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droid 2 sbf recovery / unroot

hi everyone, i rooted my droid 2 a couple of months ago. the phone has been freezing up so i am going to take it into verizon but i need to get rid of any evidence that the phone was rooted. i was planning on doing an sbf recovery to "unroot" the phone and go back to stock. i downloaded rsd lite 4.9 and downloaded the 2.3.20 sbf file. how should i go about doing this, do i need to use ubuntu if so how? i have two computers to do this from one with windows xp os and vista os.

Maybe an SBF will fix your problems outright, so you don't have to take it to Verizon.
It's easier to do an SBF in Ubuntu but it's not a necessity.
Make sure that you have the required Motorola drivers installed. After that you need only run RSD Lite, plug your phone in, choose the SBF file, and watch it go.
I would recommend looking up a guide to SBFing for good measure, they're easy to find, and very helpful.
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You should get an incredible
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+1 xD I now wish that I would have gotten an Incredible instead of a DROIDX.
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I ran rsd lite and found the sbf but it wouldn't let me hit start? Idk y.

[Q] Lets Talk Nexus

ok, first i am new the forums but not new to the rooting game. I should've researched a little more before i went and jumped on the sprint deal. i just thought that the nexus s 4g had a much larger dev community. What i mean is, when i had my OGD it was the best thing that has ever happened to me, i mean it got soo much love and it was easy to modify. i moved to the DX after that and then jumped the NS4G for sprint. So here's my questions...
1)Can/is there a better radio to flash to improve data speeds other than the update?
2)can i flash some of the NS roms on my NS4G?
3)why is everything thru adb? i mean, why no zips and simple metamorphs?
4)a better comprehensive guide on how to use adb coming from where ive been. lol nowhere near using adb. i need this bad
5)any other kernels im not seeing?
6)will miui ever support 4G?
i just want to know as much as possible bc i have a lil baby girl and ive spent alot of time searching. i cant spent all day so i skim thru. please if there is any others questions that i shouldve asked please guide me in the right direction. lets get me up to speed as well as others. thanks guydes

There is plenty to flash for the ns4g.
The KE5 radio is the latest and by far the best. It came with the 2.3.5 ota.
There are plenty of kernels. Matr1x, netarchy, Trinity, Jame bond, just to name a few.
There are roms that are compatible with all versions of the nexus s. Read the rom descriptions.
I believe MIUI.us supports 4g but don't quote me on that.
The reason you see alot of ADB talk is because the Nexus s is considered a development phone. ADB is a more advanced and more reliable method. Of course you don't have to use ADB for everything. Most everything is made as zip files to be flashed from recovery like every other phone.
How old is your baby girl? I have a 9 month old so I can relate!
There are some really good guides in the development forum I suggest you read to become more familiar with the phone before you do something you regret. Good luck!
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Unfortunately MIUI does not support 4g since there's no 4g in China.
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http://forums.miui.us/showthread.php?503-MIUI-Nexus-S-4G-1.5.20-English-Release
No 4g yet but it is being worked on.
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I want to run miui but my 3g is incredibly slow here. I need 4g. Are any off you guys good or familiar with adb? See i'm miss that in cyanogenmod, where you could easily go into settings and change the status bar colors and such. Now I see you have to conduct mad science routines just to change it. Hell, anyone have a very good guide to learn this stuff from.
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@remedy, she is 1 year old that started walking at 9 months that just completely terrorizes everywhere she goes. Lol
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Try this...
That should give you everything you need to root...plus links and such
I use this kernel on my stock rooted NexusS4G. The base 1 @ 1.2, tiny undervolt.

That guide is pretty helpful. I'm already rooted with deodexed stock
2.3.5 I look at that party everyday thinking it will get updated with something I haven't seen. I like the kernel to I think I might flash later after the bears game.
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Techno Droid said:
@remedy, she is 1 year old that started walking at 9 months that just completely terrorizes everywhere she goes. Lol
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Mine started walking at 8 months and chasing her around is a full time job!
I recommended netarchy nexus kernel. A nice speed increase and super stable!
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Techno Droid said:
@remedy, she is 1 year old that started walking at 9 months that just completely terrorizes everywhere she goes. Lol
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Rem3Dy said:
Mine started walking at 8 months and chasing her around is a full time job!
I recommended netarchy nexus kernel. A nice speed increase and super stable!
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Mine is about 5 months old. Hasnt started walking yet but running at 1.2ghz. Weird, running before walking.

Can I use the 2.3.5 radio (ke5) with any rom?
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Techno Droid said:
Can I use the 2.3.5 radio (ke5) with any rom?
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Yes.
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OK, here's a problem. Why can't u flash recovery in fastboot? I typed exactly how its spelled and its in my tools folder. I unrooted earlier today to learn adb. I'm stuck without custom recovery and su. Thoughts, I've searched for 4hours and can't find the answer.
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Techno Droid said:
OK, here's a problem. Why can't u flash recovery in fastboot? I typed exactly how its spelled and its in my tools folder. I unrooted earlier today to learn adb. I'm stuck without custom recovery and su. Thoughts, I've searched for 4hours and can't find the answer.
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You can flash recovery from fastboot. In fact it is the preferred method!
Make sure the recovery image is in the directory you have adb open from.
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I do but still no luck... I'm stressing here and I can't find the answers...I don't understand what's wrong.
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Never mind I just type the directory path... Lol thanks to halosghost.
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Root?

I've just recently got a xoom and I like the tablet as a whole. But I've been unimpressed with the amount of lag,especially In the web browser. I know I can overclock the cpu to 1.5 ghz and can overclock the gpu but I'm clueless about adb and all that stuff. I've read the threads and downloaded the files and still don't really get it. Any suggestions. Also I'm not an android noob lol I've successfully rooted a OG droid and droid charge
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HTCluva said:
I've just recently got a xoom and I like the tablet as a whole. But I've been unimpressed with the amount of lag,especially In the web browser. I know I can overclock the cpu to 1.5 ghz and can overclock the gpu but I'm clueless about adb and all that stuff. I've read the threads and downloaded the files and still don't really get it. Any suggestions. Also I'm not an android noob lol I've successfully rooted a OG droid and droid charge
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You will be happy once you've rooted. Just take your time and make sure you have everything ready. Practice manually rebooting/booting into recovery--get a good feeling for using the volume/power buttons. You will be fine.

Ok cool
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HTCluva said:
Ok cool
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You could also try this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1249798

hey guys i have successfully rooted thanks for the help

HTCluva said:
hey guys i have successfully rooted thanks for the help
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Anytime...glad you made it.

Concerns with rooting.

Hey guys I am new to the charge. I really want to root but I have some concerns first. For one I have already replaced this phone twice since I got it. If I un-root it will Verizon notice I rooted it at all? Also how safe is it? I really don't want a $300 paper weight. I rooted my old sch-m828c from straightalk and the phone wouldn't connect to the computer anymore; is that a concern with the charge? As from the last sentence I have experience with odin but my old phone lost the root somehow and i was unable to boot it back to stock. Is the charge better about stuff like that? Please respond with any help. (Best mods, safest methods etc.) Thanks in advance!
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All your questions can b answered if you just read the DC development forum posts, everything is there. Just do the research first, read all the posts.that is how I started. I read n reread all the posts for a month, downloaded relevant files made shure I understood what I read n followed the steps to rooting n flashing to the last letter. Never had any problems.
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Follow the link in my sig.
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tmanschuette said:
Hey guys I am new to the charge. I really want to root but I have some concerns first. For one I have already replaced this phone twice since I got it. If I un-root it will Verizon notice I rooted it at all? Also how safe is it? I really don't want a $300 paper weight. I rooted my old sch-m828c from straightalk and the phone wouldn't connect to the computer anymore; is that a concern with the charge? As from the last sentence I have experience with odin but my old phone lost the root somehow and i was unable to boot it back to stock. Is the charge better about stuff like that? Please respond with any help. (Best mods, safest methods etc.) Thanks in advance!
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Can u tell me how you rooted ur m828c?
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It was a long complicated process. Can't remember exactly, but you had to use all the slots in Odin.
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tmanschuette said:
It was a long complicated process. Can't remember exactly, but you had to use all the slots in Odin.
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Is there a thread with indtructions. I cant find one...
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I'm not sure.. It had been about 3 years since I did it. Just as a fair warning, the usb port stopped working after the flash.
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tmanschuette said:
I'm not sure.. It had been about 3 years since I did it. Just as a fair warning, the usb port stopped working after the flash.
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Is it even worth rooting? My wife got this phone and man was it a piece of crap. Constantly freezing and rebooting. Are there roms/kernels rhat might make this thing a decent phone to keep as a spare?
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There is no ROMs our kernels for the phone. I used it just to get Titanium Backup and Tegrak.
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sure
tmanschuette said:
Hey guys I am new to the charge. I really want to root but I have some concerns first. For one I have already replaced this phone twice since I got it. If I un-root it will Verizon notice I rooted it at all? Also how safe is it? I really don't want a $300 paper weight. I rooted my old sch-m828c from straightalk and the phone wouldn't connect to the computer anymore; is that a concern with the charge? As from the last sentence I have experience with odin but my old phone lost the root somehow and i was unable to boot it back to stock. Is the charge better about stuff like that? Please respond with any help. (Best mods, safest methods etc.) Thanks in advance!
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Honestly this phone is super easy. I was able to root with clockwork mod, install a custom kernal and flash a Tom in about two hour and evertlything worked first try and my first time ever doing any of it.
Followvthe instructions carefully and do exactly as they tell you and you should be fine.

Just rooted

Just rooted using the root 66 method. Worked great. Debloated a little bit but wanna try a custom Rom. I've read but can't seem to grasp how to flash roms yet. Can anyone offer some tips? Do you need adb or can you flash wherever ?
Edit mod please move this. I'm a moron who didn't pay attention sorry
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Read the instructions on the rom you are flashing. Most times you use Clockworkmod Recovery i don't know if you go to clockworkmod with 3 button combo on galaxy S3 but yeah

endrit9 said:
Read the instructions on the rom you are flashing. Most times you use Clockworkmod Recovery i don't know if you go to clockworkmod with 3 button combo on galaxy S3 but yeah
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But is there any extra step in flashing a kernel after the rom because the bootloader is locked?
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And stop posting in the DEVELOPMENT section.
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TheBiles said:
And stop posting in the DEVELOPMENT section.
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I did it once and asked for it to be moved and apologized. So thanks for acting like a child
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hopesrequiem said:
I did it once and asked for it to be moved and apologized. So thanks for acting like a child
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If you want a kernel you have to use certain recoveries. So you can use kexec. There's more on that in original development.
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hopesrequiem said:
But is there any extra step in flashing a kernel after the rom because the bootloader is locked?
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Get ez-recovery, makes flashing different recoveries super easy. After flashing rom and setting up, go back to recovery and flash the kernal. That's what I did on synergy and imo's kernal. Beans v5 flashes it all at once. So far both run great with very good battery life.
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lynneddington said:
Get ez-recovery, makes flashing different recoveries super easy. After flashing rom and setting up, go back to recovery and flash the kernal. That's what I did on synergy and imo's kernal. Beans v5 flashes it all at once. So far both run great with very good battery life.
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Oh ok. So I just flash Rom then I'm good. On rezound you had to flash Rom, then the boot img. So it was two processes which is why I ask
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Yup. You should give imo's kernal a shot, works great. Its a 2 step on synergy, but still no problem. Just passed my rezound down to the wife. And of course as soon as I did, seems like new roms started crawling out of the woodwork. I put viper res on it, now she wont let me try out any of the others, no fun.
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hopesrequiem said:
Just rooted using the root 66 method. Worked great. Debloated a little bit but wanna try a custom Rom. I've read but can't seem to grasp how to flash roms yet. Can anyone offer some tips? Do you need adb or can you flash wherever ?
Edit mod please move this. I'm a moron who didn't pay attention sorry
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Once your rooted Do this as your first STEP!! Save yourself some future headache!!!
[HOW-TO][FIX] Repair your IMEI with QPST - updated w/ info
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1802024
BACKUP your IMEI with QPST...

hopesrequiem said:
Oh ok. So I just flash Rom then I'm good. On rezound you had to flash Rom, then the boot img. So it was two processes which is why I ask
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If you flash any CM10 based ROM's you will have to do some extra steps. IMO you should just start off with Touch Wiz based ROMS so all you need to do is flash from your SD once and reboot.
This is a better place to talk about it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709There is also LOTS of "HOW TO" stuff there that should get you going.

lynneddington said:
Yup. You should give imo's kernal a shot, works great. Its a 2 step on synergy, but still no problem. Just passed my rezound down to the wife. And of course as soon as I did, seems like new roms started crawling out of the woodwork. I put viper res on it, now she wont let me try out any of the others, no fun.
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I noticed that too, soon as the GS3 came out rezound ROMs starting popping up like crazy. They even have working aokp now.
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nosympathy said:
I noticed that too, soon as the GS3 came out rezound ROMs starting popping up like crazy. They even have working aokp now.
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I know I'm so mad haha but this phone rocks. Just got synergy on here. Couldn't stand green any longer. I wanna try aosp but still have to back up my imei number or whatever. And wanna read a lil more on it
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hopesrequiem said:
I know I'm so mad haha but this phone rocks. Just got synergy on here. Couldn't stand green any longer. I wanna try aosp but still have to back up my imei number or whatever. And wanna read a lil more on it
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Did u hear, there was a dev in hiding on the rezound, he came out of the closet on the s3, his name is nosympathy.
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lynneddington said:
Did u hear, there was a dev in hiding on the rezound, he came out of the closet on the s3, his name is nosympathy.
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I know. Nosympathy is my buddy from over there haha
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is backing up nv info with qpst what you mean by backing up your imei number? i finished that now. just wanna know if im ready to flash cm9

Off subject but people in the s3 forums are much nicer and posses less drama. Love it!
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Moved. OP, in the future, use the report post feature - there's an option to request a thread move.