After about a month learning about flashing, modding and other cool stuff i finally flashed my rom but about a week later my digitizer broke! So now i need to restore it to stock so i can use the warranty. I will write the steps as i worked them out and if someone would either confirm that they are correct or point out where I am wrong it would be a massive help. (Plus this can be used as a guide for any noobs in my situation.)
Im now running an android version 2.3.7 cm7 and redpill hybrid (AWESOME!!)
Flash back to stock I would use NFhimselfs gobstopper (Should i use 2.2.2 or 2.3.4 or do they both get rid of the "unlocked"?) flashed using cwm (I use ROMRACERs for everything should i use that or do I need to use temfars?)
Return phone
Get it back...
To get it back to unlocked and rooted i would need to only flash thorough rsdlight the IHOP and I wouldn't need to fastboot unlock. (Right?) and then to root i would just need to download superuser from the market...
Sounds right?
Thanks for your help.
This has been a long journey and i just want to make sure i don't crash in the final lap...
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Hello Everyone
I Have A An LG P509 And I Was Wondering If There Was A Rom With Swype Availible For This Phone Thats A Gingerbread Rom.
Also I Was Wondering If I Want To Unroot Later Will The Recovery Rom Have To Be The Same Firmware? For Ex (The Recovery Has To Be 2.3 If I Rooted It To That) And How Is It Possible For The Phone To Be Back To Its Original State When Unrooted?
I KNow I Asked 3 Questions (So Sorry For That) But These Things Been Rolling Around My Head For A While. If You Do Help I Thank You Greatly
1.no, u can get swype for free. Google for swype beta.
2.yes
3.yes unless u installed custom recovery.
Unrooting is not the same as flashing an original recovery firmware. I have not done this so this is just my imagination.
There are some posts for the original P509 recovery if you wanted to flash the LG firmware to return the phone to the original. You can also save the original recovery firmware before flashing a custom recovery. That uses the "dd" command to make an img file. I should have done that first. Look in the posts to find that exact command.
Unrooting is mostly just removing the Superuser app and "su" command and doesn't require reflashing, I imagine.
I don't know about the Swype for gingerbread.
Thanks For For The Help Guys But If It Has To Be The Same 2.3 (Gingerbread) Rom How Can I Return The Phone Back To The Original State When The Original State Is 2.2 (Froyo) Is There a rom i dont know about?
R-Sarius said:
Thanks For For The Help Guys But If It Has To Be The Same 2.3 (Gingerbread) Rom How Can I Return The Phone Back To The Original State When The Original State Is 2.2 (Froyo) Is There a rom i dont know about?
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You will make a NAND backup before installing the new ROM. If you want to go back -> Restore backup.
Or you cand use KDZ update; it will install a fresh new factory ROM, your phone will be just like when you unboxed it.
try http://www.filecrop.com/
I'm new to the whole modding scene so I have a few questions before I unlock my bootloader, install Ken's Gingerbread, etc.:
- I'm currently on Gingerblur 4.5. To get back to "stock" (which is the starting point in the "[VIDEO] How to upgrade to Gingerbread" thread), I have to find .83 and SBF lite down to it, root, and then follow the video? Or can I just do it now without reverting back to stock (Gingerblur 4.5 does have webtop enabled FYI)?
- How do I make a backup image so if I want to revert back to stock I can easily do this? Is this done via CWM? Or are these backup images easily found in the forums?
- After doing the [VIDEO] thread as mentioned above, if I want to install another custom ROM will I have to do this process all over again or can I just enter CWM, select a .zip, and it will wipe everything and install it?
Thanks for the help.
Kaaji1359 said:
I'm new to the whole modding scene so I have a few questions before I unlock my bootloader, install Ken's Gingerbread, etc.:
- I'm currently on Gingerblur 4.5. To get back to "stock" (which is the starting point in the "[VIDEO] How to upgrade to Gingerbread" thread), I have to find .83 and SBF lite down to it, root, and then follow the video? Or can I just do it now without reverting back to stock (Gingerblur 4.5 does have webtop enabled FYI)?
You might as well flash the 1.83 .sbf just to be safe. You'll be wiping everything when you upgrade to gingerbread anyways.
- How do I make a backup image so if I want to revert back to stock I can easily do this? Is this done via CWM? Or are these backup images easily found in the forums?
By "backup" image I assume you mean "method to get back to 1.83". This is easily found in the forums. Infact, here is a link that contains the files needed to go back to 1.83:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1163009
- After doing the [VIDEO] thread as mentioned above, if I want to install another custom ROM will I have to do this process all over again or can I just enter CWM, select a .zip, and it will wipe everything and install it?
You won't be "selecting a zip" in cwm, as most of the installing of roms is done in something called "Fastboot", but yes, it is that easy. You will just be going into fastboot and it will wipe everything and install it. You don't go back to 1.83 ever again (unless you want to). You can switch from rom to rom to rom very easily.
Thanks for the help.
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I hope this helped. If you need more help feel free to pm me (I just got into the modding scene a few weeks ago, but I've picked it up pretty quickly! )
Thanks a bunch!
Just to followup:
- By backup image I meant if I want to revert back to "stock" Gingerbread (.91). I doubt I'll ever want to flash back to .83 Froyo. Or can this "backup" process be completed using Fastboot and Ken's Gingerbread ROM found on the forums?
Hmm, is this where I find the .83 SBF: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125944
I'm assuming I download the FULL, not the SERVICE??
And why does it say at the top that all are unlocked?
Kaaji1359 said:
Thanks a bunch!
Just to followup:
- By backup image I meant if I want to revert back to "stock" Gingerbread (.91). I doubt I'll ever want to flash back to .83 Froyo. Or can this "backup" process be completed using Fastboot and Ken's Gingerbread ROM found on the forums?
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To revert back to stock you simply use fastboot commands with the stock system.img and boot.img files in ken's gingerbread rom found on the forums.
Regarding your 2nd post check pm.
Just chat via pm from now on (unless you want other people to answer of course)
i got my Atrix yesterday and immediately ota updated to 2.3.4, unlocked, fastboot "flashed?" my recovery with cwm, and installed alien. i winged it. thank god i'm not bricked. i had to use fastboot to flash my recovery twice, but since then i've been trying to get UOT to cook something that actually works and cwm seems stable now.
the question is, if i flash a rom based on 1.8.3 will that brick my device? or does the brick only happen if you go back to an unlocked rom? hmm..
anyway, thanks for all the hard work devs! keep it coming =D
edit: i did actually unlock first then update.
you will hard brick your phone if you go back to 1.8.3 after installing the OTA 2.3.4
why do you want to go back to 1.8.3?
i don't! i'm worried about flashing a custom rom based on 1.8.3 by accident not knowing that's what its based on
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i don't! i'm worried about flashing a custom rom based on 1.8.3 by accident not knowing that's what its based on
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Right now, most roms are flashed via CWM, which shouldnt touch your bootloader. The bricking occures because the official SBF files include an older bootloader which is now seen as an invalid version thanks to the burnt fuse. I dont want to say its impossible, but your not likely to hard brick through CWM. Just dont ever touch RSD/SBFs again and you should be set.
Not to mention, most of the Froyo based roms were made for the old CWM and probably dont work right on the unlocked version of CWM.
If you do decide to go back to Froyo for whatever reason, look for the fruitcake thread. That has CWM flashable firmwares without bootloaders in them, so there's no chance of a hard brick compared to SBFs.
Nevermind mispost
that's basically what i wanted to know. cheers!
Guys I need help now please! I rooted, unlocked bootloader and followed a guide to install 2.3.4 on my Orange UK Atrix. First off it woiuld just flash the boot screen. But then I found out that i hadn't flashed a boot img and didn't know what tegra I was so I flashed both witha reboot ebwteen. Now it doesn't flash. I can access rsdlite and fastboot and have tried flashing an sbf I used in the root guide or whatever. EUGH THANKS
Fixed. Flashed a rom/kernel from recovery. Access it by holding volume down and power, then scrolling through options with down. Then press up on recovery.
Im assuming you already know this but make sure with every ROM flash / recovery change / kernel change you wipe things properly or things from the previous ROM could bleed through. And that will cause problems. Good luck, and have fun
I'm in the same boat , i installed the French SBF 2.1.1 , then rooted , and then i tried to go back to stock bell 2.2.2 but wont install
Well I'm now stuck on the boot screen again after trying getting Alien on there, but now trying something different and not even able to get that! Also, what's this fruitcake thing? It doesn't seem to help. Going to flash completely stock and start over after work! Flashing a 2.2.2 UK Orange sbf should be fine right? Thanks.
I'm finally getting around to updating my phone to 2.3.4 (bought a house over the summer and haven't had time to play with updates).
I currently have a rooted 2.2.2 Atrix with my apps/data backed up via Titanium Backup and saved off to my desktop for later restoration if needed. Except for Root and APN mod, the phone is otherwise stock.
I'm not necessarily interested in using a custom rom right now (though a wipe of data/apps may help clean things up), though I do need root, APN hack, and plan on installing the full-linux-webtop mod (if I can get my laptop dock to work reliably...). I assume things have evolved since the old posts I've come across about updating when it first came out.
What is the best method for updating to 2.3.4 at this stage?
thanks,
- David
In my opinion you should still unlock your phone even if you are staying with a stock rom. It is way easier to flash with CWM method, even if you are staying with a stock rom. Look at Fruitcake 2.3.4 and you can also flash a fruitcake 2.3.4 webtop. If you mess up your webtop hacking on it to get it just like you want it, your can reflash just the webtop.
Of course after you unlock your phone, you will probably get the itch to look at some of the custom roms that are out there. A lot of them are basically the stock rom with customizations built in.