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$50 Bounty to Help Me

I am willing to pay $50 to the person who can help me solve my problem.
I have a successfully rooted T-Mobile T989 that I have been using for 2 weeks. I decided to un-root the T989 using the procedures listed here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319830
Then installed the :
SGH-T989-UnRoot_ROM_Zedomax.zip
When I rebooted my phone the ROM does not appear to take at all - instead it restores my phone to a state it was in on 10/20. The phone also keeps rebooting itself over and over.
When I install the SGH-T989-UnRoot_ROM_Zedomax.zip from recovery, it reboots 2 seconds after it says "Setting Permissions"
I have tried wiping everything, factory resetting but to no avail.

hold volumen down or up + power
go back into download mode
use odin to flash back the root
with root you can fix most of those issues
in CWR select the option to Fix Permissions
use wipe factory reset, to wipe out everything
then reboot a couple of times to make sure it's stable
once it's confirmed, then you can try to flash the un-root back into the phone
using this info http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319830
by flashing this file SGH-T989-Stock-Recovery.tar

Where are you located?

Right. Thats why I hold myself from rooting my SGSII until there is a proven tested method without surprises.
Screwing up your phone is easy but paying bounty to get it fix sounds to me like a self-torture. No, thanks.
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esdwa said:
Right. Thats why I hold myself from rooting my SGSII until there is a proven tested method without surprises.
Screwing up your phone is easy but paying bounty to get it fix sounds to me like a self-torture. No, thanks.
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If you read extensively and follow directions to a T there's no way possible you can brick your phone. I don't know about you guys but I read about how to root, how to unroot, etc so you save yourself from headaches. Some people probably jump into things without reading and that's where issues show up. I even watch videos to get an idea if I'm not too confident.
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OuncE718 said:
If you read extensively and follow directions to a T there's no way possible you can brick your phone. I don't know about you guys but I read about how to root, how to unroot, etc so you save yourself from headaches. Some people probably jump into things without reading and that's where issues show up. I even watch videos to get an idea if I'm not too confident.
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hes got a point its a no brainer!!!

OuncE718 said:
If you read extensively and follow directions to a T there's no way possible you can brick your phone. I don't know about you guys but I read about how to root, how to unroot, etc so you save yourself from headaches. Some people probably jump into things without reading and that's where issues show up. I even watch videos to get an idea if I'm not too confident.
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This is exactly what I do also. I cover all ends when messing around with root. I didn't root till I knew there was a definite way back to stock.

Jjday7 said:
This is exactly what I do also. I cover all ends when messing around with root. I didn't root till I knew there was a definite way back to stock.
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That's how everyone should do it. Its almost fool proof to do it that way. When I rooted my first Android phone (G1) it took me about 3 days to finally do it. I read extensively and watched videos etc till I built up some confidence and got the job done with no issues at all.
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did u make nandroid backup? If so go to recovery and restore backup.

Seattle, WA

Bojmir said:
Seattle, WA
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Metoo ^^ welcome to the forum btw!

HRodMusic said:
Metoo ^^ welcome to the forum btw!
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Me three. Ghey
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jmercil said:
Me three. Ghey
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What part.. Btw im curious what 4g speeds do u get?
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AllGamer said:
hold volumen down or up + power
go back into download mode
use odin to flash back the root
with root you can fix most of those issues
in CWR select the option to Fix Permissions
use wipe factory reset, to wipe out everything
then reboot a couple of times to make sure it's stable
once it's confirmed, then you can try to flash the un-root back into the phone
using this info http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319830
by flashing this file SGH-T989-Stock-Recovery.tar
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Thank you for the quick reply - unfortunately this process did not work. Although I have root access, when I delete a file through ADB and reboot the phone, the file re-appears. I tried re-flashing other ROMs but when I reboot, the phone returns to a state it was in about 1 week ago...not sure what is going on.
Saw the cautionary note about bounty's - I had the best of intentions but will refrain from offering them again.

Have you tried this method to unroot the phone - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1323878 ? It's very simple,straightforward and works.

azsl1326 said:
Have you tried this method to unroot the phone - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1323878 ? It's very simple,straightforward and works.
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Thank you for the reply. I did but to no avail. Nothing that I write to the phone sticks. Although I have root access and went in and deleted an .apk through ADB, successfully, when I rebooted the phone (after clearing everything under the sun) the .apk re-appeared as though it had never been deleted.

HRodMusic said:
What part.. Btw im curious what 4g speeds do u get?
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Greenwood/Phinney area
Will let you know about speeds when I get my darn phone working again....

Lol iight
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AT&T imei issues?

How common is this I would likevcto flash some roms and all that good stuff. I have been reading about people phones not working after rooting and applying a Rom. Should I be worried ? Should I wait? And if it's all good any methods that worked cleanly for other people ? Thanks in advance
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Any help greatly appreciated ready to flash away
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I wouldn't say its very common as there are tons of people flashing and we dont hear about half the forum crying about corrupting their imei, thats not to say that its a non issue though. As you can probably see from the numerous threads (main one in the att development). Its advisable to wait, but with any flash you know the risk you are taking.
I was actually holding off till yesterday, ended up just saying eff it and flashed, did the non trip rooting, flashed the latest cwm from the official cwm site. Flashed Aokp, no imei wipe (was scared ****less the whole time though ) Decided i didnt even like the AOKP rom and flashed my carriers stock rom again through odin, So far so good.
However in the future im waiting for a full solution to this imei problem before i root or flash again. :good:
Id say just read the threads, if you understand the risks and want to proceed go ahead. good luck

So you went through all the steps and your fine? Thanks I may wait A week or so the stock Rom is actual nice I just like to try new stuff
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tyshemi said:
So you went through all the steps and your fine? Thanks I may wait A week or so the stock Rom is actual nice I just like to try new stuff
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yeah man i say check out the stock first, if you can wait, wait. The stock rom is best i find. and yes i followed all the steps, downloaded the latest cwm from the rom manager site and whatnot. pushed the cwm through terminal emulator on the phone.

unleashed12 said:
yeah man i say check out the stock first, if you can wait, wait. The stock rom is best i find. and yes i followed all the steps, downloaded the latest cwm from the rom manager site and whatnot. pushed the cwm through terminal emulator on the phone.
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What site did you use for cwm ? Link please and thank u

Anyone have any insights
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What's the Safe way to achieve root and cwm ? I have searched and read a lot but like hearing peoples opinions
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i flashed my phone with the original at&t root method (which increased flash counter). since then, i've flashed the stock rom (UCALEM) to get non-modified status, reset the flash counter, and flashed the stock update rom (UCALG1) with no problems so far. i wasn't even aware of the imei issues until poking around the forums the other day. i suppose ignorance really is bliss.
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i should add.. i used the stock root injected roms (after the initial flash) from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426

So ish there a chance even if we follow AT&T stuff directly? I've never heard of this happening I've had and flashed a lot of phones and never heard of such a thing should we worry or what I wanna flash but don't won't a brick
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i think there's always the chance... but you can reduce that chance significantly if you read up and follow the directions.

[Q] Worth Rooting?

Hello!
So, I rooted my SGS before and now I have a Note II and I want to root it but I would like to be like 99% sure it won't brick my phone
Which is the safest and easiest way to root the Note II?
Specs:
Android: 4.1.1
Baseband: N7100XXALIH
Build: JRO03C.N7100XXALJ1

All modifications are performed on your own risk. You can be 99% sure, but there are always risks of course...
I used mskip's toolkit which you can find in the development section of the forum. It was extremely easy and painless so I recommend that!
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No it won't and it's always worth rooting.

I can say I have rooted device nearly 200 times myself and helped thousands of note1 user to root, I have never bricked, nor I have reported brick by just rooting.
Find 1st line on my signature and read post #2.
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i rooted mine. it's not stupid anymore like 2 years ago when i had to use a goldcard and such.
today it's sooo simple that afaik unless you yank the cable out during flash, or your pc crashes mid flash or something then you'll be ok.

Rooting usually needs to flash recovery, so even you interrupt in between or something happens that causing it, I don't believe still you can brick it. As long as your bootloader is fine, you are safe. Usually most brick happens due to flashing wrong file particularly pit. And bootloader though hard brick is rare.
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dr.ketan said:
Rooting usually needs to flash recovery, so even you interrupt in between or something happens that causing it, I don't believe still you can brick it. As long as your bootloader is fine, you are safe. Usually most brick happens due to flashing wrong file particularly pit. And bootloader though hard brick is rare.
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I am from Sweden and the PDA/CSC ain't listed I think. Please read my first post with specs, which should I download?

Build is PDA
Baseband is modem (phone)
Csc you can find by dialing *#1234#
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dr.ketan said:
Build is PDA
Baseband is modem (phone)
Csc you can find by dialing *#1234#
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Thank you!
Just a few questions left then.
1. As I said I live in Sweden, when I checked the Build and CSC it found a few on that list, should I choose United Kingdom because it's near Sweden?
2. Found this aswell http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31986738&postcount=7 is the last link if you need a backup or what?

I am confused, for rooting why all info you needs?
It is same for all
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dr.ketan said:
I am confused, for rooting why all info you needs?
It is same for all
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When I used CF-Root to root my SGS I had to find the CORRECT one to download... Isn't it the same with the Note II? And do you think there will be any problems if I download the United Kingdom one even if I didn't bought the phone there?

No here you can root with same recovery to any available rom now.
Though you can flash any rom of any country irrespective of your region.
Rooting method will remain same as described in post#2 of thread you mentioned in previous post.
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dr.ketan said:
No here you can root with same recovery to any available rom now.
Though you can flash any rom of any country irrespective of your region.
Rooting method will remain same as described in post#2 of thread you mentioned in previous post.
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Ah! Downloading the file that was matched with mine PDA and CSC right now... If anything goes wrong, is there a big chance it is bricked or will that result in nothing changed? Nothing brick'd and nothing rooted?

Rom file you are downloading will just change rom(won't root) flashing rom should never brick if you properly flash with odin
Refer to first line on my signature post#1 for flashing rom
Post#2 for rooting
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I havenot rooted my device yet surprisingly. most times I root my phone as soon as root is available but I've not taken the plunge yet.
Reason being it's not required as device is very smooth and responsive. Those who have rooted could you tell me if you have seen any significant improvements?
Would you recommend it, does the s pen lose any functionality?

Personally I think its not worth it to root for once...I also used to root but with this phone I have not convinced myself of a reason before it used to be just for the updates but I have the international version so updates should be painless. ...besides I just bought this $700 babe and im not ready to chance that money yet
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@riz157
Just rooting can't affect performance, nor you lose any functions including s pen.
There are individual indication for all to root device. Only purpose is do root to schedule backup my data with titanium backup and for flashing some mode like calling recording
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dr.ketan said:
@riz157
Just rooting can't affect performance, nor you lose any functions including s pen.
There are individual indication for all to root device. Only purpose is do root to schedule backup my data with titanium backup and for flashing some mode like calling recording
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Yes you are right of course you have to flash custom Rom or mods to see improvementd our changes. I should have made myself more clear. Are there any roms out there which significantly improve performance , stability of note 2 without losing core functions of note 2?

read up, test a few out maybe? get custom recovery and backup your rom. then you can try out a few new ones. you might like it - or not. if you dont, go back to your stock rom.
i jumped to wanamlite (used his during the sgs2 days) and i don't see performance diffs. tis tweaks mostly at this point.
as always. ymmv and what i want in a rom, you might not etc. and the reverse of course.

tommo123 said:
read up, test a few out maybe? get custom recovery and backup your rom. then you can try out a few new ones. you might like it - or not. if you dont, go back to your stock rom.
i jumped to wanamlite (used his during the sgs2 days) and i don't see performance diffs. tis tweaks mostly at this point.
as always. ymmv and what i want in a rom, you might not etc. and the reverse of course.
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I'm a flashaholic to be honest every handset I've bought I've flashed daily but this handset works fine as it is.
Wanamlite looks interesting and tempting. Have you noticed any issues with s pen, reading ext card, graphical glitches since flashing this Rom?
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[Q] Need help rooting my ATT Note 2

Please ignore my ignorant noobness. I'm coming from an iPhone 4 where things were simplified for me in small bits...lol. Ive always had a jailbroken phone because stock iPhones were no help to me. But I moved on to the ATT Galaxy Note 2 and now have a need to root it. However, I'm lost about how to do it. I looked up guides and many point to the Youtube xda video for all variants. However, many ATT users have found it did not help them. I looked myself and could not find the option for my variant of phone (ATT). So I searched the forums and I found some things, but I'm just not knowledgeable yet on how to decipher what is being discussed and terminology yet. If you ask me about iPhone I can answer those terms and questions easily. Rooting is another world for me at the moment. Please dont discount me as someone who should stay away because if that were the case, none of this would have developed with that mindset. I'm still learning and I'm just not there yet.
So, Where should I begin to root my ATT Samsung Galaxy Note 2 i317UCALJ2 (JRO03C.I317UCALJ2).

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1970162
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twanskys204 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1970162
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yea, currently reading that forum

So I've finished without any hickups
I have a few questions though now. I've heard I need to backup my phone now before continuing. I've downloaded titanium backup and told it to do a batch backup of my system files and apps, however, I'm not sure this is the backup everyone is suggesting. Some people have mentioned using TWRP. I'm not sure if I need that or what. I'm also noticing this:
"For CWM Recovery (cwm6-recovery-i317.tar.md5) Flash using Odin once again with pda only nothing else ticked!"
What is that for? And do I need to do that. I want to have a safe rooting experience so I'm sorry if I sound too cautious.

Yes its a custom recovery... I use cwm. U can use twrp ..flash in odin under pda make sur repartition is not cheaked...boot into recovery by pressing vol up home button then power hold till samsung screen shows release. ..then back up
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twanskys204 said:
Yes its a custom recovery... I use cwm. U can use twrp ..flash in odin under pda make sur repartition is not cheaked...boot into recovery by pressing vol up home button then power hold till samsung screen shows release. ..then back up
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So I used TWRP(I think) and via instructions downloaded Goo Manager. Then did menu> Install OpenRecoveryScript. Ran that, downloaded (something), and was successful. Now I'm lost as to what to do. I don't see TWRP, and Ive been reading and it doesn't appear anyone has a step by step process after the steps I took above. Any ideas?
UPDATE. Nvm, I figured it out...lol. man I feel slow at this

Lol ..read , read and read some more .it takes time mang
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[Q] Things that could go wrong.

So I've been thinking about flashing Paranoid Android 3.6, mostly because of halo and 4.2.2.
What's kept me from root+custom rom for so long is the possibility of a brick, or requiring the warranty and being unable to revert to stock
Had the phone for 6 months now, the longest I've stayed on an official rom on any phone I've had, with the impending release of 4.2.2 in the near future, i'm not sure if now's a good time to root. (Decisions, decisions)
Apart from dropping the phone and have the screen shatter, what could go wrong? Eg. Bricks, sds somehow?
I'm hoping to get a list of things that could go wrong, and the way to get something to go wrong.
Purely so I could avoid just that :good:
Cheers.

csmiler said:
So I've been thinking about flashing Paranoid Android 3.6, mostly because of halo and 4.2.2.
What's kept me from root+custom rom for so long is the possibility of a brick, or requiring the warranty and being unable to revert to stock
Had the phone for 6 months now, the longest I've stayed on an official rom on any phone I've had, with the impending release of 4.2.2 in the near future, i'm not sure if now's a good time to root. (Decisions, decisions)
Apart from dropping the phone and have the screen shatter, what could go wrong? Eg. Bricks, sds somehow?
I'm hoping to get a list of things that could go wrong, and the way to get something to go wrong.
Purely so I could avoid just that :good:
Cheers.
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There is a best toolkit available for rooting and installing Cwm which u can use and will not create any issue out of it
Since note 2 is quite a old and most of the issue which occurs are solved by some or the other user
I would suggest take a proper EFS backup have a nandroid backup safe somewhere on pc etc after rooting and cwm
And after that enjoy flashing ROMS u like the way u want
Most of the thread has a guide to use / install so u won't have any issue I guess
Just follow the guide and u ll just be fine
All the best :thumbup:
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123hiten said:
There is a best toolkit available for rooting and installing Cwm which u can use and will not create any issue out of it
Since note 2 is quite a old and most of the issue which occurs are solved by some or the other user
I would suggest take a proper EFS backup have a nandroid backup safe somewhere on pc etc after rooting and cwm
And after that enjoy flashing ROMS u like the way u want
Most of the thread has a guide to use / install so u won't have any issue I guess
Just follow the guide and u ll just be fine
All the best :thumbup:
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Bangalore ftw, thanks!
What's the toolkit called?
Could I just follow step 2 onthis page ? It's similar to what I've done on my old phone.
Still a bit jittery, if I follow the guide to the letter, what are the chances of a brick?
Cheers :good:

csmiler said:
Bangalore ftw, thanks!
What's the toolkit called?
Could I just follow step 2 onthis page ? It's similar to what I've done on my old phone.
Still a bit jittery, if I follow the guide to the letter, what are the chances of a brick?
Cheers :good:
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Yes u can use Dr ketan guide he is best at what he does and will support also
Dont worry u won't brick it
I have flashed so many rom the second day I get a new phone and all is well as long as I follow it properly
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123hiten said:
Yes u can use Dr ketan guide he is best at what he does and will support also
Dont worry u won't brick it
I have flashed so many rom the second day I get a new phone and all is well as long as I follow it properly
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Assuming I install the custom rom, and then decide to install official 4.2.2 when it releases, what would I do?
Can I install through kies instead of reverting back to stock and having to deal with the system modified issue?

csmiler said:
Assuming I install the custom rom, and then decide to install official 4.2.2 when it releases, what would I do?
Can I install through kies instead of reverting back to stock and having to deal with the system modified issue?
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Incase in the future u wanna come back to normal or stock u have to flash the firmware unroot and then u can get update from kies
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123hiten said:
Incase in the future u wanna come back to normal or stock u have to flash the firmware unroot and then u can get update from kies
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Thanks!
I guess I'll just have to get over the jitters by convincing myself there isn't a risk. :banghead:
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Today took a nandroid back up installed paranoid android halo is not at all amazing infact found irritating and restored the rom to sammy custom my personal view
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The most important thing to do before flashing any rom is to create a backup of the EFS partition. I cannot stress it enough how many threads I keep seeing with people crying about losing their imei number and unable to retrieve them. Very important!
Besides that, don't use any rom released before 4.2.1 to minimize the risk of SDS. There's always a risk with rooting and flashing unofficial rom, however, only thing you can do is minimize the risk as much as possible. Good luck.
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Will do, I'm going to go for it
Is it flashing the Recovery or flashing the rom that carries the risk of erasing the efs?
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csmiler said:
Will do, I'm going to go for it
Is it flashing the Recovery or flashing the rom that carries the risk of erasing the efs?
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That is a risk associated with flashing the rom not the recovery. I have never lost my imei from flashing recovery, it usually happens after flashing a custom rom. Fortunately I always have a permanent spot on my PC for my phone EFS backup.
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bushako said:
That is a risk associated with flashing the rom not the recovery. I have never lost my imei from flashing recovery, it usually happens after flashing a custom rom. Fortunately I always have a permanent spot on my PC for my phone EFS backup.
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This is a frequent occurrence? In the event that it gets wiped, is restoring the EFS a sure thing, it is there a possibility it won't restore?

bushako said:
That is a risk associated with flashing the rom not the recovery. I have never lost my imei from flashing recovery, it usually happens after flashing a custom rom. Fortunately I always have a permanent spot on my PC for my phone EFS backup.
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Also, if i needed to restore a nandroid backup, would I need to flash a stock kernel? Or just a restore?
Edit- I just read the Mobile Odin thread, and saw "While in theory Mobile ODIN can repartition and flash EFS and bootloaders, it will cowardly refuse to do so, for your own safety."
So, is mobile odin better than flashing from recovery?
Sorry for the pestering, after 5 years on these forums from my iMate days, i'd be expected to be less of a frightened noob when it comes to a new phone