Ok, first off, I'm kind of a newbie and probably did something stupid. Sorry. Let me explain.
I need to send my G2x back to TMobile for warranty replacement. I was running CM7 with ClockworkMod Recovery. I flashed back to stock recovery, and had stock Gingerbread load. Worked great. Only one problem: Superuser was still listed as a program. I don't want to send it in to TMobile with evidence that I rooted it. The only way to delete it seems to be to root phone again.
I tried rooting again, even reinstalled CM7, but couldn't find a way to delete superuser.apk. Then I started doing stupid things. In ClockworkMod I deleted just about everything, including the /system mount. Well, now, I can't seem to reload stock Gingerbread anymore, since I think I deleted the packages.
So, this is where I stand: I have ClockworkMod installed, I can load CM7 or other roms just fine. But when I flash back to stock recovery, I'm screwed. The phone can't find the proper stock Gingerbread files. What I need to be able to do is get it back to completely stock condition, so TMobile is none the wiser.
Please tell me there is a way to fix this! Thanks!
Nevermind
Nevermind, I figured it out. I did a restore of an old backup, then was able to find unroot .zip on XDA. Sorry for previous post -- I was freaking out and thought I had permanently messed up phone! Next time I'll read more before posting.
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So here is my issue. I have a Droid X. Used EasyRoot to root before 2.2, once 2.2 came out i ditched easyroot, DLed 2.2 and then did the Droid2 Method of installing root. Since I finally got froyo (and figured Ginger woudlnt be out for awhile) i figured i would try my hands at adding some themes. I installed ROM Manager and Bootstrapper (both paid) and flashed clokworkmod and played around with them for a day or so, and kinda figured it wasnt really what i wanted to get into, and decided to go back to just plain root.
So i UNinstalled both root manager and Bootstrapper, and did a batt pull... Now everytime i do a batt pull the "clockwork recovery" screen comes up asking if i want to recover my device. Why is this still on the phone if i uninstalled ROM Manager? There is a folder in my files labeled "Clockwork" but im almost afraid now that if i delete it ill get a Bloop.
How do i go about getting clockwork off my phone? Also, with the Droid2 root method, if i just remove the root, will clockwork and everything else go with it? then i can just re-root?
Clockwork Recovery is seperate from ROM Manager.
ROM Manager can be used to control Clockwork Recovery, but it is NOT CR.
I don't own a DroidX, so I don't know if it's possible to get back to the stock recovery, but no matter what, you shouldn't have to worry about anything.
Clockwork should stay on your phone pretty much regardless of anything else. Even if you factory restore your phone, it'll still be there because it's your recovery partition.
Basically, think of it as that message on an HP/Dell/Others that says "Press F11 to enter recovery mode" and from there you can reinstall a factory refresh of windows.
Same thing here, except you'd restore a backup you've made previously.
You could also flash a ROM you've found online.
You could also initiate a factory reset, but if you've messed with anything in the /system directory, it might not work.
That makes sense. So I guess my next question is Ifi have to take the phone back to vzw will that flag it as voided? Even if I remove root? And will I have problems with any future OTAs?
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So I found a trader who's looking for a Droid Charge, but he wants the phone to be completely stock, no root, CWM, or roms of any kind. I am currently running a rooted, lagfix enabled, EE2 rom from imnuts and I want to know the proper steps to fully get the phone back to stock settings with no root, CWM, or anything loaded. Can anyone link me to a guide or just tell me in what order to do things? Thanks!
Before I start I'd just like to say I haven't personally tested this yet, this is just what I've heard on these forums.
First you should disable Voodoo(you always want to do that before flashing) and then flash this
http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?481-LEAK-STOCK-ED2-Droid-Charge-FULL-ODIN!
OR this
http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/...harge-full-factory-tar-flashing-software.html
Again, I haven't personally done this so if I were you I would wait for another response to confirm this before doing anything.
Tried it
I tried the method from the mydroid forum. It worked great despite me being unable to diasble the voodoo for whatever reason (I just wiped everything I could through CWM). I am still a bit worried but I have't received one error or hiccup since reflashing to stock last night. Go for it, super easy.
braveally said:
I tried the method from the mydroid forum. It worked great despite me being unable to diasble the voodoo for whatever reason (I just wiped everything I could through CWM). I am still a bit worried but I have't received one error or hiccup since reflashing to stock last night. Go for it, super easy.
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So when you re-flashed to stock, CWM was removed as well?
http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/...harge-full-factory-tar-flashing-software.html
I used the my droid world link referenced in the post above. I tried the gingerbread leak and wanted to go back to the old baseband due to bugs. It worked perfectly, it took me back to the way the phone was shipped.
I believe it was. But I haven't tried too load it up since I got the tom back up. Well try in a bit
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I have searched a bit and can't find what I am looking for. I have a rooted tbolt and not new to rooting but not familiar with the d2global(my son's phone). So I rooted via the 4z method and everything went smooth. Downloaded cw bootstrap and loaded liquid gingerbread 2.5. I am very upset as I forgot to make a backup prior. Anyway I did a factory reset, cache wipe, etc.. and loaded the rom. Now there is no service and I am stuck in aiplane mode. I am hoping there is a simple fix. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!
Nevermind, figured it out Loaded CM7, must have been something within the liquid rom.
there is no liquid rom for the d2g, if you try installing a rom for the d2 (which i assume liquid is for) your radio wont work, which is why its always in airplane mode.
cm7, on the other hand, is made for the d2g.
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I have searched a bit and can't find what I am looking for. I have a rooted tbolt and not new to rooting but not familiar with the d2global(my son's phone). So I rooted via the 4z method and everything went smooth. Downloaded cw bootstrap and loaded liquid gingerbread 2.5. I am very upset as I forgot to make a backup prior. Anyway I did a factory reset, cache wipe, etc.. and loaded the rom. Now there is no service and I am stuck in aiplane mode. I am hoping there is a simple fix. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!
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i did the same thing, and now i'm stuck, i tried to do a recovery and somehow it won't let me i tried holding the power and volume down to try to do a manual recovery, cause i did a backup so i can restore, unfortunately i can't get to that recovery...if i knew liquid 2.5 was bad i shouldn't have installed that POS...any help will be good, thanks
Your baseband is FUBAR, so you need to reflash an SBF.
Instructions here.
Finding the images and RSDLite with Google should be easy enough; if not (and only in that case), PM me.
JFYI: there is no way to get to CWM if you cannot boot the OS to at least a bootloop after the point where adb shell becomes available.
Thank you
Thanks, i will def give it a try...i can get to bootloader by holding power button and both volume button...i just didn't know what to do from there...
The problem i'm having is :
phone does boot up running liquid 2.5, problem no service stuck in airplane mode
all function of the phone works just can't make calls etc without service
i do see the backup files when i open file manager, just can't get it to open up, hopefully that bootloader thing works,
if rom manager was working that would help solv e everything cause i would be able to restore, but the app is not there when loaded liquid, usually when you ask to rebbot it would give you an option to reboot or recover...oh well
thanks so much hopefully i can try to resolve it later tonight...
by the way what is CWM, what does that mean
CWM is ClockworkMod Recovery, the “custom” recovery that lets you perform backup and restore of your phone's flash memory and install various custom ROMs and modifications. See http://droid.koumakan.jp/wiki/ClockworkMod_Recovery for a bit more information on it.
Question where would i find the images and what rev RSDLite do i use 4.9 or 5.0, sorry, just asking...
Google the file names, should net you some results.
4.9 or 5.0, doesn't really matter. 5.0 is reported to work better than 4.9 on Windows 7 systems.
thanks, i got it to work....thanks so much...
I am novice when it comes to flashing, rooting, SBFing, etc. I spent endless hours trying to figure out how to get my rooted VZ Froyo to GB. Finally I found a great download that allowed me to boot from a CD on my computer and flash the SBF back to my phone. It worked great I didn't even have to wipe the cache. The phone updated and GB was running. I got it rooted and thought all was going well. Now the only reason I root is to run wireless tether, here is where things went awry.
I find out that it is a big hassle to get tethering to work on GB, thanks Google. So i decide to try and revert back to Froyo. I use the same CD method that worked before, but this time it gets stuck in boot loop. Now I have to wipe the cache and lose all my settings and apps. Finally I get it all back together, minus many apps, I will have to remember them as I go along and re install them. All is all a serious pain in my ass, but a good learning experience.
Now, I wanted to ask a question about Bootstrapper backups. After the SBF and wipe, I rooted again and added Bootstrapper. Then I noticed that some of my backups where still there, (presumable on the SD card). So I tried to load on but it didn't work and the phone got stuck on the Moto icon boot. At this point I thought I had bricked it, but was able to do the CD SBF thing again and just start from scratch. Would there be anyway I could restore one of my backups successfully.
Use Advanced recovery and only restore /data.
Can you tell me what application you used for installing GB? Mine won't update and I don't care that much about tethering.
There's no “application” like that. There's OTA update that can be installed either automatically or via the stock Recovery. You must have your /system FS intact, however. z4root is OK, Droid 2 Bootstrap Recovery isn't. Removing CWM was discussed multiple times, google for “logwrapper.bin” or something like that.
#1 a backup from gb won't work with froyo & vice versa.
#2 tethering is NOT a problem on gb. (After rooting) Just use "open garden" free in market.
#3 I think I know which cd program you are using, it does not install the official ota but a rooted leak (I could be wrong)
There are guides on how to sbf (reset to factory out of box).
And there are guides on rooting and roming
---Here is one ---> http://rootzwiki.com/index.php?/topic/4922-CM7-for-Droid2-Global-User's-Thread#entry113470
Remember, read,read,read... know how to sbf and have a plan for when things DO go wrong.
Droid2 Global CM4D2G-GB-20111217 ***CM7 RevNumbers Kang***
s-off, rooted, ClockworkMod recovery 5.0.2.7, on 1.28.531.9
Now I have been getting OTA notification (the old one I guess, 5.44mb) almost everyday and I have been ignoring it so far. But now I think I want to install it in order to a) stop the annoying notification b) install further OTA from t-mo.
But then I realized that I wont be able to install OTA with the CWM recovery, and I will have to "flash stock recovery" to be able to do that? Am I correct?
If that's true, how do I go about doing it? I have been searching for about an hour and I can't find anything (either I am getting too old or I am not using the right keywords).
Apologies in advance if this is a stupid question - I don't want to upset mighty egos of XDA community.
TIA!
http://support.t-mobile.com/thread/14755
you can find the stock recovery here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17384145&postcount=7
but i am not sure simply restoring stock recovery would be enough to get back on the OTA trail, lol. you may have to do a full restore to factory, and while you are at it, you might as well just restore straight to the stock ROM version you wish to be on.
have a look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17424340&postcount=24
it might look like a lot, but the instructions are there to restore a factory stock image. just be aware that it would be a full reset, wiping your user apps and data, etc.