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Since I can't post in the dev area, I 'll post here...
I have a defy rooted 2.1-update1 JORLA_U3_6.14.5
Blur_Version.6.14.5.MB525.AmericaMovil.en.BR stock....
Can I update direct to Pay's Rom ?
Following the step by step in the pay's thread will I be able to install the rom ?
This is my firt time doing this procedure, thanks.
What do you mean with "direct"?
If you follow the steps Pay posted in his Thread you have to wipe, flash 3.4.2 with RSD, Root and after that install Pays Mod.
You can only install it "directly" if you're already on 3.4.2 Froyo FW with root and System Recovery!
btw. There are some things you have to check before flashing!
- Make sure your Battery is full.
- Install USB Driver for Defy from Moto's HP
- Use RSD Lite in Admin-Mode
- Always wipe BEFORE flashing a new FW (Volume Down + On/Off -> then wipe data...)
After flashing the new FW root your phone with SuperOneClick (Activate USB Debugging (hopefully the same in english)), install Clockwork Mod (Disable USB Debugging if you want to reboot in recovery mode!)
JohnMcLane said:
What do you mean with "direct"?
If you follow the steps Pay posted in his Thread you have to wipe, flash 3.4.2 with RSD, Root and after that install Pays Mod.
You can only install it "directly" if you're already on 3.4.2 Froyo FW with root and System Recovery!
btw. There are some things you have to check before flashing!
- Make sure your Battery is full.
- Install USB Driver for Defy from Moto's HP
- Use RSD Lite in Admin-Mode
- Always wipe BEFORE flashing a new FW (Volume Down + On/Off -> then wipe data...)
After flashing the new FW root your phone with SuperOneClick (Activate USB Debugging (hopefully the same in english)), install Clockwork Mod (Disable USB Debugging if you want to reboot in recovery mode!)
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wow fast reply thanks
Well I mean directly to pay's rom ( defy out of the box, I just rooted the thing and nothing more )
Could you point me to the next step ?
sorry for my bad english
Hi mr_rocha!
Attention!
If you know nothing about flashing Custom Firmwares or Nandroid Backups I strongly suggest you read some How To's to get some knowledge about what can go wrong and what to do, when certain circumstances happen.
If something goes wrong your Defy can be bricked and it's useless!
So I won't tell you right now a short way to install Pays Mod, because there are so many things I would forget to mention, that the chance something goes wrong is very high.
All I can tell you is that just installing Pays Mod WILL brick your phone, because the wrong Bootloader is installed. You need to flash 3.4.2 Froyo FW at first to use Pays Mod!
Really take some time (about 60-90 minutes) and read 3, 4 How To's and most of your questions will be answered!
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Hi mr_rocha!
Attention!
If you know nothing about flashing Custom Firmwares or Nandroid Backups I strongly suggest you read some How To's to get some knowledge about what can go wrong and what to do, when certain circumstances happen.
If something goes wrong your Defy can be bricked and it's useless!
So I won't tell you right now a short way to install Pays Mod, because there are so many things I would forget to mention, that the chance something goes wrong is very high.
All I can tell you is that just installing Pays Mod WILL brick your phone, because the wrong Bootloader is installed. You need to flash 3.4.2 Froyo FW at first to use Pays Mod!
Really take some time (about 60-90 minutes) and read 3, 4 How To's and most of your questions will be answered!
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Thanks man, I've been reading and readind a lot, when I feel ready I´ll flash it.
anyway thanks for the advice.
Just paid £206 for a brand new unlocked Defy on the bay. Can't wait for it to arrive! I have had a HTC Desire which i sold due to having a baby on the way (she is 6 weeks old now!) i then got a cheap Orange San Francisco (ZTE Blade) and i loved it but the camera is appalling 3mp no flash.
I have been involved in theme porting for both devices and i also like to customise roms to my liking so i'm no stranger to Android. However the process for both of these phones was...
Root.
Install Clockwork Recovery or Amon Ra Recovery.
Install custom rom.
Enjoy.
Now some total noob questions in regards to the Defy...
Reading the forums it seems that due to the nature of the Defy's locked bootloader the process is nowhere near as simple as the above. What i would like to know is what is the process in a sort of bullet point form? I can read up for each step.
I'd also like to take a Defy Froyo rom and add apps and remove apps etc to my liking...possibly make some mods to framework-res.apk and services.jar. How easy is that? Previously it was extract zip, edit, zip up and flash!
I know these are a lot of questions but this is my first Moto device and i just want to do my research...hopefully i get started on Saturday postman permitting
Thanks in advance.
Hi ephumuris,
Changing the ROM shouldn't be so difficult, at least in my case it wasn't.
1) Root phone with SuperOneClick
2) Install tenfar Clockworkmod Recovery then make a nandroid backup
3) Download and install the ROM you'd like. You'll find some here on XDA (stock or custom)
As per your other question related to modding the framework-res.apk I'll let someone more experienced on this domain to answer.
Thanks for the reply. One thing I'm not sure of is what these sbf files are?
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I don't know exactly what the SBF acronym means. It can be System Backup File or Single Binary File or maybe System Boot File. However it is a completely stock system image. You'll need RDS lite 4.9 to flash it. A good place to start looking for ROM's and steps to follow is the Defy wiki page here on XDA (link)
2nd-init is well working on defy and Quarx is working on porting CM7 to defy,nothing can be impossible.
I have a question on restoring a stock rom with clockwork...
Im going to do a backup of my current stock rom (in case i want to go back from CM7 to what i have now, which is stock...havent even rooted yet)
My problem is that, while searching the forum, i came across this post, which scared me a bit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838484
So, my question is, if i do a backup of my current situation, and then when i go back i just restore the said backup, do i have any chances of having the problem mentioned in the thread i posted above??
Thanks all in advance!
coldsun15 said:
I have a question on restoring a stock rom with clockwork...
Im going to do a backup of my current stock rom (in case i want to go back from CM7 to what i have now, which is stock...havent even rooted yet)
My problem is that, while searching the forum, i came across this post, which scared me a bit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838484
So, my question is, if i do a backup of my current situation, and then when i go back i just restore the said backup, do i have any chances of having the problem mentioned in the thread i posted above??
Thanks all in advance!
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What you're talking about is making and/or restoring a nandroid backup of your current system, what that thread is talking about is something entirely different. There's no problem restoring your stock nandroid, I've had to in the past when I've needed to pull some apps out of it.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App
OriginalGabriel said:
What you're talking about is making and/or restoring a nandroid backup of your current system, what that thread is talking about is something entirely different. There's no problem restoring your stock nandroid, I've had to in the past when I've needed to pull some apps out of it.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App
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thanks!!!
one more question though, just to have things clear... if i were to go back to the way i am now, and unroot and everything... i would have no problem in restoring the backup and then just unrooting?? simple as that?
thanks!
It would be slightly different. Firstly I can't imagine you needing to go back to stock unless for warranty cause there are stock rooted Roms available, but there are also instructions for unrooting around here somewhere
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It would be slightly different. Firstly I can't imagine you needing to go back to stock unless for warranty cause there are stock rooted Roms available, but there are also instructions for unrooting around here somewhere
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hey, first things first, thanks for the answer
secondly, i do understand the procedure to be different, what i meant was, if i restore my own nandroid stock backup (the one i created myslef), once restored, i'll still be rooted, right? (with s-off and stuff)
thanks
Well considering you could only actually make the Nandroid backup with a rooted rom, yes it still will be when restored it took me awhile to get used to this too, when you do a restore, save for your SD, your phone will LITERALLY be EXACTLY the same as when you did the backup (also save for any corruption that could occur, but if it's an important backup then put it on your computer )
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Well considering you could only actually make the Nandroid backup with a rooted rom, yes it still will be when restored it took me awhile to get used to this too, when you do a restore, save for your SD, your phone will LITERALLY be EXACTLY the same as when you did the backup (also save for any corruption that could occur, but if it's an important backup then put it on your computer )
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Thanks a lot!! really cleared stuff up!!
noneabove said:
Well considering you could only actually make the Nandroid backup with a rooted rom, yes it still will be when restored it took me awhile to get used to this too, when you do a restore, save for your SD, your phone will LITERALLY be EXACTLY the same as when you did the backup (also save for any corruption that could occur, but if it's an important backup then put it on your computer )
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Sorry, i just have another question (total noob here, hehehe), is root the same as getting s-off? or are they completely different things?
Cause, if i just root (keeping s-on (if its even possible)) and do a nandroid backup, and then i do the s-off... when i restore, id have root, but s-on, right?? and wouldnt that be just the same problem as the one stated in the thread i posted in the first post??
sorry again, i know im probably making a big mess out of something relatively simple...
thanks in advance
No no, it's natural to be worried the problem that what you posted talks about its trying to install the official OTA rom while s-off which you won't be doing anyways and while s-off isn't the same as rooting I believe you need s-off to root.. I'll do a bit of research in the morning but in the mean time take a look an see what you can learn on your own
Great, thanks!!! if u find out anything else, please dont doubt in sharing!! everything is welcome!!
hi
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i m very like inistall custom rom but can not let me my phone .
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Hello;
I've a Rogers SGH-I927R and can't manage to upgrade firmware to ICS via Kies (get error saying my phone does not support initializing, see attached).
I've not rooted the mobile, just unlocked it via code in order to use it in Spain with Orange Network.
Could you, please, share with me a way to upgrade manually (although it's from Rogers I believe it does not matter if I upgrade it with the AT&T ROM, as I'm using it unlocked in Spain with the Orange Network).
Thanks a lot!
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Hello;
I've a Rogers SGH-I927R and can't manage to upgrade firmware to ICS via Kies (get error saying my phone does not support initializing, see attached).
I've not rooted the mobile, just unlocked it via code in order to use it in Spain with Orange Network.
Could you, please, share with me a way to upgrade manually (although it's from Rogers I believe it does not matter if I upgrade it with the AT&T ROM, as I'm using it unlocked in Spain with the Orange Network).
Thanks a lot!
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download odin and grab the firmware from www.samfirmware.com .. this will give you stock AT&T ICS.
*** I'M TELLING YOU NOW, IF YOU DON'T DO THIS FIRST YOU'LL BE SORRY ** BACKUP YOUR EFS!!!!!
I didnt backup my EFS .. What happens with AT&T Rom going overtop of rogers is it actually changes your efs to an AT&T efs code where the IMEI store point doesn't show up in the same place of the file as it did with Rogers. This has been confirmed in my phone (and i lost my imei) and as well in Bubor's.
If you need help doing this PM me and I'll be happy to give you the exact copy/paste steps to do so.
Thanks!!!!... Please, just one last step...
THANKS a lot for your response and for your advise!!!!!
Yes: I'd appreciate the exact copy/paste steps to do the EFS backup... Thanks!
Additionally to the EFS backup you suggest, I'd like to make a copy of the current firmware, in case anything goes wrong...Would you know a way to get it (or do you think I just download from samfirmware the SGH-I927R original one, and if something goes wrong, I just follow your commented process, but with the Rogers firmware?
... And, please, let me ask you one more question... ... As you have already followed this process, would you suggest the upgrade, or to leave on original version?
THANKS a lot for your help!
albsp15 said:
THANKS a lot for your response and for your advise!!!!!
THANKS a lot for your help!
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I'll write you back tomorrow bud...
Regarding the EFS backup see the thread below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2019540
I did a backup o my EFS using the method described in the second link from the first post of that thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313327
thanks: will test shortly
rodrigoprimo said:
Regarding the EFS backup see the thread below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2019540
I did a backup o my EFS using the method described in the second link from the first post of that thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313327
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Thanks a lot for your help: will test the comments shortly... I've read I need first to root my mobile... will check how to do it, and will go for it...
I'm reading in all this posts the risk of this... do you think it's worth to upgrade?
Thanks again!
Yes, I think it is worth to upgrade. I never had any serious problem playing with different ROMs. Be sure to read carefully the instructions and you should be fine. But yes, there is always a risk.
rodrigoprimo said:
Yes, I think it is worth to upgrade. I never had any serious problem playing with different ROMs. Be sure to read carefully the instructions and you should be fine. But yes, there is always a risk.
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what rodrigoprimo posted is the proper way to backup the EFS ..
What you'll want to do is download the pre-rooted gingerbread rom for Rogers (make sure its for rogers), make sure you backup your efs using the rogers rom ... after you have it backed up, its play time
When you upgrade to the AT&T roms (ICS) you loose the SGH-I927R efs and it converts it to an AT&T...
there's a thread for it, check in the Dev forum there's a post for "Everything Glide" look for the pre-rooted rom.
If the download links dead, hit me up w/ a PM and i'll email you my google drive link where I have a copy saved for us.
yohan4ws said:
what rodrigoprimo posted is the proper way to backup the EFS ..
What you'll want to do is download the pre-rooted gingerbread rom for Rogers (make sure its for rogers), make sure you backup your efs using the rogers rom ... after you have it backed up, its play time
When you upgrade to the AT&T roms (ICS) you loose the SGH-I927R efs and it converts it to an AT&T...
there's a thread for it, check in the Dev forum there's a post for "Everything Glide" look for the pre-rooted rom.
If the download links dead, hit me up w/ a PM and i'll email you my google drive link where I have a copy saved for us.
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Hi yohan4ws;
Thanks again for your comments.. I must admit that, although I want to upgrade, I'm a bit scared about breaking my phone and not been able to recover if I do something wrong, so, I'm trying to be very carefull for the upgrade...
I've been looking in the forums for "Everything Glide", as you suggest, but, although I can find 8 references to it, I can't find the correct thread...
Am I looking wrongly, or maybe the thread has dissapeared?
Could you, please point me to it?
Thanks again!
I have Captivate Glide S I927R with baseband version I927RUXKJ5 Gingerbread . I also want to update to ICS but Rogers model does not support the update from Samsung Kies . I have thought of following the instructions from here androidtotal.com/root-samsung-captivate-glide-sgh-i927-sgh-i927r/ but the link they have provided is dead . I looked at the firmwares at SamMobile and found this sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=2179 . Is it the ICS update ?
Okay I upgraded my glide first from the rogers stock to. To the at&t ICS update ROM thank God I backed my efs folder first because the upgrade locked my phone I then flashed lite ROM 0.9 ,restored my efs successfully...after a few days I decided to go for the paranoid JB ROM,that equally locked my phone and I could not restore my efs no matter what I did (using the efs tool v1.9)
I had to flashback lite ROM to be able to restore the efs partition.
Is there anything am doing wrong?
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sorry guys
my friend have a i927r (rogers) and somehow after using it with another sim card, it asked for network unlock key
as my friend says, he inserted the wrong code for many times and then it locked forever
so he flashed the phone with at&t rom (2.3.5) !
so now there is no IMEI and no backup for EFS folder unfortunately
is there any method to fix this mess?
Finally got brave and go for it... but, got stuck...
yohan4ws said:
what rodrigoprimo posted is the proper way to backup the EFS ..
What you'll want to do is download the pre-rooted gingerbread rom for Rogers (make sure its for rogers), make sure you backup your efs using the rogers rom ... after you have it backed up, its play time
When you upgrade to the AT&T roms (ICS) you loose the SGH-I927R efs and it converts it to an AT&T...
there's a thread for it, check in the Dev forum there's a post for "Everything Glide" look for the pre-rooted rom.
If the download links dead, hit me up w/ a PM and i'll email you my google drive link where I have a copy saved for us.
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Hi again;
After lot of thinking, I got brave and realised that it's time to move further, so I go for the SGH-I927R upgrade to the ATT latest firmware... But I'm afraid I need even further help (sorry for the simple questions, it's my first firmware upgrade, and still got lots of doubts...)
Please, let me comment you what I've done up to now (thanks to all your help!):
- Downloaded Odin3_v3.09 (SW to flash the firmware).
- Downloaded I927RUXKJ5_I927RRWCKJ5_RWC (Rogers firmware, the same I have now, but downloaded in case something goes wrong, I can go back to my current state) (...Yes, I go for it, but just in case... :angel
- Downloaded I927UCLJ3_I927ATTLJ3_ATT (AT&T firmware fom 2012 October: This is the one I have to flash, after backing up the EFS)
- Downloaded the EFS_Professional_2.1.73 (SW to backup the EFS, found in other thread on this forum, in case this is easier that using the EFS backup commented commands (here I see how to backup, but not sure about how to restore, so, thought that this SW might be usefull to restore the EFS after AT&T firmware is flashed)
- Downloaded the "CarrierIQ FREE kernel" (SW to remove the AT&T Spyware.. Not sure if I need it, as I have the Rogers version).
- Tried to download the "Rogers rooted based rom" from the "[GUIDE] Rooting the Samsung Captivate Glide i927/i927r" thread... but link is death, so, could not download it.
- Downloaded the Android Terminal Emulator (Jack Palevich) and enabled USB debugging under application: I've checked I find files under /efs, but I have no permissions to read them (cat /efs/imei/mps* => Permission denied ; also su command is "not found") => I believ reason is I'm not root, so, I can't backup my efs neither from the EFS professional (gives me message "Your device is NOT Perm rooted" and exits) neither from the su commands commented in the other thread:
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su
busybox cp -a /efs /sdcard/efs/
su
busybox tar zcvf /sdcard/efs/efs-backup.tar.gz /efs
su
cat /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 > /sdcard/efs/efs_dev-block-mmcblk0p1.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/sdcard/efs/efs_dev-block-mmcblk0p1.img-------------
So, this is where I'm now, please, let me comment the steps I plan to follow and the doubt/question I have on each step:
1.- I believe I just got stuck due to the dead link "Rogers rooted based rom"... Could you, please, point me to a link where I can find the "Rogers rooted ROM"?
2.- Once I get this ROM, I'll follow the steps on the "[GUIDE] Rooting the Samsung Captivate Glide i927/i927r" to root the phone... But do I need to load the "CarrierIQ FREE kernel" on the phone, or maybe I should skip it (as I understand this SW is just to remove the AT&T Spyware, and my mobile is Rogers)?
3.- I'll load the "Rogers rooted based rom" and wil get acces to "su" commands and will be able to backup my /EFS directory, either by command or by using the EFS_Professional_2.1.73... it looks easier to use the EFS Professional, but, do you think the "su" commands are more reliable? (mainly, I'm not sure how to restore the efs after using the commented "su" commands)
4.- After efs is backuped, I'll flash the I927UCLJ3_I927ATTLJ3_ATT file (AT&T firmware fom 2012 October). At this point I'll have the AT&T firmware but no EFS information.. Could you, please let me know if my phone will boot at this moment, or will be hung ad I'll need to follow some steps to boot it and restore the EFS?
5.- Once phone boots, I'll restore the efs backup with efs_professional (or... which commands should I use to restore the previous backups?)
6.- Voila... hopefully, at this moment, I'll have upgraded my phone! :good:
Sorry... I know I look scared... I just have this phone now... :fingers-crossed:
THANKS!
Link to Rogers rooted SGH-I927R tar file
Hi all;
I'm placing here the link to download the Rogers rooted ROM, as I've needed lots of research to find a non-broken link:
http://narod.ru/disk/52937282001.f14...D.tar.bz2.html
You can download the SGH-I927RUXKJ5_STOCK_ROOTED.tar.bz2 (290.298.391 bytes, containning SGH-I927RUXKJ5_STOCK_ROOTED.tar) (After lots of reading, it looks like the correct ROM (I read in different places about the file size, and this one matches the expectations).
In order to upgrade, I've understood it's first needed to root the phone, so, although I've received great information in this thread, here I'm posting a couple of links with "step by step" instructions and "pictures" to root the phone (I'm a newby... need to be sure of each step):
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/root-captivate-glide-rogers-and-att/
http://www.androidtotal.com/root-samsung-captivate-glide-sgh-i927-sgh-i927r/
I hope this helps someone and makes things easier! :good:
I plan to root my SGH-I927R this week... Will post how it has gone... (hope not to open a new "under panic" thread).... :angel:
Cheers!
avast flagged the first link as malware and I didn't see a download.Also the 2nd link is dead :/
Be careful when downloading stuff not on XDA
there is a link in my thread showing you how to root (if your on 4.0.4) here it is if you missed it:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn879wTAXi4 (not my video)
Remember to Flash TWRP and not CWM!
Good luck! (I believe i'm one of the few active ones on this thread supprized im not asked to be a mod lol)
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avast flagged the first link as malware and I didn't see a download.Also the 2nd link is dead :/
Be careful when downloading stuff not on XDA
there is a link in my thread showing you how to root (if your on 4.0.4) here it is if you missed it:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn879wTAXi4 (not my video)
Remember to Flash TWRP and not CWM!
Good luck! (I believe i'm one of the few active ones on this thread supprized im not asked to be a mod lol)
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Thanks for your response!!!
Uhmmm... When I downloaded the file, I passed the Avast antivirus to the file and received no warnings... WIll do it again just in case, although looked fine...
Regarding the link... Whow!.. It's death now!!! (I downloaded the file 2 days ago)... Ok... WIll look for a place to put it (can't attach here due to size)... If someone needs it in the meantime, please, just let me know and will find a way to share it.
I found your instructions to root, and look great... but I'm still on Android 2.3.5, so, can't follow them yet as they are for 4.0.4... I plan to root my phone on 2.3.5 this week-end following the instructions shown, then, next week, backup EFS, upgrade to rooted 4.0.4, and restore EFS... let's hope I don't brick it...
Please, let me ask you a silly question... What is TWRP and CWM ??
(from your comments it sounds as important to keep in mind... )
Thanks!!!
Were all new at one time its okay lol
CWM (Clock Work Mod) and TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project) are custom recoverys to install ROMs from. A recovery is an environment outside of android that allows you to tons of modifications. We say use TWRP because it is better and supports KitKat. BTW you don't have to Restore your efs unless it is corrupted,which is very very rare.So if you didn't root yet you can just use Samsung kies and officially update to 4.0.4 then venture off to a custom ROM
(Just have a backup of your efs and restore if your IMEI is null-meaning not there- settimgs>about phone>status)
It is very unlikely that you'll brick your phone if you follow everything right
stormdude124 said:
Were all new at one time its okay lol
CWM (Clock Work Mod) and TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project) are custom recoverys to install ROMs from. A recovery is an environment outside of android that allows you to tons of modifications. We say use TWRP because it is better and supports KitKat. BTW you don't have to Restore your efs unless it is corrupted,which is very very rare.So if you didn't root yet you can just use Samsung kies and officially update to 4.0.4 then venture off to a custom ROM
(Just have a backup of your efs and restore if your IMEI is null-meaning not there- settimgs>about phone>status)
It is very unlikely that you'll brick your phone if you follow everything right
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Really Thanks!!!!!
I thought I couldn't go to the 4.0.4 directly, as my mobile is from Rogers, and the 4.0.4 version was from AT&T... I read previously in this thread that the AT&T ROM will overwritte the EFS, as AT&T points to it in a different way than Rogers...(That's why I need to root now, just to make a bakup of the EFS, if not, then, I'd go directly for the 4.0.4...) Do you think I can go for 4.0.4 directly, by flashing the I927UCLJ3_I927ATTLJ3_ATT (AT&T firmware fom 2012 October) (I tried this update using Kies initially, but got error saying my phone does not support initializing).
Please,. let me ask you one more question... I've just learnt now about TWRP... but... how do I use this TWRP recovery? (I was planing to flash the rooted tar file, and then the 4.0.4 ROM with Odin 1.85 software, just by entering the phone in Download Mode (holding Volume Up key (keep holding it until options screen are shown) and then pressing power key once). On the next screen, pressing Volume Up once to boot into download mode)... But it looks to me that this might not use your commented TWRP recovery, as you suggest...
Where in this process should I use the TWRP? (or better explained... "how"?) Do I need to flash/load any file before my planned process to use this TWRP recovery mode???... and if so, is it any TWRP specific file for the SGH-I927R (Rogers) ?
Sorry... I feel I'm asking too many basic questions... :angel:
Really appreciate your help... I realize I have lots to learn before going to 4.0.4... (I like my mobile, would like to brick it... :angel
Thanks!!!
I'll try my best to make sure you don't! So if your using the Rogers version are you on Rogers network?
You flash Firmware from Odin the last and latest version is 4.0.4 we say update so you can have your modem upgraded (I hope this makes sense )
The phones are exactly the same the only difference is branding. I don't see why the att version wouldn't work, flash with Odin 3
Now once you've upgraded just flash the TWRP.MD5 the same way that guy did.but if you feel more comfortable flashing CWM and flashing TWRP zip after that to switch your recovery go right ahead
TWRP allows you to back up your phone and flash ROMs, mods, fixes ect. Its also touch based (I'll find a screen shot so you'll get a better idea )
EDIT:Heres a shot of the recovery (its the same on our cappi)
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I'll try my best to make sure you don't! So if your using the Rogers version are you on Rogers network?
You flash Firmware from Odin the last and latest version is 4.0.4 we say update so you can have your modem upgraded (I hope this makes sense )
The phones are exactly the same the only difference is branding. I don't see why the att version wouldn't work, flash with Odin 3
Now once you've upgraded just flash the TWRP.MD5 the same way that guy did.but if you feel more comfortable flashing CWM and flashing TWRP zip after that to switch your recovery go right ahead
TWRP allows you to back up your phone and flash ROMs, mods, fixes ect. Its also touch based (I'll find a screen shot so you'll get a better idea )
EDIT:Heres a shot of the recovery (its the same on our cappi)
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Thanks. thanks, thanks!
I'm not on Rogers network: I free the mobile and run it from the Spanish Orange network.
I can't do it today, but will read very slowly all the information, and will look for the TWRP.MD5 file valid for my mobile... then, i believe this week-end I'll do the big step... will let you know the result!
PS I've found in your link a file called trwp2.6.1.odin.zip containing the file recovery.tar.md5... probably this is the TWRP.md5 file you refer, right????
thanks!
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Hi guys! After purchasing a Droid X that I thought was a Droid X2, I've now purchased a Droid Incredible from Ebay. For context, it's for my 12 yr old daughter who is on PagePlus. I've got her on one of the talk and text plans wiht no data.
I've read the wiki and a number of threads but couldn't find a clear answer to my question: What should I do with this before I give it to her?
Things I'd like to do:
1. Get rid of/freeze bloatware
2. Address the short battery life issue (if possible)
3. Give her the ability to change the theme, preferably without installing a program
4. Limit data to wifi since I don't want her using PP minutes for data inadvertantly
So, what would you do with a new phone?
TIA,
CheapDad
CheapDad said:
Hi guys! After purchasing a Droid X that I thought was a Droid X2, I've now purchased a Droid Incredible from Ebay. For context, it's for my 12 yr old daughter who is on PagePlus. I've got her on one of the talk and text plans wiht no data.
I've read the wiki and a number of threads but couldn't find a clear answer to my question: What should I do with this before I give it to her?
Things I'd like to do:
1. Get rid of/freeze bloatware
2. Address the short battery life issue (if possible)
3. Give her the ability to change the theme, preferably without installing a program
4. Limit data to wifi since I don't want her using PP minutes for data inadvertantly
So, what would you do with a new phone?
TIA,
CheapDad
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Hi from another Page Plus user!
#4 is easy: just turn Mobile Data off in the phone's settings.
For only #1: Root the phone and install Titanium Backup. Follow the first part of this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1600904
You do not need to follow the full guide and get s-off unless you want to, for what you want to do just having root will be enough. Follow steps 1, 2, and 3. Once Superuser and Titanuim Backup are installed, you will be able to remove any apps you want. Plus, you'll have a custom recovery installed, which will allow you to continue:
For #2 and #3: Follow the guide as stated above, and flash a ROM with Theme Engine support, such as Cyanogenmod:
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/get/jenkins/21410/cm-7-20130301-NIGHTLY-inc.zip
...that is a link for the last official Cyanogenmod nightly, which is Gingerbread. It will have much better battery life than stock, and there are still lots of free themes around for CM7.
(There are some pretty good Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean unofficial builds, but the video camera is broken on most anything newer than Gingerbread. You can even put KitKat on your Droid Incredible if you want to, but that breaks picture messaging as well as the video camera.)
Thanks very much, musical-chairs! Your post summarized everything very nicely. Unfortunately, my phone didn't come with an SD card, so I've got one on order from Newegg. Once it gets here I'll get started.
One question - if I use Titanium Backup, can I back up the AOSP ROM so that I can restore the phone to stock? Or is there a better way of doing that?
Second question - does CM already address the 149 MB storage issue, or do I still need to apply a fix to that?
CheapDad
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One question - if I use Titanium Backup, can I back up the AOSP ROM so that I can restore the phone to stock? Or is there a better way of doing that?
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When you say "back up the AOSP ROM," I think back up the entire ROM. Titanium doesn't do that, that's a nandroid, done in recovery.
What Titanium does, is back up individual apps (and their app data). That's ok, as long as you're backing up user apps (apps that live in /data/apps). It's not ok, and known to cause problems, to back up system apps (apps that live in /system/apps).
PonsAsinorem said:
When you say "back up the AOSP ROM," I think back up the entire ROM. Titanium doesn't do that, that's a nandroid, done in recovery.
What Titanium does, is back up individual apps (and their app data). That's ok, as long as you're backing up user apps (apps that live in /data/apps). It's not ok, and known to cause problems, to back up system apps (apps that live in /system/apps).
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Pons:
Forgive the inaccurate language. What I 'm thinking is that I'd like the option of restoring the phone to its original state, ideally with the most up to date firmware issued by the HTC or Verizon (it's a Verizon phone). I assume I should do that before I change anything. How do I do that?
CheapDad
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Pons:
Forgive the inaccurate language. What I 'm thinking is that I'd like the option of restoring the phone to its original state, ideally with the most up to date firmware issued by the HTC or Verizon (it's a Verizon phone). I assume I should do that before I change anything. How do I do that?
CheapDad
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As Pons said, you can back up your stock rom before flashing a new one, in recovery (aka make a nandroid backup) and restore it at any time. Also, you can wipe the phone and install a stock image, you can find those here: http://dinc.does-it.net/Stock_Images/
I mentioned Titanium not so much for making backups as for uninstalling bloatware. Of course, if you decide to flash a custom ROM like CyanogenMod, that is a non-issue.
The 150Mb data issue requires a separate fix, flash that after flashing a ROM. The thread for that is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1623038 You're looking for the 'no data limit' variant of the mod.
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As Pons said, you can back up your stock rom before flashing a new one, in recovery (aka make a nandroid backup) and restore it at any time. Also, you can wipe the phone and install a stock image, you can find those here: http://dinc.does-it.net/Stock_Images/
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I received a 32GB SD card yesterday in the mail from Newegg and I plan to follow all of the steps you suggest tomorrow. I went to the link for the stock images to save one locally and I can't figure which one to use. My phone has the following:
Build Number
4.08.605.19 CL539174 release keys
Software number
4.08.605.19 710RD
This doesn't seem to make any of the file names at the stock image site. Can you help me identify the correct one?
CheapDad
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I went to the link for the stock images to save one locally and I can't figure which one to use. My phone has the following:
Build Number
4.08.605.19 CL539174 release keys
Software number
4.08.605.19 710RD
This doesn't seem to make any of the file names at the stock image site. Can you help me identify the correct one?
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The newest full stock image there is 4.08.605.15: http://dinc.does-it.net/Stock_Images/4.08.605.15/
Then there is the 4.08.605.19 OTA update patch: http://dinc.does-it.net/Stock_Image...WE_4.08.605.19-4.08.605.15_release_305224.zip
...the stock images are flashed through HBOOT rather than recovery, so they wipe everything, including your custom recovery and the bootloader unlock. I think you would rename the OTA update to PB31IMG.zip (just like the full stock image) and flash it through HBOOT as well, so that after flashing them both you would have a completely stock, locked, unrooted phone. These can be useful if you want to sell the phone or if something gets crashed or messes up in a really bad way. 4.08.605.15 has that annoying bug where it likes to keep rebooting at 2:00 am, but it would be fine for recovering your device.
Alternately, there are odexed and deodexed stock images in the main directory of http://dinc.does-it.net/ that you would flash through recovery. They would return the ROM to stock but would leave the recovery in place and the bootloader unlocked. Also, the guide recommends that you make a nandroid backup of your stock ROM as soon as you're in clockworkmod recovery, so you could always restore your backup and get the ROM back to stock (but leave the bootloader unlocked.)
On the bright side, if your phones are on 4.08.605.19, you will already have the latest HBOOT, so unlocking via htcdev will be nice and simple - no need to download and run the RUU update as the guide says in part 1 section 2, just run the fastboot commands and click along in htcdev.
Sorry, this post got kind of messy...
To close the loop, I spent the better part of yesterday going through the process described by musical_chairs. First, I unlocked and rooted using HTCDev. I installed CWM and made a stock rom backup. I flashed/installed CM7.2. Once I did that, I realized that I didn't have Google Apps, so I followed the same process and installed that. (adb push) Lastly, I fixed the 150 mb storage limit.
As few thoughts on the process from the perspective of a noob with some computer/technical knowledge, but zero linux/android knowledge:
1. The instructions were great. The more detailed the better and pictures are even better yet. A few times I had to google when I got an unexpected outcome to find a youtube video or something to show me a picture so I could determine what I had done wrong.
2. I used the "downgrade to froyo" instructions but just changed the file name to match CM7.2. While I got this done, a set of instructions that are generalized (to flash a new rom, enter this command "adb push (name of file) /location/) would have been better because I would not have had to extrapolate. I appreciate that his comment reduces the simplicity to the absurd, but for someone doing this for the first time, absurdly simple is important.
3. The support here is phenomenal. I couldn't have done this without the guidance provided. Thank you!
CheapDad