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New to Desire S, how are RUUs titled

Hi all
Hello to fellow desire S users and XDA teams... Im just new to the desire S, but have a galaxy s, so Im not new to flashing a Rom, but I know the proces is very different on each phone.
While I can understand the process of flashing the Desire S rom (read up on it basically ), Im not sure how the versions of the RUUs are titled, so what is the latest UK stock ROM for the S.
My phone is supposed to be Virgin UK, but from what I can tell in the settings its actually unlocked: Carrier :- No information".
Many thanks and Respect to the devs
Night

OK... Ive been reading around the forum..
There are quite a few links to different lists..
Im sure ill find it.

NightOrchid said:
Hi all
Hello to fellow desire S users and XDA teams... Im just new to the desire S, but have a galaxy s, so Im not new to flashing a Rom, but I know the proces is very different on each phone.
While I can understand the process of flashing the Desire S rom (read up on it basically ), Im not sure how the versions of the RUUs are titled, so what is the latest UK stock ROM for the S.
My phone is supposed to be Virgin UK, but from what I can tell in the settings its actually unlocked: Carrier :- No information".
Many thanks and Respect to the devs
Night
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I'd prefer you make a "Gold card" prior to flashing an RUU unless you're up to the task of recovering from a soft-brick. Beyond that, it really doesn't matter whichever RUU you flash
NB: I've flashed most RUUs aside the Chinese ones - without a Gold Card. Don't know if I've been having a lucky run but my phone was bought off the open market (unbound to any particular carrier). If that helps.
Edit: And here's a direct link to the ROMs (as hosted by XDA member Football)
Repertoire of HTC ROMs

Saipro said:
I'd prefer you make a "Gold card" prior to flashing an RUU unless you're up to the task of recovering from a soft-brick. Beyond that, it really doesn't matter whichever RUU you flash
NB: I've flashed most RUUs aside the Chinese ones - without a Gold Card. Don't know if I've been having a lucky run but my phone was bought off the open market (unbound to any particular carrier). If that helps.
Edit: And here's a direct link to the ROMs (as hosted by XDA member Football)
Repertoire of HTC ROMs
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Thanks for the reply.. I wasnt sure whether that question was a bit of a "Thats been answered so many times on here" kinda one, so I figured no one would reply.
I did a OTA update last night and my Software Info says:
Android: 235 / Sense ver: 3.0 / Software No: 2.13.351.6 / Kernel: 2.8.35.10...Fri Oct 7 2011 / Baseband: 20.4801.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04_M,
it looks like theres a newer 235 out now.
I also tried both Orange UK and O2 UK SIM cards and both recieved a signal, so it looks like it is Virgin software installed but the phone itself is unlocked.
So Ill look at a more uptodate EU / UK firmare.
Many thanks and, I am new to the Desire S, so any other advice would be great
EDIT:
Do I have the latest one... File factory says their EU one (1month, 2 weeks) is 2.10.401.9.. is that correct?.

Which RUU
I have a Vodafone branded HTC desire s. I need a RUU to downgrade HBOOT, but I only see one option for RUU, which is RUU_Saga_Vodafone_UK_1.32.161.1_Radio_20.28b.30.0805U_38.03. I know this RUU is for Vodafone, but I'm scared of using it incase it changes my radio, i understand it shouldn't make it unusable, as its still on Vodafone, but I don't want to break my phone. My current radio version is 3822.10.08.04_M.
Any Vodafone users used this RUU? Success stories please :-D And any helpful comments

If you look at the Software No.the third group of numbers stands for the version:
Example 1.28.401.1, 1.47.401.4, 2.10.401.4, 2.10.401.5, 2.10.401.8
401 - clean European unbranded version
405 – World Wide English generic version
720 - version for India
707 - Asian version
111 - T-Mobile version
206 - O2 UK version
etc....
Going by you latest OTA your software No is 2.13.351.6 which would suggest that 351 stands for the Virgin UK version.
When using RUU’s (ROM Upgrade Utilities) they will only upgrade the Image version from one with an older Software Number to one with a newer Software Number. They will not downgrade (which I guess is why they are called what they are!) .
To downgraded your Hboot you need to look at the developers section where you will find plenty of guidance.
bjlabuk

bjlabuk said:
If you look at the Software No.the third group of numbers stands for the version:
Example 1.28.401.1, 1.47.401.4, 2.10.401.4, 2.10.401.5, 2.10.401.8
401 - clean European unbranded version
405 – World Wide English generic version
720 - version for India
707 - Asian version
111 - T-Mobile version
206 - O2 UK version
etc....
Going by you latest OTA your software No is 2.13.351.6 which would suggest that 351 stands for the Virgin UK version.
When using RUU’s (ROM Upgrade Utilities) they will only upgrade the Image version from one with an older Software Number to one with a newer Software Number. They will not downgrade (which I guess is why they are called what they are!) .
To downgraded your Hboot you need to look at the developers section where you will find plenty of guidance.
bjlabuk
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Looks like mine is outdated then. Many Thanks for the info bjlabuk. Ill make up a Gold Card. I also noticed My radio version is the same as EU 401, so thats great.
Is there any other download links apart from File Factory.. 28k/s (5 h) what a nightmare.
Also, Ive noticed my memory is quite full - only 125MB left.. Is that normal? I thought it had 768MB.
On the galaxy S, you can boot into a recovery mode to erase the Cache and OS partition and to remove old OS files, does the Desire S have something like that, Is that why my RAM is filled up, old files?.
Night

Radio
Thank you. I also wish to know if using the RUU listed In my previous post will mess with my radio, or will it not matter as it is still Vodafone?

[Q] My HOS got an FW update today 2012-05-08 (1.78.401.2)

Anyone else got the 1.78.401.2 FW update?
I have no clue of what it entails...

I also updated!
Installing ...

1.78.401.2 just came out today yet people are already requesting ROM's based on 1.78.401.2....

Also got the update (after manually checking for it) and installing as we speak.
Hope its fixing at least some of the numerous bugs (wireless, wifi, 3G issue, etc) that everybody has with (unbranded) HOS.
G.

I also haven't got any notification but based on this thread tried and am downloading right now - it's 59MB.
Will update the status since I'm among the network issues suffering customers...

Does it include a new baseband (radio)?

Nothing in the UK yet
I'm guessing you guys are all US HOS owners, no update in the UK yet. Are there any release notes?

I checked manually for updates and it worked.
HTC says only "system enhancements"
we will see...
@rboekee
i have the EU - version, unbranded that's the important thing...

Update is not working for those having a custom recovery installed...
After flashing the Stock Recovery with this wonderful One klick tool the Update is working just fine...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1604677&page=6
I had my Bootloader unlocked via HTCdev... Seems like an unlocked Bootloader has got nothing to do with this issue!
To keep your Phone rooted after the update, use OTA Rootkeeper from the Playstore!

rboekee said:
I'm guessing you guys are all US HOS owners, no update in the UK yet. Are there any release notes?
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I'm in the US.. Stumbled upon this thread and just manually checked my HOS for software updates but it says none :/
Hmm...

The Jones said:
Does it include a new baseband (radio)?
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there is a new base band: 0.16.31501S.17_2_10.23.315.01S.10L
BTW, It now includes also Hebrew T9 in the phone!!! (only if you change your phone language to Hebrew fully)

Just got mine at the weekend, have tried checking for an update there and theres nothing happening at the mo.
3 UK, sim locked, no root, no customer recovery.

I forgot to mention, I'm with a EU phone.
Sent from my HTC One S using XDA

orenfl said:
there is a new base band: 0.16.31501S.17_2_10.23.315.01S.10L
BTW, It now includes also Hebrew T9 in the phone!!! (only if you change your phone language to Hebrew fully)
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Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask, but can I flash the radio if I am dev-unlocked?

Seems like it's not available in the US yet? I tried checking in and then check for update but nothing. Asked the woman to do the same and no update for her either. I'm in Boston btw.
For those with the update in the US how is the signal? Is it jumping up and down still? I'm getting tired of this and tried everything so I'm hoping it's the radio firmware and not the hardware itself.
Sent from the One.

The update is only available for unbranded EU phones.
Edit:
It looks like Vodafone Germany has also released the update.

rboekee said:
I'm guessing you guys are all US HOS owners, no update in the UK yet. Are there any release notes?
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If you didn't know the HTC way of numbering their FW then I can tell you that the *.401.* designates the EU version (possibly the WW version too)...
And yes... I live in Sweden and my HOS is unbranded...

Yep just unbranded only..
Sent from the One.

Mine also an unbranded one.
As for the update itself, it seems that the radio issues are not yet solved.
3g/H issues are still here.
I did notice that on a certain place which has no reception, with the old radio I was still with reception signal though no actual reception was present, while with the new radio the reception really drops to no signal status.
Yet, as I mentioned, there data switches which are interfering to the data transfer are still here... :-(
Sent from my HTC One S using XDA

I can confirm as well that data issue still here H/3G still interrupting a contstand data stream.
Also can confirm that the signal is lower compared the previous update.
My HOS is EU unbranded.
I cannot see any Hebrew language added after the installation.

[Q] Mobile Data doesn't work.

Hi! I have really mysterious problem with my Moto G. I have Global GSM (because I live in Europe) , 16GB model purchased in US. Of course I'm running stock US ROM (4.4.2). Yesterday I purchased mobile data bundle from T-Mobile, then enabled it and everything was working fine for ~20 minutes. After that mobile data icon disappeared. Now every time when I try to enable mobile data icon does not appear and for example Chrome shows me that I'm offline. Is that because I'm running US ROM in Europe? Also if this is important I have little homescreen lag with stock launcher on US ROM but my friend with UK works really smooth. If so can i flash my US model to UK ROM without problems? Sorry for such dumb questions but I'm new to Android (I was running iOS before). I was searching whole Moto G forum but didn't find any familiar problem. Is there any reason or I need to flash/wipe?

I have a similar or maybe the same problem.
My mobile data drops every now and then. Most of the times it happens when I leave home in the morning. Somehow the switch from wifi at home to the mobile data does not happen and I am offline.
I did not find a solution yet other then rebooting the phone which brings back connectivity.
I found some threads in the internet where Kitkat users with different phones face similar issues, but no solution yet.
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=63524
http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/saOjkcCsPSo
I believe this must be a KitKat SW issue.
Or, maybe it is a Moto G issue, because I also ordered the international model in the US and use it in Malaysia, similar to what you did. Still I tend towards a SW issue in KitKat.
I will monitor this problem and post as soon as I have a solution.

The problem is you didn't just flash the US 4.4.2 ROM, you also flashed the US MODEM firmware which is included in the Stock Firmware Images. I was having something similar happen on a UK handset with US ROM / MODEM firmware. Flashing the UK 4.4.2 Firmware Image here solved it. I suggest you don't flash another region's Modem firmware.
FYI: Custom ROMs don't normally change the Modem firmware.

Just for my understanding:
In the US there are two versions to purchase, the "US" and the "International" version.
Since I live in Malaysia I ordered the "International" version, I suppose the thread starter did the same. Would this problem still affect us??

Since I doubt Motorola will do anything, you could experiment yourself. There is a Retail Asian Stock firmware image you could try flashing and see if things improve. Also there is now a 4.4.2 Stock Retail EU firmware image.
Asian Stock Retail firmware image (4.3):
http://sbf.droid-developers.org/download.php?device=14&file=796​
EU Stock Retail firmware image (4.4.2):
http://www.filefactory.com/file/15a....4.2_KLB20.9-1.10-1.9_cid7_CFC_1FF_v8.xml.zip​

Robx34 said:
Hi! I have really mysterious problem with my Moto G. I have Global GSM (because I live in Europe) , 16GB model purchased in US. Of course I'm running stock US ROM (4.4.2). Yesterday I purchased mobile data bundle from T-Mobile, then enabled it and everything was working fine for ~20 minutes. After that mobile data icon disappeared. Now every time when I try to enable mobile data icon does not appear and for example Chrome shows me that I'm offline. Is that because I'm running US ROM in Europe? Also if this is important I have little homescreen lag with stock launcher on US ROM but my friend with UK works really smooth. If so can i flash my US model to UK ROM without problems? Sorry for such dumb questions but I'm new to Android (I was running iOS before). I was searching whole Moto G forum but didn't find any familiar problem. Is there any reason or I need to flash/wipe?
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Just flash a new radio. You can download radios from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2649763

Xperia XA (Us Warranty) no LTE service

Good day all, hope I'm on the right place/post here.
Wondering if someone can help, I've purchased a Xperia XA F3113 via Amazon from SA.
Phone works 99.9%, the other 0.01% is my issue.
To start with all the settings are set to LTE(Preferred)/WCDMA/GSM, my carrier Vodacom has sent and verified that my sim is LTE activated (Used the same sim on other phones with LTE present)
Here's everything I did to resolve the problem....
1- Phone came from USA with android 6 and no LTE signal just 3g (In a 4G environment)
2- Vodacom sent settings and confirmed. did not work
3- Spoke to Sony and they suggested I upgrade software
4- Upgraded software via Sony Companion to Nougat Android 7
5- Vodacom re-send the LTE settings still no luck.
6- If I search the mobile networks it only finds 3g-Vodacom, 2g-Vodacom, MTN, Cell C NO LTE on any network. Screen shot Attached....
7- Think I've reached Google's end of their information network (searched everything)
OK so now I'm thinking I want to flash/re-install ROM/Firmware with SA (South African) settings due to different Base band versions.
I came across a link but are not allowed to post it yet due to my 1ste post on you're site. But the ink only have the "(F3112_1302-4393_33.3.A.0.127-R1B_Customized_SA.ftf)" for model F3112 dual sim and apparently it wont work on the F3113 single sim....
Google this: 2017/06/xperia-xa-android-7-0-nougat-firmware
Can Anyone maybe help or have some suggestions except for returning the phone.....?
Thnx

Henlou said:
Good day all, hope I'm on the right place/post here.
Wondering if someone can help, I've purchased a Xperia XA F3113 via Amazon from SA.
Phone works 99.9%, the other 0.01% is my issue.
To start with all the settings are set to LTE(Preferred)/WCDMA/GSM, my carrier Vodacom has sent and verified that my sim is LTE activated (Used the same sim on other phones with LTE present)
Here's everything I did to resolve the problem....
1- Phone came from USA with android 6 and no LTE signal just 3g (In a 4G environment)
2- Vodacom sent settings and confirmed. did not work
3- Spoke to Sony and they suggested I upgrade software
4- Upgraded software via Sony Companion to Nougat Android 7
5- Vodacom re-send the LTE settings still no luck.
6- If I search the mobile networks it only finds 3g-Vodacom, 2g-Vodacom, MTN, Cell C NO LTE on any network. Screen shot Attached....
7- Think I've reached Google's end of their information network (searched everything)
OK so now I'm thinking I want to flash/re-install ROM/Firmware with SA (South African) settings due to different Base band versions.
I came across a link but are not allowed to post it yet due to my 1ste post on you're site. But the ink only have the "(F3112_1302-4393_33.3.A.0.127-R1B_Customized_SA.ftf)" for model F3112 dual sim and apparently it wont work on the F3113 single sim....
Google this: 2017/06/xperia-xa-android-7-0-nougat-firmware
Can Anyone maybe help or have some suggestions except for returning the phone.....?
Thnx
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Hi, I think that it will not solve your problem. Did not you asked yourself why Sony sell 3 differents single sim device (F3111, F3113 and F3115)?
Look here and "Networks":
http://www.xperiablog.net/specifications/2016-xperias/xperia-xa/
And if I look here Vodacom SA uses LTE B3 for 4G:
https://www.frequencycheck.com/carriers/vodacom-south-africa
To confirm your problem if you look here you will see that only F3111 and F3115 will have 4G on Vodacom SA:
https://www.frequencycheck.com/carr...eria+XA+&q[device_brand_id_eq]=&commit=Search
Be careful next time you buy a device

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Hi, I think that it will not solve your problem. Did not you asked yourself why Sony sell 3 differents single sim device (F3111, F3113 and F3115)?
Look here and "Networks":
And if I look here Vodacom SA uses LTE B3 for 4G:
To confirm your problem if you look here you will see that only F3111 and F3115 will have 4G on Vodacom SA:
Be careful next time you buy a device
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Hi there, i see what you mean, like u said, check and make sure next time, haha. Thank you in anycase. Just a quick question, if i flash it with 4g compatible device ROM like F3111 or F3115 u think it will work?

Henlou said:
Hi there, i see what you mean, like u said, check and make sure next time, haha. Thank you in anycase. Just a quick question, if i flash it with 4g compatible device ROM like F3111 or F3115 u think it will work?
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You can try but it will probably brick your device or Flashtool will not let you flash it (never tested). Firmwares are not unified probably for a good reason. Maybe an other user can confirm if it works or not

rrvuhpg said:
You can try but it will probably brick your device or Flashtool will not let you flash it (never tested). Firmwares are not unified probably for a good reason. Maybe an other user can confirm if it works or not
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I came accros this: u will have to google, (the link thing)
techgainer.com/change-fake-android-device-model-number-and-brand-name/
See the note further down, wonder if it will work.....
"Note: Your network operator will see your fake model and vendor":fingers-crossed:

Henlou said:
I came accros this: u will have to google, (the link thing)
techgainer.com/change-fake-android-device-model-number-and-brand-name/
See the note further down, wonder if it will work.....
"Note: Your network operator will see your fake model and vendor":fingers-crossed:
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I don't want to break your hopes but the problem is not your network provider so changing some lines in build.prop will not enable LTE Band 3 on your device. It's a modem feature (or maybe related to modem firmware if you are lucky) so it's on the hardware side of your phone. You can try but I know the result The better way is to know if modem chips are same on all XA Single Sim and, if yes, try to flash the modem firmware from a F3111 or F3115.

Cool, will investigate and try that. Thank a lot

Henlou said:
Hi there, i see what you mean, like u said, check and make sure next time, haha. Thank you in anycase. Just a quick question, if i flash it with 4g compatible device ROM like F3111 or F3115 u think it will work?
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Flashing ROMs from F3111 or F3115 to F3113 is not a good idea. Like @rrvuhpg said it can brick your device. My advice is to send it back and ask for different model (if they have it, because you have warranty). There is also a possibility to change just baseband, but I don't have expirience in extracting baseband. I remember that when I used Huawei G510 I flashed MIUI rom with Chinese baseband and then developer added one small .zip file to flash it for other regions and it worked (but I changed that ROM because it takes too much resources for a that phone). So try contacting some senior developer or google for it, but do this if you can't change your phone, because you will lose warranty if you root phone.

Thank you guys I will definitively try some of you're advice's, thanks again....... Will give feedback asap. have a good one..

How much signal do you have? J700

Hi guys! Can you tell me how much signal do you have? I tried flashing three different modem.bin from Stock Roms trying to getting a better signal, because I have a bad signal, and I didn't have lucky.
My signal is: -99 dbm 41 asu (just 2 bars or one).
Do you have the same signal?
Im trying to guess if it's a software problem (Custom ROM, modem.bin etc), a Mobile Network Operator problem or a Hardware problem (something broken or idk).
Thanks!
PS: I have a Samsung J7 2015 (J700m)

The problem, I guess, is software. But not what you think - not the roms.
Backup your data - sms, contacts, messages etc, and full wipe and then flash the latest stock firmware via Odin.
This will give you the latest radio software. Maybe this will work better. :good:
On the Samsung site the latest J700M firmware is 700MUBU2BRxx depending on country. E.g. xx for Brazil is C2, for Mexico D1, Chile A1.
Download from updato.com your country specific firmware; link below.
J700M stock firmware on updato.com
Good luck!

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The problem, I guess, is software. But not what you think - not the roms.
Backup your data - sms, contacts, messages etc, and full wipe and then flash the latest stock firmware via Odin.
This will give you the latest radio software. Maybe this will work better. :good:
On the Samsung site the latest J700M firmware is 700MUBU2BRxx depending on country. E.g. xx for Brazil is C2, for Mexico D1, Chile A1.
Download from updato.com your country specific firmware; link below.
J700M stock firmware on updato.com
Good luck!
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Hi bro, thanks for the answer!
Alright, I'll try. Im downloading J700MUBU2BRA1 (Im from Argentina) and I'll flash it via ODIN. After that, I'll come back here to tell you if it works.
Just 2 more questions:
1) Im downloading the "ARO" Version. Its okay? My phone is Factory Unlock. I saw "Claro" and "Movistar" versions, and they are Mobile Network Operator, but I don't Know what its ARO or ANC.
2) After flashing the Stock Firmware, I can back to EnigmaUX or other custom rom right? Without losing the fix, assuming this helped me.
Thanks! Have a nice day :good:

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Cherno87 said:
Hi bro, thanks for the answer!
Alright, I'll try. Im downloading J700MUBU2BRA1 (Im from Argentina) and I'll flash it via ODIN. After that, I'll come back here to tell you if it works.
Just 2 more questions:
1) Im downloading the "ARO" Version. Its okay? My phone is Factory Unlock. I saw "Claro" and "Movistar" versions, and they are Mobile Network Operator, but I don't Know what its ARO or ANC.
ARO looks good. I think its the generic firmware for Argentina (as opposed to Carrier specific, with maybe customization, bloatware, locked apn etc)
2) After flashing the Stock Firmware, I can back to EnigmaUX or other custom rom right? Without losing the fix, assuming this helped me.
Yes. You'll have to reinstall TWRP first
Latest TWRP v3.2.3.0 is here Official TWRP page for J700 M/F/H exynos
Thanks! Have a nice day :good:
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Thanks for trying man! But this didn't work.
Not just after flashing a Custom Rom, even with Stock Firmaware I had bad signal, and now with Xperience OS Too. See attached screenshots :crying:

Hmmm ........
Maybe you're just in an area with a weak signal.
Have you ever seen a stronger LTE signal right there?
Try this to analyze the LTE signals around you.
Advanced LTE Discovery on Google Playstore
At least you have the latest Radio for your fon.

dodo2244 said:
Hmmm ........
Maybe you're just in an area with a weak signal.
Have you ever seen a stronger LTE signal right there?
Try this to analyze the LTE signals around you.
Advanced LTE Discovery on Google Playstore
At least you have the latest Radio for your fon.
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Maybe, as I thought, its a Hardware problem... because I have a tower near my house, less than 100 meters (328 feet or 109 yards). It's weird... tomorrow comes a friend who also have a J7 but full stock, never root or anything, I'll see how much signal she have.