Can i know from my phone of the date id installed the new update? Also, how can i go back to the older version? seems like my battery was better on that. will a factory reset bring it back to the earlier firmware?
As far as I know, you can only revert back to the older firmware version through flashing via flashtool or something like that. Nothing will change if you do a factory reset. But then again, I'd say just confirm this with someone more expert. Cheers~
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I have 2 G1's and I think it's the best phone ever
But I have to sell 1, so I put it online and tonight a person will come and buy it.
Problem is: I need to unroot it, and restore to the original Firmware.
How can I do this?
Also, before I downloaded and applied a newer radio version. Do I need to revert to a certain radio version that came with the original G1?? Or does it not matter?
I never changed the SPL or something, only rooted (goldcard method)+enomther Rom.
Please tell me which files I need, I will be extremely grateful!
My proposed method is: download an original, unrooted G1 firmware, and apply that through the recovery menu. Also Format the memory card, do a complete wipe and factory restore and afterwards; reboot again.
will that be sufficient?
I cannot have the person returning the phone because it is crashing like a motherf-...
Those steps should work just fine.
The phone will probably still have root, but if the customer doesn't need it, they'll never notice.
Lol. Man. Through Recovery? That should work just fine?
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&client=ubuntu&channel=cs&ie=UTF-8&q=how+to+unroot+a+g1
There, man. I helped you get up, and I trust you can walk by yourself.
Oh, no you're not going to do this through recovery and no you won't have root anymore.
well mate i got a UK t-mobile G1 and this method work for me like every time....
1st download the original rc7 for uk model and rc29 for usa model..
then go there and manually update ur G1
http://code.google.com/p/official-android-firmware/downloads/list
It did not work as planned, obviously.
You need a goldcard even to unroot it, else it will not let you flash back the original.
But anyway, I flashed back enomthers' the official rom, without any add-on pack. Worked perfectly except for missing dutch onscreen keyboard word-completion/dictionary. But yeah, the person said he did not need that.
I told him I can flash the original back if he wanted to.
Anyway, sold it for 135 euro. Got it originally for 100 euros
So I rooted my phone with CF-Root-XX_XEU_JPY-v1.3-BusyBox-1.17.1.zip using Odin. However, my phone has the firmware version JPW ( I could've sworn it was JPY ), and then installed and ran One click Lag Fix and since doing it certain apps would crash and the phone became sluggish. So, I undid the Lag Fix but things got worse from there, such as not being able to add widgets to home screens.
So I performed a factory reset but the phone is still rooted and a little sluggish still. I've also noticed the addition of the messaging icon on the bottom bar and it wasn't there before.
How do I unroot the phone? Or am I stuck until I update to Gingerbread?
Cheers.
Ray
just flash the correct CF-root over the current one, using Odin,
then do a wipe in recovery and you should be fixed up.
if not, then its not related to the CF-root, you will have to flash a full firmware.
Thanks for the reply. However, there isn't a CF-Root for JPW nor is there a Firmware for JPW available for download from samfirmware.
I really should have looked before I leapt.
In conclusion, I'm an idiot.
All the best.
Ray
flash a kernel instead, that gives you the 2e recovery, plus a ton of extra tweaks
I've got the 2e recovery, thanks to the root I performed.
Whats worrying me is though, will my warranty be void either with my network carrier or with Samsung whilst this root is in place?
I understand Gingerbread is just around the corner, and that upgrading firmware will remove rooting, so I don't mind waiting a couple of weeks or so for the 2.3 update. After this balls up ( entirely my own fault ) I'm not confident of flashing any new firmwares or kernels or anything else until I've learned a thing or two first, as I've only had the phone a month and have mainly been a Nokia / Symbian user.
Many thanks for your help.
Ray
rooting will void warranty, but you can remove root access so know one ever knows,
flashing an official firmware will remove root, thats entirely upto you.
you can flash what you like, you can always go back to stock before sending off for repair
Well, being a total noob to Android I think I'll wait for Gingerbread and leave things on stock.
What disappointed me with Kies was I couldn't re-install the stock Firmware like I can do with my Nokia via Nokia Ovi suite or Nokia Software updater. That comes in really useful in situations such as this.
Oh well, I've learned some valuable lessons today so not all bad.
Once again thanks for the assistance.
All the best.
Ray
you can spoof kies to make it update to whatever you want
I tried that, and kies said an update was available. So I proceeded to update, Kies downloaded the update, then said my phone cannot be updated.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Ray
OK it's been a while and I have screwed up some stuff.
I have the att note 3 and I"m rooted running 4.3 build NB4. I had some stuff frozen and xposed things setup. Been running fine and really haven't messed with anything for 6-7 months. I'm selling the phone and told the person buying it I would leave it on 4.3 stock rooted.
So I just did a factory reset / wipe cache. Now when it boots up I get a samsung keyboard force close error and can't do anything until I change to something else. I figure there will be other issues also, I realize now I should have undone things, but it's to late.
So what do people recommend. My first thought was to somehow flash the NB4 files, but i don't have custom recovery.
So any suggestions, steps or files would be much appreciated.
Can you not just odin to reflash it back to stock 4.3?
Maybe but i cant locate the files to odin and im not that famaliar with how to use odin. Can some provide a liitle guidance.
cd23murray said:
OK it's been a while and I have screwed up some stuff.
I have the att note 3 and I"m rooted running 4.3 build NB4. I had some stuff frozen and xposed things setup. Been running fine and really haven't messed with anything for 6-7 months. I'm selling the phone and told the person buying it I would leave it on 4.3 stock rooted.
So I just did a factory reset / wipe cache. Now when it boots up I get a samsung keyboard force close error and can't do anything until I change to something else. I figure there will be other issues also, I realize now I should have undone things, but it's to late.
So what do people recommend. My first thought was to somehow flash the NB4 files, but i don't have custom recovery.
So any suggestions, steps or files would be much appreciated.
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I don't think you will find it NB4 build for odin. I was looking for firmware for some time and had no success. You need to get back to NI9 than find update NI9 to MJ5 and then MJ5 to NB4. So i will suggest find this updates so you can sideload after you get stock NI9. and i think you have all files you need to do this here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51468226&postcount=10
I was running tekodus 5.0.1 ROM since August and decided to try to update to the latest. After I installed the rom, the suggested kernel Empathy (reboot), and the EDGE mod, I rebooted per the instructions. Now my screen calibration is totally messed up. I tried the *#2663# fix that I've read about in other posts but that only made some minor improvements. I have no way to go back a screen either. I can click the middle button and it works now. So I tried installing the 5.1.1 firmware with Odin and then re-installing everything and it is up and functional but the calibration is still messed up. Forgot to mention, I am running TWRP 2.8.7
I had the thought I should try to go back to stock but am not 100 percent certain how to go about it. My baseband ends with DOK2 now. Previously it ended with COG6. I don't want to lose root in this process if possible. Can anyone lay out the steps I would take to roll this back to stock? Then I'm gonna do a Factory Reset and see if it solves everything..
Ideas?
Did you put TSP FW update when you dialed the code? I had the same problem and that's what fixed it.
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Did you put TSP FW update when you dialed the code? I had the same problem and that's what fixed it.
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Yes and for good measure, I tried all the other buttons as well. The only fix it made was to enable the middle physical button at the bottom of the screen. I'm trying to figure out if I can go back to stock right now without losing root or do I have to re-root it..
Ok, this issue is fixed. I went back to stock, fumbled my way through setup, did a *#2663# and TSP FW Update and it immediately resolved it. It did not do that when I had the latest TEKODUS ROM installed. Thanks all..
I bkeep seeing people mention that they are on like 20q or 10n etc etc. I also see some of the stock roms have those type of numbers in their names/descriptions. From what I gather thats your firmware version but my software version when I look in about phone is H87210e so i would 10e if I am remembering the right number to use.
The problem is tho, if I am correct and I'm 10e. Then I can't find a Stock Rom that will let me return to stock LG ROM, thAt is compatible with a 10e firmware version.
So I'm confused. I'm assuming I must be going by the wrong number, but I woulda swore it was always the last 3 digits of your software version. So anyone able to help me on this please.
Use LG Bridge to check for updates, more importantly, on the bottom right corner the recovery option can install latest stock rom on your phone while leaving your apps and data intact.