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Froyo update question...

When the 2.2 update comes out officially will the update wipe out the phone and we need to start all over again or will it just update the OS leaving all of our apps and settings?

No it wont clear it like a PC / WinMobile.
It updates the firmware, but leaves your installs, contacts, pictures, etc.
The only 1 thing that might change is how you have laid out your homescreens etc, but 10-15mins will fix that.

I always thought flashing the phone would reset it to whatever came from the factory?
also, tumpin, i hated the x1 as well. put me off of SE for good.

If by some miracle froyo does indeed land, is it best to unroot and remove lag fixes before upgrading.
I cant bare the thought of a brick.

Flash without USB?

I am warrantying my Captivate with a dead USB port. It is rooted and running Froyo, but not a custom ROM (at least I don't think). ATT bloatware has been removed.
Couple of questions:
1) Is there a way to flash it back to stock without a working USB port?
2) What is the best way to wipe it clean before returning it?

I seem to recall seeing a factory ROM in the Development section somewhere. You should be able to download that and use clockword to flash it. Then go into your phone's settings and in the "Privacy" section there is a "Factory data reset" option which should wipe everything.

un-root
do factory re-set
done. samsung dont care if you removed att-bloat. doubt they'd even check. you know how many phones get returned? and how little the replacement guts cost? and how each phone is not worth more than 15 minutes of human attention?

[Q] Galaxy S upgrade to Froyo from rooted and lagfixed phone

I have a Galaxy S which i rooted and installed a lagfix on. I think it was Ryans OCLF i used for the lagfix.
I want to update to the official Froyo available from T-mobile via kies but having lots of problems getting it to connect (as everyone does). I have backed up contacts etc. I havent bothered backing up apps as i just wrote down the settings i have in each one and will just reinstall them after the upgrade.
What im planning on doing was completely resetting the phone back to factory settings and wiping it altogether so i have a clean phone to do the upgrade.
The problems im expecting or want to know how to avoid is with the root and lagfix i have installed. Will doing a factory reset or other reset (hopefully somebody can tell me another way of resetting) get rid of the root and lagfix or do i need to do something manually before wiping the phone? I know of something about the lagfix creating partitions etc so would a factory reset cancel the lagfix or would it cause all sorts of problems?
How do i go about removing the lagfix and resetting to the standard software that came with the phone? Also i have apps that require root so if i unroot the phone will this cause problems when they try to start or will they just not work and not be an issue?
Im not running any custom roms just the original one that came on the phone.
Sorry for all the questions and a rather long first post but im hoping to do this soon as the phone is running like a bag of smelly brown stuff lol.

Disable the lagfix first and then wipe. Root will not go away but I dont think that would be problem.PS. If I would be you I would just use odin to upgrade, there is plenty of good guides including how to use odin

Undo lagfix before any firmware upgrade .Then factory reset then go to Kies .
Remove lagfix as per the instructions with whatever lagfix you used .
Unroot not a problem its only a user administrative rights fix giving you greater access .
Personally i undo anything i can before an upgrade .
jje

Yes i would definitely undo everything before upgrading its just a question of how i do it.
I used Ryans OneClickLagFix app that was on the market at the time but now it has been altered because it allowed you to root and google didnt like this. I still have the original version i downloaded on the phone so is it just a case of clicking on "remove lagfix" and that will sort it?
Also if the root remains on the phone after i have wiped it, will this cause any problems when i put froyo on it? Is there not a different method or file for rooting froyo to the one i have used on 2.1?

on "remove lagfix" and that will sort it?
Correct .
jje

Also click Remove Ext2 Tools, and the go into the Scheduler changer and return it to CFG and uncheck the tweak buttons, if you messed with any of that.

In which order should i do all of those?
Should i remove the ext2 tools and return cfg settings etc to default before i remove the lagfix or after?

So just a quick update.
Something went totally wrong the other night on its own. This is before i had even thought of upgrading that night. Was sitting on facebook happily playing away when it started force closing within a few seconds of opening. Tried to open the market to reinstall the facebook app and the market force closed in a few seconds. It did this with every app including the email and phone etc. Even the RyansOCLF would forceclose so i couldnt remove the lagfix or unroot etc. All my settings for apps and launcher pro settings had disappeared. Only a couple of icons i had set on the home screen of launcher pro remained but i couldnt use any of them. All my phone logs were there and so were my texts etc but everything else had reset. When i tried to reapply some of my settings and then restart the phone, when i had finished the restart the settings i had reapplyed had defaulted again. Disaster!!
The only thing i could do was run a factory reset from the options menu. I crossed my fingers hoping this wouldnt brick the phone and alas it worked perfectly. Sorted out kies and connected the phone and installed 2.2.1 android. The lagfix had been cleared by the factory reset. I keep wondering if this is why i had so many problems with it taking ages to start up before. Maybe because the lagfix never really worked properly it never fully rebuilt the file system so was removed easily? Although the benchmarks were coming up double the speed of the fastest device on the results so not too sure how it was performing so fast with a duff lagfix...who knows. Anyway got it all up and running and rooted and lagfixed using the voodoo fix. Stuck launcher pro on setup everything. Got the apps i previously purchased reinstalled and restored any apps i wanted from titanium backup. Works like a dream and alot better memory usage aswell.
Thanks for all the help guys but it seems although i didnt follow any of the instructions you all posted (not out of choice...just because the phone physically wouldnt let me) it seemed to get the upgrade done without any problems.

[Q] Apps are crashing after flash, including Titanium

Hey folks. I'm trying really hard to get my Captivate up and running on 2.3
Here's what's going on: I was running Firefly 3.0 and decided I wanted the Rogers Gingerbread release. I flashed to stock, and upgraded to 2.2 and then 2.3 on Kies.
At this point I thought I just didn't have data because everything was crashing, so I retried flashing.
Now I have a stock 2.1, and I realized at that point that I needed to set my APN. Now I have full internet access, but a lot of my apps are still crashing.
My other issue is that no matter what I seem to try anymore, I can't get Kies to upgrade the phone or identify it's current firmware.
I believe I'm missing a component or using an incompatible component in the flash process, and although I've looked around, all accounts seem to indicate I'm using the proper methods/files.
Any thoughts would be appreciated and I'd be happy to report any requested info I can provide.

One thing to note is that I haven't tried the Master Clear function on OneClick, basically out of reservation. I'm wondering if I try that first and then move through the rest of the steps, would that clear out whatever is causing this?

JavaMac said:
One thing to note is that I haven't tried the Master Clear function on OneClick, basically out of reservation. I'm wondering if I try that first and then move through the rest of the steps, would that clear out whatever is causing this?
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Normally when I make a major ROM change, I'll flash to stock JF6, and then Master clear. Master Clear will erase EVERYTHING on your internal SD, because just a FTS will leave items from your previous installation which can cause conflicts(which is what I suspect is happening for you).
Just make sure you have backed up anything you want to keep on a external SD or on your desktop. Another thing to note, is to be careful not to restore Data in TiBu when setting back up

I'm thinking you're probably right on with that suggestion. It's been a concern of mine though that I'll lose more than personal data if I clear it out. Is this the case, or is Master Clear just going to delete any non-important junk including music, etc?

JavaMac said:
I'm thinking you're probably right on with that suggestion. It's been a concern of mine though that I'll lose more than personal data if I clear it out. Is this the case, or is Master Clear just going to delete any non-important junk including music, etc?
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master clear will basically FORMAT the internal SDCard....
it is not necessary to do between rom flashes
it sounds like you just need to do a factory reset (try the factory reset within the settings menu)

[Q] Boot Loop Frustration

I have searched around and can't seem to find a similar problem with a solution that I can understand. I used superoneclick to root my Verizon Galaxy 7" tablet. Everything seemed to go fine, but I really didn't have time to do anything "techy" with it. After a couple of weeks the tablet was acting kind of glitchy, nothing terrible, so I should have just left it alone. Instead I tried to do a complete factory reset. I tried several times, but it would never completely reset. My personalized wallpaper would show up, then all my apps were still there, settings didn't appear to change, etc.
I tried using Heimdall and loading new cache, param, system & zImage files. Now I am stuck in a boot loop. The machine will power up to the setup wizard, but every step generates multiple FCs until the setup wizard itself FC. Then it powers down and starts all over again. "Wipe data/factory reset" produces no change to the problem.
At this point I just want to restore my tablet to stock. No root, nothing fancy.
Can someone recommend a clear, easy to follow, current tutorial for me? I have downloaded Odin, but am uncertain which ROM I need to use. I really don't care which method you recommend as long as it is detailed (ie. written for a complete idiot to follow).
Thanks for any help.

I've gone back to stock using this tutorial, but you also can upgrade it to the Overcome GB ROM using this tutorial and you should have no issues. I know everything worked for for me using it:
Overcome Guide
Complete with filedownloads.

I think people have to stop recommending Overcome guide for CDMA tabs.
They may end up bricking their tab further.

priyana said:
I think people have to stop recommending Overcome guide for CDMA tabs.
They may end up bricking their tab further.
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Agree!!
If your G-Tab is CDMA, please make sure to find CDMA ROMs in the Development section. Installing a GSM rom on your CDMA G-tab will mess up your device further.
Better yet, since yours is verizon, just search 'Verizon" in the Development section for Verizon ROMs (Firmwares).
E.g.:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1325469&highlight=verizon