I just was reading the eclipse thread and I really want to flash eclipse after I install the OTA, but I originally rooted using ZergRush. The thread said that you can't update to the newest OTA if you have used ZergRush since It moves some files around, do I need to d/l a stock version of 2.3.4 and SBF back to that or if I unroot using ZergRush will that work??
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I would recommend going back to stock 2.3.4 and rooting using Pete's One Click Root. ZR modifies some system files which borks the update, and while unrooting through ZR will take away your root access, I'm not sure it'll re-modify (or unmodify?) the system files. While it may be another step (and maybe another 5-10 minutes of your time) if ZR unroot ends up messing with the update anyway, you'd still have to do it. Much easier to just start fresh then it is to get halfway through and learn you have to start over anyway.
I was an idiot and did not backup the stock ROM unrooted.
ziggityz said:
I was an idiot and did not backup the stock ROM unrooted.
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Hence, that is what SBF is for.
Sent from my Eclipsed 2.2 phone.
yeah the whole sbf kinda scares me...but I'm sure it's not bad I was scared of flashing roms and I've done it countless times now. Will an SBF wipe my external SD card too?? It's just a pain to go stock, root, and restore all my apps again, I know a couple days of work will pay off, but I almost want to stay on liberty and not get the OTA....I've sent my brain into a bootloop today!
if you can flash a rom you can SBF, ain't no thang
ziggityz said:
yeah the whole sbf kinda scares me...but I'm sure it's not bad I was scared of flashing roms and I've done it countless times now. Will an SBF wipe my external SD card too?? It's just a pain to go stock, root, and restore all my apps again, I know a couple days of work will pay off, but I almost want to stay on liberty and not get the OTA....I've sent my brain into a bootloop today!
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No. It only wipes the internal memory. It leaves the internal and external SD cards alone.
For example: with a pc you might have a c: drive and a separate d: and (for the sake of argument) e: drive. Sbfing is like reinstalling windows on your c: drive. It will reformat the c: drive (your internal memory of the phone) but it will leave the d: drive (your internal SD card) and e: drive (your external SD card) alone.
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Go to my thread in (Droid x2 General) it is the
(Official 2.3.5 Root Method for Droid X2 1.3.418 OTA update) and read my instructions this will help you. I dont have eclipse i actually like stock rom way better but once you have used my instructions to get on 2.3.5 rooted u should be able to do what u need to.
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If that means factory reset, sd format, or all the way back to 1.5... Please help.
Yes I have read a bunch of stuff, googled...but going back to fresh "do-over" is unknown territory.
Please post link that is comprehendable, for noobs like me. I believe I am on v3 leak 2.1 OTA with recent update.
Thanks
Wanting to do this asap
what is "recent update?"
in any case... if you are rooted (if that's what "recent update" means) than do this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=652419
if you are actually on the leak (with the JulyOTA update)... than do this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=742228
then this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=652419
just as a disclaimer... i've never used either method... never on the leak, etc. but, if you read the entire posts, i'm hopefully this works out for you.
read everything 2 or 3 or 4 times before doing anything. and have a solid backup before you start.
good luck!
EDIT: sorry, jcase has the link removed in the other post. my apologies.
I am rooted
I sort of screwed up when I did an sd card to computer backup. Once I reformatted, I cut and pasted back onto SD, then after some more testing of Roms and such, I reformatted fresh, and have no backup crap. i cut and paste, not copy to sd...
I messed up...
So my Eris was 1.49boot, then I was finally able to root..
Now?
I just want to begin over from Factory..
you are rooted and you just can't boot?
i'm not really sure how that applies to the sdcard, unless you were using a2sd, but even then, that partition would most likely not show up when you mounted it.
what recovery are you using? amon's? or...
you could just boot to recovery (holding vol up + power) and turn on usb-toggle... then, copy a rom over, turn off usb, then flash (i'd recommend formatting your sdcard while in there... unless you haven't backed it) - (your post suggest it's empty now anyways).
as a side note, cut/paste or copy/paste SHOULD of worked fine... unless you just drug a bunch of shortcuts over (sorry, not sure what OS you are using... i'm assuming Windows).
do you want to lose root? you could use jcase's Plain Jane ROM... Or ivan's Official... they are pretty close to stock.
if i'm way off base, forgive me. i'm not 100% sure what you are trying to do, or if your phone is even bootable.
I am rooted
I can boot, when I cut and paste my backup on my computer, and moved it to sd it worked...but as I reformatted later, I assumed what was on my computer was still there, so when I reformatted, I lost everything...
Now at this point, I'm trying to just start like out of the box, or would it be easier to just get a new damn one?
Never had any problems until I started having trouble with CyanoTazz v6.
Now I'm all messed up, Titanium B, MMorph, BusyBox...none work
Why don't you just flash a different rom?
That is a question I have: is there a downgrade for leakers?... I would like to get back to a better hboot...
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Just boot into recovery, mount the SD card, copy a ROM over and flash it. And read the directions for the tazz v6 rom again, it works fine.
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nomorefear said:
That is a question I have: is there a downgrade for leakers?... I would like to get back to a better hboot...
Sent from my Eris on Metro PCS (with working mms and internet!) using XDA App on Tainted Tenzo
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This will fix your hboot:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=725047
This is for going back to stock 1.5:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=652419
ok I successfully rooted an optimus V phone with superoneclick and adb shell. And how nice was it to see "Running a SU test.......Success !" so of course I went ahead and downloaded superuser and titanium backup as per the tutorial I used. everything checks out. so what's next??? getting Root without doing something nifty is pretty worthless. so... I think I am going to go with an optimized stock rom as suggested to limit headaches for now.
Some tutorials suggest backing things up. Some talk again activating the storage feature and start adding rom's to the sd card. etc... all I know that titanium backup doesn't care much for the stock rom as it is. By the way do I need to worry about changing the kernel?
I am planning on going with Harmonia for this optimus V, if that helps, for a rom.
Always open to advice on what you'd recommend and why. thanks folks !!
locovagra said:
ok I successfully rooted an optimus V phone with superoneclick and adb shell. And how nice was it to see "Running a SU test.......Success !" so of course I went ahead and downloaded superuser and titanium backup as per the tutorial I used. everything checks out. so what's next??? getting Root without doing something nifty is pretty worthless. so... I think I am going to go with an optimized stock rom as suggested to limit headaches for now.
Some tutorials suggest backing things up. Some talk again activating the storage feature and start adding rom's to the sd card. etc... all I know that titanium backup doesn't care much for the stock rom as it is. By the way do I need to worry about changing the kernel?
I am planning on going with Harmonia for this optimus V, if that helps, for a rom.
Always open to advice on what you'd recommend and why. thanks folks !!
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Wait...you rooted without knowing what you were planning to do after you rooted?
First, you'll want to boot into recovery and do a nandroid backup (just in case you ever needed to go back to stock for warranty reasons). Then pick a ROM. My ROM of choice is is [ROM][WIP][ALPHA] aospCMod | AOSP 2.3.3 / CM7 (Gingerbread). Download the gapps file and put on root of SD card. For this ROM, go to Twitter and search aospluniX. WARNING...make sure you download the OV files, NOT the HC files. Once the 2 OV files are downloaded put on root of SD card. Boot into recovery mode, wipe data/cache, wipe Dalvik cache. At main menu, go to Flash .zip from SD card. Flash the OV ROM file. When that finishes flash the gapps file. Reboot, then behold the glory that is AOSP!
EDIT: almost forgot, flashing a kernel is up to you. Just place on root of SD card and flash. You can do this at any time. AOSP's ROM has a built in kernel, which is my preference. Seems to run really smooth and fast for me.
I have flashed an sbf before to install greyblur and lost all my apps.. i didnt think that was supposed to happen but no big deal. i was able to clean up my apps and got better batt life out of it.
this time i was going to try gingerblur out again since its been quite a few updates. I was on 4.1.57 or whatever rooted and couldnt ota to 1.83. well i tried flashing a .57 sbf and downloading the ota there, couldnt get it to tell me i had an update, so i flashed back down to 4.1.2 that i had from installing greyblur and work my way up through the ota updates. I did so and everything worked perfectly. well i thought...
I just noticed all my internal phone storage has been wiped. completely. no pics no music, no ringtones. i could care less about the music and ringtones, but the pics i really wanted to keep. I have a newborn and quite a few pictures of him that I havent recently backed up. it makes me sick to think they are gone. I have some software to pull data off of bad harddrives and ones that have been formatted over. but i cant seem to get it to read my phone.
first off, is there anyway to recover this? and what the hell could have went wrong to make it do this?
im really starting to feel that this phone is a piece of ****. i already have cracked my screen by dropping it on its side and literally every person i get on the phone with says they cant hear me so i have to yell
/rant
thanks
Yes using a sbf wipes your phone, it is stated many times in the threads. 1.8.3 is the only exception to the rule so far. Also thing like photos of your new born should have been backed up before doing this asthey are too important to lose. I don't know that you will be able to get them back. Sorry.
minooch said:
Yes using a sbf wipes your phone, it is stated many times in the threads. 1.8.3 is the only exception to the rule so far. Also thing like photos of your new born should have been backed up before doing this asthey are too important to lose. I don't know that you will be able to get them back. Sorry.
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the last time i flashed an sbf it kept all my files.. weird. this time it didnt.
on a side note, i have gotten almost everything back so far and still digging by using getdataback for FAT
flashing SBF wipes your phone clean but doesnt mess with ur internal SD card. if u use ginberbreak to root then thats the problem. Gingerbreak root is known to wipe ur internal/ext sd card. its always recommended to backup all ur stuff before flashing.
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if u use ginberbreak to root then thats the problem. Gingerbreak root is known to wipe ur internal/ext sd card..
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well thats my problem then. damn
sry man.. hate losing pictures of my newborn. been there and done it..lol
I have been looking for a way to root before I go ahead and install the 4.1.83 update. But the only way I can find is Gingerbreak and from what I have read it formats the SDcard.
Is there a way to root without having to lose everything? Why does the SDcard have to be formatted? The two other times I rooted my device there was no formatting required.
It's an unresolved side-effect, not a planned behavior. So it's a consequence of an exploit.
You don't have to lose everything - you have to backup before you use the exploit.
AFAICT it simply wipes the internal sdcard. So backup the contents, use TB to backup apps and data. Then go for it.
First time I did not backup properly and lost the apps (2) I moved to media and the music I'd copied from my pc. Second time managed to retain everything except, somehow, it broken the homescreen links to two apps - though the apps were still present, I have no idea what happened but it was a 10 second fix.
I unmounted the internal sd card before running it, and it didn't delete anything. Ymmv.
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I didn't do anything special before running Gingerbreak and nothing was erased...
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Excellent, why didn't I think of that - will try that next time!
Thanks.
Nigel
I didnt back anything up and ive done it 3 times now. Each time it only deleted angry birds.
Blue Puma. smart!
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err you can still flash the 1.2.6 sbf than do the frozenfish root with the afterupdate, than ota to 1.5.7 and ota to 1.8.3 and use the afterupdate. it does take up way more time and effort than the gingerbreak method
I discover a way to run gringerbreak
download it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044765
Send the apk to your email (yourself)
open it, download and install
The problem started when after I flashed the recovery with Odin. When I booted into the recovery and tried to install the superuser zip file I keep getting this message: "E:cant copy META-INF/google/android/update-binary". I get this message when I try to flash a Rom: "E:Can't open /sdcard/update-unamed-1.3.1-full.zip". I've been trying to flash the CM7 nightlies and the "Unamed" Rom. Any help with this will be much appreciated.
Also, I ended up having to install superuser via SuperOneClick
Honestly, I stopped trying after the phone kept confusing me with SD Card, External Card, and Internal Card/External SD Card BS it was giving me.
I just left my phone rooted, lol.
Sometimes, this tends to happen if you rooted your phone with an anti-virus software running on your PC which can hinder the rooting process. (always the case with my HTC Inspire 4G). So turning it off could allow you to re-download Odin, and run the program again to root it again so it can install the proper files.
Once you get it re-rooted, get into CWM, do a backup, and Clear your Cache, Data and reinstall the ROM from your Internal Card or External Card (which ever you used to place the ROM in).
Good luck.
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Honestly, I stopped trying after the phone kept confusing me with SD Card, External Card, and Internal Card/External SD Card BS it was giving me.
I just left my phone rooted, lol.
Sometimes, this tends to happen if you rooted your phone with an anti-virus software running on your PC which can hinder the rooting process. (always the case with my HTC Inspire 4G). So turning it off could allow you to re-download Odin, and run the program again to root it again so it can install the proper files.
Once you get it re-rooted, get into CWM, do a backup, and Clear your Cache, Data and reinstall the ROM from your Internal Card or External Card (which ever you used to place the ROM in).
Good luck.
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CWM and root are not even related....
root is root access to your OS /system and its functions. it has nothing to do with RECOVERY or anything outside of a RUNNING OS. i wish everyone would understand that.
as long as CWM is there, AND WORKING PROPERLY, rooting has nothing to do with it. you can flash a new rom from bone stock OS, as long as you have the CWM kernel.
@OP, you have these files (roms) located on the INTERNAL SD right?
I think that's why @homescrub said:
"and run the program again to root it again so it can install the proper files."
Proper files being cwm. As of yet I don't know of a way to install cwm without root on this phone. I know the captivate previously allowed an update to be flashed using stock recovery to get cwm.
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Are you clearing your cache before trying to flash zip from sd card? I know I got a similar problem when I didn't clear cache.
Sent from my Samsung GT-I9100
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I think that's why @homescrub said:
"and run the program again to root it again so it can install the proper files."
Proper files being cwm. As of yet I don't know of a way to install cwm without root on this phone. I know the captivate previously allowed an update to be flashed using stock recovery to get cwm.
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how do you flash CWM?
through ODIN
that does NOT require root. you dont flash it via ROM manager....so whats the need for root to add CWM?
and what is this 'proper files' crap? you either have CWM or you dont, its not half-assed
nah its cool. im done here. i will let the misinformation fly. let the noobs run in circles. this website is going to **** so fast these days.
No man ....you should help these guys....just lighten up...and I apologize for coming off like that.....and one place I CAN understand is seeing what's going on in the forums....it is chaos sometimes.....I am just tired of seeing noobs who need help get ripped up.....just as much as I am tired seeing noobs posting +1 and Great Job, in the Dev forums. I just think this is the place to help them get a good understanding so there is not another new thread with this same question.
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AntwanL said:
Are you clearing your cache before trying to flash zip from sd card? I know I got a similar problem when I didn't clear cache.
Sent from my Samsung GT-I9100
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Thanks this really helped!! Lol I can't believe I forgot to do something like this lol I Odined back to FULL stock, flashed the zedomax kernal with root, wiped data and cache, flashed the rom now all is well
Come on guys, you are both better than this. Shake hands, help the OP, and lets make xda a better place..