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[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b4d5h0t:
Hi all my question is i have a rooted xperia play R800i on android 2.3.3 its been rooted using the zergrush method the bootloader is still locked but i have removed alot of bloatware and disabled software update. The phone runs very well but i want to sell it due to having bought another phone.

So my questions are, how can i remove all my personal data like email adresses passwords etc without unrooting?

Can i reset it to factory defaults in android or will this brick it in its current state? (as alot of the factory rubbish has been removed)

Is my only option to restore all the bloatware with titanium backup and then unroot (which seems a shame as the phone runs perfectly as is)

I would really like to just remove my personal info and sell it in its current state. Its fast reliable the battery lasts well and i really dont want to mess around with it to much now, the game pad is scratched though :-(

Help needed from those who know there stuff.

Thanks for reading.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clienterror:
Just use flashtool and flash it. It will wipe root and reset it to factory everything. Make sure you check you box to wipe user data though.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b4d5h0t:
Is that easy to do? Ive never used flashtool before is it just a case of installing flashtool to my pc connecting it to my play and hitting a button? anyone got a link to a tutorial? :-/

Also is this my only option? Ive avoided this flashing firmware the whole time ive had the phone and would rather not get involved in it now.

Thanks for the speedy reply though :-)

Cheers
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Logseman:
I'd recommend using the thread marked in red in my signature. It gives, among other things, a comprehensive list of firmwares to flash with Flashtool and a quick flashing guide.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmcliam:
Unroot with sugarRush search on google.pc required though.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b4d5h0t:
Again thanks for the replies, sugarRush sounds like an option to avoid learning how to reflash my device. Ok another question for you all...

I have a complete titanium backup of my phone prior to removing any bloatware. If i restored the phone using the backup and then unroot using sugarRush do u think it would then be safe to use the reset to factory default option in android to clear my phone and make it good to sell?...

Im sure flashing the phone probably would be best but not knowing what im doing i dont feel that confident doing it.

Cheers
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheCraig:
Would be safe but flashing is a lot better imo.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fma965:
How can he flash with flashtool his boot is locked

(LOL I forgot to change my build.prop back)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noojster:
Its better if you dont sell the phone and enjoy life :D
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Logseman:
Flashtool doesn't need unlocked bootloaders.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b4d5h0t:
I wanna sell the phone to get some cash so i can enjoy life ;-)

Rooting my xperia play did make it run slightly better, snappier and better battery life (once bloatware was removed). But at the cost of updating android becoming a pain and now ive got this agro now i want to sell it.

Fellow noobs be warned ;-)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] netizenmt:
Listen, b4d5h0t, seriously. Go with the Flashtool FTF flash. If -I- can do it, anyone can. Takes only a few minutes and makes it totally stock.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmfaris27:
The safest is just to do a factory reset, if you don't want to go over the hassle or flashing and other methods of wiping your data.I've done factory resets while my phone was rooted,so it should be fine.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Graysonh:
I need to flash KK4 onto my cappy to then flash Illuminance 3.

I am still sort of new to all of this so what is the best and safest way of accomplishing this? Right now I'm on Apex 9.3, running Talon 2.6.35, and running i9000 bootloaders.

As I said before, I am still new to this so have mercy on my soul :p

Thanks for any help! It is appreciated!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prbassplayer:
In dev section there is a sticky that says stock roms. There you will find 1 clicks and kernels. You don't need KK4 as long as you are on any native rom with the correct bootloader you can just cwm the rom (as long as it is on rfs format)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Graysonh:
Would there be any benefit of reflashing a package with bootloaders? In the thread it says not to, but the only time I did was when I initially went to SVII.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prbassplayer:
You can use I9000 bootloaders on a I897 rom BUT i897 bootloaders usually work better with i897 rom imo. You can do a 1 click with bootloaders.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abati:
yoo folks,

according to htc i have an illegal software on my phone.

They made pictures to show that i have an illegal software, what do you think guyz they are also charging me with 285,60 euro.

you can see the pictures bellow.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sb2003:
it all depends on original SPL that was on your phone... as i remember SPL2.08 was brought on stage with TMoUS phones... and wasn't available in Europe.. Here we had 1.66 and 3,14 SPL (latter at the end...)

If your phone wasn't supposed to have SPL 2.08, than yes - you have an illegal SW on it, as HTC is concerned.

Otherwise....
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abati:
i dont understand you mate, but i just flashed this official rom from their web. (RUU_Leo_S_HTC_NLD_3.14.404.2_Radio_15.42.50.11U_2.15.50.14_LEO_S_Ship)

and i always had hd2 eu version. so still i followd the instruction to flash a official rom and remove the hspl thing.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sb2003:
IF you flashed that rom correctly, you should have SPL 3.14 on your HTC. from the image it is obvius that it stil has SPL 2.08. Most likely HSPL 2.08 (picture is cropped). And therefore you do not have correct combination of SPL and ROM. And having HSPL is 100% warranty violation..

If you had flashed it via SD card, the SPL would've been removed correctly. Sorry, mate :(
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abati:
this is soo badd bro i did this for 3 times and every time i send for repair their was not a problem about illegal software. But still i dont understand what went wrong !

but now if i want my phone back i have to pay 58,31 euro's. the only thing that was deffect was that i could not charge but if you pluged a charged battery the phone worked just fine. But isn't that ridicules too pay so much ?? they didn't do any thing almost except check the software.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abati:
Im so frustrated now Can some one explain me what i did wrong ?

i just flashed an official rom and after that i removed hspl?

So what did i wrong that my phone has an illegal software ?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HD2Owner:
flash stock rom from sdcard to overwrite hspl with stock spl (leoimg.nbh in sd root).
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abati:
that method did never worked out for me, and i send my hd2 for repair always the same way i flashed back in the future and also this time. But for some reason they are complaining about the software this time.

And also the defect of my phone is that it can not charge, and everything else is working fine. SO if i plug a battery witch is full my phone just works fine only the ability to charge is not more functional sometimes it can charge but i have to hold the cable with my hand in a certain direction to charge, which is not convenient.

THis is the cause of faulty hardware, and not with the cause of the software they saying that is illegal.

So my warranty has to be valid right ?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsamuel:
No, if you had two separate warranties,hardware and software, you could argue that case(still prolly wouldn't win, mind) but you have a single warranty covering the whole phone,, break any part and the whole warranty is void.

As mentioned above, although that spl is not hspl, it still proves you tampered with the bootloader, and that's a straight up void.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abati:
oh intressting, but if you look at:

https://www.facebook.com/notes/htc/update-on-bootloaders/10150305151453084

http://dl4.htc.com/Web_materials/Manual/Warranty/wm/1016_A_WarrantyCard_76.pdf

they r saying that you lose partly your warranty in my case, please check both links and you will see. Leave a comment please
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsamuel:
That Facebook stuff is immaterial, our bootloader is already unlocked, plus they're talking about android phones, plus the unlock tool requires you to register, and I'd bet my granny that any other method of unlocking would still void the warranty, even if it did apply to our phone, which it doesn't. Plus, allowing an android phones bootloader to allow user access is world's away from hacking a winmo bootloader to make it run a custom made 3rd party bootloader.

If you think you have a case hire a lawyer, but you will be up against a company who have voided warranties because the user sweated heavily and turned the water damage sticker slightly pink, let alone tampered with the bootloader.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abati:
then what does this mean

This Limited Warranty applies only to the hardware components

of the Product as originally supplied and does not apply to any

software or other equipment.

please look also their warrant terms http://dl4.htc.com/Web_materials/Manual/Warranty/wm/1016_A_WarrantyCard_76.pdf
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsamuel:
bootloader isn't the 'software' they refer to, the spl is firmware, part of the hardware, so tampering with it will fall under section 7C, most notably ''use other than in accordance with the user manual''.

Anyway, far more pertinent is the section in the warranty booklet that comes in the box, which has (almost) the same text as in your link, but then has a section starting page 49 which talks about software, and how you aren't allowed to decompile, reverse engineer and especially ' create derivative works', which HSPL is. The fact that you have 2.x on your phone means you MUST have used tools that broke this section of the warranty.

So, you are right that nowhere does it say 'don't mess with bootloader', but good luck making that get as far as a court room.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abati:
(samsamuel) thnx for your response, i just send them a couple days a go a mail with complain.

their response was, that the repair department found illegal software in the device.

Although the phone works good with this software, that is not the case.

HTC demands that a device after the repair has to be 100 % fuctionel and also fall in warranty.

This means that we also have to replace the illegal software, and that will be charged.

You can find this in our Warranty statement

THey send me in dutch a response ( sorry for my translation in english)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Girevik:
Sorry if this is a long post...I'm going to try to provide as much information as possible.

I got a brand new nook with version1.3 for my son for Christmas. I'm wanting to root it so I can put some games and stuff on it. I tried following the instructions for the ManualNooter (using ClockworkMod Recovery v3.0.2.8), but think I goofed up by not booting to the nook between the two MN files. When I tried to boot to the nook it just looped on the "nook color" screen.

I went back and tried installing just the first MN fine and booting the nook, but I got the same result.

I then found the two file for reverting to stock I ran both update-nc-stock-1.3-keepcwm and update-nc-stock-1.3 in that order (I'm assuming that there is no boot required in between) and am still stuck on that same nook screen.

I've also done tried to do some stuff like formating the syste, data, and cache, and clearing the Dalvik cache. I've noticed that I'm getting an error formating the data (not sure exactly when this started), and clearing the Dalvik cache causes it to lock up.

I'm not sure where to go at this point, and am concerned that I've hosed up my son's present. I know it's hard to brick a nook, but those issues with formatting data and clearing the Dalvik cache have me worried. Can anyone help me in getting this thing up and running (then hopefully rooted)?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] misterbbq:
quick question.....do you have the bootable sd card with cwm on it? can you boot to the cwm menu (i'm assuming you can since you said you formatted system, data and cache). what happens when you try to install cm7?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Girevik:
I'm going to show my ignorance here and say I'm not sure. I don't THINK so, since all I intended to do was root, I just followed the instructions to give me the recovery card. Unless maybe it's on there and I'm not don't realize it.

All that said, I think I'm back off the ledge now. I found this linked from another board: http://nookdevs.com/NookColor/RestoreToStock, and the 8 fialed boots method got me back to stock, so I think I'm okay (as long as I can get it rooted).
[HTC Wildfire S] JVlasy:
My wildfire s still wont update cant find any solution to update it with phone or I will have to use pc?
[HTC Wildfire S] *se-nsei.:
Read the forums.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drelite08:
Ok here's the deal, over the past week or so, sort of mid afternoonish time, I lose the ability to call, text or use data on my handset her signal remains constant. A quick fix to this is changing a setting in network from auto to GSM only which I am told logs off 3g and uses the 2g network yet once I switch to GSM only texts and calls return to normal. I've tried a new sim card from vodafone which didn't change the problem and I was wondering if anyone has had simalar problems and could maybe share a fix, as I don't want to keep my phone on 2g as its very slow.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drelite08:
I've also tried different kernels, firmwares and a full reset which non of those helped either.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sgs2_user:
Im a bit of a noob at this android thing but do you maybe need to import your carriers data settings? I had a look on my sgs2 but couldn't find them. On my old iphone you had to enter the carriers settings to access the 3g network
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cosmic Blue:
try a different modem. as some modems are region specific.

---------- Post added at 02:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:32 PM ----------

you will find the data setttings here.

menu - settings - wireless and network - mobile networks - access point -
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drelite08:
I've tried between ki3 and ki4, previous firmwares have used the ki3 modem more recently in intras frankenstien firmware. But my problem is more recent. This couldn't be an efs problem could it?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] JoeM01:
forgive my ignorance, but how can lowering the pixel density improve the screen output?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] diamond_lover:
If you set a lower pixel density your will have smaller text and icons, that mean you will see more informations in one page.

If you want bigger text, push it up!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] yaggermr:
Sorry please delte post. Where is the easy build prop file?

Sorry was on my nook and simple did not see it glaring at me at the bottom.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Jhiciano:
Couldn't be achieved also using lcdDensity from Market ?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] camapghe:
Changing LCD density can make some games (Gameloft, I'm quite sure) not working. Just be careful.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] little8020:
Does anyone know the default wifi sleep policy, I want it to never sleep.

I would like to know because Im guessing that the wifi part is were you can change it since the advanced menu is missing under wifi settings

thanks
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] downsay:
If you are rooted then you can access it under spare parts.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] snailmale:
will changing lcd density allow greater access to apps on Market?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] yourbrokenoven:
Can someone post what the modded build prop actually does? In another post it was SUPPOSED to allow greater access to market apps, but did absolutely nothing for me.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] diamond_lover:
:confused: Huh??? LCD Density mean different text size.. How can be related to the Market???? :confused:

This build.prop have good memory settings, less lags, hardware acceleration, etc.

You will have a snappier NT.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] snailmale:
If I recall correctly, the main reason given for why certain apps don't show up on the Market is because of the unusual DPI of the NT's screen (few apps would specifically support 169.333). As such, editing the LCD Density in build.prop to a more common value (e.g. 160) may open up access to more apps.

However, I can't try this till the next time i get my hands on my gf's NT. Anyone else able to try it out?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] residentorca:
I'm using the modified build.prop. What specific app would be a good test?

Some people who changed DPI from default on NC actually lost access to certain market apps. So far I'm not noticing a change (increase or decrease) in available apps either way.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] dragon_76:
LCD density has to be 160 or 240 if you want all apps to work correctly. Those settings correspond to MDPI and HDPI which are standard android densities.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CelticWebSolutions:
Just a quick thought.

Could somebody edit this build.prop a little further so that it thinks its something like a galaxy tab (the smaller one)? I see a lot of people edit the device tahts reported for better compatibility with apps in Market. If the build.prop says it's a galaxy tab then hopefully it will show a lot more apps, currently a lot of apps don't show for the nook tablet but they should if build.pro says it's a galaxy tab or something similar :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] conundrum768:
One of the most important concerns that go into device spoofing is the hardware in the original device and the one that it is pretending to be. Differences in processor, gpu, etc. can cause significant problems when doing this.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] diamond_lover:
You can try use galaxy tab's ro.build.fingerprint.

I found this

but I don't tested yet.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CelticWebSolutions:
Unfortunately that hasn't worked :( I am trying to installed friendcaster for facebook on my wifes tablet which I'm setting up for xmas for her. Lots of apps she uses are missing :(

Thank you for your suggestion though :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] ms2003:
could add comments on each parameter?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] rvr350:
I want to use to use this prop file, and if i decide to just add only a portion of it, ie, add battery life section, can it be done?

Also, i noticed some of the addition isn't in the prop file.zip, like wifi.supplicat line? Maybe i just need to check my vision?:)

Can someone give a little background as to what exactly does it do? Is it similar to setting msconfig in windows so the os doesn't load as much stuff initially?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] diamond_lover:
Oh I see... a solution can be using another device to download the app, then save it with some program like Es File Explorer. Another solution is using other markets :rolleyes:

Sure, you can just comment with # the line you want disable.

Well.. build.prop is a file that contain some kind of settings or parameters and it's the easy way to power up a bit our amazing tablet.

I left wifi.supplicant_scan_interval because I use wifi only few times. That parameter is the time to scan the wireless if you're not connected. Push it up mean less try, so less battery usage. A good value is from 30 to 180 sec.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] rvr350:
well, i've input your updated file, and after reboot, it seems a bit more snappier. On google market, i still can't find facebook, is the dpi=160 supposed to fix that? Is there anymore similar way to boost battery life on the NT? Thanks!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] diamond_lover:
I think facebook, twitter etc. are not in market because of our fingerprint.

Right now I have not much time to search a working one, but I think the one from CM7for nook color will work.

If someone found one good fingerprint or mod just tell me and I'll push into my first thread, thanks.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CelticWebSolutions:
Would be great if it does! apart from a few force closes it's the only problem I have on my tablet now. Managed to fix the white on white menus this morning so now it's just get market working properly and I can pack it away ready for the wife for Christmas :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] HMG10:
How did you fix the white on white?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jdebay:
before and after applying new build.prop

Ran Antutu on NT before change got 5199 after 5143

Ran CF-Bench before got 9664,2280,5233 after 9564, 2679, 5433

Seems that screens are snapper, I am happy with this build.prop, no modifications to it for me.

I would like to say thank you for sharing... two tumbs up from me.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CelticWebSolutions:
You can see how here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=20364917

I also just posted up a modified file which makes the menu white on black
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] xecuter:
i did it carefully step by step but it always results in a blank black screen after the read forever screen. have tried twice. oh well. maybe not my luck
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] diamond_lover:
Just use Root Explorer, mount the /system folder as RW, rename /system/build.prop as build.bak, copy the new build.prop from SD card in this position and set the permission EXACTLY like build.bak.

It's not a newbie mod, just try understand what are you doing.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] xecuter:
yea i seriously did it that way but im not sure why it wont work. :) its ok
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] succulent:
There should be a big disclaimer in this thread so people know what they are getting themselves into. So many people just copy and paste the built.prop from their sdcard to the system folder and end up in a boot loop. System files are sensitive.

Using Root Explorer to copy file from the sdcard to the system folder is a not a good idea. Root Explorer does not give user read/write permission when you copy file over to the system folder. So you will end up in a boot loop if you don't set file permissions properly. I recommend using ES File Explorer for moving file over to the system folder.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] diamond_lover:
I added init.d scripting at first post.

Please try it. To check if it work make a test script with this inside:

#!/system/bin/sh
echo -n "It works!" > /data/itworks.txt

Follow the steps, enable init.d, create this script and check after a reboot if there's a file called itworks.txt in the /data/ folder.

Tell me if it really works :D