Is there a way to restore to the factory default ROM, but still keep my SMS'es/Text messages?
I'm not sure if an MMS issue I'm having is related to the ROM I'm using (Argen2Stone) so want to put the official one back on, but keep all my recent SMS'es...(and preferably all installed apps, etc etc., but SMS'es most important).

Originally Posted by cobo_

Is there a way to restore to the factory default ROM, but still keep my SMS'es/Text messages?
I'm not sure if an MMS issue I'm having is related to the ROM I'm using (Argen2Stone) so want to put the official one back on, but keep all my recent SMS'es...(and preferably all installed apps, etc etc., but SMS'es most important).

you can back up your text messages using SMS Backup & Restore (available for free from the market place). save the backup file to your SD card, and once your ROM is restored, you can restore your messages using the restore button on that same program. (of course you need to reinstall SMS Backup & Restore in order to be able to restore the previously backed up file)

Originally Posted by cobo_

Is there a way to restore to the factory default ROM, but still keep my SMS'es/Text messages?
I'm not sure if an MMS issue I'm having is related to the ROM I'm using (Argen2Stone) so want to put the official one back on, but keep all my recent SMS'es...(and preferably all installed apps, etc etc., but SMS'es most important).

You could try to make a nandroid backup, flash another SBF and restore just data of the nandroid backup

Originally Posted by cobo_

Is there a way to restore to the factory default ROM, but still keep my SMS'es/Text messages?
I'm not sure if an MMS issue I'm having is related to the ROM I'm using (Argen2Stone) so want to put the official one back on, but keep all my recent SMS'es...(and preferably all installed apps, etc etc., but SMS'es most important).

or use titanium backup

Sbf flashes do not wipe /data. Therefore you could just sbf restore and all apps and text messages will be kept.

i used sbf_flash in opensuse. it detected my phone as droid x. everything was done. it said rebooting. but my phone didn't reboot. i only see a gray screen. what can i do now?

Originally Posted by handsomeboy1702

i used sbf_flash in opensuse. it detected my phone as droid x. everything was done. it said rebooting. but my phone didn't reboot. i only see a gray screen. what can i do now?

I use SBF_flash too on Ubuntu. Try pulling your battery and booting up. If it doesn't work, try booting up by holding VOL DOWN+CAM to get into bootloader mode and start over

Originally Posted by Mikevhl

I use SBF_flash too on Ubuntu. Try pulling your battery and booting up. If it doesn't work, try booting up by holding VOL DOWN+CAM to get into bootloader mode and start over

i'd tried it again and again without success. then i finally managed to flash it using windows 7 with this little trick http://goo.gl/QeH5n

Thanks guys, I'll give 'em a try and see how it goes

Thanks to agent008my, DeadSix17, handsomeboy1702 and Mikevhl for the helpful suggestions and info

I ended up trying a restore from CWM (backed-up first!) of my very first backup prior to any ROMs etc and just restoring the system only.
This seems to have worked a treat! As I now have the stock ROM and all my apps/sms'es/phone logs etc still in place before I did the system-only restore!

Exactly what I wanted and so easy!

Many thanks guys and huge thanks to the CWM peoples as that thing is amazing.