The original owner says "It is running the Google released rom for Android 2.2 (Froyo)." >From all appearances, that's probably true. I can access the market, etc. Even the wifi unreliability seems to show up in stock ROMs. It might be rooted, though, because it has some app called "superuser permissions".
At the moment, it seems to be dead in the water at installing new updates. If I can get past that, I'll be okay with it. It was advertised as "unlocked", which usually means carrier independent, not "bootloader unlocked" or rooted. If the ability to install updates remains broken, I will try to get the refund. Nathan On Jul 15, 5:20 pm, Kiall Mac Innes <[email protected]> wrote: > Forget about a refund, unless your claiming it based on the unlocked > bootloader voiding your warranty. > > Android phones (well HTC made android phones) are, basically, impossible to > brick - @loxdev on twitter + xda forums has released a full rom (he merged > the stock rom with all the updates into one) that doesn't care what your on > right now (aka its not an upgrade). > > Don't have the URL now as I'm on holidays without a laptop ;) > > I guarantee the phone is possible to return to stock in every single way, > other than you can't relock the bootloader. > > Contact me off list and ill be glad to help once I'm home tomorrow evening. > > Kiall > > On 16 Jul 2010 02:04, "Matt Pellerin" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I know what he did and you should get a refund asap. > > On the qualcomm chipset there are NV item stored in the QCN file, part of > modem and stored on nand. The signature files are stored there. The previous > owner most likely flashed custom roms onto device and screwed up the last > time, rom didn't fully flash or battery was unplugged most commonly. This > can and will wipe out the NV values, which can only be restored in factory > using QPST. You should not try to use a QCN from another Nexus as it will > cause problems. > > -Matt P > > > > > On Jul 15, 2010 4:58 PM, "Nathan" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Jul 15, 3:49 pm, Kiall Mac Innes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Google removed the out of date f... > > > Two things: > > > 1. Apparently my bootloader is unlocked, which I believe is > > unrecoverable. > > ... > > Nathan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Disc... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" gr... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
