[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
I don't want to brick any devices, and i'm cautious by nature so let's not let it come to that.

I don't want to just throw stuff out there without testing it as much as is possible and being sure we want to try to do what we are going to do. I'd rather not miss something that becomes obvious we should have seen after someone bricks.

I'm too wiped out to look through this and make reliable commentary right now, so i've read through this thread a few times, and now i'm gonna get some sleep. When I wake up i'll be able to sit down and review it all with a clear head and see what I can add to help this along.

Bricking phones is the last thing we want to do, and spending some time and probably some extra time checking and discussing what we are going to do is worth it.

When you get into this kind of territory being too anxious can be costly so i'd rather we put extra effort into making sure it's right - especially - if there is going to have to be a leap of faith somewhere between theory and application.

I wish I had one of my devices in S-ON state still, that way I could try out the best idea we come up with before anyone went to implement it on their devices.

But let's get through this without ruining anyone's fun, that's the complete opposite of the goal we are trying to achieve.

You can either run the command for specific partitions as it's typed and with the list linked to in post 2

or

Run the dd command directly on the image you made of all the partitions - but it needs extra arguments at the end of the command to tell it where to extract from in the mmcblk0.img file.

I'm too tired to explain it tonight, but that image you made you can store on a computer somewhere if you have the space and work with it later. The main thing is you have it, so you can pull stuff out of it whenever you want if you keep it around - but that's a lot of space to surrender on your sdcard so i'd suggest moving it to a computer or somewhere else you can store it off your phone to get your space back.

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I tried to update the version numbers of the PG59IMG.zip file people can flash to get back to retail launch stock, and a few people tried it. It wouldn't allow for a downgrade by itself, so it didn't pan out but the plan of attack I think was flawed - what we're working on here is kind of the same idea but with a real battle plan and not a small skirmish.

No one bricked, because the update didn't load up to install - it was kind of a 'it'll work and be fine, or not work and nothing happens' situation and unless the physical flashing process messed up (loss of power or something in the middle of it) it would have been fine to do if it started. It just never got the chance to start the install because the system wouldn't let it.

What we are going to do here is basically change the devices mind and bring to it's attention that we bought, not leased the devices and should be able to do what we want to them. If successful, the device will agree with us and let you downgrade and run revolutionary to s-off.

This is not the only angle we can work, but has the highest odds of success and should be the first one tried.

I'll catch up with you all tomorrow.