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flash recovery for bell atrix

i just soft bricked my Bell atrix...anyone have any ideas...
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See the thread for Bell deodexed files it has a script for replacing system files - that may work for you.
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How did you soft brick it ?

ks2hot4u said:
How did you soft brick it ?
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i tried to install GingerBlur....I know stupid...i was high..LOL

WingMan2010 said:
i tried to install GingerBlur....I know stupid...i was high..LOL
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The only hope you have is early usb enumeration, adb being enabled, and then hoping that psneuter still works. If you can escalate to root, you should be able to push the deodex files from the stock Bell firmware and recover the device.
Also, this isn't a development question. Can we get moved to the right section?

WingMan2010 said:
i tried to install GingerBlur....I know stupid...i was high..LOL
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I was gonna read the instructions... but then I got high...
When it's trying to boot, with a USB cable connected, do you have ADB access? If not, I think your only hope would be to wait for a Bell Atrix SBF file, or return it to the store for exchange. Play dumb, maybe they will believe that you don't know how it happened...

cursordroid said:
I was gonna read the instructions... but then I got high...
When it's trying to boot, with a USB cable connected, do you have ADB access? If not, I think your only hope would be to wait for a Bell Atrix SBF file, or return it to the store for exchange. Play dumb, maybe they will believe that you don't know how it happened...
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Ok i will try this tonight...Do you think they will be able to flash my phone at bell service centers??

WingMan2010 said:
Ok i will try this tonight...Do you think they will be able to flash my phone at bell service centers??
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And most importantly - get high AFTER you try this Love this country!

WingMan2010 said:
Ok i will try this tonight...Do you think they will be able to flash my phone at bell service centers??
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A Bell service center would be able to do it for sure, but probably for a fee. If you don't have the option to exchange it, and you have to send it away they might charge to re-flash it.
If you go in there, see if they will give you a copy of the 0.37 Bell SBF file.
plemen said:
And most importantly - get high AFTER you try this Love this country!
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It's scary stuff when you're high as a kite and you get distracted half way through the instructions... You come back to your computer after warming up some Pop Tarts and have no idea where you left off...

cursordroid said:
A Bell service center would be able to do it for sure, but probably for a fee. If you don't have the option to exchange it, and you have to send it away they might charge to re-flash it.
If you go in there, see if they will give you a copy of the 0.37 Bell SBF file.
It's scary stuff when you're high as a kite and you get distracted half way through the instructions... You come back to your computer after warming up some Pop Tarts and have no idea where you left off...
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that is the master plan go into the service center and try to get the SBF
then get high....
LOOOOOL...

WingMan2010 said:
i just soft bricked my Bell atrix...anyone have any ideas...
thanks
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as its briked, try flash att's sbf see if miracle happens

freefrank said:
as its briked, try flash att's sbf see if miracle happens
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LOL doesn't work...tried it...

How did the att sbf's get out? Were they released or leaked?

toughbax said:
How did the att sbf's get out? Were they released or leaked?
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i KNOW that 1.26 was leaked. However, 1.52 was released OTA, i'm not sure if the sbf was then released or if someone just got their hands on it and leaked it

You can also flash the telstra sbf. I've done that and it works (eventually a bell sbf will come out and you'll be able to flash that one).

Did you do a nandroid backup first?
I just need to figure out to do a nand backup and i will flash the crap out of the telstra sbf!!!

J-Roc said:
Did you do a nandroid backup first?
I just need to figure out to do a nand backup and i will flash the crap out of the telstra sbf!!!
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yes, doing that nand backup is a very good idea (then backing it up on to your PC's HD) before flashing the sbf.
in the case of an actual Bell sbf coming out eventually (god knows when, stupid bell) restoring the nandroid may help if anyone runs into problems with passing any system checks (can't really tell how intense they'll be at this point, and what might make them fail)
to make the nandroid backup just boot into tenfar's, choose "backup/restore" and nand backup should be one of the options.

raybond25 said:
yes, doing that nand backup is a very good idea (then backing it up on to your PC's HD) before flashing the sbf.
in the case of an actual Bell sbf coming out eventually (god knows when, stupid bell) restoring the nandroid may help if anyone runs into problems with passing any system checks (can't really tell how intense they'll be at this point, and what might make them fail)
to make the nandroid backup just boot into tenfar's, choose "backup/restore" and nand backup should be one of the options.
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ok cool. So then at this point in time ( without the bell sbf ) If i ran a nand backup with tenfar's, and then tried to flash the Telstra SBF and then something went wrong, i could just revert back with the nand backup?
Sorry, just learning about the after-market with motorola, Atrix being my first moto phone.
Was with HTC Hero before and things are a bit different.
cheers

J-Roc said:
ok cool. So then at this point in time ( without the bell sbf ) If i ran a nand backup with tenfar's, and then tried to flash the Telstra SBF and then something went wrong, i could just revert back with the nand backup?
Sorry, just learning about the after-market with motorola, Atrix being my first moto phone.
Was with HTC Hero before and things are a bit different.
cheers
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The biggest thing that can go wrong with the sbf is that it doesn't work, other than that if there's hardware issues and you have to return the phone, I'm not exactly sure how deep the nand restore works. whether it'll change firmware version on your device or not (maybe someone who has done this themselves could chime in here to clarify)
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raybond25 said:
The biggest thing that can go wrong with the sbf is that it doesn't work, other than that if there's hardware issues and you have to return the phone, I'm not exactly sure how deep the nand restore works. whether it'll change firmware version on your device or not (maybe someone who has done this themselves could chime in here to clarify)
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Alright, well could the same be done for just flashing the telstra radio, to unlock the hsupa? Use tenfar's , nand, then flash the radio?

[SBF] Gingerbread - 4.5.91 with Unlocked Bootloader US AT&T Only

Here is a link to the latest US AT&T 4.5.91 sbf with the unlocked bootloader and /preinstall root added.
Warning!
Use this with caution, and don't downgrade to 1.26, 1.5.7, or 1.8.3 unless it has the unlocked bootloader properly integrated into the sbf, and you have already used fastboot to unlock. In general I don't recommend downgrading at all.
If you already installed the official sbf without modification or updated to OTA without unlock, and not unlocked, then I recommend waiting and not installing anything from anyone for now.
We do have reports of hard bricks. We don't yet understand why only a few people have hard bricked. You are doing this at your own risk.
Download:
4.5.91 sbf with unlocked bootloader and /preinstall root
Thanks the2dcour!

Thanks is awasome

Nice. Is this safe? This is the official GB AT&T update with unlocked boot-loader correct? Can you use the preinstall method to root afterwards?
Has anyone used this over Gingerblur?

Great, what's the difference between this and another sbf posted today itself. Looks like both are same.
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Did someone already tested this?
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Noob question... can I update this over the OTA that was leaked by Sam? Since his wasn't unlocked..?

anupash said:
Did someone already tested this?
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This was tested before release on two phones.

ceo.mtcl said:
Great, what's the difference between this and another sbf posted today itself. Looks like both are same.
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This is the same sbf, but with the unlocked bootloader added.

n0kia916 said:
Noob question... can I update this over the OTA that was leaked by Sam? Since his wasn't unlocked..?
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I'd also be interested to know whether this is a possibility.
Even better, can you update over the OTA version that I flashed using the Motorola Update Service???

n0kia916 said:
Noob question... can I update this over the OTA that was leaked by Sam? Since his wasn't unlocked..?
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If you already installed OTA without an unlock. Then you have the fuse burned that prevents you from downgrading to the official 1.8.3 sbf. If you do, you will brick your phone.
This sbf should work over the OTA. Think of it like a full reinstall of Windows, but in this case it is Android. To extend the metaphor further, this sbf is like having SP1 slipstreamed in, in that it has the unlocked bootloader integrated.

gogorman said:
I'd also be interested to know whether this is a possibility.
Even better, can you update over the OTA version that I flashed using the Motorola Update Service???
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As I said in the post above, yes.

Isn't there a rooted version of this on the pudding page? or is it different

I updated over the OTA 2.3.4 by Samcripp but..
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If you already installed OTA without an unlock. Then you have the fuse burned that prevents you from downgrading to the official 1.8.3 sbf. If you do, you will brick your phone.
This sbf should work over the OTA. Think of it like a full reinstall of Windows, but in this case it is Android. To extend the metaphor further, this sbf is like having SP1 slipstreamed in, in that it has the unlocked bootloader integrated.
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So I decided to try and use RSD Lite 5.0 to update with the sbf posted from edgan. Previous version I had was the OTA update that was posted by Sammcripp but I wanted an unlocked bootloader. While waiting for the rsd to finish it failed at 99 percent when the phone rebooted and got an error 0x1000.. at this point I was ****ting myself..wtf! So it automatically went to fastboot mode and nothing else.. not even volume down menu.
To resolve this issue.. I did a fastboot oem unlock (your UID #)
then did a fastboot reboot and first it was stuck at the dual core screen. I rebooted again and did the volume down~ approach and was able to get into Recovery mode then allowed me to wipe data / cache and restore to factory defaults... bam phone booted up fine with unlocked message and able to use my phone again.. thanks Edgan! lol sorry if It's hard to understand me..
Also just ran quadrant and comparing to the leak 2.3.4 by samcripp this one gives me 300 more points consistently....

n0kia916 said:
So I decided to try and use RSD Lite 5.0 to update with the sbf posted from edgan. Previous version I had was the OTA update that was posted by Sammcripp but I wanted an unlocked bootloader. While waiting for the rsd to finish it failed at 99 percent when the phone rebooted and got an error 0x1000.. at this point I was ****ting myself..wtf! So it automatically went to fastboot mode and nothing else.. not even volume down menu.
To resolve this issue.. I did a fastboot oem unlock (your UID #)
then did a fastboot reboot and first it was stuck at the dual core screen. I rebooted again and did the volume down~ approach and was able to get into Recovery mode then allowed me to wipe data / cache and restore to factory defaults... bam phone booted up fine with unlocked message and able to use my phone again.. thanks Edgan! lol sorry if It's hard to understand me..
Also just ran quadrant and comparing to the leak 2.3.4 by samcripp this one gives me 300 more points consistently....
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I don't know why you would see any performance difference. It should be exactly the same.
As for your 0x1000 problem, I have no idea why you got this. I tried this on some phones, and didn't have this problem. Though I used sbf_flash instead of RSD Lite 5.0.
I went back and checked the fuses on one phone to be sure a new one hadn't been blown. It came up the way I expected, not blown.
cat ReservedOdm
10000000000010001000100000000

Is that cat /mnt/proc/ReservedOdm that gives those 32 bits?
10000000000010001000100000000

This is great. What version of RSD does this work with? I did my friends with another method, and was missing all sounds/motoblur login didn't work. I will refer him to this thread.
From seeing the new MotoBlur, it is really nice. The screen rotation animation is very nice (not sure why all OEM's don't do that) very smooth.

edgan said:
I don't know why you would see any performance difference. It should be exactly the same.
As for your 0x1000 problem, I have no idea why you got this. I tried this on some phones, and didn't have this problem. Though I used sbf_flash instead of RSD Lite 5.0.
I went back and checked the fuses on one phone to be sure a new one hadn't been blown. It came up the way I expected, not blown.
cat ReservedOdm
10000000000010001000100000000
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Before I flashed with rsd my RerservedOdm was and still is after upgrade is 10000000000010001000300004000 which showed my fuse was blown.
I didn't use fruit/pudding with the samcripp update. just did update.zip from the recovery.

stvmac11 said:
Isn't there a rooted version of this on the pudding page? or is it different
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I have the same question. I just finished downloading the one on the pudding thread then saw this and am downloading it now. Does this have root? Is there any difference between the two?

lutharigno said:
I have the same question. I just finished downloading the one on the pudding thread then saw this and am downloading it now. Does this have root? Is there any difference between the two?
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This doesn't come rooted.. you would have to do it again real quick.

OK I just bought another atrix of my friend who had already updated to the ota last night, will it be safe for me to use this?
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[Q] Droid 3 SBF file question

Does the phone have to be completely bricked to use the SBF file for droid 3? Mine isn't working properly..i did a factory reset on my phone after i froze some of the bloatware...and now it doesn't work right

We have an official, working SBF for the D3? Where?

Yea wheres the sbf lol
Ru talking about the fastboot partitions?

haha its not official..it's the leaked version...i guess it's the fastboot partition..i dont exactly know the difference between the two

http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?5103-SBF-Droid-3-Fastboot-files-(5.5.959-and-5.6.890)

rdypatel said:
haha its not official..it's the leaked version...i guess it's the fastboot partition..i dont exactly know the difference between the two
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Yeah, I am sort of confused about this too. I thought that ROMS would be possible once we had CWRecovery working, and we've had the leaked current and OTA versions for a while. So how is a flashable recovery different from the SBF?s we have now, and why isn't the CWR that just released adequate?
I apologize if these are really newbish questions.

I'm having the same problems. Since my OTA update my phone has trouble finding WIFI.

the leak is the same as the official, and im pretty sure you dont have to be bricked to flash hope this helps

No you don't have to be bricked.. my phone wouldn't download the 890 so I flashed it to hopefully fix w/e issue was going on w/ system updates on it and hoping it may have fixed the speaker failing.. but it didn't. Got my replacement tho and rooted + debloated. Runs a lotttt better.
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Locked?

I figured i ask here I bought a phone from a friend and he told me the phone is locked and the users gmail account option will not respond. Not sure what he did but its mine now and im not sure what to do. This is a known glitch ive heard but I just cannot get the work around it. Can someone help what steps do i need to take? He also told me "This is what my friend told me about this phone as i dont have it yet. "If you can get it out of the lock screen from the password yes it is fully functional. You can still get incoming calls and the display is damaged but does not mess with the function of the screen". My question is will factory restore help this? Or what would i need to do? I dont have the phone yet its being shipped. Is this fixable?

Once you get it, you can flash a stock rom and it will wipe everything on it, restoring to like new
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Thats grt can you send me a link to the stock rom? Also so if it is locked right now this stock rom would solve that problem? Also the password issue and gmail user account issue? I dont think its rooted does it need to be to flash the stock rom? Im new at all this with this type of phone. Since its already 2.2 does that help. And should it be 2.3.3 now?

Wait. Wait wait, before you go flashing things that could soft brick your phone. What's the build#
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I dont have it yet im not even sure i know my friend that had it i think its just the way it is out of box dont know. All i lknow is what he told me the gmail user password issue and being locked. But can get incoming calls and if password was unlocked it would be fully functional and display damaged but doesnt mess with the function of the screen what ever that means. I just would like to think i can get this to work when i get it. I dont care if i have to start over meaning whatever is it at now just reset the whole phone from boot i guess

cell2011 said:
I dont have it yet im not even sure i know my friend that had it i think its just the way it is out of box dont know. All i lknow is what he told me the gmail user password issue and being locked. But can get incoming calls and if password was unlocked it would be fully functional and display damaged but doesnt mess with the function of the screen what ever that means. I just would like to think i can get this to work when i get it. I dont care if i have to start over meaning whatever is it at now just reset the whole phone from boot i guess
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But it would soft brick your phone if your phone is not compatible.
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I dont have it yet i should Tues or Wed its being shipped its an ATT phone i just dont know much about it except for what he has told me. ill try to get more info. Can this be fixed either way?

cell2011 said:
Thats grt can you send me a link to the stock rom? Also so if it is locked right now this stock rom would solve that problem? Also the password issue and gmail user account issue? I dont think its rooted does it need to be to flash the stock rom? Im new at all this with this type of phone. Since its already 2.2 does that help. And should it be 2.3.3 now?
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Wait. Wait wait, before you go flashing things that could soft brick your phone. What's the build#
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Before you start flashing, get yourself a JIG. It will fix a soft brick if it should happen. For the stock rom go into the development section and look for the KB2 thread. And make sure you read some of the stickies around here so you know the risks of flashing/modding your phone. Good luck.

Try to flash KI2 the latest gingerbread leak for the captivate!
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How do i flash something without being rooted what if clockwork is not there? Ive done these before roms and flashing kernels all that with Hero and Droid on here. If its the same thing im sure ill get you to this development. Is the K2 the beginning right?

cell2011 said:
How do i flash something without being rooted what if clockwork is not there? Ive done these before roms and flashing kernels all that with Hero and Droid on here. If its the same thing im sure ill get you to this development. Is the K2 the beginning right?
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Have to know. How to use odin
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This is the latest i have heard about the phone. "You can get it unlocked. I got it to where I needed to get it unlocked by using the calling technique then going to notepad but every time I got there I messed up the steps. Is this an easy fix? Dont know build # yet but im working on trying to get that too.

Ok yes its sounds like when for hero or droid we use RSD lite and the phones drivers. Im sure i can pick up on this to get it to recovery.

No recovery just download mode.
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I will help you.
Just let me get out my my computer so it will be easier.
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Can we try this later this week ill PM you when i have my phone ok. I should have it by Tues Wed next week. Im just trying to get some input on what to do and link to what rom would be best for me and battery life i heard Mosiac was good and some others and Serendipity was too much battery usage. Ill learn im sure. Ill be on tommrrow

You can put the phone in DL mode with the help of volume and power buttons.
Press both volume and plug in usb= DL mode.
Just check what build is your phone and what current rom you have on it. Post more details

Instructions!
PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BRICKING OF YOUR DEVICE OR ANY OTHER UNRELATED EVENT!!!!!
IF YOU ACCEPT, GO ON AND DO THIS GUIDE!!!!
Files needed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1129821
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17966615&postcount=214 (this is to get CWM on a stock kernel with init.d support)
http://fugumod.org/Samsung_galaxys/zImage-root.tar
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1282369
http://www.multiupload.com/8O9NYS8DE7
With phone off and not connected to the computer
Open odin KF1 ATT GB bootloaders as ADMINISTRATOR and B4 you connect phone(VERY important)
While holding volume + and - plug in USB that is connected to back of computer. That will get you download mode.
Hit start on Odin KF1 BL flasher. Let it finish and reboot you. (will boot into samsung recovery)then delete all user data.
Pull battery and disconnect phone. Close Odin BL flasher.
Open Odin3 v1.85 and place the KI2 tar.md5 in the PDA slot.(which is in a .rar file and the password is sampro.pl You have to extract it to flash with odin.) Start and wait. Let reboot and boot all the way up.
Let me know when its done and I will help you with root, cuz this post is way too long.

Ok ty yes i know the thread is long here is the latest ive heard maybe this might help a little bit. My friend told me after asking about the build #. "You can not get to that menu as the phone is locked on the password screen. Gmail will not kick it out of the screen as it is suppose to". Does this help ?

Wait till you get the phone.
Build number is inside the battery compartment, usually on a white label. It should be 4 digits, which interpret as yymm, the year and month of the time the phone was made by Samsung. Older builds came with Android 2.1 Eclair, referred to sometimes as JF6 software from Samsung. J is 2010, F is June, 6 is the 6th complete compile of the ROM.
After February, 2011, Captivates were upgraded to Android 2.2 Froyo, typically software build KB1, or KB2, 2011 February.
In May, Releases of Gingerbread, specifically for Captivate started being leaked by Samsung, nothing is official yet.
KEx is Gingerbread 2.3.3
KHx is Gingerbread 2.3.4
KIx is Gingerbread 2.3.5
Newer phones seem not to like going to older releases of Android for some reason.
Be careful, take out the SIM card and any SD card before you do anything like flashing.
Pick one of the stock ROM's first, and try to reset the phone with that. In the DEV section there are threads for each of the above. Be careful if the thread mentions flashing bootloaders, and read the directions.

[Q] Bell XT860 stock recovery

I would have posted this question in response to these instructions, however I'm still a noob on these forums, and haven't met my 10 post quota yet.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255198
My question is will this recovery method work for Bell Canada users, or will it only function for Verizon users?
I've installed AOKP a few months back, and while I enjoy it, I've lost support for some key features; namely HDMI, which is disappointing. When I tried recovering to the stock rom to hold me over until some new features and revisions show up on the mod scene, I found out my system backup was corrupt.
I have found a few downloads to system images, however every one I have found link to files that are now taken down. Can someone upload a current system dump?

I can set you up when I get home later
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try here http://sbf.droid-developers.org/umts_solana/list.php

What would happen if I flashed the Bell firmware to a Verizon Droid3?
Will it change the radio.img
Will I have to unlock it again?
Will everything still work?
I am using 5.7.906.xt852

jazz53 said:
What would happen if I flashed the Bell firmware to a Verizon Droid3?
Will it change the radio.img
Will I have to unlock it again?
Will everything still work?
I am using 5.7.906.xt852
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Quite honestly no one knows. Wanna be the first?
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I'm really eager to find out. Worst case, you could always just flash the bell XT860 radio afterwards and see what happens!

I am way too new at this to try experimenting with untried solutions
I just barely figured out how to root my ph. Still working on how to flash.
Is it the same as installing a ROM?

jazz53 said:
I am way too new at this to try experimenting with untried solutions
I just barely figured out how to root my ph. Still working on how to flash.
Is it the same as installing a ROM?
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No, you have to completely reflash your device and will have to re-root it. I think you should give it a go though
You'll need to download RSD Lite and download the XT860 Bell SBF files (they are about 500mb to download). Also make sure you FULLY CHARGE your phone, just in case you run into any issues. I think you can find an SBF how-to doc in the development forums. Please keep us posted.
Are you on Verizon? Because if you and this works, you probably won't be able to use it with them anymore.

Nope, I am on PCMobile without a data plan, use wifi.
I think maybe I'll try a Rom first.