[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] demkantor:
return to stock and reroot

i know this isnt the place for this but f it, its my thread and i dont want to make a new one!

so ive been dinking with my phone again and cause some serious issues and i needed to odin/hiemdall back to stock

ive been seeing people with issues doing so or rooting for the first time and figured hell ill make yet another guide :p

anyway long story short what i f***ed up wasnt fixed by returning to stock, this shouldnt be anyone elses case as i was playing

with things deep into the phones firmware that isnt accessed easily, most often a return to stock via odin or hiemdall should

fix anyones issues. but i made this guide as i was doing it, it was off the top of my head but it worked fine so all should be

correct, if not let me know and ill fix it.

return to stock, then reroot.....

this assumes all drivers are on pc, using windows, and can follow simple directions

1. download needed files linked bellow

2. create new folder on desktop and put all in this new folder

3. unzip (preferably using 7zip) choose extract here for these .zips

4. once all are extracted, find a folder called sbin, and a file named recovery

5. copy and paste this file onto the root of sdcard (partitioned to fat32 and not in any folders) along with :

6. put phone in download mode

*****easiest way is take out batter, plug into pc via usb,

*****hold both volume keys and trackball, inset battery

*****or if on custom rom choose download option from power menu

7. run t839-Sidekick4G-UVKG2-One-Click

8. click flash, wait about 5 min, phone will auto reboot to stock recovery

9. choose reboot now, wait 5 min

10. menu > settings > applications > development > Check USB debugging

11. open CMD in the same location as downloaded files on pc

*** (hold shift and right click in folder, choose open command here)

12. in CMD type:

adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp
adb shell
chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
./data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin

13. wait a min until CMD auto restarts

14. now again in CMD type

adb shell

this time notice a # sign instead of a $

mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
exit
adb push su /system/xbin
adb shell chmod 4755 /system/xbin/su
adb push Superuser.apk /system/app
adb shell
echo "root::0:0:root:/data/local:/system/bin/sh" > /etc/passwd
echo "root::0:" > /etc/group
mount -o remount,ro /dev/block/stl9 /system
exit

15. now feel free to sign in to market and download a root explorer app

*****(preferably Root Explorer)

16. open it and say yes to super user permissons. (click mount R/W in any folder your in)

17. SDCARD > find recovery (file) hold for 2 sec > choose copy > back one > system > bin > paste (choose yes to over write)

18. now open a CMD anywhere and type

adb reboot recovery

19. use volume down key to choose "reinstal packages" select with volume key

****(now in a clockwork recovery - will soon install a newer one)

20. use volume down to choose "mounts and storage"

21. make sure the first four lines read as such

22. if they dont change them so they do, use volume key and power button again (trackball also selects)

23. use back key to step out and now we will wipe the following

****wipe data/factory reset

****wipe cache partition

****advanced > wipe dalvik cahce

****(again move around with volume rocker select with power/trackball, go through long list of no and choose yes)

****(good practice to wipe more than once on each as an FYI)

24. now go to "install zip from sd card" (if i need to say use volume rocker to move and power/trackball to select youre not getting it)

25. choose zip from sdcard

26. select ROM of choice (instructional purpose ad_vitam.zip)

27. choose yes and let it do its thing.... and 5 min later your pack to orange recovery

28. now important to go back and check mounts, should be as before, if all good choose reboot now!

29. so a lady with a robot voice will speak to you for 5-10min now, just sit back and enjoy.... cause when phone finaly reboot youre golden!

****now you should never need to go through all this again, from now on to boot into recovery

****hold power, choose reboot recovery

****recovery is now red and called voodoo lag fix

****dont worry about mounts anylonger, just always do backup, then wipe, then install new rom, then reboot

and like i said this fixed nothing for me... well my phone works as it did before i went stock and rerooted, hopefully ill fix my issue soon

*files and steps in red are only needed if unrooting

CLICK THIS TO GET HIEMDALL TO UNROOT

and like i said, i took chunks of this from like ten different guides, credits go to them not me,

if i know where all the guides were id link you, but your smart and youll find them yourself! :eek: