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I am sending my phone back into samsung for repair, and I want to bring it back to its stock condition. I have unlocked the bootloader, flashed CW recovery, and installed superuser with no problems, however cannot seem to figure how to go into reverse. I understand how to re-lock the bootloader. I have read on the forums through the countless amounts of people asking this. I am however trying to use the ROM for the GTJ61 build found from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13478981 When I try to use Clockwork Recovery, and go to restore, it states there is a MD5 mismatch. Am I suppose to install from zip or update from SD with CWR, or should I try to flash everything back onto there? I do not know what to do. Am I even trying to use the right ROM? The GTJ61 build is the original build that came on my phone, but would another one work?
follow this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1033269
all you have to do is clear your data, flash the stock rom and stock recovery, and then lock the bootloader
Thank you very much. I figured it out. All I have to do now is destroy the evidence on my sd and seen my NS away.
I realize superuser is still alive and well after I did everything. How I would I get rid of it?
I just uninstalled it. it might have gotten restored when you logged in with your gmail account. did you wipe data and the cache with cwm before you flashed the rom?
edit: did the ots update to 2.3.4 install fine for you?
I am guessing you mean ota. I ended up using the 2.3.4 rom. Should I have used the 2.3.3? Yes I did clear out the cache and factory reset.
SleepyFox said:
I am guessing you mean ota. I ended up using the 2.3.4 rom. Should I have used the 2.3.3? Yes I did clear out the cache and factory reset.
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I did mean ota lol. my bad. where'd you get a 2.3.4 rom from?
edit: if you used the 2.3.4 rom from the thread you posted, just be aware that it isn't official. i'm not sure if the link I posted has the official rom, but you can download OTA updates with it so I would assume that it's pretty damn official lol
I don't know too much on the subject, but I'm afraid that since it is a different build in the link you suggested that I will mess up my radio settings. I don't know if it would make a difference but when I did install superuser it was from CWR and not adb from the command prompt. Do think I should use the 2.3.3 rom you suggested?
SleepyFox said:
I don't know too much on the subject, but I'm afraid that since it is a different build in the link you suggested that I will mess up my radio settings. I don't know if it would make a difference but when I did install superuser it was from CWR and not adb from the command prompt. Do think I should use the 2.3.3 rom you suggested?
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I don't know much about it either, but I would assume that you should put it on a stock rom if you're sending it back into samsung. I could be totally wrong though
I just am not sure if having super using on there would make a difference. They are suppose to do a wipe anyway. But I will contact them to make sure. It would still be nice to have superuser gone though.
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I just am not sure if having super using on there would make a difference. They are suppose to do a wipe anyway. But I will contact them to make sure. It would still be nice to have superuser gone though.
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I would guess that superuser would be one of the first things they check for to see if you broke warranty. you could just uninstall it and wipe everything through cwm again to make sure it's gone
I managed to fix everything. I just was searching through the system folder of the 2.3.4 rom and to my surprise there was little old superuser. So I deleted the .apk and bin files. After that I restored the ROM. Fixed everything. The stress of sending in a phone with superuser is gone and I am back to being stocked
Two questions for you OP:
1. How do you have a warranty on a I9020A? Is it the subsidized version from Best Buy (i.e. "AT&T's sanctioned model")
2. Why do you need warranty repair? What broke?
Yes I got my phone from best buy. I just registered the imei with samsung and I am under the 1 year warranty. I have a problem with my battery draining 80% in 6 hours little to no use with all radios besides 2g turned off. I know that the NS has not so stellar battery life, but there is genuinely a problem with mine. It cannot even survive for half a day.
Hmm, I had that very issue with three past i9020a's (two from Amazon, one white one from Newegg). They were all the Rogers model, which is said to be identical to the one Best Buy is selling as a subsidized model.
I just bought another i9020a on eBay (no, I never learn) and hope to try some fancy methods to save on battery life (ROMs, etc). I also experienced VERY slow 3G with the i9020a on AT&T's 3G network here in the US. Like 300kbs download slow. I read that if you flash the radio to KB3 it gets very fast, like HSPA 3G should be.
I don't care about rooting and flashing because my phone will not have a warranty. I do, however, suspect that there is nothing wrong with your phone, rather the battery life is just random. One of the i9020a models I had drained a fresh charge in like 3 hrs of sitting idle w/full bars. The phone was burning hot. I restarted it, charged it up, and it lasted over 16 hrs the next time. Very erratic and strange, but that seems to be par for the course with the NS.
I would first see if the phones you bought were registered yet. You never know when you would need samsung to take care of something for you. The correct radio for the US ATT is UCKE1. You should be getting data speeds of about 3.3 megabits. My battery has been consistently low.
SleepyFox said:
The correct radio for the US ATT is UCKE1.
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So that may explain what's different between the international (i.e. Canadian) I9020A and the "Best Buy" AT&T sanctioned I9020A...a different radio?
Is it possible to flash the KB1 radio of the Canadian I9020A to the AT&T friendly UCKE1 radio?
I've decided that I would love the customization stuff in Cyanogen7, so I'd like to root, flash and install a custom ROM. I'd love to have the customization of CM7 vs the stock Froyo I have from WIND. Right now, there is no crapware, and the phone is quite fast. The only thing that I wish worked is the Skype front camera, which is supposedly to work in Gingerbread. Apart from that, everything works great. I am afraid to lose the functionality, so I'd like if someone has the WIND LG with CM7, to try to answer if there are any issues with the following points:
* phone of course
* GPS, Google Maps, Market, Messaging
* both cameras, 1080p recording and HDMI output
* video talk in Skype
Also, feel free to leave a short feedback about CM7 and a recommendation. Thanks.
Skype front camera doesn't work in Gingerbread... GTalk video chat works on CM though.
Rusty! said:
Skype front camera doesn't work in Gingerbread... GTalk video chat works on CM though.
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Does that generally mean that there is no problem with the lack of Nvidia's code? Does that mean Microsoft's to blame?
Skype just needs updating to support nVidia camera
OK, I'm assuming all the above works. If the general procedure is to root, flash, install, when does the unlocking of the phone happen? Also, do you need to upgrade to 2.3 stock, before loading CM7, or ca you do it off 2.2?
Also, since no one has said anything about the points above, are there ANY bugs with CM7 or EB?
Also, is there a unified guide to custom ROM loading from stock?
Does everyone use this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060715 ?
Hello fellow WIND user.
I am using CM7 nightly build 123 on my G2X and almost everything works fine. Save for the camera issue stated earlier and the impossibility of getting a GPS lock. I have tried several 'fixes' posted in the forums for this issue but I can't seem to get GPS lock regardless.
I still recommend switching away from stock ROM because it grants your device more flexibility and possibly a longer battery life.
Rooting and installing a custom ROM does not unlock your phone. You will still need to obtain an unlock code from either WIND (free after 3 months I think) or the web (for a price).
You do not need to upgrade your Android OS before flashing. The OS is part of the ROM you will be flashing onto your device. You will however, need to root, backup, and wipe your device. Just follow the guides on the forum which you have found.
If the wind version is the same procedure-wise, rooting is a redundant step. Installing CWM via nvflash does not require root. Once that is installed, you may backup, restore, and flash to your heart's content.
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Darcho said:
Hello fellow WIND user.
I am using CM7 nightly build 123 on my G2X and almost everything works fine. Save for the camera issue stated earlier and the impossibility of getting a GPS lock. I have tried several 'fixes' posted in the forums for this issue but I can't seem to get GPS lock regardless.
I still recommend switching away from stock ROM because it grants your device more flexibility and possibly a longer battery life.
Rooting and installing a custom ROM does not unlock your phone. You will still need to obtain an unlock code from either WIND (free after 3 months I think) or the web (for a price).
You do not need to upgrade your Android OS before flashing. The OS is part of the ROM you will be flashing onto your device. You will however, need to root, backup, and wipe your device. Just follow the guides on the forum which you have found.
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NOOO!
The camera and the GPS are two thing I love about this phone...
1080p not resolved since May? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074795&page=2
Is this issue universal across all custom roms with p999, or just with CM7, or just with you? Can an EB or another CM7 chime in? Wouldn't EB be more stable than CM, since it is not rewritten?
r4d14n7 said:
If the wind version is the same procedure-wise, rooting is a redundant step. Installing CWM via nvflash does not require root. Once that is installed, you may backup, restore, and flash to your heart's content.
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So, intuitively speaking:
1. Install CWM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
I'm not familiar with the terminology, can you point out the helping threads about backing up, restoring and flashing?
Also, can the whole procedure be done on Linux, or do I have to install VBox?
You can do it from Linux. You just type some commands in a terminal to push an img file over to the phone.
Backup/Restore is a menu option in the clockwork recovery. Pretty straight forward stuff.
Flashing just on your phone just entails downloading the rom file (zip format) to your SD card and going in clockwork recovery and selecting it (flash zip from SD) via the menu.
Quick steps
-NVFlash
-Backup
-Download CM7 to SD
-Flash CM7
After you flash CM7 you'll have root access thus allowing you to use easier methods of downloading and flashing using Rom Manager
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player911 said:
You can do it from Linux. You just type some commands in a terminal to push an img file over to the phone.
Backup/Restore is a menu option in the clockwork recovery. Pretty straight forward stuff.
Flashing just on your phone just entails downloading the rom file (zip format) to your SD card and going in clockwork recovery and selecting it (flash zip from SD) via the menu.
Quick steps
-NVFlash
-Backup
-Download CM7 to SD
-Flash CM7
After you flash CM7 you'll have root access thus allowing you to use easier methods of downloading and flashing using Rom Manager
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Thanks you.
And by backup, you mean this? source: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060715
Perform a Nandroid Backup of your Phone (Optional but suggested before you flash any ROM or make any O/S changes):
1. Bootup to NvFlashed Clockwork Recovery using the button method.
2. Choose backup/restore and run a backup.
3. This will save the backup to your internal or external SD Card depending on which version of CWM you selected in the One-Click App.
aplsux said:
NOOO!
The camera and the GPS are two thing I love about this phone...
1080p not resolved since May? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074795&page=2
Is this issue universal across all custom roms with p999, or just with CM7, or just with you? Can an EB or another CM7 chime in? Wouldn't EB be more stable than CM, since it is not rewritten?
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These questions are a bit more interesting to me.
Wouldn't this fix the camera? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1094424
It is for the Optimus 2x, will it be different? Is the camera different? The thread itself says yes, it works for g2x, has anyone field-tested it? For let's say latest CMs? 2.3.5?
That's built into CM
TO THE OP... Hi there, did u ever end up installing cyanogenmod on your device?
I'm running a cm7 variant & have had no problems w gps or camera or anything of the sort
Dave778 said:
TO THE OP... Hi there, did u ever end up installing cyanogenmod on your device?
I'm running a cm7 variant & have had no problems w gps or camera or anything of the sort
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Yes, I did 2.3.5.
GPS is fine. Battery is good. Camera is OK, but LG one was better. I haven't recorded HD to see if there's a sound mismatch, yet. Is there 1080p? Assuming change after the official LG 2.3
aplsux said:
Yes, I did 2.3.5.
GPS is fine. Battery is good. Camera is OK, but LG one was better. I haven't recorded HD to see if there's a sound mismatch, yet. Is there 1080p? Assuming change after the official LG 2.3
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Everything is fine, stop being a worry wart
aplsux said:
I am afraid to lose the functionality, so I'd like if someone has the WIND LG with CM7, to try to answer if there are any issues with the following points:
* phone of course
* GPS, Google Maps, Market, Messaging
* both cameras, 1080p recording and HDMI output
* video talk in Skype
Also, feel free to leave a short feedback about CM7 and a recommendation. Thanks.
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In short, go for it. I bought the phone back in late June, had CM7 running on it a few hours later, and haven't looked back. I've currently got nightly #123 along with Faux's undervolted DS battery driver kernel and am very happy with the responsiveness, the added features, and so on. There's been a slowdown in nightlies recently due to a problem with the repository, but the features being prepared in the interim will continue to refine what is already a great phone. Battery life is way, way up compared to stock, thanks to refinements in the kernel and using SetCPU profiles to cut power use when the screen is off.
Messaging is fine, although I'm using Handcent rather than stock. Maps is fast (GPS aside) and the camera is good (again, using aftermarket, currently Vignette). I've only recently begun to use video talk - Skype doesn't support this phone yet but Google Talk now works. There are some issues, of course. The GPS continues to be slow - locks range from 10-20 seconds outdoors in an open space to virtually never indoors (in places where my older, cheaper phone did lock).
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Yeah, yeah... CM7
Honestly, this ROM goes over the roof when it comes to customization.
First off, thanks for stopping by to assist. Secondly, I just bought a used G2X off ebay and it came already rooted, with super user already installed. However, there's no rom on there and it's still running Froyo 2.2.2.
I haven't messed with rooting, recovery, or ROMs since my G1 so I'm quite rusty, leaving me with a few questions.
1. I know LG just released a Gingerbread update, yet I can't access it or any of the previous updates through the about phone update area. That's because I'm rooted right? I wouldn't mind just having stock 2.3.4 on here for now.
2. I don't know if the previous owner already put a custom recovery on here or not (not very talkative) so is there a way for me to check that? I was reading that if I boot into recovery without a custom one installed, the default recovery automatically starts wiping and reformating and I don't want that.
3. And just a general consensus question, coming from my horrible Samsung vibrant, GB roms are the way to go with this phone right, avoid the ICS?
Thank you in advance for all your help. Appreciations.
To check if you have a custom recovery power off phone and then boot into recovery mode via Power + volume down until you see 2nd LG logo, then release. The recovery type will be on top of the screen and bottom if I remember right. To update through Over The Air, I believe you need to be stock completely.
1. unroot, and most of what you need is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1049154
2.That might be the case I'm not sure, I think completely factory resetting the phone is doable by holding power + volume down/up... Not completely sure as that is as far back as I can remember when the phone was 1st released a year ago. the least you can do is try if you plan on flashing a custom rom.
3. Personally I like CM7 based roms... or at the least 2.3.3 roms, that have been customized.
Overall this phone is cake walk compared to flashing the G1 with all the partitions and the gold card and what not...
That's what I was going to do, but then I read this:
To perform a master reset using the hardware keys, follow these steps:
Back up all necessary data. See: Prepare for a master reset and back up data on Android
Turn off the phone.
Press and hold the Power and Volume Down, key.
The phone will turn on and display the LG Logo
Wait 30 seconds and thephone will display the open box and arrow pointing towards the phone.
Release the keys, and the phone will reset back to the start up screen.
And so I'm catious about checking that right now because I don't want it to reset right now, kind of has used to use it right now.
I actually miss root, so I think I will stay rooted and check out one of these nice GB ROMS. Man, I have missed custom ROMS lol Now it's just a matter of deciding which is the best to use. So out of th eloop anymore on this stuff.
And yeah, the G1 was an adventure. Soft bricked it twice before.
Ummmm well either way if you do flash a custom rom, you are gonna need to wipe regardless. PM with any questions after you do some searching. All the links and questions you have should be out there already.
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Thank you for posting an intelligent thread. Basically if you don't want to wipe then you need to install cwm through nvflash, then create a backup. After that flash a rooted froyo rom. If you flash gb over froyo you will most likely have issues if you do not wipe properly. You can try it...but more then likely issues will arise.
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ICS roms are buggy and are awesome but if you dont want any problems GB shouldn't fail you. The first ROM I used were ICS but after months of not being able to record anything I had to try out GB and so far these roms are perfect. The ICS are still badass but I suggest you mess around with all of them though G2x has awesome devs.
I can confirm that if you hold the volume down and power until the second LG screen comes up you will factory reset the phone. I accidentally did it yesterday when I flashed the stock recovery back on the phone and wanted to check and see if it had worked. I'm a complete noob with flashing etc but like mt3g said all the info is here just look around for it.
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2war said:
ICS roms are buggy and are awesome but if you dont want any problems GB shouldn't fail you. The first ROM I used were ICS but after months of not being able to record anything I had to try out GB and so far these roms are perfect. The ICS are still badass but I suggest you mess around with all of them though G2x has awesome devs.
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You could have recorded videos by downloading an app called video cam illusion. It does the job.
I forgot about my own thread! lol But thanks for all the insight and help. Currently running into a mobile network/data drop issue so taking advantage and flashing a whole bunch of different roms. From MIUI to Kang Banger is like 2 opposite ends of the spectrum, but I love them both!
Have a rooted Droid Bionic running System version 5.5.886 and Android 2.3.4 with a Liberty Rom (2?)
I get none of the updates because I am rooted. Phone has gone to 4g but it drops the data link and messes up rebooting frequently.
I would like to flash back to stock so I can get the updates and then reroot the phone again but every single link I have found to do this takes me to a fake page or the download link goes nowhere. Help!
If you're already on a Custom ROM, I would recommend just updating to a newer ROM. If you go back to stock you may lose the ability to root after upgrading.
Granted, I don't know much about your phone..
Perhaps you could take a look here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1004
Almost everything on XDA is legit so you shouldn't have to worry about fake pages or fake links.
On what type of pages does it takes u??? Why dont u go to nowhere if download link goes,,are u afraid downloading ?? No need to afraid ,nothing is fake on xda except people's ..lund okay
Hey guys, new to the Android world, went from my i5 to the s3, and love it with the custom rom I installed.
I rooted using Ninjas method, and then downloaded the apk unlock it from the play store to open the boot loader. I installed Cyanogen 10 on my device, and it seems to be working great other than the fact I am intermittently losing data connection, randomly might I add. This is a difficult thing as my device provides the only internet I have at my home as I live in a very rural area, however have great phone signal. Is this something that I screwed up when installing? I did not backup my stock rom, however have since learned the importance of doing so and backed up the current custom rom on Rom Manager. I also backed up all the files on the device, and memory card on my desktop for future use, as I am getting tired of reinstalling the apps and finding them over and over. Aside from the long bs, my question is, how do I get my steady signal I once had on stock rom back on my custom rom, and if I want, how do I restore back to my stock rom? Thanks!
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Hey guys, new to the Android world, went from my i5 to the s3, and love it with the custom rom I installed.
I rooted using Ninjas method, and then downloaded the apk unlock it from the play store to open the boot loader. I installed Cyanogen 10 on my device, and it seems to be working great other than the fact I am intermittently losing data connection, randomly might I add. This is a difficult thing as my device provides the only internet I have at my home as I live in a very rural area, however have great phone signal. Is this something that I screwed up when installing? I did not backup my stock rom, however have since learned the importance of doing so and backed up the current custom rom on Rom Manager. I also backed up all the files on the device, and memory card on my desktop for future use, as I am getting tired of reinstalling the apps and finding them over and over. Aside from the long bs, my question is, how do I get my steady signal I once had on stock rom back on my custom rom, and if I want, how do I restore back to my stock rom? Thanks!
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So i dont have an answer for you. I am trying to do the same thing you just mentioned. If you dont mind, when you loaded CM10 did you have any issues with CM10 loading up? I am stuck on the boot screen the CM10 log just spins and spins. i let it run for an hour one time. I was able to boot back into the stock ROM but i have not been able to load CM10 successfully.
Thanks.
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So i dont have an answer for you. I am trying to do the same thing you just mentioned. If you dont mind, when you loaded CM10 did you have any issues with CM10 loading up? I am stuck on the boot screen the CM10 log just spins and spins. i let it run for an hour one time. I was able to boot back into the stock ROM but i have not been able to load CM10 successfully.
Thanks.
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I did, so I did a wipe then restore to stock rom using odin, then redid the process, and it is working fine other than the ****ty data signal and poor GPS
dykzebr said:
I did, so I did a wipe then restore to stock rom using odin, then redid the process, and it is working fine other than the ****ty data signal and poor GPS
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Are you saying that you now have a ****ty data signal and GPS after using odin? or are you just referring to how it was before?
if you dont mind me asking, could you post a link to the thread you followed on restoring from odin?