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RC30 to RC29 (root) downgrade now!

Just got done. RC30 OTA>RC29>Rooted>Installed JF's 1.3>Installed Engineering Bootloader>Installed JF's ADP1 1.3 (Frickin' hate the preinstalled TMo apps).

Had me kinda freaked at first, but using the Android-dl wiki set me straight. :) All in all, this took a couple hours (between reading, understanding, and doing), so make sure you have some time and can do it all uninterrupted, so you don't have to worry about continuing where you left off.
 
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Good, I haven't tried anything like this before. I'm almost talking myself out of it at least until the cupcake update happens to see what gets included into that, cause if I brick my phone I won't know what to do with myself. A guide would at least be nice to have handy and maybe help sway my mind one way or the other.
 
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Anyone familiar with xda-developers will be able to do this no problem, but I'm also writing up a full guide on going from OTA RC30 to a custom JF RC30 with dev bootloader.

I <3 XDA. :) On top of the ADP1 1.3 install and the dev bootloader, I just changed the splash screen. :-D Now all I need is for the themes that are made to be updated to allow install on ADP1 w/o causing an infinite reboot loop.

I'm sure there are quite a few people that'll appreciate the walkthrough devolio. . . as today I'm sure there's been a huge surge of people wanting to "root" it up.
 
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