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can someone give me the stock SK4G Update.zip file?
xIrandomIx said:
can someone give me the stock SK4G Update.zip file?
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How would I find it
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Nevermind just went to tmobile and they gave me a brand new one.
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how did you brick/soft brick your phone ? just so we know what not to do :3
ayoteddy said:
how did you brick/soft brick your phone ? just so we know what not to do :3
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He was testing a rom I made and it hung at the bootscreen. CWM wasnt working right and he couldnt restore his nandroid backup and I was at work for the past 10 hours and couldnt help.
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He was testing a rom I made and it hung at the bootscreen. CWM wasnt working right and he couldnt restore his nandroid backup and I was at work for the past 10 hours and couldnt help.
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i am curious if there is a way to make a tar file of the stock ROM that we might be able to flash thru Odin if things go wrong? this is what i always did on the Epc 4G. so far CWM seems to be having problems with the sdcard... i have made nandroid backups, but out of curiosity i went to 'restore' and it said it couldn't mount the sd. maybe this will get fixed soon tho.
yogi2010 said:
i am curious if there is a way to make a tar file of the stock ROM that we might be able to flash thru Odin if things go wrong? this is what i always did on the Epc 4G. so far CWM seems to be having problems with the sdcard... i have made nandroid backups, but out of curiosity i went to 'restore' and it said it couldn't mount the sd. maybe this will get fixed soon tho.
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yes there is. Find me someone with stock and i'll walk them through it
blu9987 said:
yes there is. Find me someone with stock and i'll walk them through it
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thanks man, that would be great. if I had stock I would love to walk thru that.... we gotta do it soon and get something going for this phone!
just to give you guys some more confidence i ran trusselo's super easy batch scritp on my dad's windows 7 box to hack 3e recovery.
you can look at my 3e thread in captivate general but do not attempt the kernel swap methods!
use trusselo's script on windows
if it fails or you are on a mac/linux machine then use the manual 3e fix after you root the device.
after i got 3e modded for self signed update.zip zip flashing like the old 2e recovery on 2.1 sgs phones i installed rom manager and chose the captivate cwm recovery. rebooted into recovery, reinstaled packages. phone rebooted, reistaled packages again and i was sucessfully in cwm. from there i was able to backup the stock rom and installed a .zip file that just changed my build.prop (taking baby steps) i could have spoofed the build.prop in many ways but it was for the sake of testing. the flash was successful. i booted up checked for the change and confirmed it was written to /system properly.
then i rebooted and restored the backup. there were some graphical errors including a broken progress bar and a splash screen that covers the menu when the restore is done so it is difficult to navigate, but it is something. success! the restored rom booted and the old build.prop was in place proving it was a successful restore.
tomorrow i will try a replaced vending.apk (market) and the build.prop as a market fix and post it in a thread if it works. if gtg465x doesnt mind i will try to build a rom off his deodexed rom if someone doesnt beat me to it.
i think we need a bounty to buy a dev phone for someone more knowledgable than me. i dont want to go all cowboy and brick this thing, the captivate had much more as far as backup plans so im being more cautious with this one. and even if i had a dev phone i wouldnt be of as much help as others around xda.
Chika Da China Da Chinese Chicken?
Dani897 said:
just to give you guys some more confidence i ran trusselo's super easy batch scritp on my dad's windows 7 box to hack 3e recovery.
you can look at my 3e thread in captivate general but do not attempt the kernel swap methods!
use trusselo's script on windows
if it fails or you are on a mac/linux machine then use the manual 3e fix after you root the device.
after i got 3e modded for self signed update.zip zip flashing like the old 2e recovery on 2.1 sgs phones i installed rom manager and chose the captivate cwm recovery. rebooted into recovery, reinstaled packages. phone rebooted, reistaled packages again and i was sucessfully in cwm. from there i was able to backup the stock rom and installed a .zip file that just changed my build.prop (taking baby steps) i could have spoofed the build.prop in many ways but it was for the sake of testing. the flash was successful. i booted up checked for the change and confirmed it was written to /system properly.
then i rebooted and restored the backup. there were some graphical errors including a broken progress bar and a splash screen that covers the menu when the restore is done so it is difficult to navigate, but it is something. success! the restored rom booted and the old build.prop was in place proving it was a successful restore.
tomorrow i will try a replaced vending.apk (market) and the build.prop as a market fix and post it in a thread if it works. if gtg465x doesnt mind i will try to build a rom off his deodexed rom if someone doesnt beat me to it.
i think we need a bounty to buy a dev phone for someone more knowledgable than me. i dont want to go all cowboy and brick this thing, the captivate had much more as far as backup plans so im being more cautious with this one. and even if i had a dev phone i wouldnt be of as much help as others around xda.
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Very nice. I am gonna try as well. As long as CM is working I am comfortable pushing my luck a little.
Awesome! Can you post the files or the link to the thread with the files?
slider2828 said:
Awesome! Can you post the files or the link to the thread with the files?
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just look in the captivate general stickies. i would post a link but there is stuff in there that doesnt apply because we dont have any kernels to flash, i dont want to confuse anybody and cause bricks because someone flashes a sgs kernel. i might make new write up.
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I was going to run the PC batch script but the download link actually downloaded a CWM zip.
That's no PC script....no batch file to be found.
EDIT: I am an idiot. Disregard.
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I was going to run the PC batch script but the download link actually downloaded a CWM zip.
That's no PC script....no batch file to be found.
EDIT: I am an idiot. Disregard.
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you think you're an idiot now wait till you read the directions!
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Dani897 said:
you think you're an idiot now wait till you read the directions!
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That was pretty classic. But hey, it sure did work.
1st. Test with CM. Adhoc WiFi Supplicant Zip. (Success)
2nd. Dunno yet.
yep working great
i am backing up in cwm as we speak
samsungcaptivates said:
i am backing up in cwm as we speak
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So CWM doesn't work in the traditional sense yet?
bella92108 said:
So CWM doesn't work in the traditional sense yet?
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it does but there seems to be a problem. not sure why, i had no issues flashing small mods for testing but people are having trouble flashing roms. besides that the restore process seems to give me some graphical bugs but works. as far as i can tell it works like it should but i wont discredit others claiming issues mounting the sd card.
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it does but there seems to be a problem. not sure why, i had no issues flashing small mods for testing but people are having trouble flashing roms. besides that the restore process seems to give me some graphical bugs but works. as far as i can tell it works like it should but i wont discredit others claiming issues mounting the sd card.
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Hmm, how long is the timeframe between when CWM is updated? I'd love to get rid of all this AT&T [email protected]# they litter my phone with, but I don't want to brick it... and lots of people seem to brick phones without CWM, haha
bella92108 said:
Hmm, how long is the timeframe between when CWM is updated? I'd love to get rid of all this AT&T [email protected]# they litter my phone with, but I don't want to brick it... and lots of people seem to brick phones without CWM, haha
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you can use titanium backup to remove stuff. also there is odin/heimdall to flash "refuse" from h8rift. they work and are also the safety net unique to samsung phones.
Dani897 said:
you can use titanium backup to remove stuff. also there is odin/heimdall to flash "refuse" from h8rift. they work and are also the safety net unique to samsung phones.
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Yeah I suppose, I am just hoping that CWM for Infuse will release quick along with new ROMs (Gingerbread? hehe)
bella92108 said:
Yeah I suppose, I am just hoping that CWM for Infuse will release quick along with new ROMs (Gingerbread? hehe)
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"Release quick?" We've been waiting for weeks already
beatblaster said:
"Release quick?" We've been waiting for weeks already
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Weeks? Didn't this phone hit stores 5/21? That was 8 days ago.
bella92108 said:
Weeks? Didn't this phone hit stores 5/21? That was 8 days ago.
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Nah, 5/15. It's been 2 weeks today. Anyway.....
Hey anyone find a way to install cwm install packages using this update.zip?
It says it can't mount the sdcard when I try to install the .zip.
Anyone?
I ran some scripts in smanager which caused some fc's so i went for a cwm restore. When restoring, it said failed to format /system. I tried to manually format it and it can't mount. What do I do now?
I would Odin Ep4d then reflash cmw. Restore from clean slate.
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I would Odin Ep4d then reflash cmw. Restore from clean slate.
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Thanks. Reminded me of how much i hate stock.
JihadSquad said:
Thanks. Reminded me of how much i hate stock.
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LOL I feel your pain.
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LOL I feel your pain.
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see if you can help me.. i updated to the fp1 and everythings fine except i cannot get the CWM to stick. i have retried it several times and according to the info on XDA/forums but CWM wont work. i can home+upvolume+power button till second logo shows but when i am on my droid charge i can press power button and only get the standard off restart blah blah... no cwm, boot recovery, etc. nada so i reload odin on Imnuts newest Cwm and still the same.. i noticed that one said to use root explorer, but that thing cost about 4 bucks.. i dont wanna pay out the cash to end up losing it all when someone comes along with another plan.. Help/help/
PS>> i had CWM 5.0 working just fine but the newest edition wiped it clean.
personaly i dont understand the reasoning for all the different CWM's to begin with.
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see if you can help me.. i updated to the fp1 and everythings fine except i cannot get the CWM to stick. i have retried it several times and according to the info on XDA/forums but CWM wont work. i can home+upvolume+power button till second logo shows but when i am on my droid charge i can press power button and only get the standard off restart blah blah... no cwm, boot recovery, etc. nada so i reload odin on Imnuts newest Cwm and still the same.. i noticed that one said to use root explorer, but that thing cost about 4 bucks.. i dont wanna pay out the cash to end up losing it all when someone comes along with another plan.. Help/help/
PS>> i had CWM 5.0 working just fine but the newest edition wiped it clean.
personaly i dont understand the reasoning for all the different CWM's to begin with.
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Well as stated in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1560117
You will need to remove permissions then reflash for it to stick.
Since you don't want to purchase root explorer you can try opening terminal emulator and try this
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chmod 000 /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
Should remove all permissions. Tested it myself.
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i noticed that one said to use root explorer, but that thing cost about 4 bucks.. i dont wanna pay out the cash to end up losing it all when someone comes along with another plan.
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ES File Explorer is free and you can change permissions. Root of course required. Check settings to make sure you've granted it Root Explorer and Mount System Writable.
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JihadSquad said:
I ran some scripts in smanager which caused some fc's so i went for a cwm restore. When restoring, it said failed to format /system. I tried to manually format it and it can't mount. What do I do now?
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nismology said:
Try to flash an older CWM.
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Yes perfect. That solved my solution even though I am up and running again. Thanks
luis86dr said:
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tried that and soft bricked ph..
i have reloaded ev thing and am stock fp1
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see if you can help me.. i updated to the fp1 and everythings fine except i cannot get the CWM to stick. i have retried it several times and according to the info on XDA/forums but CWM wont work. i can home+upvolume+power button till second logo shows but when i am on my droid charge i can press power button and only get the standard off restart blah blah... no cwm, boot recovery, etc. nada so i reload odin on Imnuts newest Cwm and still the same.. i noticed that one said to use root explorer, but that thing cost about 4 bucks.. i dont wanna pay out the cash to end up losing it all when someone comes along with another plan.. Help/help/
PS>> i had CWM 5.0 working just fine but the newest edition wiped it clean.
personaly i dont understand the reasoning for all the different CWM's to begin with.
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CWM version changes:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1112804
Just a thought, download Quick Boot from the Play Store and see if you can get into recovery that way. This app saved my ass a few times.
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Whoever said they don't want to buy Root Explorer is making a serious mistake. re, along with Titanium Backup Pro, is one of the essential apps for any root user. That being said, ES File Explorer is a pretty good alternative, and TI Free is usable.
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I too have gotten this problem with saying different partitions aren't mountable...3 times since late last night. I understand very well how to Odin back to stock ep4, take the update to fp1, get cwm to stick then flash my rom of choice. I am just wondering what is causing this though. I literally just got cwm (0302) to stick and was going to restore a backup I made so I formatted all the partitions in cwm and went to restore my backup and bam! system not mountable again. I'm going to try the 4.x version and see if I still get this issue. Going through the process of repartitioning and then getting back to my recovery is a huge PITA and a very long process.
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hey what is that Odin Ep4d and how do u reflash cwm??? can u plzz help he i am haveing that same problem with mounting the storage and i cant even restore.....
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hey what is that Odin Ep4d and how do u reflash cwm??? can u plzz help he i am haveing that same problem with mounting the storage and i cant even restore.....
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To get back to EP4 Stock go here
Then there will be 2 over the air upgrades from Verizon. Take them both.
You can just flash CWM and be rooted stock if you want but the best alternative is this. Use the Odin version "Tweaked v3.0 ROM + 0302 CWM recovery". It's one step to being rooted on the best available rom.
If you want to be on rooted stock get CWM here
If you want a pictorial guide to using Odin go here
USB Port broken
luis86dr said:
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My USB Port is broken, is there anyway I can save this device without using ODIN?
Long story short, I tried the community Froyo rom, it didn't work, so I tried the Collective rom, it kept rebooting. So now I tried the Heimdall to go back to stock and all I get is the samsung screen over and over again. Any help?
Use odin and include the pit file and check clear efs worked for my old issues with my mez
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Long story short, I tried the community Froyo rom, it didn't work, so I tried the Collective rom, it kept rebooting. So now I tried the Heimdall to go back to stock and all I get is the samsung screen over and over again. Any help?
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Try my links for one click to stock....or the new Odin links also
Well I get as far as the rethink possible logo now.
kruuth said:
Well I get as far as the rethink possible logo now.
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Can you Get into cwm..do a factory reset
Thanks. Back up.
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Thanks. Back up.
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So u got it going
sedds89 said:
Use odin and include the pit file and check clear efs worked for my old issues with my mez
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no matter what you're doing with the Infuse, whether it's wiping or reset or repartition flash, or odin or heimdall, DO NOT CLEAR YOUR EFS UNLESS you are absolutely sure you have an EFS backup somewhere.
If you flash or clear your EFS and you don't have a back up, you're SOL
Yes. It's back. Don't recall if I've flushed my EFS or not. Now what do I have to do in order to be able to run CWM?
What do I do if the EFS is wiped anyway?
Anybody? On either thing?
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Yes. It's back. Don't recall if I've flushed my EFS or not. Now what do I have to do in order to be able to run CWM?
What do I do if the EFS is wiped anyway?
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Anybody? On either thing?
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Follow qkster links....for your answers....
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no matter what you're doing with the Infuse, whether it's wiping or reset or repartition flash, or odin or heimdall, DO NOT CLEAR YOUR EFS UNLESS you are absolutely sure you have an EFS backup somewhere.
If you flash or clear your EFS and you don't have a back up, you're SOL
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Hmmm... Now im kind of curious to do this and see if i can get my infuse back up or have to bury it.
scott.hart.bti said:
Hmmm... Now im kind of curious to do this and see if i can get my infuse back up or have to bury it.
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Try it and let us know.
Won't be an issue once you have make a tar of efs either with my backup, zen tool kit or any method. It may be the syntax, but when you wipe your efs partition, good luck on getting it back. I believe it was bml5.
Efs clears the programming on your phone cause me to need reactivated nothing more i use it everytime i resale a phone due to my info being able to read if i do not clear it. Efs clears what a factory reset will not. Including total talk time on the phone and stuff like that
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I see some topics about it. I plan to unlock and root as soon as I get the phone.
Just how important is it to backup this, and anything else I should backup too?
its pretty important.. nothing can go wrong by backing it up. once you root it back it up just in case so your new phone wont be a $600 paperweight!
When you install CWM do a nandroid backup of stock
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its pretty important.. nothing can go wrong by backing it up. once you root it back it up just in case so your new phone wont be a $600 paperweight!
When you install CWM do a nandroid backup of stock
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That's good to hear. I figured I'd make stock backup too. Having stock rooted won't mess it up I'd presume? Is there an app that does it too?
I have flashed all the roms available, including CM10 and had no trouble with IMEI. Always good to backup though. There's a fairly simple process in the CM10 OP.
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I have flashed all the roms available, including CM10 and had no trouble with IMEI. Always good to backup though. There's a fairly simple process in the CM10 OP.
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It's built in I assume?
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That's good to hear. I figured I'd make stock backup too. Having stock rooted won't mess it up I'd presume? Is there an app that does it too?
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once rooted and you have installed clockwork mod recovery or TWRP you can make a back up of your whole phone..this will not mess up anything. You can get these two recoveries by using the ez recovery app on google play....... To make a backup in the recovery it will say backup and restore as one of the main options
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once rooted and you have installed clockwork mod recovery or TWRP you can make a back up of your whole phone..this will not mess up anything. You can get these two recoveries by using the ez recovery app on google play
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Sorry I don't think I was clear, I know about ROMs cause I do it on my Incredible. What I meant was backing up my IMEI
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Sorry I don't think I was clear, I know about ROMs cause I do it on my Incredible. What I meant was backing up my IMEI
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O my bad you have to be rooted in order to run the operation through a terminal emulator app
If you poke around in development there's one for Mac/Ubuntu (I think Ubuntu anyway) that does root and clockwork recovery from your computer, and that's what I use because it's pretty quick and easy.
If it can ever be important you should make a backup of it though. Since fixing things is always a process, having comprehensive resources for it can trim a lot of time.
Using QPST it only took me like 5 minutes to back mine up. Really simple. Then I put a copy of the file on my HD, on my phone's SD card and one on my Google drive. Now I'm sure I can't lose it. LoL they are small files too. Under 500kb
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I’d like to look further into it.
I lost my IMEI and other connection data with a bad flash of a CM10 nightly. I had to do a lot of stuff, including manually typing in my IMEI using QPST and then returning my phone to the Verizon store for them to do some factory-reset style stuff to it before I got connectivity again. (Even though I was bone-stock with a re-locked bootloader they still knew I had rooted and messed with the kernel and other stuff, btw). And its not completely correct, even though I am in my home service area I constantly have the flashing grey triangle that says I am doing international roaming. Pretty weird. So long story short, backup IMEI and everything else BEFORE FLASHING ANYTHING.
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Using QPST it only took me like 5 minutes to back mine up. Really simple. Then I put a copy of the file on my HD, on my phone's SD card and one on my Google drive. Now I'm sure I can't lose it. LoL they are small files too. Under 500kb
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That's good, I'll probably put it on my Skydrive then too.
Is there a high chance of losing it on flashing though? I just plan to flash CM10 really.
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That's good, I'll probably put it on my Skydrive then too.
Is there a high chance of losing it on flashing though? I just plan to flash CM10 really.
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Yes, there's always a chance you'll loose it. Better to be safe, than sorry. It only takes a couple of minutes to backup and it may save you the hassle of an exchange.
I backed up the IMEI using this method ( QPST) http://rootzwiki.com/topic/32397-tutorial-imei-backup-nv-with-qpst-us-variants/ It doesn't say should i reset the modems to mtp-adb?
it doesn't say and i would have posted it there but the guy at the end of the thread seems like he is all pissy if you ask any questions. thanks guys
Check out this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852255
Flash the file in the OP in cwm recovery for an easy backup. NOTE: Your bootloader must be unlocked for it to work.
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thanks bro i did that one first but they say do all of them just in case. so i did .