is there a way to completely restore an EPIC with an RUU type of program like the ones for the EVO
i have tried to restore using the recovery and by going through the settings also
i need something to take SU away i have a half root or something and want to start fresh
Search on "odin" in the dev thread, or about 10 threads down in dev.
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I'm not interested in a2sd if that's what your thinking. I had a Rom install go wrong and now I've lost root but can still boot into clockwork recovery. I'm really annoyed by the fact I can boot to recovery for no reason, also I tried to install the. 6 software update and the installation fails then leaves me in recovery mode. I just want to know what would happen were I to format any of the partitions, boot and system come to mind. Please be very specific as I think this may be one way to brick the phone.
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It's nearly impossible to brick your phone. I'm still very new to this whole world and the wealth of info out there, but have found if all else fails run the ruu and start all over again from scratch and back up your work frequently. The greatest ways to learn are by messing up and having to start over or figure out what YOU messed up or where YOU went wrong. That and read, read and read some more.... oh and did I mention READ?!
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Lol yeah, I went up to a Sprint store today hoping to get them to redo the 2.1 Ruu and was told that it cannot be done. Based on this, I have no idea how to get back to stock without re-rooting I guess.
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Hi everyone,
I have a friend who owns a mytouch 4g and he did root the device using instructions on the forum, visionary and then terminal emulator...
Everything was working great.
Then he did something stupid which is follow a youtube video on how to overclock but he ignored the fact that this procedure required running a custom rom on your phone.
This is the youtube link he followed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amEwtRSH5ZQ
Now when attempting to turn his phone on it shows Mytouch 4G splash screen then reboots and it keeps doing the same thing over and over
I have a Samsung Vibrant and if something goes wrong I can always use Odin and place the phone in Download mode to bring it back to stock...
Is there such a procedure for the mytouch 4g and can someone provide step by step or point me in the right direction please or is there any other way to get this phone to boot up normally, or revert back to stock?!
I tried searching the forum but it seems to me that everything required the phone being able to boot up normally...
Thank you.
Have you tried taking the battery out for 30 seconds, i have a htc hd2 and how i get back to factory settings on my phone i turn the phone off and it comes back to wnd 2.6. I hope this helps
Isn't hd2 windows mobile?!
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Load the PD15IMG on the sdacard and boot into HBoot for a 100% stock restore. Links can be found in the development section. Or flash a new ROM that will replace the kernel. Did he do a nandroid backup?
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neidlinger said:
Load the PD15IMG on the sdacard and boot into HBoot for a 100% stock restore. Links can be found in the development section. Or flash a new ROM that will replace the kernel. Did he do a nandroid backup?
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Thank you! I am doing it as I type this. Watching the progress bar now, at about 1/2 blue....
Hopefully it will work.
Thanks again!
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After it was done it asked if I want to run the update, didn't know what to select so I hit yes, and it seemed to do the same thing all over again but this time after the initial progress bar it actually said updating unzipping and whatever not in like 7 or 8 different steps and then it said press power to reboot.
Did this step revert to stock recovery or is the cwm recovery still intact somewhere?! How would I verify?!
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After it was done it asked if I want to run the update, didn't know what to select so I hit yes, and it seemed to do the same thing all over again but this time after the initial progress bar it actually said updating unzipping and whatever not in like 7 or 8 different steps and then it said press power to reboot.
Did this step revert to stock recovery or is the cwm recovery still intact somewhere?! How would I verify?!
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Yup it certainly will. The pd15img file is auto extracting once u load ur bootloader...loading everything by default...so cwm will be gone on ur phone..
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Thank you guys, everything is up and running again . It feels good to have a working device again .
I was the stock ROM with my epic rooted ( so i could use wifi hotspot). I got a notice saying 2.2 was finally available, clicked install now and my phone downloaded and then restarted. Then it said install failed and gave me the option to reboot now.
thoughts on how to get froyo working?
Bj
Supposedly , it might be because the root deleted thbe bloatware. I reinstalled all te bloatware ad tried themanual install and it failed. I think you have to remove root and reset phone to stock
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Samsung.exe
Its a pain...but once it updates the phone and you unplug it, its root galore!
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will I lose all my apps and date files on my phone?
Yeah. That's why I said its a pain
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Its basically odin
It puts it into factory settings and th flashes for a clean install
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If you used one click root, and it deleted the Asphalt Demo, give this a shot. Also take a look at richse's post. This will keep you from having to wipe off your phone completely.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11539382#post11539382
Use Backup to gmail to save your phone log and sms. Use tb or my backup to save your files and data. Odin to eb13 (get .exe file from samsung, install on windows, find .tar file in folder) and do your restores. Restoring data across different firmware is sometimes eventful.
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as Klownin says, it's probably the asphalt demo missing. Why they have it set to remove that app when it's known to cause issues in the future with updates is beyond me. Should be left there for the user to back it up and remove it much like all the other crap is left!
99.999% sure the missing demo is your issue, and it can be fixed
To be fair, having clockworkmod in the one-click also breaks updates. If the updates are going to be broken already, why not remove useless files?
Get the cwm flashable eb13 from this thread and flash it with clockworkmod. It will update you from di18->eb13. You don't need to reinstall asphalt. You won't lose your apps and settings.
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I will upload the apk oclf or one click lag fix app. Once this app is installed select root device then click fire it up and once done reboot into recovery and select reinstall packages. that's it, you're rooted, please anyone who does this save the apk to your computer or sd card on your phone so you can always root easily or help someone else if need be. if you try to download this app from the market it no longer has the root option. this is the original apk and EASIEST way to root your vibrant
Or you could just download it from the market...where it has been for almost as long as its been created.
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Or you could just download it from the market...where it has been for almost as long as its been created.
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you can't get it from the market anymore... something about the app apparently violated google terms so he had to take it down.
you can download Z4 root from places around the internet(search), put that on your internal SD and run it. It takes even fewer steps to gain root access
I've never understood why people find this easier than downloading a file and putting that file on the root of your internal...
Does this method work for the people who used mini kies to get stock froyo? Didn't know how this played with the 3E stock recovery.
Well I have tried the stock froyo from mini keys and personally I didn't like it. But every time I've odined back to stock 2.1 update 1 firmware, I'm rooted and back on a custom rom in minutes. And if theres an easier way to root have at it, this is just the method I use and has worked every time for me.
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So I ran this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=915617
and it said that I had no rsa keys, so I went to my first nandroid before I switched to a custom rom nandroid backups, and a wimax.(my phones host ID I think).img existed in the folder. So I restored it.
After it was done I ran the app again, and it said that my keys were still not there. Afterwards, I went back to recovery and went to backup/restore and choose advance restore and checked the things I could restore, wimax wasn't among them, even though the file was there.
So my question: Is there anything I can do to restore them? I do have a backup.
Thanks in advance.
Have you tried using 4G? Maybe it just isn't reporting back correctly. Was your first nandroid done with the recovery the OP posted in the perm root thread where you had to manually backup the wimax keys or did you download rom manager from the market and install your recovery that way which backs them up automatically?
I have tried using 4G, but it doesn't work, I've tried other backups as well to no avail.
And it was with clockworkmod I made my backup, not manually
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You could try the 2.2 ruu then reroot,maybe that would fix things don't know if the keys are individual device specific.
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Nope... -_-
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You could try the 2.2 ruu then reroot,maybe that would fix things don't know if the keys are individual device specific.
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Tried it, but my rsa keys are still missing. Anything else to do, I have them backed up with clockwork, it just won't recognize them or restore them.
I wonder if you could push them with adb?
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I think I would pm bcnice or someone from the perm root thread who seem knowledgable about such things. I only mention bcnice because in his original root instructions he had us manually back them up so I assume he probably knows how to restore the backups. I have a feeling many people would be willing to help but they probably don't frequent this board too often.