The only option is to SBF
[ said:Flashing stock SBF file via RSD Lite[/I]
1) Download the SBF (or 3.8.7 SBF)and install RSD Lite
2) Install the drivers found in the zip file
3) Boot your FULLY CHARGED phone to the bootloader (Power+Vol Up+Vol Down) while off.
4) Start RSD Lite and plug in your phone
5) Once it appears in the bottom window, press start
6) DO NOT unplug your phone during this process
Installing OTA updates manually (root access not required):
1) Download the appropriate file (2.3.3 Leaked Gingerbread or 3.8.7 Froyo Update )
2) Name it update and place it on the root of your SD card
3) Boot into recovery (Power+R+M)
4) Press the @ symbol when you get Android + ! on the screen.
5) Select to install update.zip from SD Card
6) Reboot
Flashing stock SBF file via RSD Lite
1) Download the SBF (or 3.8.7 SBF)and install RSD Lite
2) Install the drivers found in the zip file
3) Boot your FULLY CHARGED phone to the bootloader (Power+Vol Up+Vol Down) while off.
4) Start RSD Lite and plug in your phone
5) Once it appears in the bottom window, press start
6) DO NOT unplug your phone during this process
As always, you should take care before doing any modifications to your phone. You can potentially cause a large amount of damage if you do not know what you're doing.
So you're talking about going through this process:
So I need I would need to download the 3.8.7 SBF & RSD Lite on a PC, and then go thru this process? What exactly would be the state of my phone? Not rooted, but stock, pre-Gingerbread?
Would rooting be a better option?
I just want to get rid of the blue/white color scheme. For some reason, I find it highly annoying.
Rooting will not give you new colors.
By doing the SBF you will simply go back to what you had before the update, so Froyo.
It will not be rooted, and everything will be as it was when you first got it. For the most part. The SD card will still have your data, but you would need to have the market update all your apps.
I'm pretty sure you can get your apps back by simply loading up the market and going to "my apps".
Your contacts will need to either be backed up using verizon backup manager or by using google to store your contacts (that's what I do)
But I don't know how to backup any other settings, if at all possible.
So basically you would be starting from scratch.
Your other option would be installing CM7, but the cm7 thread is a little hard to browse through and I do not know exactly where the right files/instructions are at this moment.
I stand corrected, apologies.Actually, flashing a SBF does not clear out all of your personal data. A factory reset will do that. Even after flashing the SBF, you should still have most (it not all) of your personal data on the phone (like contacts) unless you do a factory reset along with it. But a factory reset is always a good idea when flashing a SBF.
I stand corrected, apologies.
I have been running CM7 and to be safe I delete mostly everything when installing to prevent malfunction.
Haven't reverted to an older version for these same reasons so I wasn't sure.
How do you do a factory reset when flashing the SBF?