ok let me get this straight some of u guys are getting confused.....
ok me and the op ...flashed the new damage control rom (with ota update)
and i also flashed the wiimax update from (calkulin)
as u guys know this update screwed alot of peoples 4g....
so even after flashing or restoring the 4g wouldnt work/..
so only way to get the 4g orking was to downgrade that 1.47 wii max update i repeat (calkulins)because that screwed up the 4g ,but since the stock rom has 1.32 and we had 1.47 we couldnt run the exe .....
so we did the steps below to get the 4g working aghain....so this is onlky if u upgraded calkulins wiimax and screwed up ur 4g.Hope it helps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=701835
i followed these steps and instead of using adb like it says in the link i used android terminal to run the comand that starts in adb like in the link but insteas of adb this is what i used typed (su) with android terminal
start it with (su) as you see down here
su
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
chmod 755 /data/flash_image
/data/flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd-eng.img
after i typed that in the android terminal i put in the pc36img.zip in my root of sd card
then
hold volume down + power to boot into hboot
- it should now find and verify the PC36IMG.zip on the root of your sdcard. itll show a blue status bar on the top right of the screen.
- after a minute or so it will ask u if u wanna flash SAY YES
- affter it flashes the PC36IMG.zip it will ask if you wanna reboot. SAY YES
then
After if finally boots you should see HTC quietly brilliant which hangs forever but it should eventually get past it. Once it does you will have the oldest everything.
then all i did was htc sync and then run the original stock rom wich i got from here wich is the first link
http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Supersonic/
then Perefect done hope to Help and special thanks to
JOcampo86
Tundricles
!OP!
Toastcfh
Thanks to those Guys that with all their stuff i put this together an dit works if you wanna go to stock or flash a Custom ROM from Scratch Hope It Helps!
Bookmarking this for when I get home
Im a Happy camper now
works for me im currently in stock an di updated to the newest upgrade for stock and im just gunna wait till something stable comes out
I dont get it. If you already are rooted with the stock and want to go to anything all you need to do is wipe and flash. If you want to go to a non rooted stock all you need to do is download the stock you want and run the exe. Why go through all of this?
webs05 said:
I dont get it. If you already are rooted with the stock and want to go to anything all you need to do is wipe and flash. If you want to go to a non rooted stock all you need to do is download the stock you want and run the exe. Why go through all of this?
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to go back to non-root stock just install the supersonic old file.
Let me explain....he flashed calkulin Wii max update Nd broke his 4g ..so every custom Rom or stock 4g wouldn't work,,,so he wanted to go back to stock but couldn't run the executive shipped .1 or .6 because he was getting the usb error or bootloader timed out ..because the stock exe us 1.39 n calkulins wiimax update is 1.47 so he had to downgrade to go back to stock......get it.....
webs05 said:
I dont get it. If you already are rooted with the stock and want to go to anything all you need to do is wipe and flash. If you want to go to a non rooted stock all you need to do is download the stock you want and run the exe. Why go through all of this?
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civic4982 said:
+1
to go back to non-root stock just install the supersonic old file.
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I am trying to go back to stock ROM from non-rooted 1.47.651.1, is that possible. I have read and read threads and I am now pretty confused??
The OP was probably not in the true sense of having the OTA applied because when he typed "su", he should have gotten an access denied because with the OTA applied, you can't get root access. I tried what he said worked for him and it all produces a permission denied.
Edgie311 said:
I am trying to go back to stock ROM from non-rooted 1.47.651.1, is that possible. I have read and read threads and I am now pretty confused??
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right now, not possible. Enjoy the great battery for now. I'm sure someone will come up with something.
$ cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
cannot create /data/flash_image: permission denied
Now what?
start by typing
su
cat \etc
brownhornet said:
$ cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
cannot create /data/flash_image: permission denied
Now what?
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ok let me get this straight some of u guys are getting confused.....
ok me and the op ...flashed the new damage control rom (with ota update)
and we also flashed the wiimax update from (calkulin)
as u guys know this update screwed alot of pples 4g....
so even after flashing or restoring the 4g wouldnt work/..
so only way to get the 4g orking was to downgrade that 1.47 wii max update i repeat (calkulins)because that screwed up the 4g ,but since the stock rom has 1.32 and we had 1.47 we couldnt run the exe .....
so we did the steps above to get the 4g working aghain....so this is onlky if u upgraded calkulins wiimax anbd screwed up ur 4g......
This worked for me to go back to stock. Thank you!
Also, I can connect to 4G after flashing the shipped RUU. Make sure to say NO! to the OTA update it wants to DL. That hasn't been rooted once applied yet.
I think I get it, but for my own curiosity sake... once you flash a radio update and wimax update you can't flash stock? I was under the impression that stock would flash a radio, and ROM and wipe over anything pre-existing. Except if an OTA was applied.
Any idea if this would fix those that flashed the unrevoked update as well?
Anyone who lost 4G doing unrevoked try yet?
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Ok ...no u can't flash back to stock if u flash Wiimax update and radio...but we only flashed the wiimax update not the radio because calkulins released a wiimax update only first,,well a lot of users flashed it ,and it broke the 4g on almost all of us who flashed it..so how can u update a lower image....get it. Update 1.47 img to 1.32 ...?so there was a need to downgrade to get the stock back with out the wiimax update..so this is wa we dis to downgrade
webs05 said:
I think I get it, but for my own curiosity sake... once you flash a radio update and wimax update you can't flash stock? I was under the impression that stock would flash a radio, and ROM and wipe over anything pre-existing. Except if an OTA was applied.
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I flashed Neo's wimax and radio...so I'm pretty much screwed?
krosemm said:
I flashed Neo's wimax and radio...so I'm pretty much screwed?
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I may have also I forgot but I have 4G but right now it connects and disconnects seconds after so It may work or i may have a weak signal. Trying would not hurt
Shadow591 said:
I may have also I forgot but I have 4G but right now it connects and disconnects seconds after so It may work or i may have a weak signal. Trying would not hurt
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Yep I just noticed that. I felt the biggest relief when I saw the 4G icon but it keeps dropping...What up with that?
Btw I'm in downtown Chicago so I'm flooded with 4G.
krosemm said:
Yep I just noticed that. I felt the biggest relief when I saw the 4G icon but it keeps dropping...What up with that?
Btw I'm in downtown Chicago so I'm flooded with 4G.
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Mine also so I updated my PRL and Profile so I'm crossing my fingers so far, BTW Kansas City, 10 minutes from Sprint campus
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Hello
THIS THREAD IS OBSOLETE. PLEASE CLOSE.
YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO ROOT DIRECTLY FROM 1.32.651.6 WITHOUT DOWNGRADING.
EDIT:
This is only confirmed to work with 1.32.651.6.
Refer to toast's reply below to understand why it might not work with other versions.
STEPS IF YOU WANT TO DOWNGRADE FROM STOCK .6 to STOCK .1 (NO ROOT)
1. I installed the latest RUU 1.32.651.6 found in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695604
2. And I was able to downgrade back to the original one found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=685835
IF YOU WANT TO ROOT YOUR STOCK .6, JUST DO THE FOLLOWING:
3. Then did toast's root tutorial and got to the recovery and everything:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=690762
4. And am back to the rooted 1.32.651.1 with the ability to get to recovery and flash roms:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=693980
On step 2, the RUU was not able to reboot my device into the bootloader. So I booted into the bootloader myself (hold vol down + power on) then plug in the usb, select fastboot and then start the RUU from the PC. It installed like a champ and brought me back to 1.32.651.1.
Hope this helps everyone who decided to upgrade.
perfect!!! thanks for doing all this, testing and documenting your process. i was concerned with being limited between which versions, root process, recovery versions, etc.
this is great to know and should remove any doubts/concerns anybody has about jumping into the fray of flashing/experimenting/developing!
Yeah I had the ota RUU 1.32.651.6 installed, then found a method close to toasts method, rooted, flashes flipz stock rom, flash radio update, back to 1.32.651.1 with the radio update, still rooted!!! I even tried the froyo rom and thought it was cool, but waiting on more functionality version, so flashed back to stock rom, still rooted! Even thing works great (no 4g in my area so dont know about that.)
It's not that the current ruus won't allow u to downgrade. It's that every time u flash a newer ruu, u are gambling with root. Go look at the Eris and hero forums and u will see. I'm not gonna promote the flashing of ruus because I know what can happen. I have a eng ruu that is older and it can not be flashed because the mainversion is lower then the current mainversion. My goal is to inform everyone of the risks involve in flashing the newer ruus. The fact of not being able to downgrade isn't something I made up. U are just lucky that the newest ruus don't set the mainversion past the bootloader limit for downgrading.
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I remember we were told excessives flashes can cause problems but with my htc diamond for the past year i was ruu updating weekly using different roms with their latest releases on my diamond is still going strong.. i like to say its user specific but i could be wrong
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toastcfh said:
U are just lucky that the newest ruus don't set the mainversion past the bootloader limit for downgrading.
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appreciate your feedback, knowledge and experience toast.
seems like the most accurate way to state this is flashing a newer RUU puts the EVO at risk of not being able to downgrade (or use root, wifi tether, custom ROMs, etc)
hopefully we will be able to detect when this change takes place, by md5sum on hboot.img and compare to previous versions. it didnt seem to change between .1 and .6 . hopefully it wont change in the future! once the md5sum changes, i'd say the risk of not being able to downgrade increases significantly!
although, ive only had an HTC phone with android for 3 days now, i could def be wrong in my analysis ...
I mean it could be the .1 and .6 doesn't matter. But idk
joeykrim said:
appreciate your feedback, knowledge and experience toast.
seems like the most accurate way to state this is flashing a newer RUU puts the EVO at risk of not being able to downgrade (or use root, wifi tether, custom ROMs, etc)
hopefully we will be able to detect when this change takes place, by md5sum on hboot.img and compare to previous versions. it didnt seem to change between .1 and .6 . hopefully it wont change in the future! once the md5sum changes, i'd say the risk of not being able to downgrade increases significantly!
although, ive only had an HTC phone with android for 3 days now, i could def be wrong in my analysis ...
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I flashed the .6 through running ruu .exe,I havn't root my phone yet,can I run the unrevoke.apk to root then install wifi tether pre14 ?will this work?thanks.
So, semi-floating off topic. It turns out that ultimately the unrevoked root doesn't really do much, and apparently isn't enough for custom roms... if I was going to want to flash something custom, would I need to FIRST follow this guide to downgrade, THEN perform toasts root?
tl;dr - does toasts root work on .6?
2kmy477 said:
I flashed the .6 through running ruu .exe,I havn't root my phone yet,can I run the unrevoke.apk to root then install wifi tether pre14 ?will this work?thanks.
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yes, it work for me.
tkhan02 said:
yes, it work for me.
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Thank you.Will try when I get hone from work tonite.
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FuManChuu said:
So, semi-floating off topic. It turns out that ultimately the unrevoked root doesn't really do much, and apparently isn't enough for custom roms... if I was going to want to flash something custom, would I need to FIRST follow this guide to downgrade, THEN perform toasts root?
tl;dr - does toasts root work on .6?
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Yeah - if you are on .6, just do steps 2 and 3 then flash whatever rom u want using toast's recovery
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I installed Sprint's official .6 by mistake, but was able to do steps 1 and 2 of your guide. I can see I'm in version .1 in my phone settings. However, when trying to follow toast's instructions from your step 3, I can't even do "adb push". When I do "adb devices", it doesn't see the phone. So I manually copied the PC36IMG.zip to the SD by mounting the USB and went into Fastboot. It did see the ZIP file and scanned (blue progress bar on the right). It actually looked like it scanned it twice, but, at the end, I didn't get an option to flash it. It just went back to the original 4-option fastboot menu. What am I doing wrong?
Re: [howto] downgrade from OTA 1.32.651.6
Sounds like it fails when it checks the rom. Make sure htc sync is installed on your pc then boot the phone, connect it and instead of charge only, select htc sync. Then, do the adb push stuff and try again.
And dont go to fastboot this time, just boot and wait and it should ask you whether to flash or not
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Ok so I haven't rooted yet, but installed the OTA .6 update...can I still back up and get my root abilities back?
Can I ?
I have a stock Sprint Evo no root no nothing. Ive notice horrible battery life with .6 OTA.. Can I do step 2 without being rooted? I just want the original sprint before OTA.. Sorry for the ignorant question
xavier1022 said:
I have a stock Sprint Evo no root no nothing. Ive notice horrible battery life with .6 OTA.. Can I do step 2 without being rooted? I just want the original sprint before OTA.. Sorry for the ignorant question
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Yes you can -- the 4 steps are independent of each other.
I am having issues with applying the RUUs, when I connect it via USB, do I choose USB or Charge only? Sorry.
engagedtosmile said:
I am having issues with applying the RUUs, when I connect it via USB, do I choose USB or Charge only? Sorry.
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Choose HTC Sync
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I have a stock Sprint Evo no root no nothing. Ive notice horrible battery life with .6 OTA.. Can I do step 2 without being rooted? I just want the ori
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Yes you can -- the 4 steps are independent of each other.
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Thanks will give it a go.. I was a windows mobile flash aholic...still scared to jump to flashing on android..
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WARNING!!!!YOUR RESULTS DEPEND ON LOCATION ...RE-CONFRIMED WORKING BY TESTERS IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE ITS FROM THE SPRINT SYSTEM ACTIVATION PROCESS WHICH WAS ALSO A ISSUE ON LAUNCH DAY OF EVO....TOO MANY ACTIVATION CODES FOR THE SYSTEM TO HANDLE..KEEP TRYING.
*********** PM ME IF THIS WORKED FOR YOU OR HAVE TROUBLE IAM HERE TO HELP **************
I PAVED THE WAY FOR OTHERS AND THEY MAY HAVE FOUND A "BETTER" WAY OF UPDATING..WHICH WAS WITHIN MY METHOD, NO ONE WAS POSTING A FIX OR WORK AROUND UNTIL AFTER I POSTED TODAY..THERE WAS 4 OTHER THREADS AFTER MINE WAS UP. I RISKED MY PHONE TO HELP OTHERS...IF YOU "FOUND" THIS FIX BEFORE ME ....SORRY I HAVE MORE THAN 143 AND COUNTING CONFIRMING MY WAY . CAN THE OTHERS SAY THAT? I DONT WANT YOUR $445 BOUNTY BTW ..YOU CAN SUCK IT... ITS ABOUT RESPECT FOR OTHERS WORK AND EFFORT.. ((HOT POCKET LINK BELLOW))
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UPDATE Option 1
Dial ##786#
Hit Menu
Press Reset
Enter MSL (if you dont have it call sprint and ask for it they just gave it to me I told them I was having issues)
Phone will reboot into recovery mode (can not confirm that this will work for clockwork mod)
Wipe everything 2x
Reboot
UPDATE Option 2 WITH UNREVOKED & STOCK 2.2
IAM USING RA_RECOVERY DURING THIS WHOLE PROCESS,PLEASE FLASH THE RA_RECOVERY PC36.IMG FIRST THEN BACK UP.THEN FLASH .6 THEN AFTERWARDS U CAN REVERT BACK TO CLOCKWORK...WHICH IS ALSO FOUND ON UNREVOKEDS SITE. -THANK YOU
1. Flash UNREVOKED Forever zip and download the ra-recovery on the unrevoked site .. its signed as pc36.img -SO PUT IT IN A FOLDER NOT ON THE
ROOT OF YOUR SD- NOTE:: U CAN USE ANY STOCK 2.2 ROM INSTEAD OF THE ONE PROVIDED.
2. In recovery make nandroid backup.
3 .Reboot
4. Download the official update that ends in .6 its pc36.img for 2.2 -PUT THIS IMG ON THE ROOT OF SD- THE OTHER ONE IS AFTER U ARE RUNNING STOCK.
5.Factory reset press ##786# on the dialer app and press menu to Wipe (ENTER YOUR MSL CODE TO CONFRIM, WILL REBOOT YOU INTO RECOVERY AND WHILE THERE ----WIPE YOUR BUTT TWICE.(WIPE CACHE AND DALVIK TWO TIMES!!!!!!!!)
6. Flash PC36.IMG UNDER HBOOT NOT RECOVERY--WILL AUTO CHECK FILE AND ASK YOU TO UPDATE...PRESS YES((LINK BELOW))
7. Reboot , auto activate and let it run and update **** for you,then check your version its 1.4.0 (( holy shiz)) - we did it! -dora
8. Now sign in gmail so you can download astro in market and delete the PC36.IMG on the root of your SD.
9.Now grab the RA_ Recovery thats signed as PC36.IMG in that folder( from step one kids.) and PUT ON ROOT OF SD. IF NOT SURE CHECK FILE SIZE ,SHOULD BE UNDER 5 MEGS.
10. Now power down and then press and hold power button + volume down. in the white screen with Andy the Android on a skateboard flash the recovery PC36.IMG and when asked to reboot select no and go into recovery and bam it back and remember to wipe your butt twice ,then restore.
BTW I BELIEVE WHEN U ACTIVATE YOUR PHONE YOU GET THE NEW PRI.WORKS FOR ME!!!
Use this as your 2.2 PC36.IMG When using Option 2 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YVHC5NY2
PLEASE PM ME IF THIS WORKS FOR YOU OR TO TROUBLESHOOT
I thought it was confirmed no update had the new PRI...
Is this hex edited to look like it or is it legit ... how to tell?
Dude, I'm, on this... I was up with the guys last night on the unrevoked thread debating this. Going to do so, right now. You said the one ending in .6, of course, but the ruu, or custom made..
Links to what's what and where you got them would help.
Thanks.
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The question that needs to be asked is;
What PRI did you start the above process with?
if you already started with 1.40, then you did nothing new.
if you started with 1.34, well then you may have done something worth while.
TeknoJnky said:
The question that needs to be asked is;
What PRI did you start the above process with?
if you already started with 1.40, then you did nothing new.
if you started with 1.34, well then you may have done something worth while.
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He started with .34 I know cause I was with him in the thread last night. When un revoked was released, this was our question.
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TeknoJnky said:
The question that needs to be asked is;
What PRI did you start the above process with?
if you already started with 1.40, then you did nothing new.
if you started with 1.34, well then you may have done something worth while.
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Also... is it really an update or does it just look like it
PlankLongBeard said:
He started with .34 I know cause I was with him in the thread last night. When un revoked was released, this was our question.
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Yeah!! Sup bro? Any how hes right i did have .34 last night .. It doesnt matter which .6 PC36.IMG you use . After you ROOT with Unrevoked Forever you have root forever! does not matter which ****in hboot or any thing signed or unsigned u flash u got root. Also noted-- The speeds are the same but my ping was 350-450 and now they are 90 to 150.. the pri doesnt increase speeds but does in delivery (how fast data is sent to your phone from towers) follow the step and dont be gay----love GOONZ
Goonzy said:
Yeah!! Sup bro? Any how hes right i did have .34 last night .. It doesnt matter which .6 PC36.IMG you use . After you ROOT with Unrevoked Forever you have root forever! does not matter which ****in hboot or any thing signed or unsigned u flash u got root. Also noted-- The speeds are the same but my ping was 350-450 and now they are 90 to 150.. the pri doesnt increase speeds but does in delivery (how fast data is sent to your phone from towers) follow the step and dont be gay----love GOONZ
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Goonz, Do me a solid.. Drop the PC36IMG You used.. I am hunting, but I can't find a "Official" Img, Besides going to sprint.com..
Thanks Dude.. I got the other one from Unrevoked.. The one for the recovery.
Im set, just need the official update.
PlankLongBeard said:
Goonz, Do me a solid.. Drop the PC36IMG You used.. I am hunting, but I can't find a "Official" Img, Besides going to sprint.com..
Thanks Dude.. I got the other one from Unrevoked.. The one for the recovery.
Im set, just need the official update.
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Same here... thanks OP!
So if this really does work. Does goonz get the bounty?
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anyway you can post the files you used either as a link or uploaded somewhere so we know exactly which files to use
thanks OP
well since the 1.40 pri is not included in any official updates, I am confused.
BigRick10 said:
So if this really does work. Does goonz get the bounty?
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Yes. He should get the bounty. There is no disclaimer on how big or small the find may be. IMOH...
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PlankLongBeard said:
Yes. He should get the bounty. There is no disclaimer on how big or small the find may be. IMOH...
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Agreed
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If he wants the bounty, he needs to post which IMG he used to flash... Just telling us 'any' isn't going to cut it.
fldash said:
If he wants the bounty, he needs to post which IMG he used to flash... Just telling us 'any' isn't going to cut it.
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Yeah I am also waiting on the files he used.
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Also.. for those of us not wanting to use unrevoked forever, being me, I would rather wait for a compiled update.zip to correct my PRI.
PlankLongBeard said:
Yes. He should get the bounty. There is no disclaimer on how big or small the find may be. IMOH...
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If it does work, I think unrevoked should get at least some of it because they are the ones that made it so you can flash the recovery after doing the stock update.
fldash said:
If he wants the bounty, he needs to post which IMG he used to flash... Just telling us 'any' isn't going to cut it.
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And Thats what we're waiting for.. Once he does this.. We could test, then in all honesty give him what he rightfully deserves.!
He just listed this.. I will post screen shots..
Right now I am on, Calkulin Fully F**ing loaded.. Once I backup restore this, or just see it in the update, I will post, and assure we know this works..
As the title says, here's the Rom.zip extracted from RUU_Hero_C_Sprint_2.31.651.7_signed_release.exe for those that don't use Windows, or prefer to have their RUU in zip format.
This will flash your phone to 2.31.651.7 STOCK.
http://www.mediafire.com/?m6x4sr682ruk027
Simply rename this to HERCIMG.zip and place on the root of your SDCard.
Power your phone completely off.
Press and Hold VOL DOWN and POWER until your phone boots into HBoot mode.
Wait for it to verify the zip, then click <ACTION> (Trackball) to update, or <SEND> (Green Call) to cancel.
Enjoy!
Here's my guide to rooting .7:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804296
Personally..I want to say THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
I have spent the last four hours searching for this. This needs to be stickied. I'm bookmarking it for sure. This got my phone unbricked..I thought all hope was lost and I would have to call in for warranty support (I got mine refurbed through Sprint last October..so I don't even know if I would still have any warranty support), and see if I could try my luck and getting it replaced, since that is what others have said to do as apparently this file from OP, did not exist.
And so for future reference, so that others don't go mindlessly searching through the forums.
If you
a.) Managed to overwrite your Recovery some how or completely delete it. (I did..and from searching this and many other forums over the past couple hours..I can see I wasn't the only one), and also have no boot (or a corrupted boot loop)
b.) Still have S-ON (You can find this out by powering off your phone and then pressing and holding the power button and the lower volume button), I recommend you turn S-Off for future reference if you're going to be dealing with customer ROMs a lot (so you don't have to go through the hell I just did..). See here..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=759955
c.) Have an updated Hboot (1.47) (you can also find this info. in part b.)
....then you KNOW that you are stuck. Because you
a.) Cannot flash a ROM in Recovery because you cannot access it.
b.) You cannot access ADB because your phone won't go that far and will only go into fastboot..
c.) But even though you have access to fastboot you can't do ANYTHING like flash a recovery image or a ROM..or anything for that matter..because S is still ON. (this is the "not allow" messages you will see pop up.)
d.) You have bootloader 1.47 so if you for example, were like me couldn't use this file here.. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=657086), because it would say there was a newer version and wouldn't install it.
So this file right here..was the only thing getting my phone back to a usable state. And considering that my searches have shown to pretty much give up all hope and have it sent it for warranty repair, then I think this thread deserves a bump for all those that have screwed up.
Yeah..I have to start ALL OVER now from a stock ROM (thank god for nandroid), but at least my phone isn't a dead brick.
Just thought this needed a well deserved bump.
I wonder if there is a RUU for the latest .2?
Wanted to say BIG THANKS. This worked like a charm to update prl/profile. Keeping two copies of this one on the sd and on the laptop. Thanks again.
Yea it's me Again. With the
Modified .HERO.
laie1472 said:
Wanted to say BIG THANKS. This worked like a charm to update prl/profile. Keeping two copies of this one on the sd and on the laptop. Thanks again.
Yea it's me Again. With the
Modified .HERO.
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Forgive me for seeming NOOBish... but I can use this to do the same, then restore Nandroid back and it will keep the PRL/Profile update?
Just wondering... lolz, thanks!
Yup But you will have to reroot. This takes root from you. You will have to reroot with the Hero rooter from Reg or Z4 or one click root. But read read read. And as far as the prl/profile yup it will stick. When your phone boots up after running this just go into settings and updates and choose update profile and update prl don't update firmware. I repeat don't update firmware. After that just reboot and check your prl should be 60675. After that reroot, then flash a recovery and then nand restore. Hope this helps good luck
Remember this returns you to stock you will loose root and recovery..
Yea it's me Again. With the
Modified .HERO.
Why don't you guys just flash NFX's or LS's already rooted and way faster stock sense ROM to update PRL, etc?
Running stock ROM has to be one of the worst things ever after being on custom ROMs for so long.
I tried flashing almost ever sense rom on here pmgrands port, ninfintes stock odex and deodex and his apps 2 sd builds he has like 4 or 6 different builds. Tried flashing liquids builds beta and stable. All gave me a error. So I had to use this. I couldn't flash any sense rom
and it was easier to use this than try to figure out y. If he can flash a sense rom then yea that's the easier way but if not this is a for sure way to get back to stock.
Yea it's me Again. With the
Modified .HERO.
laie1472 said:
I tried flashing almost ever sense rom on here pmgrands port, ninfintes stock odex and deodex and his apps 2 sd builds he has like 4 or 6 different builds. Tried flashing liquids builds beta and stable. All gave me a error. So I had to use this. I couldn't flash any sense rom
and it was easier to use this than try to figure out y. If he can flash a sense rom then yea that's the easier way but if not this is a for sure way to get back to stock.
Yea it's me Again. With the
Modified .HERO.
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I still have my original nandroid from before I flashed any ROMs and it takes me back to stock Sprint, where I do my updating. Is this faster than that?
jckeyser said:
I still have my original nandroid from before I flashed any ROMs and it takes me back to stock Sprint, where I do my updating. Is this faster than that?
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Yup. That's way better and faster. Just go into settings / updates. Then just update prl and profile. Don't update firmware. After you confirm that your updated just nand restore and you should be good.
Edit not sure if you would have to reroot.
Yea it's me Again. With the
Modified .HERO.
Thanks for the reply's all... I like Sense and have NFX rom on my Hero, loaded a few ROMS but they won't update, so no worries, when I have some free time I'll sit and do it then. I don't like the one click rooters nor the clockwork recovery, I guess I'm old school and do it the hard way, lol, but thanks for letting me know it'll work (prl update) and stay on the handset!
Regards!
Without opening a huge can of worms I would like to know whats the best newest rom out there with sense I just searched for like 3 hours and lot of threads are old and I want what ever is new with sense also would like to upgrade to 2.2 im on Honeybun v.-2 lite firmware 2.1 update1
Gelladuga69 said:
Why don't you guys just flash NFX's or LS's already rooted and way faster stock sense ROM to update PRL, etc?
Running stock ROM has to be one of the worst things ever after being on custom ROMs for so long.
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you got a link ? Im searching now
laie1472 said:
Yup. That's way better and faster. Just go into settings / updates. Then just update prl and profile. Don't update firmware. After you confirm that your updated just nand restore and you should be good.
Edit not sure if you would have to reroot.
Yea it's me Again. With the
Modified .HERO.
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No need to reroot because it was a nandroid. Can't make a nandroid if you're not rooted.
Sent from my HTC Hero CDMA running Android 2.3
Does anybody have the original MD5 checksum for this file? I wanna make sure this file downloaded properly. Thanks in advance!
EDIT: efa439da700b5fad7ea49915ef7d2866
Sent from my HTC Hero CDMA running Android 2.3
does this work with any version of HBOOT? The phone I am dealing with has stock 1.5
mrtimo said:
does this work with any version of HBOOT? The phone I am dealing with has stock 1.5
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What? Is your phone even rooted? Sprint upgraded to 2.1 a LONG time ago, the update is available at www.htc.com
It worked for me a while ago, but my dad just got a new hero so I tried using this, and it wouldn't recognize the image file.. any thoughts?
systemshock869 said:
It worked for me a while ago, but my dad just got a new hero so I tried using this, and it wouldn't recognize the image file.. any thoughts?
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yeah, this only works if he has an S-off bootloader, which he doesn't have if it's a new hero.
il Duce said:
yeah, this only works if he has an S-off bootloader, which he doesn't have if it's a new hero.
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According to the OP this one was extracted from the RUU, so it *should* work S-ON.
For those that lost root due to the TMOUS OTA 2.3.4 update, here's how I got it back.
When i updated, I had to install the stock recovery for the update to take affect. When I reverted back to stock recovery, the update flashed. I wiped my device, however, and thought that I'd be able to keep root and use Titanium. I was wrong, so here's how I fixed it:
Requirements (mostly just reminders not really telling you what to do here....)
1. S-OFF prior to updating
2. Stock Recovery to process the update
3. Disable Fastboot (Settings > Power > Fastboot)
Regain Root on 2.3.4 OTA Update
1. Download the HBoot CWM Recovery and SU flash able ZIP file from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
2. Place the HBoot CWM Recovery file on the root of your sdcard (i.e.. sdcard/)
3. Power off device
4. Go into HBoot (Vol Down + Power)
5. Flash the CWM Recovery image
6. Reboot
7. Delete the CWM Recovery file off of your sd card
8. Power off
9. Reboot into Recovery (can be selected through HBoot if easier)
10. Choose the SU Root ZIP file that you downloaded in step 1 and flash it
11. Reboot, you're rooted with CWM Recovery again
This method work perfectly for me. I imagine anyone who did the OTA Update and has Rooted their phone would know they went to Stock recovery to apply the update or were always on it.
Thank you for the guide
Noobish question, how did you remove CWM and go back to stock recovery? Perhaps you should add this to the OP.
I was just gonna write this up. Oh well. THANX! I'd press your thanx button but I used them all up already. Maybe a beer?
EDIT: Can you please write up a how-to for going from whatever anyone is on to TMOUS Stock 1.45.531.1 + CWM + Root ? I believe it would be really helpful and I am just too lazy to do it myself
WARNING After installing the OTA, the bootloader now says in pink on the very top
******LOCKED*******
Also, Fastboot flash commands don't work (trying to flash splash image)
HBOOT is now: 1.18.0000
Re-running Revolutionary fixes it. and extended Fastboot commands work again.
And brings it back to 1.17.1111
if someone made a nandroid backup of the ota rooted thru cwm couldnt you just load that instead using the restore option?
As always gents.... Just a tiny tiny bit of patience will go a long way.
If your already rooted through Revolutionary, there is zero need to flash any official FOTA. Not sure why some people seem to want to try it out when they're already rooted? It's NO different than the Euro 2.3.4 OTA. Peeps all over these forums and the web are saying the same thing....no change.
Actually worse if you count the fact that heavy graphically intense games crash now as they do with all stock kernel 2.3.4 Euro ROMs.
Rooted versions of the Tmous 2.3.4 FOTA are already rolling out (birgertime I believe has one out). Give it a day and there will be more that are heavily customized like the ones from Baadz, Lee, Mike etc
It's easy to understand why people want to install the latest official firmware...but if you're rooted and or want to be....there is no need to ever go through official channels (HTC/Tmo) to get your updates.
Just for the people who might be unclear. To everyone else... carry on
Hoggles said:
As always gents.... Just a tiny tiny bit of patience will go a long way.
If your already rooted through Revolutionary, there is zero need to flash any official FOTA. Not sure why some people seem to want to try it out when they're already rooted? It's NO different than the Euro 2.3.4 OTA. Peeps all over these forums and the web are saying the same thing....no change.
Actually worse if you count the fact that heavy graphically intense games crash now as they do with all stock kernel 2.3.4 Euro ROMs.
Rooted versions of the Tmous 2.3.4 FOTA are already rolling out (birgertime I believe has one out). Give it a day and there will be more that are heavily customized like the ones from Baadz, Lee, Mike etc
It's easy to understand why people want to install the latest official firmware...but if you're rooted and or want to be....there is no need to ever go through official channels (HTC/Tmo) to get your updates.
Just for the people who might be unclear. To everyone else... carry on
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exactly what i said and what i was thinking. my brother in law & friend aren't rooted yet so they could go for the OTA but my fiancé and I are rooted. I have to make sure she doesn't install the update. i have no desire to root her sensation again. lol - for me, i'll be downloading the euro ota
EmceeGeek said:
exactly what i said and what i was thinking. my brother in law & friend aren't rooted yet so they could go for the OTA but my fiancé and I are rooted. I have to make sure she doesn't install the update. i have no desire to root her sensation again. lol - for me, i'll be downloading the euro ota
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Keep one thing in mind though... Your brother in-law & friend should realize that if they do ever one day want to root, they should stay far away from any official HTC updates. HTC will make them agree to an online waiver that will void many parts of their warranty if they choose to use HTC's online unlocker.
If they ever plan on rooting, they should go through Revolutionary....simply because it's the best of both worlds. You can have root, HTC/Tmo will never know.... and you can now get S-ON back after Revolutionary for warranty repairs and such
Quick question. I just got my sensation replaced with a new one(previous one had problems) and it came with 2.3.4 can I still get s-off and root?
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA App
nxt said:
WARNING After installing the OTA, the bootloader now says in pink on the very top
******LOCKED*******
Also, Fastboot flash commands don't work (trying to flash splash image)
HBOOT is now: 1.18.0000
Re-running Revolutionary fixes it. and extended Fastboot commands work again.
And brings it back to 1.17.1111
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Thanks, I was wondering why this happened.
Nightfall983 said:
Quick question. I just got my sensation replaced with a new one(previous one had problems) and it came with 2.3.4 can I still get s-off and root?
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA App
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Yes Revolutionary works just fine, make sure you download the latest version from http://revolutionary.io/
nxt said:
Yes Revolutionary works just fine, make sure you download the latest version from http://revolutionary.io/
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Thanks, I'll root it now
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA App
Here is where the stock images are going to be posted
ill work on writing this up when im not terribly busy.
Stock Kernel
Stock Recovery
http://www.shabbypenguin.com/OUDstuff/Moto/Photon-Q/Stock/index.php?dir=
unlocked bootloader is something we would like to look at
in order to fill this out more i need people who rooted
reserved
Nice!
Should I do the basic rooting work (I'll admit to being busy today) or just wait for y'all?
i personally prefer having people using cwm to root since it helps them learn. when a new update comes out they are gunna have to root using cwm or a new "rooted" kernel. the kernel is fine but when you guys get an update to jellybean that same kernel isnt gunna work.
dont let that detract from what you wish to do tho. im glad i could help out and help work towards getting you guys rooted
shabbypenguin said:
i personally prefer having people using cwm to root since it helps them learn. when a new update comes out they are gunna have to root using cwm or a new "rooted" kernel. the kernel is fine but when you guys get an update to jellybean that same kernel isnt gunna work.
dont let that detract from what you wish to do tho. im glad i could help out and help work towards getting you guys rooted
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Nice work shabby, great news for Q owners.
Change of plans, rather than me hosting single files im just gunna upload the contents of a certain zip that got dropped off in my inbox
....
# note: you can accesss the variable device_found after function returns
echo ""
echo "Motorola Mobility flashing station script version 1.5"
echo ""
# Allow time for fastboot enumeration to stablize
Sleep 2
if [ ! -n "$1" ]; then
dlist=""
dlist+="$($fastboot devices | grep -v finished | grep -v waiting | grep -v Done | grep -v OKAY | grep -v "\.\.\." | sed -e "s/(bootloader)//g" -e "s/INFO//g" | cut -f1)"
if [ -z "$dlist" ];then
echo "No devices where found!"
exit $E_BADARGS
fi
device_count=0
for device in $dlist; do
device_count=$(($device_count + 1))
done
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files can be found here http://www.shabbypenguin.com/OUDstuff/Moto/Photon-Q/Stock/index.php?dir=
im getting bad magic when trying to unpack the system.img with simg2img should i be using something else?
pwnyourace said:
im getting bad magic when trying to unpack the system.img with simg2img should i be using something else?
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good luck, i have yet to be able to unpack it. matt says atrix hd cant be unpacked either... :/
Shabby Di you have this phone or just deving for it
Sent from my EVO using xda premium
shabbypenguin said:
good luck, i have yet to be able to unpack it. matt says atrix hd cant be unpacked either... :/
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So they took a step in the right direction by unlocking bootloaders and then they lock down the stock rom lol.
Sent from my HTC Evo Shift using Tapatalk 2
A4b_mercenary said:
Shabby Di you have this phone or just deving for it
Sent from my EVO using xda premium
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no i dont, my upgrade is in may and ill prolly use it to hop to the next nexus device (sprint has a habit of releasing them around that time anyways)
shabbypenguin said:
Here is where the stock images are going to be posted
ill work on writing this up when im not terribly busy.
Stock Kernel
Stock Recovery
http://www.shabbypenguin.com/OUDstuff/Moto/Photon-Q/Stock/index.php?dir=
unlocked bootloader is something we would like to look at
in order to fill this out more i need people who rooted
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Stock recovery worked. Thanks shabby. Also your guide to unlocking/flashing cwm was flawless.
I'm wondering if the update didn't work because I flashed a newer version of CWM.
I remember on the Shift I stayed on 5.0.2.0 for pretty much ever because it just worked.
Anyways after wiping, booting the phone in to bootloader and hitting "check for update" 3 times I got the OTA.
Thanks for all your hard work!
to flash the stock recovery is it just
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
from the link above?
Is there work in progress to get a system.img of the latest update?
Latest updates from Motorola
shabbypenguin said:
Here is where the stock images are going to be posted
ill work on writing this up when im not terribly busy.
unlocked bootloader is something we would like to look at
in order to fill this out more i need people who rooted
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I rooted my Photon Q. After receiving the update notification, the update would not take. The phone kept rebooting into bootloader. I had to clean cache to stop it.
So, I took your stock boot and recovery images and flashed them to my phone. I could not get the phone to re-lock boot loader. I tried the update again and it worked. The phone is no longer rooted (as expected) but the boot loader is unlocked. Should I try to root the phone again using cwmrecovery.img? Or would that overwrite these updates????
Scott
sc0tt_ta said:
I rooted my Photon Q. After receiving the update notification, the update would not take. The phone kept rebooting into bootloader. I had to clean cache to stop it.
So, I took your stock boot and recovery images and flashed them to my phone. I could not get the phone to re-lock boot loader. I tried the update again and it worked. The phone is no longer rooted (as expected) but the boot loader is unlocked. Should I try to root the phone again using cwmrecovery.img? Or would that overwrite these updates????
Scott
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yeah, anytime you have an unlocked bootloader, you can always flash a custom recovery and then flash Superuser to root.... it won't overwrite the update, it will give you root access on the update, if that is your goal.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2001226
I have posted updated 77.1.80 system, boot, and stock recovery images here. This system is NOT rooted, odexed and completely plain factory settings. Only thing not stock is the boot animation, and obviously is the ever-daunting software update installed.
Hope it helps some people out there.
Sent from my XT897 using xda premium
shabbypenguin said:
Here is where the stock images are going to be posted
ill work on writing this up when im not terribly busy.
Stock Kernel
Stock Recovery
http://www.shabbypenguin.com/OUDstuff/Moto/Photon-Q/Stock/index.php?dir=
unlocked bootloader is something we would like to look at
in order to fill this out more i need people who rooted
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There was no xml file in it?
shabbypenguin said:
good luck, i have yet to be able to unpack it. matt says atrix hd cant be unpacked either... :/
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The ext4 image starts with a signature, which you have to remove first.
shabbypenguin said:
Here is where the stock images are going to be posted
ill work on writing this up when im not terribly busy.
unlocked bootloader is something we would like to look at
in order to fill this out more i need people who rooted
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After a bunch of troubleshooting on my own for a different issue, i've come to your post. TWRP tells me I have no OS when I try to reboot from it. Since you have the files hosted, what are the bare minimum files i need to have in a back up to restore and get an OS back?
befrosty8612 said:
After a bunch of troubleshooting on my own for a different issue, i've come to your post. TWRP tells me I have no OS when I try to reboot from it. Since you have the files hosted, what are the bare minimum files i need to have in a back up to restore and get an OS back?
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Just the system image I would think... unless you also wiped /boot.