Peter you really put a lot of time and effort in to this. Good job! I was just wondering if instead of having people manually edit the cid, why not use the tool? it is a lot safer and a whole lot easier for someone who is lost with this stuff. It's just really easy to brick a device with the hex editor. i know you give plenty of warnings, i just think the tool would be a much better way to go for inexperienced users. Thanks again for all the time you put in to this. I'm sure it will help a lot of people. Also another tutorial was released today as well with a few of the steps changed.. like unlocking and re locking the bootloader. Those can be streamlined according to the other tutorial. If the goal is truly to make things easier for newcomers, and i'm sure it is, then some adjustments should probably be made. Please dont take this the wrong way either. I really really appreciate your time and effort, just a few things could be significantly easier for newcomers, as well as power users.
Actually, you are correct; however, I have to admit that on several occasions over the last 2-3 weeks, those one-click tools, and other tools simply didn't work for me. True, doing it manually can be very dangerous, but then I know for sure it will work.
It would be nice to combine the two tutorials. Perhaps I can get this done. I'll have a look at the other one.
Peter
P.S. I do appreciate constructive criticism. The operative word, of course, is "constructive."
I am the noob that needs detailed step-by-steps like this, which will also serve to help me understand what I am dealing with. You wrote that directly to me. Check out my "My First Smartphone" thread here, and you can see that I am basically asking for this. Exactly.
Anyone who says this is in the wrong forum sucks, because this is the kind of phone I have, and this is the forum I check for general noob info. I don't go *****ing up your dev threads with my idiotic questions, don't scare away people trying to help me in the general area. <3
Great job, Peter, it's clear to me that you spent a lot of time and energy on this, and I'm sure it will answer a lot of questions for many people who are just starting out in the wonderful world of root.
This is amazing work that must have taken a lot of time to do. It's greatly appreciated by the community! I understand most things, but there are people that have no clue what any of this stuff means. You could go to argue that they have no business attempting such things, but you have to start somewhere. Right? I have written many SOPs for many jobs. The thing I always try to accomplish, is to make it where someone off the street could come in and do the task the first day. You could say it's overkill, but I feel you can never have too much info. If your more advanced, then just skip the parts you don't need. Heck, you might even learn something you already thought you knew! The problem we have at XDA, is that some tend to cater toward the knowledgable because it's easier, but will take the time to consistently hammer others for asking questions. Keep in mind, This is not directed at any one individual. As a whole, if directions were more detailed the devs lives would be much easier.
This should be a sticky so it doesn't get lost in the heap of nonsense.
Peter you really put a lot of time and effort in to this. Good job! I was just wondering if instead of having people manually edit the cid, why not use the tool? it is a lot safer and a whole lot easier for someone who is lost with this stuff. It's just really easy to brick a device with the hex editor. i know you give plenty of warnings, i just think the tool would be a much better way to go for inexperienced users. Thanks again for all the time you put in to this. I'm sure it will help a lot of people. Also another tutorial was released today as well with a few of the steps changed.. like unlocking and re locking the bootloader. Those can be streamlined according to the other tutorial. If the goal is truly to make things easier for newcomers, and i'm sure it is, then some adjustments should probably be made. Please dont take this the wrong way either. I really really appreciate your time and effort, just a few things could be significantly easier for newcomers.
I totally agree with this. Could document the manual and scripted processes. Awesome work though!
Actually, you are correct; however, I have to admit that on several occasions over the last 2-3 weeks, those one-click tools, and other tools simply didn't work for me. True, doing it manually can be very dangerous, but then I know for sure it will work.
It would be nice to combine the two tutorials. Perhaps I can get this done. I'll have a look at the other one.
Peter
P.S. I do appreciate constructive criticism. The operative word, of course, is "constructive."
thanks peter,one question, could I use one click tool instead of whole step 1?
Yes, you can. As I said in my previous post, I tried using it several times, all without success. Perhaps I did something blatantly wrong. It's possible, but then I saw a manual way of doing it, so that's what I did, and it worked.
However, if the quicker method works for you, that's great.
Well, it's taken me a while, but I decided to put together a very detailed explanation of how to do all the following.
Although this is specifically for the Rogers ONE X, it will/should also work for most AT&T units.
This will perform the following tasks:
It will change your device Cell ID (aka CID) to the generic 11111111
It will re-lock the bootloader
It will install the latest AT&T firmware, version 1.85
It will re-unlock the bootloader
It will install Clockworkmod Recover v5.8.3.1
It will re-root your device
It will remove most bloatware
Please, if anyone notices any mistakes, let me know so that I can amend the document accordingly.
Be prepared, it’s 24 pages long. Yes, it should not only be noob-proof, but I think even my 2-1/2-year-old could do it.
It’s a large ZIP file containing a 2MB PDF with numerous images to help with all the procedures.
My sincere thanks to absolutely everone on xda for their help in providing me with information needed to complete these instructions.
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