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[Q] Need help getting back to stock, please...

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?
Cyanogen Powered; Android designed

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?
Cyanogen Powered; Android designed
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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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BorisZX6R said:
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 .

Bought Evo on eBay... has s-off but recovery goes to red triangle

Ok bought an evo on eBay, after getting rid of my evo for a blackberry and realizing I made a huge mistake. It's used but like new.
I go to the boot screen and it says s-off. Then I select recovery but it goes to an evo with a red triangle.
What can I do?
Thanks
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If you can acess the bootloader, I would recommend searching in the rooting wiki and look for a PCIMG file place that in the root of the sd card(hopefully your comp has a media reader) and insert the sd card with that file and the bootloader should detect when you select recovery.
What that file does is resets everything on the phone to stock. if you could find a RUU that might work but if your comp cant see the phone its useless i hope this helps
oh hey just stole this from a post from mattykins(thanks for the link) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884060

josh995 said:
Ok bought an evo on eBay, after getting rid of my evo for a blackberry and realizing I made a huge mistake. It's used but like new.
I go to the boot screen and it says s-off. Then I select recovery but it goes to an evo with a red triangle.
What can I do?
Thanks
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If you're s off, your rooted. The triangle means you have no recovery. All you need to do is flash a PC36IMG of recovery, using the bootloader. Once you do that, you'll have recovery, and can flash a rom of your choice. That's it. No need to re root or ruu or anything like that. Just recovery, that's it.
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If you're s off, your rooted. The triangle means you have no recovery. All you need to do is flash a PC36IMG of recovery, using the bootloader. Once you do that, you'll have recovery, and can flash a rom of your choice. That's it. No need to re root or ruu or anything like that. Just recovery, that's it.
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or you could install clockwork mod and make it even easier on yourself by installing recovery through there

k2buckley said:
If you're s off, your rooted. The triangle means you have no recovery. All you need to do is flash a PC36IMG of recovery, using the bootloader. Once you do that, you'll have recovery, and can flash a rom of your choice. That's it. No need to re root or ruu or anything like that. Just recovery, that's it.
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Could you do a huuuuge favor for a newbie and link me to the file I need to flash?
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iitreatedii said:
or you could install clockwork mod and make it even easier on yourself by installing recovery through there
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This would probably be the easiest thing. DL clockwork from the market and install the recovery I prefer amon_ra it will be at the bottom under alternate recoveries. Also do a nand backup as soon as you have a recovery.

I agree with above, just get rom manager from the market and flash a recovery...simple
We're comin from a pure power source.

josh995 said:
Could you do a huuuuge favor for a newbie and link me to the file I need to flash?
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SUre, give me one sec to upload a file for you. And as the other guys suggested, flashing a recovery using ROM manager would be your easiest bet. HOWEVER, if you dont have the SUPER USER app, (which i bet you do not), rom manager wont work. t herefore you cant flash anything with it.
So give me one sec, and i'll upload what you need to flash, with instructions for ya
EDIT: I attatched a recovery for you. It's Amon Ra V2.3. Download the PC36IMG, and leave it named exactly as it is. Place the file on the main directory (root) of your sd card. Power your phone off completely. Then boot to the bootloader by holding the power and volume down buttons simultaneously. When it gets to the bootloader, after a sec it will scan for files, and find the PC36IMG. It will then ask you if you want to update, so select yes (volume UP). Once it's done flashing, it'll ask you to reboot. Select no. Then choose the 'recovery' option from the bootloader menu. You should now successfully boot into Amon Ra V2.3 recovery. From that point, you can create a backup of your current setup. Then you can perform a full wipe, and then flash the rom of your choice.

And what ever you do DON'T restore a nandroid from your old phone. You will wipe out your 4g if the wimax partition is included in the nandroid.
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k2buckley said:
SUre, give me one sec to ........
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Thanks man, a lot!

josh995 said:
Thanks man, a lot!
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You're welcome. Never a problem at all. Let us know if you need any more assistance getting things up and running.

Ok that worked. I now have Amon ra recovery
But, lol, one more question. Amon ra has changed since I've had an evo.. now when I select backup, it has a list of things I want to back up with "[x]" next to them. Which items should I select? It didn't have that feature in the past so I'm a little lost.
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josh995 said:
Ok that worked. I now have Amon ra recovery
But, lol, one more question. Amon ra has changed since I've had an evo.. now when I select backup, it has a list of things I want to back up with "[x]" next to them. Which items should I select? It didn't have that feature in the past so I'm a little lost.
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Right, that feature was added after version 1.8.0 (which I still use). I believe you want to check all of the boxes, for your first backup. (I'm not sure if you need to have everything checked after that, but I'm sure it couldn't hurt). I've seen people say that you only need to back up your wimax one time, then keep the file in a safe place (it's your RSA keys), however I just can't see what the problem is with backing it up each time. I kind of like the simplicity of 1.8.0, just hit backup and let it do it's thing. Whatever the heck 1.8.0 automatically backs up on its own, works perfectly fine for me, lol.
So I would just check everything off, and then let it perform the backup.
EDIT: and sorry I don't have more info on that for ya. I'm sure someone else who regulrarly uses ar 2.3 will chime in, and give you a more solid answer. I just simply don't use that recovery, as I never saw a need to 'upgrade' from 1.8.0, because it has always worked flawlessly for me. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I'd say you could use 1.8.0 if you wanted to, but I believe it won't work on the 004 hardware phones with the 0040000 size erase block.

Ok cool.
Thanks again
And yes i remember the simple way, things are supposed to get easier as time goes on, not more complicated, haha!
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Mytouch 4g stock splash screens

I'm not sure if this is the right place for this, because its a request not a question... sorry if its not.
I need the stock splash screen for mytouch 4g. I changed it to the nexus s Google splash screen when I switched to cm7. I need to unroot it to use the insurance for a replacement. My power button stopped working and the micro-usb port only charges occasionally now. Any help with this would be awesome. I tried searching but I have to from my phone at the moment and that makes it pretty difficult to sift through countless xda pages. Lol.
#AngelFace#

Look in the theme section, there's multiple threads on splash screens. I'm pretty sure, one of them had the stock one.
From my fist to your face, enjoy.

Go to the theme thread in the 4g section. If not, unroot. U should have the stock splash screen.
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Blazin'j83 said:
Go to the theme thread in the 4g section. If not, unroot. U should have the stock splash screen.
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Even if he unroots, it'll still be what ever he changed it to. You can flash roms left an right, but that'll still always be the same. The location of the splash screen file is different then where we have our roms located.
From my fist to your face, enjoy.

/b/rotherJudas said:
I'm not sure if this is the right place for this, because its a request not a question... sorry if its not.
I need the stock splash screen for mytouch 4g. I changed it to the nexus s Google splash screen when I switched to cm7. I need to unroot it to use the insurance for a replacement. My power button stopped working and the micro-usb port only charges occasionally now. Any help with this would be awesome. I tried searching but I have to from my phone at the moment and that makes it pretty difficult to sift through countless xda pages. Lol.
#AngelFace#
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I backed up everything from when I first flashed a new rom, including the splash.
Here's a link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YE603C62
Here's how to change it though you should already know:
Here is how to flash a new splash screen image to your phone using Terminal emulator.
Please keep in mind that as with any mod you can damage your phone beyond repair if done incorrectly.
1. Rename your 480x800 image file to (custom.img) and move it to your sdcard.
2.Open Terminal Emulator and type "su" to get a #
3.Then type this exactly as it appears and hit enter. Make sure not to make any mistakes!!!
dd if=/mnt/sdcard/custom.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p19
It should show you that the file has transfered. You can now back out of terminal emulator and reboot
your phone to see the new splash screen.
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Thank you. I downloaded and unrared the file. But I can't seem to get it with terminal emulator. I typed the commands exactly, and even tried modifying them as my phone shows /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.2/mmcblk0op19
Any ideas?
#AngelFace#

Before there's a need to ask. I unrared it and put the custom.img in the root folder of my sdcard.
#AngelFace#

splash screen flasher
Try this, it worked for me
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/splash-screen-flasher-and-image-converter-tool/

Cant BOOT my phone after recovery mode

hello People!! need some help with my htc mytouch4g...
i installed BeatMod BlissSense Hybrid v2.4.zip from recovery mode..wen trying to reboot with new rom..the phone freeZes on the tmobile mytouch4g logo..
i factory reset the phone again.. and then reboot it..but still the same error!!
any suggestions?? help me!

try another rom or re-download

i would do that only if i was able to boot my phone!!

Muru11 said:
i would do that only if i was able to boot my phone!!
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you cant get into recovery? with the device off power on holding volume down and power button then go to recovery and boot into it manually that way

no..i can go there..n i wipe all my data and factory reseted the phone..but it wont re-boot again!

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no..i can go there..n i wipe all my data and factory reseted the phone..but it wont re-boot again!
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there is a option that says recovery you go to that one and it should boot you into recovery

yea got into recovery..btw am using clockworkmod v5
wen i click reboot system now..the phone freezes on the logo!!

Muru11 said:
yea got into recovery..btw am using clockworkmod v5
wen i click reboot system now..the phone freezes on the logo!!
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you need to flash another rom something is bad with the one you flashed wiping wont fix anything if the system is corrupt somewhere restore via nandroid or flash a completely different rom thats your only choices.

ok thank you but how would i flash with a new rom if i cant access my phone??

Muru11 said:
ok thank you but how would i flash with a new rom if i cant access my phone??
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flash through recovery go into the bootloader (bootloader=phone off volume down hold power) use the volume rockers and go to recovery and boot into CLOCKWORKMOD recovery which is what you said you have then do a full wipe and install rom normally. if you cant do this then no offense but you really shouldnt be messing with your phone... if all else fails download the stock rom and flash through the bootloader

wen u say install rom normally..wat do u mean?? i did carry out a full wipe..n rebooted my phone..but froze there!!

Muru11 said:
wen u say install rom normally..wat do u mean?? i did carry out a full wipe..n rebooted my phone..but froze there!!
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download the ROMNAME.zip put it on your sdcard where you can find it then go into clockworkmod recovery and go to install zip from sdcard choose zip from sdcard navigate to where you saved your ROMNAME.zip select it and it will install use virtuous sense and stick with that cause if anything happens you seem new and i dont think you will know how to fix it...
and wiping isn't gonna magically fix the fact that your operating system is f'd up but you should wipe before flashing a new rom cause it will screw up the new rom flashed

leme download and flash with a new rom! thank u!..

Muru11 said:
leme download and flash with a new rom! thank u!..
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no problem but after its fixed try and stay aways from doing this until you fully understand everything cause you could brick your device

Muru11 said:
ok thank you but how would i flash with a new rom if i cant access my phone??
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... Ever heard of taking out the SDcard, plugging it into the computer, and get a new Rom that way??
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... Ever heard of taking out the SDcard, plugging it into the computer, and get a new Rom that way??
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gotta be patient we were all once noobs at one time... but i think this guy takes the cake lol

it striked me late..thats wat i did..lol!!

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gotta be patient we were all once noobs at one time... but i think this guy takes the cake lol
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I admire your patience. *golf clap*
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Muru11 said:
hello People!! need some help with my htc mytouch4g...
i installed BeatMod BlissSense Hybrid v2.4.zip from recovery mode..wen trying to reboot with new rom..the phone freeZes on the tmobile mytouch4g logo..
i factory reset the phone again.. and then reboot it..but still the same error!!
any suggestions?? help me![/QUOTE
If you look in the thread for blisssense, there are several posts where people complained about the same thing with 2.4. Zfreak has released 3.1 which is the one you would want.
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The clockworkmod method doesn't always work.
Mine right now is doing this same problem and when I go into recovery Clockworkmod only gives me the red triangle of death. And yes, all my recoveries are flashed with the correct versions. (I know what I'm doing)
Sometimes there's just a series of things that all goes wrong in the perfect order.

[HOWTO] Flash a rom the n00b Pro way

****This How TO was made for use with ClockworkMod Recovery. And may not work on other recoverys.****
To make this easier we will use Rom Manager for some of this How To. Here is the download link https://market.android.com/details?...xLDEsImNvbS5rb3VzaGlrZHV0dGEucm9tbWFuYWdlciJd
**Step 1**
If you don't have ClockworkMod Recovery please continue follow this step. If you have it or dont want to use ClockworkMod Recovery move to the next step.
1.) In Rom Manager choose “Flash ClockworkMod Recovery” and select you fone. And follow the step that are giving to you. Now you have ClockworkMod Recovery on your fone.
**Step 2**
Now with that said download your new soon to be favorite rom. You can find some here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13633553&postcount=2 .
After you download the rom move it to the root of your SD card(not a must but it does make it easier). Remember on some rom you must also download and flash the GAPPS. Make sure you download the needed zip and move to the root of your SD card also.
**Google Wallet Step** (Not Required)
Also if you rom does not include Google Wallet you may want to run down the flash-able zip and also put it on the root of your SD card.
**Step 3**
Now it is time too boot into ClockworkMod Recovery. Goto Rom Manager and select”Reboot into Recovery”
Now you should be in ClockworkMod Recovery.
How to navigate in ClockworkMod Recovery: Volume Rocker = Up/Down, Power Button = Select, Back Button = Back(duh)
Now I would suggest backing up your current rom by doing a nandroid backup. Use this guide to learn how. http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=How_to_backup_or_recover_via_Nandroid
**Step 4**
Now in ClockworkMod Recovery it is time to prepare your fone to flash the new rom.
1.) Got “wipe cache parition” and select it. Then select “ Yes – Wipe Cache” Now t should take you back t he first screen.
2.) Goto “advanced” and select it.
3.) Now goto “Wipe Dalvik Cache” Then select “ Yes – Wipe Davik Cache” Now t should take you back the advanced screen.
4.) Next go back to the main screen and select “mounts and storage”
5.) Now format /system, /cache, /data, /boot
**Step 5**
Now that we have prepared our fone to flash the rom it is time to do that now.
1.) On the main screen goto “install zip from sdcard”
2.) Now choose “choose zip from sdcard”
3.) Next find the rom zip and select it(if you put it on the root of you SD card it should be somewhere near the bottom)
4.) Now just select “Yes” your rom will install it's self now. When it is done it will take you back to the screen in step 2 of this step.
**GAPPS Step** (Skip if your rom does not need you to flash the GAPPS or if you just dont need them.)
1.) Select “choose zip from sdcard”
2.) Next find the GAPPS zip and select it(if you put it on the root of you SD card it should be somewhere near the bottom)
3.) Now just select “Yes” GAPPS will install it's self now. When it is done it will take you back to the screen in step 1 of this step.
**Google Wallet Step** (Skip this if you do not wish to flash Google Wallet.)
4.) Select “choose zip from sdcard”
5.) Next find the Google Wallet zip and select it(if you put it on the root of you SD card it should be somewhere near the bottom)
6.) Now just select “Yes” Google Wallet will install it's self now. When it is done it will take you back to the screen in step 1 of this step.
**Step 6**
Go back to the main screen of ClockworkMod Recovery and choose “reboot system now”. Your fone will reboot it's self. This first reboot can take upto 5 to 10 minutes this is normal. When you fone boots into your new rom follow the on screen directions to see up your Google account. When done reboot your system. Now you are done.
Thanks & Credits:
I would like to thank Koushik Dutta for making Rom Manager and ClockworkMod.
I also would like to thank Vandam500 for his great thread [REF] Complete List of Roms | Kernels | Rooting/Other Guides for Nexus S 4G (CDMA)
And XDA for the How to backup or recover via Nandroid wiki.

10 so this is mine

Good for n00bs. + 1
Follow the leader @corythug

corythug said:
Good for n00bs. + 1
Follow the leader @corythug
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Well I have looked over tons of post ask how to flash a rom so I made this one. Plus this is the only way I can get Google wallet to work on any rom.
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great contribution to the community

Naww. The pro way would be through adb.
This is pointless. Would you like to tell us how to do a battery pull as well?
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Naww. The pro way would be through adb.
This is pointless. Would you like to tell us how to do a battery pull as well?
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no ill leave that to u for your next How To

Shark_On_Land said:
Naww. The pro way would be through adb.
This is pointless. Would you like to tell us how to do a battery pull as well?
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So your saying that you don't know how to do a battery pull?? Haha. I'm kidding, I'm kidding.
Well said instructions OP.

Shark_On_Land said:
Naww. The pro way would be through adb.
This is pointless. Would you like to tell us how to do a battery pull as well?
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I think u would say Fastboot !!!

Shark_On_Land said:
Naww. The pro way would be through adb.
This is pointless. Would you like to tell us how to do a battery pull as well?
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using adb would the expert way. its kewl for the sake of noobs. need small name change in title, but its kewl.

info[]box1 said:
using adb would the expert way. its kewl for the sake of noobs. need small name change in title, but its kewl.
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ty for point out that ADB is the expert way +1 to you. Also ty for you feedback on the title noted and changed

Isn't this info already available in xxx threads and stickies? Nice try though.
And wtf is this in the DEVELOPMENT forum?

OP, ignore the haters. They have nothing else to do but pretend they are pro with a Nexus s
Even though most ppl figure out cwm, Its ddifferent per phone. The x10 used xrecovery, so when I switched phones I was like. . . What is cwm.
When I messed with the Droid 2 and d2global, cwm worked in a whole differant way that could brick phones.
So I think its useful for phones to have there own cement thread, as it WILL help someone who's having a tough time .
If someone's gotta be an arse about a polite attempt to help fellow xda members, get a life and go flame a fanboy thread instead.
Good job op
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Windst said:
OP, ignore the haters. They have nothing else to do but pretend they are pro with a Nexus s
Even though most ppl figure out cwm, Its ddifferent per phone. The x10 used xrecovery, so when I switched phones I was like. . . What is cwm.
When I messed with the Droid 2 and d2global, cwm worked in a whole differant way that could brick phones.
So I think its useful for phones to have there own cement thread, as it WILL help someone who's having a tough time .
If someone's gotta be an arse about a polite attempt to help fellow xda members, get a life and go flame a fanboy thread instead.
Good job op
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Ty very much....but also remember the more haters u have the better ur doin...everyone ol needs haters. I take it as a compliment..cuz u know they want to just like me.
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You've got to be kidding me.

jralabate said:
Ty very much....but also remember the more haters u have the better ur doin...everyone ol needs haters. I take it as a compliment..cuz u know they want to just like me.
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Haha! That's the spirit! Think positive.

+1
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Braneless said:
You've got to be kidding me.
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PLEASE don't feed!!! EGO is big enough...
jralabate said:
Ty very much....but also remember the more haters u have the better ur doin...everyone ol needs haters. I take it as a compliment..cuz u know they want to just like me.
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You are correct sir...
"There are only two kinds of people in the world.
The people who like me and the people who don't, the people who don't, hate me cause they ain't me."
By the way nice write up, and thanks for being a friend in the community.
Though I may not need it there was a time in my life I needed tutorials, and if I want to keep learning the layers of android, I still do, everyone does...
Thanks again!

Thanx for this, i just got my first androind phone this will help in knowing how to properly do it

Basche said:
Thanx for this, i just got my first androind phone this will help in knowing how to properly do it
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I remember you, you were running cm7 since at least September.
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