QUOTE(nas @ Aug 4 2014, 10:02 PM)
Bro, you did a good and comprehensive guide.
After reading it, I kinda feel overwhelmed. No wonder you took your time to release the guide. It covers practically every aspect of flashing the phone.
Didn't know that upgrading to KK needs so much preparations. I'm going to read over and over again then decide whether to flash or not....so to flash freely without worrying about boot-looping, it is recommended to unlock the bootloader right?
Nvm take your time to digest.
It's funny to see how some ppl keep telling others their device is dead blah blah blah... not sure if i should laugh at them or what.
It's almost impossible to hardbrick this device, no matter how you flash, you can ALWAYS restore and get it working as we already have everything we need. files from cvg is the key point.
Just that you must backup your NVRAM and PRO_INFO, these partition contains device specific data and must not be shared.
About KK, you can do it without unlocking, just make sure you don't use OTA or Local Upgrade.
You can only use 'Force Upgrade', which will clear everything, so it's not very convenience, but you can restore to official B11X easily and BL is still locked.