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?
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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?
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Yes Revolutionary works just fine, make sure you download the latest version from http://revolutionary.io/
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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
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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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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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Ok, this worked for me as of 10/20/10, i had my phone rooted by unrevoked, I am like many of the people here who kept having issues with all the PC36IMG.zip not working. I have extracted a new PC36IMG.zip from the ruu's and have not had any issues. I also had the dreaded "main version is older" issue. This seemed to take care of the issue! Im now back to stock!
Step 1 you will need to go here:
http://downloads.unrevoked.com/forever/current/unrevoked-forever-son.zip
If you used Unrevoked Forever at any time, flash unrevoked-forever-son.zip from recovery until hboot shows S-ON(Credit to djR3Z tut)
Step 2
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=108Z9R8Y
This is the PC36IMG.zip file that you will need
- Put this on the root of your sdcard
- Boot into hboot and let it load up the PC36IMG.zip
- It will run like a normal update
- Reboot when finished
- It will do a few other things (Load radio and update)
- After it fully loads you should be back to complete stock!!!!
Lemme know if this doesn't work for you
LIKE I SAID THIS WORKED AS OF 10/20/2010!!!
I am not responsible for damages to your phone! You chose to go the route you did, so face the consequences, I'm just posting what has worked for me, so use at your own risk! Love the android, love my evo!
Has been tested and works if you have a rooted via unrevoked method.
So can I update my evo ota to 3.29.651.5 and then follow these steps? Right now I have the stock 3.26.651.6 rooted with unrevoked3. TIA
m4f1050 said:
So can I update my evo ota to 3.29.651.5 and then follow these steps? Right now I have the stock 3.26.651.6 rooted with unrevoked3. TIA
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Im not understanding? If you apply just the PC36IMG you should at least lose root and be updated to latest update. You have to run the first tool to relock the bootloader. You will see in hboot if it is locked or unlocked. Locked is s- on unlocked is s- off
My bad, I was wanting to root or better yet, update to 29 and then root.
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yes you can achieve root on the new update through unrevoked. I'm not a fan of rooting this way, as people have had lots of trouble unrooting (had this problem myself). Thats why I came up with this tut so you can unroot if you have to send back to sprint. my method was the only one that worked for me to get unrooted.
people...just use unrevoked 3...i mean its a one click process...u dont have to do anything after that in about 2 minutes your rooted and nand unlocked =P
m4f1050 said:
So can I update my evo ota to 3.29.651.5 and then follow these steps? Right now I have the stock 3.26.651.6 rooted with unrevoked3. TIA
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Just flash a ROM that's based on the 3.29 update.
Well hopefully this works. I'm not going to root with unrevoked again I don't think. It was much easier for me to unroot my last phone w/o using unrevoked.
Nope, as of 1/19/11 this does not work.
Will this work if I didn't use unrevoked? I am currently having an issue where my usb/charging port is not working properly and can not connect to the computer. I am rooted but need to unroot so I can send my phone back.
Diplomat2387 said:
Will this work if I didn't use unrevoked? I am currently having an issue where my usb/charging port is not working properly and can not connect to the computer. I am rooted but need to unroot so I can send my phone back.
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This is incredibly outdated, so no, it will not currently work with your phone.
dkelle4 said:
This is incredibly outdated, so no, it will not currently work with your phone.
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Even if I downgraded my ROM?..I am currently on a 2.1 ROM..
Only one way to find out. It SHOULD. I ended up downloading one of the early official 2.2 releases and flashed that on my phone. Of course now it won't do another OTA because the "signatures are invalid".
dkelle4 said:
This is incredibly outdated, so no, it will not currently work with your phone.
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I haven't seen any "unroot" threads that have worked for me. Is there one I'm missing?
jpitt916 said:
Only one way to find out. It SHOULD. I ended up downloading one of the early official 2.2 releases and flashed that on my phone. Of course now it won't do another OTA because the "signatures are invalid".
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I tried just putting the pcimg on my sd card and power up into bootloader and it gives me an error saying that the image is older or something...Agh.
STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP
If you're not an expert user, stop reading now. The unrevoked
release that supports the new OTA will be coming soon.
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Hi folks.
I have a build of Forever for radio 2.15.00.11.19; it worked on my phone. So, for the adventurous amongst you who don't want to wait for the new unrevoked release (coming soon, I swear; we now all finally have a moment to breathe, so we're getting moving on this one), but are somehow stuck on the new radio, I have a new build for you -- get it at the usual place.
Have fun!
joshua
unrevoked
Really looking forward to this release. Have a refurb coming in this tuesday and I'm hoping I won't need to use this, but glad its here if I do.
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Fantastic, thank you
Quick question Joshua, Quite a while ago I Rooted my EVO with UnRevoked 3.21 and have S-Off and all is well. Back at that time should I have also flashed UnRevoked Forever, or does 3.21 also cover that?
Thanks.
thekenster said:
Quick question Joshua, Quite a while ago I Rooted my EVO with UnRevoked 3.21 and have S-Off and all is well. Back at that time should I have also flashed UnRevoked Forever, or does 3.21 also cover that?
Thanks.
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Same question here, I only ran 3.21 and it put me in S-OFF. I've even flashed a couple of RUU's in the past and re-rooted, and the phone never went back to S-ON.
I had eng hboot with soff, but applied the new soff successfully to the radio after updating to the 2.15.00.11.19 radio.
This works flawlessly
Just wanted to let everyone know how I achieved full root with the newest OTA.
1) download newest S-OFF Patch that works with new radio while still rooted on older SW version. Install S-OFF.zip through recovery.
2) Use 3.29 ruu to restore phone back to stock, s-off will still be on. Download OTA update directly to phone after you finish initial setup.
3) Install downloaded OTA immediately. Let it do its thing. Once you reboot, place clockwork recovery (Amon-RA probably works too but I haven't tried it yet) on the root of your sdcard and make sure it is named pc36img.zip.
4) power off phone, hold volume down and power... phone will turn on and ask if you want to apply update , press volume up for yes.
5) you now have root and nand unlock with all the newest radio versions and a custom recovery to flash zips as you wish. I installed a stock de-odexed version of the newest OTA already as I wait for devs to release custom ROMS based on 3.70...
Have fun!!
Everything I used was downloaded right from here.
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever
THIS WAS DONE ON AN 003 HARDWARE PHONE. I CAN NOT GUARANTEE THIS WILL WORK ON 004!!!
Thanks. The Unrevoked site now shows support for 11.19.
Infinite loop duration: user-defined (good)
Brinell hardness: 35-45 (good)
Viscosity: SAE 20 or equivalent (good)
Votages: Plates=+350VDC (good)
------------Filament=+12VDC (good)
------------Grid=-2.4VDC (good)
Operating environment: Yes (good)
Microcode verified CFC-free (good)
LOL
thekenster said:
Quick question Joshua, Quite a while ago I Rooted my EVO with UnRevoked 3.21 and have S-Off and all is well. Back at that time should I have also flashed UnRevoked Forever, or does 3.21 also cover that?
Thanks.
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If the phone says S-OFF, and it DOESN'T say "ENG" at the top, then you don't need to run Forever; you're already S-OFF. (It was included in all unrevoked releases since, I think, 3.2.)
Josh I have original eng boot with s-off and I flashed unrevoked forever just in case I decided to upgrade the hboot later . My hboot still shows eng s-off and flash said it was successful. Should I see still see eng in my hboot?
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If the phone says S-OFF, and it DOESN'T say "ENG" at the top, then you don't need to run Forever; you're already S-OFF. (It was included in all unrevoked releases since, I think, 3.2.)
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starkillers said:
Josh I have original eng boot with s-off and I flashed unrevoked forever just in case I decided to upgrade the hboot later . My hboot still shows eng s-off and flash said it was successful. Should I see still see eng in my hboot?
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If you flashed Forever, it will still say ENG; there isn't an easy way to tell if it's a hard-S-OFF or soft-S-OFF if you have the ENG loader. But yes, if you flashed Forever, you are now hard-S-OFF, and it's OK if it still says ENG -- you just have to remember that you did flash Forever!
Cool, yeah it put a log on my SD card that said successful. Figured I would forever flash as some people lost s-off updating hboot.
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If you flashed Forever, it will still say ENG; there isn't an easy way to tell if it's a hard-S-OFF or soft-S-OFF if you have the ENG loader. But yes, if you flashed Forever, you are now hard-S-OFF, and it's OK if it still says ENG -- you just have to remember that you did flash Forever!
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Will this help downgrade HBoot for those that had Unrevoked Forever and upgraded HBoot to 2.10? or is the Hboot still locked!?
m3Jorge said:
Will this help downgrade HBoot for those that had Unrevoked Forever and upgraded HBoot to 2.10? or is the Hboot still locked!?
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Follow my instructions on page 1 and you will be just fine!!
ok, i got s-off but can boot into recovery. i use pc36img, just cant get into recovery.
phat_red said:
ok, i got s-off but can boot into recovery. i use pc36img, just cant get into recovery.
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Okay, so u lashed zip and got s-off... Place pc36img.zip onto root of sdcard and then powered off the phone... The you hold down power and volume down button at same time... Hboot should pop up and search for pc36img.zip automatically... It should find it and then ask if you want to proceed to update... Then you press volume up key and it will update.... Boot phone regularly, attach to computer.... Remove pc36img.zip from root of sd card... Shut phone down.... Hold down power and volume down at same time. Hboot will pop up again and look for pc36img.zip / since u removed it it will find nothing press volume down until recovery... when recovery is highlighted press power button.. you will be in recovery.... Just make sure you get the pc36img.zip file from unrevoked site... I downloaded the one for clockwork as I have never had a problem with it.
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If you flashed Forever, it will still say ENG; there isn't an easy way to tell if it's a hard-S-OFF or soft-S-OFF if you have the ENG loader. But yes, if you flashed Forever, you are now hard-S-OFF, and it's OK if it still says ENG -- you just have to remember that you did flash Forever!
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Flashed forever, says s-off but no ENG... is that normal?
Edit: Disregard that. Answer was already answered.
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So if I use unrevoked forever, I won't be able to unroot it in case I need take it back to sprint?
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Got a question. I rooted using the original method from reginaw when 2.2 first got rooted using the long adb method. I also flashed unrevoked forever and the eng.76 boot loader. Since I just recently flashed the new radio but I'm still showing s-off, do I need to reflash unrevoked forever? Thanks for any help u can give.
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Is there any benefit of the newest Hboot? I originally rooted my phone back in Sept with unrevoked 3.21. It had hboot .92 i believe, but then i flashed the eng .76 bootloader. Everything has been great. But recently I flashed caulkulin's all in one PRI, PRL, WIMAX, and RADIO. My phone has been booting, but I noticed it stays on the flash screen for a good amount of time, sometimes it will even hang up on the flash screen and I have to do a battery pull. Would it benefit me to flash the latest s-off, update OTA to 3.70 and follow the rest of the directions? Thanks for any help you can spare.
Basically, when I got my desire S it would recive text and calls properly. After getting no where with HTC or T-molbie. I took matter into my own hands, I used revolutionary to S-off and root the phone so I could install a new radio rom, and it fixed my problem.
Now I want to install an OTA Update, and i get an android with exclamation mark. Due to the root and S-off I guess.
So I have 2 question?
how do I return my device back to normal so I can use OTA updates.
or can I used revolutionary to install the OTA update. I have the OTA file on the phone its named: OTA_Saga_S_TMO_UK_2.10.110.8-1.47.110.3_release_228406quwrcctl7v28m8yk
I need an idiots guide to be able to do this.
Tried to do the OTA using revolutionary, phone goes through tmobile splash screen then just reboots into revolutionary, how can i fix this?
Thanks
You can't do an OTA update without going back to stock. I believe you need to go to S-ON and back to a stock ROM, then you will be able to install an OTA update.
But why use that when there's better ROM's on here?
So many Roms, but failed on camera
leimrey said:
So many Roms, but failed on camera
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Only on Ice Cream Sandwich and it should only be a couple of months before that's fully rectified
Rich196 said:
Basically, when I got my desire S it would recive text and calls properly. After getting no where with HTC or T-molbie. I took matter into my own hands, I used revolutionary to S-off and root the phone so I could install a new radio rom, and it fixed my problem.
Now I want to install an OTA Update, and i get an android with exclamation mark. Due to the root and S-off I guess.
So I have 2 question?
how do I return my device back to normal so I can use OTA updates.
or can I used revolutionary to install the OTA update. I have the OTA file on the phone its named: OTA_Saga_S_TMO_UK_2.10.110.8-1.47.110.3_release_228406quwrcctl7v28m8yk
I need an idiots guide to be able to do this.
Tried to do the OTA using revolutionary, phone goes through tmobile splash screen then just reboots into revolutionary, how can i fix this?
Thanks
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You can NOT install OTA after Revolutionary S-OFF. You have to flash Stock Hboot(S-On)(first Eng Hboot then Stock Hboot). IDK why you want to install these updates. You have S-Off and rooted device, you should flash a custom rom. I'm using Endymion v3.5 and its perfect! I'm still stayin away from ICS roms coz Kernel v3 not leaked/released for DS yet.
Edit: There are some custom roms (w/o sense) with working front/rear camera. But Photo quality and camera interface are not quality as Sense Camera...
Hi guys. I've just got my brand spanking new HTC Sensation and i'm wondering what order to root/SOFF in and basically anything else as i've not done DIY rooting since my old HTC Desire a couple of years back so i'm a bit rust and confused.
I don't want to mess up and brick my phone so i'd like to know the things to do in the correct order and with the correct software/tools.
1st off i'll give the details about my device:
Phone - HTC Sensation Z710e
HBOOT - 1.27.0000
Android version - 4.0.3
HTC Sense version - 3.6
Software number - 3.32.771.13
Kernel version - 3.0.16-g159c6f3 / [email protected] build- 144 #1 / SMP PREEMPT Tue Apr 3 08:37:16CST 2012
I hope that's enough info but I have more should we need it.
This is how i'm thinking of doing it but please correct me if i'm wrong:
1) S-OFF using the Juopunutbear S-OFF method.
2) Install CWM via this thread.
3) Once that's been done I can go about installing custom ROM's.
Hope that's correct.
Thanks.
hmm as you are on stock ICS
there are few different ways to have root/custom roms
1.staying SON and flashing roms (this involves HTC-DEV unolcked bootloader ..which might void your warranty ...but not a single person was denied warranty until now afaik..but there is risk still involved..as htc keeps your phone info in their data base)
to do that follow this guide to the letter
2.SOFF and flash roms
2.1. SOFF without HTC-DEV unlocked bootloader ...guide link in my signature (ohh forgot to mention HTC-DEV will completely erase your data ..once you do a unlock)
(cons ....wire trick which is required is little bit hard..but all the troubleshoot has been covered)
2.2 SOFF with HTC-DEV unlocked bootloader....guide link here
(you can skip steps #2 and #3 as you are already stock ..igf you decided to use that)
for both the SOFF procedures ..there is a good tool too ..here is the tool (it not only does soff ..but a lot of other stuff...do check it )
after gaining SOFF ..you can flash recovery ..and then ROM installation
thanks for the reply.
So basically to do everything I should just use this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1668276
Buchtis said:
thanks for the reply.
So basically to do everything I should just use this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1668276
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yep you can use that
and for thanks ..there is a button for that
I'm starting to lose it with this SOFF business. I've just beet at it far at least half an hour and it constantly fails with the error 66732337.
Could you link me to any ROM's that don't need SOFF please? Lost patience with this.
I've heard you have to be really precise with the wires
Haha i've literally just done it abour 20 seconds ago, tooted and SOFF! I can't get CWM to work though, i'm trying to flash it with that all-in-one job and i've donw everything it tells me to do but upon pressing the power button I get
CID incorrect!
Update fail!
Press <POWER> to reboot.
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Any ideas?
For the wire trick it's a matter of timing don't give up.read over instructions again regarding the timing.I know you can do it is just going to take patience. You will be glad later you s off as there is more you can do and it makes things much easier later. Hang in there and I know you will have success . Best wishes.
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All sorted now, needed to flash the 11111111 CID.
Off to try some ROM's, is there anything else I need to do before that? I've rotted it, SOFF and installed CWM. As far as I know that's it but if there's anything else please tell me.
Buchtis said:
All sorted now, needed to flash the 11111111 CID.
Off to try some ROM's, is there anything else I need to do before that? I've rotted it, SOFF and installed CWM. As far as I know that's it but if there's anything else please tell me.
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use 4EXT recovery ..its much better imho
for recovery ..you can do it via 4ext app
but for that you need root
you can use my one click root for that (soff guide link in my signature)
Damn i've just installed CWM, is there any difference between the two there than 1 having touch screen or do they have different functions? Don't really want to keep messing about if both are basically the same.
some rom installation works only on 4EXT (it will be mentioned in the thread ..like ARHD)...so its you call ..it has lot of other features too ..and completely supports backup made by cwm too
Alright, last few questions and i'll be gone!
Currently using the CM9 nightly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1654409
1) How do I go about installing 4EXT with CWM already installed?
2) I've just installed CM9. When I have the ROM on my desktop, can I go into the 'app' folder and remove some of the crap I won't be using? Things like Email, Movie Studio, Terminal Emulator, DPS Manager, ROM Manager, Voice Dialer, WiFi Calling? I used to do this on my old HTC Desire and it was a trail and error process but it did not damage/brick my phone in any way, all I used to get were screen with 'this application is not responding' etc. Is this still safe to do on the HTC Sensation?
3) In CM9 Nightly, how come I can't overclock past 1.2Ghz (stock speed)?
Thanks guys.
1: if you have root, just download the app from play store
2: yes, you can
3: you need to flash a kernel supporting overclock, like bricked AOSP.
If you run into problems, let me know
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Alright, I lied about the 'final question'.
Basically i've uninstalled that 4EXT Easy Flash from here and it's replaced CWM. Works fine but i'm wondering if that's the newest version? Or could someone link me to the newest version please?
Download 4ext recovery updater free from the play store. It lets you update the recovery if u dont have newest version
Guys does anyone know the .apk name of 'Movie Studio'? Removing all the crap I won't use now and I can't find it in the app list folder.
Thanks.
I found VideoEditor.apk in system/app on CM9 RC 1
Got it, thank you very much!
Edit: I've also deleted 'Voice Dialer' and 'Update Me'. Hope that's O.K.
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Download 4ext recovery updater free from the play store. It lets you update the recovery if u dont have newest version
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Says it costs £1.85.