I've got an HTC Magic (on the UK network Vodafone) and I currently have Amon Ra's recovery and the latest Cyanogen. However, I think there's something wrong with my phone as I can't receive calls (had the same problem on Dwang so it must be the hardware)
So I want to unroot it and load the stock Google 1.5 or 1.6 ROM onto it. I used 'flashrec' to flash the recovery image so I assume I can also use that to flash the backup image it made. However, I don't have the stock/Google 1.5 or 1.6 ROM. Where can I acquire this from?
Will doing these steps get me back to stock? (So I can return the phone, or see if the problem persists)
Or, does anyone have a nandroid backup of their UK Vodafone HTC Magic?
Had no luck PMing others who said they have it. Anyone at all?
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The Three Network (recently bought by Vodafone here in Australia) released the Desire HD with a ?slightly different ROM to Vodafone. It has a higher build number and includes the customary links to "Planet 3" services. After installing Paul's unofficial clockworkmod, I did a factory reset and then used clockworkmod recovery mode to backup the ROM (so there's no personal info in the data image file). I'm completely new to Android, but I was thinking along the lines that Three Network customers might want the option of getting their device back to stock condition (after messing with it like I did). I know these factory roms can be regarded as 'bloated', so I doubt other Androphiles will be interested in flashing it. Well done to Paul and the other Desire HD developers on Modaco and XDA developers. The link is:
http://rapidshare.com/files/4316185...8b.60.140eU_26.03.02.26_M_Clockwork-BACKUP.7z
MD5: 784020B4697024E75BA2B7E9BDC5EB09
Hey, i am a Three Australia DHD user as well, I was wondering with this ROM, does it flash the HBOOT to S-ON as well? Or is there a method for me to flash back my Hboot to S-ON if required?
No. The rom is S-off. I had to install ENG HBOOT (S-OFF) in order to install clockworkmod and make the backup. Happy Three Networking . I think (but am not sure) that you can use the "DHD script for flashing hboot" found elsewhere on this forum from Android terminal emulator to restore your original HBOOT (as long as you made a back up of it when you first used that script to flash the Eng hboot).
The script I referred to above is available here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835746
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I am on Vodafone Au and have slightly older build as described by OP. The major issue that I noticed was my cousin's Three one doenst have proximity issue that I have during calls.
I'm looking for a fix.
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I am Vodafone Au and have slightly older build as described by OP. The major user that I noticed was my cousin's Three one doenst have proximity issue that I have during calls.
I'm looking for a fix.
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You could flash my Three rom. Before you do that, make a note of your Vodafone APN's (Settings -> Wireless and Networks -> Mobile Networks -> Access Point Names). After flashing the Three rom, you'll need to change the APNs (which were 3services on the Three Network) to Vodafone's equivalent. In order to flash the rom, you'll need Paul's Visionary permaroot and clockwork recovery (the Restore option). As they say on the threads, all at your own risk.
On second thoughts, go with LeeDroid, if your gonna flash a new rom
... And consider buying him a beer.
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You could flash my Three rom. Before you do that, make a note of your Vodafone APN's (Settings -> Wireless and Networks -> Mobile Networks -> Access Point Names). After flashing the Three rom, you'll need to change the APNs (which were 3services on the Three Network) to Vodafone's equivalent. In order to flash the rom, you'll need Paul's Visionary permaroot and clockwork recovery (the Restore option). As they say on the threads, all at your own risk.
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Thanks mate for updating me with where the rooting and rom application status is on DHD. I was basically after a stock (clean/unbranded) rom with no tweaks. I think in my recent Android phones, DHD probably has the best factory rom.
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Thanks mate for updating me with where the rooting and rom application status is on DHD. I was basically after a stock (clean/unbranded) rom with no tweaks. I think in my recent Android phones, DHD probably has the best factory rom.
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My Planet 3 rom is a backup of a 'stock' rom (made using clockworkmod recovery's nandroid backup feature), with no tweaks or user data added. So, you could use it. You'd need to follow the method described above though. You need clockworkmod recovery in order to restore it.
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Hello.
I also have a 3 mobile Desire HD here in australia. I am having a little trouble. Was wondering if you's could help.
I want to load a different rom. Leedroid or Defrost. Not sure yet but i am struggling.
I have used visionary r14 to permaroot the phone. I have done a backup with titanium and i have rom manager. This is where i get stuck.
All the stuff i have read does not make this really clear. I want to make a backup of the rom that is loaded just incase i ever want to turn it all back.
I go into rom manager and i click on Backup Current ROM
phone reboots and a pic of the phone comes up and it has a red ? above it. phone restarts and nothing happens.
I am unsure what to do and where to go from here.
Any help would be great.
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Doesent matter. I got it sorted and was able to do a backup.
Took me a while but got there. Has anybody put on a different rom yet like either of the ones i have mentioned?
Hi jonkers71
Rom manager does not work for the desire HD yet. The guy who writes the rom manager app also writes the 'official' clockwork mod recovery. Paul's clockworkmod for the desire HD is not supported yet by rom manager. By the way, Paul is the same guy who wrote visionary. My file is a backup of a blank planet 3 rom, so you can keep it as a backup. You need Paul's clockwork mod installed (after you root your phone) in order to make backups and do restores. Clockwork mod does exactly the same thing as rom manager except it runs after you take the battery out, put it back in, and boot while pressing volume down. It runs in text mode (like a dos program or a BIOS in a PC). Its really simple. Just choose backup or restore. Most custom roms are installed using clockworkmods 'install from zip' option. See the tutorial thread by Paul which tells you how to install clocmworkmod. Its by far the easiest way to install, backup and restore roms. The backup command backs up all your data too. This is also a more reliable backup in most situations than titanium because its a bit like a ghost or acronis disk image in a PC.
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just edited first post.
Was able to get it up and running. Just wasnt reading the info correctly.
Is there any way of installing leedroid or defrost then after i have the back up?
Follow the tutorial on rooting the phone and installing 'eng hboot' (which is simply a text based menu that appears when you boot the phone while pressing volume down). Install Paul's clockwork mod using his tutorial. Download leedroids rom and put it on your SD card. Turn off the phone by pressing power for 2 secs and selecting turn off. Take the battery out. Put it back in. Press and keep pressing volume down, while you tap the power button. A text menu appears, select 'recovery', then select 'install from zip'. 2 minutes later you have a new rom. Select reboot from the menu.
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Thanks for the info. Was pretty sure i knew how to do it. ran into a slight snag though and thats why i asked.
Guess it works better when you have the right rom to flash. hahaha. anyways all on and running now.
yep leedroid 1.2, 1.3, 1.3a and just now 1.4.
I am on 3 network also.
A couple of family have DHD from 3 with stock roms and they are shockingly slow.
Hey guys i am in need of help. I am getting terrible battery life with cm7 because every radio i try gives me bad reception for wifi and singal causing a greater battery drain could anyone recommend the best radio for cm7 gingerbread?
By the way my location is Australia Victoria if that is any help. Thanks in advance
has anyone got 2.37.861.8 ota yet? if so could someone please post it? A rooted version would be nice
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has anyone got 2.37.861.8 ota yet? if so could someone please post it? A rooted version would be nice
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hi Guys i am after the ship rom for this 3 aus to revive a dead DHD.
thanks in advanced
I just rooted my evo 4g last week but I have not done anything to it yet. I have installed a few apps like Rom Manager, wifi tether, and a few others.
I wanted to do some reading before I tried to do anything else to minimize the chances of breaking my new toy
I have been told to flash amonRA, that it is better than clockwork and it will give me the nand backup that clockwork doesn't.
I have also been told that you can just simply do this through rom manager, at the bottom, by flashing alternate recovery.
Do I need to know anything else before doing this?
does this get rid of clockwork or just ad another recovery to chose from?
After I flash a recovery image, and before I try flashing a new rom, probably mikfroyo 4.4 based on what I have read, is there anything that you would suggest?
Hi Guys I just bought a Spring Evo 4G that has Gingerbread 2.3 and Cyanagen Mod 7.03. Will I be able to activate this w/ Sprint? The seller says it is a clean ESN. Or will I have to restore this (how?) to activate it?
Thanks for the help!!
As long as the esn is clean, you should be fine. The things needed to activate a phone on your account are the imei, min, mdn, etc. These are independent of the rom. Since the imei is already in Sprint's system, you might even be able to do it yourself (though perhaps not a good idea if you have the insurance).
I thought so too, although the seller told me I would have to flash to stock rom...
Something else just occurred to me. If you take the phone to a Sprint store to activate it, I can imagine the rep being less than enthusiastic about programming a phone with non-standard software. For that matter, I'm not certain that cyanogen includes the programming menu required to edit these codes for activation. I'll update when I learn more.
Edit: The epst app which does the phone programming is not compatible with cm7, as far as I can tell. So he's right. You will have to revert to stock to activate it.
When I first bought my hero it was using cyanogenmod, I had to flash back to the original rom to be able to activate it.
Just make a nandroid backup & flash the stock rooted rom. After activation you can just restore from your nandroid backup or flash another rom.
I'd suggest the odexed version of stock. If you're taking it in, go ahead and flash the latest update that came out yesterday so they don't try to update it for you.
(from... Evo/MIUI/Tapatalk)
Like was said....simple nandroid the current setup and flash the latest OTA-Rooted update.
Once you get it set up the simply nandroid the stock ROM (Just in case) and restore to the CM7 setup.
I am from Canada and i am a noob so i was plyaing around with my phone earlier today when i installed a "bad" rom. Since i am from Canada, my phone is a i9020T, it is a Nexus S 4G, and any other info you would like, i would love to give it to you. So when i installed the bad rom, it put me on a whole other carrer called sprint, which is in the United States only so my phone is currently useless. I would just LOVE to go back to my stock rom and just go back to normal, and never flash any more roms again, its very scary. Please CAN ANYONE HELP!!! I NEED MY PHONE!
i9020T is not the 4G (CDMA), it is the T-Mobile (HSDPA 900/1700/2100) version. There is no need to go back to pure stock, just keep this in mind next time - you want that radio (which is the same as the i9023).
To answer your question though, go to this thread in the general section (stickied) and download your preferred version of i9020T FULL ROM. I'd recommend 2.3.6 (gingerbread) or 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest but possibly a -few- bugs, though i havn't found any). Download these, put them on your sdcard and flash them in recovery. I'd highly recommend doing a factory data reset, format /system and format /boot. Do this first, and then without rebooting flash the rom from the sdcard.
You should be up and running in no time, this is just a learning experience
My phone is 9020t. It is a Verizon galaxy nexus.
This is common theme tonight on the forum. Don't know what phone you have. Flash things anyways ....
It didnt work it keeps coming up as status 7 error! i cant flash anything! well i can flash this 1 rom but for some reason that one works and these dont! PLEASE HELP!
kwiboo-ics-v3-crespo4g.zip
That is the file i am able to flash but i cant flash the ones you told me too .
Update your clockworkmod recovery. Then flash a working radio.
you are going to need to use fastboot and flash a stock i9020t rom and radio. If you do not understand what I am telling you....do some reading.....
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Update your clockworkmod recovery (fastboot flash recovery recovery.img), you can get it from clockworkmod.com/rommanager. Download the Nexus S variant. After this you should be able to flash it.
Hi,
I just sent my One S to Vodafone because of the chipping issue (it wasn't very much but if they change it it would be nice) and I expect to get a new flashed phone back from them.
At the moment I have (or more had) the Virtuos 1.4.0 Rom installed because I kinda like the Sense look&feel more than the AOSP way but I wanted to have the 3-dot menu mod.
As the Mod is now available for odexed 1.78 ROMs and the Virtuos ROM isn't updated I'm thinking about keeping the stock ROM, clean it in parts with the ROM Cleaner and then apply the Mod (and maybe some other also) to still get OTA Updates.
My Question now is: What does the phone need to get the OTA Updates?
Somewhere I read that it would need the default recovery, is this true? and what else does it need? I want to have CWM to make nandroids etc. - would it be necessary to unlock the bootloader, flash CWM and reflash the default recovery if there are OTAs?
Also I'm thinking about changing the phone from a branded Vodafone one to the default HTC Eu version like this. Does this make it possible to receive OTA from HTC after flashing an RUU and what do I have to consider?
With an official ruu (eg. EU) you should always get updates. Although devs update moreoften.
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With an official ruu (eg. EU) you should always get updates. Although devs update moreoften.
Sent from my HTC One S using XDA
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Thank you for the answer!
But what can you modify and still get OTA Updates? I'm thinking as said about if the CWM as Recovery etc. affects the "OTA-Ability"
You need stock recovery, Stock ROM, All the stock bloatware. you may even need re locked bootloader.
its easier to run an RUU or wait for ROM devs to include the update into the ROM
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You need stock recovery, Stock ROM, All the stock bloatware. you may even need re locked bootloader.
its easier to run an RUU or wait for ROM devs to include the update into the ROM
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Okay, so no chance to modify it a little bit without affecting the OTA ability
I have a nandroid of the default ROM so then I think I should be able to make an OTA by restoring the nandroid, flashing the signed stock recovery and then give it a try?! - As said the Phone is brandet so flashing a RUU would be a little bit more riskier
Mh... I'll just try it when the net OTA is there
My Problem now just is that the Virtuos ROM isn't up to date and every other ROM doesn't fit my needs
The MoDaCo is very "*****y" (doesn't want to boot sometimes) and misses the "Facebook for HTC Sense" and "Twitter for HTC Sense" apps...
Oh and if somebody is interested:
I got my phone changed without any discussion from Vodafone. They just sent me a new one and the delivery boy took my old back to Vodafone.
you could certainly try the Nandroid way ! lots have people have successfully done it this way