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[Focus General] Da_Franchise:
So I finally updated to nodo. I was never unlocked because I wanted to wait for this update. Now that Im updated would i follow the normal guide to updating or is there a newer one?
[Focus General] Aaron McCarthy:
currently no way to unlock once NoDo is installed... as discussed at nasium :P You'll have to use the backup the updater made and revert back to pre Nodo. Unlock then use the samsung tools to prevent relocking then run the Nodo update again.

That's currently the only way of having a NoDo unlocked phone outside of just paying to be a developer. You know.... the lagit way! :P
[Focus General] Da_Franchise:
Thanks. Do you have an idea of when or if they will ever make an update to unlock nodo

EDIT: sorry for all the questions, but can this unlock work on a windows xp computer?
[Focus General] slimrekok:
Confirmed Unlocked

I just did this today. I used fastgsm services(no, im not advertising them) after the NoDo update and it works. phone unlocked successful.
[Focus General] Blue1k:
He is asking about developer unlock not SIM unlock.
[Focus General] c_sureshc:
re nodo

somebody please tell me how to revert back to pre nodo ..
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
All you need is.... this :)

Install any of the two:

Samsung i917 Focus firmware UCJK2 AT&T USA

Samsung i917R Focus firmware UXJL2 ROGERS CANADA
[Focus General] radzi:
That link and going back to pre-nodo 7004 worked great, thanks EnderPsp !!
[Defy Themes and Apps] dieandromeda:
hi. i'm new with android but i'm catching up.

i have installed official korean froyo and made a nandroid dump. later i decided to try nordic froyo which so far is the best stock rom out there. however i would like to have stock application in previous korean rom and install into current rom.

for an example i try FileManager.apk and FileManager.odex. i deleted existing filemanager and replace with the above files but nothing showing up in the drawer. i install it manually using file explorer but it give an error "application not installed".

am i doing wrong or not all stock application is compatible with other rom?. thanks
[Defy Themes and Apps] dieandromeda:
.........anyone/.?
[Defy Themes and Apps] crakeron:
I'm trying this as well. Have a go at wiping dalvik cache just after placing the new files in your system. Tell me how that goes
[Windows Phone 7 General] Pbear74:
I have tried two different computers and two different cords, Zune will not recognize it. I'm wondering if I screwed something up in the registry.

If I hard reset do registry changes get reverted?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Silas0220:
I know there are many others out there like me. I was concerned about rooting, I'd read the editorial over at Android Central and decided that rooting this phone just wasn't for me. I just knew that I'd screw something up, I didn't know what everything meant, and I just didn't have enough trust in myself or the people here.

I started a thread, talking about getting rid of my Inspire for a Nexus One (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13036228#post13036228). I was encouraged by the exceptionally helpful and friendly people here to at least try rooting -- they'd be here to help me if/when I needed it. I eventually acquiesced and gave it a go with Bubby's One Click Root (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=961406). I must say, that man is a genius, and if he is any indication of the brain power here on XDA, I'm very glad to be part of the community.

I had a few rough spots, but I managed to get through with logic and Bubby's FAQ (linked in his thread, USE IT!). While I was able to do this, I can see how other's might not have been able to follow. Specifically, I think that after the first reboot of the phone, the system ought to tell you to go back in and turn off fastboot and turn on USB Debugging, and tell you that you'll have to go through the initial setup again - I was afraid to do this, thinking it might mess something up. Also, when in the terminal on the phone doing the Rage thing, it ought to tell you to use the Back button to get out of the application until you reach the home screen, then relaunch the app. These are things most of you know, but for those of us who are brand new to this stuff, it's not necessarily logic (though I was able to do it).

I figured while I was at it, I might as well flash a ROM. I used the stickied Guide (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1033353) to flash LeeDrOiD's ROM (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=991848) with no trouble. I then used Clockwork to flash the zip file for the patch he included. Also, no trouble (yet).

I had some bumps here and there, and I asked about them and was very promptly helped. The people here care, are helpful, and are brilliant. They don't mind helping you! If you are wanting to root, but are uncertain about your own abilities (I know I was), please take advantage of the opportunities here and do it!

Special thanks go out to dooyoo222, Divinedark, mudknot2005, and di11igaf for encouraging me and helping me through the process. You can do it!
[HTC Inspire 4G] Tx Redneck:
Awesome! Good on them and WTG on successfully rooting your Inspire.
[HTC Inspire 4G] begadkepat:
Likewise. I brought home my Inspire 4G today, rooted it, and I just finished installing thedonvaughn's wonderful Ingersoll 2.4. The XDA community is truly amazing. :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] harlenm:
Gonna root my friends phone tomorrow, debating if I want to use the hack kit like I did on mine or use the 1 click.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Scott_S:
Sweet!

Xda does, in fact......rule!

You're one step ahead of me... I'm still a ROM-flashing virgin. ;)

Not for long, though...
[HTC Inspire 4G] mudknot2005:
I am glad the guide was helpful. :D
[HTC Inspire 4G] Acetothermus:
It took me a couple days because I wanted to be sure of the process. But I'm glad I rooted mine. I just installed cyanogen mod 7 and an digging it so far.
[HTC Inspire 4G] FoxCompany:
Rooted on Feb 24th using cyanogen since then. Yes...:D
[HTC Inspire 4G] doktor buknasty:
It's good that you took the plunge and joined our modding community. Now enjoy the new freedom rooting has given you lol.
[HTC Inspire 4G] tdesbien31:
Your right about Bubby being a genius, ooh guess what? The guy isn't even old enough to drive a car. Hes a high school kid that had one hell of a future ahead of him.
[HTC Inspire 4G] rotchcrocket04:
Nice writeup - I recently went through the same process as you did!

I also used bubby's tool and it worked quite well. I did however, run into the black screen issue when trying to boot into recovery - bubby's tool fixed that perfectly as well!!

One thing I have to mention, which is a BIG issue for me is battery life. I came from an iPhone 4 and I thought the battery life was incredible. The Inspire out of the box was

horrible

with battery life for me. Before I jumped to conclusions I knew I had to wait and root. With the incredible amount of support and information on XDA I was able to really learn quite a bit before rooting. Everything went smooth and I'm now running CM7. Not only am I thrilled with the performance but I'm utterly astounded by the increase in battery life. I wouldn't go as far as saying it's double the life as it was before... but it's damn close . I'm beyond happy now - this is the way the phone should be out of the box.

Cheers to everyone involved and this great community! Didn't mean to hijack your thread OP but I'm just as happy and appreciative as you are with how everything turned out.
[HTC Inspire 4G] rotchcrocket04:
Really? Wow, that's awesome to hear. Good for him!
[HTC Inspire 4G] harlenm:
I rooted my friends phone today using the hack kit. It's so damn easy, took me 10 minutes.

This is the 3rd one I've done.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Fiasco:
@Silas0220: I'm rooting now.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Silas0220:
Good luck! If you're using the One Click, feel free to post in this thread if you have any issues -- I had to figure a lot of things out as I went, so I might get where you're coming from.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Fiasco:
Everything went smooth. I used the One-Click. I did get the black screen booting to recovery but Bubby's fix took care of that.

Now rooted and running CM 7 Gingerbread. :-)

I don't know what I was so worked up about. It was actually quite straight forward.
[HTC Inspire 4G] mudknot2005:
eng s-off is not the proper way to fix the blackscreen, it is outdated. please refer to the sticky at the top of the general section.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bdaman80:
I rooted my Inspire three weeks ago using the hack kit method. Had a little issue with my sd card not being a good candidate for a gold card. But once that was corrected I went right through without a hitch. tried a few different Roms, been most fond of ClearDroids 1.0.4 and 1.0.5 IMO
[HTC Inspire 4G] DarthTedd:
First post alert! :P

Anywho, I working on making the gold card using Bubby's setup. I'm getting the following error.

HTC Sync has been removed and I've restarted my PC. Any ideas?

EDIT: N/M - It was ADW.

I now have a rooted Inspire HD. Good stuff!!
[HTC Inspire 4G] silvaizlegiit:
nice goin (:
[Epic 4G General] thedevilslettucemd:
This is a warning to everyone who is running VisionKernel v1.2 by ACS.

I highly recommend you rollback to v1.1 immediately. Several people have wound up with bricked phones using this new kernel version (completely unrelated to overclocking). It appears the source may be RAM corruption due to the UV added in this new release. I am unfortunate enough to be one of the people with a bricked phone, if anyone knows a way to come back from this problem please post here. My screen is cracked and being that sprint changed the cracked screen policy BACK I can't get my phone replaced :(.

NOTE: It appears that MANY users are suffering from this issue and haven't realized it yet (because they haven't yet shut their phone down). If you reboot to flash another kernel, please know you may suffer from this problem so do so at your own risk. This is extremely unfortunate as this means there's no way to prevent the problem from getting worse.
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
ok..hmmm..so I saw this thread and decided to power off my phone and go back to genocide since visionkernal has been acting weird here and there anyways..so i power off my phone and now it doesn't turn on lol

DO NOT PANIC AND POWER OFF/REBOOT THE PHONE OR YOU MIGHT BRICK!!! WAIT TILL A SAFE METHOD TO TURN YOUR PHONE OFF IS CONFIRMED!!!

If YOU ALREADY BRICKED, POST IN HERE:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1043240

--

SO FAR THE FOLLOWING METHODS WERE CONFIRMED TO BRICK:

Power down/Reboot via menu

Battery pull

BRICK DOES NOT HAPPEN FOR EVERYONE, AND MAY HAPPEN AFTER TIME BUT IF IT DOES HAPPEN TO YOU ITS A PERMA BRICK
[Epic 4G General] abrcrmdl23:
I work for sprint, If you don't have insurance and the screen is cracked take it to a tech center and they will fix it for $35. If it is a larger crack than 2 inches they might give you some hassle just haggle with them or go to a different store cause my store does it no problem

Sent from my harmonious Bonsai 4.0.1 tree
[Epic 4G General] Custodian:
If this **** happened to me id be highly pissed...literally...did you have any symptoms before this happened?
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
For me what I noticed was phone randomly shut off at night even though it was stable all day long...

The battery was good...like lost 3-5% in 7 hours of idling and stuff..then when I turned it on after it crashed it instantly lost 50% battery.
[Epic 4G General] arashed31:
You can't get your phone replaced for problems unrelated to cracked screens???

I was actually hoping to brick my phone some day :(
[Epic 4G General] fhurricane:
Dude, WTF!

My phone has acs rom 1.1 and visionkernel 1.2. It started hanging on me so I held down the power button and pressed reboot. Now it wont turn on, and it won't charge either! WTF I AM SO ANGRY RIGHT NOW. IT WAS JUST FINE.
[Epic 4G General] cerchiara:
Finally I'm not alone.. I had this issue as well and fixed it by pulling my sd card and battery out a few times and then pressing the power button. After I finally got the phone back on I had to odin back to eclair. Hope this helps...

Note: I also formatted my sdcard. Because just pulling the battery didn't work. So I suspect something on the sdcard was making the phone not turn on..
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
Hmm..,maybe powering off is the cause of the issue..hmm..I think its safer maybe to crash the phone rather then turning it off/rebooting it then reflash another kernal..
[Epic 4G General] tenaciousj:
I had an issue flashing 1.2 also. Got stuck at a boot loop after first installing, had to do a battery pull that corrupted everything. None of my back up works so I had to start fresh with eb13 then flash the ec05 modem and then flash my backup after all of that. Glad I had a back up but still a bit of run around having to odin first.
[Epic 4G General] cerchiara:
I flashed another kernel and the same thing still happend to me -- phone would shutdown and not power on. Odin back to eclair and formatting the sdcard was the only thing that fixed it for me atleast.
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
which kernel? also I tried with taking out the sd card altogether and putting in a new one..didn't work....
[Epic 4G General] gabe2gg:
it has been working fine for me and I only used Voltage and overclocked only to 1300. What applications are you guys using to set your speeds/governor?
[Epic 4G General] quik99:
Isnt this two kernals in two weeks causing perm bricks? Isnt that kinda rare? Is the EPIC that much of a pain does or does this happen much on other platforms? BTW this is NOT any kind of complaint against our devs they are busting their ass's for some free coffee/beer money just seems odd to have some really bad failures that are not from people being tards flashing
[Epic 4G General] fhurricane:
To those others that may be affected by this problem, is your phone charging? Does the red light come on when you plug your phone in?
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
Well bricks happen..its nothing new..mostly when experimenting with things...

What other kernel was causing perma bricks?

nope, my phone didnt charge, tried it already
[Epic 4G General] hussmanne:
I think I just joined

I think I've just joined the brick club. Running SRF & vision 1.2 kernel. Turned my phone off today, won't turn on.
[Epic 4G General] hussmanne:
Light does not turn on when plugged in, tried two different full batteries, can't even turn it on to get to recovery or download mode.
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
you did "power off" or "reboot" via menu right?

if so can op update the OP telling people NOT to power off their phones! cause thsi thread make get more people to brick their phones as is...it made me break mine lol
[Epic 4G General] hussmanne:
I think I chose power off from menu, I remember the phone vibrating faster than usual before turning off. Twas its last breathe.
[Epic 4G General] Bluerai:
Well... Everything was going fine for me until literally 5 minutes ago.

I have joined the club

EDIT: I have insurance, and I'll monkey with my phone for a while tonight.. Hopefully something magical happens

EDITEDIT: I've been running 1.2 fine for a few days now.. meh :(
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
I just have to say, this is a perfect example of why i'm not rooting my phone. Not just the quoted person, its just his situation is perfect for my reasoning.

Sent from my always stock, EC05 Epic 4G
[Epic 4G General] anfrany:
I suffered the same fate as many of you this morning, my phone bricked. I dropped it off at the sprint store and had a replacement a few hours later, thank goodness for insurance.
[Epic 4G General] treyxazn:
Why would this be why you don't root your device, there's plenty to gain from rooting your device and having it run extremely efficient. If it wasn't for the development going on here from everyone and the acs team I wouldn't be able to have my device performing anywhere near as good as it is now and obtaining 20+ hrs continued use.

You know the risk of pushing certain things with your device and are given more than elaborate instructions and notes prior to installing ( to the point of the devs being extremely kind imo )

Anyways I'm not going to continue ranting, but such comments are not necessary on a development based forum website.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Its all about opinions. Imo, its not worth going through the trouble of rooting, choosing a rom/kernel combo thats just right(which would require a few flashes), then risk corrupted data, bricks, etc. But for some people, this doesnt bother them. Im just someone it does bother. Im not bashing anyone about rooting, just stating my opinion, as i think my comments are worth posting. If you cant handle my opinions, skip past my name when you see it in a thread, see if i care.

Sent from my always stock, EC05 Epic 4G
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
rooting and loading custom kernels/mods are 2 different things...

flashing a custom rom/kernel is like installing a whole new OS...rooting is just getting admin access to your current OS and is 100% safe...at least on the epic..havent heard anyone ever mess up from rooting..
[Epic 4G General] stir fry a lot:
+1 just getting rid of bloatware is reason enough for me. To each his own though, more power (I guess) to you Zanderman. I however can never leave well enough alone. I just got 20 hours out of this kernel at 1.3ghz today and just bumped it up to 1.4ghz just because so far it seems I'm fortunate enough to have landed a Chuck Norris Epic :p

(Runs to go find some wood to knock on)
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
You could just root, and not mod it at all. Then you wouldn't be worried about suffering from potential disaster.
[Epic 4G General] musclehead84:
I'd have to at lease root and get rid of all the bkoatware at least.

Sent From My Evo Killer!
[Epic 4G General] epic4GEE:
This is a funny comment, take a peek in the Q&A section.....its 100% unsafe if you refuse to read...lol

On the other hand I agree with you, but only if you do your homework first.
[Epic 4G General] Top Nurse:
Ain't that the truth of it... :D

The problem isn't rooting. It's what you do after, that causes all the problems...

Sent from Bonsai 7.0.3
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Only good backup that works without root is MyBackup and I much prefer Titanium. It is so easy to restore homescreens by restoring launcher data.

All this belongs in "to root or not to root" anyway. Sorry, coffee hasn't kicked in yet.
[Epic 4G General] Custodian:
Interesting. That is all.

troll stomping beast
[Epic 4G General] treyxazn:
That's kind of hypocritical for you to say, seeing as if it bothered you that someone bricked their device you could have "skipped past their name". In a sense you are bashing on them and you're comments such as , " this is why I won't root" is like saying well **** sucks for you. And is NOT helping anyone towards developing or discussing a solution, which is what these forums aim towards.
[Epic 4G General] Amittai:
While I agree everyone is entitled to their opinion, and I respect your's, this isn't the thread to start a debate on whether or not rooting is worth the risk.

It's not surprising to me that people commenting in this thread (mainly about issues with flashing custom kernels, something you've openly admitted you do not partake in) would react badly to your "this is why I don't root!" comment. It comes over with a "greater than thou" vibe, which would return a defensive response from the rest of the commenters.

If you feel the need to debate further, you're always welcome to start another thread in general and reference this thread. But can please keep this thread to trying to figure out the issue at hand, instead of opening a debate.

Thanks,

Amittai
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Yeah, I wasn't thinking about the way it would look on the internet. I'm not trying to cause a stir, nor attack anyone, nor be "mightier than thou," and I now realize that most of the people posting in this thread probably don't know who I am, and my prior discussions on rooting. This was the wrong place to randomly put that. I am sorry.

Sent from my always stock, EC05 Epic 4G
[Epic 4G General] dwallersv:
For someone with a brick, the technical skills, and the bravery to give JTAG a shot, here's a site that may be helpful: http://www.jtagbox.com/jtag-news/ri...-s-epic-4g-unbrick-dead-boot-repair-supported

I'd do it, but I'm not bricked :D

Sent from my mind using telepathitalk
[Epic 4G General] Amittai:
No worries, man. Just don't want a thread to get derailed and lose sight on it's original purpose. ;)
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Ya, I understand.

Sent from my always stock, EC05 Epic 4G
[Epic 4G General] deano0714:
For free just wondering cuz I bricked mine the other day and haven't had the time to bring it yet... How many days do you have to wait? Sorry for all the questions I am missing my phone already and don't want to have to wait like another week
[Epic 4G General] Bluerai:
I'll be going within the hour and I'll post my findings
[Epic 4G General] anfrany:
As I mentioned earlier in this thread, my phone was replaced same day, 4 hours later. For no cost. I do have the $7 a month TEP.
[Epic 4G General] burgerpimp07:
I had to get mine ordered and shipped to the store. It seems that some stores have it in stock though.

Mine took 2 days to arrive (ordered tues 4pm, arrived today)
[Epic 4G General] Bluerai:
Alrighty, I just got back.

They couldn't turn the phone on either, so they gave me a new one.

Took an hour for them to test everything (probably less, as I left because they told me it'd be an hour)..

It was free, and I do pay for the insurance, FWIW.

Now the question is... Shall I re-root and do everything again, minus the 1.2 kernel? :confused:
[Epic 4G General] autocon:
I thought I had TEP but it turned out it was on a different line... but they still replaced mine for free, same day, said it was covered under the manufacturer warrenty.
[Epic 4G General] deano0714:
Yeah when I get my phone I will... Just flash the things you know are stable and when new roms and kernels come out wait a week or two if you can resist all the cool features they offer.
[Epic 4G General] robl45:
mine just bricked. anyway to get these back on? was working fine the whole time, no undervolting or nothing. then I went to look at something and it wouldn't come on.
[Epic 4G General] deano0714:
Well went to the sprint store today... They said the battery shorted out the phone lol! Getting a replacement in a few days... Nice I hated that little scratch on my screen and hopefully it can overclock better my old one didn't go past 1.2ghz.
[Epic 4G General] arrows83:
I took mine to a sprint store on Wednesday. My replacement should be coming in today.:D It was free and painless. I did ask them to test the battery and it was still good. Apparently, while plugged in the battery still charges even tho its bricked and has no LED light showing the charge process....

I think I'm going to stick to stock for a while...:o
[Epic 4G General] Bluerai:
I guess multi quote isn't working for me.. Or I'm some sort of fool... Anyway:

@deano: Glad everything worked out for ya!

And yeah, I couldn't go past 1.2GHz either on my last phone.. I'm going to be rooting and trying a different ROM here in a few minutes :D

--(Nothing against ACS at all, just want to try something a little different for now, since I mainly stuck with ACS as I saw no need to try anything else)

Just going to have to hang out and only flash things that I know work fine, as I doubt Sprint will want me to keep giving them phones back...

@robl: I couldn't find any way to turn it on. I followed a lot of other people's suggestions and nothing seemed to work. I had to take it in..

I was running very mild UV, like -50 all around.

Yeah what's strange is mine was working fine until I powered down too.

@arrows: I did the same. I've been stock for about 24hrs, and enough is enough ;)
[Epic 4G General] jct522:
So i decided to stay on VisionKernel 1.2 because after everyone said it was killing their phones mine seemed fine. Well today it froze up, i tried to reboot it and then it wouldn't come back on. Pulled battery, 3 finger, everything. Battery lights wouldnt come on, so i took it into the Sprint store. I have to go back in a while to see what they determine. Crossing Fingers for a new phone.