Hard reset question - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I was wondering if i hardreset my phoone, will the 1.47....update go away? I want it to ho away to use untevoked agaim..

No. I don't believe it will. A hard reset will only wipe the data on the phone and the setting will go back to stock.
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Yea man, but im a noob and thats really complicated
Thx 4 the responces

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you know there is a program called simpleroot, and I am pretty sure its like 4 clicks and your rooted. I also think there are videos and other tutorials. Check out, even if just for fun

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{Q}, Rooting, Gingerbread, Froyo

Just about a week or two ago, I installed the new gingerbread update that Android pushed out, but I didn't know I wasn't suppose to if I wanted to root, is there anyway to get back to Froyo, I haven't did any rooting or flashing, or anything to the phone.
You can not as of now. Not to sound like a douche, but there is no less than 2 or 3 threads on this exact question. 95% of your questions have probably been answered somewhere on this forum, if you use the search button.
I too have a un-rooted Dinc2 that has GB on it and am patiently waiting for someone WAY smarter than me to find a way to root it. I can't stand the bloat
You could just be impatient and get a payg xtc clip. They're like 30 bucks.
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times_infinity said:
You could just be impatient and get a payg xtc clip. They're like 30 bucks.
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That's what I did. But more like $50 with shipping and exchange rate. I don't know how much another credit costs though
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x Jumpman23 x said:
Just about a week or two ago, I installed the new gingerbread update that Android pushed out, but I didn't know I wasn't suppose to if I wanted to root, is there anyway to get back to Froyo, I haven't did any rooting or flashing, or anything to the phone.
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Why don't you just factory reset... And it'll bring you back to Froyo-than you can S-Off and root your phone, and if you want GB just download the rooted, debloated deodexed OTA? :/
I'm not too sure about the Dinc2, seeing as how I came from Fascinate but with the GB-Froyo officially-a factory reset always reset it to the stock rom it shipped with.. which it SHOULD be the same to all android devices regardless of make. YMMV
Just a suggestion.
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Slic|< said:
Why don't you just factory reset... And it'll bring you back to Froyo-than you can S-Off and root your phone, and if you want GB just download the rooted, debloated deodexed OTA? :/
I'm not too sure about the Dinc2, seeing as how I came from Fascinate but with the GB-Froyo officially-a factory reset always reset it to the stock rom it shipped with.. which it SHOULD be the same to all android devices regardless of make. YMMV
Just a suggestion.
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Sorry but that is incorrect advice on the HTC Android platform. Once you upgrade to a new ROM, that is the ROM that is restored when you do a factory reset. There is no permanent storage of the 'factory shipped' ROM.
tpbklake said:
Sorry but that is incorrect advice on the HTC Android platform. Once you upgrade to a new ROM, that is the ROM that is restored when you do a factory reset. There is no permanent storage of the 'factory shipped' ROM.
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Oh **** :X... Didn't know man. Sorry was just tryna help out. Guess HTC is less forgiving than Sammy.. :/
With the fascinate that usually did the trick to rollback, at least it did for me.. :/. Like I said new to HTC.
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Fascinate replacement Including here Tues...questions

So, Verizon decided they didn't want to deal with me and my lack of mobile web issue, and is sending me an Inc2. It should be here Tuesday. So, being the super sluthe I am, I've been checking out all the posts about rooting, and roms, and themes and apps. Is it really that easy to root this phone? Really??? There's no problems with voodoo and non-voodoo, and flashing the wrong kernel with the wrong cwm???? Seriously????? OMG! I'm going to love this phone! I think I've been able to use my fascinate for about 10 days out of the last 30 because I flashed a voodoo kernel on a non-voodoo rom and bricked my phone. I had to go back to eclair , and now I can't root it again. I can't wait to get this phone!
Peace!
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Yep, now that Gingerbread has been s-off'd this phone just became awesome. I can't ever see myself going to something different for the time being.
Oh yes. Coming from the charge this phone is a piece of cake to root and flash
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Great. This is not only my first rooting, but my first android period. Now I'll be afraid to move to another device, not that I want to right now. Probably never leave htc anyway.
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Don't be scared! I figure that if worse comes to worse, "my phone fell out of my pocket and I accidentally ran it over...here's $50, came I have a replacement?" Follow me?
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I came from an Incredible which was rooted and running CM7 for about 8 months. Now that I had the Incredible 2 I felt underwhelmed because I couldn't root it. That has all went away since I am rooted.
I dont see how this phone is easier to root? SuperOneClick was pretty straight forward. And the Fascinate was pretty unbrickable. This phone isnt.
Fasinationinmotion said:
I dont see how this phone is easier to root? SuperOneClick was pretty straight forward. And the Fascinate was pretty unbrickable. This phone isnt.
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Gotta agree here. Just came from the Fassy myself. Was pretty simple as long as you knew what you were doing and followed directions and not flashing voodoo onto non voodoo I felt better knowing it was virtually impossible to brick my device with Odin on standby. I just rooted my inc2 last night and I havent flashed anything yet but I am researching the better and stable roms in the dev section to try and pick one. They all look great so its hard to decide. Lol. Think I want a Sense 3.0 rom though. Anyone have any good suggestions? Preferably one that is bugless and everything functioning correctly.
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Odin 1.85

For anyone that doesn't have it yet.
MD5: 69b41fc23052e9df82b5464928583b65
Posted new version with proper download mode notes, thanks to Kn0wBuddy, which are
hold Vdown+Power
Don't use the put included with this. I did not realize that was left in there. I will update with the correct pit once I get to my computer.
Probably a good idea posting this for those that don't have it.
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Thanks! Haven't touched Odin in a while, I'm a few updates back. Good to see it'll work on our new phones... now... how come nobody has root yet?
Comming from a Evo 4g...was wondering...I looked at this and it says to hit the 1 key...I am guessing we do not need to do this for the E4T ? And I guess Odin is what we use to flash things to the phone ?
When I did the Evo, I had to do the old school root. Unrevoked and all that was not around lol..
What is Odin?
Just found out I get the phone for free with cyanogen working for Samsung will the phone be worth it or should I stick with my Evo 3d and Droid x? Plus never used Odin before really just helped people root their phones with it along time ago it just unlocks the phone right?
cruckus said:
Just found out I get the phone for free with cyanogen working for Samsung will the phone be worth it or should I stick with my Evo 3d and Droid x? Plus never used Odin before really just helped people root their phones with it along time ago it just unlocks the phone right?
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Odin flashes your phone to coplete stock... or whatever you want
Ninjack said:
Comming from a Evo 4g...was wondering...I looked at this and it says to hit the 1 key...I am guessing we do not need to do this for the E4T ? And I guess Odin is what we use to flash things to the phone ?
When I did the Evo, I had to do the old school root. Unrevoked and all that was not around lol..
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Right those instructions are carried over from the Epic. I will update them once I get the E4GT.
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I think I read already. There were screenshots already posted. I should also have this Friday morning if Sprint doesn't open it up Thursday night or Best Buy even.
Correction. This was posted in E4GT General.
You get to *odin mode* by holding down volumne + and - keys at the same time along with the power key, release power key when device turns on while continuing to hold + and - keys untill the droid guy screen comes on, then release.
Glad to see you over here by the way Crawrj. I take it your upgrading as well. Look forward to your first plus kernel for this thing.
latinmaxima said:
I think I read already. There were screenshots already posted. I should also have this Friday morning if Sprint doesn't open it up Thursday night or Best Buy even.
Correction. This was posted in E4GT General.
You get to *odin mode* by holding down volumne + and - keys at the same time along with the power key, release power key when device turns on while continuing to hold + and - keys untill the droid guy screen comes on, then release.
Glad to see you over here by the way Crawrj. I take it your upgrading as well. Look forward to your first plus kernel for this thing.
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Nice. Thanks for the info.
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thekingofmean said:
What is Odin?
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cruckus said:
Just found out I get the phone for free with cyanogen working for Samsung will the phone be worth it or should I stick with my Evo 3d and Droid x? Plus never used Odin before really just helped people root their phones with it along time ago it just unlocks the phone right?
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deano0714 said:
Odin flashes your phone to coplete stock... or whatever you want
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yeah like deano said, you can flash ANYTHING. once AdamOutler gets started on development for our device, we will be able to flash custom bootloaders like the Captivate can, for those who dont know, the Captivate was recently able to flash the Nexus S bootloader which means it is basically a Nexus S in disguise lol. Odin will also let us falsh stock and custom ROMs and kerenls as well as Modems (radios) plus recoveries such as CWM.
Also if anything screws up its ur way outta trouble...things such as "omg i'm bricked" and "help i'm stuck on the boot logo" won't be seen as much in the Q and A section as much... get to know Odin referring to people coming from EVO or any other phone Odin is ur new bff
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Rev3ge07 said:
Also if anything screws up its ur way outta trouble...things such as "omg i'm bricked" and "help i'm stuck on the boot logo" won't be seen as much in the Q and A section as much... get to know Odin referring to people coming from EVO or any other phone Odin is ur new bff
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Love Odin
Sounds cool. Ahh starting the learning all over again lol.
Odin is great. It was almost impossible to brick the Epic with it. If you get any kind of phone life, you can almost always get it back to stock and start again. Also, 30 seconds to flash a different modem. We had some great stock GB leaks with Busybox,Superuser included (thanks Crawrj.) Great tool.
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JohnCorleone said:
Odin is great. It was almost impossible to brick the Epic with it. If you get any kind of phone life, you can almost always get it back to stock and start again. Also, 30 seconds to flash a different modem. We had some great stock GB leaks with Busybox,Superuser included (thanks Crawrj.) Great tool.
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I wonder if the original gsII's cwm will work for us...
can some one post a good repository or online dummy guide for those who have no clue what Odin is even still after reading these posts? I consider my self tech savy, but only getting introduce to "root" on the evo, i will be the first to admit i have a lot to learn.
xlGmanlx said:
can some one post a good repository or online dummy guide for those who have no clue what Odin is even still after reading these posts? I consider my self tech savy, but only getting introduce to "root" on the evo, i will be the first to admit i have a lot to learn.
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Its really not that involved. All you do is put a tar file in "phone" and a pit file in "Pit" and select run and let it do its thing. Modems get flashed in "PDA" section and that's basically it. There is more detail but that's a quick rundown. I am not the most tech saavy myself but you catch on quick. I have used it 50+ times. I will try to run down a more thorough description.
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Here's a qbking video showing Odin to go from stock Froyo to Gingerbread leak on the Epic....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nst4wvuM4zs&feature=youtube_gdata_player
And one more video showing using Odin to go back to stock when rooted and/or using custom ROM...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ2g6J1JgjU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Noob questions about rooting

I am tempted to root my phone and use the Juggernaut ROM is there any negative side effects from doing this? Btw I am a complete Noob and I have never rooted before. I am not a technical Noob at all though (I have been overclocking Pc's since 2006) so is it easy and painless to do? And can you completely go back if you don't like it? Thanks
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I was afraid of rooting mine at first too but it was very painless and easy. You can go back to stock if you wanted as well for warranty claims. Check the development section for more Info. You'd want to root yours via the Odin method. Very easy just follow every. Single. Step. Carefully.
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Here ya go.. might answer some of your questions.
http://www.vikitech.com/5591/pros-cons-rooting-android-phone
gooface said:
I am tempted to root my phone and use the Juggernaut ROM is there any negative side effects from doing this? Btw I am a complete Noob and I have never rooted before. I am not a technical Noob at all though (I have been overclocking Pc's since 2006) so is it easy and painless to do? And can you completely go back if you don't like it? Thanks
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You can completely revert the phone to stock with the odin program. Tmobil / samsung / asurion mobile reinsurance (the phone insurance replacement comp) wont be able to tell you were running custom roms or overclocking
Root away. just be sure to make a cwm backup before deleting or changing anything with programs like titanium backup.
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How scared should i be

I just came from the evo 3d and before that evo 4g and hero so all ive ever used are htc devices. I keep reading about bricking my et4g flashing ics roms. Is it really that big of an issue im a flashoholic and dont want a paper weight any advice would be much appreiated
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ruffneckZeVo said:
I just came from the evo 3d and before that evo 4g and hero so all ive ever used are htc devices. I keep reading about bricking my et4g flashing ics roms. Is it really that big of an issue im a flashoholic and dont want a paper weight any advice would be much appreiated
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Not if you follow the proper directions.
Also I think everyone should invest a few bucks in "Mobile ODIN Pro" and root file explorer. Those two apps are all you need to ensure you are safe. Check MD5's and such with root explorer, and mobile ODIN pro lets you safely odin kernels, modems, roms, stock roms, etc with built in MD5 checking.
ruffneckZeVo said:
I just came from the evo 3d and before that evo 4g and hero so all ive ever used are htc devices. I keep reading about bricking my et4g flashing ics roms. Is it really that big of an issue im a flashoholic and dont want a paper weight any advice would be much appreiated
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Hey man I'm from 3d too and all I did was used the stock rooted ics rom and it's running great and was super easy to install. If u want that rom just go in development section and check out ff11 rom from sfhub. It's real easy to install. Not sure what ur looking for but I just wanted ics with root and that will give it to u if u just follow the directions. Good luck!
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ruffneckZeVo said:
I just came from the evo 3d and before that evo 4g and hero so all ive ever used are htc devices. I keep reading about bricking my et4g flashing ics roms. Is it really that big of an issue im a flashoholic and dont want a paper weight any advice would be much appreiated
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Follow OP install instructions to the T and your good... Mobile ODIN is well worth the $$!!
fear not grasshopper ...
read, read, read ... follow the directions posted in OP and have patience. many of the tales of bricking are in reality easily resolved by reading the info posted in the various threads. have a good time. most of the folks who use XDA are helpful and pleasant.
Thanks for all of th e feedback i bought mobile odin pro im assuming its better to use odin than to just use the flashable zips since people keep saying to use odin thats kind of new to me on htc it was all flashables or fastboot hopefully ill get the hang of samsung quick cause i love this phone i was a fool for hanging on the 3vo so long i do miss sense specially sense 4.0 but i have the 3d as wifi device now so its all good
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bigtoysrock said:
Follow OP install instructions to the T and your good... Mobile ODIN is well worth the $$!!
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I completely agree with bigtoysrock, make sure you follow the OP 100% without deviation and you should be OK.
Also you may want to check out vids on YouTube by Qbking77. His tutorials and reviews have been a huge help for me, might also be for you.
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I came from an Evo and a 3D and I don't know how I ever used an htc phone. this device is nearly perfect. flashing with Odin / mobile Odin is a breeze.
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I love htc ability to to flash rom I was a flashoholc with my og evo.. Flashing took no more than 3 minutes.. This phone is extremely superior but I have not flahed a single rom since I got my phone for the same reason.. The proces seems complicated not because it's hard but because I got use to a completely different method of flashing.. I guess we just got to get used to the process
djent said:
I came from an Evo and a 3D and I don't know how I ever used an htc phone. this device is nearly perfect. flashing with Odin / mobile Odin is a breeze.
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Lol couldn't agree more!
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dz1 said:
I love htc ability to to flash rom I was a flashoholc with my og evo.. Flashing took no more than 3 minutes.. This phone is extremely superior but I have not flahed a single rom since I got my phone for the same reason.. The proces seems complicated not because it's hard but because I got use to a completely different method of flashing.. I guess we just got to get used to the process
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Ur lucky u never owned a 3d lol!
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I just wanna warn you that sometimes when following an OP's instructions, you may accidentally make a mistake. Therefore I advise you first to understand what you are flashing before you flash it. I.e. in case you don't already know, learn what a kernel is, what different types of kernels are, what not to do (read the brick thread - I think it's a sticky), etc. Also, remember to always make nandroids and check md5 sums.
wormsign said:
I completely agree with bigtoysrock, make sure you follow the OP 100% without deviation and you should be OK.
Also you may want to check out vids on YouTube by Qbking77. His tutorials and reviews have been a huge help for me, might also be for you.
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I agree with both bigtoysrock and wormsign. Follow the OP 100%. I bricked the other day cuz I didn't follow it. Learned my lesson the hard way. Luckily, Sprint replaced it.
Qbking77's vids have been a huge help for me too. I highly recommend them.
guess i should have went with my gut feeling i flashed a few touchwiz roms with no probs then i tried to flask aokp and got a emmc error phone bootlooped then tried to flash back to stock with odin and get stuck on data.img guess i bricked it in one day and it isnt a sprint device i got it off craigs list and flashed it to verizon so no insurance o well maybe there will be a fix soon =(

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