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Ok I made a backup of my stock rom,question is what if my memory card gets corrupted how would I be able to restore my factory rom
Thanks
Macklessdaddy said:
Ok I made a backup of my stock rom,question is what if my memory card gets corrupted how would I be able to restore my factory rom
Thanks
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Transfer it to your computer so you will always have it available.
If that is not something you want to do there will always be a RUU available for your phone
copy your backup to a hdd or something to keep it safe just-in-case
i even got 3 instances of my backup. just to be sure as im always flashing. you never know, something might happen.
all I need to copy is the backup from cwm correct?
Macklessdaddy said:
all I need to copy is the backup from cwm correct?
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yep, and make sure you dont change the folder/file names or anything otherwise it'll affect the md5 check. There are ways to get around that... but don't make life harder!
KAwAtA said:
yep, and make sure you dont change the folder/file names or anything otherwise it'll affect the md5 check. There are ways to get around that... but don't make life harder!
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sure don't want to change the md5 check(whatever the hell that is lol)thanks bro
Once you flash CM7 your life will be so much better
you can also email it to yourself...... just sayin
or dropbox it lol
Before you flash a ROM, try and find the RUU so should the worst happen you can always go back to stock.
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sergeybrin said:
Once you flash CM7 your life will be so much better
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I think we get the idea that YOU think CM7 is good. If it was THAT good everyone would be running it, no?
Also, any chance you can change your font colour? It's a nightmare to read!
EddyOS said:
Before you flash a ROM, try and find the RUU so should the worst happen you can always go back to stock.
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I think we get the idea that YOU think CM7 is good. If it was THAT good everyone would be running it, no?
Also, any chance you can change your font colour? It's a nightmare to read!
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I'm confused now,I thought the backup I made prior to rooting was stock,no?well what did I backup then?
You've backed up your ROM as it is NOW, an RUU can be used to go back to a 100%, out-the-box state. Always worth getting it in case your backup becomes corrupt.
What software version are you running on at the moment?
I'm running ARHD 3.6.2
So you have no idea what software version you were on out the box?
Im not sure were to put this so called tutorial so mods feel free to move it to were it belongs if its not supposed to be here. I was having a big issue with my Samsung i997 thats was showing no baseband on settings, No imei null/null and of course didnt have any signal. I started a couple threads about things related to that. No luck, until a member called Truckerglenn pointed me to a efs .tar file he had made that fixed his phone.
So before i start, credit for the efs file goes to Truckerglenn i had nothing to do with that. Then, i want to make this clear, This worked on my i997, it doesnt mean it could work on other phones but for some reason i think it will. I messed up mine on purpose a couple times after i solve it just to see if it was a real solution or just luck. It worked every single time like a charm. With that said, i got to make clear i didnt have a copy of my original efs file. I have deleted the efs file a couple times also. So i think none of you could mess a phone worst than i did, and i still managed to bring it back to life using this method.... So lets talk about what i did:
First download Truckerglenns efs .tar file located here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1438113
In my case i used the infuse unbrick ODIN file so i dont know if it works with any other firmware or not.
Open the ODIN file located on the infuse unbrick files and click efs clear, yes i know it sounds very risky and people have made clear that is not recommended but hey, you cant mess up your phone worst than you already have so. Anyways, put the infuse ODIN files were they belong, pit, pda and phone. Then here comes the tricky part, i used the Truckerglenn file in the csc box to flash it with the unbrick files.
Click start and the phone will flash the stock Froyo for the i997, wait until the flashing ends. Then when the phone reboots into recovery before hitting reboot go to wipe data/factory reset and click it. Then you can hit reboot phone and if youre lucky enough you will have your signal, restored imei number and baseband version.
Like i said this worked for me and i cant asure you it will work for you. But after all those weeks i spent dealing with this without success and having deleted efs many times and messing the phone that much, i didnt have anything to lose. Also thank Truckerglenn for his efs if this work on your phone, after all im just giving you an idea on how i made it work on mine but i didnt create a file or anything i just flashed it the way i just told you. Good luck guys and keep up the good work!
this happens to me as well, but flashing an efs didn't help me. any other ideas?
Step by step??
enelyam said:
Im not sure were to put this so called tutorial so mods feel free to move it to were it belongs if its not supposed to be here. I was having a big issue with my Samsung i997 thats was showing no baseband on settings, No imei null/null and of course didnt have any signal. I started a couple threads about things related to that. No luck, until a member called Truckerglenn pointed me to a efs .tar file he had made that fixed his phone.
So before i start, credit for the efs file goes to Truckerglenn i had nothing to do with that. Then, i want to make this clear, This worked on my i997, it doesnt mean it could work on other phones but for some reason i think it will. I messed up mine on purpose a couple times after i solve it just to see if it was a real solution or just luck. It worked every single time like a charm. With that said, i got to make clear i didnt have a copy of my original efs file. I have deleted the efs file a couple times also. So i think none of you could mess a phone worst than i did, and i still managed to bring it back to life using this method.... So lets talk about what i did:
First download Truckerglenns efs .tar file located here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1438113
In my case i used the infuse unbrick ODIN file so i dont know if it works with any other firmware or not.
Open the ODIN file located on the infuse unbrick files and click efs clear, yes i know it sounds very risky and people have made clear that is not recommended but hey, you cant mess up your phone worst than you already have so. Anyways, put the infuse ODIN files were they belong, pit, pda and phone. Then here comes the tricky part, i used the Truckerglenn file in the csc box to flash it with the unbrick files.
Click start and the phone will flash the stock Froyo for the i997, wait until the flashing ends. Then when the phone reboots into recovery before hitting reboot go to wipe data/factory reset and click it. Then you can hit reboot phone and if youre lucky enough you will have your signal, restored imei number and baseband version.
Like i said this worked for me and i cant asure you it will work for you. But after all those weeks i spent dealing with this without success and having deleted efs many times and messing the phone that much, i didnt have anything to lose. Also thank Truckerglenn for his efs if this work on your phone, after all im just giving you an idea on how i made it work on mine but i didnt create a file or anything i just flashed it the way i just told you. Good luck guys and keep up the good work!
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So, I am having same problem as u were. One thing that I want to make sure is do i clear efs and then flash ?? or just click the box on the efs clear and put everything and flash it??
So here is first option - You check on the clear efs box and then click "start". After it's finished, put other files and click "start" button again.
Here is second option - You check on the clear efs box then put all files and click "start" button and done.
which one is correct way to do this process??
zpzp96 said:
So, I am having same problem as u were. One thing that I want to make sure is do i clear efs and then flash ?? or just click the box on the efs clear and put everything and flash it??
Here is second option - You check on the clear efs box then put all files and click "start" button and done.
which one is correct way to do this process??
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It's been a while now, but if I remember the Clear EFS box was checked, so go with option 2.
But hey, right now your phone is 'FUBAR'. Try different settings if one doesn't work, maybe another one will.:good:
Different Settings??
Truckerglenn said:
It's been a while now, but if I remember the Clear EFS box was checked, so go with option 2.
But hey, right now your phone is 'FUBAR'. Try different settings if one doesn't work, maybe another one will.:good:
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OK, I just tried option two, and it didn't work.
Now, what should I try?? I really need your help for this.. I have no idea what I've done on my phone to cause this situation, plus I have no idea what is worng with this phone..
please help me
Try option one.
I'm planning my escape from the digital world!
EFS
Truckerglenn said:
It's been a while now, but if I remember the Clear EFS box was checked, so go with option 2.
But hey, right now your phone is 'FUBAR'. Try different settings if one doesn't work, maybe another one will.:good:
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Thanks Truckerglenn - you saved my phone:good:
Ok, my phone got fixed by AT&T. But it wasn't software problem. My radio chipset was burnt. I checked and when AT&T saw that, they just replaced my phone to new one. For free. Pretty happy now. Thanks for help tho
Thanks!
OMFG...I bricked my Infuse a while back and I thought all hope was lost. I have bought a Note since then but I wanted to sell it and wait for the Note2 while I could still get a pretty penny for it.
This worked like a champ.
I basically followed your instructions using the Unbrick package here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27286083#post27286083
I also checked the EFS clear checkbox. I didn't have to factory reset from recovery either. It just rebooted and I popped in my SIM and it worked!
So I haven't gotten to the stage where I do not have signal... but do plan on moving my infuse from 4.0.4 to 4.1.1. Through this process, it has been noted that you could lose efs. So before I tried to install the rom, I backed up my efs through root explorer. Within this app, all I did was copy my whole efs file and pasted it to my SD card. After this, should my efs be fully backed up? And if I were to install jb and WERE to lose signal, how would I go about restoring it? My efs is on my internal storage..
Thanks
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i don't know why it does not work for me =(
When I check my IMEI, it says null/null. I tried the mentioned fix but not luck. Please help.
vires90 said:
When I check my IMEI, it says null/null. I tried the mentioned fix but not luck. Please help.
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I was having the same problem. What room are you on/trying to go to?
I was trying to flash slim bean beta 2 and encountered the same problem.
I Odin back to stock, flashed cm9, flashed Beta 2...
Loss IMEI...
My solution was to flash CM 10, THEN flash beta 2.
No problems since then.
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I just flashed slim bean back on my infuse and when it booted up i saw that i had no signal so i did the whole efs thing on odin.. check the EFS box then start but it didn't work for me.. Can someone help me please
I have this i997 infuse 4G with symbols instead of IMEI... I flashed this efs.tar, and now it's showing a fake IMEI. It's not my original IMEI. Still no signal. How can I restore my original IMEI?? Please help!!!
any way to get imei back without going all the way back to stock? running slimbean
TokyoLee said:
I just flashed slim bean back on my infuse and when it booted up i saw that i had no signal so i did the whole efs thing on odin.. check the EFS box then start but it didn't work for me.. Can someone help me please
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@TokyoLee
It would be best if you informed us of the upgrade path you took.
Slim ROMs (I am assuming you are trying to flash a JB 4.2.2) are known to cause loss of IMEI if flashed directly from ICS. Best solution would be to flash a CM10 and then a CM10.1 before flashing SlimBean. I have followed this path and have had no problems although I have gone on to Rootbox 4.2.2.
scott.hart.bti's Unofficial CM10.1 post has instructions for the proper upgrade path, see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28842232&postcount=1
andros11's "[Guide] How to Flash Jellybean" here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1878458
is an essential and important read to avoid any IMEI snafus.
Also, and this important since almost every JB ROM thread mentions it at one point or another: REMOVE your external micro-SD card from the device before flashing a JB ROM.
Hope this helps.
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feiereisztitus said:
I have this i997 infuse 4G with symbols instead of IMEI... I flashed this efs.tar, and now it's showing a fake IMEI. It's not my original IMEI. Still no signal. How can I restore my original IMEI?? Please help!!!
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You may have to start fresh from GB [or Froyo]. That would be the best recommendation.
qkster's posts are valuable in how to get back to GB. See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
and especially here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1437548
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TeamHackura said:
any way to get imei back without going all the way back to stock? running slimbean
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Unless you have your EFS backed up which you can flash via ODIN or Heimdall it is impossible to get tour IMEI back.
Best is to go all the way back to GB.
Called at&t Sim cards shot not the usual imei probs
Damn how annoying
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can i use this Efs on galaxy R to repair unknown baseband & Blank imei????
kunnaliskinng said:
can i use this Efs on galaxy R to repair unknown baseband & Blank imei????
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Do not even think about doing such a silly thing. This is an Infuse specific efs. You cannot flash it to the I-9000 or I-9100, for example. The partitions are different on different Samsung phones, they are not necessarily interchangeable.
Unless there are clear instructions available, you could end up with a very expensive brick.
I for the life of me can not figure out how to get my imei back, nor do I know how to rewrite in in hex editor. I am current running GO V2 rom. I did the blaze flash yesterday now my phone is basically junk. I can no longer receive mms/pic's, my qik video app wont work, no imei. Its really aggravating me to know end, has caused noting but trouble for me. Can some one please help me to fix my imei so my phone will work properly again?
I already have hex editor on my phone and superuser access, root explorer, and all that other stuff. I just need help. I also have my imei handy as well.
I forgot to mention, I odined back to factory image, then rerooted with superoneclick, did the whole recovery in the system/bin thing, put the update.zip in root of sd card, installed quick boot and then followed flash instructions on GO V2 page. I have done this 4 times already and am getting faster at it lol. Not a good thing. So I have been through all that already.
So, you went ahead and restored the clockworkmod backup recovery image that you regularly archive to your sdcard and that didn't fix the problem?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
Guaranteed to work.
You may have to expand your horizons in the process... But, it will work.
orange808 said:
So, you went ahead and restored the clockworkmod backup recovery image that you regularly archive to your sdcard and that didn't fix the problem?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
Guaranteed to work.
You may have to expand your horizons in the process... But, it will work.
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Sadly, I have tried everything he listed to do. Im scared I will never be able to fix it lol. The bad part is, I dont have the money to buy another phone right now either so Im kinda screwed both ways.
txzx6r said:
Sadly, I have tried everything he listed to do. Im scared I will never be able to fix it lol. The bad part is, I dont have the money to buy another phone right now either so Im kinda screwed both ways.
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So, you have the Android SDK installed and you managed to get through the instructions at the command line?
Don't get upset with me, I just need to establish that you really completed the steps.
orange808 said:
So, you have the Android SDK installed and you managed to get through the instructions at the command line?
Don't get upset with me, I just need to establish that you really completed the steps.
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Im not upset with you, im actually happy someone decided to chime in. I am currently odin'ing back to stock with the clear efs option checked. Its my last resort.
at the command line, it told me no such file or folder, so i was at a dead end on that one. It was however, a good try/suggestion.
I shattered the screen on my Nexus 5 so I ordered a replacement from Google and before switching to the new one, I made a nandroid backup using TWRP.
I put my SIM in the new Nexus, transferred my nandroid backup, and restored it to my new phone.
Now, I cannot connect to AT&T due to my IMEI showing as 0.
I think I have narrowed down the problem to restoring the EFS partition on the new phone when I wasn't supposed to? So far, I have tried restoring the phone to stock (from this guide). I even tried manually changing the IMEI to the correct number (but it doesn't stick, just reverts to 0).
Is there something else that needs to be wiped in the stock restore process that's not covered in that guide? What am I missing? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Sounds like you're gonna need another replacement
sent from my HAMMERHEAD neXus
You're hosed. You can't transfers the imei to another phone
CRIME INC. said:
Sounds like you're gonna need another replacement
sent from my HAMMERHEAD neXus
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Ouch....
Is there anything I should have done differently? Just not flash the EFS partition? I normally setup from scratch but I loved how I had my other setup and just wanted to retain that configuration.
jd1639 said:
You're hosed. You can't transfers the imei to another phone
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I wasn't intending on transferring the IMEI. I just want to get the phone's IMEI corrected so it works.
qwen3579 said:
I wasn't intending on transferring the IMEI. I just want to get the phone's IMEI corrected so it works.
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By restoring the efs partition you did try. It's contained in there. That's where things went wrong and there isn't anything you can do about it
jd1639 said:
By restoring the efs partition you did try. It's contained in there. That's where things went wrong and there isn't anything you can do about it
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Great.... SO there is no way to reset the EFS partition, I'm guessing?
Just goes to show if you don't know what you're doing you should stay well clear!
You're going to have to buy a new one as there's no way Google are going to RMA it
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qwen3579 said:
Great.... SO there is no way to reset the EFS partition, I'm guessing?
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Not unless you backed up the new one first, no
EddyOS said:
Just goes to show if you don't know what you're doing you should stay well clear!
You're going to have to buy a new one as there's no way Google are going to RMA it
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Not unless you backed up the new one first, no
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That's what I thought. I usually back up everything before doing anything. I just got in a rush....
EddyOS said:
Just goes to show if you don't know what you're doing you should stay well clear!
You're going to have to buy a new one as there's no way Google are going to RMA it
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Not unless you backed up the new one first, no
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Speed kills
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qwen3579 said:
That's what I thought. I usually back up everything before doing anything. I just got in a rush....
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Speed kills
Thanks for the help guys. Luckily, I still have my old with the cracked screen. I'm just going to have to take the screen off the new one and put it on my old one..which is what I was trying to avoid.
Beats having to buy another one due to my screw up.
jd1639 said:
Speed kills
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Speed kills
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LOL...says the guy with a Porsche!
qwen3579 said:
That's what I thought. I usually back up everything before doing anything. I just got in a rush....
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It's a harsh lesson
Alright, so I swapped the motherboards of the phones, booted up my new phone, restored from nandroid (avoiding the EFS this time, just in case) and I'm back up - crack free.
Thanks for the info guys, lesson learned.
"What do we do when we fall"?
qwen3579 said:
Alright, so I swapped the motherboards of the phones, booted up my new phone, restored from nandroid (avoiding the EFS this time, just in case) and I'm back up - crack free.
Thanks for the info guys, lesson learned.
"What do we do when we fall"?
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Glad you got something working
Yea. All guides need to make sure to post a warning and a link to the EFS backup thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2514095
First thing I did was make a backup of mine and store it away in a safe place as well as on the phone. I've flashed two friend's N5's with CM as well, and I did the same with their EFS just in case something happens.
One other route you could try is restoring the phone to factory default, relock the bootloader so the mod trip isn't set, and send it back saying it wont connect to cell network, and take your chances RMAing it. However the display swap may be easier. Either way once you swap your display back, do a EFS backup with that link and save the files it makes in a safe place.
qwen3579 said:
I shattered the screen on my Nexus 5 so I ordered a replacement from Google and before switching to the new one, I made a nandroid backup using TWRP.
I put my SIM in the new Nexus, transferred my nandroid backup, and restored it to my new phone.
Now, I cannot connect to AT&T due to my IMEI showing as 0.
I think I have narrowed down the problem to restoring the EFS partition on the new phone when I wasn't supposed to? So far, I have tried restoring the phone to stock (from this guide). I even tried manually changing the IMEI to the correct number (but it doesn't stick, just reverts to 0).
Is there something else that needs to be wiped in the stock restore process that's not covered in that guide? What am I missing? Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Somewhere in xda there is a guide to create an imei,i don't have the link to the thread, I'll see if i can find it for you or you may Google it
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Juansegovia20 said:
Somewhere in xda there is a guide to create an imei,i don't have the link to the thread, I'll see if i can find it for you or you may Google it
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
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Yeah, I found a guide CATing the IMEI to /dev/pttycmd1 - that didn't work. Most are hesitant with sharing info on changing IMEIs, which is understandable. It's just frustrating knowing what the problem is and not being able to fix it.
I've been scouring over this website (SO much great information!), but am overwhelmed. I'm wondering if anyone would be so kind as to give me sort of the idiot's guide to root/rom my phone.
I have the straight talk galaxy SCH-S968C. It is running 4.1.2, is there anyway that I can get this to update to 4.4? After my research I'm pretty sure I can figure out how to root it (haven't done this yet, because I'm a little terrified).
Then is it possible to some how update it to 4.4. If this is possible, how do I do it?
Thanks for any help. I really do appreciate it!
I bit the bullet and rooted the phone. Wow could that have been any easier?!
I guess now what do I do?
Thank you so much for any help!
MrsELF said:
I bit the bullet and rooted the phone. Wow could that have been any easier?!
I guess now what do I do?
Thank you so much for any help!
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Unsure about the straight talk version of the S3 and I'm not even sure what version it's currently on. I know the VZW S3 ended up being on 4.4.2 but the ST version may of been different
From my Wicked S3 on SOKP
MrsELF said:
I bit the bullet and rooted the phone. Wow could that have been any easier?!
I guess now what do I do?
Thank you so much for any help!
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ShapesBlue said:
Unsure about the straight talk version of the S3 and I'm not even sure what version it's currently on. I know the VZW S3 ended up being on 4.4.2 but the ST version may of been different
From my Wicked S3 on SOKP
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here you guys go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2516498&page=30
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Dummies Guide?
N_psycho_PD_uh? said:
here you guys go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2516498&page=30
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Thanks! That wasn't the thread I was following to figure out how to upgrade, I had read that previously but didn't realize it had derailed to roms. I'm still making my way through it (only on page 33). I'm wondering is there a newb guide to this, like a Dummies Guide To Flashing Roms? I'm a somewhat technical person, but I've never worked on phones before. I'm stuck at this 4.1.2 version, and I would REALLY love to be at anything other than this. I just am beyond terrified of bricking my phone.
I have my phone rooted. I took a backup, I have terminal emulater, EZ - recovery, Clockwordl Mod, and superuser installed. I downloaded google apps (gapps-kk-20140105-signed) and cm-11-20140916-SNAPSHOT-M10-d2lte. I'm just unsure of my next steps. I just want re-assurance before I continue, I really don't want to brick my phone. Thanks again!
I would truly appreciate any and all help. Thanks!
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Thanks! That wasn't the thread I was following to figure out how to upgrade, I had read that previously but didn't realize it had derailed to roms. I'm still making my way through it (only on page 33). I'm wondering is there a newb guide to this, like a Dummies Guide To Flashing Roms? I'm a somewhat technical person, but I've never worked on phones before. I'm stuck at this 4.1.2 version, and I would REALLY love to be at anything other than this. I just am beyond terrified of bricking my phone.
I have my phone rooted. I took a backup, I have terminal emulater, EZ - recovery, Clockwordl Mod, and superuser installed. I downloaded google apps (gapps-kk-20140105-signed) and cm-11-20140916-SNAPSHOT-M10-d2lte. I'm just unsure of my next steps. I just want re-assurance before I continue, I really don't want to brick my phone. Thanks again!
I would truly appreciate any and all help. Thanks!
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if you are rooted, have custom recovery installed and made your backup of your stock firmware in recovery(MAKE SURE YOU DO THIS SO YOU DONT HAVE PROBLEMS) , then all you have to do is put your CM ROM and your Gapps on your extsd card where you can find it, if you put it in a folder then remember which folder it is so you can find it, when you have it there then make sure your battery is fully charged, when its charged then boot to recovery, in recovery select install zip, then select install zip from sd card, then find your ROM and select it, then yes-install zip, it will then flash your ROM, whe its done do the same to flash your Gapps, when its done go back to main menu in recovery and select wipe data/factory rest, when its done select wipe cache, when done select advanced, then select wipe dalvik cache, when done go back to main menu and select reboot, let it load, it will be slow at first because it has to load everything you just flashed, just give it a minute, if it takes to long then just power it down and reboot, when it does boot you'll have to do your setup wiz like you did whe you first got the phone, finish setup, ENJOY your new ROM.
**now that you have custom recovery then anytime you find a rom for your phone that you want to try all you have to do is download your ROM and Gapps, place them on extsd like I instructed, then boot recovery and repeat what you just did but remember to make a backup of what you are running at the time BEFORE you flash the new, that way if you have problems with the new or if it won't boot then all you gotta do is boot to recovery select restore then restore the backup you nade and you'll be good again, I told you this just in case you have problems in future or want a new ROM. Good luck!
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MrsELF said:
Thanks! That wasn't the thread I was following to figure out how to upgrade, I had read that previously but didn't realize it had derailed to roms. I'm still making my way through it (only on page 33). I'm wondering is there a newb guide to this, like a Dummies Guide To Flashing Roms? I'm a somewhat technical person, but I've never worked on phones before. I'm stuck at this 4.1.2 version, and I would REALLY love to be at anything other than this. I just am beyond terrified of bricking my phone.
I have my phone rooted. I took a backup, I have terminal emulater, EZ - recovery, Clockwordl Mod, and superuser installed. I downloaded google apps (gapps-kk-20140105-signed) and cm-11-20140916-SNAPSHOT-M10-d2lte. I'm just unsure of my next steps. I just want re-assurance before I continue, I really don't want to brick my phone. Thanks again!
I would truly appreciate any and all help. Thanks!
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the rom you will be using will need to be worked with our simple fixes, make sure you have a dead sim, you might try the d2lte ROMs if you can deal with 3rd party apps instead of stock, just follow what the guys are doing in the thread
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by the way, I didn't send you to the thread for the ROMs themselves I sent you there to pick through the members posts about what was working, what wasn't and how to straighten the issues out so you could decide which ROM you were comfortable with.
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if you are still unsure then the thread where you got your ROM should have a walthrough in the Original Post, all threads with ROMS should have walkthroughs with the links for your resources.
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so are you good yet? just checking in on you
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thanks!
N_psycho_PD_uh? said:
if you are rooted, have custom recovery installed and made your backup of your stock firmware in recovery(MAKE SURE YOU DO THIS SO YOU DONT HAVE PROBLEMS) , then all you have to do is put your CM ROM and your Gapps on your extsd card where you can find it, if you put it in a folder then remember which folder it is so you can find it, when you have it there then make sure your battery is fully charged, when its charged then boot to recovery, in recovery select install zip, then select install zip from sd card, then find your ROM and select it, then yes-install zip, it will then flash your ROM, whe its done do the same to flash your Gapps, when its done go back to main menu in recovery and select wipe data/factory rest, when its done select wipe cache, when done select advanced, then select wipe dalvik cache, when done go back to main menu and select reboot, let it load, it will be slow at first because it has to load everything you just flashed, just give it a minute, if it takes to long then just power it down and reboot, when it does boot you'll have to do your setup wiz like you did whe you first got the phone, finish setup, ENJOY your new ROM.
**now that you have custom recovery then anytime you find a rom for your phone that you want to try all you have to do is download your ROM and Gapps, place them on extsd like I instructed, then boot recovery and repeat what you just did but remember to make a backup of what you are running at the time BEFORE you flash the new, that way if you have problems with the new or if it won't boot then all you gotta do is boot to recovery select restore then restore the backup you nade and you'll be good again, I told you this just in case you have problems in future or want a new ROM. Good luck!
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the rom you will be using will need to be worked with our simple fixes, make sure you have a dead sim, you might try the d2lte ROMs if you can deal with 3rd party apps instead of stock, just follow what the guys are doing in the thread
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by the way, I didn't send you to the thread for the ROMs themselves I sent you there to pick through the members posts about what was working, what wasn't and how to straighten the issues out so you could decide which ROM you were comfortable with
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if you are still unsure then the thread where you got your ROM should have a walthrough in the Original Post, all threads with ROMS should have walkthroughs with the links for your resources.
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so are you good yet? just checking in on you
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Thanks. I haven't had a chance try to put the rom on yet. I was working on this in early october and hadn't recieved any response back (that's why the rom and gapps are probably old - I'm assuming I'll need newer versions). I saw that there was a newer gapps in that thread posted. So thanks for that. Again I was not following that one earlier. I had read it but that was when I was trying to root not upgrade. I'll need to go through that thread again to see what roms people are using. I'm okay with using 3rd party apps (as long as everything works). And I need to find myself an old sim card. I think I've got an old phone laying around somewhere.
To the bolded, no there was no walk through (at least that I saw). It was chunks here and there but nothing really step by step. I know I'm a newb, but I'm pretty technical person I just like having instructions before I do things (unless I had a phone that i didn't care about wrecking!).
Thanks again for the help. I'm still nervous about doing this though!
@MrsELF you are rooted and have recovery so the hard and risky part is over, all you need now is your rom and gapps then put them on extsd like I said, then I literaly gave the instructions step by step word for word leaving nothing out or skipping anything, would you like me to give you a link for detailed instructions of what your recovery is, the funtions and features it has and how they are used? Do you want me to find you a tutorial on flashing a rom? Honestly, you are passed the dangerous part so relax. Your risk comes involved if you have a problem in the process before you get recovery installed, you have recovery so you have nothing to worry about now because you have your nandroid backup so even on the off chance that you have a problem your backup ccan be easily restored and you will be fine, that's why its called "RECOVERY" its a safety net, so even if you flash the wrong thing don't panic, its very simple, boot to recovery and restore your backup and threat eliminated. The CM11 and the CM12 are good roms but the CM12 is still buggy but getting better, CM11 2/17 nightly (I think) is stable with the third party apps. I think we are close to getting the stock MMS working, but we are still missing something, anyway, all the d2lte roms are supposed to be fine with the apps and sim, you can actually download as many as you like and try each one, flash one then test drive it, if you don't like it select another and flash it, test drive it and so on till you find the one you like, reading isn't going to find it for you, you'll just have to see how they each "feel".Actually your rom might work as it is because the older d2vzw roms work fine, the problem didn't start til the d2lte roms because that's when they merged all the builds for all the different S3s into one, that's why we have bugs because the devices are not all the same, if you'd like you can get on another device so we can comm back and forth through your flashing. You really do have no reason to be nervous now.
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[/COLOR @MrsELF, the tapatalk app makes navigating these forums a lot easier, it also gives you acces to every forum site for android devices, there are many, XDA is the top of the game in my opinion but you CAN sometimes find things on other sites that you won't find here
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Rom manager makes it easier to find and download roms for your device because it will only give you a list of roms that work for your device so you don't have to pick through the crowd of other ROMs for other devices.
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@MrsELF you are rooted and have recovery so the hard and risky part is over, all you need now is your rom and gapps then put them on extsd like I said, then I literaly gave the instructions step by step word for word leaving nothing out or skipping anything, would you like me to give you a link for detailed instructions of what your recovery is, the funtions and features it has and how they are used? Do you want me to find you a tutorial on flashing a rom? Honestly, you are passed the dangerous part so relax. Your risk comes involved if you have a problem in the process before you get recovery installed, you have recovery so you have nothing to worry about now because you have your nandroid backup so even on the off chance that you have a problem your backup ccan be easily restored and you will be fine, that's why its called "RECOVERY" its a safety net, so even if you flash the wrong thing don't panic, its very simple, boot to recovery and restore your backup and threat eliminated. The CM11 and the CM12 are good roms but the CM12 is still buggy but getting better, CM11 2/17 nightly (I think) is stable with the third party apps. I think we are close to getting the stock MMS working, but we are still missing something, anyway, all the d2lte roms are supposed to be fine with the apps and sim, you can actually download as many as you like and try each one, flash one then test drive it, if you don't like it select another and flash it, test drive it and so on till you find the one you like, reading isn't going to find it for you, you'll just have to see how they each "feel".Actually your rom might work as it is because the older d2vzw roms work fine, the problem didn't start til the d2lte roms because that's when they merged all the builds for all the different S3s into one, that's why we have bugs because the devices are not all the same, if you'd like you can get on another device so we can comm back and forth through your flashing. You really do have no reason to be nervous now.
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[/COLOR @MrsELF, the tapatalk app makes navigating these forums a lot easier, it also gives you acces to every forum site for android devices, there are many, XDA is the top of the game in my opinion but you CAN sometimes find things on other sites that you won't find here
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Rom manager makes it easier to find and download roms for your device because it will only give you a list of roms that work for your device so you don't have to pick through the crowd of other ROMs for other devices.
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I truly appreciate the help! I just need to find the rom that I know want to use. You say the riskiest part is over.... Well that happened to be the EASIEST part! It seriuosly took like two seconds to root the phone. I just am nervous that I'm not finding the "correct" rom for my phone. And it's like I need to find a half an hour of my time to attempt to do this once i find an old sim card.
Random question for you, I read in that thread you linked, that you haven't rooted/flashed your phone. Is there a reason why?
my pc is fritzed, everything else I have is rooted and tweaked out to the max not just custom flashed, I'm getting impatient though, I'm ready to get on a ROM and do some tests and work some bugs out, why? I would also love to get my hands on the stock firmware for my device first because I have the H2 device and since there is no root for H2 without downgrading to H1, if I downgrade I will lose the stock H2 with no way to get it back, ill be on H1, it would be nice to have the H2 stuff to work with because it has upgrades over the H1, modem and things like that plus my device has 2Gb RAM where yours has 1Gb
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if you would like to ask the other guys questions that are actually on the roms then you can type thier name in with a mention and they will get a notification telling them that you mentioned them and they'll check and they'll probably be more than glad to answer you, you do that by adding the @ to their name like this: @MrsELF, give it a try if you'd like to ask one of them wgat they are running, you can be sure that they are running the best and easiest choice, so you might want what they have
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you actual flashing will only take like five minutes maybe ten, it will take you longer to get your download than it will to flash, once you boot to recovery it only takes a minute or two to flash each zip so its not a long process
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@N_psycho_PD_uh? Thanks for the help. I think I'll stick with the ones i've got downloaded then, and use the third party apps. Until the newer ones become more stable. Do you happen to know with the ROM I've got downloaded if I need the extra sd card? Just wondering because if I don't then I can try doing this shortly.
Also it's been awhile since I've looked at all this, so I was just making sure I had everything on my phone that i needed and the unbrick image. I ran this dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/Unbrick.img bs=4096 count=50000 to make a backup (from terminal emulator). Where on earth did the unbrick.img go? I can't seem to find it anywhere on my sdcard. But it actually looked like it did run the command. I'm slightly confused.
MrsELF said:
I truly appreciate the help! I just need to find the rom that I know want to use. You say the riskiest part is over.... Well that happened to be the EASIEST part! It seriuosly took like two seconds to root the phone. I just am nervous that I'm not finding the "correct" rom for my phone. And it's like I need to find a half an hour of my time to attempt to do this once i find an old sim card.
Random question for you, I read in that thread you linked, that you haven't rooted/flashed your phone. Is there a reason why?
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rooting and recovery on your device just happens to be easy, don't be fooled its not so easy on a lot of devices, you just got lucky and got an easy one, actually this device can be rooted, recovery and rommed all without using a pc even once, therez an app called towelroot that is just a 1 click and its rooted, EZ recovery is a 1 click for recovery and ROM Manager is an app that lets you find a ROM, download it and boot straight from ROM Manager into recovery without having to use the buttons to boot there then it flashes whst you selected, easy as pie, plus no risk because the apps won't dont even make it possible to choose or do wrong, just a few clicks and a few minutes and your full custom all without touching a pc but I'm not so fortunate because I have the H2
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@N_psycho_PD_uh? A couple of questions:
1. I ran this to get the unbrick image (this is the backup that I would need to restore it right?) dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/Unbrick.img bs=4096 count=50000
Or is there a different backup I need to take? I saw on some other video or someplace, that if you boot into recovery mode, you can take a backup from there. I don't see that option.
2. When I go into recovery mode, it doesn't look like the video I watched or what you described. I would think i should see a "install from zip" option but there isn't. Here is what I have:
reboot system now
apply update from ADB
apply update from external storage - I'm assuming I'd pick this one, and when I do I can then navigate to the place where I have my ROM stored.
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache.
Sorry for the dumb questions and hand holding
ETA: I have ROM Manager installed, but I don't think i actually have clockwork mod installed.... Looks like I need to figure out how to install that.
ETA: I know how to install it, but I have to figure out what phone model to use.
MrsELF said:
@N_psycho_PD_uh? A couple of questions:
1. I ran this to get the unbrick image (this is the backup that I would need to restore it right?) dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/Unbrick.img bs=4096 count=50000
Or is there a different backup I need to take? I saw on some other video or someplace, that if you boot into recovery mode, you can take a backup from there. I don't see that option.
2. When I go into recovery mode, it doesn't look like the video I watched or what you described. I would think i should see a "install from zip" option but there isn't. Here is what I have:
reboot system now
apply update from ADB
apply update from external storage - I'm assuming I'd pick this one, and when I do I can then navigate to the place where I have my ROM stored.
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache.
Sorry for the dumb questions and hand holding
ETA: I have ROM Manager installed, but I don't think i actually have clockwork mod installed.... Looks like I need to figure out how to install that.
ETA: I know how to install it, but I have to figure out what phone model to use.
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the unbrick img was a good idea, if you want to be sure you did it right then go to the XDA home page and click the xda search box and type How to unbrick sch-i535, that will take you to a post with detailed instructions on how to make and use the unbrick.img
you have your stock recovery still so use either Rom manager or EZ recovery apps to find your CWM (clockworkmod) you are looking for the one for the verizon s3
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go in your terminal emulator and type command "adb reboot nvdata backup" that will nake a backup of your imei for restoring data connectivity if something happens, you shouldn't need the unbrick and the nvdata backup though, but they are nice to have, you can do a search on each for more instructions on how to make and use them, what gave you the idea to make your backups? I saw that you've been to AA51, did you read my OP there or something?
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I deleted that OP because with the fixes that we found the dangers that I had listed in my OP are no longer a problem.
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N_psycho_PD_uh? said:
the unbrick img was a good idea, if you want to be sure you did it right then go to the XDA home page and click the xda search box and type How to unbrick sch-i535, that will take you to a post with detailed instructions on how to make and use the unbrick.img
you have your stock recovery still so use either Rom manager or EZ recovery apps to find your CWM (clockworkmod) you are looking for the one for the verizon s3
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go in your terminal emulator and type command "adb reboot nvdata backup" that will nake a backup of your imei for restoring data connectivity if something happens, you shouldn't need the unbrick and the nvdata backup though, but they are nice to have, you can do a search on each for more instructions on how to make and use them, what gave you the idea to make your backups? I saw that you've been to AA51, did you read my OP there or something?
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I deleted that OP because with the fixes that we found the dangers that I had listed in my OP are no longer a problem.
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Thank you SO much!
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Thank you SO much!
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I'm not sure about the older roms and the sim card. Did you find your unbrick.img?
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Yes I did somehow it was on my phone and not the sdcard.
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I'm not sure about the older roms and the sim card. Did you find your unbrick.img?
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I gotta give it to ya, you're being thorough and doing your reasearch and not only looking to flash but also preparing solutions for any problems you may have and how to get it back, that's good, that's what I did when I did the research for this device, there are three completely different versions of the sch-s968c and the differences matter when flashing, H1 is fine but with the H2 there is one with a qcom chipset and one with a Exynos chipset and that matters, so I gathered all my pieces before going any further, the only thing you don't have that I do are the camera files from the thread and the modem file, those are tricky to use but I think you can handle it, btw there is a link in the thread that takes you to detailed unbrick instructions.
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Yes I did somehow it was on my phone and not the sdcard.
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yes operations like that are written to internal sd from terminal emulator, you can actually use an app called Titanium Backup to nake your emulator a system app instead of a user app
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N_psycho_PD_uh? said:
the unbrick img was a good idea, if you want to be sure you did it right then go to the XDA home page and click the xda search box and type How to unbrick sch-i535, that will take you to a post with detailed instructions on how to make and use the unbrick.img
you have your stock recovery still so use either Rom manager or EZ recovery apps to find your CWM (clockworkmod) you are looking for the one for the verizon s3
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go in your terminal emulator and type command "adb reboot nvdata backup" that will nake a backup of your imei for restoring data connectivity if something happens, you shouldn't need the unbrick and the nvdata backup though, but they are nice to have, you can do a search on each for more instructions on how to make and use them, what gave you the idea to make your backups? I saw that you've been to AA51, did you read my OP there or something?
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I deleted that OP because with the fixes that we found the dangers that I had listed in my OP are no longer a problem.
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One last thing @N_psycho_PD_uh? I started searching for adb reboot nvdata backup. I can't find much about it. What exactly does this do? How do I restore if I need it? Where is the file stored? I was able to get CWM installed, and i took a backup from the recovery mode. Should I still backup the IMEI? I'm assuming so, but just figured that the backup I took from the recovery should be fine if I need to restore, right?
N_psycho_PD_uh? said:
I gotta give it to ya, you're being thorough and doing your reasearch and not only looking to flash but also preparing solutions for any problems you may have and how to get it back, that's good, that's what I did when I did the research for this device, there are three completely different versions of the sch-s968c and the differences matter when flashing, H1 is fine but with the H2 there is one with a qcom chipset and one with a Exynos chipset and that matters, so I gathered all my pieces before going any further, the only thing you don't have that I do are the camera files from the thread and the modem file, those are tricky to use but I think you can handle it, btw there is a link in the thread that takes you to detailed unbrick instructions.
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yes operations like that are written to internal sd from terminal emulator, you can actually use an app called Titanium Backup to nake your emulator a system app instead of a user app
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Like I said I work in a tech field, I've had to restore in the past (not phones but other systems), and not having the proper backups make restoring a nightmare. So I have found (from past experience) it is SO much easier to be prepared for the worst to happen, and be happy when you don't need to use those files
Thanks again for all your help and guidance I really do appreciate it.