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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Yesterday I unplugged my phone and it wouldn't start. Had to take out battery and SD card to get it to eventually start, but it hung on the HTC white screen.
I can access the clockwork recovery screen, and have even been able to load previous backups and new roms to see if anything will work, but it won't let me get past that white HTC screen.
I feel like I'm close because I can still access the recovery menu, but something's up. So I have a few questions that if anyone can answer I will appreciate more than you know.
1) Is there a way to unroot my phone from the recovery menu/PC access so I can get it replaced by Verizon if it is a hardware problem? I know, I know, I did it to myself, but if there's a way out, I'll take it.
2) What are RUU files and would they somehow fix this? I am not against unrooting and going back to stock, especially after this scare.
3) As of now I have DasBampf 1.8.6 and MR2 radio on the phone. Will the RUU remove these and flash a whole new Radio/ROM? Again, I know I'm an idiot, but I need help. Help me Obi Wan!
4) I'll check back if anyone needs more info. BTW, the phone only boots into recovery *power+down volume* Won't turn on manually. I've tried another SD card, I've tried other ROMS. I have NOT tried any new radios yet, as I'm scared to accidentally brick it.
Thanks in advance.
go into bootloader (when it's off hold power button and volume down until white screen pops up) wait for it to check your sd card, then click wipe data. it should boot up after its done wiping the data, if not you might have to select reboot in recovery.
RUU update.
I flashed the 2.11.605.5 build of the new RUU. It started out fine, and then it failed at user data, system, and one other. Now it's still in the same hanging screen. What the hell!?
Please help me before I **** this thing up even more.
OTA updates are the DEVIL!!!!!! You people need to block them and stop installing the unrooted version while you are rooted with no reguard to your phones safety. If you are rooted install the rooted version of the OTA.
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I didn't read the op but if its hanging on htc screen with new ota try flashing the radio the new ota has or an older one. Had that issue with my EVO.
The wrong radio will cause your phone to never pass htc screen.
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Haven't tried anything new yet, but besides one time this morning, I can't even get to the bootloader. Won't turn on, even with a spare charged working battery. Time to call Verizon and maybe eat the payment, methinks.
Update for anyone interested.
I got onto IRC and contacted Jcase, who had me flash a new RUU, which seemed to fix the problem.
HOWEVER, my phone is still FUBAR, as it shuts off periodically and will not allow me to call out. I managed to go through the entire unroot process and got my phone back to original status. I have a replacement coming from Verizon soon and although I think it's a hardware problem with my phone, I don't think I'll be rooting again anytime before my warranty expires. Thanks for all the help everyone.
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Hey guys, I was trying to unroot my thunderbolt but jacked things up. I had it wipe all date, now will not boot Its still rooted. When i go into the reboot mood its by Revolutionary. Info it displays where it gives me options of fastboot, recover, factory reset, simlock, hboot usb and image crc is
Revolutionary
MECHA XD SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.O4.1002
MICROP-/
RADIO-1.49.00.0406v_1
eMMC-BOOT
Idk if that helps. It doesnt reboot or does a looping process. Just stays at the white htc screen and doesnt say anything, and is not the screen where it says htc quietly brilliant. When i go into recovery 4ext recovery touch is whats available, current rom:unknown. Im fairly new so i would greatly appreciate any help, I like this phone alot and would hate to use something else. I dont care if after everything is said and done its still rooted or not. I have my personal info still on my card and a backup on my computer so im safe on that and dont care if i lose everything on the phone. Also i did not try to do the ota update.
Because you wiped all your data to ahead and wipe cache and dalvik cache and system. Then flash another rom.
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Because you wiped all your data to ahead and wipe cache and dalvik cache and system. Then flash another rom.
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If you dont me asking, is there a step process you can suggest or point me to? Idk how to flash the rom and am new to this scene.
When flashing a rom. Wipe caches (cache and dalvik cache), wipe data (most of the time I recommend doing this), and system/boot partitions. Then after wiping all of those choose the option to flash a rom( I haven't used clockworkmod recovery in ages and I don't remember what they list that option as). When the installation is completed reboot and if all goes well you should be running a custom rom of your choosing. I would suggest you ditch cwm for 4ext recovery just as soon as you can. Cwm has some unusual bugs where the caches may not be properly wiped and your rom won't boot because of this.
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Cwm has some unusual bugs where the caches may not be properly wiped and your rom won't boot because of this.
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I know back in the EVO days of no 4EXT Virus had a SuperWipe. It would wipe everything 3 times in CWM. If you are persistent to keep CWM you might want to try that... I think I have it somewhere I can make compatible for the Thunderbolt. But it is highly recommended to use 4EXT instead.
I had it at one point too but wiping 3x or 10x just to flash a rom is ridiculous.
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i'M planing to flash the ICS as soon Devs release a perfect one and i want to know how to do a clean install.
I want to erase everything and start a fresh new install.
That option factory reset dont erase nothing... is there another option?
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i'M planing to flash the ICS as soon Devs release a perfect one and i want to know how to do a clean install.
I want to erase everything and start a fresh new install.
That option factory reset dont erase nothing... is there another option?
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you're kidding right? all you need to do is a factory reset, that's a clean install
I did a factory reset 2 days ago and the data folders are still there.
My phone has the same free space on it.
If you want to remove all your personal data, you need to format the sd card. To wipe and format, go into settings | privacy | Factory data reset, tick the checkbox for "format USB storage" and reset phone. To just format, go to settings | storage | format USB storage.
If you want to completely wipe your phone you can enter the following code into your dial pad and it will completely reset your phone to out of the box conditions
Warning this code wipes everthing
Code:
*2767*3855#
dayv said:
If you want to completely wipe your phone you can enter the following code into your dial pad and it will completely reset your phone to out of the box conditions
Warning this code wipes everthing
Code:
*2767*3855#
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Thanks you all for the reply. I'll do that cuz i'm on a bootloop that cames and go from time to time.
But my I777 its not like an out of the box should be.
I'm using ICScrewed 2.1 right now. Any difference?
When you say erase everything what everything was that? lol
will keep Only the ROM and nothing else?
And about the trash zip files from VoltageControl etc.?
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Thanks you all for the reply. I'll do that cuz i'm on a bootloop that cames and go from time to time.
But my I777 its not like an out of the box should be.
I'm using ICScrewed 2.1 right now. Any difference?
When you say erase everything what everything was that? lol
will keep Only the ROM and nothing else?
And about the trash zip files from VoltageControl etc.?
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it means it will wipe EVERYTHING on your sd card
Nick281051 said:
it means it will wipe EVERYTHING on your sd card
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That everything includes CWM?
So, will that code brick phone?
RatusNatus said:
That everything includes CWM?
So, will that code brick phone?
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Comprehension is a lovely thing.
No! It will uninstall all apps and remove all setting and wipe your sd card
Cwm doesn't run from your sdcard, it is in the kernel
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Thanks you all for the reply. I'll do that cuz i'm on a bootloop that cames and go from time to time.
But my I777 its not like an out of the box should be.
I'm using ICScrewed 2.1 right now. Any difference?
When you say erase everything what everything was that? lol
will keep Only the ROM and nothing else?
And about the trash zip files from VoltageControl etc.?
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When I say everything, I mean your phone will be just like the day it was first taken out of the box with the stock Samsung firmware that came with the phone, wiping any trace of anything you have ever done to the phone.
Edit: the only thing it does not touch is the bootloaders.
It will reset you to the stock kernel, the entire stock firmware that came factory on the phone.
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When I say everything, I mean your phone will be just like the day it was first taken out of the box with the stock Samsung firmware that came with the phone, wiping any trace of anything you have ever done to the phone.
Edit: the only thing it does not touch is the bootloaders.
It will reset you to the stock kernel, the entire stock firmware that came factory on the phone.
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ummmm.....how is it going to wipe it to stock kernel and stock rom, when hes on a custom kernel and custom rom..?
plain and simple.....the code is a factory reset+sdcard format tool....
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When I say everything, I mean your phone will be just like the day it was first taken out of the box with the stock Samsung firmware that came with the phone, wiping any trace of anything you have ever done to the phone.
Edit: the only thing it does not touch is the bootloaders.
It will reset you to the stock kernel, the entire stock firmware that came factory on the phone.
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No offense by any mean but if it is true then we won't have hundreds of threads asking and answering "how to return to stock"
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AFAIK, factory reset (aka wipe data) will erase all installed apps, settings, home screen settings, ...., and all personal stuff that stored in the internal memory.
By "internal memory" I meant the sd card. NOTE this sd card IS NOT the external micro SD that we bought separately and insert into the phone. Dang, i hate this confusion. Honestly, I am not sure that "wipe data" even performs what I said in bold.
Factory reset/wipe data does NOT touch the ROM, not touch the kernel, not touch the bootloader, ...., basically it won't touch any system file/folder.
wipe data/factory reset formats /data and /cache partitions. pretty much nothing else except cleaning a couple of other hidden folders.
never touches /system partition
it would behoove everyone to understand these items as they go around flashing things willy nilly....
Phone has clockworkmod v2.5.0.4 My phone is stuck in the splash screen. I was texting and it froze. pulled battery and tried rebooted. all my pics and vids are on the phone and NOT the sd card. any way to get to the files with my computer before i wipe it? please help.
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Phone has clockworkmod v2.5.0.4 My phone is stuck in the splash screen. I was texting and it froze. pulled battery and tried rebooted. all my pics and vids are on the phone and NOT the sd card. any way to get to the files with my computer before i wipe it? please help.
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Don't wipe. Can you reboot into recovery? If so restore a previous rom or nandroid. You shouldn't lose anything. Above All don't panic.
lapdog101 said:
Don't wipe. Can you reboot into recovery? If so restore a previous rom or nandroid. You shouldn't lose anything. Above All don't panic.
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under clockwork, i click reboot recovery and it goes to vibrant screen for one second then right back to clockwork. any other way?
Before clicking reboot recovery restore a backup that you have made, first.
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Toast6977 said:
Before clicking reboot recovery restore a backup that you have made, first.
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im sure im screwed, but i dont have a backup
astross89 said:
im sure im screwed, but i dont have a backup
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Do u still have the rom or ANY rom still on your SD card..(internal SD) ?? Just flash the rom again from recovery . If u can access cwm you are fine.
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Do u still have the rom or ANY rom still on your SD card..(internal SD) ?? Just flash the rom again from recovery
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doesn't that wipe everything?
Can you get into download mode? If so Odin to stock. Then put whatever rom you want on there. I believe your pics and vids will be there if you don't repartition. Can someone confirm that?
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doesn't that wipe everything?
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No I didn't say wipe data. Only reflash the SAME rom if u have it. odining to stock is a last resort
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under clockwork, i click reboot recovery and it goes to vibrant screen for one second then right back to clockwork. any other way?
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I am not trying to be a smarta$$, but your post says that you are clicking reboot recovery. What about just reboot? Could also wipe /cache and then advanced/wipe dalvik-cache, then reboot.
If you have adb then you can reboot that way too.
Btw, what ROM are you on?
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No I didn't say wipe data. Only reflash the SAME rom if u have it. odining to stock is a last resort
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I think i know what rom is on it? is there a way to find out without being able to boot? and to reflash just install on sd, wipe dalvik and apply sdcard:update.zip or install zip from sdcard?
Woodrube said:
I am not trying to be a smarta$$, but your post says that you are clicking reboot recovery. What about just reboot? Could also wipe /cache and then advanced/wipe dalvik-cache, then reboot.
If you have adb then you can reboot that way too.
Btw, what ROM are you on?
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reboot just locks up at splash screen and clearing the cache and dalvik wont delete files correct? also the cache we talk about is the wipe cache partition?
Wiping /cache and /dalvik won't delete any data so no worries about that. Wipe them both and then reboot. It will take up to 3-5minutes to rebuild the caches.
I kind of need to know what ROM you are/were on to figure out where to go. Once you answer that and try the above, and it doesn't work I have another idea to try.
@woodrube
Hello my friend. I am working at 5am I trust you will help this young man to get his vibe rolling again
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Wiping /cache and /dalvik won't delete any data so no worries about that. Wipe them both and then reboot. It will take up to 3-5minutes to rebuild the caches.
I kind of need to know what ROM you are/were on to figure out where to go. Once you answer that and try the above, and it doesn't work I have another idea to try.
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i know the dalvik part but the cache to wipe is the cache partition? also trying to remember the rom(wifes phone) I think its ginger_clone_final_r2
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@woodrube
Hello my friend. I am working at 5am I trust you will help this young man to get his vibe rolling again
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Hey buddy. I'll see what I can do for awhile. I gotta be at work at 7 and conduct meetings all day til 3. I have no problem talking in front of people but the redundancy part drives me bonkers. Cecil back in on him in the morning when you get a chance how far to see we have gotten.
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i know the dalvik part but the cache to wipe is the cache partition? also trying to remember the rom(wifes phone) I think its ginger_clone_final_r2
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Yes it is the cache partition. Try the wipe instructions I posted above and let me know if it works. Now that I know what you might be on it will help.
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Hey buddy. I'll see what I can do for awhile. I gotta be at work at 7 and conduct meetings all day til 3. I have no problem talking in front of people but the redundancy part drives me bonkers. Cecil back in on him in the morning when you get a chance how far to see we have gotten.
Yes it is the cache partition. Try the wipe instructions I posted above and let me know if it works. Now that I know what you might be on it will help.
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trying to reboot now but it looks like it isnt going to work. but i also read somewhere else
Only the factory recovery wipes the /data/media ("/sdcard") partition. Any third-party community-built recovery (like ClockworkMod Recovery or TeamWin Recovery Project) will wipe everything except /data/media.
So, to answer your question, as long as the files are on your phone's pretend SD card (the default for user-created content and files you transfer to your phone), they won't be wiped when installing a custom ROM.
is this true? also again could care less about the phone just need the new baby pics and vids
You are correct. The only ways to erase your internal SD card is by formatting it, masterclear in Odin, or formatting /data (not wiping but formatting -they are different functions).
Did the wipe and reboot work?
Woodrube said:
You are correct. The only ways to erase your internal SD card is by formatting it, masterclear in Odin, or formatting /data (not wiping but formatting -they are different functions).
Did the wipe and reboot work?
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no still stuck on splash screen and vibrates maybe every minute. also updating rom not an option because not sure what rom. and clockwork wipe(even though you said will work) not an option just in case it did wipe pics. it looks like im out of options.
Download DroidExplorer and install on your PC
Reboot into Recovery. Open up Droid Explorer and see if it finds the phone. If so just browse to where you need and copy them.
Now my head i about to explode
Anyhow, I have an annoying problem.
Before the upgrade to XXALF6 I noticed no problem other than the known drainage of the battery in idle mode.
I rooted and flashed a ROM and it was ok.
But I got sick of the ROM and I hard reset the phone.
No problems.
Then I upgraded to XXALF6 - still unrooted and all.
First thing I notice is that the phone is lagging a bit now and then. Then when I sent and recieved an SMS or two the phone hung and rebooted.
I seems that happend because when vibration was active.
Also there was a new message saying "com.google.process.gapps" stopped working. And that came up again and again.
As far as I could find online that had to do with syncing the calendar and it should help to clear calendar cache in the phone. It did not.
Then I rooted the phone, just "CF-Root-SGS3-v6.4", no other ROM.
Now the problem was even worse and also the sound stops working on and off all the time.
I tried to find the "com.google.process.gapps" with a file explorer with no luck.
I do find it in ROM Toolbox but its not possible to see the where on the phone the file is even there. Also its not possible to uninstall or even kill the process.
I did notice there seem to be doubles of some apps that I didnt notice previously to flashing CF-Root this time.
And I recall the new guide never mentions to wipe any phone data whatsoever during rooting the phone, and now I am thinking that maybe that should have been in the guide?
Anyhow.. appreciate ANY tips at all, Im so sick of this for the moment ^^
Go to cwm recovery, wipe cash, wipe dalvik cash, wipe data/factory reset, then go to mounts&storage, format system. Then put your phone into the download mode and flash ROM again with odin. This should give you a nice and clean install,without any force closes..
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Go to cwm recovery, wipe cash, wipe dalvik cash, wipe data/factory reset, then go to mounts&storage, format system. Then put your phone into the download mode and flash ROM again with odin. This should give you a nice and clean install,without any force closes..
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I did wipe all things, cache, Dalvik, battery and user data with CWM.
At the moment it seems the phone is quite okay actually! The only thing left is SU.
U think I have to format system as well? What else would really be "cleaned" out that wasn't allready with the wipes?
Trust me,some of the devs insisted on formating system before flashing their custom roms,and I did have a bunch of force closes,until I decided to go their way and fully format the phone. It then installs everything from the scratch,so there's no way anything to go wrong.. give it a try,and report back... btw. make sure that you DO NOT restore any of the system data,if you use TB
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Yeah I pretty much learnt same way as predja it is always better to do full system wipe, it is not always necessary with some roms but if you do it you won't come across the problems you have as often.
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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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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?
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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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