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I recently flashed my EVO 3d from Sprint to Verizon. While rooting the phone I forgot to backup my nanodroid. I installed a ROM that at the time I didn't know it didn't work with s-on. I thought I soft bricked it. I paniced and I installed the latest RUU. Doing that took my Verizon off the phone and I had to get it reflashed. My question is if I change Roms which I tend to do every two weeks will that take my Verizon flash off my phone.
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You changed the ESN of your verizon phone to your Evo3d? That what your saying?
When you flash the new rom no you won't loose the carrier flash you will only lose the mms and web setting only if you change the prl u will lose the carrier flash
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So don't change ROMS if I wanna keep my internet
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gzadagenius said:
So don't change ROMS if I wanna keep my internet
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You can absolutely change roms, you just have to go and edit the mms and 3g settings after.
How do you do that?
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gzadagenius said:
How do you do that?
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However you changed it in the first place to get it to work on Verizon.
So the answer is no I can't change Roms. Im trying to avoid having to do the Verizon thing again because they gonna charge me .
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So the answer is no I can't change Roms
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Again, you can ABSOLUTELY change roms, you just have to redo your 3g and mms settings after. It should literally take you about 1 minute. Just write down the settings you have now.
Im trying to avoid having to do the Verizon thing again because they gonna charge me .
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Charge you for what? If you're already flashed to Verizon, then you are paying verizon, correct?
I didn't do the 3g and mms settings. Where and how do I adjust them?
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Okay you can change roms but regardless if your switching from sprint to verizon your gonna have to change the mms and Web setting because each carrier had specified Inet and picture setting there's no wary to avoid this unless you look for an APN file for each carrier and just enable it when you switch roms or carriers
But there is no way you won't have to change the setting when you flash to a new carrier every 2 weeks just google APN setting Verizon or sprint using the model type of phone and then use APN back up and restore to modify mms and Web but do it research first or else u will end up with neither of the 2 good luck
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Thanks for all tall help. I have my weekend project
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Just wondering if the Thunderbolt had to be activated before rooting or not.
Anyone know?
I plan on rooting one for my mother in law but she hasn't activated it yet for service.
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Mine was rooted when I activated it. I ended up unrooting because there were problems with my activation unrelated to being rooted. Just makes sure you're on the latest firmware first.
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Thanks man.
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No problem. The reason you should stick with the stock ruu is because if they need software info it will match. I doubt they will hut you never know.
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disconnecktie said:
No problem. The reason you should stick with the stock ruu is because if they need software info it will match. I doubt they will hut you never know.
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I probably will just root it anyways. If something weird happens, I'll just unroot it and start over.
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So it IS safe to root before activating?
Just double checking.
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RBarnett09 said:
So it IS safe to root before activating?
Just double checking.
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Yes but stay on a stock rom just to be safe.
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disconnecktie said:
Yes but stay on a stock rom just to be safe.
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Yeah, just until it gets activated, then I can change over to a different ROM.
Thanks again man.
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RBarnett09 said:
Yeah, just until it gets activated, then I can change over to a different ROM.
Thanks again man.
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Yea. I remember on the Eris it wasn't possible to activate on anything but a stock rom. On this I'm not to sure so I would go with a sense 2.1 for sure.
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I can say if you have verizon you might wanna wait on rooting even if you root but have a stock rom because i sat in their store over an hour and a half one day setting up a new sim card with a samsung stratosphere i rooted and it had the tweaked rom and stock rom and had to unroot cuz their computer couldnt connect to device right and finally after 8 new simcards i just unrooted used my backup of original factory firmware i took before flashing customized stock rom.... I know im a lil late on this but my advice is root it after its been activated...save yourself hassle and embarrassment knowing they are not supposed to help you when your device is rooted...
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pantallica said:
I can say if you have verizon you might wanna wait on rooting even if you root but have a stock rom because i sat in their store over an hour and a half one day setting up a new sim card with a samsung stratosphere i rooted and it had the tweaked rom and stock rom and had to unroot cuz their computer couldnt connect to device right and finally after 8 new simcards i just unrooted used my backup of original factory firmware i took before flashing customized stock rom.... I know im a lil late on this but my advice is root it after its been activated...save yourself hassle and embarrassment knowing they are not supposed to help you when your device is rooted...
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This is the reason I never go in the store. I've never had a problem activating a rooted phone. That is why I always suggest going back to a stock firmware though because cm roms and other aosp roms have trouble activating most of the time.
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I deferred the update until 2/25 the latest it would allow me to put it off. I eventually want to root and use a custom Rom I am coming from the Motorola droid x2 and CM7 and know nothing about HTC phones. Should I let the update go through or is there something I should do to stop it?
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If you haven't unlocked your bootloader and you let it go through then you will not be able to root your device for the time being.
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Root it now and update later
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I deferred the update until 2/25 the latest it would allow me to put it off. I eventually want to root and use a custom Rom I am coming from the Motorola droid x2 and CM7 and know nothing about HTC phones. Should I let the update go through or is there something I should do to stop it?
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Do not allow the OTA to go thru. Root your phone and install the Mod by Justin (nitsuj) to get rid of the ota notification. If you want to root and not change your stock DNA it is possible. Then you can flash the custom rom of your choice later. My advice is to read up on all roms and kernels. How-to's before you root and make your decision on the best route to go. If you need help look for a RD/RC (Recognized Dev/Contributor) and some one will be happy to assist you. Or you can always post openly in the Q&A sections.
I have unlocked the BL installed cwm rooted and now have s-off what file do I need to stop the ota?
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kc9bvl said:
I have unlocked the BL installed cwm rooted and now have s-off what file do I need to stop the ota?
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There is a mod in the development section for this
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kc9bvl said:
I have unlocked the BL installed cwm rooted and now have s-off what file do I need to stop the ota?
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There's a thread in the dev forum.
And even if you don't block it. If it tries to install it it will not work.
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Bigandrewgold said:
There's a thread in the dev forum.
And even if you don't block it. If it tries to install it it will not work.
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So I really need to do nothing at this point?
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kc9bvl said:
So I really need to do nothing at this point?
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yea if you have a custom recovery it wont even install... i forgot about this part lol
I have been reading thorough the returning to stock post in lg general Dev. A lot of people are softbricking or bootlooping by flashing OTA an edited recovery.
Before you flash any OTA you must return to stock.
Just a word of warning. If I'm misinformed someone please correct me but that's what I got from reading.
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I'm sure anyone that would be looking in the development threads would be looking for development so they might pass over this thread. In turn they will end up 'softbricking' their device because they didn't return to stock before hand.
You should have posted this is the correct place.
Now everyone's phones are going to be messed up.
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It was mostly just so people see it here if they aren't surfing other threads
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stuck on recovery
I just stuck on recovery after OTA, now I guess I have to unroot?, what that OTA does anyway? I was looking for more information but there is nothing out yet
Go look at the returning to stock post in general section. There is more instruction there.
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Demonlinx said:
Go look at the returning to stock post in general section. There is more instruction there.
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if you can get in recovery, you are fine. Just have to clear some files and it will boot fine. It's "soft bricked" because it keeps trying to apply the OTA.
Sprint has an OTA?
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I just stuck on recovery after OTA, now I guess I have to unroot?, what that OTA does anyway? I was looking for more information but there is nothing out yet
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If you have a nandroid backup, you should restore it. As soon as you restore it, you should flash back to stock. Then after your phone is clean, take the OTA and then root.
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if you can get in recovery, you are fine. Just have to clear some files and it will boot fine. It's "soft bricked" because it keeps trying to apply the OTA.
Sprint has an OTA?
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I'm not sure I've just seen lg in general has had updates being pushed.
However if we are on stock rooted ROM, shouldn't we be able to push the OTA? I'm not that versed in this.
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Demonlinx said:
I'm not sure I've just seen lg in general has had updates being pushed.
However if we are on stock rooted ROM, shouldn't we be able to push the OTA? I'm not that versed in this.
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Safe thing to do is to always flash back to stock to avoid any issues.
EDIT: Don't quote me on this but according to a Sprint G2 user in the thread below that if you have the stock recovery and didn't flash TWRP, you should be able to take the OTA without having to flash back to stock.
http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/4886-lg-g2-users-thread/?p=249338
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Safe thing to do is to always flash back to stock to avoid any issues.
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Sounds good.
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Yeah anyone that's going to be modding phones should get used to not accepting ota updates, luckily it doesn't take long until roms are updated
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kc3 said:
Yeah anyone that's going to be modding phones should get used to not accepting ota updates, luckily it doesn't take long until roms are updated
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So will updated Roms include ota data?
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Lol I imagine that depends on the rom developer, if not than a rom will eventual get released with the newest software, always a matter of time
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So if I'm rooted and on the stock ROM I just accept the OTA and install? Then just re-root?
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So if I'm rooted and on the stock ROM I just accept the OTA and install? Then just re-root?
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Yes, assuming you have stock recovery and not TWRP.
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Yes, assuming you have stock recovery and not TWRP.
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Thanks!
Yup on stock recovery right now . Gonna hold off tho because I've been reading that someone is making an update we can flash over top with TWRP. I'll just figure out what I want to do once everything is clear and settled. I'd love some better/stronger signal.
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o0adam0o said:
Thanks!
Yup on stock recovery right now . Gonna hold off tho because I've been reading that someone is making an update we can flash over top with TWRP. I'll just figure out what I want to do once everything is clear and settled. I'd love some better/stronger signal.
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If you find the update to flash with twrp please post link here for us. Thanks. I've heard about it but cannot find anything else out
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Good Info
Thanks for the post. I myself was applying the software downloads for my D800 At&t Variant. I am currently stuck right now and your explanation helps make a little sense of what is happening to my phone. I was stuck at the cm boot animation and tried to do a wipe and restore and a bunch of other stuff and nothing was working. Decided to flash back using the software from that thread, however the flash was listed as successful, but upon getting to the main screen of the os, keyboard doesn't come up, no signal or wifi, then after a minute or two the phone will just reboot. My thoughts are either that I have the OTA software missing key components from the original stock, or my efs is shot, in which case I am concerned. Just got this phone and would love to fix it. I will hunt for original software.
I had done a full lg stock backup through CWM and then exported that to my computer. Would that contain my efs info?
Thanks
Update 12/23/13:
XDA member shelnutt tipped me that freegee (free app on play) supports flashing twrp and cwm on 12b. I did it. Works. Back in bidness guys. Throw a thanks at shelnutt over in the 12b ota thread for the help.
But can you install a recovery?
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So, any noticeable differences with the newest OTA?
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dobo84 said:
But can you install a recovery?
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I flashed twrp via flashify. All good
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Good to know so we really didn't lose anything with the new update
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mrchambo said:
So, any noticeable differences with the newest OTA?
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Honestly it seems smoother to me. The screen is more responsive and call clarity is much improved.
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dobo84 said:
Good to know so we really didn't lose anything with the new update
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Nope. Whatever the "Google Security Update" was had nothing to do with root.
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BreakingVZW said:
I flashed twrp via flashify. All good
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Which TWRP file. I have tried many methods and files and all I get is the phone stuck on a black screen at boot. I can boot it back up, but it seems to corrupt the recovery. A link would be great. I returned to stock 10b, took the 2 OTAs then rerooted, so I'm not sure if that makes a difference.
How do we know you're not really a spy working with vzw to make us lose root!
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I flashed twrp via flashify. All good
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i can flash twrp, cwm, via flashify all good also but It boots with a black blank screen. does yours also ?
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i can flash twrp, cwm, via flashify all good also but It boots with a black blank screen. does yours also ?
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No... I flashed the twrp version before the latest stable release. 3.2 and then updated that to 3.3 via twrp zip flash
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athorax said:
How do we know you're not really a spy working with vzw to make us lose root!
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Lol bc my name is breakingvzw and I've been helping folks with vzw root things on the HTC one forums and before that on the droid razr.
Also you don't lose root.
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Attention Everyone... You can keep your root if you use voodoo, yes... However, good luck getting anything other than a stock recovery. The Loki bypass on the bootloader is what I believe the "security" patch is. I tried using Flashify, Root Recovery installer, etc none worked. Black screen on recovery. Tried to push recovery through ADB only to find that the partition was denying access to write to it. However I did manage to flash stock firmware and get my custom recovery back with no issues. So, if someone can get a recovery going, that's great please tell us exactly how you did it, but everyone else consider yourself warned. Lol... And in all honesty, the camera seemed improved... Lighting wise that's it... Touch screen still acted retarded for me.
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Which TWRP file. I have tried many methods and files and all I get is the phone stuck on a black screen at boot. I can boot it back up, but it seems to corrupt the recovery. A link would be great. I returned to stock 10b, took the 2 OTAs then rerooted, so I'm not sure if that makes a difference.
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Are you using SuperSU or just regular lame superuser? I'm using SuperSU.
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Are you using SuperSU or just regular lame superuser? I'm using SuperSU.
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Can I get your TWRP file that you used please.. ? cause I felt like I tried them all
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Are you using SuperSU or just regular lame superuser? I'm using SuperSU.
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No... I flashed the twrp version before the latest stable release. 3.2 and then updated that to 3.3 via twrp zip flash
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im using SuperSU, I went from 10b to 11a to 12b root, switched to superSU, flashed 3.1img then 3.2 img via flashify then 3.3 zip via flashify still blank black recovery
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12B changelog
Posted this in another thread, thought it might be useful here too.
So how long until a stock rooted 12b rom? Wouldn't mind helping test one.
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sRs DoLLaR mEnU said:
So how long until a stock rooted 12b rom? Wouldn't mind helping test one.
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Hopefully not too long. Although afaik there's only one or two vs980 devs that work w stock.
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Hopefully not too long. Although afaik there's only one or two vs980 devs that work w stock.
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An update to malladus would be nice
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