What to do before selling my Vibrant - Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Can someone tell me what I need to do before I sell my Vibrant. It is probably best if I restore it back to stock..so hardware reset will do it? Also, i am worries about data and if the person who buys it can somehow retrieve deleted stuff. I do not have an extra SD card, just whatever it came with..
I would be very thankful if someone has gone through the process and can advise me what to do.. like a checklist or something

If I was you I would Odin back to stock. Then go into settings> then go into backup and reset> then click factory reset. After this I would go into storage and erase SD card
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Yup! me too would Flash back to Stock 2.1 !!! And Factory reset.

It depends on the buyer really. You could put it on ebay and offer to sell it with whatever OS the buyer wants. I would boot into recovery and wipe and format everything you can, then odin back to stock.
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I would go into recovery and format sdcard and then Odin back to stock. Should take care of everything.
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When I had sold my old phone - did the same ODIN back to 2.1. Factory Reset, then Format SD Card (And still went into recovery and re-did everything to make sure it was clean)
After all of that mess... I still plugged in the phone and had to do some additional clean up

Flashing back to stock is a good idea, but I found that by using the SGS unlocker tool available in the Play Store and upgrading to 4.0.4 I was actually able to get more money for it on eBay. It sold almost immediately for my full asking price. Apparently there is a good market for rooted, unlocked smartphones running the latest Android (JB wasn't released back then).

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X2 issue and ???

My X2 starting losing signal. Today I did a hard reboot and when the phone comes back on it makes it to the black screen with the Motorola logo and says Modem did not power up (2) starting RSD protocol support. Verizon is sending me a warranty replacement. I have already done a factory reset. Phone was rooted would the factory reset erase the root so that it's safe to send back.
Phone was rooted with Pete's root tool.
redfish10 said:
My X2 starting losing signal. Today I did a hard reboot and when the phone comes back on it makes it to the black screen with the Motorola logo and says Modem did not power up (2) starting RSD protocol support. Verizon is sending me a warranty replacement. I have already done a factory reset. Phone was rooted would the factory reset erase the root so that it's safe to send back.
Phone was rooted with Pete's root tool.
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try dialing *228 option 2 This will reconfigure your signal from cell towers
http://support.verizonwireless.com/faqs/Wireless%20Service/faq_prl_preferred_roaming_list_update.html
I tried that. The phone will not make it past the black screen with the Motorola logo. And I get the modem message across the top.
Sounds like the radio is burned out. No fix for that unless you want to break out the soldering iron
That's what I figured. I have another phone on the way. I was able to do a factory reset. Would this remove the root. Phone was rooted with Pete's one click root tool.
Sending phone back so I have to make sure root is removed.
redfish10 said:
Sending phone back so I have to make sure root is removed.
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I think there's an app for that
I know but my phone is useless right now. I can't see anything but the black boot screen.
Sbf and send it in. Problem solved
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SBF = wipe everything. This is like doing a total factory reset; it clears and re-writes almost every partition. Root access would be wiped out from it.
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Try resetting ur super user
Go to app manager and clear data I found that to be my problem in the past and then turn off ur x2, not reset your phone. Than repower.
Hope it works.
What are you running?
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Dudes stuck @ red m. No way to reset superuser. Have to SBF.
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Omega360 said:
SBF = wipe everything. This is like doing a total factory reset; it clears and re-writes almost every partition. Root access would be wiped out from it.
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Not ENTIRELY true.
While flashing a sbf file using RSDlite, you are setting all the system and proprietary things back to completely stock. It will remove root access, and all that junk, along with all, the things that came from mods/tweaks/hacks/roms
BUT flashing sbf BY ITSELF alone will NOT wipe away ANY user data. You MUST data wipe from stock recovery to do that. This is why sometimes you boot loop,after sbf flash , and you need to data wipe to cure those boot loop blues, cuz sometimes there are things left over that you tweaked that didn't get wiped out after flashing the sbf, but they get removed from a data wipe from stock Android recovery.
To sum up:
For a TRUE OUT OF BOX FACTORY CONDITION(i.e. You just bought and opened the box) MUST flash sbf file using RSDlite with a computer. AND THEN after that, you wipe data/cache from stock Android recovery.
I'm willing to bet that would have also fixed you issues with not being able to boot past Motorola screen as well. Cant hurt to get a new one, but if you can compare them to see which is in better working order, then it couldn't hurt to do.
Either way, if youre going to send it in, and want to erase traces of root and such, then you need to do more than just data wipe. You NEED to sbf AND data wipe.
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That's why I said ALMOST every partition
Just do recovery...
Pull your battery/replace
And plug it in... to the wall that is
Screw an sbf
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Modem Did Not Power Up (2)
ashclepdia said:
I'm willing to bet that would have also fixed you issues with not being able to boot past Motorola screen as well. Cant hurt to get a new one, but if you can compare them to see which is in better working order, then it couldn't hurt to do.
Either way, if youre going to send it in, and want to erase traces of root and such, then you need to do more than just data wipe. You NEED to sbf AND data wipe.
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This is absolutely true. The error "Modem did not power up (2)" is something that I have been dealing with as well. I'd love to work with someone to figure out the problem, but it is probably not hardware. I encountered this error for the first time 2 weeks after installing Eclipse 2.2.1. I solved it by SBF to Stock. Once I had re-installed a stock ROM the error went away and the phone operated normally. I just had this error pop up again almost exactly 2 weeks after installing CM7 RC1. When I get home I'm going to SBF to stock and hopefully that will correct the issue (again). I tried clearing my cache and then clearing my data through stock recovery, but that won't correct the error - and unfortunately the error happens before BSR boots so I can't Nandroid back to a healthy setup and see where the problem is. Both times I lost signal on the phone, re-booted, and then got stuck at the Red M with the Modem error. :crying:
I'm going to try to load CM7 again, but it's pretty awful to have this happen at work and suddenly be without a functional phone. (Maybe I have to install RSD Lite on my work computer ...)
Any thoughts on this would be appreciated but I can tell you that ashclepdia is right, it is probably not a hardware problem. It seems to be a problem with rooting/flashing on certain handset builds.

unrooting question

if rooted useing the galaxy sIII toolkit, how can i unroot so i can reset device to out of box state??? i know i would go to CWM and wipe the system, but how would i go about flashing the original recovery???
Daviddc1144 said:
if rooted useing the galaxy sIII toolkit, how can i unroot so i can reset device to out of box state??? i know i would go to CWM and wipe the system, but how would i go about flashing the original recovery???
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when you restore cwm will be gone and wrong forum
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when you restore cwm will be gone and wrong forum
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Lol
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where do i get the original recovery to flash???
so i flash it in clockwork recovery, and when phone reboots it is back to OEM????
what i mean is the stock GS3 software.. when i am in clockwork recovery, i wipe the system and i flash the stock software, where do i download it from?? thanks..
So you don't want to unroot you just want to use the stock rom?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726558
see if this helps. i know when i had to unroot it worked and kept all my data but if you are taking it back to the store for warranty you may want to try the app called "triangle away". the app makes it so they cannot tell if you have flashed any ROMs.
check out the development section for how to go back to stock. once i got it back up and running..i also went to settings, privacy to do a system reset as i didnt want them to see superuser app when i took my phone in to the store.
I am still running the stock Rom, I just rooted the phone and flashed clockwork recovery.. I'm trying to do a factory data reset. To reset the phone back to the out of box state. I am under the assumption that when a phone is rooted and a custom recovery is flashed you can not just go into settings and factory reset your phone or you will brick it. Am I correct in this assumption? And if I am corect what I think I have to do is flash the original recovery, then I can reset the phone to factory settings which will wipe it back to stock and remove the root.. correct? I am just not sure where to get the factory recovery. Doesn't clockwork recovery replace the factory recovery?
Yes factory reset after having cwma will not restore back to stock. You''ll have to flash stock via computer or mobile Odin. The link provided above should be helpful
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If you just want to unroot - removing Superuser.apk, su and busybox works.
CWM will stay though.
Then do factory reset and format internal sdcard. That will remove all user data.
So.. if you have clockwork recovery, and you factory reset the phone, it will put the factory recovery back?
I thought trying to reset while having a recovery flashed would lock up the phone...
Daviddc1144 said:
if rooted useing the galaxy sIII toolkit, how can i unroot so i can reset device to out of box state??? i know i would go to CWM and wipe the system, but how would i go about flashing the original recovery???
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If your still having trouble here, the answer this question & alot of others is at galaxys3root.com. It's one of Zedomax's sites that will give you clearly labeled & very easy to follow instructions to unroot for warranty return. He also includes a video where he will walk you step by step through the process. This is a great Site & you can find some great tutorials on the gs3, as well as rom reviews, so be sure to bookmark it! I hope I've helped
no no, i dont want to just follow instructions.. i am trying to understand CWM. i know how to use it, but every phone i ever rooted i was never able to reset back to factory settings because i was never sure if it would screw my phone up and i am trying to learn if it is safe t do. Does CWM replace the factory hboot or just install along with it? if i am rooted and i have CWM flashed, can i still reset to factory settings like normal? and if i do what will happen? will i still have root and CWM?? can i reset back to factory in ANY rom i flash safely? all that resetting back to factory does is remove accounts and .data files correct?? when you do a wipe in CWM it removes the entire OS, then you flash whatever rom you want.. when you reflash the factory ROM, unroot and remove CWM, hboot is still there correct? you dont have to reinstall hboot, right? you just have to make sure you reflashed the original ROM and uninstall root and CWM and then your back to original right?? i am just trying to understand it all thats all.. i know i can follow directions, but i am trying to learn. any site i find explaining CWM, it just explains what it does, i am trying to learn HOW it works so i can feel safe and i dont have to worry about bricking my phone. i was always too afraid to reset any phone i ever rooted because i never fully understood how CWM worked.. i always thought of our phones as a PC, where as a PC has a recovery partition with the software backed up in it, and i always think CWM wiped it clear, so if i try to reset the phone it will be looking for a partition that's not there. but now i think my PC analogy is wrong, and all a factory reset does is remove the .data files, not re install the software.. im trying to figure which one is true..
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Guess were all in the same boat lol
after flashing stock back to the device, it also goes back to stock recovery. after boot, you still have all apps ex. titanium but once u open it will say no root access. u can then go to settings, privacy, and factory reset to get rid of titanium, etc so it is complete stock. no one would be able to tell of your past..lol. i was rooted earlier in week and made mistake of resetting to factory reset before unrooting. nothing bad happened and i unrooted and factory reset to take it to the store hope this clears up stuff.
if you are returning to a store flashing a stock Rom was all I needed to do a warranty exchange.
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This will answers all your questions I would hope.
galaxys3root dot com

[Q] About to sell rooted T-bolt, a few questions first

Hey all,
About to sell my rooted Thunderbolt and just wanted to ask a few questions about wiping it clean. So I posted it on Swappa as rooted with SkyRaider Zeus 1.3, and the person buying it didn't say anything about wanting it unrooted or wanting me to flash anything else on there (smart!). So I am including the microSD card, which is easy enough to format after I've transferred what I want onto my laptop. My question is about factory resetting the phone. So there is the Factory data reset option under SD & phone storage menu in settings. Would I use that? Or would I wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, dalvik etc. from my recovery? If I wipe the phone using the recovery, can I re-flash the Zeus ROM, and then shut down the phone afterwards, so that the first time they turn it on they have to enter all their Google information, etc? Any help would be much appreciated, thanks!
Cmotion said:
Hey all,
About to sell my rooted Thunderbolt and just wanted to ask a few questions about wiping it clean. So I posted it on Swappa as rooted with SkyRaider Zeus 1.3, and the person buying it didn't say anything about wanting it unrooted or wanting me to flash anything else on there (smart!). So I am including the microSD card, which is easy enough to format after I've transferred what I want onto my laptop. My question is about factory resetting the phone. So there is the Factory data reset option under SD & phone storage menu in settings. Would I use that? Or would I wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, dalvik etc. from my recovery? If I wipe the phone using the recovery, can I re-flash the Zeus ROM, and then shut down the phone afterwards, so that the first time they turn it on they have to enter all their Google information, etc? Any help would be much appreciated, thanks!
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Just do a clean flash of the rom and don't finish the startup. Even if you let it boot into the homescreen they will still be able to log in after they try to access the play store.
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disconnecktie said:
Just do a clean flash of the rom and don't finish the startup. Even if you let it boot into the homescreen they will still be able to log in after they try to access the play store.
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Sounds good, thanks! Also, just wanna make sure by wiping the SD card, it won't mess with anything recovery related, right? Obviously I don't care about nandroids that I'll be deleting, just don't want to mess with any recovery functionality by formatting the sd card. I'm on TWRP if that matters.
You may want to keep the img of it on the root of the SD card there just in case. It may be useful if there is an issue. I don't know how it could be but I would just to be sure. The recovery should be there regardless.
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[Q] This started as a TiBu Question, but....

Just doing a sanity check: using TiBu to restore system data should work (in theory) so long as you restore data that has been backed up from the same ROM, correct?
Thanks for any help.
EDIT: Having power key problems, please see posts #3 and #16 for updated information.
In case it really backs up and restores EVERYTHING - theoretically you're right.
Practically, I'm not sure it's the case. Since you're restoring while running a ROM, I'm not sure you can get everything to exactly the same state.
Thanks for your help, but this question was hiding a bigger one.
So until today, my phone has been working just fine. I'm still running an old, now outdated and unsupported ROM: ShirshirROM pre-alpha ICS. It's been my daily driver for almost a whole year now, works perfectly with Entropy's old ICS kernel.
Yesterday, I got tired of shell errors with Superuser (which I had been dealing with since the latest binary update), so I finally switched to SuperSU. Everything seemed to work fine afterwards, though I noticed some trouble with the power button being a little wonky, i.e. showing up the power menu when I hadn't pressed it or not immediately responding.
Today, my power button doesn't work correctly at all. I tried wiping cache, dalvik, then restoring a Nandroid of the same ROM/Kernel combo from way earlier this year. Key test in CWM also shows that all buttons register when pressed, EXCEPT the power one. Otherwise phone functions are perfect; I can make calls, send/receive texts, etc, I just have to plug in my phone or have something happen for the screen to turn on, and then I have access to everything. My question is, is this (God forbid) a hardware failure? That would be my worst nightmare, seeing as I'm almost exactly one full year out from contract renewal, and I don't have a lot of money to spend on a new one, nor do I have nowhere near enough expertise to try to fix it myself. What can I do?
P.S. The TiBu question was because in case the Nandroid fixed the problem, I could just restore contacts and SMS from TiBu since it is the same ROM, and be back up and running immediately.
P.P.S. As mentioned, I can get into CWM. This is done by pulling battery, sticking it in, and holding all physical keys until boot screen shows twice. But I can't use the power key to select any options, I have to use home. And key test shows the power button not registering. I'm hoping that that means power key may still work, but that's just me praying this is fixable.
So this problem didn't occur at all prior to installing supersu ?
Phalanx7621 said:
So this problem didn't occur at all prior to installing supersu ?
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No, as far as I recall. I'm not using supersu anymore since I'm on a Nandroid but power button still doesn't work. I have to find alternate ways of activating the screen, like plugging it into a charger or pulling the battery to restart :/
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karate104 said:
No, as far as I recall. I'm not using supersu anymore since I'm on a Nandroid but power button still doesn't work. I have to find alternate ways of activating the screen, like plugging it into a charger or pulling the battery to restart :/
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Run a Rom that will support siyah 4.3.3 or siyah 5.0.1 and enable swipe to wake.
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Run a Rom that will support siyah 4.3.3 or siyah 5.0.1 and enable swipe to wake.
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Is that my only option? How can I test for sure that it's a hardware failure and my power button is completely useless?
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Full wipe and return to out of the box stock. If the issue persists, it's hardware.
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Full wipe and return to out of the box stock. If the issue persists, it's hardware.
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After full wiping, if the problem is fixed I should be able to restore the Nandroid from earlier this year without retriggering it, right? Or is that out of the question now?
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karate104 said:
After full wiping, if the problem is fixed I should be able to restore the Nandroid from earlier this year without retriggering it, right? Or is that out of the question now?
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No one will know until you try it, as yours appears to be a unique issue if it is being caused by software/firmware.
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dandrumheller said:
No one will know until you try it, as yours appears to be a unique issue if it is being caused by software/firmware.
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So I backed up stuff, then went ahead and flashed bone stock using the Odin3 One-Click from 2a in creepy's guide. I can't get past the initial setup wizard though, because Google Services Framework (process com.google.process.gapps), Calendar Storage (process.com.android.providers.calendar), and other Google apps processes keep force closing when I click the Android to start. I was able to boot into stock e3 recovery (again using three-button combo), but I can't select anything using the power key.
I didn't do a full data wipe/factory reset before flashing, and I can't get to the main menus to do so because my phone won't get past the setup wizard, which keeps crashing. What do I try next?
EDIT: I know that I was able to make selections using a CWM-enabled ICS kernel; home key functioned as select. I have the CWM-flashable zip, and I wanted to know if there's anyway to flash this kernel using Odin. I know it won't boot (custom ICS kernel with Gingerbread stock rom), but if I can get into recovery, I can use the home key to do a full data wipe/factory reset, then I'd Odin stock kernel+ROM again and see if that fixes things. So my question is, how do I flash a CWM-zipped kernel in Odin? (You can tell I never use Odin)
EDIT2: I'd still like to know how I can flash a CWM-zipped kernel in Odin, but I'm gonna hold off on it as it would trip the counter and I found out my phone is still under warranty, hooray! They're sending a refurb'ed replacement that should be here in a couple days, I can test that out and see if I can get me up and running again before I decide to do something really rash like trip the counter. It sucks cause I'm going out of town on Thursday but the replacement is arriving Friday, and I won't be back until next Wednesday. I'm stuck using my old iPhone 3G until then :/
I do know you can't flash this from Odim. You'll need another kind of file. Tar file... I don't remember.
Don't know where to find it.
I don't think you should back to stock. Just wipe and formating everything could test it.
Find an app that allow you to get recovery from android like rom toolbox lite.
Download mrRobinson AeSedai Aroma.
After formating and wiped everything, flash your rom and don't get out of recovery. Flash AeSedai just after. Flash gapps and KERNEL from AeSedai.
Must be an cm10 or aokp rom... Any rom from that source.
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RatusNatus said:
I do know you can't flash this from Odim. You'll need another kind of file. Tar file... I don't remember.
Don't know where to find it.
I don't think you should back to stock. Just wipe and formating everything could test it.
Find an app that allow you to get recovery from android like rom toolbox lite.
Download mrRobinson AeSedai Aroma.
After formating and wiped everything, flash your rom and don't get out of recovery. Flash AeSedai just after. Flash gapps and KERNEL from AeSedai.
Must be an cm10 or aokp rom... Any rom from that source.
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How would I format and wipe everything if I can't get past the setup wizard on bone stock 2.3.4? I can't install apps, make calls or texts, nothing. All I can do is select the language and make emergency calls. I can't wipe in stock e3 recovery either because the power button doesn't work.
I need a way to either Odin a kernel from which I can use the home button to make selections, or find some other way to remotely format and wipe my phone. Is there a way for me to put my phone in USB debugging mode so I can maybe use ADB? I can't access the settings menu...
Don't u use home button to select things in stock recovery?
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Don't u use home button to select things in stock recovery?
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Nah, it's power key. I double checked again this morning. Oh, and I guess it's called 3e recovery, not e3 xD.
One other note, when pulling battery, then putting it back in, phone autoboots. I have to hold buttons then place battery in to boot to recovery, and for download mode, I have to have it plugged in, buttons held, then place battery in to get to download mode.
EDIT: Would anyone be willing to do me a huge favor? I want to find out if Entropy's DD GB kernel, the Odin-flashable tar one, can use home as select in CWM. Would someone be willing to temporarily flash DD_01242012 from here to check for me? It's a CWM zip, the changes are very tiny between it and the previous 01232012 Odin one. I just don't want to Odin it myself and trip the counter to find out it was useless, especially since I don't have a jig to reset the counter.
So an update:
While looking around for a way to root my new refurb model which came shipped with stock ICS, I found creepy's Stock ICS with root package, and I thought, "I told AT&T I was on ICS, I guess I should actually put ICS on my phone instead of leaving GB (UCKH7) on there. Maybe since I was on ICS before I can get past the gapps force closing too and do a factory reset from the settings menu." Sure enough, after flashing stock ICS, I was able to get past the darn wizard and toy with it. I do have problems of course: calendar still force closes, and the phone will randomly reboot after some period of using it. But at least I was able to access stuff.
My data was all still there, all pictures, contacts, settings, etc. I realized that before I do a data wipe/factory reset, I should heed the emmc superbrick bug warning and NOT do that with stock ICS kernel. I still had ES file explorer and root access, so I went in and manually deleted all data as much as possible, to make it look like my phone did have a factory reset done as I said to the AT&T representative. I've deleted wifi access points, browser history/cookies/cache, all contacts, texts, pictures/videos, downloads, all CWM zips and backups, all installed apps, all accounts that were signed in...
My newest questions are:
1) is there anything I'm missing that I should delete so that my phone does not look like it's been modified in any way? Also, any personal data I'm missing that needs to be deleted? I still have root access so I can delete anything I want.
2) Should I go ahead and risk the brickbug and actually do a factory reset/data wipe, or should I just let it be since I've deleted most things manually (and not potentially send them a useless brick lol)? Actually, since I'm rooted, I can install Mobile Odin to flash a CWM-enabled kernel, then wipe data/factory reset safely from there; that is, assuming my phone doesn't do a random reboot in the middle of flashing the kernel. I do run the risk of it rebooting while flashing and possibly bricking something else. So should I do that and take that risk, should I take the risk of wiping data from the stock kernel, or is there no reason to take either risk anymore?
3) Is there anywhere I can find a non-rooted stock UCLE5 ICS Odin-flashable tar, that I can flash before sending the phone back?
How about:
1. Flash back to stock GB
2. Wipe Data
3. Upgrade to stock ICS via kies or OTA
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How about:
1. Flash back to stock GB
2. Wipe Data
3. Upgrade to stock ICS via kies or OTA
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Thanks for your help, but I can't do that. If I could, I wouldn't be stuck in this predicament.
Power key doesn't work at all, but it is necessary to make selections in stock 3e recovery. Hence, I can't wipe from recovery, either on stock GB or ICS.
Stock GB rom doesn't boot past Setup Launcher due to gapps force-closes. These force closes prevent me from reaching the settings menu within stock GB to do a wipe there.
My two options for wiping data are using stock ICS ROM (under settings menu), or flashing a custom kernel using Mobile Odin, then wiping with the home key in CWM. Both are risky: stock ICS ROM uses the stock kernel to wipe, possible brickbug there. My phone currently experiences random reboots without warning; a reboot during a Mobile Odin flash could also brick something. My question is, should I do either one, or neither at all?
What about wiping through ADB?
Adb shell
Wipe data
Or
Adb recovery --wipe-data
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What about wiping through ADB?
Adb shell
Wipe data
Or
Adb recovery --wipe-data
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Well, that previously wasn't an option on GB since I couldn't put the phone in debugging mode, but I can now in ICS so in theory it should work. The question now is, will the phone do one of its random reboots while I'm working with it in ADB...
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[Q] Flashing a ROM for the first time, but need to keep data settings

I'm trying to flash the Santod Stock ICS, debloated, deodexed ROM onto my phone.
I'm coming from Stock GB, and I have already got S-OFF and Root with the HTC Thunderbolt All-in-one-tool.
However, I am currently confused and stuck on what to do next. The catch is that I dont get my service through Verizon, but through Mobi PCS in Hawaii which basically just offers 3G and this required me to pay someone locally to hack the phone and input manually the data settings.
Now, I notice that in the instructions for flashing this ROM is to totally wipe the partitions. Is this really necessary? Only asking because I don't want to lose the data settings and possibly have the phone not be able to have service or have to pay for the settings to be put back on.
I have already created a backup through 4ext, so I think I should be fine with that part. Is there a way for me to back up the data portion of the phone, wipe the partitions, and restore it after I flash the ROM? Besides all that, which radio should I flash first before the ROM?
I would really appreciate some help if anyone has the time.
Thanks
Since you made a nand backup in 4ext you should be OK to do a full wipe (yes you have to full wipe, data,cache and system). If something is wrong then restore your backup and you should be OK. The problem I see you having is that you will have to flash the new radios in order to flash ICS. I'm pretty sure that will mess up any settings you have for the modem which means you would have to get your phone flashed to that service again.
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disconnecktie said:
Since you made a nand backup in 4ext you should be OK to do a full wipe (yes you have to full wipe, data,cache and system). If something is wrong then restore your backup and you should be OK. The problem I see you having is that you will have to flash the new radios in order to flash ICS. I'm pretty sure that will mess up any settings you have for the modem which means you would have to get your phone flashed to that service again.
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Got it. So the wipe is basically a full wipe? does my SD card need to be wiped too?
kfactor1469 said:
Got it. So the wipe is basically a full wipe? does my SD card need to be wiped too?
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Nah you don't have to wipe the SD. Also, since you have to do a full wipe you can use an app called titanium backup to back up user apps and data. Make sure you don't restore system apps from gingerbread into ICS.
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