Ok, just to set up the scenario... I am here because I cannot figure out where on earth to post in the xda forums to get my 10 initial posts so that i can post anywhere else... thus i cannot make ANY posts (annoying).
Ok, so... I just bought a new (used) htc g2 (desire z) off of craigslist. I have owned one for a over a year now and love the phone. My mother was looking for a phone and to get on a family plan so I went on craigslist and picked up the same phone for her. Looks/works great when i check it out, the only thing is that the guy before had rooted/put cyanogenmod7 on the phone. My mom will use this thing for calls, texts, and the occasional email check. She has no interest in anything else so having it rooted and rommed are not necessary. Other than that, i'm having trouble setting things up because of the mod. I cant connect to my wifi network, it shows 3g instead of 4g network, etc etc. basically, before I give this phone to her, i would like to restore it to OEM.
I've never rooted or modded before so when I first got the phone I just did a restore to factory reset on it... whelp, that didnt work. it was still rooted with cyanogenmod7. After, the phone was saying that it couldnt detect my microsd card (8gb). So i was like "ok, ill reformat it like the phone asks, maybe that will fix things". Nope, it cant reformat the card (or did and accomplished nothing?) and still cant find the card.
So i need to know, for someone who does not know how to root or mod or change roms or whatever it is you have to do... how on earth can i get this thing back to factory android 2.3? its extremely frustrating.
I assume the first thing I'm going to have to do is get the sd card working again... but i dont know how at the moment as its not reading it... and then after that i really have no clue at all.
Any and ALL help is appreciated. thanks!
Ok, so... I just bought a new (used) htc g2 (desire z) off of craigslist. I have owned one for a over a year now and love the phone. My mother was looking for a phone and to get on a family plan so I went on craigslist and picked up the same phone for her. Looks/works great when i check it out, the only thing is that the guy before had rooted/put cyanogenmod7 on the phone. My mom will use this thing for calls, texts, and the occasional email check. She has no interest in anything else so having it rooted and rommed are not necessary. Other than that, i'm having trouble setting things up because of the mod. I cant connect to my wifi network, it shows 3g instead of 4g network, etc etc. basically, before I give this phone to her, i would like to restore it to OEM.
I've never rooted or modded before so when I first got the phone I just did a restore to factory reset on it... whelp, that didnt work. it was still rooted with cyanogenmod7. After, the phone was saying that it couldnt detect my microsd card (8gb). So i was like "ok, ill reformat it like the phone asks, maybe that will fix things". Nope, it cant reformat the card (or did and accomplished nothing?) and still cant find the card.
So i need to know, for someone who does not know how to root or mod or change roms or whatever it is you have to do... how on earth can i get this thing back to factory android 2.3? its extremely frustrating.
I assume the first thing I'm going to have to do is get the sd card working again... but i dont know how at the moment as its not reading it... and then after that i really have no clue at all.
Any and ALL help is appreciated. thanks!
