Simple I am trying to figure out a way to stop my phone from updating to ginger bread... ? Any Ideas... Can I just Freeze the Update 2.2.1 or what ever
rshakin said:
Simple I am trying to figure out a way to stop my phone from updating to ginger bread... ? Any Ideas... Can I just Freeze the Update 2.2.1 or what ever
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question, why dont you wanna update?
I have another theory, UNINSTALL OR FREEZE BLUR UPDATER, IT MAY WORK OR IT MAY KILL YOUR PHONE, GOOD LUCK
the reason why i don't want to update it's because i don't have time right now to mess with a broken phone... my phone is my life and any downtime is pretty much not needed right now due to a raw update.
rshakin said:
the reason why i don't want to update it's because i don't have time right now to mess with a broken phone... my phone is my life and any downtime is pretty much not needed right now due to a raw update.
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Is your phone still the stock version? Or have you rooted it and what not? I have to be honest, I was a bit worried when I saw everyone posting about problems they had with P3's pre-rooted and flashing the zip file. Honestly, I left my phone alone, other than uninstalling NFS, let's golf and other trial software VZW had pre-loaded on my phone. I didn't wanna mess with it, so I figured since I'm still stock, I'll just wait. The update pushed this morning, installed with zero problems, and works absolutely fantastically. I haven't had any problems people have mentioned in any of these threads.
I hope that helps.
Back up all your apps and settings. Factory reset and dont acceptances motorolas terms. Someone mentioned that on another thread. Can't remember who.
That may not be a solution for you tho.
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You have to delete/rename otacerts.zip (which requires root access).
from adb:
Code:
adb shell
$ su
# cd /system/etc/security
# mv otacerts.zip otacerts.zip.bak
# exit
$ exit
and of course it's a good idea to have a backup of otacerts.zip just in case.
Please note, that my phone is currently not in a "working" state and that the directory may not be correct. but i'm pretty sure it is.
i've heard freeze fota.apk, then i heard freeze blurupdater_vzw.apk. i forgot about otacerts.zip.
at this point, i'm pretty sure no one knows which of the above, if any, stops updates. me, i'm freezing all three and loading boostrap and cwm recovery.
I froze Updater 2.2.2 ... worked fine
I want to do this too. No problems at all?
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works good!
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I can't download any apps from Market. I'm assuming that freezing "updater 2.2.2" causes this issue.
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I'm just correcting my assumption for other noobs as myself, I had Data Saver enabled for the past week. Which is why I couldn't download anything unless in Wi-Fi.
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Go to settings> storage and scroll down and untick system auto update. Srry for delayed resp.
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Ok, i'm not a noob but i'm not the best at this stuff either. i have searched for the past 3 days. Got my DX2 the other day coming from a droid incredible. Day one of the incredible i had it rooted, then had it S-off not far after.
Day one with the dx, havent done much research. Get the phone, check for system updates, it says it has an update for 2.3.3. O yay, i don't have to wait to get gb on here. woohoo. DL it while at work since i shouldn't be playing on the phone anyway.
Get home. go online to try see what i have to do to get root so i can get some screen shots going and just all around get it back to the feel of having control of my phone. see a few ways of root, all of them saying to sbf back to 2.2. Well damn, wish i hadnt updated. Ok, lets try this sbf thing.
IDK why, but it won't let me sbf. Ive tried. Several times. No dice, always says failed.
Lets keep looking. O yay, a one click method for the ota GB?!?! woohoo!! i try it....try it several times. try it more times.....WTMFHELL!!???!!!?? i got nothing. i don't know why it wont let me root it...but it wont. if anyone has any advice, any tips...anything at all, i'm all ears. i've tried sbf, i've tried the adb commands but for some reason it won't let me use adb, says java isn't in the path, cant fix it. tried one click, different variations of one click. i got nothing
build number 4.5.1a-dtn-117-15
if anyone can help me i would greatly GREATLY APPRECIATE IT
sorry for the long wind
thanks for your time
-Typhoone
There is a one click root that i just used on a freinds phone and it worked great and you don't have to do any of that sbf'ing or anything...
http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?t=3714&p=75934
http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?t=3714&p=75934&viewfull=1#post75934
not fast enough
Thats the thing, I've done that one. 2 versions of it. Said I should have root. No dice. Checked through connect bot just to see. still have the $ instead of the #. No busy box, no nothing.
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is ther an app called superuser in your app drawer with a kinda droid pirate icon?
Did you install moto drivers? Maybe its an adb problem...adb can be tricky what os are you using on computer?
Check this out...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=502010
I have it. Got excited. Tried to use drocap and it actually asked for su permissions. Gave it, won't take pic. Opened titanium backup, no root rights.
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Windows 7
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go to market and download app called busybox installer, it will give you options to what version of busybox you want...select 1.18.2 and try to install.
Won't open. Can't run, may be because it doesn't have root rights
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Maybe try to sbf to froyo 2.2 and then install P3's Rooted GB update, have you tried that?
it won't let me sbf, keep getting a failure every time i've tried.
does it try to sbf then fail? Does the phone show up in RSD?
Try a different sbf file maybe the one you have is corrupt.
WWW.k33pw1shen.WordPress.com I have all the files over there
Dx2RGB.E
The only reason I referred you there is someone commented on my page that they had tried a couple different things and mine was the only one that worked
Dx2RGB.E
tried it using a different sbf file and a different usb port on my comp and its in the process of makine me feel like it just may work.
just rebooted and
bootlooped. lol
recovery
full wipe
2.2
thanks for your help, greatly appreciated.
-ty
Glad we could help
Dx2RGB.E
i know i'm late, but are you sure you were on charging mode, i know its a bit out there but that could effect.... ALOT
Side note, none of the screen cap apps on the market work on the x2. I believe it's a tegra 2 issue.
Someone wrote an app called "Screen Grabber" for the Atrix that works perfectly on the x2.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009451
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when you sbf back to 2.2.2, 2.3.3, or 2.3.4 does your phone not have any evidence (if thats the right word)?
I was just thinking about that sorry for the dumb question
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ztotherad said:
when you sbf back to 2.2.2, 2.3.3, or 2.3.4 does your phone not have any evidence (if thats the right word)?
I was just thinking about that sorry for the dumb question
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Any previous data I'm assuming? No. Fully stock like it came out of the box.
That isn't fully true, you still have to do a system/data wipe. And some of your info backed up on your SD card will reappear. But as far as apps, etc, etc.. you will have to go through the hellatious setup process, unless you have it all backed up.
Well what about being root?
would that still show evidence of the exploit that is being ran?
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Nope, SBF kills root. Trying to send it in on insurance/warranty?
You are gonna want to data wipe and "clean up" internal storage just to be safe on clearing root evidence ...haven't heard of any 300dollar charges for previous rooted phones being sent in.
Sbf overwrites some /system partition. Im sure there may be some way to find out if u ever have rooted but it PROLLY isn't worth the time/process it takes to find those traces.
ashclepdia said:
You are gonna want to data wipe and "clean up" internal storage just to be safe on clearing root evidence ...haven't heard of any 300dollar charges for previous rooted phones being sent in.
Sbf overwrites some /system partition. Im sure there may be some way to find out if u ever have rooted but it PROLLY isn't worth the time/process it takes to find those traces.
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If he sends it in on Warranty VZW will tell him eat it if it's rooted. BUT if he sends it to Asurion on Warranty they won't care.
noo, just a random question that i figured someone knew the answer too, btw, thanks guys
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No problem!
Even a data wipe doesn't clear everything I've noticed. If you truly want to remove evidence you need to manually delete all the rom zips and bootstrap apk, and any nandroid backups. I mean, they can't prove you ran them but if your serious about removing evidence. Furthermore, I've heard from a true tech geek friend (I will see if I can find a link to back up) Verizon can send a push to your phone and depending on how your phone reacts, they can tell if it is rooted.
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Even a data wipe doesn't clear everything I've noticed. If you truly want to remove evidence you need to manually delete all the rom zips and bootstrap apk, and any nandroid backups. I mean, they can't prove you ran them but if your serious about removing evidence. Furthermore, I've heard from a true tech geek friend (I will see if I can find a link to back up) Verizon can send a push to your phone and depending on how your phone reacts, they can tell if it is rooted.
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It's called an su command. My work does it when you connect to their network.
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I saw something about that before. Heck. Google doesn't let u watch market movies if ur rooted. ((Btw that altered google videos all DOES work...it changes the su check command)
Im sure one day there will be a lawsuit similar to the one against apple about jailbreaking that users that root will WIN based on the precedent set in that case.
Not to mention the phone is supposed to be "open source" anyways. It is just like a car, while it is under warranty only the dealer is supposed to put on OEM upgrade equipment otherwise it is voided, which is part of the reason you carry insurance. And we BUY our phones, not rent/lease them.
About that su command push. I can't for the life of me think of what it is called, but I am pretty sure that is against the law. Not for your work when you join it's network since I assume they are verifying your identity, or the PC, but for them to randomly check if you are rooted.
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About that su command push. I can't for the life of me think of what it is called, but I am pretty sure that is against the law. Not for your work when you join it's network since I assume they are verifying your identity, or the PC, but for them to randomly check if you are rooted.
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I work for a bank. With the right knowledge, and root, you can get some sensitive information. My phone was banned.
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AtLemacks said:
About that su command push. I can't for the life of me think of what it is called, but I am pretty sure that is against the law. Not for your work when you join it's network since I assume they are verifying your identity, or the PC, but for them to randomly check if you are rooted.
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I doubt its random, its probably more like if they try to push an update or soak test they check for root first, I've never got an update pushed to me. If you're rooted I would be shocked if they didn't just put a * next to your account.
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X0dus said:
I work for a bank. With the right knowledge, and root, you can get some sensitive information. My phone was banned.
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lol, really? Banks pass that info over WiFi?
EvilTim said:
I doubt its random, its probably more like if they try to push an update or soak test they check for root first, I've never got an update pushed to me. If you're rooted I would be shocked if they didn't just put a * next to your account.
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But what would the point be to put that *? They have warrantied my device, and I haven't heard of anyone not being warrantied, as well as insurance from Assurion.
And could it be because you SBF to leaked versions? lol
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lol, really? Banks pass that info over
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..... You being serious?
Anyone ever told you you're dense?
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X0dus said:
I work for a bank. With the right knowledge, and root, you can get some sensitive information. My phone was banned.
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If they also ban customers phones, that sounds like a huge PR problem. Why bother? Why not just do whatever it takes to fix their security issue?
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If they also ban customers phones, that sounds like a huge PR problem. Why bother? Why not just do whatever it takes to fix their security issue?
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I work in an office away from the banks providing banker support. I have access to servers for JP Morgan nation wide. Not sure if they block cust phones at the sites. I think blocking our phones is more of a security stance chase takes on our end.
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Well if it's just in-house, then that's understandable. As an aside, I like Chase. Currently use three chase credit cards. Tried several others over the years and keep coming back. Great cust svc.
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Just got the OTA notification for .181. I am not on the soak test, just a normal user.
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Update fails
I noticed that the .181 OTA update was available and decided to download and apply it. Alas, there is no joy in mudville. My (rooted) Razr Maxx reboots and gets about 25% into the process before stalling. It then reboots and announces that the update has failed.
Help anyone?
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I noticed that the .181 OTA update was available and decided to download and apply it. Alas, there is no joy in mudville. My (rooted) Razr Maxx reboots and gets about 25% into the process before stalling. It then reboots and announces that the update has failed.
Help anyone?
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Did you remove any stock apps? Mine worked fine.
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The Soak test is over. And their pushing the update out to everyone now.
Eu or US?
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Its for the US Verizon Droid Razr
I can confirm that the .181 update is rolling out to every droid maxx user in the US. I live in California and i just received the update when i went to check for "System Update"
maestro53 said:
I noticed that the .181 OTA update was available and decided to download and apply it. Alas, there is no joy in mudville. My (rooted) Razr Maxx reboots and gets about 25% into the process before stalling. It then reboots and announces that the update has failed.
Help anyone?
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Exact same thing here... completely stock/rooted. I had frozen some apps and deleted others. I defrost the frozen apps and restored the deleted apps. Still not working. Ideas?
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asiandrg0n said:
Its for the US Verizon Droid Razr
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okay any improvments?
tCizler said:
Exact same thing here... completely stock/rooted. I had frozen some apps and deleted others. I defrost the frozen apps and restored the deleted apps. Still not working. Ideas?
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It's live as of 6:30am in good 'ole SC.
Use mattlgroff's Utility to "Keep root through OTA" although at least one person has reported not needing to use that...supposedly the tool worked just fine to root .181, but that gamble is up to you. ;-)
tCizler & maestro53 - I am new to the RAZR, just got mine yesterday, actually...but you haven't mentioned anything about recoveries...if you're running safestrap, etc. I imagine you will have to restore to stock before the update will work.
But a more informed individual is free to give me a slap upside the head.
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okay any improvments?
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There's some people claiming higher speeds...
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/1907-181-ota-is-live/
Well I'm 100% stock, no root. Installed the update. Got a message that it failed, but it shows 6.12.181.XT9212. So I'm not sure what I ended up with??? Anybody else have this happen??
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It's live as of 6:30am in good 'ole SC.
Use mattlgroff's Utility to "Keep root through OTA" although at least one person has reported not needing to use that...supposedly the tool worked just fine to root .181, but that gamble is up to you. ;-)
tCizler & maestro53 - I am new to the RAZR, just got mine yesterday, actually...but you haven't mentioned anything about recoveries...if you're running safestrap, etc. I imagine you will have to restore to stock before the update will work.
But a more informed individual is free to give me a slap upside the head.
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There's some people claiming higher speeds...
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/1907-181-ota-is-live/
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I appreciate the suggestions, but like I said I'm stock/rooted. I have done nothing but freeze/defrost and delete/restore apps. Although I did buy it used on eBay, so I can't say for sure what was done with it prior. But there are 4 other people at work with RAZRs. 3 maxxs and one regular. Only one maxx accepted the update. All 4 are stock/rooted
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I appreciate the suggestions, but like I said I'm stock/rooted. I have done nothing but freeze/defrost and delete/restore apps. Although I did buy it used on eBay, so I can't say for sure what was done with it prior. But there are 4 other people at work with RAZRs. 3 maxxs and one regular. Only one maxx accepted the update. All 4 are stock/rooted
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Hmm. Again, take this with a grain of salt, as I am new to the phone, and this is most likely an extreme option...
You could backup your data/apps using the program of your choice (I've found ROM Toolbox to be the best) and then use DRU 1.51 to "sbf" restore to .173.
That's what I did, as I got the phone from a friend who had ICS/safestrap and all sorts of stuff done to it and something in there made my 4G not work so I wanted to start fresh.
That being said, I am only just now about to attempt the update, so I'm putting my foot in a position such that it might be quickly inserted into my mouth, if necessary.
Just got mine. Warner Robins GA.
Also if you have after market recovery it won't install.
I was rooted .173 and took the update. I didn't unroot. Installed correctly and restored root w root keeper. Very nice.
Went through without a hitch here in monroe Michigan stock rooted and also kept root without backing up still looking for the changes but otherwise working great.
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Hmm. Again, take this with a grain of salt, as I am new to the phone, and this is most likely an extreme option...
You could backup your data/apps using the program of your choice (I've found ROM Toolbox to be the best) and then use DRU 1.51 to "sbf" restore to .173.
That's what I did, as I got the phone from a friend who had ICS/safestrap and all sorts of stuff done to it and something in there made my 4G not work so I wanted to start fresh.
That being said, I am only just now about to attempt the update, so I'm putting my foot in a position such that it might be quickly inserted into my mouth, if necessary.
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I thought about that too, but its a pain. Maybe as a complete last resort. Thanks for the suggestions
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. 181 makes everything thing faster and it really seems alot smoother. Also root methods for.173 work.
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tCizler said:
I thought about that too, but its a pain. Maybe as a complete last resort. Thanks for the suggestions
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I might be insane from staying up all night, but I coulda swore I saw (either on here or on droidrzr) a "rebloating" script that essentially went through and made sure any such changes would be undone.
And cmon, it's not that bad. The restart will be good for ya, get rid of some of those apps you think you need but really don't. ;-)
Anyway...I went ahead and applied the update on stock/unrooted .173, then used DRU 1.51's GB Root option and it completed successfully, Superuser is on my phone and all seems dandy.
So if you're running stock/unrooted .173 it's CONFIRMED that you do NOT need to root and then use Voodoo's OTA Rootkeeper app to make sure you'll have root in .181. However, if you're already rooted, I'm not sure what happens.
If I understand correctly how Voodoo works, you may need to use Voodoo in order for the update to complete successfully. tCizler, have you tried that?
Now I just gotta figure out what I'm gonna do from here haha...With this update, will I be unable to install most ROMs or should this have no effect on that?
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tCizler...I realize I'm firing shots in the dark here, but you may wish to check out this thread. My apologies if it doesn't apply.
Killer Turtle said:
. 181 makes everything thing faster and it really seems alot smoother. Also root methods for.173 work.
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Nice hope to see the update in EU to
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Could someone drop the update? Or at least check sum against the leak
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Yea got E-mail today ....
Can I just pull this & not update rooted stock,
some app's frozen?
I don't want to install just download to dissect and
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I've been trying to pull for last 2 hour's no go. Screen goes white and (Checking for available update) Please Wait. But goes nowhere, anybody having any luck.
I don't think you can "cheesecake" for it. It just comes to you.
Yea the soak test is currently live and my X2 is currently updating. Once the update is done i will post what the new version is and or new kernel.
Done with the update and it's 2.3.5 with kernel - [email protected] #2
Did you lose root access? I was curious, how can you download just to dissect? Unless you can somehow download it to your computer instead of your phone. I am sure Moto has locked to BL even further, only to be able to laugh in all of our faces once again. Anyways, watching this thread for further updates.
Yep Kernel seems different and some other stuff in that menu has changed as well.
Very interesting, I wonder why Moto is going to 2.3.5 and not 2.3.6.
A soak test at this point just seems useless. They have to have something big planned.
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Very interesting, I wonder why Moto is going to 2.3.5 and not 2.3.6.
A soak test at this point just seems useless. They have to have something big planned.
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Yea I highly doubt that. So glad I can get off this phone whenever I want.
Root is gone. But I really haven't had any lag or reboot issues yet tho its only been a few hours since having the update.
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Anybody want to hook me up with the update.zip?
Got my email too.. I dunno.. I just can't see myself going back to Blur. Not gonna do it.
if someone will pull the update ill be the guinea pig as i should have my fassy today c:
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I'm currently on the update. If you could refresh my memory on how to pull the update.zip file I'll post it
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singlesword said:
I'm currently on the update. If you could refresh my memory on how to pull the update.zip file I'll post it
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go to /cache and pull it, at least it should be there
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I updated today, but havent messed around too much so havent noticed a difference yet.
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The only way to pull the file from your /cache is to download only, it gets deleted from /cache if you let it UD automatically.
don't think you can access cache, unless rooted
and think cache is wiped after update is installed
but i could be wrong
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don't think you can access cache, unless rooted
and think cache is wiped after update is installed
but i could be wrong
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im pretty sure youre right, well theres nothing on cheesecake.. which def sucks cause i wanna try this update
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don't think you can access cache, unless rooted
and think cache is wiped after update is installed
but i could be wrong
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Correct.
You don't need to unrooted to DL the UD, just on your cheesecake (stock) nand OR sbf & root.
apply voodoo
DL the update
copy & paste UD.zip to SD
run the UD from stock recovery
run voodoo
rooted again
Got the email
Got the e-mail, sbf-ing from CM7, but going to note e-fuse values first, in case it changes them which could be an indication of a brick upon downgrading. I'll also try to get an update.zip for you
I have had my X2 for 8 months and had been having problems with several apps force closing and the phone generally lagging quite a bit even using apps like Fast Reboot and Air Droid and task managers to clear the cache. It is still unrooted so I decided to just do a factory reset. After the reset, I have noticed a considerable difference in app loading and performance. It works like it did when it was new.
Any one have any suggestions as possible reasons why this would make it work better. I was simply experimenting with it, and it turned out working to my advantage.
I still have another year left before an upgrade, so I don't plan on rooting it before then. But are there any other things I can do or apps I can use to keep the performance like new without having to do another reset six months down the road.
I really love my X2 but with all of the trouble I had been having with apps and lagging, it was making me consider jumping ship to Apple. I just don't think I could deal with the small screen on an iPhone and the lack of customization.
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I really wouldn't try and load a bunch of stuff like you had mentioned. Alot of that is just more memory useage and tasks to run. There really nothing wrong with having all of that. But its still there and still runs a risk of slowing things down a tad. Once in a while, clear your cache files and it really shouldn't give you any trouble.
On the otherhand..... why not root it and open that thing up? There are several stable ROMs like Eclipse and CM7 that will really make your experience with the X2 better. You can 9 times out of 10 always go back to right out of the box so there's no need to worry about messing up something or "loosing your warranty." Root, flash and let her ride!!
it's more like, 99.999999%of time you can go back to stock
just need a decent pc, to run rsd lite or ezsbf, to get back, if you have any problem
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^^ Lol i was gonna say what SD said.
don't let me, stop you
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tallyforeman said:
I really wouldn't try and load a bunch of stuff like you had mentioned. Alot of that is just more memory useage and tasks to run. There really nothing wrong with having all of that. But its still there and still runs a risk of slowing things down a tad. Once in a while, clear your cache files and it really shouldn't give you any trouble.
On the otherhand..... why not root it and open that thing up? There are several stable ROMs like Eclipse and CM7 that will really make your experience with the X2 better. You can 9 times out of 10 always go back to right out of the box so there's no need to worry about messing up something or "loosing your warranty." Root, flash and let her ride!!
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i agree with tally on this one!
also, how in the hell can you enjoy looking at blur with all those damned bloatware?
Even if you don't want to mess with roms and stuff you could always root to freeze bloatware.
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I rooted my phone over the weekend and was able to uninstall some of the bloatware. I flashed the cm7.2 rom from dragonzkiller and followed the steps exactly. However, when I rebooted, I was not able to restore my contacts or sign into any other account other than Gmail.
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Juice3250 said:
I rooted my phone over the weekend and was able to uninstall some of the bloatware. I flashed the cm7.2 rom from dragonzkiller and followed the steps exactly. However, when I rebooted, I was not able to restore my contacts or sign into any other account other than Gmail.
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Sounds like you didnt install the gapps file along with the ROM. That file contains all the Google stuff including the services to sync with Google. You can find the link to that file in the same CM7 thread.
I did install the gapps and it said it flashed successfully. If it was flashed successfully, should my contacts be available?
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Juice3250 said:
I did install the gapps and it said it flashed successfully. If it was flashed successfully, should my contacts be available?
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If you flashed the ROM and the gapps, it should be fine. Are you sure you downloaded the gingerbread gapps and NOT the ICS or Jelly Bean?
Did you check to see if your contacts outside of Google was there before deleting anything?
You could also sign in to your gmail on a PC and click on contacts. If they are there you should be able to port them over.
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