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There seems to be an awful lot of confusion about radios on the Inspire 4G. Most of the threads out there insist that you need ENG S-OFF to flash a radio. However to root our phones we had to flash a radio without having ENG S-OFF. I am attaching 3 radios known to work on the Inspire, I have prepared them to be flashed without ENG S-OFF and will explain how to make your own in the future. The official radio thread for all our phones(Inspire and Desire HD) is located here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9891546&postcount=1
More information on Radio S-OFF and ENG S-OFF can be found here:
HTC Vision Wiki
Using ENG S-OFF and fastboot to load radio images is more risky than loading the file on the sdcard and then checking the md5sum of the file because you have verified that the copy to the sdcard was completed correctly, rather than having no check with fastboot loading the file directly.
Quote from HTC Vision Wiki regarding ENG S-OFF:
This is totally optional and dangerous - if the write to the phone partition fails the phone will be bricked. At the moment there is no cure for a phone that has been bricked by a failed hboot install.
***DISCLAIMER***
YOUR WARRANTY IS NOW VOID! I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF THIS PROCESS BRICKS YOUR PHONE, CAUSES YOUR GIRLFRIEND/WIFE TO LEAVE YOU, SUMMONS DEMONS, SOILS YOUR IMMORTAL SOUL, ENDS THE WORLD. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
***/DISCLAIMER***
Make sure to check that there is no corruption in the process of getting the files and putting them on your sdcard. The best way to check this is to download the file, put it on your phone as PD98IMG.zip and from a command line/terminal, using adb, do:
Code:
adb shell md5sum /sdcard/PD98IMG.zip
*BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THIS PROCESS YOU CAN BRICK YOUR PHONE WITH A CORRUPT RADIO.IMG*
To flash a radio using hboot with radio S-OFF you can simply take the zip file PD98IMG.zip from the hack kit (IN THE RADIO FOLDER) (Thanks ATTN1) and remove the radio.img file from it using winrar or 7zip, and put a new radio.img from elsewhere in the zip named radio.img and using store (NO) compression or Normal compression. Make sure it is named exactly PD98IMG.zip and put it on the root of your sdcard. Reboot your phone into hboot and the new radio will prompt you to load. Press volume up on the phone and it will load automatically and ask you to press power to reboot.
Once you boot up normal you should see the new radio under baseband version in settings/about phone.
If you do not want the radio to flash every time you go into HBOOT you must remove or rename the file at the root of your card to something other than PD98IMG.zip
If you are creating your own PD98IMG.zip files make sure that the radio.img matches the md5sum of the original before placing it in the zip. Here is the md5sum of the 3 radios included in this post:
att - 12.39.60.19_26.06.04.06_M: 99f4994c7b8b193336cad0dc5ffd19b4 radio.img
telus - 12.35d.60.10f_26.06.03.24_M2: edc9b36f3e30b8a3aec0f8e5ebfe9484 radio.img
gb - 12.35d.60.140fU_26.08.03.07_M: b19c70e7d346c9f76ac31e1964fa4238 radio.img
Ace gb s - 12.41.60.19_26.06.04.14_M: 71ba0afe14b1caf5ba29da6f3e2ab755 radio.img
PD98IMG-att-12.39.60.19_26.06.04.06_M.zip
MD5 Checksum: dea534848a9b71fc54878c0111ceed76
PD98IMG-gb-12.35d.60.140fU_26.08.03.07_M.zip
MD5 Checksum: 2cf70fce7c649822bc67a719b0a68d46
PD98IMG-telus-Radio_12.35d.60.10f_26.06.03.24_M2.zip
MD5 Checksum: 64bb83fda93052fcc8c1423b7a433e77
PD98IMG-12.41.60.19_26.06.04.14_M.zip
MD5 Checksum: 9287AB3CE1E84CDCFF634755EA78D1B1
Thanks to clickclickpc for 12.41.60.19_26.06.04.14_M
att - 12.39a.60.19_26.06.06.30_M: 3d1ee5d6ceb4f58c126ffcf956b8fbd7
PD98IMG-att-12.39a.60.19_26.06.06.30_M.zip
MD5 Checksum: 33baebad8b1e7a20f4603aff0ba66468
This is the radio.img and rcdata.img from the newest AT&T ota released today(4/29/2010). I have included the rcdata.img in this for flashing because it apparently has parameters that effect the radio, however I have not found any information regarding what/how/why this all works.
This is the contents of the rcdata.img file in the newest AT&T ota:
Code:
QCT_UMTS_RADIO_VER=1
DisH=2
EnableHTCENS=1
AGPSNVSetting=1
EnDTM=0
MSCMode=10
HSDPACat=10
HSUPACat=6
IMEISVN=3
GEA3=1
QCT_UMTS_RADIO_END=1
For comparison here is the contents of the rcdata.img for the telus, gb, and original att.
Telus 12.35d.60.10f_26.06.03.24_M2:
Code:
QCT_UMTS_RADIO_VER=1
DisH=2
AGPSNVSetting=1
MSCMode=12
HSDPACat=10
HSUPACat=6
IMEISVN=1
GEA3=1
QCT_UMTS_RADIO_END=1
att 12.39.60.19_26.06.04.06_M:
Code:
QCT_UMTS_RADIO_VER=1
DisH=1
EnableHTCENS=1
AGPSNVSetting=1
EnDTM=0
MSCMode=10
HSDPACat=10
IMEISVN=02
QCT_UMTS_RADIO_END=1
GB:
Code:
QCT_UMTS_RADIO_VER=1
MSCMode=10
QCT_UMTS_RADIO_END=1
Downgrade Rom:
Code:
QCT_UMTS_RADIO_VER=1
DisH=2
HSDPACat=10
HSUPACat=6
QCT_UMTS_RADIO_END=1
Good idea. I've been walking people through this for the past week .
Thanks ATTN1 indeed!
How hard would it be to flash a splash screen this way?
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This should be in the sticky, because it's how radio firmware (aka radios) should always be flashed. It's just safer, and it's not hard. There is just no need to urge people toward eng s-off - when in reality it gets most users absolutely nothing except increased exposure to real trouble.
Excellent.
attn1 said:
This should be in the sticky, because it's how radio firmware (aka radios) should always be flashed. It's just safer, and it's not hard. There is just no need to urge people toward eng s-off - when in reality it gets most users absolutely nothing except increased exposure to real trouble.
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Agreed. Mods please sticky.
Eng S-off is pretty risky, this is painless.
lrs421 said:
Agreed. Mods please sticky.
Eng S-off is pretty risky, this is painless.
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so is eng s-off still risky if you don't ever use it? I have installed and flashed a radio that seems to work well with all roms and don't intend on using another one.
Wished I would have been patient
mj0528 said:
so is eng s-off still risky if you don't ever use it? I have installed and flashed a radio that seems to work well with all roms and don't intend on using another one.
Wished I would have been patient
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The real danger is in the process, if you brick your phone while performing eng s-off you won't be happy. Personally I've never found a need to swap radios, on reflash it. The stock radio is HSUPA with plenty speed.
lrs421 said:
Agreed. Mods please sticky.
Eng S-off is pretty risky, this is painless.
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Eng S-off should be nonexistent now except for devs. This will save many headaches. Would this help the issue with people having the black screen in CMR? I also think mods should sticky this.
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lrs421 said:
The real danger is in the process, if you brick your phone while performing eng s-off you won't be happy. Personally I've never found a need to swap radios, on reflash it. The stock radio is HSUPA with plenty speed.
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Is there a way to reverse eng s-off?
mudknot2005 said:
How hard would it be to flash a splash screen this way?
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I believe to update the splash screen you would have to flash hboot, the whole idea of this thread is to not have ENG S-OFF so you don't run the risk of messing up your phone by flashing hboot, whether on purpose or by accident. Barring that, I'm not sure how to flash the splash screen.
mj0528 said:
Is there a way to reverse eng s-off?
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Yes, flashing back to stock using the PD...zip from the RUU turns it back on.
mj0528 said:
Is there a way to reverse eng s-off?
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Also, I'm not sure if running the RUU itself puts it back on as I've never tried, maybe someone else can chime in.
I do know that if you extract the rom.zip and rename it to PD98IMG.zip and flash it in hboot it does restore it.
lrs421 said:
Also, I'm not sure if running the RUU itself puts it back on as I've never tried, maybe someone else can chime in.
I do know that if you extract the rom.zip and rename it to PD98IMG.zip and flash it in hboot it does restore it.
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Running the stock RUU will unroot you, but you'll still be S-Off. Follow the instructions in this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=957692) thread to get S-On BEFORE you run the RUU.
Note: If you're flashing the RUU for purposes other than a return, it's not necessary to S-On. You can leave S-Off and still run stock (this is also nice because then you can flash a stock rooted just like they're suggesting flashing the radio, by renaming the ROM's .zip to PD98IMG and flashing through HBoot, rather than going through the whole root process again)
homeslice976 said:
Running the stock RUU will unroot you, but you'll still be S-Off. Follow the instructions in this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=957692) thread to get S-On BEFORE you run the RUU.
Note: If you're flashing the RUU for purposes other than a return, it's not necessary to S-On. You can leave S-Off and still run stock (this is also nice because then you can flash a stock rooted just like they're suggesting flashing the radio, by renaming the ROM's .zip to PD98IMG and flashing through HBoot, rather than going through the whole root process again)
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You're thinking s-on, we're talking about eng s-on. They'e different
lrs421 said:
The real danger is in the process, if you brick your phone while performing eng s-off you won't be happy. Personally I've never found a need to swap radios, on reflash it. The stock radio is HSUPA with plenty speed.
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Flashing radios and hboots carry the same risks.
This method is safer than using fastboot with eng s-off to flash radios, and it's why I did it this way in the hack kit. If you already have eng s-off, you should still use this method.
lrs421 said:
You're thinking s-on, we're talking about eng s-on. They'e different
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I was ENG S-Off, and the way I was able to get back to S-On was to rerun steps 2 and 3 of your hack kit, but instead of "./gfree -f" I ran ".g/free -s on" and I was back to S-On. At least that's what bootloader showed. Then I reran the hack kit to obtain S-Off and didn't do the ENG S-Off again.
Towards the middle of the thread I linked was where I got that information. Either way, this is the only way I flash radios anymore.
attn1 said:
Flashing radios and hboots carry the same risks.
This method is safer than using fastboot with eng s-off to flash radios, and it's why I did it this way in the hack kit. If you already have eng s-off, you should still use this method.
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Thanks, am I correct in saying that flashing back to stock using the rom.zip from the RUU restores it but running the RUU alone will not?
So just having Eng s off and not using it is no danger?
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homeslice976 said:
I was ENG S-Off, and the way I was able to get back to S-On was to rerun steps 2 and 3 of your hack kit, but instead of "./gfree -f" I ran ".g/free -s on" and I was back to S-On. At least that's what bootloader showed. Then I reran the hack kit to obtain S-Off and didn't do the ENG S-Off again.
Towards the middle of the thread I linked was where I got that information
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That's:
ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
English S-off is not done via the hack kit. It's se[erate from what's above.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=994670
i ran the eng s off tool through the one click method but i forgot to hit the superuser request. the it have me a message saying bootloader corrupt and not to roboot the phone. seek help from xda. then i an it again and hit the superuser rquest and it said im have eng s off. am i safe to reboot?
nevermind 10char
Im at the exact same screen the program is saying bootloader corrupt do not reboot. what am i suppose to do in this situation?
Though I am not sure why you are trying to get eng s-off, yes you can reboot. You really don't have much choice do you?
Unless you are a kernel dev ( which I am guessing you are not). Then there is no need what so ever to eng s-off.
Don't you need this to flash a radio? I can't currently flash a radio and the thread says it is because I don't have ENG S-OFF.
jlambo2 said:
Don't you need this to flash a radio? I can't currently flash a radio and the thread says it is because I don't have ENG S-OFF.
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Your looking tithe wrong thread look at the guide it will give you a link to tell you how.
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I did the one click root and s-off method. Iv flashed a few roms they all work fine. A few of them have wifi signal problems so i want to try different radios. They say you need eng s-off correct? Not radio s-off? Well this is my real question, in bootloader it says at the top,"ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF RL". So which is it? Radio s-off or eng s-off? Thanks for any help.
BAleR said:
I did the one click root and s-off method. Iv flashed a few roms they all work fine. A few of them have wifi signal problems so i want to try different radios. They say you need eng s-off correct? Not radio s-off? Well this is my real question, in bootloader it says at the top,"ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF RL". So which is it? Radio s-off or eng s-off? Thanks for any help.
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I think most people would agree unless you are positive you know what your doing...eng s-off is not a good idea. Pretty much any radio you would want to flash can be flashed with just radio s-off....it just has to be in a zip named PD98IMG.zip and pretty much all the radios in this forum can be found in that format.
BAleR said:
I did the one click root and s-off method. Iv flashed a few roms they all work fine. A few of them have wifi signal problems so i want to try different radios. They say you need eng s-off correct? Not radio s-off? Well this is my real question, in bootloader it says at the top,"ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF RL". So which is it? Radio s-off or eng s-off? Thanks for any help.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14293652&postcount=928
Check that out. It has a radio packaged in it and instructions on how to install it. And my understanding is that whatever radio you want to install, you can take that radio.img and place it in that zip to replace that radio.img that is in it. Somebody correct me if I am wrong please.
EDIT: Here is another thread with instructions on how to flash a radio WITHOUT eng s-off
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1002226
So is it eng? Or radio s-off?
And im running androidrevolution 5.1.9 and i downloaded the radio from that thread but i dont have access to a conputer to zip it and check it correctly, nor can i find the correct ziped version could somebody possibly do this for me? And the ril file? I think the radio for that rom is 12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2 thanks guys!
BAleR said:
So is it eng? Or radio s-off?
And im running androidrevolution 5.1.9 and i downloaded the radio from that thread but i dont have access to a conputer to zip it and check it correctly, nor can i find the correct ziped version could somebody possibly do this for me? And the ril file? I think the radio for that rom is 12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2 thanks guys!
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If the radio is flashable via hboot, the thread where you found the radio should say that. The file must be named pd98img.zip for hboot to find it. When you flash a radio this way, you only need the s-off you already have (based on what your bootloader screen says). You do not need eng-off. You are good to go. You should not be zipping anything yourself...
PS Just use the stock ATT radio. There is a thread or two with the pd98img.zip that contains the radio and the ril.
Ok, i have the latest ota already, i did the wifi update before i did the one click, i guess all i need now is the matching rl from the radio i mentioned in my op
Someone just started a new thread for inspire radios. He said he will update it every Friday with radios an the matching ril for each radio.
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Step 1: Find your HBoot flashable PD98IMG.zip file including a radio inside of it, which is compatible with your phone and has been tested and find its md5sum. Make sure that your not downloading a radio.img but a PD98IMG which you always will find here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1002226
Step 2: Check the md5sum on your computer (if your running windows google md5checker or something similar) match them and move it to your sdcard, but NOT in a folder.
Step 3: Check the md5sum again but from your inspire, i use hashdroid personally but theres a terminal command also. Once it matches up you are safe and ready to go, but remember you can't be to safe flashing radio's.
Step 4: Hold down Vol- & Power while phone is off and fastboot is NOT on loading yourself into hboot, next is the suspenseful part (unless you did all the steps above correctly) let it sit for a second and it will load the zip on your sdcard later prompting you to vol+ or - for yes/no select yes if you feel safe and it will flash the radio.
Step 5: Attempt to successfully boot into your current rom and then check the radio firmware by going to menu>Settings>About>Software i believe or something close.
Congratulations you've made it through easily and painlessly without needing to bother with Eng-Off.
Thank Shad0wf0x for this method as i learned from his and attn1's help through alot of irc chatting when i first got my inspire, which was also my first android/ios phone.
BAleR said:
I did the one click root and s-off method. Iv flashed a few roms they all work fine. A few of them have wifi signal problems so i want to try different radios. They say you need eng s-off correct? Not radio s-off? Well this is my real question, in bootloader it says at the top,"ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF RL". So which is it? Radio s-off or eng s-off? Thanks for any help.
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I don't think anyone has answered the question that he asked. He want to know if he has radio s-off or eng s-off if his bootloader screen said,"ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF RL". Answer is you have radio s-off so you can flash roms via recovery but not radios. Everyone here is just telling you that the eng s-off is not a good idea in order to flash radios and pointing you to posts that shows you how to install radios by using PD98IMG method. I used this post (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1106324). All the radios are already named PD98IMG.zip, so all you have to do is place it in your sd card and use Hboot to install it. Also it has correct ril files for the radio that you can flash from cwm recovery (make sure you go to mounts and storage screen and mount/system before you flash ril files when you are in recovery).
I had the same question, now I have both radio and eng s-off, you have to use the eng s-off tool...theres a turoial (to get eng s-off).....
Hi guys i recently updated my HTC Sensation 4G from 2.3.4 to OTA ICS 4.0.3
and now this is how my Hboot Looks Like:
***LOCKED***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.27.0000
RADIO-11.23.3504.07_M2
OpenADSP-v02.6.0.2226.00.0131
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012, 17:33:34
so basically i remained S-Off after updating from 2.3.4 to 4.0.3, so i want to install Root and Custom Recovery Again.
Since im in ICS, 1- Which custom recovery should i install? (Regular or Touch)
2- which Root should i install Superuser or SuperSu?
3- is there a guide to accomplish this?
4- can any1 tell me or direct me or guide me or link me where to go to get this done?
thanks in advanced
dr69 said:
Hi guys i recently updated my HTC Sensation 4G from 2.3.4 to OTA ICS 4.0.3
and now this is how my Hboot Looks Like:
***LOCKED***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.27.0000
RADIO-11.23.3504.07_M2
OpenADSP-v02.6.0.2226.00.0131
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012, 17:33:34
so basically i remained S-Off after updating from 2.3.4 to 4.0.3, so i want to install Root and Custom Recovery Again.
Since im in ICS, 1- Which custom recovery should i install? (Regular or Touch)
2- which Root should i install Superuser or SuperSu?
3- is there a guide to accomplish this?
4- can any1 tell me or direct me or guide me or link me where to go to get this done?
thanks in advanced
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Hi,
You should be OK to just install something like ARHD ROM
It contains root and recovery,which are installed when you flash the ROM...
On the [OP] is also a superwipe which will clean and prepare your phone for the new ROM.
Backup your stuff,place the superwipe and ROM on the root of your sd card and flash from recovery
Thanks for.your response but I'm really not interested in installing Custom Roms at the moment, just Stock Rom for now.
Can you please if u know or have any info on doing the.rooting and Custom Recovery by myself.
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Easy enough ..find chainfires supersu thread and at the bottom download the attachment flash it..but before that..put your device in fast boot via USB..flash any recovery like say cwr(cwm) by typing fastboot flash recovery recoverynamehere.img then flash root file on your SD let me know if your confused
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You can Root since you have S Off
kgs1992 said:
I would recommend my tool. Link in signature.
You can Root since you have S Off
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I've already downloaded your tool and tried to install 4EXT recovery, but when I restarted to Hboot, it's still stock recovery there. I'm in the same boat as the guy above, with S-off and stock-everything ICS. What should I do now?
Yo_2T said:
I've already downloaded your tool and tried to install 4EXT recovery, but when I restarted to Hboot, it's still stock recovery there. I'm in the same boat as the guy above, with S-off and stock-everything ICS. What should I do now?
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Did you download the recovery.img from the attachments?
If you are SOff then either of the 2 methods should work.
Which recovery is that, CWM or 4EXT? Normal or Touch?
Cause I read that 4ext is better for ics
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dr69 said:
Which recovery is that, CWM or 4EXT? Normal or Touch?
Cause I read that 4ext is better for ics
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4EXT touch. If you'd please care to read the tool thread.
kgs1992 said:
Did you download the recovery.img from the attachments?
If you are SOff then either of the 2 methods should work.
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Ok so I downloaded the file you mentioned, then it gets to here "writing recovery....FAILED...remote: not allowed" what does that mean?
Yo_2T said:
Ok so I downloaded the file you mentioned, then it gets to here "writing recovery....FAILED...remote: not allowed" what does that mean?
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You need either an unlocked bootloader or a ENG bootloader to be able to flash recovery.
kgs1992 said:
You need either an unlocked bootloader or a ENG bootloader to be able to flash recovery.
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So can I use the option in your tool to install ENG bootloader? I used Revolutionary to gain S-off before.
Yo_2T said:
So can I use the option in your tool to install ENG bootloader? I used Revolutionary to gain S-off before.
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Revolutionary is an engineering (ENG) bootloader
Oh ok so ENG stands for Engeneering I thought it stranded for English, sorry but I'm still new to all this Android Terminology.
You know, someone should make a thread with all these android terminology and make it a Sticky.
Thanks for the info.
Btw, do you know since I got my Sm-Off back with GB and now I updated to ICS and I see that my bootloader says S-Off still, am I still good for Custom Recovery and Root?
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HOLY CRAP! can this be any more confusing. I've been following this thread waiting for a final answer and still nothing. If anyone gets this done, please do a step by step for those of us not willing to blaze new ground here.
I know there are tons of us in the same boat. Upgraded to ICS stock and wanting to keep the ROM, just open ourselves up to CWM flashing options and root required apps.
Based on what the original poster is going through here, most of us do not want to chase down link after link.
I'll keep watching hoping for a final answer. Make the last post a link to the STEP by STEP.
Thanks all for your patience.
Look, you basically need a bootloader that says *unlocked*, *revolutionary* & *juopunutbear*.
If you are S Off but locked, flash an ENG Hboot.
If you are S On & locked, unlock using HTC Dev or S Off using JB.
Now, after this, flash 4EXT recovery & then root the device.
If your Hboot version is less than 1.27 flash firmware.
I'm assuming you are already on stock, so you have a stock rooted rom with custom recovery.
All of these can be done using my tool.
That's about as much I can help you with.
Also, when you talk about being new, look at when I've joined & when you'll have.
I got my first android phone a month ago & I'm on XDA since less than 3 weeks!
(No offence meant, but please try searching)
dr69 said:
Oh ok so ENG stands for Engeneering I thought it stranded for English, sorry but I'm still new to all this Android Terminology.
You know, someone should make a thread with all these android terminology and make it a Sticky.
Thanks for the info.
Btw, do you know since I got my Sm-Off back with GB and now I updated to ICS and I see that my bootloader says S-Off still, am I still good for Custom Recovery and Root?
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Just try my... One click root... Guide in my signature... No recovery required.. Just soff is enough
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Regarding ur tool v6.4.2
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I would recommend my tool. Link in signature.
You can Root since you have S Off
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ok i just downloaded your tool from your the link under your signature and is version 6.4.2 and i think i remeber you or someone else suggesting that i needed to install the ENG option which is option 10 but then your tools says that option 10 in intended for devices who have been S-Off using the JB S-Off (juopunutbear or something, the wire trick thingy). so mine as you can see in the first post im S-Off but im still remained Locked from upgrading from 2.3.4 to 4.0.3 but i have never used the JB method, sooooo does option 10 applies to me or NOT?
how do i get the ***LOCKED*** to say something else? do i need a different bootloader or a different hboot or a different recovery or what?
what do i need to get: have in mind that im gonna try using your tool
***LOCKED*** into something else?
Custom Recovery?
Root? SuperSU or Superuser?
etc and everything else needed to have full control of my phone?
also can you tell me with your tool in order to understand you better what would be the steps i have to follow in order to achieve all this? for example: step 1 for S-off, then step 3 for custom rec. ext4, then step 4 root device, etc, etc you know what i mean just for me to follow up without screwing up my device, since im gonna follow ur instructions to the letter.
if you need more info on my device all you need is on my first post
thanks man i would really appreciate it
dr69 said:
ok i just downloaded your tool from your the link under your signature and is version 6.4.2 and i think i remeber you or someone else suggesting that i needed to install the ENG option which is option 10 but then your tools says that option 10 in intended for devices who have been S-Off using the JB S-Off (juopunutbear or something, the wire trick thingy). so mine as you can see in the first post im S-Off but im still remained Locked from upgrading from 2.3.4 to 4.0.3 but i have never used the JB method, sooooo does option 10 applies to me or NOT?
how do i get the ***LOCKED*** to say something else? do i need a different bootloader or a different hboot or a different recovery or what?
what do i need to get: have in mind that im gonna try using your tool
***LOCKED*** into something else?
Custom Recovery?
Root? SuperSU or Superuser?
etc and everything else needed to have full control of my phone?
also can you tell me with your tool in order to understand you better what would be the steps i have to follow in order to achieve all this? for example: step 1 for S-off, then step 3 for custom rec. ext4, then step 4 root device, etc, etc you know what i mean just for me to follow up without screwing up my device, since im gonna follow ur instructions to the letter.
if you need more info on my device all you need is on my first post
thanks man i would really appreciate it
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Too many questions, seems you're confused.
Please head to IRC & find me there. SigPic (REALTIME IRC) has link.
EDIT: To briefly explain, it doesn't matter Revolutionary S Off or Juopunut Bear S Off.
The ENG Hboot is compatible with both.
After this, you can choose to install custom recovery if you want to or, just root right away.
It is always advisable to have custom recovery installed.
Ok this is the pics of the.tool scroolong up all the time
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Hi everyone
I just got this inspire 4g from AT&T yesterday and I rooted it and tired to install a custom rom but it always freeze in HTC screen after I install custom roms, so I get back to sock rom witch i made a backup before, I searched more I found that i have to S-Off it the Hboot screen shows this informations :
*** UNLOCKED ***
ACE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT- 2.00.0030
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.17.14.11_M
eMMC-BOOT
I wanna s-off it but I am afraid to make something stupid and I found that i must downgrade something so I am confused, so if anyone can help me out it will be great.
thanks
PS: just one more question the inspire 4g sound is too weak, is it normal?
You don't need S-Off to flash ROMs. With S-On, you need to fastboot flash the boot.img from inside the ROM zip.
bananagranola said:
You don't need S-Off to flash ROMs. With S-On, you need to fastboot flash the boot.img from inside the ROM zip.
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So i unzip the rom zip and take the boot.img and flash it after or before the rom?
Topol-Ms said:
So i unzip the rom zip and take the boot.img and flash it after or before the rom?
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After. Flash the ROM in recovery, then flash the boot.img in fastboot.
bananagranola said:
After. Flash the ROM in recovery, then flash the boot.img in fastboot.
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thanks very much
Does the boot.img need to be in a zip folder? If the answer is yes, then does that folder need to have a specific name?
I'm stuck on the HTC splash screen and been looking at this so much that I'm crosseyed now. I have been to umpteengillion forums (actually the same ones over and over that my searches take me to) I'm been trying to read and do this on my own. I feel like I most likely need help now.
Any help is apperciated
EyeGee said:
Does the boot.img need to be in a zip folder? If the answer is yes, then does that folder need to have a specific name?
I'm stuck on the HTC splash screen and been looking at this so much that I'm crosseyed now. I have been to umpteengillion forums (actually the same ones over and over that my searches take me to) I'm been trying to read and do this on my own. I feel like I most likely need help now.
Any help is apperciated
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No and no. But you need to be in that folder when you run fastboot.
bananagranola said:
No and no. But you need to be in that folder when you run fastboot.
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cool. Thanks for ur help. Appreciated greatly.
I'm trying to get sim unlock. I'm using the AAHK, but it keeps giving me the device offline error. I'm not sure what I'm doing. I have unlocked boot loader, I have debugging enabled, and the phone is on charge only. Any thoughts on this?
EyeGee said:
cool. Thanks for ur help. Appreciated greatly.
I'm trying to get sim unlock. I'm using the AAHK, but it keeps giving me the device offline error. I'm not sure what I'm doing. I have unlocked boot loader, I have debugging enabled, and the phone is on charge only. Any thoughts on this?
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AAHK is retired and unsupported, so I don't offer help on that tool.
bananagranola said:
AAHK is retired and unsupported, so I don't offer help on that tool.
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Understandable. I thought about using mini-adb. I'm not sure what the best option is. I'm still reading and doing research on getting the s-off. Any feedback u might have is appreciated, as always. :good:
thanks
EyeGee said:
Understandable. I thought about using mini-adb. I'm not sure what the best option is. I'm still reading and doing research on getting the s-off. Any feedback u might have is appreciated, as always. :good:
thanks
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There's a manual S-Off method available on attn1's AAHK website. It explains how to do what AAHK used to do automatically, manually.
bananagranola said:
There's a manual S-Off method available on attn1's AAHK website. It explains how to do what AAHK used to do automatically, manually.
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Perfect. That's most likely the lead I need. Thanks for ur help again.
What exactly is s-off
Hi all,
I understand that s-on means that when you flash a rom, you also have to flash the kernel manually from fastboot, but I wanted to know what exactly is s-off/s-on. From my reading and googling it seems like it's the HTC sync function, how does this impede the flashing of a kernel? I'm interested in the under the hood stuff as well as well so it'd be nice to gain some insight into this.
It is not the HTC Sync function. The HTC Sync application merely installs the adb and fastboot drivers (I mean, it does other stuff too, but that's all that really matters in this context). I think S-On means Security On. Certain partitions can't be flashed from recovery (boot) or at all (radio). S-Off is Security Off. All partitions flashable.