does 1.83 OTA have firmware journaling?

[cerps]

Just curious if the 1.83 OTA update enacts the journaling where it won't allow you to flash back to 1.26 or 1.57. Has it been confirmed whether 1.83 OTA allows or restricts reverting to previous firmwares?

 

[Dirtburgler]

Just curious if the 1.83 OTA update enacts the journaling where it won't allow you to flash back to 1.26 or 1.57. Has it been confirmed whether 1.83 OTA allows or restricts reverting to previous firmwares?

I have successfully gone from 1.83 SBF ginger 3.0 gingerbroke, back to 1.2.6 then OTA to 1.57 and OTA 1.83, I have done this 3 times already with no consequences or issues. Currently on 1.83, Gingerbreak, Tether etc. All is well. I have used both the RSD method using provided links before official release of 1.83, as well as the current OTA. I just can stop playing with this phone lol.

 

[jimbush3]

This is exactly what I was wondering. I remember reading, pre-1.83 release that you would not be able to flash back to stock once the 1.83 update had been applied due to the firmware journaling that the 1.83 put in place. I've been reluctant to upgrade to 1.83 for that very reason. Are there others out there who have successfully 1.26 sbf flashed a 1.83 version phone?

 

[Dirtburgler]

This is exactly what I was wondering. I remember reading, pre-1.83 release that you would not be able to flash back to stock once the 1.83 update had been applied due to the firmware journaling that the 1.83 put in place. I've been reluctant to upgrade to 1.83 for that very reason. Are there others out there who have successfully 1.26 sbf flashed a 1.83 version phone?

Im not sure If anyone has had any issues, but i scour this forum daily while at work lol, and im pretty sure if it was an issue it would be on the top of every Atrix thread. I have flashed back to 1.26 from 1.83 3 times. I wanted to see if the official OTA ran any different from the SBF that went live on the 29th because i couldn't find an answer so i took the risk and tried it. First try worked perfectly. I then went back to SBF 1.83 to test again to see if anything was different. Far as i could tell the OTA official release seems to scroll menus better and just seems to be a little more fluid. I STRESS!!! I DO NOT have technical data to back this up, Just my opinion. I dont want start a snowball effect of people flashing there device back to stock thinking OTA 1.83 is better lol.

 

[co.ag.2005]

This is exactly what I was wondering. I remember reading, pre-1.83 release that you would not be able to flash back to stock once the 1.83 update had been applied due to the firmware journaling that the 1.83 put in place. I've been reluctant to upgrade to 1.83 for that very reason. Are there others out there who have successfully 1.26 sbf flashed a 1.83 version phone?

I flashed back to 1.26 from 1.83 successfully last night. I then OTA'd my way back to 1.83. (One thing, however, after my phone installed the 1.57 OTA, it wouldn't boot back up. It just said failed to boot and went to RSD mode. I then flashed the 1.57 sbf and that went well. I then OTA'd to 1.83 and all is well)

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