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[Q] Liberty Rom and Nandroid

I have had my X for around 6 months and have wanted to flash a rom but have been scared to say the least! I have a nandroid of my phone which is up to date OTA, rooted, overclocked, and otherwise stock. My question is if I flash this rom and for some reason don't like it, can I restore with my nandroid and get my phone back to the way that it is without any issues? Also, does this rom delete my contacts and other information? I really like the backup assistant for all of my contacts (over 500). Thanks in advance for any answers and advice!

HHF2 said:
I have had my X for around 6 months and have wanted to flash a rom but have been scared to say the least! I have a nandroid of my phone which is up to date OTA, rooted, overclocked, and otherwise stock. My question is if I flash this rom and for some reason don't like it, can I restore with my nandroid and get my phone back to the way that it is without any issues? Also, does this rom delete my contacts and other information? I really like the backup assistant for all of my contacts (over 500). Thanks in advance for any answers and advice!
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As long as you take a nandroid backup you are safe =) I recommend syncing your contacts to google...then no matter what rom you use, you can always pull your contacts back down. So yes, it will wipe out your contacts.
Let me know if you have more questions! =)
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Yeah if you didn't like the liberty rom you could restore your nandroid backup and it will literally be exactly the same when you backed it up... regarding your issue about contacts...when you flash a new rom... once its done installing and boots up its like the first time you turned your phone on so yes everything will be deleted... if you're worried about apps download titanium back up pro and back up your apps and data.. or it will download all yours all from the market...your issue about contacts, personally i used the back up assistant first but ended up just using google contacts because its the easiest way to restore contacts when you flash roms every so often... that's my opinion, i may be wrong...and if you're scared about flashing a rom... i think everyone was on their first time... you just gotta go for it!
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Just wanted to thank you guys for your input. I went ahead and installed the rom, used Titanium to back up my apps and so far I LOVE IT! It is ALOT faster than stock, just have to get used to the new UI. I also took the liberty since I was experimenting with something that I can't live without and did the uncapped data mod. I am hoping that it will make a difference as well. I have alot of new things to test and play with tonight, just hope that I can go to sleep so that I can make it to work tomorrow!
A special thanks to the developers for this rom, it is AWESOME!

Don't just limit yourself to liberty...i agree when people say roms are a personal choice... so give all of them a chance!
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If I use titanium to backup my apps can I load my apps into the rom I decide to flash? And how do you go about it?
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Yeah if you back up your apps with titanium pro..you just restore them once you flash the rom...ill make a nandroid of roms i like... but i always stick to apex... i like some blur stuff...
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I recently took the leap and flashed my first rom a few days ago too. I ended up going with Apex and like it much better than stock so far. I am thinking of doing like hullie said above and trying out some different ones in the coming weeks like Liberty and GummyJar. It's definitely scary at first, but once that first boot up was complete, the look on my face was like a child on Christmas morning.

I agree-was scared at first like getting my first xxxxx! Lol-anyway, now its second nature as long as you have your backup. Try darkslide rom. Two versions. Blur and blurless..
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I'm loving liberty rom, but how do I get Google navigation back?
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Download google maps from the market you should be able to get navigation from that.... i may be wrong tho
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hullie10 said:
Download google maps from the market you should be able to get navigation from that.... i may be wrong tho
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Correct. By default I don't believe any of the custom ROM's (just a guess..can't recall for sure) come with google maps installed. You must pull this down yourself.

Thanks guys
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Yeah, installing your first ROM can be quite nerve-racking, but once you've done it you say to yourself, 'that's it? i was so worried about that for nothing!".
I'm currently on my first ROM, which is Liberty, and although I love it, I can't use the camcorder for some reason to record movies. I tried installing both the aosp camera and blur camera, but both just FC.

the very minute before you install the rom make a nandroid and remember to ALWAYS wipe the phone before installing the rom. if you dont like the rom, reinstall dxbootstrp from the market and recover your nandroid.
as for your contacts: screw backup assistant. sync ALL your contacts with google and they will be automatically on your phone as soon as you sign in with you google account.

_kast said:
Yeah, installing your first ROM can be quite nerve-racking, but once you've done it you say to yourself, 'that's it? i was so worried about that for nothing!".
I'm currently on my first ROM, which is Liberty, and although I love it, I can't use the camcorder for some reason to record movies. I tried installing both the aosp camera and blur camera, but both just FC.
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You should prolly do some digging around the web to see if anyone else has had your problems.... i used liberty for about a week and a half and didn't have issues with the camera stuff.....
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_kast said:
Yeah, installing your first ROM can be quite nerve-racking, but once you've done it you say to yourself, 'that's it? i was so worried about that for nothing!".
I'm currently on my first ROM, which is Liberty, and although I love it, I can't use the camcorder for some reason to record movies. I tried installing both the aosp camera and blur camera, but both just FC.
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Did you update to the 2.3.340 update before installing LIberty? I was running Liberty on top of 2.3.15 and this is due to an incompatible library (.so) file in /system/lib
If you want the files for 2.3.15, let me know. I have them laying around someone :looks around:

The latest update I did was the one ota that included Madden. Is that 2.3.15?
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owenbeals said:
The latest update I did was the one ota that included Madden. Is that 2.3.15?
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No you are on 2.3.340. I'm not sure why you are having problems with the camera. If it really bothers you, I would suggest re-flashing liberty.
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SysAdmin-X said:
No you are on 2.3.340. I'm not sure why you are having problems with the camera. If it really bothers you, I would suggest re-flashing liberty.
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I'll try that out, do I need to create another nandroid backup before I re-flash Liberty?

[Q] root help on samsung epic

I am currently thinking about rooting my samsung epic.I was planning on going through with with the easy one-click root. My question about rooting is if I root it would I be unable to upgrade to 2.3 when samsung actually releases it?

SOTASFINEST65 said:
I am currently thinking about rooting my samsung epic.I was planning on going through with with the easy one-click root. My question about rooting is if I root it would I be unable to upgrade to 2.3 when samsung actually releases it?
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From what I know when you root and run different ROMs you cant get OTAs. But its simple enough to restore your phone to stock
So root away!
And besides...once Gingerbread does come out the custom ROMs built off of that will make it worth it to root again
So check my signature for qbkings how to videos and get to it

Sorry I am really at both rooting and posting threads. How would i go about returning to stock when 2.3 releases? and then could I do the same process to re root after i get the ota? and I will check your videos, thanks for all your help man.

scratch what i just wrote about how to haha. Does the odin flash to stock erase all my contacts and current apps on my phone?

SOTASFINEST65 said:
scratch what i just wrote about how to haha. Does the odin flash to stock erase all my contacts and current apps on my phone?
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Yes, and the rooting process for Epic Gingerbread us still under discussion. If you upgrade from a custom froyo rom to a custom gb rom, you'll bypass having to root again and lose minimal data.
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Do you mean the current gb roms that have been leaked and are out for rooted phones now? or do you mean when samsung themselves release the update that the update itself will be available for rooted phones in a rooted state itself? and if you meant the current gb updates that have been release are they smooth running or still a bit glitchy since they aren't the finished product? I apologize if any of this is common sense haha

If you root now and put a custom 2.2 rom on phone then you can just wait a day or two after the ota gb release before ace or someone else releases a custom rom based on the ota gb release. Then you will be able to flash the upgrade and not lose data. I would suggest Midnight, bonsai or syndicaterom frozen by acs.
Samsung Epic SyndicateROM Frozen 1.1

I actually have no idea what rom I am going to to go with after i root it haha. Ive just had this phone for a few months and feel like doing something new, i also want to put a free wifi app on there so i dont have to pay sprint more for a feature i had free on my old tp2. like i said I am a complete rookie to this besides putting cfw on my old psp and having android on my tp2 , and that means that if i just wait for the gb rom to come out complete after someone makes a custom for it than il just have to come back to the great xda and upgrade myself?

The newest syndicate rom would be right up your alley. Read the instructions, watch the video and you'll be fine.
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I'm you guys are getting annoyed with all my questions so il aske a few last ones and will root my phone with in the hour. Does using a different rom transfer my apps and contacts? i wasnt sure if it acted as a new skin or a duel boot kind of like how my tp2 was. If i back up my phone right after the root I am guessing i can restore to back up if i am not a fan of the rom, or is there a different way? You guys are a ton of help thanks the root and lancelane.

SOTASFINEST65 said:
I'm you guys are getting annoyed with all my questions so il aske a few last ones and will root my phone with in the hour. Does using a different rom transfer my apps and contacts? i wasnt sure if it acted as a new skin or a duel boot kind of like how my tp2 was. If i back up my phone right after the root I am guessing i can restore to back up if i am not a fan of the rom, or is there a different way? You guys are a ton of help thanks the root and lancelane.
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Some ROMs back up your data, and others do not. It depends on the ROM. You should do a simple root, and backup with Titanium backup and do a Nandroid backup as well. Just in case. Apps and contacts usually are available when you log back into your gmail but if you save contacts on phone instead of google they won't. You can also export your contacts to google or your sd card.
Ask away. But also look at the videos.

the contacts are not that big of a deal since i do have it saved on my gmail, but i didn't think my apps could be saved and transfered. and random question i have a few games saved on tiger gba and psxondroid, would i lose those save files saved on the emulator on the new rom? I know i don't loose any of that on the root or so my research lead me to believe.

SOTASFINEST65 said:
the contacts are not that big of a deal since i do have it saved on my gmail, but i didn't think my apps could be saved and transfered. and random question i have a few games saved on tiger gba and psxondroid, would i lose those save files saved on the emulator on the new rom? I know i don't loose any of that on the root or so my research lead me to believe.
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Again that depends on the ROM. Some, like Bonsai, now back up and then restore your data. If you root and use Titanium backup you will be able to restore data to those games if they get wiped.

Ok so somehow i suck at the one-click method. It says something about no phone being found. I guess i will have to get a bb usb cord and try again.

SOTASFINEST65 said:
Ok so somehow i suck at the one-click method. It says something about no phone being found. I guess i will have to get a bb usb cord and try again.
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Turn off your anti-virus and firewall as well.

And try a different usb port.

Turn off the anti virus on my phone or the comp?
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SOTASFINEST65 said:
Turn off the anti virus on my phone or the comp?
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Computer. Phone will do its own thing.
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I've been busy working but I will try to see if I can't get the root to work when I have some time off
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SOTASFINEST65 said:
I've been busy working but I will try to see if I can't get the root to work when I have some time off
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Most anti-virus and some firewalls see rageagainstthemachine as a trojan so will block it and sometimes delete it.

Gingrerbread & Rooting

Hello everybody! I'm new to the forums. I also got a really big question to ask. Well I usually root my phone with Visionary using a TempRoot. Then I updaed my Evo Shift via OTA, or going to the HTC Software update thing and now I can't really root my phone I guess. Is there a solution to root my phone even though I have Gingerbread? If not right now, maybe soon? I really want to use the tethering app to tether to my PS3. PLEASE HELP!!!!

As of now no there is not. And it might take a while before there is one. Idk if your phone already came with the ota update, but if it didn't you could have waited cuz the same day the ota went live there was a rooted version here already.

Just about 2 hrs later it was rooted.Pretty much a fundemental, if htc or sprint push out an ota update it will unroot your phone.
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So basically I'm screwed???

anthonyyy15 said:
So basically I'm screwed???
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Not really, you'll just have to wait a little longer. At least you have Gingerbread unlike others who are still rocking eclair...;-p
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About how long???

You can use the sprint RUU to downgrade to froyo and then root it, worked for me, I'm not on my computer so I can't link it but it shouldn't be that hard to find. And instead of temp rooting it there's a nice gui in the dev section that will perm root it pretty easily then u can flash the rooted 2.3 update through CWM
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pwnyourace said:
You can use the sprint RUU to downgrade to froyo and then root it, worked for me, I'm not on my computer so I can't link it but it shouldn't be that hard to find. And instead of temp rooting it there's a nice gui in the dev section that will perm root it pretty easily then u can flash the rooted 2.3 update through CWM
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That worked for you? That's cool I thought the new hboot couldn't be overwritten that way. It might be hit or miss though I read others were getting errors when trying to ruu the stock 2.2
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dabiddabird said:
That worked for you? That's cool I thought the new hboot couldn't be overwritten that way. It might be hit or miss though I read others were getting errors when trying to ruu the stock 2.2
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I'll try it out right now. If I could find it. BUT I REALLY REALLY APPRECIATE PEOPLE LIKE YOU. No homo

Now wouldn't the RUU thing erase all the data on my phone. Do I need a computer to use the RUU thing?

You will need a computer but if you remember setting up your gingerbread update it asks if you want to back up your device on google..... Use ruu to go back root and flash a rom like cm7 and you can restore your device or you can use titanium backup to... Well... Back up and restore your apps. Also google as you know backs up your contacts. So you should be set.... Anyone else let me know if there is something i missed.
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drewbuchman said:
You will need a computer but if you remember setting up your gingerbread update it asks if you want to back up your device on google..... Use ruu to go back root and flash a rom like cm7 and you can restore your device or you can use titanium backup to... Well... Back up and restore your apps. Also google as you know backs up your contacts. So you should be set.... Anyone else let me know if there is something i missed.
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I'm tremendously sorry, but can you walk me through the steps. Like how to use and where to get the RUU. I just don't want to mess up my phone or waste time. Please, I REALLY appreciate your help.

anthonyyy15 said:
I'm tremendously sorry, but can you walk me through the steps. Like how to use and where to get the RUU. I just don't want to mess up my phone or waste time. Please, I REALLY appreciate your help.
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The RUU can be found in the Evo Shift wiki by going to the following URL: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Speedy
Luckily the RUU pretty much walks you through the process itself. You'll need the HTC sync drivers if I remember correctly in order for it to find your phone. You should be all good. Good luck, dood

anthonyyy15 said:
I'm tremendously sorry, but can you walk me through the steps. Like how to use and where to get the RUU. I just don't want to mess up my phone or waste time. Please, I REALLY appreciate your help.
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I just tried this on my and another phone and got a error 170 boot loader i will see if i get some more shifts in today and try it on them i hope what your trying do do is possible but ill keep you updated.

drewbuchman said:
I just tried this on my and another phone and got a error 170 boot loader i will see if i get some more shifts in today and try it on them i hope what your trying do do is possible but ill keep you updated.
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Anything yet?

I have not been able to do tis all day at work i tried 3 different devices and no go im starting to think that its not possible and you will have to wait for a new root.. (which is never a long wait).... Thanks to the fine people here at XDA.

[8.14.11][2.3.3] Gingerbread/Blur .602

Gingerbread/Blur version 4.5.602 is live the Team Black Hat application.
This update brings a new radio. Installation instructions can be found in the Team Black Hat application.
Edit: The OTA is live.
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I was running rooted froyo and tried to install but after install and rebooted system i got stuck at red M logo. Couldn`t get back into recovery. Sbf and back on rooted froyo. Not sure where i went wrong. lol

maybe this will also fix the compass problems we've been having.
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/08/1...gerbread-bugfest-soak-test-set-to-begin-soon/
I think it's total BS that Motorola spent so much effort blocking tethering and failed to implement a basic thing like stable 3g or a working compass.

Google Sky Map is fixed. Happy days are here again!

infazzdar said:
Gingerbread/Blur version 4.5.602 is live the Team Black Hat application.
This update brings a new radio. Installation instructions can be found in the Team Black Hat application.
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right now i have a vzw droid-x running the alltel rom which is android 2.2.1
the reason i run this is because i do not have a vzw account and i can use "use gps satelites" and get my gps position still.
if i wanted to do that with a vzw rom i would have to activate phone.
anyhow long story short.....
is this based off a vzw rom.....would i be able to get my gps position by using ONLY "use gps satelites"?
btw i am rooted using the "superoneclick 2.1.1"
any info would be great.
thanks

updating to 602?
Im running 2 part gb odexed on top of rooted stock froyo and my radio shows 12. Does anyone know if I have to go back to froyo to do this 602 update? Or can I just unfreeze my frozen apps and update. (although everything is great). Thanks for any help.

Is there an official list of what the update fixes? Swype has definitely improved but the network connection is still randomly dropping on my DX
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80hd said:
I think it's total BS that Motorola spent so much effort blocking tethering and failed to implement a basic thing like stable 3g or a working compass.
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Or a camera that can save the resolution setting.
No idea how they didn't fix that one. They even acknowledge knowing about it and had it reported to engineering.

I am running 2.3.3 4.5.596 rooted 2 zip update. How do I update to 602 without screwing up my root ?
Extreme newbie (But a programmer by trade)
jp

I'm not sure why you think you can't use the GPS without activating the phone. Unless I'm missing something there should be nothing preventing you from using the GPS without activating.

nwalk7800 said:
I'm not sure why you think you can't use the GPS without activating the phone. Unless I'm missing something there should be nothing preventing you from using the GPS without activating.
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http://community.developer.motorola...tting-GPS-fix-in-Airplane-Mode-bug/td-p/12850
its a known problem.
im glad you said "shouldnt be"
one more thing:
make sure you read complete thread before you reply or you will look silly

Camera app still reverts back to WS mode after reboot or after you close the app via app manager or task killer, etc.

What is the baseband radio version?

rueda said:
What is the baseband radio version?
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This will update your baseband version to .13.
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great!

Stock Rom for 2.3.7, 5.18

Hi,
I'm obviously very new at this and didn't realize that a phone needed to be stock to be activated, and I didn't save a backup either. So I'm in need of a stock rom for what I assume is the latest OTA....Android version 2.3.7 with bootloader 2.18.....I can't find any information on this and the one download link that I saw to the stock rom appears to be dead. If anyone can help me I would be greatly appreciative.
--Dustin

dg2727 said:
Hi,
I'm obviously very new at this and didn't realize that a phone needed to be stock to be activated, and I didn't save a backup either. So I'm in need of a stock rom for what I assume is the latest OTA....Android version 2.3.7 with bootloader 2.18.....I can't find any information on this and the one download link that I saw to the stock rom appears to be dead. If anyone can help me I would be greatly appreciative.
--Dustin
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I have it saved on my CPU. Will your email alow you to receive a file of that size? Or if someone knows how I can host it let me know.
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jwitt418 said:
I have it saved on my CPU. Will your email alow you to receive a file of that size? Or if someone knows how I can host it let me know.
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Great news....I just have hotmail and gmail and from a quick search, it looks like their limit is much less than would be needed. Dropbox maybe?

dg2727 said:
Great news....I just have hotmail and gmail and from a quick search, it looks like their limit is much less than would be needed. Dropbox maybe?
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I have no problem doing it for you but I don't know much about dropbox or how it works. I could probably make a torrent of it if you want to download it from your cpu.
Or if you are that desperate for it, you can snail mail me an SD card and ill send it back. I'm here to help bud.
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jwitt418 said:
I have no problem doing it for you but I don't know much about dropbox or how it works. I could probably make a torrent of it if you want to download it from your cpu.
Or if you are that desperate for it, you can snail mail me an SD card and ill send it back. I'm here to help bud.
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I think Google Drive might be the easiest. It allows you to store 5gb online free. You can create an account with your google account, and then upload the file to it, and then you share the folder containing the file with other google account holders. I just set it up to see how it works and it only takes a minute to install but I imagine the upload will take a bit. I'll pm you my google account name. But if you think a torrent is most convenient then obviously I'll be happy with whatever works.
Much thanks

So the version that jwitt had was 5.07.xx for android 2.3.5, and I need the latest rom for 2.3.7, which is 5.18.xx.....So if anyone can help me I would be very appreciative
Or if there is a way to downgrade my android version to 2.3.5 then I suppose that would work, but I don't know how to do that.

dg2727 said:
So the version that jwitt had was 5.07.xx for android 2.3.5, and I need the latest rom for 2.3.7, which is 5.18.xx.....So if anyone can help me I would be very appreciative
Or if there is a way to downgrade my android version to 2.3.5 then I suppose that would work, but I don't know how to do that.
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So, you're looking for a stock AOSP ROM?
CM7 dude... http://download.cyanogenmod.com/get/jenkins/8548/cm-7-20120923-NIGHTLY-supersonic.zip

MBQsniper said:
So, you're looking for a stock AOSP ROM?
CM7 dude...
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I need the stock rom that will allow me to activate my phone. When entering in the ##xxxx# codes in the dialer that sprint uses to set up network profiles, nothing happens with the cm roms.
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OK, I'm just an idiot and didn't realize that I needed to clear the storage after flashing. My phone works fine and is activated. Thank you all who attempted to help me.

I've been looking around too. I have S-Off and would like to keep it that way, just flash an unrooted stock rom. I do know that s-off basically means root, but I would like a rom that wouldn't look rooted unless you went to the bootloader. I'm giving it to a friend and he asked if I could do that for him.

S-off and root are not the same, although you do have to have root to gain s-off. And, correct me if I'm wrong, but if you flash an unrooted or stock ROM, you will lose root AND s-off.
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I need to put my phone on the stock rom again and go back to normal so i can turn it into the store.
Can anybody help?

Dunsparth said:
I need to put my phone on the stock rom again and go back to normal so i can turn it into the store.
Can anybody help?
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Find an RUU and run it through bootloader or your computer to revert to stock.