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SBF to root and to unroot
- Thread starter christim
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I lied...
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S6VFI0YJ
That's the frg22d .sbf - I've flashed it twice in the past couple of weeks and it works great.
It's from this page: http://rootzwiki.com/index.php/Smartphones/Motorola/Droid.html
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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S6VFI0YJ
That's the frg22d .sbf - I've flashed it twice in the past couple of weeks and it works great.
It's from this page: http://rootzwiki.com/index.php/Smartphones/Motorola/Droid.html
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Just re-downloaded from that link and re-flashed to make sure it was still good, and all is well, typing this on stock FRG22D.
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I've snagged it but gotta run to work. thanks it will be in the OP tonight. And congrats on the new colors you're flashing there...more news for us all, thanks!
christm, I'm not saying it's not a great guide, it's wonderful especially how you've kept it up to date and how well it's organized. I guess part of my soapbox was how freely it used to be thrown at alot of solutions when people come to the rescue squad. You've seen me post there. But I'll be going through the threads and see a real simple solution to someone's problem, but already alot of others have already posted this link as the first solution. Which brings me back to the part of your post where the op is confused or posted confusing info. Why should they then be told to flash with RSD Lite? Of course, I have seen alot of answers posted that the poster has obviously not quite fully read the op's situation either.
I guess I'm just an old man rambling on but, I have three computers running WinXP and once upon a time when my phone just booted up into bootloader by itself, I thought that using RSD Lite was the only way out. I beat myself on my desktop, my server, and finally it worked with my laptop because RSD Lite can be that finicky. After further research, I could have probably just done a battery pull and then booted the phone up and been fine. There's a lot of ills that can be cured with just rebooting the phone, restoring a backup, factory data reset, or the use of adb shell.
But all is good, I smell another update to this thread tonite, I've had the FRG22D .sbf file for a long time now, but my server was down . . . .
I guess I'm just an old man rambling on but, I have three computers running WinXP and once upon a time when my phone just booted up into bootloader by itself, I thought that using RSD Lite was the only way out. I beat myself on my desktop, my server, and finally it worked with my laptop because RSD Lite can be that finicky. After further research, I could have probably just done a battery pull and then booted the phone up and been fine. There's a lot of ills that can be cured with just rebooting the phone, restoring a backup, factory data reset, or the use of adb shell.
But all is good, I smell another update to this thread tonite, I've had the FRG22D .sbf file for a long time now, but my server was down . . . .
no offense taken at all. We've been in the same threads, you know your stuff.
To answer your question as to why to use rsd lite I'd say the biggest reason is a time saver when it becomes difficult to figure out why someone can not get into recovery. It also is the tool used to fix phones back at the shop so its not wrong to do it to get back to stock. There are others ways to get back to stock too. The title of the thread is rooted and unrooting with sbf files and it started that way, then got an update.zip file tossed in there. Then got backup instructions tossed in too.
Also, when I first encountered it I installed it and used it without a hitch. Tested, worked right off the bat, so I assembled the guide when I knew it worked.
I also see posts where A) the poster is asking for something but isn't clear on why they are. That's why its good to ask for the end goal; what is it they want to achieve. Then the helper can give possible better advice to help that person reach that goal. And 2: I've also seen someone jump to an answer when sometimes a different answer exists. Sometimes one is better. Sometimes one is really wrong. Sometimes they both get to the same result.
The most important thing I think folks can do when rendering help is to do a sanity check from time to time. Ask to make sure everyone is on the same page as far as the desired end goal, what's already happened to the phone, etc.
edit: and yes, just edited the op again, updating option box 5 to use the sbf file for FRG22D.
furbearingmammal
Super Moderator
The problem is 90% of the threads I seem to come across where there's an issue are like two lines long:
"i tryed to unroot my fone and it dnt work! hElP!1!1"
Nobody explains exactly what they're trying to do and why in the meantime they've managed to screw things up pretty good. Usually they do it because they read half of an unrooting guide and understand less than half of what they read, then BAM, they're screwing their phones up.
Every tool we have to fix it is good, but the more exposure these tools have the better. Never know -- someone might actually READ a guide and try something out before going right for the big guns.
Still, yes, sometimes the big guns are the best option for the first salvo. Glad you're keeping things current, Christim!
The problem is 90% of the threads I seem to come across where there's an issue are like two lines long:
"i tryed to unroot my fone and it dnt work! hElP!1!1"
Nobody explains exactly what they're trying to do and why in the meantime they've managed to screw things up pretty good. Usually they do it because they read half of an unrooting guide and understand less than half of what they read, then BAM, they're screwing their phones up.
Every tool we have to fix it is good, but the more exposure these tools have the better. Never know -- someone might actually READ a guide and try something out before going right for the big guns.
Still, yes, sometimes the big guns are the best option for the first salvo. Glad you're keeping things current, Christim!
I see you hit 2000 posts... congrats! That has to be a record time to 2k... except maybe for hook... and the coolest thing about it is that I'm pretty sure all 2k of your posts were helping someone else.
@ fbm (hope you don't mind me abbreviating), lol. See those kind of posts all the time. It used to get really bad over at hacktherazr.com. And then sometimes getting the details from the op is like pulling teeth! That's why my post count isn't as high as you, you post monster because I have to step back and break from time to time.
Sorry, I just realized I've hijacked this thread.
Sorry, I just realized I've hijacked this thread.
furbearingmammal
Super Moderator
I see you hit 2000 posts... congrats! That has to be a record time to 2k... except maybe for hook... and the coolest thing about it is that I'm pretty sure all 2k of your posts were helping someone else.
Thanks! Close enough on helping people -- and I'd have been here sooner if I hadn't taken a few days off after losing it at someone for being an idiot. I guess that makes me a bit of an idiot too.
I hear you on the pulling teeth. I swear, at least one in five people will just repeat what they said in the first post with slightly different wording six times before they finally tell you what you want to know. Just a bit aggravating!
To get this back on topic, I'm going to go ask MotoCache if he thinks putting "...and, if for any reason you wish to unroot, the first thing you should attempt is to install the FRG22D master OTA." at the end of his Root Any OS guide. Anything to decrease the stress/workload is good!
FRG22D.sbf question
Does the FRG22.sbf file wipe EVERYTHING from the phone? Thus, requiring reactivation and setup? I have downloaded two versions. The one you posted from RS-Files and the one from MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service. Any difference in the two?
I am looking at selling my ex's phone and want all traces wiped from it.
Does the FRG22.sbf file wipe EVERYTHING from the phone? Thus, requiring reactivation and setup? I have downloaded two versions. The one you posted from RS-Files and the one from MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service. Any difference in the two?
I am looking at selling my ex's phone and want all traces wiped from it.
furbearingmammal
Super Moderator
Completely wipes the phone, yes, and takes it back to stock 2.x to the point you have to reactivate it. To be doubly sure, check the SD card afterward and format it, but I'm pretty sure it does that already.
Use the SBF posted here. While there's only a slim chance of the one you're using being a problem, why take the chance?
The sbf files in this thread are for the d1. You don't want to mix up sbf files and get the wrong one on your phone. This DX hack thread should help:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-x-hacks/83313-few-things-know-when-going-2-2-a.html