can some one help me with putting my verizon tp back to the stock rom and locked for warranty purposes . Been looking but cant seem to find anything useful
Info / tools on relocking
Stock roms
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Hello, I am an ex DX owner and I'm use to just flashing basic stuff, ROMs and themes.
Well, now that I have an unlocked bootloader in my hands, I don't know where to start. I don't know what an RUU is or a .img or a kernel, really. How do I get back to complete stock Thunderbolt, like it came? Is there a way you can fix a bricked phone without looking like an idiot at the VZW store?
If somebody would like to tell me the basics and what I can do to NOT brick my phone that would be great.
A RUU is a full img of your phone basically and that will get you back to stock like how you bought as long as you use the newest RUU right now. a kernel is was sets your mhz/ ghz otherwise ur speed basically. and .img is just a file extension that besides when rooting you wont see much unless u brick your phone or dev. And yes u cant bricked a tbolt as far as we know, the guys at teamandirc tried and still brought it back to life.
unlocked bootloader means you can fully flash a rom, new os with the correct kernel and all files without killing ur phone by removing something you shouldnt.
hope that answers ur questions mostly. answered them simple and short to the point. if you need more i can link you some info to help you out.
Okay thank you! that helped a lot. thanks again!
Hello anyone willing to help.
I Cant seem to find the proper "SBF" files i need. Ive found links to them in many places, however none seem to download correctly. If at all or blocked...?Would someone be able email me the files i would need for a Motorola Atrix From AT&T. prefer stock if available...
Ive spent dayz trying 2find. Thankyou in advance for you consideration. Also any helpful pointers or advice would be appreciated.
I am new to the android world, however determand on learning the ins and outz until im a pro.
Sincerly,
Joshua2711
thanx ......CaelanT
DO NOT USE SBF FILES AND RSDLITE UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
If the phone has a locked BL with stock firmware, factory reset and use OTAs. If the phone has an unlocked BL with a custom recovery, then use flashable zips to get what you need.
DO NOT USE SBF FILES AND RSDLITE UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
Would be a good idea for you to remove your name, place of employment, and work email address! Sorry, but you are asking for all sorts of trouble posting those!
littleemp said:
DO NOT USE SBF FILES AND RSDLITE UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
If the phone has a locked BL with stock firmware, factory reset and use OTAs. If the phone has an unlocked BL with a custom recovery, then use flashable zips to get what you need.
DO NOT USE SBF FILES AND RSDLITE UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
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What would be the best way to return the phone to as close to stock as possible with an unlocked BL and custom recovery?
scarbutt11 said:
What would be the best way to return the phone to as close to stock as possible with an unlocked BL and custom recovery?
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A fruitcake with the latest software version.
This is my first android phone, so this is probably a really dumb question...
But from my over 6 years of experience with customizing smartphones (they where still called PDAs or Pocket-PCs back than hehe) I learned one important rule: Always back up everything you need to get it back to stock settings, in case you ever need to RMA it.
I just spend a full evening on research, but it seems like its really not possible to backup the system without voiding the warranty aka rooting the phone. Is that right? Since I have a very peculiar item to start with, a Huawei u8160 aka Vodafone 858 smart with a Swisscom branded Rom, its impossible to find that particular rom on the net. I guess I can always go with a Vodafone stock rom and return it directly to Huawei instead of Swisscom, but than again: will those roms be unrooted? If so, how did anyone acquire them?
Once I am sure I have no chance anyway, I can go on rooting the phone with a clear conscience. But if there is a chance to get that stock rom saved first, I would be a little more relaxed with future customization.
Thanks for any advice you can give.
The only way to backup your System is a custom-recovery. I'm sure, you will find it here on XDA.
This might help you get in the right direction
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17496969
OK, I will try to place the CWM recovery.img on the phone via fastboot.exe as described here.
Hope this works out In either case: Thank you for the hints!
Worked. I guess this didn't fullfill the whole idea of backing up everything before editing anything, since I have overwritten the stock-recovery. But whatever. Phone is rooted now and I am ready to dive in.
Cheers
Hey,
I was on CM7, then I flashed Stock Gingerbread using CWM (Fruitcake, I think), I want to remove root and the "unlocked" sign when booting. I was searching this forum (and the rest of the internet ) for a couple of days and didn't find a solution. Either the links are dead or there is a person threating with hard brick. Does anyone know how to do this safely and has necessary files, please? Thank you in advance.
Wait, what exactly do you want to do?
If you want to just remove the text while the BL and everything else remains unlocked... That is impossible, you cannot do that.
If you want to re-lock your BL... well, that would probably be the only time (apart from when unlocking the BL) when you should reach for a SBF. There is no other known way to re-lock the BL.
Yep, I need to re-lock the BL, to get the phone to factory state (I know it won't actually re-lock the BL, just the sign will disappear). But I didn't find any usable SBF's, everybody is writing about hardbrick or the links are down. I found a couple of US ATT SBF's , but really don't know which one to use, I really don't want to brick my phone
Okay, I found this site with SBF's:
http://www.filefactory.com/f/89f588286a560e39/
I guess this one SHOULD put my phone back to factory state without root access and unlocked sign. Does anyone know, if it's safe? And if it's the only file I need to flash. Thanks
All the SBFs were removed here because they are too dangerous. For that same reason, you won't find many people here who will be willing to help you with them, not even say "yes, this one is good" or "no, don't use this one". It's just too dangerous and nobody wants to take responsibility for other people's phones like that. Not to mention, you failed to give any relevant information on your phone, so even if someone wanted to help, they can't.
What information do you have on mind?
Currently I'm running rooted unlocked stock gingerbread 2.3.4 (System version: 45.31.20.MB860.NonEFIGSRetail.en.EU, Build number: 4.5.2A-74_OLE-31.20).
If flashing SBF is dangerous, is there any method to get back to factory state?
Yes, that would be the information needed.
Flashing a SBF is the only known way to remove the "Unlocked" text while booting; however you will still find very little support here for doing that - like I said, it is too dangerous, things can go wrong too easily.
You can flash a fruitcake to return the system to stock, but the "Unlocked" text will remain.
That's what I was afraid of So no one will tell me: "Yes, with your configuration you can flash this and you'll be fine."
Nevermind, I will send for repair like this (problem with touchscreen - fantom touches, quite common hardware problem on atrixes) and in the worst case I´ll just pay for the repair.
Anyways, thank you for help, I really appreciate it! :good:
People have been known to just flash over the stock firmware and send it in and be fine. A lot of service centers don't really care about the unlocked BL or even a custom recovery.
i think he can remove unlocked sign with flashing motorola logo. if i remember corectly
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Nope.
Im interested in picking this phone up but my main holdback is whether or not you can root it. Ive been living that root based adblock life and I cant go back. Non-root based adblocks just dont work as well as the rooted ones.
Has anyone rooted the phone? does magisk + adb flash work? Has anyone rooted CN phone with global rom?
You should be able to but I would be cautious.
Firstly, the service for unlocking the bootloader seems unreliable from some reports (apparently you need to use some Chinese portal for requesting an unlock file - if you don't have luck getting that or it doesn't work, you're stuck and I bet getting help from Lenovo is not easy). Secondly, unless I've missed something, I don't see proper official ROM image downloads from Lenovo for extracting/patching boot or safely reflashing the device from bootloop/soft brick, so you have to go with whatever is available around for download here or elsewhere on the net and hope for the best. Even more important since you don't have custom recovery options (like TWRP) on this device.
In summary, yes, but it looks like risky business. This device doesn't seem to be root friendly...