Alrighty.. This phone has caused me so much time and trouble, I finally decided to start a thread. I really cannot find an answer for my problems by surfing...
In the beginning, all was great. Then I wanted to root my phone...
I went here and followed these instructions to root initially.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179748
(Stock Gingerbread OTA 2.3.3 Rooted)
I started to have problems:
-WIFI kept shutting off upon sleep. I depend on WIFI because I only have a 200MB plan..
Also, I have low signal in my apartment, so I use wifi calling very frequently. After about 10 minutes, wifi calling disables itself.
SO, I wanted to UNROOT. The link that said 'UNROOT' did not work..
Next, I used this link to unroot..
http://theunlockr.com/2011/05/23/how-to-unroot-the-t-mobile-g2x/
I returned to stock froyo OS. BUT i still wanted gingerbread!! I tried to use the LG update desktop tool, but it kept on saying that 'the phone was already up to date.'
SO, I ended up 'installing from zip' the backup that was made before I downgraded to froyo.. Unfortunately, this left me back at square one: A rooted gingerbread.. Exactly where I was before.
I went to this link next.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255214
I used the 'UNROOT ZIP', and it unrooted it!!
Seems perfect right??
BUT, ever since I did that, my GPS doesn't work. It is unable to pick up my location.
I tried to 'restore to stock' using BOTH the option while the phone is on, and using the 'clockwerk mod' (Where you hold power and the down button).
I just want things to go back to the way they were.
I'm hoping that I can just have a NORMAL 2.3.3, with GPS working, and everything back to the way it was before I started this whole 'root' journey..
Thank you so much ahead of time for taking the time to help me. Your 5 minutes could save me hours..
try restoring to stock, 2.2.2, then get the LG Updater tool to "Recovery Phone" which is at "Customer Support" and the last one, enter your phone model, and serial number, and it should recover it to stock with no problems for you. Good Luck.
Wifi is suppose to shut off on sleep mode unless you configure it not to.
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ed116 said:
try restoring to stock, 2.2.2, then get the LG Updater tool to "Recovery Phone" which is at "Customer Support" and the last one, enter your phone model, and serial number, and it should recover it to stock with no problems for you. Good Luck.
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I will try this now.
Thanks. Hopefully it works.
It still says 'Update not required' after I use the recovery version.
It is saying that because just flashing 2.2 you are still on the July baseband which is telling the software you are on the latest. You should be able to find a stock nandriod in the forum somewhere to flash Gingerbread stock.
Go to Wireless and networks > Wifi > hit menu > Wifi sleep policy > never.
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GTWalling said:
It is saying that because just flashing 2.2 you are still on the July baseband which is telling the software you are on the latest. You should be able to find a stock nandriod in the forum somewhere to flash Gingerbread stock.
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I was unable to find such a thread. I decided just to root it and go with the 'eagle' and deal with random problems..
However, the front facing camera keeps on stretching the picture..
Any thoughts?
FFC issues are common on non-stock roms trying to use LG camera instead of Android stock camera. Rooting your phone cannot cause wifi issues, etc. unless you made some errant changes to system files. Rooting does nothing but allow you or programs to get what is called in the Linux world SuperUser permissions. It allows you or the program to change or do anything it wants and removes the restrictions placed on the handset by the manufacturer and/or Google. All the rooting process does is add two files to your system and set the proper permission for su to be able to become root. The SuperUser.apk is the gateway to root. It is there to protect you from malicious programs getting root, as you have to approve all root access requests. It is actually very safe unless you do something stupid.
yoo992 said:
I was unable to find such a thread. I decided just to root it and go with the 'eagle' and deal with random problems..
However, the front facing camera keeps on stretching the picture..
Any thoughts?
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Here is a link to both Froyo and Gingerbread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1037120
Please help me to unroot my asus slider , i want to my tab is back to basic ( official)
What i did was most likely risky but worked nonetheless had kinda a similar problem.
Make sure you have cwm recovery installed and download the "old" update from the asus website. Put the zip on the sd card and install this with cwm recovery.
After its done your back on an older firmware completely stock from what i know this is risky so try on your own risk. It worked for me but when it was booted into honeycomb the launcher keeps crashing what i did was to solve this was keep tabbing away at the bottom right so that menu slides out and quickly tab wifi, if done right you enter settings and launcher stops bugging you about its crashes, then goto OTA update and apply the latest update after this is done slider will work fully no weird launcher crashes and from what i know your back to full stock as it came out the factory.
I rooted mine with this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1173230&highlight=slider
It was easy!
I have a Samsung Captivate that I had to downgrade from the official Gingerbread back to Froyo due to freezing and rebooting issues. (Downgrade was done by AT&T at one of their Service Centers.) Since Froyo, unlike Gingerbread, doesn't allow non-Market apps to be installed, I rooted the Cappy, using the latest version of SuperOneClick. After rooting, I went into the Market to reinstall some apps, but when I click the Install button, it just turns gray and nothing happens. I tried installing from the online Android Market (from my computer) and my phone just stayed on downloading.
I've also noticed that the Market on my phone is an older version (version 2.12). For some reason it's not auto-updating the way it should. I read in the Market Help section to go to the main Market page, then hit the home key, and the Market should update to the latest version in a few minutes. Not happening. I have my phone both wi-fi and 3g-enabled.
Hello my name is Unicorn, I did a forum search to see if my particular scenario has been addressed before but did not find anything (perhaps because of my choice of search keywords, I'm not sure.) I made some mistakes and was hoping a more informed member can assist me in remedying my errors. Here is the situation as of currently:
1. I purchased a Verizon SGS3 (SCH-i535) back in December 2012, and was able to root it successfully using the method in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1875914
2. I flashed Synergy ROM (Synergy_d2vzw_02Dec12_2021_r125_s.zip) so my custom binary count is thus far 1.
3. I began having some trouble with Synergy ROM around the time that Verizon deployed their Stock Jellybean OTA update (the "Limit Mobile Data Usage" and "Use Mobile Data" toggle check boxes disappeared from the settings menu which is unusual because I did NOT opt to accept the OTA update.)
4. Rather than trying to manually diagnose why the check box toggles were then missing, I decided merely to Restore my CWMR Recovery Image in order to bring myself back to the modded stock rom (effectively putting me back in the position that I was in after step 1 but before step 2 mentioned above.)
5. Returning to the modded stock rom brought back the toggles as desired, however since the rom was ICS 4.0.4 I was still persistently receiving the nag message asking me download and install the OTA Jellybean update (which I deferred.)
6. This morning the deferment date lapsed, which prompted my phone to restart and boot back in to CWMR 6.0.1.0 where I was asked to confirm whether CWMR should flash the update package.
7. I mistakenly chose to apply the update because I was disoriented due to having just recently awoken, and because I had already hit the home button I allowed the update to proceed (I didn't want to pull the battery part-way through the flash for fear that it would somehow brick my phone.)
8. There were 2 other prompts that appeared during this process, the first one telling me that the update might install stock recovery and the second one informing me that root might be lost (even though I chose the menu options that should have prevented these occurrences from happening it would appear that they in fact still took place because when I attempted to boot back in to CWMR from the EZ-Recovery 2.0 menu I was confronted with the screen telling me that I had unauthorized software and should see a Verizon representative to fix it.
9. After powering down I was able to boot back in to Android after which I found that the "About Phone" section reported an incremental update to Android 4.1.1 so it would appear that the OTA installed partially (even though I'm still getting the notification telling me I need to download the update.)
Basically I just want to return my device to unrooted stock so that I can start fresh then re-root later, but I'm not sure what the best method to use is because I'm not certain if the device is still rooted at this point.
It's been a while since I've tinkered with my Note 3, usually because I fancied seeing what the Note 7 OS looked like etc.
The last time was to unroot my phone and put the official KitKat back.
Now after sometime I've had issues with services like Bluetooth so I reinstalled the stock ROM although it's BTU Lollipop this time because for some reason Odin wasn't accepting my H3G 4.4.2 stock ROM.
Nevertheless, it has installed but to my surprise, all my apps, settings and messages are still there. The Bluetooth service is now back in business too. I guess I should be pleased but I'm wondering if this should happen?
As mentioned, it's been a while since I played about with ROMs but that was when I rooted and used apps like CWM but how do I completely wipe my phone first without rooting, before installing the stock ROM?
To install a stock ROM I press Vol. down, Home & power buttons and use Odin but before this, do I use the Vol. Up option first to wipe everyting?
One little extra question please, because my KtKat ROM seems corrupted now, where can I go to get another one? I can see samMobile.com has them but you have to pay. If that's the norm now then so be it.
Thanks very much and hope you can help.
Actually, nevermind, I bit the pillow and tried the Vol. Up option first to wipe the data & partition cache.
Just didn't know if I was going to find myself unable to install a new ROM with the Vol. Down option afterwards.
Needless to say, it worked a treat!
Very happy bunny.