q] Got a few questions about gtg465x ultimate Unbrick and flashing new roms

To catch you up on what I'm running
I just flashed a backup of infused 2.1.0 but i had been running infused 2.2.3. Ive been experimenting to see why I'm having certain problems with my roms that i don't believe existed when I originally started use the infused roms.*
However my first question is will gtg465x ultimate Unbricker completely take my phone back to stock out of box state and unroot it?* I ask because when I first flashed a custom rom I didn't properly make a back up of my stock configuration. So basically I'm trying to find out if that matters or will they Unbricker solve that problem?
Next I have some questions about flashing new roms (not updating them). When I first flashed the infused rom it converted my partitions to something else (I think that's the voodoo lagfix) but does this mean anything or will other roms need to be dealt with differently like by wiping the data and cache?
Oh and also would the kernel I'm running possibly be creating the problems in experiencing with my roms?
If you need anymore info in order to try and answer something just let me know.
Thanks guys

Gtg's Ultimate Unbrick will return your phone to stock and unroot your phone.
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MattSoRaven said:
Gtg's Ultimate Unbrick will return your phone to stock and unroot your phone.
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Nice. So that means if we ever get official gingerbread update I can flash back to stock and download it
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[Q] can you go back to stock froyo after flashing cm7

well right now I'm currently flashing the cm7 rom. I can't send/receive any mms right now. I've tried searching and I've tried a lot of things, but nothing seems to be working. I also miss my stock froyo as well. So I was wondering if I can revert back to the original stock froyo, but still be root.
I used rom manager and I backuped the orginal rom before I flashed the cm7 and the addons, but I don't know where it use or even how to go about it . Can I use that to revert back to the orginial rom and will I still be rooted?
I'm currently on the mytouch4g and if you know where I can download the rom for froyo please post a link.
thank you very much.

mytouch4gnoob said:
well right now I'm currently flashing the cm7 rom. I can't send/receive any mms right now. I've tried searching and I've tried a lot of things, but nothing seems to be working. I also miss my stock froyo as well. So I was wondering if I can revert back to the original stock froyo, but still be root.
I used rom manager and I backuped the orginal rom before I flashed the cm7 and the addons, but I don't know where it use or even how to go about it . Can I use that to revert back to the orginial rom and will I still be rooted?
I'm currently on the mytouch4g and if you know where I can download the rom for froyo please post a link.
thank you very much.
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Hi, the answer to your question is actually in your post...if you backed up your froyo rom with the rom manager, then you just have to restore the backup.
To do that, go to the Rom manager, manage and restore, and then find your backed up rom. It should take a while and you will be back to the state you were before flashing CM7. Just in case make a nandroid backup of your current rom in case things don't go as expected. It should be working neatly. Hope it helps. Let me know if you could restore it. See ya....

mytouch4gnoob said:
well right now I'm currently flashing the cm7 rom. I can't send/receive any mms right now. I've tried searching and I've tried a lot of things, but nothing seems to be working. I also miss my stock froyo as well. So I was wondering if I can revert back to the original stock froyo, but still be root.
I used rom manager and I backuped the orginal rom before I flashed the cm7 and the addons, but I don't know where it use or even how to go about it . Can I use that to revert back to the orginial rom and will I still be rooted?
I'm currently on the mytouch4g and if you know where I can download the rom for froyo please post a link.
thank you very much.
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Hey i also have a Mytouch 4G and i have looked around before but couldn't seem to find a Stock froyo rom that is rooted. I would recommend you use a different ROM other then CM7. There are plenty of roms in the mytouch 4g section. we also have a great dev TheDerekJay does an amazing job with keeping all his roms updated. im using his MIUI rom on my mytouch and im in love with it.

actually I just looked at my rom manager backup file. and it says the date for today... I used mybackup root to just back up my data because I was planning on changing my rom. So I'm seriously am confused now... I back uped the rom (froyo) just yesterday so shouldn't it say that 1/1/2012 instead of 1/2/2012? Should I just flash this backup anyway and hope for the best?

mytouch4gnoob said:
actually I just looked at my rom manager backup file. and it says the date for today... I used mybackup root to just back up my data because I was planning on changing my rom. So I'm seriously am confused now... I back uped the rom (froyo) just yesterday so shouldn't it say that 1/1/2012 instead of 1/2/2012? Should I just flash this backup anyway and hope for the best?
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I should have the date and time when you did the backup...but if It was after midnight or your time zone is not correct that might affect the name. If it is the only backup you did then it must be it. Let me know after you flashed it how things resulted.

thanks glevitan. You were right the time zone is probably not set correctly. I restored the file and I'm back to the original stock froyo and I'm still rooted I'm very happy now. thank you so much.

mytouch4gnoob said:
thanks glevitan. You were right the time zone is probably not set correctly. I restored the file and I'm back to the original stock froyo and I'm still rooted I'm very happy now. thank you so much.
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You're welcome...enjoy your new/old rom. See ya!

Upgrade to FP1 question (any issues with this method?)

Inherited a Droid Charge running GummyCharged 2.1 from my housemate.
I want to switch to Eclipse 2.0. I know in order to run FP1 builds, you need to run stock kernel if you want wifi. Except, I also noticed that the PBJ kernel recently fixed the wifi issue.
I'm under the impression you're told to revert to stock, run OTA update, then flash your FP1 ROM so you have the latest stock kernel.
Or is there more to it than the kernel?
I'd rather skip the revert/flash/etc/etc, I updated to the latest CWM, made a backup, factory restored, wiped cache/dalvik, flashed ROM, flashed kernel, rebooted, everything seems fine (wifi working no issues). But... that doesn't mean that it is.
EDIT: Yeah, my baseband in About Phone shows i510.06 V.EE4 SCH-I510.EE1, which is what it was before. Can I get just the baseband?
Thanks!
By the way, I don't care about carrier signal at all, this phone got wet and no longer accepts SIM cards. The other functions still work, so I'm using it on wifi and I'm trying to re-purpose the device to be a portable offline GPS for hiking. But I did read that FP1 gets better GPS locks, which is part of why I want to run it.

U cant get the fp1 upgrade on a cstom rom. U have to go back to stock n get the ota upgrade. I suggest usin titanium to back up ur stuff then flash what u want. Stock fp1 or pjb 5/24 r both good, but u gta get back to factory first.
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Actually, I figured "what you do do well" and I decided to follow the suggested directions. I used ODIN, restored to stock EP4... and couldn't get past the main screen. Can't read SIM cards, so can't get past the activate screen. I then flashed back an FP1 rom, the latest PBJ kernel, and [attempted] to use the EP4 to FP1 patch, which hung and failed.
It looks like if I want to get my baseband to FP1, I'll have to jump through hoops (maybe flashing a stock EP4 pre-rooted ROM from ODIN? maybe?) Regardless, since the CDMA antenna in this thing is useless anyway, I'm just gonna skip it.
Thank you for your reply!

Well, now that you have borked your phone a bit, go and download the EP4 ODIN package and flash it (in ODIN or SamsungPST). Might not be a bad idea to flash the PIT while you're at it. You'll probably have to flash CWM, and then PBJ from within CWM (stock kernel overwrites it) Then go and try flashing your ROM of choice again (cough *tweaked* cough), either in ODIN (with the respective package) or CWM. (again with the proper package).
http://www.imnuts.org/odin-packages/
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thanks kvswim, that's pretty much exactly what I did yesterday. I'm even running Tweaked 2.1
It's too bad, I really prefer the theme of Eclipse, but I just couldn't handle the lack of TSM Parts.

New to Android and been reading.

Hello everyone. I received my Verizon SG3 shortly after it came out. I have been doing reading as I am very new to android. This is my first android phone. Previously I had an EnV Touch. Hated that thing, but it did the job. So any who I now have this awesome kick butt phone and it has all the Verizon crap on it I cannot get rid of. I have rooted and the bootloader is unlocked. I used a windows program to gain root and then used EZ unlocker to unlock the bootloader. I have been looking and looking to figure out what rom I want to start with, I want JB, but don't want a lot of bugs ATM as i don't have all that much time to play with flashing and being still so new I don't want to end up with a brick. I tried my harderst to figure this out by reading, but the info seams so spread out, I kinda want to try the CM10 9-6 as I have read it is stable and not many bugs. My main question is about kernels. Am I correct in thinking they will get flashed just like my rom will in ROM manager? Or do I need to flash through CWMR? How do I know what Kernel to use? I have been reading the CM10 takes a different kernel than say synergy or stock. Or will the stock kernel work till I load the proper kernel. If I knew about the kernel and how vital it was to go with the ROM maybe I wouldn't be so paranoid. I have a friend with a GS2 and he told me the kernel has to go with the ROM and if the two don't mach then you could brick. I can't afford a brick my first time around.
If you could give me some advice or point me in the direction of some more reading that would be great.
Thanks
JB

All ROMs come with a kernel in them. Typically you just stay with it unless you want some extra features or what not. There are aosp kernels and kernels based on the stock firmware. If you use a touchwiz based rom you need to use a touchwiz kernel.
I don't think it will brick it if you interchange them. It will just boot loop
Edit: you flash kernels in recovery just like a rom. if you change kernels without changing roms you need to wipe cache and dalvik cache through recovery also.
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Back up your IMEI before flashing anything, alot of horror stories floating around. Development has some fantastic guides. After that, most of the "big gun" rom's here have kernels, and are for the most part consistently the same flash method through recovery. Cwm recovery is solid and reliable, start with that until you feel comfortable enough to venture off. Make sure it's version 6.0.1.2 (regular or touch) for any jelly bean based rom.
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I backed up the IMEI with the terminal emulator. So if the error occurred it would restore with the proper IMEI. Should I back it up any other way too?
Also I'm planning on using the Rom manager to flash the Rom. Do you not recommend that or should I do it manually with CWRM?
Thanks for the replies. I'm still getting my feet wet and know all about searching before asking. Used to program dish.
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Your call, depends how paranoid you are! I would flash manually, it's a control thing for me, I know what/how/when all was done. Using 6.0.1.2 touch is awesome, speeds flashing up considerably.
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I might have to try the touch. I have standard 6 on there. The one you listed. Rom manager gives me the option to load touch too. Friend uses Rom manager on his s2. Looks to just automate things a little.
What I don't know is if it wipes the appropriate areas first for a clean install or if it's doing it dirty.
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Use the Synergy backup. If you lose your IMEI you just flash it again and it's back. Just make Nandroid backups and flash away. This is my first Android phone too and now I get why people become flash addicts, it's amazing what you can do. It's easy to relock and unroot if need be. Everything is easy if you take it smart and slow.
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Here here!
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Just stick to a couple rules and you will be fine. First is backup, backup and backup before flashing. Always stay within the Verizon SGS3 section, Sounds simple but others have made the grave mistake. When flashing kernels, stick to the software, ie flash a JB kernel to a JB rom, flash a ICS kernel to an ICS rom. You should not have any problems but if you do you always have a backup. There are many roms, just flash an try them, make sure to read through the threads to identify any issues that have been discussed. JB roms there are a couple, a TW based JB rom from a T-mobile leak that was ported to VZW SGS3 that works well, there are official and unofficial JB vanilla roms, ie CynogenMod. Stick to those rules, keep a back up, i usually will transfer a copy of my original backup to my pc just in case, and always backup to external sd card. Good luck and have fun.

You can also flash kernels via Odin I believe.

Giving my g2x to my brother: best to leave it rooted on custom rom or stock flash?

Ok well im giving my g2x to my brother since he has a crap blackberry.
But im not sure if i should leave it on the custom rom w/ a factory reset (weapon g2x) or give it to him stock rooted.
I originally wanted to give him stock rooted fresh phone but i remember how much of a pain my g2x can be with unrooting and stuff.
What i want in a stock restore would be a restore file thats on the newer GB 2.3.4 with new baseband. Is there a zip like that ready or do i have to flash to the older gb/froyo with the older baseband then upgrade up?
If i have to go through another process of that then i might just want to save myself the trouble and just give him a clean Weapon g2x with new baseband.

I would say give it to him stock but keep it rooted so he can install roms if he wants to. Also tell him the dangers of rooting.
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i would put stock CM7, and turn the root off in the menu.

Throw a stock nandroid on or something basic, unrooted. Let him learn how to use it properly without the risk of giving you headaches because he broke it (if he has never tried droid before)