I have a 2 month old Moto defy in India. Things were good till I updated to the official froyo update. Now the GPS does not work. This, I believe is a widely reported issue.
With no official updates in sight, the easiest thing to do would be to root and install a custom rom. However that would void the warranty and any claims that I may have to make at a later date.
I understand that if I install the GB roms, I can not go back.
Is there a way that I root, install some custom froyo rom and in case I need to return the phone revert it back to the factory state?
yes.you can root it & return back through stock system recovery.
Can you please point me how to go about it?
start here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966537
why don't you try cm7. its GB and you can still go back.
I remember reading somewhere that you can't go back from gb. Is it only for the official leaked gb?
mussio said:
start here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966537
why don't you try cm7. its GB and you can still go back.
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gadgetcraze said:
I remember reading somewhere that you can't go back from gb. Is it only for the official leaked gb?
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no, its not official, its a mod on froyo base, so you can go back. but this is a dev forum, please post threads here about development, everything else goes in defy general!
Thank you for the help.
Of course root. Unroot is easy and you still can return to stock rom after flashing custom rom.
Thanks everyone. Rooted and installed cm7. Snappy. Great going so far.
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I installed a 2.2 custom rom, now att sent me a txt that there is an update for my phone, should I update?, will it brick my phone?
There's 300000000 other threads about this. For the majority if your not completely stock att will tell you to update
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kukulkan666 said:
I installed a 2.2 custom rom, now att sent me a txt that there is an update for my phone, should I update?, will it brick my phone?
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Do not run an update while on a 2.2 custom rom. It is most likely not the froyo update and rather a 2.1 tweak. If you tried it probably would not take, if it did it would probably screw up your phone. If you really want to try the update I would do a odin flash back to stock. If you do not know what odin is you can find it in the development section
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ok,thanks ....i wont update since I dont have a data plan , and I know ATT will screw me over.....btw custom 2.2 running great
Either it:
-Won't work, or
-It will work
I'll let you decide which is worse.
MikeyMike01 said:
Either it:
-Won't work, or
-It will work
I'll let you decide which is worse.
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Words of wisdom
I wouldn't update if I were you since it isn't 2.2 yet. You'll end up just installing a custom ROM again.
Anyway of going back to the stock look that came with the tablet but also still keeping a custom rom or just keeping root its self.
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Anyone have any suggestions?
corybucher said:
Anyway of going back to the stock look that came with the tablet but also still keeping a custom rom or just keeping root its self.
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I havent messed with TnT for a while now but I think thats the ROM that has the look of the stock OS.
Or you can always go back to the Original Stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950
Follow these threads in this order,
1) GTab recovery firmware, flash latest -- This will put you completely back to stock
2) TnT Stock Enhancement Pack, flash latest -- Flash TnT version 3.1.4b
That should get you to Viewsonic's latest firmware with some xda flavored enhancements, I'm not sure if you can receive official OTA updates from Viewsonic with the enhancement pack. I've never used stock for more than 10 or so minutes in Nov last year.
Thank you both, most appreciated.
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You could always use the nvflash method tekrhino posted first then flash the update I linked to (first link) to get you to a completely updated stock GTab. Rooting can be accomplished via oneclickroot or some similar method.
Currently running miui with matrix kernel and I'm looking into flashing a stock gingerbread ROM to receive ics when it is released. I've flashed customs ROMs before but have never gone back to stock. How do I go about doing this? Will I need to reroot my phone? And will I be able to flash a kernel on the stock ROM? Thanks
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I wouldn't worry about it. Someone kind will post it here in a zip file soon after release i would imagine!
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mokflurry said:
Currently running miui with matrix kernel and I'm looking into flashing a stock gingerbread ROM to receive ics when it is released.
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This is not necessary; somebody will almost certainly post a zip of it here you can flash.
mokflurry said:
I've flashed customs ROMs before but have never gone back to stock. How do I go about doing this?
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Flash it just like any other ROM.
mokflurry said:
Will I need to reroot my phone?
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No. As long as you have CWM, you're all set.
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And will I be able to flash a kernel on the stock ROM?
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If someone makes one, sure.
sorry for abusing you thread, mokflurry, but i also have a question regarding requirements for the upcoming ota-update.
i am running stock rom, rooted, with cwm and custom kernel.
regarding the recovery, i already read, that this shouldn't be a problem. can anybody confirm that?
and what about the kernel? will i have to return to complete stock for ota?
thanks in advance!
yours
n00b ;-)
Petarsson said:
sorry for abusing you thread, mokflurry, but i also have a question regarding requirements for the upcoming ota-update.
i am running stock rom, rooted, with cwm and custom kernel.
regarding the recovery, i already read, that this shouldn't be a problem. can anybody confirm that?
and what about the kernel? will i have to return to complete stock for ota?
thanks in advance!
yours
n00b ;-)
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You can be rooted with another recovery, But need stock rom and kernel.
Until and unless you believe that you will be the first one to get the OTA, you need not worry about the OTA. It will be up on XDA as soon as OTA is rolled and you be flashing it even before the OTA is actually is pushed to you
So I called TMo and they're sending me a replacement G2x. I've seen a number of people claim that they never unroot their phones before sending them in. Is this true? I'm inclined to believe that this would cause issues but I'd just like everyone's two cents before I send this in.
Also, there's a thread in the dev section for reverting to stock. However, this uses SuperOneClick, a method for FroYo based G2x only. So, if I cannot send my phone in rooted, is there a method for reverting phones that have been updated to GB?
Thanks. And sorry if this has been posted before.
I believe you can use S.O.C. after already achieving root to help you revert back to stock. You can just go back to gingerbread no need for froyo.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
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You need to go back to a stock 2.3 unrooted rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255214
[ROOT] G2X Gingerbread 2.3.3. stock ROM with flashable zip in Clockworkmod Recovery Then use nvflash the recovery to stock to go back to a 100% stock
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Easy way to fix it is to format the /system in CWM then flash stock recovery with NVflash. Tell T-Mobile that the phone will not boot and your problem is fixed. No need to flash back to stock rom.
Prod1702 said:
Easy way to fix it is to format the /system in CWM then flash stock recovery with NVflash. Tell T-Mobile that the phone will not boot and your problem is fixed. No need to flash back to stock rom.
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That is pure evil. I like it.
GenghisKhan67 said:
That is pure evil. I like it.
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I work for T-Mobile if it makes you feel better.
Prod1702 said:
I work for T-Mobile if it makes you feel better.
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I used to work for T-Mo tier2 pda until they closed our support center January 2010... I never heard of someone having their warranty voided due to root, but it's probably better to be safe than sorry. Things may have changed.
so im using a costom rom but would like to go back to stock but have my phone rooted, how would i do that?
DayDaysTech said:
so im using a costom rom but would like to go back to stock but have my phone rooted, how would i do that?
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There is a nandroid backup in the development action I think its rooted 2
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aliamin86 said:
There is a nandroid backup in the development action I think its rooted 2
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could u link me to that?
im on 2.3.7
DayDaysTech said:
im on 2.3.7
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Sorry that nandroid isn't rooted
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Stock means it's the ROM the phone ships with or can be normally updated to... which is either 2.3.3, or 2.3.4.
buru898 said:
Stock means it's the ROM the phone ships with or can be normally updated to... which is either 2.3.3, or 2.3.4.
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ok so what do i do?
DayDaysTech said:
ok so what do i do?
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There's a nandroid of stock 2.3.3 and you can root with super one click, or flash one of the stock ROMs... and it'll usually say " stock" in the title. 2.3.4 if on the new baseband.
Also, you can do some searching... won't hurt.
The method i beleve you have to go by depends on what version you opened the box with.
I started with 2.3
Please only use this as a reference and a reasurence, do a little more searching to find a better guide.
First you restore the backup from the development section
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048274
Then you need to restore stock recovery with NVFlash http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
Once at this point you can unroot with super one click
now go here http://www.lg.com/us/support-mobile/lg-P999
and click software updates and drivers then follow the instructions to get back to 100% factory.
THIS IS BY NO MEANS A HOW TO
this is just what i have done in the past.
I know this says update to new baseband but following the directions will take you back to stock, lose root and all:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1674901
Similar method to what urfate posted.