[Q] Questions About 2.3.3 Upgrading - Motorola Droid X2

I am running 2.2.2. I have rooted, and completely removed some of the bloat, but I uninstalled it, I did not freeze it.
If I do a hard reset, will that restore the phone to it's factory condition complete with the software I removed? I removed the VCast stuff and most of the included Verizon garbage.
It is 10:24pm EST on July 31, and I have still not gotten the 2.3.3 update. I am manually checking about every 30 minutes.

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No, you would need to download the SBF file and restore the phone back to factory condition. There are countless tutorials on how to do it on here. Good luck!
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SBF installed correctly, all the bloat is back and the phone is no longer rooted, although all of my settings seem the same. I cannot get it to root again. I did a wipe and *228 then reinstalled Gingerbreak 1.2.0 which allowed me to root again. I am unsure of where to go from here. Something about a bootstrap and then update.zip on external sd card to update to the pre-rooted 2.3.3?

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Yes download the bootstrap, and p3droids pre rooted gb. Once you get in recovery flash the .Zip. they have more detailed instructions in other threads
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So from the recovery app I choose which option? I know it isn't going to be Charge, so it is either "Install Recovery" or the second option.
When choosing the second option, my phone does nothing except sit at the "Dual Core Technology" splash screen. I have placed the pre-rooted GB update on the root of my external SD card (not internal) and renamed it "update.zip". It didn't give me an option to install from SD card or anything, just sits there.
It appears to be doing absolutely nothing....just sitting at the dual core logo screen.
I don't want to yank the battery or press any buttons because I am unsure of what the phone is doing and do not want to brick it.
Thanks for all your help BTW. I am an old fart in a tech world, and this is my first Android phone. I love it.
Edit: AHA! I didn't hit "Install Recovery" first! I should have read the screen but I have been reading so many posts and threads I missed it.
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I got the assert fail message, rebooted, and SUCCESS!
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I Like Hearing Success Stories. Thanks Dude.

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Now I just hope we can get a stock 2.3.3 SBF...

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y0himba said:
Now I just hope we can get a stock 2.3.3 SBF...
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Gotta Have A Dev. Make An Exploit To Gain Root Off That. Right Now We're Coming Into Gingerbread With Patched Files.

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I'm amazed at how easy this was once I actually sat down and did it. In fact, I did it on two phones today.

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y0himba said:
Now I just hope we can get a stock 2.3.3 SBF...
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That would be a terrible thing, unless you don't want to root, then it's a great thing.
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"SUPER-NOOB" Question of the Day
I am in Orlando and have yet to receive the OTA GB update. I do run LauncerPro Plus on my X2 - would this in any way hamper receiving the OTA update?
Told ya...."Super Noob" question
Many thanks,
Doug

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If you aren't rooted you should get the ota update no issues, if you ARE rooted you don't want the ota update
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EvilTim said:
If you aren't rooted you should get the ota update no issues, if you ARE rooted you don't want the ota update
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That actually depends on what you changed, just root itself won't stop the OTA, modifying system apps and files will though.
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juhde said:
That actually depends on what you changed, just root itself won't stop the OTA, modifying system apps and files will though.
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Reread it, I didn't say having root would stop it, I said you don't want it, you want the prerooted file
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You want the pre-rooted file, without a doubt. However, we will eventually need a 2.3.3 stock SBF to revert for further updates.
I installed the patched 2.3.3, I wonder if it can be unrooted if necessary.
I am new to this, so excuse the paranoia, but how can I be sure that this update, the pre-rooted patch, is actually 2.3.3? The system info can easily be edited to say it is 2.3.3...
It is running fine, however with the Internet the way it is today there is no telling what we just installed on our phones.

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y0himba said:
You want the pre-rooted file, without a doubt. However, we will eventually need a 2.3.3 stock SBF to revert for further updates.
I installed the patched 2.3.3, I wonder if it can be unrooted if necessary.
I am new to this, so excuse the paranoia, but how can I be sure that this update, the pre-rooted patch, is actually 2.3.3? The system info can easily be edited to say it is 2.3.3...
It is running fine, however with the Internet the way it is today there is no telling what we just installed on our phones.
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We don't need a 2.3.3 sbf because the current one still works. For future updates you'd just sbf back to 2.2.2 then pull any updates from settings. At least that's how we do it for the OG Droid.
For your paranoia cure, lots of ways. The new battery stats menu, phone bars turing colours when internet connection is established, new blur icons. The fact the phone actually runs well without modding the memory settings. All these are telling you it's gingerbread. Plus why would a respected dev like P3Droid want to lie?
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Oh I agree, and I don't think he would lie, but I am old, and new to Android as well as this being the first time I have done an update in this way. I was around Windows Mobile for a LONG time, and in a lot of ways it was more simple to flash a ROM there.
This was easier however, and retained my settings for the most part. The guides here, while being a bit confusing due to grammar for me, are exactly what I need to get the job done.
How long until I need to worry about updates again?

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Knowing motorola. 6 months.
Of course there will be a lot of custom ROMs out in the next few weeks based off gingerbread that you might want to try.
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