[Q] how do I remove the Clockworkmod and the bootloader? - Blade General

Hello, I have an Optimus San Francisco which I have rooted and loaded a custom rom using Clockworkmod.
However, I have a problem with the phone which means I want to return it to Optimus and I need to remove all the custom stuff. I have already re-loaded the stock Optimus firmware and erased the data and cache with Clockworkmod.
So my question is... how do I remove the Clockworkmod and the bootloader?? I want to get rid of the "VOL down PWR on" bootloader.
Best Regards,
Pedro Gomes

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pedrogomes29 said:
Hello, I have an Optimus San Francisco which I have rooted and loaded a custom rom using Clockworkmod.
However, I have a problem with the phone which means I want to return it to Optimus and I need to remove all the custom stuff. I have already re-loaded the stock Optimus firmware and erased the data and cache with Clockworkmod.
So my question is... how do I remove the Clockworkmod and the bootloader?? I want to get rid of the "VOL down PWR on" bootloader.
Best Regards,
Pedro Gomes
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You need a dump of a stock ROM for your device, that will replace the boot sector as well & leave the system as it was originally.
Have a look over at MoDaCo to see if there is a stock ROM suitable there;
h**p://android.modaco.com/category/453/zte-blade-blade-modaco-com/
I'm not allowed to post direct links yet so just correct the line above
[Edit] Just spotted one here in this forum;
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883700

pellonet said:
You need a dump of a stock ROM for your device, that will replace the boot sector as well & leave the system as it was originally.
Have a look over at MoDaCo to see if there is a stock ROM suitable there;
h**p://android.modaco.com/category/453/zte-blade-blade-modaco-com/
I'm not allowed to post direct links yet so just correct the line above
[Edit] Just spotted one here in this forum;
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883700
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What if when i flash the stock rom posted in that topic (for the Greek version of ZTE Blade), doesnt remove the clockworks recovery?

linkinpark4175 said:
What if when i flash the stock rom posted in that topic (for the Greek version of ZTE Blade), doesnt remove the clockworks recovery?
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The stock ROMs are a dump of the original phone system so the boot sector gets replaced & this is where the clockwork stuff is.
With the original software etc. back in place but with the clockwork still installed you could always take the phone back & gamble that they will not know it is there, not many phone shop staff are that knowledgeable about these things (apologies to any members who are phone shop staff).
If they do find the clockwork stuff then just plead innocence/ignorance & try accusing them of supplying you with 'tampered' goods suggesting that this may be the reason why it is faulty.

hxxp://content.modaco.net/dropzone/blade-boot+recovery-images.zip
flash recovery.img to the recovery partition with fastboot
(fastboot.exe flash recovery recovery.img)

pellonet said:
The stock ROMs are a dump of the original phone system so the boot sector gets replaced & this is where the clockwork stuff is.
With the original software etc. back in place but with the clockwork still installed you could always take the phone back & gamble that they will not know it is there, not many phone shop staff are that knowledgeable about these things (apologies to any members who are phone shop staff).
If they do find the clockwork stuff then just plead innocence/ignorance & try accusing them of supplying you with 'tampered' goods suggesting that this may be the reason why it is faulty.
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Always a gamble but took Orange ZTE back without Orange launcher debranded as worked out WiFi didn't work from offset..
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markusj said:
hxxp://content.modaco.net/dropzone/blade-boot+recovery-images.zip
flash recovery.img to the recovery partition with fastboot
(fastboot.exe flash recovery recovery.img)
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Thanks a lot
Regards

Related

Anyone Willing to Help? Stock To FroYo

I guess I missed this over the weekend and I am looking for the original install that I dont need to have root for. I have been reading over the threads here and in the Dev forum and I am not seeing any links to the download for Non-Root users.
I am to much of a ***** to root my phone. i spent way to much cash on it and i am too worried something will go wrong.
So here is want I am asing for
A. The original non root install with instructions on how to do it
or
B. Someone to help walk me through the process of rooting and getting FroYo 2.2 set up on my phone.
Please shoot me a PM if your willing to help out. I am just way to worried if I do this without someone who knows what they are doing I am going to screw up my phone, and my wife would never let me buy another one ...lol
Can somsone help out a fellow Dev, thanks
Sorry I can't post links but here you go
androidandme.com/2010/05/news/how-to-manually-install-android-2-2-on-your-nexus-one/
Ya just found it buried in a thread
Thanks
See if I would have spent another 10 minutes searching I would have found it without having to ask ...lol
Got to remember to scan threads for 30 minutes not 20 before asking ...lol
Or use this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6043779#post6043779
(Or the Root/2.2 links in my sig.)
Okay, I'll give you the general idea, as I understand it:
The FRF50 ROM that was leaked from Google is exclusively for ERE27 Builds only. Unless that is the native build on your phone, you will not be able to apply that as is.
Paul O'Brien, over at Modaco, repacked it so that it can be flashed with any current ROMs. Though he's said that there are no conditions, there in fact are a few stipulations to be aware of.
-If you have never unlocked your bootloader, you won't be able to flash anything at all. Something to think about. There's a few threads here dedicated to this topic alone. It voids your warranty so that is why some people are holding off and waiting for the official OTA update to be released.
-Though it's true that you don't have to be rooted to flash Paul's repack, unless you have ERE27 stock, you need to flash using one of the custom recovery images. And in order to flash your recovery.img, you need to be rooted. So you need to have had rooted before.
So the steps, from stock, would be:
(1) Unlock your bootloader, via flashboot.
(2) Flash superuser to your boot.img (aka rooting)
(3) Flash a custom recovery to recovery.img (I use RA)
(4) Flash Paul's FRF50 repack using said recovery image.
I'm sorry I can't post the links to the relavant posts, but my status as a member doesn't allow me to. Hope this helped clear some things up for you.
Paul22000 said:
Or use this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6043779#post6043779
(Or the Root/2.2 links in my sig.)
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Paul, is that Avatar a picture of YOU?
OMG theres a search feature!!!
Really OMG I didnt know this!
I guess me saying I searched threads and the site for 20 minutes was something you missed.
But thanks to all who actually decided to help and not be another one of these "USE SEARCH" people.
I respect the work you do for us here Paul, but come on man. Read before making a post like that ....lol
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Paul, is that Avatar a picture of YOU?
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All I wil say is:
λ
LOL ...........
you don't need to root to install froyo and you don't need to hook up your nexus to a pc. my method is pretty simple and it works.
edit: I shouldn't say it's my method. Its actully a backdoor to installing froyo.
theletterj said:
Okay, I'll give you the general idea, as I understand it:
The FRF50 ROM that was leaked from Google is exclusively for ERE27 Builds only. Unless that is the native build on your phone, you will not be able to apply that as is.
Paul O'Brien, over at Modaco, repacked it so that it can be flashed with any current ROMs. Though he's said that there are no conditions, there in fact are a few stipulations to be aware of.
-If you have never unlocked your bootloader, you won't be able to flash anything at all. Something to think about. There's a few threads here dedicated to this topic alone. It voids your warranty so that is why some people are holding off and waiting for the official OTA update to be released.
-Though it's true that you don't have to be rooted to flash Paul's repack, unless you have ERE27 stock, you need to flash using one of the custom recovery images. And in order to flash your recovery.img, you need to be rooted. So you need to have had rooted before.
So the steps, from stock, would be:
(1) Unlock your bootloader, via flashboot.
(2) Flash superuser to your boot.img (aka rooting)
(3) Flash a custom recovery to recovery.img (I use RA)
(4) Flash Paul's FRF50 repack using said recovery image.
I'm sorry I can't post the links to the relavant posts, but my status as a member doesn't allow me to. Hope this helped clear some things up for you.
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Okay, there's a lot of good info out there mixed in with a lot of mis-information.
Your steps will work BUT:
I prefer to do it this way:
Unlock the boot loader via fastboot
Flash Amon_RA 170 recovery for Nexus One
Do a nandroid Backup
Flash your ROM of choice (Modaco's FROYO in this case)
If you are running stock recovery, you CAN flash, but only Google's updates. If you have a T-mobile N1 this may work for you without unlocking the bootloader by flashing the Google Froyo Release with the stock recovery:
Google Froyo Release
You must be on release ERE27 for this to work.
Here's a link to some instructions on how to use the stock recovery program:
jp_macaroni's thread
I suspect that since most people have already rooted or cannot get to ERE27, Paul's guide is the best way to go for them.
If you are running a custom recovery, you can flash custom updates, but NOT Google's updates intended for any stock phone/firmware level.
You don't need to root (root access) to the current ROM before flashing a custom ROM. You only need to unlock the bootloader and install a custom recovery image.
jcohenlv said:
OMG theres a search feature!!!
Really OMG I didnt know this!
I guess me saying I searched threads and the site for 20 minutes was something you missed.
But thanks to all who actually decided to help and not be another one of these "USE SEARCH" people.
I respect the work you do for us here Paul, but come on man. Read before making a post like that ....lol
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Yeah you know, everyone is new once. It's easy to sort out the tripe from the real deal when you've been around the block once or twice. Paul is doing his best to be helpful and not cause more confusion.
The problem isn't that people can't search so much as it is that searches yield too much conflicting information, so lets not jump down people's throats when they ask for a point of clarification. Instead, lets start asking moderators to sticky good info and pulling redundant/bad info so that searches are more meaningful. The number of new threads in here because of the Froyo release is mind numbingly high. Let's all try to exercise some patience.
attn1 said:
Okay, there's a lot of good info out there mixed in with a lot of mis-information.
Your steps will work BUT:
I prefer to do it this way:
Unlock the boot loader via fastboot
Flash Amon_RA 170 recovery for Nexus One
Do a Nadroid Backup
Flash your ROM of choice (Modaco's FROYO in this case)
If you are running stock recovery, you CAN flash, but only Google's updates. If you have a T-mobile N1 this may work for you without unlocking the bootloader:
If you are running a custom recovery, you can flash custom updates, but NOT Google's updates intended for any stock phone/firmware level.
You don't need to root (root access) to the current ROM before flashing a custom ROM. You only need to unlock the bootloader and install a custom recovery image.
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I'm not disagreeing with you, but as far as I know, yes, you do have to root in order to flash Amon_RA Recovery to your phone. If that's not correct, I apologize for spreading misinformation.
theletterj said:
I'm not disagreeing with you, but as far as I know, yes, you do have to root in order to flash Amon_RA Recovery to your phone. If that's not correct, I apologize for spreading misinformation.
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You only need to unlock the bootloader. You do not need root.
Unlocking the boot loader allows installation of an alternate recovery, which allows you to install custom software to the existing ROM or to install a custom ROM. It's updating the ROM that allows you to gain root access, not unlocking the boot loader. It goes in this order:
> Unlock boot loader (void warranty - still not rooted)
> Install custom recovery
> nandroid backup (recommended/optional)
> Update ROM (for root access - or not)
The original instructions worked perfect
All that was needed was to change the name to update.zip load it on the root of the SD card then but the phone in bootloader and load recovery from SD.
Took about 5 minutes.
Once the phone came up it did a few things and took about another 5 minutes to chill on the processes then I was able to use the phone without any problems.
So for those interested here are the exact steps:
This is for NON Rooted T-Mobile Version!!!!
To manually install Android 2.2 on the Nexus One, perform the following steps:
1. Download the official Android 2.2 firmware for the Nexus One.
2. Copy the file to your microSD card and name it update.zip (newb warning: not update.zip.zip)
3. Power off your phone.
4. Hold down the VOLUME DOWN button and power it back on.
5. The phone will now search for files like PB00IMG.zip, etc. This is normal. Scroll down to recovery (using Volume Down Key) and press the POWER button.
6. When you see the “/!\” symbol, press the POWER button and the Volume Up button at the same time. You should be presented with a menu and one of the options should be “Apply sdcard:update.zip”.
7. Use the trackball to navigate to “apply sdcard:update.zip” and select it.
8. When you see “Install from sdcard complete”, select “reboot system now”.
Wait 5 minutes, phone will reboot once rebooted let the phone sit for about 5 minutes then you are good to go. It couldn't be any easier

Rogers Recovery Img

Can anyone help me out here. I need the stock recovery.img, or one that is compatible with the Rogers 2.2.1 update "Streak_339_14896_32.pkg"
Need to return a defective unit that has Steves Rom on it and id like to return it to stock first for warranty reasons.
Please help
Bit confused about the MultiRecoveryFlasher too. Does this flash the recovery and the update.pkg all in one? So many ways to do things it becomes confusing for beginners. Any help is sincerely appreciated.
http://mirror2.streakdroid.com/manii/339/recovery.img
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=File:Dell_Streak.png#Official
The WIKI is a great resource, check it out sometime.
So with this recovery and the original udate I should be able to flash my steak back to orig recovery and stock 2.2 with the repair tool the same way I went from that original rom to Steve's 1.9.0?
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Please post in the correct Forums
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Firstly, sorry for posting in the wrong section. First time for that.
Secondly, can anyone answer my question in regards to using the QDL Tool to flash the stock recovery.img that corresponds to Rogers official 2.2.1 update?
Or, can I just flash the recovery.img in fastboot mode and then apply the official update via ClockWork?
Need to get rid of clockwork too though so Ive got myself all confused
The multirecoveryflasher seems like it would do everything I need, but it doesn't include the img file I need for Rogers. Unless one of the ones in there is compatible??
Man, I wish I paid more attention in info tech in school
I don't think you can flash a stock recovery with cwm. Use multi recovery flasher.
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@ eSZee,
Im inclined to think that you are right about that. My only concern was that none of the options in the multirecoveryflasher are what I need. I have the official rogers recovery img and the official Rogers update pkg, so I need to know if I can somehow add them to the program or not. Or, alternatively, can I just use one of the existing options in the program and then update the rom in the stock recovery by choosing the Rogers update pkg? Sooooooo confused. Anyway, ive got to get it figured out as I only have a certain number of days to ship the unit back, otherwise they charge you full price for it.
To complicate things futher.....the screen is F'ed so I cant make anything out on it. I can see the right side of the screen....a bit. Not ideal since in landscape mode everything is listed on the left. Uggghhhhh!
brunswick000 said:
Or, alternatively, can I just use one of the existing options in the program and then update the rom in the stock recovery by choosing the Rogers update pkg?
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rename the rogers img update.pkg and pop it on the root of your sd.
In fastboot, flash the recovery menitoned in Manii's post above.
the command should be:
fastboot -i 0x413c flash recovery recovery.img
or similar. Then:
fastboot -i 0x413c reboot
Hold in both the up and down volume keys to enter recovery and update from sd card. I think its the 2nd option, but i'm sure someone will correct me if i'm wrong.
Ok got the correct recovery img flashed no problem. Now my question is of a more "blind" advise type. I can boot into recovery mode. Generally when you do so the option to "update vie update.pkg" or whatever is already highlighted and you just go ahead and push the camera button. Now this is where I need help. Since my screen is basically a blur I need to know how many times to push the up or down volume keys to navigate to the correct option to select "install:update.pkg", and then again how many times to get to the update.pkg in the following screen. If I can get this info from someone still running a stock recovery img I can finish, and ship this baby back for warranty without worry.
Pllllleeeeaaaaaseeeeee someone help me out.
Ok so I found some info that basically says what order to push what buttons and I think that ive successfully returned my phone to stock.
My new question.....Is there any way short of turning on the device and checking in the settings to see the "about phone" info? I cannot see any of it to be sure I was successful. Anyway to hook it up to the computer to gain this info?
Turn on your phone and check. After that restart into recovery and reset to factory defaults. Better safe than sorry.
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I might be in a similar situation, I have a Streak running Streakdroid 1.8.1 that I nandroid-flashed back to the original v2.2 baseband GAUSB1A13800 build 10688 (the version that is installed when you use QDLTool)
I want to get my Streak as close to stock as possible for waranty issues (ear speaker is crackling / dieing).
Will flashing the above recovery.img bring me to the original Rogers baseband ? I don't have any nandroid bkp of v1.6 because it was impossible to install CWR or Streakmod R on that version (see all my old post on the topic).
Alternatively, if anyone has a nandroid backup if their Rogers system with Streak_339_14896_32.pkg , that would also be appreciated ;-)
I doubt you'll be able to find the stock 1.6 ROM. But, you can put the Rogers 2.2 update on there. That's what I've done twice now and have no issues from Rogers. It is the 339 ROM, and I'm quite certain you can find it in Manii's index of ROMs. Just search it with google - index of manii 339. Should be your first hit. Good luck. At least you don't have to do it without being able to see the screen.
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dell streak boots into stock recovery image after successful recover image flash

Ok, so I recently bought a used dell streak off of a friend, and although I like it, I don't like dell's ROM, so my main goal here is to install a custom rom.(Specifically, streakdroid 2.0.0). I was able to root my phone, however I am having issues flashing the recovery image,to get to installing the custom rom. I have tried using rom manager to install clockwork, and when I do it says it installs fine, but when I tell it to reboot into clockwork, the phone just boots up normally into android.When I boot using power + vol up + vol down, it just boots into the stock recovery image. I have also tried using fastboot to flash the recovery image using the clockwork recovery image for the dell streak. The command line says the flash was completed, yet again when I boot into the recovery image it is still the dell streak stock recovery image. I also renamed the file: system/ect/install-recovery.sh to system/ect/install-recovery.sh.bak , following another post's advice, still no luck. I have spent several hours looking on forums on how to fix it, and can't find anyone with this problem on the dell streak. I have also tried to find a way to install a custom ROM without using a recovery image, but haven't been able to do that either. Any help at all would be greatly, greatly appreciated, even a possible tip to point me in the right direction.
For some more info about my phone, I do believe that it might be a corporate edition, I don't know if that would effect anything or not, the other details are as follows:
Model Number : Dell Streak
Android version: 2.2.2
Baseband version: GAUSB1A135100-US
Kernel version: 2.6.32.9-perf
OEM Version: GAUSB1A135100
Build number : 15609
Custom Recovery – Prevent Overwriting on Dell Streak
I already tried the advice given on that link. I can't even get into the custom recovery image even one time.
Also I meant to post this under the Q & A forum, if it's possible for someone to move this post, I'd appreciate it.
damoshemeister said:
I already tried the advice given on that link. I can't even get into the custom recovery image even one time.
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Rename install-recovery.sh before you install the custom recovery. If the phone boots even once the recovery is over written with the stock recovery if you don't.
Also - there are a bunch of posts that state that ROM Manger does not work on the Streak.
I have also tried using adb to flash the recovery image after renaming the file and immediately booting into the recovery image after installing. Still same issue. Also without even renaming that file, I believe I am still supposed to be able to access the custom recovery image one time.
You do have to enter the stock recovery to get into ClockworkMod or StreakMod. It's what you do after you get into stock recovery that takes you into CM or SM.
Rather than tell you how to do it, I will tell you to READ those guides posted above for the answer. If you don't want to do that, then you should stop messing with something you don't understand before you brick your new toy! The Streak doesn't root, recover, or update ROMs like other Android devices.
Ok, while I did have legitimate issues with rom manager it turns out I had a misunderstanding of how to install streamod,as you pointed out. Please forgive me, I was pouring over a ton of information in a very short amount of time, including being completely new to android, how to install apks from a pc, jailbreaking, using adb fastboot to flash images, all for the first time. I didn't realize you had to update from within the stock recovery image to install streakmod. I appreciate your help allot. I was able to successfully install streakdroid like I wanted, wouldn't have been able to do it without your help. Thanks again.
Glad to see you got it up and going. I can understand your frustration. The first time I played with my Streak I bricked it and took it to someone to fix and he didn't know much more than I did about it.
When I got it back unfixed, I spent several days reading and now consider myself fairly proficient in the art of flashing, although I haven't made any steps into cooking up my own ROMS or all the other technical stuff that goes with what these unselfish guys go through for us.
Have fun!!
damoshemeister said:
Ok, while I did have legitimate issues with rom manager it turns out I had a misunderstanding of how to install streamod,as you pointed out. Please forgive me, I was pouring over a ton of information in a very short amount of time, including being completely new to android, how to install apks from a pc, jailbreaking, using adb fastboot to flash images, all for the first time. I didn't realize you had to update from within the stock recovery image to install streakmod. I appreciate your help allot. I was able to successfully install streakdroid like I wanted, wouldn't have been able to do it without your help. Thanks again.
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Sorry to have been so tough on you. That's the only way to get people to UNDERSTAND what they are doing to their devices. Now that you found it on your own, you will remember it. You also stumbled onto some other info that may not pertain to your situation now, but you will remember seeing it in the future when you need it!
Here is another concise guide that is excellent and a short read:
http://forum.pocketables.net/showthread.php?t=8715
Good Luck!
kraz
Yea, I definitely understand where you guys are coming from. I do like to try to figure stuff out on my own, and did spend some considerable time reading before I posted on this forum. You guys gave the exact help I was looking for, just a nudge in the right direction. Knowledgeable people can save newbs like me hours in frustration.What threw me off was partially bad luck, but definitely due to incomplete understanding as well. It was the combination of rom manager not working , and me not properly understanding how to install streakmod that led to me thinking it had something to do with the bootloader blocking the recovery image from being flashed. I thought I was gonna end up having to flash the bootloader but definitely didn't want to do this as that would have been very vulnerable to bricking. I read the basics on the different images, and what they did before I tried anything. I did end up at one point with my streak not being able to boot, or update from an update.pkg but since I knew I didn't touch the bootloader, I knew I should be able to get it up and running again. THanks for the link, I will definitely read it.
did u try
flash the clockworkmod or the other recovery image. when the flash was done, it will boot the dell streak, meanwhile, press vol up and down, boot into the recovery mood again, I mean NEVER let the streak boot into the rom afte u flash the image.
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marvin02 said:
Rename install-recovery.sh before you install the custom recovery. If the phone boots even once the recovery is over written with the stock recovery if you don't.
Also - there are a bunch of posts that state that ROM Manger does not work on the Streak.
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what do i rename " install-recovery.sh " to?
thanks
I renamed mine to "install-recovery.sh.bak", but I have seen "do-not-install-recovery.sh". In other words, you can rename it to whatever you want.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
I renamed mine to "install-recovery.sh.bak", but I have seen "do-not-install-recovery.sh". In other words, you can rename it to whatever you want.
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every time i try to rename it i get a failed message. any other suggestions? thanks for the help in advanced
You have to mount the internal SD as R/W, it's in R/O it sounds like
trucutu62 said:
every time i try to rename it i get a failed message. any other suggestions? thanks for the help in advanced
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As noted by the post just prior to this one, the system partition is read-only. You need to change it temporarily to read-write using a file manager that can do the job. I used Super Manager, but there are plenty of root file manager apps on the Market that can do the job.

[Q] Restore to default ROM

I'm trying to restore my Acer Iconia A500 back to the stock/ original ROM so that I can grab the official update in July. Is there any way to do that? I really like the custom ROMS, I just want to revert to see what it was like.
Mestiza5683 said:
I'm trying to restore my Acer Iconia A500 back to the stock/ original ROM so that I can grab the official update in July. Is there any way to do that? I really like the custom ROMS, I just want to revert to see what it was like.
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And, of course you made a backup via clockworkmod???? eh?
Why are so many not making backups of their tabs before installing unknown software?
There's lots of threads about this in the forums with instructions already. And this belongs in the General forum, not development.
Yes I'd also be interested in this. I have the droid x so when ever I want to revert to factory settings theirs a program on the computer (rsd lite) I use to revert it. So I almost never backup my roms. Now on my iconia they don't have such program. At least that I know of. So I flashed a rom on my iconia and didn't make a backup of my current one. I tried fixing it by flashing stock_acer a500.zip I thing by dexter don't quote me on that one. But it was the emea version so now its stock european and I live in america. Help is apreciated.
I'm a flashing person that has flashed many times on my phones. I forgot to make a nandroid backup of my original rom myself...so I'm not judging. I would say, flash honeyvillian, as its the closest thing to stock I've seen.
But, if your already flashing, I wouldn't want to grab the official anything...someone will post it once it comes out.
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I want to flash it to the latest stock. So when ota 3.1 is released, I could rest assure knowing that my device would get updates ota.
Euclid's Brother said:
And, of course you made a backup via clockworkmod???? eh?
Why are so many not making backups of their tabs before installing unknown software?
There's lots of threads about this in the forums with instructions already. And this belongs in the General forum, not development.
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because we are impatient and stupid
I am running to get someone with a tablet of my country to get back the STOCK ROM in case of... I am going to see if I can deal with the shop to root and recovery on SD Card the stock rom so I will be able to have the stock rom...
For USA version 1.104.02, Check out this post.. You'll probably want to skip flashing the stock recovery until you know the system will boot normally.. So from this post, run itsmagic, flash boot, flexrom and system, in that order. Preferable from an adb connection. The tablet will freeze while flashing system. Give at least 5 mintues to make sure it's complete.
You may need to do a data wipe if it bootloops (that's why you should skip flashing recovery). Once it's booting normally, you can flash the stock recovery if you want.
Alternatively, you should be able to replace the files in dexter's stock update zip with these files. But I haven't looked at that zip, so I don't know if system is an image file or a archive file.
Thanks for the replies quick question though. How do in run its magic is their a command for ADB or do I acess it via clockwork recovery?
Respawntime said:
Thanks for the replies quick question though. How do in run its magic is their a command for ADB or do I acess it via clockwork recovery?
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You download it from the itsmagic thread in the development form and follow the directions in that thread.
Euclid's Brother said:
And, of course you made a backup via clockworkmod???? eh?
Why are so many not making backups of their tabs before installing unknown software?
There's lots of threads about this in the forums with instructions already. And this belongs in the General forum, not development.
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I too would like to restore to the 3.0.1 stock rom, however my backup of the stock rom got corrupted somehow. I know it had to be something I done, but know not what it was I did. Any help would be much appreciated. Or would it be a better idea to flash the 3.1 leak?

[Q] What can be done to recover from the MBM-flash mode? (Defy XT)

Alright, I'm new around here. I searched around a lot on the forums, but didn't find a similar problem.
Phone model: Motorola Defy XT (XT535)
Carrier: It's GSM. So, it doesn't matter, does it?
I found many threads talking about the rooting process of Defy XT, and some of them did help me conduct it without problems. I did meddle around for some time after rooting; Eventually I thought I will change the stock ROM (GB - 2.3.7).
The problem is that, I couldn't find a tested (official/unofficial) ClockworkMod recovery for use with Defy XT. I could do with installing some Chinese release of ICS for Defy XT (SBF), but, I wanted to try CM10; it appeared more fascinating. So, anyway, I thought I could use Koushik's custom recovery build script on his website (builder.clockworkmod.com). So, I did the process of obtaining the stock "recovery.img", plugging it in that script, and obtained a new custom-built CWM. The real problem which I am not able to come out of is now - After flashing it, on the next reboot, it is going into the "MBM-flash mode", and it throws out an "error 0301", and doesn't go further than that. In this mode, I gathered that it will be able to communicate to a computer (RSD lite) over USB, and so, I installed it and was able to detect the device, but I'm not able to find out, what to do next to get it back to normal working condition.
Since that error screen I see now is basically a flashing tool, I was thinking, reflashing the recovery partition with the stock "recovery.img" (have a back up) should solve the problem. But, I'm not able to find out how to do it...
If there is anyone else who has faced a similar problem and found a solution, it would be really good of you to share it. Or, if there is anyone who knows how to work with RSD lite, could you suggest a method to flash the "recovery" section only through this software? (I'm guessing an XML file should be enough, but I don't know how to write it; format).
Hopefully I'll get speedy replies .
QuaziRandom said:
Alright, I'm new around here. I searched around a lot on the forums, but didn't find a similar problem.
Phone model: Motorola Defy XT (XT535)
Carrier: It's GSM. So, it doesn't matter, does it?
I found many threads talking about the rooting process of Defy XT, and some of them did help me conduct it without problems. I did meddle around for some time after rooting; Eventually I thought I will change the stock ROM (GB - 2.3.7).
hi i have faced same problem with my defyxt when i was testing cwm like you i got same error
the solution is just flash the sbf files by using rsd lite dats it bt you will lost your data
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I tried...
Srika said:
QuaziRandom said:
hi i have faced same problem with my defyxt when i was testing cwm like you i got same error
the solution is just flash the sbf files by using rsd lite dats it bt you will lost your data
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Yes... I was trying since yesterday. I was thinking of making a custom SBF to flash the recovery partition with the original one, but seeing the responses on this thread, I decided to cut to the chase and flash it with the Chinese ICS instead (and lost all my data of course). I succeeded to get my phone back up and running, but now, I have nothing but the bare minimum on it. I am trying to root and it, and get all my required apps back.
I still would prefer getting CWM recovery on this. Will keep trying...
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QuaziRandom said:
Srika said:
Yes... I was trying since yesterday. I was thinking of making a custom SBF to flash the recovery partition with the original one, but seeing the responses on this thread, I decided to cut to the chase and flash it with the Chinese ICS instead (and lost all my data of course). I succeeded to get my phone back up and running, but now, I have nothing but the bare minimum on it. I am trying to root and it, and get all my required apps back.
I still would prefer getting CWM recovery on this. Will keep trying...
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Yep i have succeded to extract our stock recovery image and stock kernal
I have tried to make a cwm by koush website script bt it showed me a fail
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Srika said:
QuaziRandom said:
Yep i have succeded to extract our stock recovery image and stock kernal
I have tried to make a cwm by koush website script bt it showed me a fail
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any other way to backup my stock rom b4 flashing the new ics rom?
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Please ask all questions in the Q&A section. Thread moved there.

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