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Backup HD2 ROM

Where could I find some instructions/tools to back up my T-mobile HD2 ROM?
I need to back up it before updating the newest one.

jinwen said:
Where could I find some instructions/tools to back up my T-mobile HD2 ROM?
I need to back up it before updating the newest one.
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or you could just use one of the stock roms in teh tmous stock roms thread as your backup....
dumping a rom and rebuilding it into a bootable format is not easy, and would require hspl to be loaded. (Your phone wouldn't see it as genuine) whereas the ones in the official roms thread will be seen as genuine by your phone, making them easier to install should all go wrong.
(You would need to use one of the stock roms as a base to rebuild your dump anyway, lol, so may as well just use the stock. )

samsamuel said:
or you could just use one of the stock roms in teh tmous stock roms thread as your backup....
dumping a rom and rebuilding it into a bootable format is not easy, and would require hspl to be loaded. (Your phone wouldn't see it as genuine) whereas the ones in the official roms thread will be seen as genuine by your phone, making them easier to install should all go wrong.
(You would need to use one of the stock roms as a base to rebuild your dump anyway, lol, so may as well just use the stock. )
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I think you missed the question completely. I think he's asking about a way to backup all your ROM settings before flashing another one since every time you flash you're forced into a factory reset and it's a pain to get everything back.
I'm interested too for the above reasons.

Never mind.

jubeh said:
I think you missed the question completely. I think he's asking about a way to backup all your ROM settings before flashing another one since every time you flash you're forced into a factory reset and it's a pain to get everything back.
I'm interested too for the above reasons.
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I too am wondering if there is something similar to "Nandrioid" for WinMo?

heres a tip for u wateva u install on ur device save the installer to the sd card that way u can reinstall it if u changed roms or wateva but the cooks are now adding xda xc to there roms

[Q] Return to Stock Settings

I have a BELL Desire Z which I rooted, S-Off and then flashed with the HTC Sense ROM from Paul O'brien. I am having more issues than anything so I want to know how I get back to the stock ROM.

I take it you dont have a nandroid backup? You could try that RUU method, it usually restores your self back to stock. I have my stock nandroid iimage lying around if ya need it.
Sent from HTC Desire Z using XDA App

The bell rom posted is .1, not the .5 version that's shipped.. so I don't think it's the same. So the RUU method wouldn't work..

I did a backup, but will it reset all my personal settings etc?
Is there a stock released ROM from HTC or bell or even an update on the way?
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App

Be careful ! Do not try to flash an RUU that is older than the ROM you have, if you have S-OFF or you could end up bricking your phone - see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838484
You can use the "debranding" guide in the dev forum to go back to an older ROM if you have S-OFF.

In about it says the software is 1.34.405.5
What do I need to do exactly to get back to stock safely.
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Stealth1985 said:
In about it says the software is 1.34.405.5
What do I need to do exactly to get back to stock safely.
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If your current ROM is 1.34.405.5, then you should be able to safely use either the stock 1.34.405.5 RUU, or the ROM extracted from that.
It's if you're trying to flash a ROM with a lower version number than that you're already running, if you're S-OFF, that you'll run into problems.

Thanks for the info, is there anywhere to download the stock Bell ROM from? Alot of these threads are confusing for a n00b like myself with all the abbreviations and different versions.
I basically want to get back to stock, root the phone, delete the bloatware and overclock it.

I was wondering... if you made a nandroid backup after having done some app installations and such of the stock rom, and you flashed back to that backup, you'd have your original ROM with all the app installations and settings you set right? What happens if you then proceed to do a factory reset? Does the ROM revert back to stock? Or does it simply revert back to the state of the ROM when you made the backup?

Stealth1985 said:
Thanks for the info, is there anywhere to download the stock Bell ROM from? Alot of these threads are confusing for a n00b like myself with all the abbreviations and different versions.
I basically want to get back to stock, root the phone, delete the bloatware and overclock it.
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Although several stock ROMs are on this forum, unfortunately it looks like the current Bell ROM isn't there, only an older one. It would obviously be very useful if someone could get hold of it and upload it.
You can do a factory reset to set everything back to how your ROM came initially, if it's still on the stock ROM. But if you want to delete the bloatware and overclock etc, you may well be better flashing a different ROM, have a look and see what ones sound good.

My question is sort of along the line of that of the OP, since I'm somewhat new to this process still I hope you'll humor me. I've done a ton of reading, but I still have a few q's I couldn't seem to find buried in my research...
I have a Bell Desire Z, unlocked, rooted, S-OFF. I installed ClockWork & flashed the recovery partition and did a nandroid backup of my stock Bell partition. I then did a wipe / install of the non-sense G2 ROM Paul put out and have been using it (and enjoying it) quite a bit.
I think I'd like to try a Cyanogen ROM now, is it really just as simple as flashing the RC3 (doing a complete wipe, obviously) and then I'm good to go? I can then just restore apps/settings with Titanium...
If I want to revert back to my original Bell ROM, do I just restore that ROM from the nandroid backup I made as soon as I installed ClockWork?
If I'm on Pauls G2 Rom (or Cyanogen's ROM), and I do a 'factory wipe', that just resets the factory settings of that particular ROM right? It wouldn't take me back to the stock Bell ROM would it? (very sorry if this seems noobish)
Thanks folks.

Anyone?

sickens said:
I have a Bell Desire Z, unlocked, rooted, S-OFF. I installed ClockWork & flashed the recovery partition and did a nandroid backup of my stock Bell partition. I then did a wipe / install of the non-sense G2 ROM Paul put out and have been using it (and enjoying it) quite a bit.
I think I'd like to try a Cyanogen ROM now, is it really just as simple as flashing the RC3 (doing a complete wipe, obviously) and then I'm good to go? I can then just restore apps/settings with Titanium...
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Yes, you can wipe and flash Cyanogen. Yes, you can restore apps with Titanium. However, I don't yet understand how this works with "system"-type apps. e.g. what if you are using a different SMS app in Cyanogen to the stock ROM, can you restore your messages ? Of course if you are restoring an app that you installed on your stock ROM, to the Cyanogen ROM then Titanium should do it fine.
If I want to revert back to my original Bell ROM, do I just restore that ROM from the nandroid backup I made as soon as I installed ClockWork?
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Yes.
If I'm on Pauls G2 Rom (or Cyanogen's ROM), and I do a 'factory wipe', that just resets the factory settings of that particular ROM right? It wouldn't take me back to the stock Bell ROM would it? (very sorry if this seems noobish)
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Yes, it just takes you back to the factory settings for that ROM that you're currently on. It won't take you back to the original ROM that came with your phone if you've switched to something else.

thank-you very much steviewevie I was hoping you'd respond! I appreciate it. It was the vote of confidence I needed to proceed.

sickens said:
thank-you very much steviewevie I was hoping you'd respond! I appreciate it. It was the vote of confidence I needed to proceed.
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You're welcome. I was pretty confused by what Titanium did at first, until I actually came to use it (along with a Nandroid backup) to do a backup of all my stuff and restore (using Nandroid) after I'd temporarily reverted to an earlier ROM.

I need to revert back to the stock Bell Desire Z ROM as well but didn't make a backup.

[Q] Benefits and downsides of rooting

So I was thinking to root my phone but then i read that official froyo is coming soon so i might wait but will sometime update to gingerbread when a good rom comes out. So i was wonderign is overclocking dangerous and can it brick ur phone? ALso do the roms have finnish language? And wtf does nandroid back up mean and sd card back up and titanium backup? And can I unroot easily and use official rom on a rooted phone? I know i probably could have found all this stuff somewhere but really cant understand any of that **** so if sum1 could explain it to me So to sum up Should i root? ty

dud3me said:
So I was thinking to root my phone but then i read that official froyo is coming soon so i might wait but will sometime update to gingerbread when a good rom comes out. So i was wonderign is overclocking dangerous and can it brick ur phone? ALso do the roms have finnish language? And wtf does nandroid back up mean and sd card back up and titanium backup? And can I unroot easily and use official rom on a rooted phone? I know i probably could have found all this stuff somewhere but really cant understand any of that **** so if sum1 could explain it to me So to sum up Should i root? ty
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Well you can wait for official froyo and update, or you can install roms now when there are plenty of good froyo roms already, which become updated on the release of official froyo.
Overclocking can't brick your phone, don't set it to max as it becomes unstable. I duno about language, ask the devs. Nandroid = take a backup of your entire rom (phone memory), sd card back up is obvious, titanium backup = taking a backup of all your apps and settings and storing it on your sd card so you can restore it back.
Yes you can unroot by dling any RUU from www.shipped-roms/shipped/Buzz -> Connect phone to computer with usb debugging on and run the RUU which is an .exe file. Then root with unrevoked.

How do I know which RUU to pick? And wtf is clockwork mod? And radio?
And going to recovery? Anyway so would u guys recommend rooting?

dud3me said:
How do I know which RUU to pick? And wtf is clockwork mod? And radio?
And going to recovery? Anyway so would u guys recommend rooting?
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RUU picking is very simple just look for the version number 2.1.x eclair 2.2.x froyo
and pick the one u want.
Clockwork mod is a utility for installing the roms and make back-ups of ur current rom with all you settings and files and everything.
I would definitely recommend rooting your phone cuz it allows u to take the most out of ur phone overclocking, live wallpapers (depends on ROM) and lots of other stuff
Good luck deciding

dannystppls said:
RUU picking is very simple just look for the version number 2.1.x eclair 2.2.x froyo
and pick the one u want.
Clockwork mod is a utility for installing the roms and make back-ups of ur current rom with all you settings and files and everything.
I would definitely recommend rooting your phone cuz it allows u to take the most out of ur phone overclocking, live wallpapers (depends on ROM) and lots of other stuff
Good luck deciding
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Yeah but how do I know which RUU I had? And how do U get to this clockwork think and wtf is kernel? Also does rooting decrease ur battery life?

dud3me said:
Yeah but how do I know which RUU I had? And how do U get to this clockwork think and wtf is kernel? Also does rooting decrease ur battery life?
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Oops i accidentally clicked the thanks button for you. LOL
Check which software version is. Usually in Menu -> About phone (or something similar). If the RUU of your version is not there, i would recommend dling a similar one to yours, or a WWE one. To go to clockworkmod (recovery menu). Hold down trackpad and press power button to turn on phone. This is where you can flash new roms, kernels etc (by going to Install zip from sd card). Kernels are ... special thingies for your phone that make it awesome, like Jacob's overclock kernel.
No rooting does not decrease your battery life, i wonder where you got that from :|

kevin2516 said:
Oops i accidentally clicked the thanks button for you. LOL
Check which software version is. Usually in Menu -> About phone (or something similar). If the RUU of your version is not there, i would recommend dling a similar one to yours, or a WWE one. To go to clockworkmod (recovery menu). Hold down trackpad and press power button to turn on phone. This is where you can flash new roms, kernels etc (by going to Install zip from sd card). Kernels are ... special thingies for your phone that make it awesome, like Jacob's overclock kernel.
No rooting does not decrease your battery life, i wonder where you got that from :|
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Lol I clicked ur thanks button coz u've actually helped me So does it matter where on the sd i install roms etc? U need kernell to overclock? So does overclocking boost the performance of the phone?

dud3me said:
Lol I clicked ur thanks button coz u've actually helped me So does it matter where on the sd i install roms etc? U need kernell to overclock? So does overclocking boost the performance of the phone?
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Hi, you have to copy the ROM's to the sdcard path, not in a folder.
You need an overclock kernel to overclock if you have a ROM wich doesn't have it. Usually, the Custom ROM's you can find on xda already have overclock kernels, so you don't have to flash one. If you want to overclock the stock HTC ROM, you will flash a new kernel.
Overclocking definitely improves the performance of the phone. You don't need to set it to 768 MHZ instead of the original 518. With just 576 (or less) for example, there is a big difference!

antonio1475 said:
Hi, you have to copy the ROM's to the sdcard path, not in a folder.
You need an overclock kernel to overclock if you have a ROM wich doesn't have it. Usually, the Custom ROM's you can find on xda already have overclock kernels, so you don't have to flash one. If you want to overclock the stock HTC ROM, you will flash a new kernel.
Overclocking definitely improves the performance of the phone. You don't need to set it to 768 MHZ instead of the original 518. With just 576 (or less) for example, there is a big difference!
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sdcard path? lol I really don't understand anything What about the radios? what do they do? And btw i coulnd't find buzz/wildfire RUU from shipped roms ANd when I root and if i don't install any rom will it just use the stock rom?

And do i need to install titanium back up and the nandroid thing before i root?

The ROM can be placed anywhere, on the root of the sd card, or in a folder. doesn't matter. all you do to flash it is go to 'Install zip from sd card' and then select the rom.
You can only install titanium backup after you root, and you can only do nandroid backups via clockworkmod (recovery) which is available when you root (using unrevoked).

dud3me said:
sdcard path? lol I really don't understand anything What about the radios? what do they do? And btw i coulnd't find buzz/wildfire RUU from shipped roms ANd when I root and if i don't install any rom will it just use the stock rom?
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1. SDCARD: I mean just in the sdcard, not in a folder inside the sd card.
2. Do not care about the Radio. The cooked ROM's will usually work. The Radio ROM contains the drivers for the communication devices of your phone. Some ROM's need one or more specific Radio ROM's to work properly. Usually the chef, who created the ROM recommends a Radio ROM. But don't mind, if your Radio Rom does not match, you can always flash another without needing to flash the ROM containing the Operating System (OS) again.
3. http://www.shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Buzz (You will ask which one you have to download, tell me where are you from)
4. When you root, you can keep using the stock ROM, but rooted (so privileges). You don't need to flash another ROM if you don't want to

antonio1475 said:
1. SDCARD: I mean just in the sdcard, not in a folder inside the sd card.
2. Do not care about the Radio. The cooked ROM's will usually work. The Radio ROM contains the drivers for the communication devices of your phone. Some ROM's need one or more specific Radio ROM's to work properly. Usually the chef, who created the ROM recommends a Radio ROM. But don't mind, if your Radio Rom does not match, you can always flash another without needing to flash the ROM containing the Operating System (OS) again.
3. http://www.shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Buzz (You will ask which one you have to download, tell me where are you from)
4. When you root, you can keep using the stock ROM, but rooted (so privileges). You don't need to flash another ROM if you don't want to
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I will ask you which one i need to download and i'll there you were I'm from - I'm from finland it's unbranded and just downloaded hte latest ota 1.37 something. So should i do this: I wayt till the official froyo comes (like a week) and update to it and then root and over clock but use the stock rom. Or should I root now and then unroot and update? TY

I dont think froyo is going to come out any time soon so u can forget about waiting a week for it
Srry dude
Sent from my wildfire using XDA App

dud3me said:
I will ask you which one i need to download and i'll there you were I'm from - I'm from finland it's unbranded and just downloaded hte latest ota 1.37 something. So should i do this: I wayt till the official froyo comes (like a week) and update to it and then root and over clock but use the stock rom. Or should I root now and then unroot and update? TY
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I would like to do what you are saying. Wait until the official Froyo expected for soon release and then root and flash an overclock kernel.
Do what you need. If you can wait "the week" (I hope...), wait.
But wait. I don't know what you want to do. Do you want to install Froyo now, just rooting you 2.1 stock ROM, or what?

dannystppls said:
I dont think froyo is going to come out any time soon so u can forget about waiting a week for it
Srry dude
Sent from my wildfire using XDA App
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I read from some french site, that it's estimated arrival is 13.12 so yeah.

antonio1475 said:
I would like to do what you are saying. Wait until the official Froyo expected for soon release and then root and flash an overclock kernel.
Do what you need. If you can wait "the week" (I hope...), wait.
But wait. I don't know what you want to do. Do you want to install Froyo now, just rooting you 2.1 stock ROM, or what?
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I think ill wait for the froyo to come and then root. And i probably won't root now coz u need to unroot to install the official update right? And btw which RUU I need from shipped roms to unroot?

dud3me said:
I read from some french site, that it's estimated arrival is 13.12 so yeah.
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I've read too, but we'll see the real arrival time, because Vodafone is releasing before, and Legend has just started. HTC said Wildfire updates will arrive when Legend are done, so I don't know when it will arrive.
I hope it's soon!!

dud3me said:
I think ill wait for the froyo to come and then root. And i probably won't root now coz u need to unroot to install the official update right? And btw which RUU I need from shipped roms to unroot?
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I use the 1.37 to have the stock ROM. I will flash this one to be able to update official Froyo.

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I use the 1.37 to have the stock ROM. I will flash this one to be able to update official Froyo.
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ok,but is it really safe to overclock, I mean can ur phone explode and stuff?
And how can i get the orginal kernell back? By unrooting?

G2 Gingerbread ROM leaked?

Phandroid is reporting the official G2 gingerbread ROM has been leaked, anyone been brave enough to try it out?
link removed because i'm a new user and it won't let me post it

Um it's in the development thread. Did you look?
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Been out yesterday posted by football and yes it gave my soft brick a revival!!

david279 said:
Um it's in the development thread. Did you look?
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Just saw that thread ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074852 ). I wasn't quite sure why a final T-mo rom would be in the development forum, seems a little counter intuitive? I guess the dev forum really means the rom forum. anyway, thanks guys.

izzelsizzel said:
Just saw that thread ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074852 ). I wasn't quite sure why a final T-mo rom would be in the development forum, seems a little counter intuitive? I guess the dev forum really means the rom forum. anyway, thanks guys.
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step back and think about it.....
wouldnt you want a rom dev to get their hands on it to work their magic?

izzelsizzel said:
guess the dev forum really means the rom forum. anyway, thanks guys.
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Its got a lot more than just ROMs, but also kernels, radios, guides, and other tools. Some stuff are custom or modded, some are stock tools that developers and others will find useful.

Please help -- how to flash this new stock gingerbread rom to a rooted g2
I have a rooted G2 running CM7, but the gps is totally dead. I'm too much of a noob to flash a new radio, which I think would do the trick. Flashing this stock gingerbread rom seems like the perfect solution because it includes an updated radio and i am just sure it will fix the gps problem.
I bought the phone rooted and I know how to flash new rooted roms through clockwork (so easy), but I have absolutely no idea how to flash a rom like this that updates everything.
I'm sure this question has been asked here before, but can someone just point me to a step-by-step instructions about how to flash this particular stock gingerbread rom to a g2 that is rooted and has clockwork installed?
Thanks~! This is my first post.

sship said:
I have a rooted G2 running CM7, but the gps is totally dead. I'm too much of a noob to flash a new radio, which I think would do the trick. Flashing this stock gingerbread rom seems like the perfect solution because it includes an updated radio and i am just sure it will fix the gps problem.
I bought the phone rooted and I know how to flash new rooted roms through clockwork (so easy), but I have absolutely no idea how to flash a rom like this that updates everything.
I'm sure this question has been asked here before, but can someone just point me to a step-by-step instructions about how to flash this particular stock gingerbread rom to a g2 that is rooted and has clockwork installed?
Thanks~! This is my first post.
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Flashing a radio is easy. Just follow the steps in the radio thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=970809
I know the second method (fastboot and radio.img files) is supposed to be safer. But that looks like it might be over your head, and you need the Eng Hboot to do it.
Flashing a ROM is easy, too. Just move the file to your SD card, and flash from ROM Manager. You will see an option "Install ROM from SD Card". Browse to the file, and the rest is the same as if you downloaded the ROM using ROM Manager.

Thanks, but a few more questions . . .
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Flashing a ROM is easy, too. Just move the file to your SD card, and flash from ROM Manager. You will see an option "Install ROM from SD Card". Browse to the file, and the rest is the same as if you downloaded the ROM using ROM Manager.
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Thanks for the reply! I think you are underestimating how new I am to this, though. My question is really this: does it matter, when flashing the new gingerbread rom for g2 that just came out, that the rom is not just a rom, but also a radio and everything else? it is titled in the "PC10IMG" form, which seems to me, from reading other threads, to be a special thing.
[full title: PC10IMG_Vision_Gingerbread_S_TMOUS_2.13.531.8_Radio_12.52.60.25_26.08.04.30_M3_release_188635_signed]
also, would you recommend that i wipe stuff before flashing? when the person who flashed my phone with me last time did it, he wiped dalvik cache and two others (can't remember which, or where he found them in recovery), and user data as well. but if you go to do it within clockwork, it doesn't ask you to do that, does it? again, i'm sure there is a thread about this somewhere.
sorry sorry to be so new to this! and thanks a ton for the help.

sship said:
Thanks for the reply! I think you are underestimating how new I am to this, though. My question is really this: does it matter, when flashing the new gingerbread rom for g2 that just came out, that the rom is not just a rom, but also a radio and everything else? it is titled in the "PC10IMG" form, which seems to me, from reading other threads, to be a special thing.
[full title: PC10IMG_Vision_Gingerbread_S_TMOUS_2.13.531.8_Radio_12.52.60.25_26.08.04.30_M3_release_188635_signed]
also, would you recommend that i wipe stuff before flashing? when the person who flashed my phone with me last time did it, he wiped dalvik cache and two others (can't remember which, or where he found them in recovery), and user data as well. but if you go to do it within clockwork, it doesn't ask you to do that, does it? again, i'm sure there is a thread about this somewhere.
sorry sorry to be so new to this! and thanks a ton for the help.
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well, it's a bit complicate.
supposedly the rom will return your phone to a totally stock state, which will give you the new radio etc, but you will not have root - this was already confirmed. One other forum member mentioned that he flashed the rom and did not loose S-OFF, which is a controversy...
update: lol, dude having CM on your phone means you already have clockwork installed. you just need the /system part of the leak and it's available here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074852

Really all he needs to do is run vision efs wipe. This been gone over a million times. CM + gps broke = needing efs wipe. No need to get into radios and all that just yet.
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you can solve your gps issues by following two basics:
1. match libs in /system/libs with your radio version,
2. wipe two partitions like it is explained here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1028405
You don't need the new rom, though - it still has the 2 muted seconds when receiving an incoming call - for me that is the no go.

sship said:
Thanks for the reply! I think you are underestimating how new I am to this, though. My question is really this: does it matter, when flashing the new gingerbread rom for g2 that just came out, that the rom is not just a rom, but also a radio and everything else? it is titled in the "PC10IMG" form, which seems to me, from reading other threads, to be a special thing.
[full title: PC10IMG_Vision_Gingerbread_S_TMOUS_2.13.531.8_Radio_12.52.60.25_26.08.04.30_M3_release_188635_signed]
also, would you recommend that i wipe stuff before flashing? when the person who flashed my phone with me last time did it, he wiped dalvik cache and two others (can't remember which, or where he found them in recovery), and user data as well. but if you go to do it within clockwork, it doesn't ask you to do that, does it? again, i'm sure there is a thread about this somewhere.
sorry sorry to be so new to this! and thanks a ton for the help.
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I thought you were talking about the version of the leak that is mentioned in the last post (#10) and also mentioned above in post #4, which is pre-rooted. Thats the one you want. Flash from ROM Manager.
If you are talking about flashing this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074391
This is the official ROM, and as stated in the previous post, you will lose root. So you probably want to avoid this.
PC10IMG.ZIP files are flashable from Hboot (CWM not required). But since you have Clockwork, I believe you can flash any ROM or patch, as long as its a ZIP file. Its safer to flash from CWM anyway, so avoid Hboot for flashing ROMs.
Not positive, but I think you can keep your data since you are going between similar ROMs (Gingerbread, non-Sense). Wiping dalvik and cache are advisable. Not doing so when switching ROMs can lead to random bugs, and there is no real reason to not wipe them. You can wipe dalvik and cache in recovery. If you want to wipe data, you can also do that in recovery, under "advanced". But you will lose all your user data.
If you flash from ROM Manager, it will ask if you want to wipe. But I've never been clear on what all exactly is wiped (dalvik, cache, data). It might be all 3 of those.
Sorry, I've just stated a bunch of things I'm not completely sure about. So hopefully somebody else can confirm these.
The good news is, do a backup of your current ROM in ROM Manager before you flash anything, and if you screw up anything, you can just go into recovery and load your backup.

please help -- do not want to brick
petarpLab said:
well, it's a bit complicate.
supposedly the rom will return your phone to a totally stock state, which will give you the new radio etc, but you will not have root - this was already confirmed. One other forum member mentioned that he flashed the rom and did not loose S-OFF, which is a controversy...
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I actually would prefer this to flashing a version of this rom that someone else has extracted/altered, however little. My fear is two things:
1 -- Will it brick my phone to flash a PCIMG file? (see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838484)
2 -- what do I have to do differently to flash a PCIMG file other than what I normally would do in clockwork to flash another rom (for example a CM rom)
THANKS!

xsteven77x said:
Really all he needs to do is run vision efs wipe. This been gone over a million times. CM + gps broke = needing efs wipe. No need to get into radios and all that just yet.
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I have tried that, to no avail. I see others who have tried that and failed, and things seem to get tricky after that. I agree, I would rather avoid the nitty gritty stuff.

So I am devastated to see that there is no lock animation =(. That was something I was really looking forward to, despite the insignificance.
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sship said:
I actually would prefer this to flashing a version of this rom that someone else has extracted/altered, however little. My fear is two things:
1 -- Will it brick my phone to flash a PCIMG file? (see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838484)
2 -- what do I have to do differently to flash a PCIMG file other than what I normally would do in clockwork to flash another rom (for example a CM rom)
THANKS!
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My opinion, you're better off flashing the rooted ROM. If you flash the official PC10IMG.ZIP, you will lose root, and not be able to get it back without downgrading (negating the purpose of flashing the official ROM in the first place).
Are you worried about malicious, or accidentally harmful modifications to the ROM (in the rooted version of the leak)? I don't worry much about ROMs for reputable developers. But admittedly, I don't know anything about that user that posted the rooted version of the leak.
In response to your questions:
1) As the thread you posted indicates, its safer not to flash those files unless you know exactly what you are doing.
2) I think you can flash from Clockwork. But as I said, if you aren't sure what you are doing, its not a good idea. You will lose root, and I think some people have also gotten S-On by flashing the official ROMs also. I which case, you may be pretty screwed (as far as getting root), since you can't flash other ROMs with S-On.

Alright so I've reading through all sorts of different forums and feel lost and exactly what to do. I downloaded the official 2.3 update ROM for the G2 that Football had released off of a mirrored site from my phone's browser then renamed it PC10IMG and moved to the root of the SD card. I then did the whole volume down + power button to load the zip but for some reason it says:
VISION PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.82.0000
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
Sep 2 2010,17:59:38
SD checking...
Loading...[PC10DIAG.zip]
No image!
Loading...[PC10DIAG.nbh]
No image or wrong image!
Loading...[PC10IMG.zip]
No image!
Loading...[PC10IMG.nbh]
No image or wrong image!
I have no idea what to do or anything so help would be much appreciated. Now I would post this in that forum but because I just recently joined this site it will not allow me to do so. So, yea. Thanks.

Mr. Shaggy said:
Alright so I've reading through all sorts of different forums and feel lost and exactly what to do. I downloaded the official 2.3 update ROM for the G2 that Football had released off of a mirrored site from my phone's browser then renamed it PC10IMG and moved to the root of the SD card. I then did the whole volume down + power button to load the zip but for some reason it says:
VISION PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.82.0000
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
Sep 2 2010,17:59:38
SD checking...
Loading...[PC10DIAG.zip]
No image!
Loading...[PC10DIAG.nbh]
No image or wrong image!
Loading...[PC10IMG.zip]
No image!
Loading...[PC10IMG.nbh]
No image or wrong image!
I have no idea what to do or anything so help would be much appreciated. Now I would post this in that forum but because I just recently joined this site it will not allow me to do so. So, yea. Thanks.
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Make sure it is named PC10IMG.zip and not PC10IMG.zip.zip
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So I checked it out and it's named PC10IMG.zip so I don't know what could be wrong. I find it weird that I'm the only one having this problem.

Full (not OTA) Acer_A500_7.006.01_COM_GEN2

No one seems to show GEN2 any love. Its all GEN1 and CUS7. For those that want GEN2 (I live in US), well here you are. A full image for Acer_A500_7.006.01_COM_GEN2. This is not edited in any way. (This means not rooted). This is probably not going to be useful to the average person. For a modified (but rooted) ROM of this, look here
This is not OTA and can be used without ClockWorkMod (CWM) or any modifications of any kind.
Unzip Acer_A500_7.006.01_COM_GEN2.zip and place update.zip on the root of your SD card.
I should also mention this is Honeycomb 3.2 for those that don't keep track of the build numbers (and who can blame you?), and this DOES have a locked bootloader. But, nevertheless, and valid source for flashing and other things!
Acer_A500_7.006.01_COM_GEN2.zip
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZTKEMFF6
Enjoy!

thank you so very much for this. Where did you get it? as soon as i get it downloaded Im going to add it to dropbox and post the link here if that is ok with you.
Here is a dropbox link to the file: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26368270/Android/tablet/Acer_A500_7.006.01_COM_GEN2.zip

Where does anyone get anything? Google, where else?
Do whatever you want with the file. If you search the web log enough you'll find it, too.

Hi. I have a question....is it rooted? I would hate to update it and lose root. Thanks. Excuse the question, Im fairly new to the Acer scene (1 week).
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This is not rooted, it is also bootloader locked. I do not recommend this for you. Try another rom that is 3.2, there are plenty now!

Ty, been waiting for a GEN2 to add to my collection.

Thanks for the heads up. Im running Honeyvillain 1.2 but Im curious about the GEN2, as Im in the US as well. I dont know what the differences are, but so far its working smooth, smoother than any other ROM out there.
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GamezR2EZ said:
No one seems to show GEN2 any love. Its all GEN1 and CUS7. For those that want GEN2 (I live in US), well here you are. A full image for Acer_A500_7.006.01_COM_GEN2. This is not edited in any way. (This means not rooted). This is probably not going to be useful to the average person. For a modified (but rooted) ROM of this, look here
This is not OTA and can be used without ClockWorkMod (CWM) or any modifications of any kind.
Unzip Acer_A500_7.006.01_COM_GEN2.zip and place update.zip on the root of your SD card.
I should also mention this is Honeycomb 3.2 for those that don't keep track of the build numbers (and who can blame you?), and this DOES have a locked bootloader. But, nevertheless, and valid source for flashing and other things!
Acer_A500_7.006.01_COM_GEN2.zip
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZTKEMFF6
Enjoy!
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You might want to add this to this thread so Vache can add it to the list?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113878

elcanela said:
Thanks for the heads up. Im running Honeyvillain 1.2 but Im curious about the GEN2, as Im in the US as well. I dont know what the differences are, but so far its working smooth, smoother than any other ROM out there.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App
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Yea I wouldn't worry 2 much about GEN2. If you have a choice, get GEN2. Otherwise it doesnt matter. The differences are mostly system files related to keyboards and databases and such from what I have dissected.
Like spelling color as colour and other oddities.
That and different bloatware, not all the same as the US
kjy2010 said:
You might want to add this to this thread so Vache can add it to the list?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113878
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He has been PM'd
But I am fairly certain he already had this. Or at least the COM1 version.

Ah, got it. Thanks again.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App

thanks alot been waiting on gen2 to start making a new rom

GamezR2EZ said:
Yea I wouldn't worry 2 much about GEN2. If you have a choice, get GEN2. Otherwise it doesnt matter. The differences are mostly system files related to keyboards and databases and such from what I have dissected.
Like spelling color as colour and other oddities.
That and different bloatware, not all the same as the US
He has been PM'd
But I am fairly certain he already had this. Or at least the COM1 version.
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Thanks, it's nice to have one thread where one can find the proper stock ROM for their tab. He had no COM2 HC 3.2 ROMs on the list.

GamezR2EZ said:
Where does anyone get anything? Google, where else?
Do whatever you want with the file. If you search the web log enough you'll find it, too.
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The reason I asked where you got it, is because I have been searching since friday for this. I have been searching google for every keyword I could think of.

bdubble said:
thank you so much. you posting this got my tab unbricked. it was saying boot verified failed at the acer logo, i stupidly tried to downgrade from 3.2. i used this and the stock recovery and it booted. i tried with every stock rom on the forum, but couldnt get the decrypter to work, finally your post saved me having to ship it to acer in texas.
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Vache has a downgrade image to Acer_A501_1.309.02_COM_GEN1 that will work with the new locked bootloader. Root that image then install CWM THEN install a custom rom. That will prevent the boot verification issue!

GamezR2EZ said:
Vache has a downgrade image to Acer_A501_1.309.02_COM_GEN1 that will work with the new locked bootloader. Root that image then install CWM THEN install a custom rom. That will prevent the boot verification issue!
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Thank you for this info. As soon as I get my replacement, I will do this if needed and install your 3.2 rom. I love having root, but want a 3.2 rom that is not from an a501 constantly asking me to install sim card.

hroberts89436 said:
Thank you for this info. As soon as I get my replacement, I will do this if needed and install your 3.2 rom. I love having root, but want a 3.2 rom that is not from an a501 constantly asking me to install sim card.
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That problem can be solved by adding the line "ro.carrier=wifi-only" in the buildprop (you can do this with es file explorer or root explorer) and reboot.

sorry mis post wrong thread

GamezR2EZ said:
No one seems to show GEN2 any love. Its all GEN1 and CUS7. For those that want GEN2 (I live in US), well here you are. A full image for Acer_A500_7.006.01_COM_GEN2. This is not edited in any way. (This means not rooted). This is probably not going to be useful to the average person. For a modified (but rooted) ROM of this, look here
This is not OTA and can be used without ClockWorkMod (CWM) or any modifications of any kind.
Unzip Acer_A500_7.006.01_COM_GEN2.zip and place update.zip on the root of your SD card.
I should also mention this is Honeycomb 3.2 for those that don't keep track of the build numbers (and who can blame you?), and this DOES have a locked bootloader. But, nevertheless, and valid source for flashing and other things!
Acer_A500_7.006.01_COM_GEN2.zip
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZTKEMFF6
Enjoy!
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I live in the us and while I have rooted my a500 I haven't installed a custom rom yet because the few stock roms are gen1. I want to stay as close to stock as possible and would love to have this 7.006.01_com_gen2 with just root and and bootloader fixed. I thought your "clean" rom might work for me but I'd prefer to have just the stock rom with few modifications. Any idea where I might find something like that?

golfgirl606 said:
I live in the us and while I have rooted my a500 I haven't installed a custom rom yet because the few stock roms are gen1. I want to stay as close to stock as possible and would love to have this 7.006.01_com_gen2 with just root and and bootloader fixed. I thought your "clean" rom might work for me but I'd prefer to have just the stock rom with few modifications. Any idea where I might find something like that?
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Check my post at:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18146210#post18146210

kekinash said:
Check my post at:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18146210#post18146210
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I am using this rom from what I can tell so far its Very Stock Rooted and no issues at all.
Thanks. I installed this over stock slightly modified 3.1 I did wipe /format partitions. Then restored my ti backup.complete secess