ashketchum
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Yes, I noticed too that some of my post are missing.
Anyway, whoever said "If you choose "customize the build.prop" it'll overwrite the one you already have now irretrievably." was incorrect cause G.O.T's OpenRecovery backs up files to the sd card before modifying them. Here is the shell script from the latest version of G.O.T's OpenRecovery which modifies the build.prop file. As you can see from the first few lines, the original build.prop is first backed up to the sd card.
Also, the xda-developers post you linked to shows the original OpenRecovery created by Skrilax_CZ. G.O.T's one is a modified version of the original OpenRecovery.
The multiupload link you posted for GOT_U2_03_11 TELUS-SERVICE.zip is just a leaked version of the official 2.1 bug fix update for the Telus milestone. It was leaked before the official release. The official version is out now and should be available as an OTA update. The update is also available as a service sbf file which you can download from this link. Flashing "Service" sbf files keeps your data intact. That is, you settings, sms, contacts, applications, etc will all be there after you flash service sbf files.
And here is the vulnerable recovery that you need to flash. Flashing vulnerable recovery sbf doesn't affect your data either. It only downgrades the recovery. Also, phone doesnt reboot "1 - 3 times" when you flash sbf files. It only reboots once. And in case of the vulnerable recovery sbf, flashing takes less than 10 seconds. And when you see the "Rebooting phone" message in RSD Lite and your phone's screen turns off, press and hold the d-pad up button again. That way the phone reboots to bootloader mode and RSD Lite should instantly show the message "PASS" which means the vulnerable recovery was flashed successfully.
Also you should have bootloader version 90.78 by now so that step "2. Press Camera button, then press Power. Hold them both till you see recovery screen." is no longer valid in your case. You need to press X + power button instead. X as in the letter X on the keyboard. Step 3, volume up + camera button is fine. And the update.zip file does NOT need to be unzipped, you need to leave it zipped.
Edit:
And about the nandroid backups, you can't without flashing vulnerable recovery. And you don't need to restore nandroid backups to unroot your phone. You can just delete the "su" and "Superuser.apk" manually. But yes, if you restore a nandroid backup that you created before rooting and overclocking your phone should be back to its original state.
Edit 2:
You can also flash that service sbf file again after rooting and overclocking to restore your phone to its original state. It will also restore the original recovery. And your data will remain intact. If you had any applications installed that required root, then they will of course no longer work.
Anyway, whoever said "If you choose "customize the build.prop" it'll overwrite the one you already have now irretrievably." was incorrect cause G.O.T's OpenRecovery backs up files to the sd card before modifying them. Here is the shell script from the latest version of G.O.T's OpenRecovery which modifies the build.prop file. As you can see from the first few lines, the original build.prop is first backed up to the sd card.
Also, the xda-developers post you linked to shows the original OpenRecovery created by Skrilax_CZ. G.O.T's one is a modified version of the original OpenRecovery.
The multiupload link you posted for GOT_U2_03_11 TELUS-SERVICE.zip is just a leaked version of the official 2.1 bug fix update for the Telus milestone. It was leaked before the official release. The official version is out now and should be available as an OTA update. The update is also available as a service sbf file which you can download from this link. Flashing "Service" sbf files keeps your data intact. That is, you settings, sms, contacts, applications, etc will all be there after you flash service sbf files.
And here is the vulnerable recovery that you need to flash. Flashing vulnerable recovery sbf doesn't affect your data either. It only downgrades the recovery. Also, phone doesnt reboot "1 - 3 times" when you flash sbf files. It only reboots once. And in case of the vulnerable recovery sbf, flashing takes less than 10 seconds. And when you see the "Rebooting phone" message in RSD Lite and your phone's screen turns off, press and hold the d-pad up button again. That way the phone reboots to bootloader mode and RSD Lite should instantly show the message "PASS" which means the vulnerable recovery was flashed successfully.
Also you should have bootloader version 90.78 by now so that step "2. Press Camera button, then press Power. Hold them both till you see recovery screen." is no longer valid in your case. You need to press X + power button instead. X as in the letter X on the keyboard. Step 3, volume up + camera button is fine. And the update.zip file does NOT need to be unzipped, you need to leave it zipped.
Edit:
And about the nandroid backups, you can't without flashing vulnerable recovery. And you don't need to restore nandroid backups to unroot your phone. You can just delete the "su" and "Superuser.apk" manually. But yes, if you restore a nandroid backup that you created before rooting and overclocking your phone should be back to its original state.
Edit 2:
You can also flash that service sbf file again after rooting and overclocking to restore your phone to its original state. It will also restore the original recovery. And your data will remain intact. If you had any applications installed that required root, then they will of course no longer work.
To use it, you need to "apply update.zip" from recovery mode every time. "Applying" the OpenRecovery update.zip doesn't make any permanent changes to your phone. And yes, you need to flash the vulnerable recovery first with RSD Lite to be able to "apply" that OpenRecovery update.zip. If you try to apply update.zip without flashing vulnerable recovery first, you will get "signature verification failed" error.
