Maybe cause I'm use to the captivate but all this stuff seems confusing to me ...like gold card ? And recovery how does one get to recovery ? Etc what is the easiest way to root and enable sideload step by step if possible please
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=983840
1. Create gold card using a utlility posted here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=970157
2. Use bubby's tool to root your phone http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=961406
You should be done in less then an hour
I actually think the hack kit is easier. Plus you don't have to worry about cwm messing up.
I don't see how cwm is messing up? Just try to reflash it until it works. Or use the fix. Do you think rooting the phone with the desire hd method works? The easy one click tool? It includes visionary. Its the same phone, idk why it wouldn't.
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Nope the inspire software closes the bug that allowed visionary to work. That's why the goldcard is needed so you can downgrade.
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That seems exsessive. Why reflash until it works when you can just do it once and have it work. Not to mention some people have had to get engineering hboot just to get it to work.
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I just wanted to add something about bubby's tool. I used that process to root my phone. Afterward, I could not get the GPS to work at all. So, I reflashed the stock ROM (via SD method) and used SuperOneClickv1.7-ShortFuse to root the device. I have since loaded a Gingerbread ROM, but reloading stock (without losing S-off) fixed the GPS issue for me.
I guess the bigger news, and the point, is that the psneuter rooting process works on this device. I also used SuperOneClickv1.7-ShortFuse to enable non-market apps on the stock ROM.
psneuter works because when you went back to stock you were still S-off.
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psneuter works because when you went back to stock you were still S-off.
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That is what I was trying to convey in my post. The point really, is that you can skip the manual rooting and just reload the stock rom after the s-off steps. It may be beneficial for some people to know that.
Sometimes I just like to do things from scratch myself. If there was a simple s-off process that reloaded a stock rom, I would think some people would be interested in it. Of course, I realize there is a stock rom with simply root and s-off. In my situation, that rom did not have a working GPS for some reason.
I am sure there will be a point where the whole process gets easier anyway. I believe, at some point, somebody will find a way to get s-off without downgrading first.
I was trying to create my gold card tonight but kept getting card is already being used error after formatting and placing the SD card in my phone. That's what happens when I try to get the CID for the card that is. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
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HI, guys you've really helped me with all my previous phones. I currently have an Att inspire, it's not rooted but I want to have access to install apk's on my phone everything else is okay. I know about sideloadwonder but, direct downloads and installs on the phone are even better. Does SuperOneClickv1.7-ShortFuse enable non-market apps. thanks.
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I rooted my phone and s-off, and I tried to return it to stock. When I used the factory Rom, it seems Alittle laggy and it keeps on saying I dont have mobile data when I have 1 out of 5 bars. My phone is also still s-off and any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Did you use the RUU to return to stock? Worked fine for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=952224
Yes i did but now i'm trying to get my s-on, maybe that has something to do with it.
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Yes i did but now i'm trying to get my s-on, maybe that has something to do with it.
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I'm running stock with s-off and no problems.
Well I did the temproot then turned s-on, then installed stock software. Also reset the phone when it came back up and now everything is running 100% better and gets awesome upload and download speeds for some reason. 3mb download and .79 upload. Thanks for trying guys but maybe this forum can help someone else in the future.
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What steps are used to turn it back on.
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Start here if your unrooted!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=952352
So i went through the hole root process with the GOLDCARD to get it at least temp rooted. Once you get to the temp root shell in step (step)3.7(dot) that states
"Launch Terminal Emulator again in the phone, it Force Closes. Launch a another time, and you'll have a temp root shell."
Start here if your already rooted or temp root!!
Go to this link and put the steps in your command promt, also from you ace-hack-kit-v002 folder navigate to "tools/win" or "tools/mac" to get to the adb file:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11486587&postcount=27
I used the 3rd one and when you do the process su will respond with su su not found, but keep going it's fine. Once you complete that your s-on and should say on top of the boot loader.
After that i used the stock ruu from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=952224
then when it came back up, i just returned it to factory settings through SD & phone storage.
I'm not sure if there are great instructions lol but if you have trouble, just let me know and i'll help you out or try to make more sence of it.
I am new to this rooting stuff and been spent most of yesterday learning and asking questions. Here is what I did and some questions I got from it.
1. I rooted using the guide from ace hack it, took me a few tries but got it working.
2. Noticed I went from GB 2.3 to 2.2 after it. So is there a way to get to 2.3. This will lead to another question a few.
3. I loaded my first Rom off the SD and it was Leedriod. That gave GB 2.3 but was having difficulty with gps. But I was happy to know the rooting and Rom laps worked for me.
4. So I tried the offical ATT RUU through usb and HTC sense. It worked but also put me back to stock. Is this a way of putting your phone back to stock? I do have ace hack it on the phone because when I reboot I can get into it but if I select recovery from the menu it seems to lockup my phone.
5. Is the term Rom and RUU interchangeable? I see people using both or am I reading it wrong?
Thanks for any help. I have been reading pages of this stuff and its making my head spin. I just wanted to ask some questions to help understand this better, since I'm new to it.
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Oh I forgot one.
A lot of instruction say to 'clear cache'. How do you do that? Is that the wipe cache option I see from the ace hack it menu?
Thanks
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Ruu=Radio Update Utility
Rom=the OS you see/use on the phone.
When you ran the Ruu, you unrooted your phone. You'll have to rerun the Hack Kit to regain root but not S-off and to be able to flash a different (preferably custom) rom.
Do you have a preference for Sense or AOSP?
I figured that I had to rerun which is ok with me.
I don't really use sense because there aren't many options to it. So I would try asop but o don't know what is
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Tx Redneck said:
Ruu=Radio Update Utility
Rom=the OS you see/use on the phone.
When you ran the Ruu, you unrooted your phone. You'll have to rerun the Hack Kit to regain root but not S-off and to be able to flash a different (preferably custom) rom.
Do you have a preference for Sense or AOSP?
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If you're S-OFF, all you have to do is flash ClockWorkMod recovery to regain root; no need to redo the whole hack kit.
Duffmantp said:
I figured that I had to rerun which is ok with me.
I don't really use sense because there aren't many options to it. So I would try asop but o don't know what is
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If you ran the RUU, it will return you to a stock ROM, but you are still S-OFF which is the biggest hurdle in rooting your phone. If you want to root after running the RUU, just flash ClockWorkMod recovery via HBOOT and then install a rooted ROM.
That's dang good info. From what I knew, you had to rerun part of the hack kit to reboot. How does flashing CWM root the stock rom?
Gene Poole said:
If you ran the RUU, it will return you to a stock ROM, but you are still S-OFF which is the biggest hurdle in rooting your phone. If you want to root after running the RUU, just flash ClockWorkMod recovery via HBOOT and then install a rooted ROM.
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Hey Tx, RUU actually stands for ROM Update Utility. Just didn't want to get others reading that confused.
Agoattamer said:
Hey Tx, RUU actually stands for ROM Update Utility. Just didn't want to get others reading that confused.
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It appears we're both half right.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=WallabyFAQ#What_does_RUU_stand_for.3F
What does RUU stand for?
It stands for Radio Unit Upgrade. But please forget this name: it is confusing, because it upgrade the Radio Rom & the OS ROM, or only one of them.
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Tx Redneck said:
That's dang good info. From what I knew, you had to rerun part of the hack kit to reboot. How does flashing CWM root the stock rom?
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It doesn't, but once CWM is installed, you can install any of the multitude of rooted ROMs available.
Gene Poole said:
It doesn't, but once CWM is installed, you can install any of the multitude of rooted ROMs available.
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Ahhh, that's snicky.[insert Desi Arnaz voice to say snicky]
Tx Redneck said:
It appears we're both half right.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=WallabyFAQ#What_does_RUU_stand_for.3F
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Easy enough to get the real answer. When I first saw you call it Radio Update Utility it didn't sound right. So I googled it. I saw about 4 names that people gave it including Radio Unit Upgrade but then I thought where did I see it before. Oh yes, right from the upgrade utility.
So I tried recovery again. And my phone keeps getting locked up. The device appears with a red triangle with a red exclamation mark. So i tried the downgrade from the hack it kit. It worked but i still get the same thing. So i tried reverse gold card and i got a error. The same that i got before i reformatted the SD to get the root to work.
So later today, I will reformat and run the hack kit again. I am probably going to try Coredroid ROM.
I was just wondering if there's an easy way to root the inspire, without turning s off...i JUST want Clockwork Mod recovery and i ONLY want to flash a rom...i want absolutely NO DEAL AT ALL with radios, s-off, eng s-off, the advanced ace hack kit, or anything other than all that stuff, because what happened last time is that whenever i flashed a radio, i couldn't use wifi make calls or listen to music, and i wasn't even able to get into CWM to install a ROM. so, I downloaded the RUU, used it, and my phone is now in "out of the box" condition software-wise. can't i just use this superoneclick, flash CWM with rom manager, and install a ROM just like on the SGS phones? i don't want to semi-brick my phone again, assistance would be appreciated...thank you!
If it's root with S-on you want, I found a 1 click S-on tool somewhere, I'll put it in my dropbox. Just root with the ace hack kit, then use the tool to get s-on. bingo.
apokrikorian said:
I was just wondering if there's an easy way to root the inspire, without turning s off...i JUST want Clockwork Mod recovery and i ONLY want to flash a rom...i want absolutely NO DEAL AT ALL with radios, s-off, eng s-off, the advanced ace hack kit, or anything other than all that stuff, because what happened last time is that whenever i flashed a radio, i couldn't use wifi make calls or listen to music, and i wasn't even able to get into CWM to install a ROM. so, I downloaded the RUU, used it, and my phone is now in "out of the box" condition software-wise. can't i just use this superoneclick, flash CWM with rom manager, and install a ROM just like on the SGS phones? i don't want to semi-brick my phone again, assistance would be appreciated...thank you!
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Nothing that you said makes a whole lot of sense. Ace hack kit is stupidly simple and also a one click. If you encountered so many problems than you did not fully read the "effen manual". All you need to do is run hack kit and then install a Rom via cwm. It does not require a whole lot of work. If you can not obtain root with hack kit than you have no business installing custom roms.
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Gizmoe said:
Nothing that you said makes a whole lot of sense. Ace hack kit is stupidly simple and also a one click. If you encountered so many problems than you did not fully read the "effen manual". All you need to do is run hack kit and then install a Rom via cwm. It does not require a whole lot of work. If you can not obtain root with hack kit than you have no business installing custom roms.
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i did root with aahk, but the radio was still messed up, i dont know why, but it DID in fact get root... But anyways, that's besides from the point...does SuperOneClick work with the inspire?
apokrikorian said:
i did root with aahk, but the radio was still messed up, i dont know why, but it DID in fact get root... But anyways, that's besides from the point...does SuperOneClick work with the inspire?
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I do not see how your radio could have gotten messed up. All you do is run option 1 "hack ace" and when its done you have root with stock radio and stock Rom. It doesn't change your radio version. I'm not sure how much easier it could be. I can't emphasize how important it is that you fully read and study things. The link you supplied for the super one click is not even compatible with the inspire 4G which I just found out by reading the thread. Ace hack kit is the super one click for the inspire. I do not beleive you are grasping the simplicity of the tool. There is really only one step, if your doing anyhting more than one step you are doing it wrong. So, like I said in my earlier response, if you can not make ace hack kit work then you are not going to be able to root your phone and install a custom Rom. I suggest you read every single word of the manual, yes every word and try it again. It really is easy.
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Not to mention that in order for you to flash a custom rom, you HAVE to have S-off. Like gizmoe said, of you have that much trouble running one step then you have zero business flashing anything.
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Pirateghost said:
Not to mention that in order for you to flash a custom rom, you HAVE to have S-off. Like gizmoe said, of you have that much trouble running one step then you have zero business flashing anything.
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+1 on both of you. If someone can't follow SIMPLE instructions and read everything then they have no business rooting. Either stay stock or buy an iPhone.
I got your 10 char right here
cwhitney24 said:
+1 on both of you. If someone can't follow SIMPLE instructions and read everything then they have no business rooting. Either stay stock or buy an iPhail.
I got your 10 char right here
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Fixed
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Pirateghost said:
Not to mention that in order for you to flash a custom rom, you HAVE to have S-off. Like gizmoe said, of you have that much trouble running one step then you have zero business flashing anything.
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Not so. All you need is a custom recovery to flash ROMs. You need S-OFF to flash recovery though.
Gene Poole said:
Not so. All you need is a custom recovery to flash ROMs. You need S-OFF to flash recovery though.
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LOL.... sooo.... my comment still stands. in order for you to get custom recovery so you can flash roms, you need S-OFF....
Pirateghost said:
LOL.... sooo.... my comment still stands. in order for you to get custom recovery so you can flash roms, you need S-OFF....
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I'm just clarifying. I had an Aria for awhile before getting my Inspire. Unrevoked was the only rooting option we had until revolutionary.io. Unrevoked was only able to temporarily glitch the hboot into letting it install CWM recovery. That was all we got; no S-OFF.
You could, in theory, gain S-OFF with gfree, flash a recovery, then go back to S-ON with gfree all during the rooting process. In fact, I think this might not be a bad idea as most Inspire users will never really need an S-OFF rooted phone and it gets some into trouble.
I recently followed these instructions to get CM7 on my Evo Shift:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Evo_Shift_4G:_Full_Update_Guide
I had to do the 2.2 downgrade by following this guide, including the temp root linked in the instructions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255474
When I had that set up, I downloaded ROM Manager and made a recovery image. Installed CM7. Everything worked great, except for some wonkiness with Google Voice. I found an ICS rom that looked interesting, but being a total newbie had no idea how to switch to something new. So, I loaded my recovery image thinking this is the closest thing to starting from scratch. However, after I did that superuser was no longer on my phone and I couldn't get temp root like I previously could. I consistently got this message:
"an error occurred running the exploit (-1) (errno: 25)"
If I can't temproot, I can't put superuser back on my phone. Is there another way to root my phone? Did I do something phenomenally stupid? Any advice for switching between roms? I apologize for my inexperience; I just started rooting a week ago.
Thank you for your patience!!
I'm not sure how to help but here is a guide for flashing ROMs correctly that I use. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1266885
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I'm not sure how to help but here is a guide for flashing ROMs correctly that I use. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1266885
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thank you! I decided to go back to stock and try all over again. I will definitely use this flash guide.
If your going to RUU back to 2.2 , you can use THIS to regain ROOT.
Hello, I'm a bit new here so pardon me if this is in the wrong place.
About three weeks ago I've acquired a Glacier to replace an old Sidekick 4G. I've been trying to install custom ROMs for a while now, but they've all ended in failure. I've gone through several upon several post from various sites, most of them here in XDA. Ive done everything I've seen to get this phone a custom ROM. I've made a goldcard to downgrade which failed, I've installed CWM version 5.something, I've got permaroot on my device and I've unlocked the bootloader through HTCdevs' site. I cannot get a custom ROM to install without the package being signed, and even if I install a signed ROM, my device bricks and refuses to load past initial bootscreen. I've even left my device on entire night after flashing a signed ROM to see if it would load past the bootscreen, but it won't. I'm also still a bit new to the custom tom community as a whole, as the o ly device I've had experience customizing and flashing was the SK4G.
Can anyone here please help me? I've gone through almost every single thread on XDA regarding this phone and achieving S=Off, but nothing has worked. I honestly don't even know how I managed permaroot on here since it seems to.be difficult to do from what I've read.
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I think if you unlocked your bootloader (s-off) with HTC dev you have to flash the boot.img separately. The boot.img
Is the kernel. Don't worry bro I'm a noob too can I still remember how frustrated I was while rooting. Expecially cause I have the bad emmc and I have the Canadian version of the mytouch which you have to root a different way
What rom do you want? If you open the open there will be the boot.img and extract it and flash it separately
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HI There,
I too had a few hiccups when trying to load custom Roms. I also tried to use the Unlocker through HTC, and it didn't work. It says it unlocks the BOOTLOADER, but I still had S-ON. The only way I could permanently root the Glacier with S-OFF was to downgrade to 2.2 then root.
When you go into Bootloader, does it show you have S-OFF?
N_otori0us_ said:
I think if you unlocked your bootloader (s-off) with HTC dev you have to flash the boot.img separately. The boot.img
Is the kernel. Don't worry bro I'm a noob too can I still remember how frustrated I was while rooting. Expecially cause I have the bad emmc and I have the Canadian version of the mytouch which you have to root a different way
What rom do you want? If you open the open there will be the boot.img and extract it and flash it separately
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I was looking at this rom, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1383629 , it was the first I've tried. My bootloader is still S=On, but the bootloader itself is unlocked. I dunno if that makes any sense, I'm just reading what I see on my bootloader screen.
Anyway, after flashing the boot.img for the rom I wanted, my phone fully booted up and is now working. Thank you very much for you help.
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HI There,
I too had a few hiccups when trying to load custom Roms. I also tried to use the Unlocker through HTC, and it didn't work. It says it unlocks the BOOTLOADER, but I still had S-ON. The only way I could permanently root the Glacier with S-OFF was to downgrade to 2.2 then root.
When you go into Bootloader, does it show you have S-OFF?
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No, and the threads I've read about downgrading to 2.2 through a goldcard hasn't worked. Would getting a stock 2.2 rom for it and flashing that work?
TacoSeeker said:
No, and the threads I've read about downgrading to 2.2 through a goldcard hasn't worked. Would getting a stock 2.2 rom for it and flashing that work?
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I don't believe so. You would still need S-OFF to flash that custom ROM anyhow.
This was the only video I found that was helpful. A lot of people complain about visionary bricking devices so I guess that's the inherent risk here, but I am still going strong. You must be on 2.2 to use the /gfree method as described in the video. Also, you will have to scour the web for the visionary APK and gfree files. I can't remember where I got them.
Downgrade using the first link, then root using the second. Do a factory reset and follow the steps to downgrade on unlockr EXACTLY and you will be fine. I know it's two different guides, but I had to piece these steps together pulling bits from each to get it to work. Be careful though, as always you take responsibility if you damage your phone using any method to root.
If you run into a misc_version permission denied error during this step, it's because you pushed the whole MISC folder and need to use:
/data/local/tmp/misc_version/misc_version -s 1.00.000.0
http://theunlockr.com/2011/10/25/ho...ire-z-desire-hd-and-mytouch-4g-back-to-froyo/
http://forum.cyanogenmod.org/topic/32293-mytouch-4g-rooting-234-ota-roam/
After that, read the GUIDE TO PERMANENT ROOT S-OFF here on XDA and piece together what you are missing.
That's the best I can do without being there with you. I am sorry.
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thevindicated said:
I don't believe so. You would still need S-OFF to flash that custom ROM anyhow.
This was the only video I found that was helpful. A lot of people complain about visionary bricking devices so I guess that's the inherent risk here, but I am still going strong. You must be on 2.2 to use the /gfree method as described in the video. Also, you will have to scour the web for the visionary APK and gfree files. I can't remember where I got them.
Downgrade using the first link, then root using the second. Do a factory reset and follow the steps to downgrade on unlockr EXACTLY and you will be fine. I know it's two different guides, but I had to piece these steps together pulling bits from each to get it to work. Be careful though, as always you take responsibility if you damage your phone using any method to root.
If you run into a misc_version permission denied error during this step, it's because you pushed the whole MISC folder and need to use:
/data/local/tmp/misc_version/misc_version -s 1.00.000.0
After that, read the GUIDE TO PERMANENT ROOT S-OFF here on XDA and piece together what you are missing.
That's the best I can do without being there with you. I am sorry.
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My bootloader still says S=On, but I just got finished flashing CM7 onto my device. So I think I'm pretty much done with this thread. Thank you for all of your help.
My only other concern would be if it's possible for me to restore the /data portion of my stock rom NANDroid backup to get all of my app data back. Would that work, or would the device brick because they're two diffrent OS's?
Thats HTC Dev for you. You gotta flash the kernel after the ROM. If you have S-ON, but flashed a rom and got it to work, then you basically have S-Off, otherwise you couldn't have flashed a rom. Good luck in flashing other roms in the future bro.
TacoSeeker said:
My bootloader still says S=On, but I just got finished flashing CM7 onto my device. So I think I'm pretty much done with this thread. Thank you for all of your help.
My only other concern would be if it's possible for me to restore the /data portion of my stock rom NANDroid backup to get all of my app data back. Would that work, or would the device brick because they're two diffrent OS's?
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Use titanium backup to extract the app data from the backup you made. Don't restore the data partition.
By the way, S-Off is far superior to HTC Dev unlock. You'll figure that out sooner or later.
Originally Posted by TacoSeeker
My bootloader still says S=On, but I just got finished flashing CM7 onto my device. So I think I'm pretty much done with this thread. Thank you for all of your help.
My only other concern would be if it's possible for me to restore the /data portion of my stock rom NANDroid backup to get all of my app data back. Would that work, or would the device brick because they're two diffrent OS's?
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Use titanium backup to extract the app data from the backup you made. Don't restore the data partition.
By the way, S-Off is far superior to HTC Dev unlock. You'll figure that out sooner or later.
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Yeah, I realize know that S=off is better. Like I said, I'm new to the whole ROM community thing so I thought an HTCDev unlock WAS S=off.
Anyway, thank you all for your help. Much appreciated.
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