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New Skyrocket Users Wanted, Read Before Rooting!

I need an untouched copy of your efs partition, and would be more than happy to walk you through it. It will help us all in the long run and provide u with an opportunity to pay it forward, before u flash all those custom roms! thanks
PLEASE REMEMBER IT MUST BE A COMPLETELY STOCK AND UNROOTED SKYROCKET, NEVER BEEN TOUCHED. I NEED THE EFS TO BE PURE, NO CHANCES!!

How would this help us/you?
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grawkiller73 said:
How would this help us/you?
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well, ur on a t989 but I'll answer anyway. I need an efs dump to help some users who have corrupt ones due to flashing the note uclc5 radio.

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How would this help us/you?
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It will help fix that partition if and when it becomes corrupt or erased. Such as when flashing the NOTE modem and it messes it up.

Ignore this
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cdshepherd said:
Ignore this
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Please don't ignore this. There are forum members who are having problems after flashing the Note modem, and this will greatly help.

Well should "we" even be flashing a note modem. It is from another phone. No wonder why its breaking. But if you find a way to patch it I guess it'll be good to have
SKY-ICS

I am a skyrocket user, but didn't see what the forum did for new users advancement?
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mimart7 said:
Please don't ignore this. There are forum members who are having problems after flashing the Note modem, and this will greatly help.
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He probably means disregard his post
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TimHunt said:
I am a skyrocket user, but didn't see what the forum did for new users advancement?
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What?
This thread is to get a stock efs dump to fix peoples phones
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WhatzinyourphonE said:
Well should "we" even be flashing a note modem. It is from another phone. No wonder why its breaking. But if you find a way to patch it I guess it'll be good to have
SKY-ICS
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Well, with some research you'll discover that a few have flashed it successfully with good results, others, not so much. I was one of the lucky ones who only had a slight problem, but others have entirely corrupt refs, without which their skyrocket will not function.

WhatzinyourphonE said:
Well should "we" even be flashing a note modem. It is from another phone. No wonder why its breaking. But if you find a way to patch it I guess it'll be good to have
SKY-ICS
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Its really about the same phone just bigger screen so we can make some things cross compatible just an fyi
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Has anyone been willing to do a dump yet? If not Pm me a step by step. If it matters I am running i727ucld2 -iml74kucld2

mimart7 said:
Please don't ignore this. There are forum members who are having problems after flashing the Note modem, and this will greatly help.
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Lol ignore my post.....not this thread.
My buddy has a brand new rocket he wants me too root. Thought I would be able to help but he's out of town at the moment. Sorry for the confusion.:thumbup:
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^^ sugar muffins, thanks CD... get my hope u for anything lol. Please keep in mind it must be an UNTOUCHED phone, I don't wanna take any chances with a phone that's been rooted and has custom roms.

just got a corporate skyrocket a few days ago. it's got mobile iron installed on it but if you care to give me a step by step, i'll gladly pull whatever you'd like.
Model: SGH-I727
Baseband: I727UCLA3
Kernel: 2.6.35.11
Build: Gingerbread.UCLA3

Colombiano80 said:
just got a corporate skyrocket a few days ago. it's got mobile iron installed on it but if you care to give me a step by step, i'll gladly pull whatever you'd like.
Model: SGH-I727
Baseband: I727UCLA3
Kernel: 2.6.35.11
Build: Gingerbread.UCLA3
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pm sent

Hey icenight
I'm one of the lucky few that mangled my efs folder with the Note modem. My wife's got an untouched Skyrocket that I can get efs dump if you pm me what you require
Thanks
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i think by wondering what "we" get out of it, instead of trying to help each other, we're defeating the purpose of this entire website. Ill help you out.

icenight89 said:
pm sent
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hey buddy, I got a second skyrocket that hasnt even been turned on yet. Let me know if you still need the files

[Q] how to restore lost efs

ok so I flashed cm7 wrong and lost by imei, luckily I already backed up my efs-backup.tar and efs-backup.tar.md5 the problem is I dont know how to restore it. Thank you so much for the help!

ChadBFlores said:
ok so I flashed cm7 wrong and lost by imei, luckily I already backed up my efs-backup.tar and efs-backup.tar.md5 the problem is I dont know how to restore it. Thank you so much for the help!
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Go back to stock with a one click, reflash CM7 release 11

FBis251 said:
Go back to stock with a one click, reflash CM7 release 11
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the thing was that i forgot to use the cm7-efs backup.zip, but i'll try that

ChadBFlores said:
the thing was that i forgot to use the cm7-efs backup.zip, but i'll try that
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Make sure you follow the instructions in the CM7 OP.

FBis251 said:
Make sure you follow the instructions in the CM7 OP.
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lol i kno, I was just being stupid

Just use the cm7 restore to restore the efs
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mierkat09 said:
Just use the cm7 restore to restore the efs
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I hadn't used the backup yet tho?

ChadBFlores said:
I hadn't used the backup yet tho?
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Just one click back to stock
sent from my batcave

mierkat09 said:
Just use the cm7 restore to restore the efs
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No dude. Quit trying to give advice. You're giving outdated advice too! Please just stick to reading and trying things for yourself for now.

sweet, worked great! Thanks FBis251 and erikmm!!

Well it said he had a backup and didn't know how to restore it
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FBis251 said:
No dude. Quit trying to give advice. You're giving outdated advice too! Please just stick to reading and trying things for yourself for now.
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I feel there are several noobs that need to consider taking this advice. Read and learn more before trying to help. People needing help should really consider viewing the profile of who is helping before proceeding.

IMEI changed after Error during a flash

Hi,
I recently try to flash my phone; but I made a mistack and I use a Samsung galaxy S2 ROM
I did a backup; but since then I have a truble with the network / I can't call or text, but I have the data
I checked my imei with #*06# and it isn't th same than the one of the back
So, Does my problem can come from this?
can i fixe it?
I already used an RUU , check the radio etc.....
Thank you

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Daiskei said:
Just found this on a cached page on google...
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Thank you, I will try this
I keep you informed

Caelen said:
Thank you, I will try this
I keep you informed
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It isn't working, I don't find my imei in the file
any more idea?

Caelen said:
It isn't working, I don't find my imei in the file
any more idea?
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I'll look into it a little more once I get off work. (10 mins, 20 mins to get home.)

This thread is going to get locked as changing the imei is illegal regardless...
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irrelephant said:
This thread is going to get locked as changing the imei is illegal regardless...
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What I am asking is to repair my IMEI
You have a lot of thread dealing with this in XDA
like here
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Even if you only want to "restore" the IMEI, that are still instructions to change the IMEI which can be used for illegal activities.
Therefore: Thread closed.

Best aosp Rom

Hi guys. New here and just curious what you guys are running ,What everyone's preference ? Cm9, cm10, or aokp? Thank you in advance !
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hopesrequiem said:
Hi guys. New here and just curious what you guys are running ,What everyone's preference ? Cm9, cm10, or aokp? Thank you in advance !
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you are no different here than you were in the rezound forum!
I am running none of them because data still sucks :/

nosympathy said:
you are no different here than you were in the rezound forum!
I am running none of them because data still sucks :/
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No 4g or just not stable? I haven't rooted yet. Only got it yesterday and Im freaked out haha
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hopesrequiem said:
Hi guys. New here and just curious what you guys are running ,What everyone's preference ? Cm9, cm10, or aokp? Thank you in advance !
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CM10 is best for jellybean, i'd go with aokp for ics. Paranoid still has some major bugs to fix and i havent tried cm9 yet

hopesrequiem said:
No 4g or just not stable? I haven't rooted yet. Only got it yesterday and Im freaked out haha
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it has 4G but yeah it isn't stable. Also if your going to flash one, go to the backup thread in the dev section for your IMEI and do that first.

nosympathy said:
it has 4G but yeah it isn't stable. Also if your going to flash one, go to the backup thread in the dev section for your IMEI and do that first.
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Yeah I remember seeing that. That's why I am scared to root lol seems more complicated then HTC devices
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hopesrequiem said:
Yeah I remember seeing that. That's why I am scared to root lol seems more complicated then HTC devices
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nah, not really. Just different. Just with samsung keep in mind that odin is king.
also being newer to samsung, just read before you flash stuff.
I am amazed at the amount of people here that do not read and do things willy nilly and next thing you know they are crying because they cannot figure out how to fix their phone.

In my opinion I would stay on a stock or custom stock ROM. I just finished about 2 days of headache due to my IMEI going to 0 after using CM9. I will say that I've used CM10 and CM9. CM10 was glitchy, while CM9 was flawless from what I could tell right up until it all went wrong with my IMEI.

I am running cm10 as my daily driver, but it's not without its frustrations. For me, 4G data has been flawless. It's when the phone kicks over to 3G that data problem occur. Specifically, 3G data has erratic signal, periodic loss of connection, and general instability. However, when I'm in a 4G area, data is rock solid.
MMS is still an issue, as well as Bluetooth audio. But all in all, it runs great for a preview build. There haven't been any breakthroughs recently, so who knows how long it'll be before 3G data is stable. I'm thinking about returning to a stock rom for now just because I really need BT audio and will be going on a trip where I only get 3G.
What is the general feeling about which stock rom is most stable?

mrmccain9 said:
In my opinion I would stay on a stock or custom stock ROM. I just finished about 2 days of headache due to my IMEI going to 0 after using CM9. I will say that I've used CM10 and CM9. CM10 was glitchy, while CM9 was flawless from what I could tell right up until it all went wrong with my IMEI.
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ya know, if you had done the EFS backup provided in the dev section, which has been available for almost a week now, you wouldn't have had a 2 day headache?
you would have written the EFS backup to the phone and been back where you started...

nosympathy said:
ya know, if you had done the EFS backup provided in the dev section, which has been available for almost a week now, you wouldn't have had a 2 day headache?
you would have written the EFS backup to the phone and been back where you started...
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I have a question about restoring EFS and since I cant post in the dev forum yet, I will ask here...
How do you restore if you are using a windows machine and not linux. From my limited understanding, it seems as the commands in the various howto guides all pertain to Linux while some give commands to restore via Terminal Emulator on the phone. But what if Terminal Emulator is not installed... How do you install Terminal Emulator on a device with no IMEI ? Can a device with no IMEI still connect to market with WIFI ?

mwep said:
I have a question about restoring EFS and since I cant post in the dev forum yet, I will ask here...
How do you restore if you are using a windows machine and not linux. From my limited understanding, it seems as the commands in the various howto guides all pertain to Linux while some give commands to restore via Terminal Emulator on the phone. But what if Terminal Emulator is not installed... How do you install Terminal Emulator on a device with no IMEI ? Can a device with no IMEI still connect to market with WIFI ?
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you can do it with windows, you can do it one of two ways
one is using the sdk toolkit and using adb.
the other way is copying your backup file to your phone and running the command through terminal emulator.
Yes wifi will still work with no IMEI allowing you to connect to the market and download a terminal emulator.
when he says linux, he means the command comes from the linux OS, but also because android of based off linux which is why it is used/works. He doesn't mean you have to run linux itself.

nosympathy said:
ya know, if you had done the EFS backup provided in the dev section, which has been available for almost a week now, you wouldn't have had a 2 day headache?
you would have written the EFS backup to the phone and been back where you started...
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I read up on everything before taking the plunge with an AOSP ROM so I actually did back up my ESF data. The problem is that the method for restoring it does not work for an IMEI of 0. And yes I did try it anyway but what really fixed my problem was re provisioning the phone then using the method of IMEI restoring using QPST.
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mrmccain9 said:
I read up on everything before taking the plunge with an AOSP ROM so I actually did back up my ESF data. The problem is that the method for restoring it does not work for an IMEI of 0. And yes I did try it anyway but what really fixed my problem was re provisioning the phone then using the method of IMEI restoring using QPST.
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I'm so confused by this haha so many acronyms
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hopesrequiem said:
I'm so confused by this haha so many acronyms
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Might want to hold off on the flashing if you are already confused.

buur11 said:
Might want to hold off on the flashing if you are already confused.
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I know. I'm reading all I can and learning so I don't f up lol. I just got this phone a day ago. I'm just used to HTC which Ian where my confusion comes from. Htc is simple I'm my opinion. This probably is too. Just gotta read a lot hehe
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Welcome to the dark side of Samsung!
Nah really it's not all that bad. Things are just done a bit differently and if you haven't gotten your SDK setup and Odin 3.7 installed then I recommend you do so. It's like having the PH98IMG.zip file for the Rezound. Gets you back to stock in case sh** happens.

Marcismo55 said:
Welcome to the dark side of Samsung!
Nah really it's not all that bad. Things are just done a bit differently and if you haven't gotten your SDK setup and Odin 3.7 installed then I recommend you do so. It's like having the PH98IMG.zip file for the Rezound. Gets you back to stock in case sh** happens.
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I still have sdk from rezound although I assume I need a different version. Is Odin needed even if you goto use the non flashing root process ?
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I still have sdk from rezound although I assume I need a different version. Is Odin needed even if you goto use the non flashing root process ?
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If you already had it setup for the Rezzy then you should be fine. Odin is needed if you ever want to return to stock..you know in case something goes wrong. You never know when you may need it.

There is no reason NOT to use Odin, it is simple to use, pretty much foolproof & you don't even need to install it.
All you do is DL the files to a folder in your PC & then click the .exe file.
You don't need the latest version either, I still had Odin from back when I was flashing a Droid Charge & that same version works perfectly for the G3.

[CM10.2-OFFICIAL] Discussion Thread

Welcome to the Official CM10.2 discussion thread for Skyrocket, Hercules and Exhilarate devices as supported by Team Chopsticks.
Please search the thread before posting, there are numerous work arounds and fixes for some sporadic issues (such as gallery crashing) that are already documented somewhere in this mess.
Please read our blog for known issues and installation instructions - make sure you have properly followed directions before posting about an issue.
Status - August 30th, 2013:
Official nighlies have begun, please be mindful that you are using a 4.3 compatible recovery when flashing. If in doubt, please ask the developer of the recovery you are using for clarification.
Skyrocket Official:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2412651
Hercules Official:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2412652
Known issues:
http://www.teamchopsticks.org/p/cm102-release-notes.html

car vs driver said:
The leading issue holding us back from releasing an official build (and nightlies) is the known /data & /cache corruption bug. This has been discussed heavily in may threads at this point so I'll be brief ... it appears to be recovery related, in that the filesystem is not being setup properly with recoveries build for CM10.1. At this point, we have engaged several folks from the CM team and have been hard at work to come up with a valid, complete solution. Progress is being made daily.
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I've heard there is a TWRP 2.6.0.2 floating around somewhere. I haven't been able to find it though. I'm wondering if there might be anything in there to possibly address it?

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I've heard there is a TWRP 2.6.0.2 floating around somewhere. I haven't been able to find it though. I'm wondering if there might be anything in there to possibly address it?
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Mikeyman and I are looking through their code now to see if we can build a version to solve the problem. Funny, because I was just talking to someone in IRC about us only supporting CWMR ... :angel: :silly:

Back to cwm, oh hell no. Lol
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mtdew said:
Dave you know good and well I won't go back to cwm lol.
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Oh quit yer whining... (But I'm with ya. I ABHOR CWM)
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Mikeyman and I are looking through their code now to see if we can build a version to solve the problem. Funny, because I was just talking to someone in IRC about us only supporting CWMR ... :angel: :silly:
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Meh. If you can't get TWRP working then I guess if we *have* to use CWM. But, like mtdew, we WON'T be happy about it! LOL

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Oh quit yer whining... (But I'm with ya. I ABHOR CWM)
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Meh. If you can't get TWRP working then I guess if we *have* to use CWM. But, like mtdew, we WON'T be happy about it! LOL
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+1

You guys realize we could just pm dees-troy and let him in on the situation I'm sure he'd be happy to help.
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mtdew said:
You guys realize we could just pm dees-troy and let him in on the situation I'm sure he'd be happy to help.
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We been in touch with him on IRC today.
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So, i'll ask again. Which recoveries got problem with FS corruption? just TWRP?
I've tested 10.2 only with CWM but it was working...
Found bug. Lockscreen shortcuts don't save .. they are still default.

Snoop05 said:
So, i'll ask again. Which recoveries got problem with FS corruption? just TWRP?
I've tested 10.2 only with CWM but it was working...
Found bug. Lockscreen shortcuts don't save .. they are still default.
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ALL OF THEM your taking a risk it may not have happened yet but if it does nobody wants to hear it because you were warned earlier.
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Guys I'm all for wanting 4.3 and being excited, I've been compiling pa. When our device maintainers say something though I listen. I have limited knowledge in how these guys do what they do but if they say don't flash with our current recoveries then don't do it they are running this by the proper channels I'm confident it will be resolved in due time. Talk to devs like @gs2usr and see if he can at least include the recovery.IMG built with the compiles and put a quick tut on his op.
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I'm just gonna hop in here and say thank you to the devs

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I'm just gonna hop in here and say thank you to the devs
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Agreed!
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can you describe me that FS corruption problem? .... ROM will stuck on boot .... blah blah
FS corruption ---- so reformat partition with corrupted FS
or will it do more? break partition table?
what i need to do after that?
reflash with odin? or got a brick in pocket?

Snoop05 said:
can you describe me that FS corruption problem? .... ROM will stuck on boot .... blah blah
FS corruption ---- so reformat partition with corrupted FS
or will it do more? break partition table?
what i need to do after that?
reflash with odin? or got a brick in pocket?
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When it hit me I did a factory wipe and full reset/wipe of all partitions and then reflashed and restored /data from a Nandroid backup.
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rpr69 said:
When it hit me I did a factory wipe and full reset/wipe of all partitions and then reflashed and restored /data from a Nandroid backup.
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I did this too (except internal sd) and got blank screen after the nandroid. Waited ten minutes, hard rebooted, waited another five or so and it finally sorted itself out. That was a scary fifteen minutes!

so reflash complete FW with Odin is best way? -- to hardly re-flash all partitions
right now i compiled new one, with more cherrypicking, lets try it out

Sorry, when I said wipe all partitions I meant system, data and cache/dalvik-cache, not *every* partition, I guess I should have been more clear.
Would it be safe to manually flash the latest recovery from Koushik and then use that to flash the ROM?
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rpr69 said:
Sorry, when I said wipe all partitions I meant system, data and cache/dalvik-cache, not *every* partition, I guess I should have been more clear.
Would it be safe to manually flash the latest recovery from Koushik and then use that to flash the ROM?
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What latest recovery?
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Starymari said:
What latest recovery?
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Excellent question. I've been trying to find one for 2 hours with no luck...
edit: of course...it's built during the ROM build, not CWM of course, but I should be able to use it to flash CM, no?