So I called TMo and they're sending me a replacement G2x. I've seen a number of people claim that they never unroot their phones before sending them in. Is this true? I'm inclined to believe that this would cause issues but I'd just like everyone's two cents before I send this in.
Also, there's a thread in the dev section for reverting to stock. However, this uses SuperOneClick, a method for FroYo based G2x only. So, if I cannot send my phone in rooted, is there a method for reverting phones that have been updated to GB?
Thanks. And sorry if this has been posted before.
I believe you can use S.O.C. after already achieving root to help you revert back to stock. You can just go back to gingerbread no need for froyo.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
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You need to go back to a stock 2.3 unrooted rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255214
[ROOT] G2X Gingerbread 2.3.3. stock ROM with flashable zip in Clockworkmod Recovery Then use nvflash the recovery to stock to go back to a 100% stock
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Easy way to fix it is to format the /system in CWM then flash stock recovery with NVflash. Tell T-Mobile that the phone will not boot and your problem is fixed. No need to flash back to stock rom.
Prod1702 said:
Easy way to fix it is to format the /system in CWM then flash stock recovery with NVflash. Tell T-Mobile that the phone will not boot and your problem is fixed. No need to flash back to stock rom.
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That is pure evil. I like it.
GenghisKhan67 said:
That is pure evil. I like it.
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I work for T-Mobile if it makes you feel better.
Prod1702 said:
I work for T-Mobile if it makes you feel better.
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I used to work for T-Mo tier2 pda until they closed our support center January 2010... I never heard of someone having their warranty voided due to root, but it's probably better to be safe than sorry. Things may have changed.
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I installed a 2.2 custom rom, now att sent me a txt that there is an update for my phone, should I update?, will it brick my phone?
There's 300000000 other threads about this. For the majority if your not completely stock att will tell you to update
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kukulkan666 said:
I installed a 2.2 custom rom, now att sent me a txt that there is an update for my phone, should I update?, will it brick my phone?
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Do not run an update while on a 2.2 custom rom. It is most likely not the froyo update and rather a 2.1 tweak. If you tried it probably would not take, if it did it would probably screw up your phone. If you really want to try the update I would do a odin flash back to stock. If you do not know what odin is you can find it in the development section
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ok,thanks ....i wont update since I dont have a data plan , and I know ATT will screw me over.....btw custom 2.2 running great
Either it:
-Won't work, or
-It will work
I'll let you decide which is worse.
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Either it:
-Won't work, or
-It will work
I'll let you decide which is worse.
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Words of wisdom
I wouldn't update if I were you since it isn't 2.2 yet. You'll end up just installing a custom ROM again.
I have a 2 month old Moto defy in India. Things were good till I updated to the official froyo update. Now the GPS does not work. This, I believe is a widely reported issue.
With no official updates in sight, the easiest thing to do would be to root and install a custom rom. However that would void the warranty and any claims that I may have to make at a later date.
I understand that if I install the GB roms, I can not go back.
Is there a way that I root, install some custom froyo rom and in case I need to return the phone revert it back to the factory state?
yes.you can root it & return back through stock system recovery.
Can you please point me how to go about it?
start here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966537
why don't you try cm7. its GB and you can still go back.
I remember reading somewhere that you can't go back from gb. Is it only for the official leaked gb?
mussio said:
start here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966537
why don't you try cm7. its GB and you can still go back.
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gadgetcraze said:
I remember reading somewhere that you can't go back from gb. Is it only for the official leaked gb?
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no, its not official, its a mod on froyo base, so you can go back. but this is a dev forum, please post threads here about development, everything else goes in defy general!
Thank you for the help.
Of course root. Unroot is easy and you still can return to stock rom after flashing custom rom.
Thanks everyone. Rooted and installed cm7. Snappy. Great going so far.
Hi, I am getting my G2x next Friday and of coarse, gonna be rooting it as soon as I have it. But I want a plain 2.3.3 OTA rooted rom. No fancy names, EagleBlood, WeaponX and so on.. where or which one can I get? That has everything stock so I can remove and play with. Thank you.
Try the xboarder pretty much stock and debloated
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rvdangel630 said:
Try the xboarder pretty much stock and debloated
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also, forgot to mention no mixure of cm7 and aosp.. just plain, you know? as i dont like cm, its always buggy..
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Use this. It's the best stock ROM we have. Super quick, super awesome. Debloated and tweaked for performance.
is this the official ota, or just a leak before ota happend? latest but rooted? just want to get my answers before my phone gets here and because i dont like all that much tweaking of a rom or adding stuff to it just like i noticed with the xboarder link he added that host file adblock, can that just be uninstalled and be back to normal?
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or you can try faux's rom and kernel it works well.
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is this the official ota, or just a leak before ota happend? latest but rooted? just want to get my answers before my phone gets here and because i dont like all that much tweaking of a rom or adding stuff to it just like i noticed with the xboarder link he added that host file adblock, can that just be uninstalled and be back to normal?
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There is no adblock. It's an optional add on. It is the official OTA. He just slimmed it down and made it faster. No UI tweaks, or graphical tweaks of any kind
Yeah I was using xboarders tweeked version and it was great Super stable and great battery life no real issues. The completly stock one is good to but the tweek is better. It was my favorite till I installed eaglesblood 1.0.8 that is the best ROM ever made great everything it has a few issues but they are not specific to that ROM no one has figured out A2DP yet to my knowledge. I'm sure they will soon though. I think everyone should use eaglesblood.
Here. This is the OTA 2.3.3 update. It is rooted but that's pretty much it. Still has all the T-Mobile blaotware, etc. Flash it via clockworkmod recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179748
phburks said:
Here. This is the OTA 2.3.3 update. It is rooted but that's pretty much it. Still has all the T-Mobile blaotware, etc. Flash it via clockworkmod recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179748
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ok, perfect. thank you. just one thing, its the latest of any release for this phone right? because the G2 had 2 leaked version then i think an official
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noodles2224 said:
ok, perfect. thank you. just one thing, its the latest of any release for this phone right? because the G2 had 2 leaked version then i think an official
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Yea this is the same as the OTA from July/August, its just already rooted. Its not the leaked version from back in April or May or whenever that was. Right now this is the easiest (maybe the only?) way to have rooted 2.3.3 stock rom. You have to use nvflash (check development section for easy-to-use nvflash tool) to flash clockworkmod recovery and then you can boot into recovery and flash this zip.
And note that this zip will not touch your baseband.
Here's a link to the nvflash recovery flasher
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
perfect, everything i am gonna need.. thank you again
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Check about phone in the settings when you get it, if your baseband is the march one then you need to run the lg update tool to get the new one.
No other way to get it, and it's a huge improvement.
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LordButtersI said:
Check about phone in the settings when you get it, if your baseband is the march one then you need to run the lg update tool to get the new one.
No other way to get it, and it's a huge improvement.
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well yeah but if i do that itll be an update without root right?? because the 2.3.3 cant be rooted right?
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noodles2224 said:
well yeah but if i do that itll be an update without root right?? because the 2.3.3 cant be rooted right?
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If you flash a rooted room via clockwork it'll be fine. The official update can't be rooted but nothing can stop you from installing a completely new, rooted rom.
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If he's getting it new Friday won't it already have the latest baseband anyway?
at&t O.T.A update android 2.3.6 easy root does not work for the ot
at&t O.T.A update android 2.3.6 easy root does not work for the ota update.... use this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1340526....
use that method...... odin cwm with the recovery.tar and flash the super user.zip through cwm
Superoneclick doesn't work?
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acs easy root does not work. i ran the root.bat it did its thing said you should have root i did not. i tried it 2 times no root. so i used the method i posted above
Seems much more simple to root when your at 2.3.5 (with stock recovery) then OTA update and you will keep root. I think it MIGHT work even if you have CWM but have not tested.
INope doesnt work if u have cwm i tested and so did a few others. But yes thats correct thats easier but i posted this for those who took the update and were not rooted
I'm rooted rite now...2.3.5. Will I lose my root if I update.. are can I even update while rooted? sorry..I'm still new to android
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CXENTE said:
I'm rooted rite now...2.3.5. Will I lose my root if I update.. are can I even update while rooted? sorry..I'm still new to android
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People are reporting that they didn't loose root when updating. However, not sure if they had stock recovery or not installed at the time. I didn't risk it and flashed back to stock then confirmed SuperOneClick did not work. Used the method described above and rooted.
Yes they had stock recovery. You cant take the ota unless you have stock recovery. And correct if you are rooted with stock recovery u will not loose root
Coming from Captivate and have had flashed HTC phones in the past, I kind of feel like anything Odin IS the easy method. It's like we had a OneClickMethod and a TwoClickMethod.
Correct odin is very easy if you read and follow all directions.
Link to stock recovery
Anybody have a link to the stock recovery for the skyrocket. I want to avoid having to flash completely back to stock before updating to 2.3.6.
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Anybody have a link to the stock recovery for the skyrocket. I want to avoid having to flash completely back to stock before updating to 2.3.6.
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+1
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I just updated mine and did not loose root.
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AllTheWay said:
Anybody have a link to the stock recovery for the skyrocket. I want to avoid having to flash completely back to stock before updating to 2.3.6.
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I think u guys might be sol for that bud i dont think anyone has ever posted a stock recovery tar for the skyrocket. I dont know how to make a tar on windows i know u can take the recovery image out of the stock tar but im not sure how to compress it into a tar
Christo_69 said:
I just updated mine and did not loose root.
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Confirmed, me too. Root persists through OTA upgrade no probs.
Christo_69 said:
I just updated mine and did not loose root.
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silver03wrx said:
I think u guys might be sol for that bud i dont think anyone has ever posted a stock recovery tar for the skyrocket. I dont know how to make a tar on windows i know u can take the recovery image out of the stock tar but im not sure how to compress it into a tar
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No worries I created one here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1360943
awesome// that will come in handy for alot of people
2.3.6 and slower 4g speeds... REALLY?
silver03wrx said:
awesome// that will come in handy for alot of people
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Ok, maybe I am missing something here...
WHY are we going to the OTA update if many are reporting poor 4g performance after the update. I don't want my 4g to run slower just so I can say I have 2.3.6
MakAttak said:
Ok, maybe I am missing something here...
WHY are we going to the OTA update if many are reporting poor 4g performance after the update. I don't want my 4g to run slower just so I can say I have 2.3.6
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My 4G speeds (pings, downloads, uploads) have improved since the OTA 2.3.6 update. Also, GPS finds and locks more satellites faster as well.
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Im using CMW Recovery 6.0.1.0, when I install a rom and reboot I get this message, "Rom may flash stock recovery on boot. Fix?" I said yes... Does saying yes or no make a difference?
OCD madness.
I was assuming that I don't want the stock kernel with my cm10 so I said no.
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Can someone give me an in dept answer?
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Can someone give me an in dept answer?
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I would like to know also. I still have the stock rom, just rooted and was going to get ready for a new rom when I saw this.
dTardis said:
I would like to know also. I still have the stock rom, just rooted and was going to get ready for a new rom when I saw this.
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This is an outdated thread from before the bootloader was unlocked. Basically, disregard what they are implying because the way flashing roms used to work is "different" than how it is now. Our bootloader was unlocked on August 15th, since that date, when you flash a rom the kernel is flashed as well. It's my understanding that this was not the case when our bootloader was locked prior to August 15th, only a rom was flashed not a kernel. The kernel remained the same throughout all the roms, it was the touchwiz stock kernel. As I said already, this is no longer the case.
Ignore this thread and read DroidStyle's guide in the Development Section if you have any questions regarding the flashing roms process. Also, backup your IMEI.
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^what he said!
and to the op, Forever LS1
loveubuntu said:
I was assuming that I don't want the stock kernel with my cm10 so I said no.
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the recovery is not the kernel
say yes
The question has no relevance when running a custom rom. It's there for reverting back to stock on a stock rom/returning original recovery.
Saying yes or no has zero impact unless your on stock rom.
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