[STOCK ROM] Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread 4.5.91 (Safest Update)

quang_nguyen

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Tks Ken,
How about the possibility of flash back to 1.8.3 ? Can I back after using your file ? If I can, can I upgrade to your file without hard brick my phone ?
Noting that your file is more completed than flashable ZIP file (more img files) :)

One more thing, after using your file, can I use OTA when AT&T officially announces the final one ?

Best regards,
Quang
Hi Ken,
I have flashed all your files successfully, except data.img :(. Is it normal ?
Now, Can I flash back to 1.8.3 via RSD with stock rom (no pudding) ?
Tks you
 

crnkoj

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quick question, does the data.img have root in it? or can we use the preinstall.img from eval thats for the 2.3.4 hktw for root?
 

mramirezusa

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BIG NO.... IF YOU ALREADY UPDATE WITH OTA THEN YOUR BL IS ALREADY UPDATED

IT DID NO MATTER IF YOU INSTALL THIS OR ANY OTHER ROM (BY USING FASTBOOT OR CDW) YOU BL IS ALREADY UPGRADED AND FOR NOW THERE IS NO WAY TO DOWNGRADE IT

in other words OTA update.zip touch your BL

Manual fastboot (system & boot) / CDW DO NOT MODIFY YOUR BL

and boot.img is completely different from BL (bootloader)

Tks Ken,
How about the possibility of flash back to 1.8.3 ? Can I back after using your file ? If I can, can I upgrade to your file without hard brick my phone ?
Noting that your file is more completed than flashable ZIP file (more img files) :)

One more thing, after using your file, can I use OTA when AT&T officially announces the final one ?

Best regards,
Quang


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mramirezusa

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Easy way to find out if you have an upgraded BL (bootloader) due from applied OTA update.zip

1. Turn off Phone
2. Hold Vol down button
3. Turn on Phone
4. Wait until "fastboot" tag show up then press Vol down until "Android Recovery" tag show up
5. Now Press Vol up
6. Your phone will show up the attached screem right (Android guy with yellow Triangle and exclamation mark)

IF YOU HAVE AN UPDATED BL due GB OTA your touchscreen will DID NOT RESPOND for any input, TRY to PRESS RIGHT LOWER BOTTOM of the SCREEN if nothing happen and then the only way to pass this screen is PRESS BOTH VOL DOWN + VOL UP at the same time and show up the menu of the new Android Recovery (E3) on the top of the screen ----> YOU HAVE UPDATED BOOTLOADER AND YOU CAN NOT RSD ANY PREVIOUS SBF's (1.83/1.57/1.26)

if in other hands when you reach Android Recovery and still pass the screen with Android guy and yellow triangle/exclamantion mark "PRESSING THE RIGHT LOWER BOTTOM of the screen" it seem you still have an OLD bootloader and maybe you can RSD to a previus SBF's

It seem a lot of people dont know for sure what they applied if a simple fastboot/CDW GB room or indeed they applied the OTA GB

SO PLEASE READ AND FIRST FIND OUT WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PHONE BEFORE YOU DO A STUPID THING AND MAKE ATT/MOTOROLA more rich buying a new phone due to HARD BRICK
 

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rredlin

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Thank you for this...

Id been having trouble with GB and the webtopmod working together.

Can I root this with gingerbreak? or what should i use?

Thanks

never mind used kenns root.zip

thnaks
 
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coleburns

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Ken, will it be possible for you to update the original post with a prerequisite and maybe a extend the preamble for us n00bs, especiallly how this is or isn't a ROM

i had to read through all 4 pages before i began to understand things properly.

With the post about the hard bricked phones, i guess people are a bit on the egbe
 

shirzadians

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Hey guys- two quick questions.

If we unlock the BL to flash this, does that prevent us from receiving future OTA updates?

Also, if we unlock the BL now, will our BL become locked again once the official OTA update comes out this month? Im looking at it from a warranty coverage point of view.

Sorry if this sounds redundant. I've searched for the answers but havnt been able to find the answers.

Thanks

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mysticdrew

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If we unlock the BL to flash this, does that prevent us from receiving future OTA updates?

no one knows since it hasn't happened yet, but the prevailing view is if not, there'd be a way to get the IMG files so people to flash to it.

Also, if we unlock the BL now, will our BL become locked again once the official OTA update comes out this month? Im looking at it from a warranty coverage point of view.

it'll probably be "locked" in that the unlock on the boot screen disappears, but should only need a flash of pudding to be "unlocked" warranty is hit or miss, but so far these hard brick reports with unlocked bootloaders haven't had issues getting replacements

Sorry if this sounds redundant. I've searched for the answers but havnt been able to find the answers.

Thanks
 

Pizza4Breakfast

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If we unlock the BL to flash this, does that prevent us from receiving future OTA updates?

no one knows since it hasn't happened yet, but the prevailing view is if not, there'd be a way to get the IMG files so people to flash to it.

Also, if we unlock the BL now, will our BL become locked again once the official OTA update comes out this month? Im looking at it from a warranty coverage point of view.

it'll probably be "locked" in that the unlock on the boot screen disappears, but should only need a flash of pudding to be "unlocked" warranty is hit or miss, but so far these hard brick reports with unlocked bootloaders haven't had issues getting replacements

Sorry if this sounds redundant. I've searched for the answers but havnt been able to find the answers.

Thanks
People have gotten replacements from their Motorola Warranty even though they bricked their phones? ._.
 

alexpenn

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Is it possible to install the radio.img through this process? I have attempted it, but it just sends me to the yellow triangle error screen until I pull the battery and restart it again.
 
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