[Official] R2-D2 [D2] Owners Thread

[jjq224]

Thanks for the SBF ! Hopefully I can get Gingerbread on my little R2 unit now. I only have one noobie question - how do I go about flashing the SBF file so I can get the update? Also, I assume this will kill all my apps, my contacts, my settings, etc. - right? Oh - BTW, I am running Mac (if I need a PC to do this).

Thanks for all the help.

EDIT - I have ClockworkMod recovery on my phone - all I should need to do is copy the SBF to the SD card, reboot into recovery and load the new SBF, right?

[Inelastic]

Thanks for the SBF ! Hopefully I can get Gingerbread on my little R2 unit now. I only have one noobie question - how do I go about flashing the SBF file so I can get the update? Also, I assume this will kill all my apps, my contacts, my settings, etc. - right? Oh - BTW, I am running Mac (if I need a PC to do this).

Thanks for all the help.

EDIT - I have ClockworkMod recovery on my phone - all I should need to do is copy the SBF to the SD card, reboot into recovery and load the new SBF, right?

Yes, the SBF is like a recovery disk for your phone. Running it will bring it back to the way it was when you first got it. The stuff on your sd card will remain there though. You will lose all of your data. If you install Titanium backup and backup your apps and data, you can use it to recover them after you run the SBF. Your contacts should come back if you have your google account sync'd with your phone.

You don't run the SBF from your phone, you do it in RSDLite from Windows. Tutorial/Walkthrough for flashing an .sbf to Droid 2 (unrooting/factory restore) - xda-developers

[chasehammer]

and while you are rooted if you use Titanium Backup to save your apps and data then when you get back after the update use it again to restore the apps. otherwise the SBF will erase everything.

[fdjalk]

THANKS GREYGIFFORD, much appreciated!

[celblazer]

My R2 did not reset to factory. All my apps stayed along with settings after SBF and then the update downloaded and installed and still kept everything. I may be the exception to the rule but not having to redo anything was sweet.

Yes, the SBF is like a recovery disk for your phone. Running it will bring it back to the way it was when you first got it. The stuff on your sd card will remain there though. You will lose all of your data. If you install Titanium backup and backup your apps and data, you can use it to recover them after you run the SBF. Your contacts should come back if you have your google account sync'd with your phone.

You don't run the SBF from your phone, you do it in RSDLite from Windows. Tutorial/Walkthrough for flashing an .sbf to Droid 2 (unrooting/factory restore) - xda-developers

[jjq224]

My R2 did not reset to factory. All my apps stayed along with settings after SBF and then the update downloaded and installed and still kept everything. I may be the exception to the rule but not having to redo anything was sweet.

Cool - going to give it a try later. Fingers crossed.


Thanks to everyone for all the help ! !

[jjq224]

Well, here's what happened to me.

The first attempt to flash the SBF file failed. I was running it in a Virtual Window on my Mac, so the phone listed itself as disconnected and failed. So, I rebooted the Mac into Bootcamp and ran the RSD in a natural Windows environment.

That failed due to a "phone is not compatible with multi-interface super-file" error and bricked the phone.

After a LOT of research I found someone who suggested moving the SBF file to the root directory and try again.

3rd times a charm they say... well, the flash went through, but would not reboot the phone (I got an error).

But, after I disconnected the phone from the computer and pulled the battery, the phone booted up fine. I went right to the update, downloaded the file and installed.

Guess what. I AM NOW RUNNING GINGERBREAD ! ! ! ! And, I didn't lose anything (I didn't do a factory reset after calblazer said they didn't). Worked like a champ. The phone did sit on the R2-D2 animation for a very, very, very long time at first, but everything came back great.

A HUGE thanks to everyone for all their help, a special shout to Inelastic for the link to the walktrough and more thanks than I know how to give to Greygifford for the SBF file ! ! !

[jedifire11]

A big thanks to everyone on here! I was able to get my R2 unit flashed and updated yesterday and its running really well!

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[Eurasianman]

Thanks GREYGIFFORD! Now that my R2-D2 has GB, I'm tempted to switch over from my Thunderbolt for a little while until the official 2.3 comes out for it.

[dpb_is_me]

I have the official release of gingerbread on my R2-D2. I am looking for instructions on how to root it. All I keep finding is how to install the rooted SBF from before the official release on 9/13/11.

Does such a thing exist?

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