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Okay I am staring this thread because there are mixed answers in the official update thread and this might give one spot for noobs like me that are not flash addicts a place to find the quick answer.
Here is my setup:I am rooted, running a bone stock JH7 rom, ROM Manager installed, Circle Battery Mod installed, other than that no custom kernels, modems, radios, etc. I do have a couple programs that require root access like ROM Manager, AdFree, and ClockSync. Already installed kies mini and have it all set up per the instructions on samsung's website. Just waiting for the update to go live.
Here are my questions:
1) Do I need to unroot?
2) Do I or should I uninstall any apps that require root access or change the recovery image (ROM Manager/Clockwork Recovery)
3) Should I remove both my external SD and my SIM prior to flashing?
4) What data will I lose and how do I back it up? (I have read that SD cards are left alone just system data like call logs, sms, contacts, email setup, saved passwords are lost) I have Lookout installed so I know my contacts are backed up.
5) Could someone way smarter than me please do a quick write up that is more detailed on the steps needed to complete this update AND keep all your data? I don't mind reinstalling apps (just hope I don't lose all of my angry birds progress )
All of these questions are not address in any of the "official" information other than "you should back up any data you don't want to lose" but gives no steps on how to do it.
Same question here, I'm rooted with TiBU and voodoo lagfix and that's it., well besides deleting all bloatware. Still on eclair jh7. Wish I had done lagfix months ago, but I don't have a computer.
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same here, anyone guys help us out?ill add mine, I also installed OCLF by ryanz, do I need to undo the lagfix? or better to restore factory reset the phone before the update tom? ty, nooobs here >.<
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If you have a modded phone the smart thing would be to wait at least a few days before installing the update in case the rollout doesn't go as planned. These are the kind of things AT$T has probably been dreading as far as Froyo is concerned because I'm sure that come tomorrow their customer service lines are gonna be blazing like a CA wildfire due to issues with not completely stock phones and thousands of different configurations causing update glitches. I wouldn't be in such a hurry to update until I see how it goes for the "gotta have it now" sheep taking the first plunge.
lyrad12 said:
same here, anyone guys help us out?ill add mine, I also installed OCLF by ryanz, do I need to undo the lagfix? or better to restore factory reset the phone before the update tom? ty, nooobs here >.<
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Remember OCLF is bad, Mmmkay? Better lagfixes such as Voodoo and ULF
All lag fix should be removed. Otherwise, you will very likely end up with a bricked phone.
You can install Kies Mini now and connect your phone. If your phone is recognized without problem, you're good to go. Kies Mini is your only way to update the firmware.
I can't answer most of your questions, but I will recommend getting Titanium Backup. You can at least backup your app data since you're so concerned about your Angry Birds score. I think you can probably restore that after flash.
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I can't answer most of your questions, but I will recommend getting Titanium Backup. You can at least backup your app data since you're so concerned about your Angry Birds score. I think you can probably restore that after flash.
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I lost my angry bird scores when my phone did a soft brick lol. I'm just saying. I had it backed up with tbu. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted
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Caliesv said:
I lost my angry bird scores when my phone did a soft brick lol. I'm just saying. I had it backed up with tbu. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted
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Did you copy the TiBU folder to your PC after doing a batch backup of your apps? That's the only way to reliably save a backup.
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Did you copy the TiBU folder to your PC after doing a batch backup of your apps? That's the only way to reliably save a backup.
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No. lol. I was going to, then my phone just stopped working in the middle of the day. But ima deff do that when I get home b4 froyo.
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Not to be a negative Nancy, I understand some want to stay as close as possible to stock, but I'd just wait for a custom ROM to be built that de-bloats, adds speed, better GPS, etc... Cog 4 has a really stock look, and works really well; check it out. And with time there will only be others that will improve on the great ROM's we already have!
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No. lol. I was going to, then my phone just stopped working in the middle of the day. But ima deff do that when I get home b4 froyo.
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The other smart thing to do would be locate the TiBu backup folder on the external SD card. That way even a brick requiring reformatting the internal sdcard partition can be fully recovered from. Just take out the external card while restoring to stock, then root, get TiBu, point it to the reinserted external sd card, and boom, back in business.
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rajendra82 said:
The other smart thing to do would be locate the TiBu backup folder on the external SD card. That way even a brick requiring reformatting the internal sdcard partition can be fully recovered from. Just take out the external card while restoring to stock, then root, get TiBu, point it to the reinserted external sd card, and boom, back in business.
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Nice. Thanx for the info. Will do
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hmm do you think it is better to do the factory data reset before I update to froyo?coz I installed the oclf ( too late >.< )and I dnt know how to disable it, I'm in stock, never tried to flash rom, but rooted, my internal memord is now is 98mb, sorry I'm noob
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All lag fix should be removed. Otherwise, you will very likely end up with a bricked phone.
You can install Kies Mini now and connect your phone. If your phone is recognized without problem, you're good to go. Kies Mini is your only way to update the firmware.
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lyrad12 said:
hmm do you think it is better to do the factory data reset before I update to froyo?coz I installed the oclf ( too late >.< )and I dnt know how to disable it, I'm in stock, never tried to flash rom, but rooted, my internal memord is now is 98mb, sorry I'm noob
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You should use OCLF app to remove the lag fix. Don't do factory reset or flash another ROM. You may brick your phone that way. That's why I don't use any lagfix.
oh ok ill give it a shot, thnx man!
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lyrad12 said:
oh ok ill give it a shot, thnx man!
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Yes You should be a bone stock when updating. No lagfixes, custom kernel, nothing.
All questions for the 2.2 update are in the main thread
At this point I've tried every method of flashing, and every version of cwmr. No matter what version or method I use, after about a week, I lose the ability to flash any roms that I havnt already flashed. I also can only restore certain backups due to.an MD5 mismatch. Has anyone else had these issues?
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hey, unfortunately i cant help you. I havent even been able to flash cm7 once. always boot loop.
md5 sums are giving me mismatch with some the original restore (nandroid) from this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048274
Yea, a guy In the cm7 thread its going to post a dl that worked for him so ill try that one and let u guys know as far as cm7 goes.
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I just want to revert to stock so I can get a replacement lol... maybe if you have one I can try :-/ I just deleted mine by accident (read the dates wrong)
mt3g said:
I just want to revert to stock so I can get a replacement lol... maybe if you have one I can try :-/ I just deleted mine by accident (read the dates wrong)
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Download the stock with root and use one click root to unroot after that use one click recovery and pick stock. Than hard reset your back on tmobile out the box stock
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At this point I've tried every method of flashing, and every version of cwmr. No matter what version or method I use, after about a week, I lose the ability to flash any roms that I havnt already flashed. I also can only restore certain backups due to.an MD5 mismatch. Has anyone else had these issues?
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No issues like this. I reverted back to other roms more than once and it worked everytime. No mismatch error
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Download the stock with root and use one click root to unroot after that use one click recovery and pick stock. Than hard reset your back on tmobile out the box stock
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Ya I downloaded it and everything and tried different ways and it wont let restore, just says md5 sums mismatched tried 2 sdcards and downloading them in root of sd card and directly in the CWM/restore folder. still a no go, but I can restore other backups and flsh roms. just not the one i need.
Probably won't get to it till thursday or so, but im going to try and go back to completely stock, reroot, reflash cwr, flash cm7. Otherwise im getting a replacement...
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The dl posted in another thread for me failed as well. I also had an intense the other day where all my partitions were completely wiped. It took 3 hours to finally get nv flash to flash cwr and flash a rom.
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crx4xharder said:
Probably won't get to it till thursday or so, but im going to try and go back to completely stock, reroot, reflash cwr, flash cm7. Otherwise im getting a replacement...
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I have a feeling im going to return another one thatll make 4
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My SD was bad! Reformatted in cwr, then in settings SD and storage... dl cm7, and flashed. Just remember to copy ALL the contents of your sdcard cause formatting WILL DELETE EVERYTHING!
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Ok if anyone is still having problems, id like to mention that I exchanged my 5 year old 2g simcard yesterday for a new one, and bought a new 16gb class 4 sandisk sdcard, and EVERYTHING is working great! so far maybe only 2 or 3 occurrences of data loss, easily corrected with a battery pull. And I borked some lib files trying to get the camcorder to work. So I installed the kanged version update-cm-7.1.0-RC0-G2x-KANG-signed.zip overtop of my build to get the rom to boot again, and now the camcorder works! Maybe only about 15fps but works nonetheless...
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I just got my new Infuse in the mail yesterday and after i rooted it the charging port decided to stop working. is there any way for me to remove the superuser icon before sending it back W/O connecting it to my computer?
I think you can go into applications and uninstall app,but still rooted
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i tried that it wouldnt work. i also went through root explorer and tried deleting all the superuser files and it still didnt work
danny32687 said:
i tried that it wouldnt work. i also went through root explorer and tried deleting all the superuser files and it still didnt work
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plug in to super one click and un-root?
or restore option where it wipes the phone and installs stock OS?
i cant plug it into my computer because the usb port does not work. and ive wiped it but still it wouldnt work.
Maybe download a stock unrooted rom and flash it?
Im noob to samsung
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i cant plug it into my computer because the usb port does not work. and ive wiped it but still it wouldnt work.
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Your phone is, unfortunately, likely broken with a hardware failure. Nothing to do with being rooted.
i know its not from being rooted,but i need to unroot it before i send it back to att
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maybe connect to a pc via bluetooth or wireless.
danny32687 said:
i know its not from being rooted,but i need to unroot it before i send it back to att
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Noone checks to see if rooted. Kill the battery and exchange
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Have you tried a different USB cable to see if that is the cause?
Get Root explorer from the market or any app that can delete systems app. With root explore go to system/apps/ and delete superuser. Or get SGS tools.
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Get Root explorer from the market or any app that can delete systems app. With root explore go to system/apps/ and delete superuser. Or get SGS tools.
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that was the first thing i tried, the superuser icon still appears.
Does it still charge & just doesnt connect to computer or nothing at all?
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its doesnt charge or connect
Is ur phone dead by now? You may be able to charge your battery out of the phone? Anyway I'd figure out a way to hide the super user icon, there has to be a way to do that. I doubt anyone would go beyond looking for superuser to determine rooted or not
I have returned at least 3 different rooted Android phones at the AT&T store and no one there cares. Just take it back and tell them it does not charge. The people at the retail store are not power users, they can barely tell you the difference between Android and IOS, do you think they know what Superuser means?
danny32687 said:
that was the first thing i tried, the superuser icon still appears.
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Do not delete supeuser!!! Thats what makes ur phone root bro
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JordanED69 said:
Do not delete supeuser!!! Thats what makes ur phone root bro
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Did you bother to read the thread? He wants to unroot the phone so he can return it because it isn't charging.
JordanED69 said:
Do not delete supeuser!!! Thats what makes ur phone root bro
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That's completely incorrect.
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hello all, im very new at this. I currently have G2X rooted stock rom GB, I saw oon googple play about the rom manager and i saw the video example on how they can change the rom. I want to know if anyone has use this app what are the specific steps to use this app with the g2x. I know the phone is special and it may or may not work like the example on google play, also is this app worth it and can it be use safely without damaging the phone.
thank you for the time
You need to flash CWM using NVFlash on the G2x; ROM Manager won't do the trick.
Look in the forum fire a thread titled "Getting Started with your G2x" or something like that.
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Edit: here's the link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1594650http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1594650
NvFlash CWM to your phone, I used this guide when I first got my phone and it went well
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
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Just make sure you use NVFlash and your good. First time I tried to get cm7 on my phone it got stuck in a boot loop easy to get out of but just use nvflash saves u the hassle I'm pretty sure somewhere on the cyanogenmod forums they got a guide on exactly how to use it with pictures worst comes to worst Google it
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thank you all very much...my phone already has the CWM... im just very nervous of chaingin the rom again. When i got this phone it originally had froyo and i didnt wait for the OVA update so i use lg then i had a few problems so i rooted to fix the battery with some apps and now I want to change the rom to the cm7 rom but im very nervous about it and i need to know how to do that and how to download that rom
As long as you used NVFlash for CWM, it's super easy. Just download the ROM you want and save it to your SD card. Then go in CWM, wipe data, cache, and system, then choose "install from zip file"and select the ROM you downloaded. Voila
Oh, and don't forget gapps, too. It installs the same way
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thank you very much. im going to try and download whats needed thank you for all of your help i hope my phone dont explode lol
Georican said:
thank you very much. im going to try and download whats needed thank you for all of your help i hope my phone dont explode lol
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You could easily find this but
1.download cm7 and appropriate gapps
2.go into recovery recommended you make a backup
3.wipe data and factory reset, wipe cache partition, go to advanced>wipe dalvik cache
4.go back install zip from SD>pick cyanogenmod
5.install zip from SD>gapps
The names of what to click may be off by a bit and You probably already found this or know how but just in case xD
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Georican said:
thank you very much. im going to try and download whats needed thank you for all of your help i hope my phone dont explode lol
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The good thing about this phone is it's practically impossible to brick it. Worst case scenario you can always use NVFlash to recover it
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i did everything and im tryin to have titaniun backup again on my phone it work but now the problem is titanium says it catn access the root privilage help ?
Open super user app and grant permission for it.
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Someone please help, my G2X is in a bootloop. I was installing a ROM in CWM Recovery v5.0.2.0 and as it was nearing completion and it automatically quit and took me back to the beginning of CWM. So this is where I think I messed up, I hit reboot system now. It rebooted, showed the LG logo and took me back to CWM. It does this everytime. How do I get out of this bootloop? Please help! I have no phone until my HTC One comes, and it's on backorder unfortunately..
EternalAndroid said:
Someone please help, my G2X is in a bootloop. I was installing a ROM in CWM Recovery v5.0.2.0 and as it was nearing completion and it automatically quit and took me back to the beginning of CWM. So this is where I think I messed up, I hit reboot system now. It rebooted, showed the LG logo and took me back to CWM. It does this everytime. How do I get out of this bootloop? Please help! I have no phone until my HTC One comes, and it's on backorder unfortunately..
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Can you flash a different ROM from CWM? Try downloading a different ROM on your computer, copy to your phone via USB and mount options under CWM, wipe and flash.
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Can you flash a different ROM from CWM? Try downloading a different ROM on your computer, copy to your phone via USB and mount options under CWM, wipe and flash.
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Okay I'll try that. I'll report back in a bit.
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Can you flash a different ROM from CWM? Try downloading a different ROM on your computer, copy to your phone via USB and mount options under CWM, wipe and flash.
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Unfortunately it did not work. Thanks for that quick reply though. Any other suggestions on what to do?
EternalAndroid said:
Unfortunately it did not work. Thanks for that quick reply though. Any other suggestions on what to do?
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Use the ROM for recovery or cleanup batch. Make sure to backup data from internal SD card.
Another ROM from CWM should work though. Make sure to wipe data and cache.
I would have a $500 brick if it weren't for nvflash. Thanks Nvidia!
I've tried that as well. NV Flash didn't work either, I'll work on it some more in the morning. Thanks for more feedback of course.
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EternalAndroid said:
I've tried that as well. NV Flash didn't work either, I'll work on it some more in the morning. Thanks for more feedback of course.
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That is odd. Nvflash is the savior of this device. Can you confirm that you have a P999 and not a P990? Look below the battery inside the battery door.
I would have a $500 brick if it weren't for nvflash. Thanks Nvidia!
Yes I have the P999 Version, the P990 is the regular 2X model.
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Try my tool, wiping all EXCEPT boot. Then try installing a ROM, and not the one which quit on you.
If that doesn't work, try using Mansa_noob's tool. Followed by flashing a ROM.
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Волк said:
Try my tool, wiping all EXCEPT boot. Then try mansalling a ROM, and not the one which quit on you.
If that doesn't work, try using Mansa_noob's tool. Followed by flashing a ROM.
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I'll try out your tool in your signature first. Can you link me to mansa noobs tool?
try this. I almost guarantee this will fix any g2x flashing related problems
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17258229
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ImDarkmatter said:
try this. I almost guarantee this will fix any g2x flashing related problems
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17258229
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Checking it now as we speak.
mansa_noob said:
Use the ROM for recovery or cleanup batch. Make sure to backup data from internal SD card.
Another ROM from CWM should work though. Make sure to wipe data and cache.
I would have a $500 brick if it weren't for nvflash. Thanks Nvidia!
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I've tried that as well. NV Flash didn't work either, I'll work on it some more in the morning. Thanks for more feedback of course.
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It looks like that was tried and didn't work.
Any update from my earlier suggestion?
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It looks like that was tried and didn't work.
Any update from my earlier suggestion?
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Nope, still nothing. I have all the drivers installed on my computer but it doesn't seem to want to detect the device. How odd..
what step are you having difficulties with. computer is reading phone as APX working ok?
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what step are you having difficulties with. computer is reading phone as APX working ok?
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No issues at all. APX shows up but the S/W upgrade doesn't show up.. My HTC One came today so I'm not too concerned about it anymore, though it'd be nice to have a backup phone.
try this. know where it says LEAVE THE BATTERY OUT? f**k that. take the battery out, BUT when it recognizes the phone put it back in then run the flash.bat I sent you
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try this. know where it says LEAVE THE BATTERY OUT? f**k that. take the battery out, BUT when it recognizes the phone put it back in then run the flash.bat I sent you
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Funny thing is that I've tried that but every time I run it, it opens and closes right away.
after it was recognized? did you try to start the .bat then put the battery in as well?
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Funny thing is that I've tried that but every time I run it, it opens and closes right away.
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If it opens and closes right away then the phone is NOT connected in APX mode.
Does it show up in the USB list as APX device?
I would have a $500 brick if it weren't for nvflash. Thanks Nvidia!