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A little bit of help please

So I just got my sensation today from a friend.
It used to be rooted, but he said he unrooted it.
I just checked hboot and it says at the top "unlock" and s-off.
But I do not have root privileges .
A little help trying to figure out what's going on please
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So how do u know ur device is not rooted?

If it says s-off, you're pretty much good to go on installing a custom ROM.
Is there a custom recovery installed? That will be the other thing you'd need.
As far as the ROM you're already using, you can install a non rooted ROM on an s-off phone.
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Rooted means the ROM is rooted.
S-Off means the phone itself is 'rooted' (I'm mixing up terminology here to make the explanation simple.)
So you have a phone that you can do anything to. If you install a custom ROM the ROM itself will be rooted, meaning it'll come with Superuser and full root access to the ROM files.
If you have a non rooted ROM on the phone now, you will only be able to flash a new ROM via recovery since you won't be able to run an app like ClockworkMod from the non rooted ROM. But that's no big deal. It just means you'll have to download the ROM you want, copy it to the SD card, and install it via the very easy to use recovery module. And I'd bet heavily that the recovery version on your phone is ClockworkMod and not the stock, so it'll be super easy.
If not, there are still yet other options.

Ok that makes sense.
I just double checked and I'm currently not rooted.
I booted into recovery and I'm current using
4ext 1.0.0.3 beta 7
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Help Me Please.
Hi new to this site so bear with me please, My brother has given me his Htc Sensation which was rooted but he unrooted the device (Not sure why)??? It now wont boot into anything at all, The boot screen says:
UNLOCKED
pyramid pvt ship s-on rl
hboot- 1.23.0000
radio- 11.19.3504.29-2
openADSP-v01.6.0.2226.00.1227
eMMC-boot
Dec 26 2011,12:14:25
All i know he had upgraded the RUU to latest 4.0.3 ics which he says he downloaded from a link from this site. Any advice ideas would really be helpful please.
Thanks

So what do you guys think?
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andyshep1974 said:
Hi new to this site so bear with me please, My brother has given me his Htc Sensation which was rooted but he unrooted the device (Not sure why)??? It now wont boot into anything at all, The boot screen says:
UNLOCKED
pyramid pvt ship s-on rl
hboot- 1.23.0000
radio- 11.19.3504.29-2
openADSP-v01.6.0.2226.00.1227
eMMC-boot
Dec 26 2011,12:14:25
All i know he had upgraded the RUU to latest 4.0.3 ics which he says he downloaded from a link from this site. Any advice ideas would really be helpful please.
Thanks
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you cant get into recovery?
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Thanks for the reply, No when i reboot into recovery i get the htc logo then blankscreen then turns off and repeats nothing happens I've gotta feeling its bricked or something.

mftek said:
Ok that makes sense.
I just double checked and I'm currently not rooted.
I booted into recovery and I'm current using
4ext 1.0.0.3 beta 7
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You are golden.
4ext is a recovery that will let you flash ROMs. With S=Off you can flash most anything you like. If you want to flash an ICS ROM you'll have to upgrade the firmware first (unless it's already been done.)
There are easy to follow guides in the forum on how to do that. Pay attention to the parts about being SuperCID first (It's easy. Just pay attention to it)
For a regular Gingerbread ROM just download the one you want, put it on the SD Card, enter 4ext recovery and flash it. Should take about 2 minutes to set up and about 10 minutes to install the customer ROM after you start the recovery process (10 minutes of the ROM loading. Not 10 minutes of you doing anything. You can go eat a sandwich while the recovery installs the ROM)
If you need any assistance with using 4ext ask for it. (I've never used it so I can't talk you through it. I've only used clockwork) There are plenty of people here who know exactly what the step by step action is to make sure you get it right.
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andyshep1974 said:
Thanks for the reply, No when i reboot into recovery i get the htc logo then blankscreen then turns off and repeats nothing happens I've gotta feeling its bricked or something.
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It sounds like you don't have a ROM loaded. The same thing happened to me after I upgraded the firmware. (Which has been done to your phone based on the info you provided) The firmware worked, but it had no ROM to boot into.
A quick re flashing of the ROM through the recovery and everything was back to normal.
With S-On though, I'm not sure you can flash a ROM. can't hurt to try it though. You're not going to make your problem worse.

I'm pretty sure I've already tried that, but I'll have a go again. Thanks for the help.
This was the ruu he used
RUU_Pyramid_HTC_Europe_1.28.401.1_Radio_10.42.9007.00P_10.11.9007.15_M_release_192608_signed.exe
But that doesnt match the info on the phone pretty strange but I'll have a go and let you know.

Skipjacks said:
You are golden.
4ext is a recovery that will let you flash ROMs. With S=Off you can flash most anything you like. If you want to flash an ICS ROM you'll have to upgrade the firmware first (unless it's already been done.)
There are easy to follow guides in the forum on how to do that. Pay attention to the parts about being SuperCID first (It's easy. Just pay attention to it)
For a regular Gingerbread ROM just download the one you want, put it on the SD Card, enter 4ext recovery and flash it. Should take about 2 minutes to set up and about 10 minutes to install the customer ROM after you start the recovery process (10 minutes of the ROM loading. Not 10 minutes of you doing anything. You can go eat a sandwich while the recovery installs the ROM)
If you need any assistance with using 4ext ask for it. (I've never used it so I can't talk you through it. I've only used clockwork) There are plenty of people here who know exactly what the step by step action is to make sure you get it right.
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It sounds like you don't have a ROM loaded. The same thing happened to me after I upgraded the firmware. (Which has been done to your phone based on the info you provided) The firmware worked, but it had no ROM to boot into.
A quick re flashing of the ROM through the recovery and everything was back to normal.
With S-On though, I'm not sure you can flash a ROM. can't hurt to try it though. You're not going to make your problem worse.
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Thank you very much.
How do I use clockwork instead??
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mftek said:
Thank you very much.
How do I use clockwork instead??
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You need to flash the Clockwork recovery. You can do that by creating a PM58IMG.ZIP file with the clockwork recovery image and putting it on the root of your SD Card and running it as an update.
Or the much simpler way (Meaning fewer extra steps) is to use 4ext this one time to install a custom ROM, boot up into you rnow working phone and download ClockworkMod from the market and let ClockworkMod flash itself as the new recovery.
You might have to install Google Apps separately to get access to the market. That's dependent on the ROM. Some have it prepackaged. Some don't.
You won't have to go back and reinstall the ROM or anything after flashing the new recovery through the ClockworkMod app. Everything will work fine even though you installed it using 4ext.

Thanks a lot bro.
Question.
Can I now, just download clockwork from the market and flash it over the recovery I have now?
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andyshep1974 said:
I'm pretty sure I've already tried that, but I'll have a go again. Thanks for the help.
This was the ruu he used
RUU_Pyramid_HTC_Europe_1.28.401.1_Radio_10.42.9007.00P_10.11.9007.15_M_release_192608_signed.exe
But that doesnt match the info on the phone pretty strange but I'll have a go and let you know.
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Tried, it didn't work i guess this phone is Bricked then.
Oh well, Gutted though.

mftek said:
Thanks a lot bro.
Question.
Can I now, just download clockwork from the market and flash it over the recovery I have now?
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No. Not if the ROM you have installed isn't rooted.
Clockwork needs Superuser access to do anything. So it wouldn't be able to function without root.
There's nothing wrong with 4ext. It'll work just fine to boot up once even if you strongly prefer Clockwork.
(Also....not to be greedy, but I wouldn't complain if you hit the thanks button! )
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andyshep1974 said:
Tried, it didn't work i guess this phone is Bricked then.
Oh well, Gutted though.
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On the plus side it's not worthless. It has value on eBay as a bricked device for parts.
Also, there's a thread around here somewhere called something like "Think you bricked your device? Check here first"
Check in there for other solutions. (That thread might be for the MyTouch 4G. I just switched phones so I've got all my threads between the forums mixed up in my head.)

Skipjacks said:
No. Not if the ROM you have installed isn't rooted.
Clockwork needs Superuser access to do anything. So it wouldn't be able to function without root.
There's nothing wrong with 4ext. It'll work just fine to boot up once even if you strongly prefer Clockwork.
(Also....not to be greedy, but I wouldn't complain if you hit the thanks button! )
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On the plus side it's not worthless. It has value on eBay as a bricked device for parts.
Also, there's a thread around here somewhere called something like "Think you bricked your device? Check here first"
Check in there for other solutions. (That thread might be for the MyTouch 4G. I just switched phones so I've got all my threads between the forums mixed up in my head.)
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And thanks is given lol
Does anyone else notice dust particles under the screen?
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mftek said:
And thanks is given lol
Does anyone else notice dust particles under the screen?
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Yeah that's a thing. Poor build quality at the factory.
From the poll that's up around here somewhere your odds of getting a dusty screen are about 50/50.
You can find that same thread in any forum for any HTC device on XDA. It's poor quality control by HTC.
You can tear the phone apart and wipe it down....but that obviously has a lot of other risks. Unless the dust is so bad it physically blocks the light from the screen from showing through....learn to like it.

Well I did the tear down and hinge fix for the g2.
Can you point me to the direction to what you have said.
Thanks bro
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mftek said:
Well I did the tear down and hinge fix for the g2.
Can you point me to the direction to what you have said.
Thanks bro
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
That'll give you everything you want to know.
Skip the part about obtaining S-Off since you've already go that. Do the rest of the stuff. (Step 2 in that guide is how to get Clockwork recovery the PM58IMG way. It just doesn't call it Clockwork.)
The first thing you need to do though is pick which of the ROMs you want from the 900 threads in the development section.

[Q] Should i S-off before i do my ICS OTA update

I read some wear that i should S-Off before i do my ICS update today.
I also read that when i do it, i should not install a backup or i wont be able to get the update... not sure what that meant.
1- so my question is, should i S off and what benifit will that give me now? does it mean i cant s off later if i wanted to?
2- ifi SHOULD s off now before my update, what is the simplest way to do it.
3- for those that updated already, does it reset your phone and you loose all the apps installed?
thanks.. and before you bash.. im a noob... never s-offed or flashed. so any answers please be descriptive as possible...
im sure no one has ever asked this question before... lol.. just kidding.

I read here, but have a stock Sensation also -- all the s-off/bootloader/flash/etc jargon here seems overwhelming to me, so I'm still stock
But like you was hoping for ICS -- but I dont want to lose my Hotspot, so I'm not sure what to do now
From what I have read here -- YES, go s-off before you go to ICS -- it sounds like it is much more difficult to go s-off after the ICS update
What I wish is to have ICS and a new Sense with Hotspot still working like now -- so I'm as lost as you now

I did just that, s-offed before updating my phone today.
It's not very hard to turn the secureflag off - just the follow the guide that is stickied on the front page and you'll be fine. The only problem I encountered was when my Win 7 machine couldn't find the driver for my HTC phone. I had to d/l the driver executable off Revolutionary's website.
Easy peasy. Once you s-off you can try the official ICS OTA update and if you don't like it, root it and try another ROM

In short yes. S-off will unlock the bootloader allowing you to flash a custom recovery image even after the the update. However when doing the s-off process when the box comes up to install clockworkmod recovery click no. You can then apply the OTA as normal
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Here's the BEST & EASIEST Toolkit out by the master hasoon2000's http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1497404 ,he's made gaining S-OFF etc..so easy for the end user,all you have to do is follow his step by step instructions & why bother with all that when there's countless ICS ROMS out??I personally have no need to do a OTA on my Sensation,I've been running ICS over 4 months now & it's more stable,doesn't kill tethering etc...If you do do a OTA & lose your Tethering,go grab FoxFi from the Play store,it works even if you're not rooted

this is good info.. thank you.
Well i honestly tried a few months back and started reading about roms etc.
But what stopped me was so many threads and opinions on how best to do it, and i just got over whellemed. So i decided to wait for the easy OTA.
The other reason i never did it was that it seems some portion of the roms avaiable had an issue here or there... no wifi calling, or bluetooth.. or something stupid like that.. maybe it has all been fixed i dont know i just never had the time to learn it all.
but this is great help.. thanks everyone...

oh.. forgot to ask again,, will the update wipe out all my apps?
i was thinking of factory resseting before the update then reinstalling my apps and contacts etc after the update. all my apps are free versions i really dont have that much.

loueber said:
oh.. forgot to ask again,, will the update wipe out all my apps?
i was thinking of factory resseting before the update then reinstalling my apps and contacts etc after the update. all my apps are free versions i really don't have that much.
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I've been on LeeDroids blazing fast,stable ROM where everything works like BT,GPS,WiFiHotSpot etc...I've yet to see anything not work ;-) If you do a OTA then your internal SD card will be wiped so if i were you I'd back up EVERYTHING!As for apps,once you sign back into Google they will download for you but like i said make sure you backup EVERYTHING important ie, pictures,videos,ringtones,your contacts should remain.But to be honest I've never done a OTA(why bother when I've been on custom ROMs made by the best Devs
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BTW,where'd the damn thanks button go?? i hate this new layout to be honest....I'm like Stewie Griffin "i hate changes"

I asked a very similar question earlier, the response was you should S-OFF today before taking the update. After taking the OTA you will have a new locked bootloader but it will have the Security Flag set to off (S-OFF) which means you can flash any firmwares you like, including a new fully unlocked bootloade and be able to root the rom as well.

ThaPirato said:
Here's the BEST & EASIEST Toolkit out by the master hasoon2000's http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1497404 ,he's made gaining S-OFF etc..so easy for the end user,all you have to do is follow his step by step instructions & why bother with all that when there's countless ICS ROMS out??I personally have no need to do a OTA on my Sensation,I've been running ICS over 4 months now & it's more stable,doesn't kill tethering etc...If you do do a OTA & lose your Tethering,go grab FoxFi from the Play store,it works even if you're not rooted
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I tried that tool and all I get is "waiting for device" after clicking on 2- S-off. What am I doing wrong? I'm a total noob so please bear with me. My phone is a stock Sensation 4G

11hani11 said:
I tried that tool and all I get is "waiting for device" What am I doing wrong? I'm a total noob so please bear with me. My phone is a stock Sensation 4G
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i was waiting too, but i remembered you have to go into usb debugging mode and check it off.
its located at settings>applications>development
once i did that it found my phone
also make sure you download the drivers and install on your computer.
after drivers are installed, and you set usb connection to "disk drive" and change usb to "enable debugging" it worked for me.
after the process it asks if i want to install clockword mod, say no.

Thanks that had USB debug had to be checked first!! I got to the clockwork recovery and I typed "n" then enter. Now I have this weird screen on my Sensation with the three droids at the bottom. Is it over? What do I do next? Btw it says hboot 1.17.1111 and before this was 1.18.0000? What's up with that?

11hani11 said:
I tried that tool and all I get is "waiting for device" after clicking on 2- S-off. What am I doing wrong? I'm a total noob so please bear with me. My phone is a stock Sensation 4G
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I came across this,i hope this helps you out...
"Yes, I get past that part and then on the Revolutionary step it is "waiting for [my] device."
I know im just as new and I had the same problem.. the way i fixed it on mine was to go into the usb connection and select disk drive so the pc recognizes the device not sure if that is correct but that fixed it for me."
I found this here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1497404&page=6

ThaPirato said:
I came across this,i hope this helps you out...
"Yes, I get past that part and then on the Revolutionary step it is "waiting for [my] device."
I know im just as new and I had the same problem.. the way i fixed it on mine was to go into the usb connection and select disk drive so the pc recognizes the device not sure if that is correct but that fixed it for me."
I found this here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1497404&page=6
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Actually I tried that and it did not work for me until I checked "USB debugging", as in loueber's post above, which did the trick. Maybe you need to do both steps? I'm not sure but it worked. Thank you

Yes, those that encountered the problem of Waiting for device...in the command window.
I tried HTC sync and the USB debugging mode fix to no avail. However, everytime I connected the device, my Win 7 computer was missing the drivers to the phone. You can download them here: http://downloads.unrevoked.com/HTCDriver3.0.0.007.exe
And for the question about "will I lose all my apps after doing the update?" No. all my apps are there. Even so, you should have all your apps tied in through the Play Store's history (and your google account).
Remember, after upgrading to Sense 3.6, you'll get a new launcher bar at the bottom where you can place 4 shortcuts which also double as the shortcut apps on the lock screen.

If you have HTC Sync on your computer uninstall it, I seem to remember it can cause problems when using revolutionary.
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Is going back to S-On just as easy to do after the OTA ICS update as it was before with stock Gingerbread?
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RealDreamer1976 said:
Is going back to S-On just as easy to do after the OTA ICS update as it was before with stock Gingerbread?
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Answering my own question...flash back to stock Gingerbread and then S-ON again, right?

RealDreamer1976 said:
Is going back to S-On just as easy to do after the OTA ICS update as it was before with stock Gingerbread?
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Answering my own question...flash back to stock Gingerbread and then S-ON again, right?
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I don't really understand your question but if you wanna do the OTA you must 1st relock your bootloader,do the update then unlock bootloader (in order to flash kernels,radios etc..) & if you want S-OFF with the new HBOOT from Juopunutbear (HBOOT 1.27.0000 with 3.32 ICS Firmware)then follow this easy guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1614617 but make sure all ADB is killed in Task Manager etc..also you may have to uninstall HTC Sync for it to work(although i didn't).I hope i understood you.Also if you're already rooted there's really no need in doing the OTA because there's plenty of stable,better ROMs out for ICS & you gain NOTHING by doing the update IMHO,except lose root,relock your bootloader etc...

ThaPirato said:
I don't really understand your question but if you wanna do the OTA you must 1st relock your bootloader,do the update then unlock bootloader (in order to flash kernels,radios etc..) & if you want S-OFF with the new HBOOT from Juopunutbear (HBOOT 1.27.0000 with 3.32 ICS Firmware)then follow this easy guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1614617 but make sure all ADB is killed in Task Manager etc..also you may have to uninstall HTC Sync for it to work(although i didn't).I hope i understood you.Also if you're already rooted there's really no need in doing the OTA because there's plenty of stable,better ROMs out for ICS & you gain NOTHING by doing the update IMHO,except lose root,relock your bootloader etc...
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Noo, you can just stay soff no need to relock. Just be sure you have stock recovery and Rom before using the ota
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Can't Get Back To Unrooted Stock No Matter What I Try

Last week I went back to stock to familiarize myself with the process (which unfortunately brought my HBoot to 1.14). I also decided to try out TWRP when I rooted again. But before I could finish up I hit a button in TWRP that didn't need any confirmation. I don't remember which button because it did what it did quicker than I could notice. After that I couldn't even flash a ROM because I couldn't mount the sd card and whatever happened erased everything on my phone but I ended up figuring that out.Now I'm on ViperOneS but I can't unroot. I can't flash either of the RUU (Error 155) that are for T-Mobile US I even changed my CID to 11111111 but no dice(and yes I did flash the stock recovery and boot before relocking). The only thing I can do to get close to unrooted stock is flash the nandroid of a rooted stock ROM. Now I haven't mentioned every method I've tried, so before I start getting bashed for not searching, I want to mention that I've been at this for about 4 days and I have tried EVERYTHING that I've found on XDA and other forums but nothings worked. Is it my HBoot that prevents from doing anything? Should get another One S? Or should I just be thankful that I have a functioning phone?
Sorry for the long winded post but I wanted to make sure I put in as much detail as possible.

antny said:
Last week I went back to stock to familiarize myself with the process (which unfortunately brought my HBoot to 1.14). I also decided to try out TWRP when I rooted again. But before I could finish up I hit a button in TWRP that didn't need any confirmation. I don't remember which button because it did what it did quicker than I could notice. After that I couldn't even flash a ROM because I couldn't mount the sd card and whatever happened erased everything on my phone but I ended up figuring that out.Now I'm on ViperOneS but I can't unroot. I can't flash either of the RUU (Error 155) that are for T-Mobile US I even changed my CID to 11111111 but no dice(and yes I did flash the stock recovery and boot before relocking). The only thing I can do to get close to unrooted stock is flash the nandroid of a rooted stock ROM. Now I haven't mentioned every method I've tried, so before I start getting bashed for not searching, I want to mention that I've been at this for about 4 days and I have tried EVERYTHING that I've found on XDA and other forums but nothings worked. Is it my HBoot that prevents from doing anything? Should get another One S? Or should I just be thankful that I have a functioning phone?
Sorry for the long winded post but I wanted to make sure I put in as much detail as possible.
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It's most likely your hboot that prevents the RUU's from working. You can only use a RUU that contain a hboot of 1.14 or higher.
Since your signature says HBoot: 1.14 & Radio: 1.08ts.50.02.16_10.08e.50.04L. I assume you updated via the T-mobile US OTA, is that correct?
What's interesting is that other hboots in the 1.14 family are listed as 1.14.0002 but the T-mobile OTA the hboot is labeled 1.14.0004. I haven't seen anyone state if this is will prevent "downgrading" to 1.14.002 and don't feel like finding out myself.
What RUU are you trying?

dc211 said:
It's most likely your hboot that prevents the RUU's from working. You can only use a RUU that contain a hboot of 1.14 or higher.
Since your signature says HBoot: 1.14 & Radio: 1.08ts.50.02.16_10.08e.50.04L. I assume you updated via the T-mobile US OTA, is that correct?
What's interesting is that other hboots in the 1.14 family are listed as 1.14.0002 but the T-mobile OTA the hboot is labeled 1.14.0004. I haven't seen anyone state if this is will prevent "downgrading" to 1.14.002 and don't feel like finding out myself.
What RUU are you trying?
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Yeah it was the T-Mobile OTA, worst decision ever... I've tried both the 1.84 and 1.53 T-Mo RRU's multiple times and since I changed my CID I've thought of trying another carriers but I don't want to possibly make things worse.
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antny said:
Yeah it was the T-Mobile OTA, worst decision ever... I've tried both the 1.84 and 1.53 T-Mo RRU's multiple times and since I changed my CID I've thought of trying another carriers but I don't want to possibly make things worse.
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I feel your pain. I updated with the OTA that moved us to hboot 1.13 before anyone said they changed the security :crying:.
The 1.84 and 1.53 RUU's wouldn't work for sure. 1.84 has the 1.13 hboot and 1.53 has the 1.09 hboot. Your only hope of using an RUU at this time is one of the Europe RUU's. The good news is that you already moved to supercid so you got that out of the way.
The ones that might work are the ones labeled "RUU_Ville_U_ICE_40_S_Europe_2.xxxxxx"
Here you can get the 2.21 RUU I can't recall if it's the 4.0.4 based one though. Not really sure where to get the other ones as file factory changed their download rules.
http://www.mediafire.com/?xlklqrlljb2zt#r9489rkr82wh2
You might need to click the "mainver error fix" on the on the All-in-one tool kit to get them to work since you would be downgrading the rom.
And if you do use that RUU from mediafire you can go here and click the thanks button for SneakyGhost for putting up the RUU for you to download.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32262143&postcount=153
Then go here and click the thanks button for Football since he's the only source of RUU's there is.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23542379&postcount=1
Good luck.

I've downgraded from 2.31 to 2.21, I know both have HBOOT 1.14 but not exactly sure if they have the exact identical numbers after the 1.14.
HTC One S
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antny said:
Yeah it was the T-Mobile OTA, worst decision ever... I've tried both the 1.84 and 1.53 T-Mo RRU's multiple times and since I changed my CID I've thought of trying another carriers but I don't want to possibly make things worse.
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2.21 RUU worked better for me than the T-Mobile stock Rom, it doesn't have w Wi-Fi calling do if that's a must for you only hope is to wait for the T-Mobile 2.35 RUU to be released.
HTC One S

dc211 said:
I feel your pain. I updated with the OTA that moved us to hboot 1.13 before anyone said they changed the security :crying:.
The 1.84 and 1.53 RUU's wouldn't work for sure. 1.84 has the 1.13 hboot and 1.53 has the 1.09 hboot. Your only hope of using an RUU at this time is one of the Europe RUU's. The good news is that you already moved to supercid so you got that out of the way.
The ones that might work are the ones labeled "RUU_Ville_U_ICE_40_S_Europe_2.xxxxxx"
Here you can get the 2.21 RUU I can't recall if it's the 4.0.4 based one though. Not really sure where to get the other ones as file factory changed their download rules.
http://www.mediafire.com/?xlklqrlljb2zt#r9489rkr82wh2
You might need to click the "mainver error fix" on the on the All-in-one tool kit to get them to work since you would be downgrading the rom.
And if you do use that RUU from mediafire you can go here and click the thanks button for SneakyGhost for putting up the RUU for you to download.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32262143&postcount=153
Then go here and click the thanks button for Football since he's the only source of RUU's there is.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23542379&postcount=1
Good luck.
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I've thanked Football and gone to the link you provided but I don't get the whole Pt.1,2 and 3 thing. What am I supposed to do with that?
Edit: All good, just got it from the Dropbox link.... T-Mobile and Easy Tether don't mix.
fmedrano1977 said:
I've downgraded from 2.31 to 2.21, I know both have HBOOT 1.14 but not exactly sure if they have the exact identical numbers after the 1.14.
HTC One S
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2.21 RUU worked better for me than the T-Mobile stock Rom, it doesn't have w Wi-Fi calling do if that's a must for you only hope is to wait for the T-Mobile 2.35 RUU to be released.
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I don't really care about wifi calling, cool feature but I hardly use it. Is it 4.0.4 and Sense 4.1 though? It wouldnt stop me from using it if it wasn't but I'm just curious haha.

4.0.4 and Sense 4.0
HTC One S

fmedrano1977 said:
4.0.4 and Sense 4.0
HTC One S
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Cool Cool Cool thanks

Ah! Great success. I'm now running the European 2.21 RUU and it's great. Thanks again guys. Hopefully if someone's in the same position as I was they'll find this useful.
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antny said:
Ah! Great success. I'm now running the European 2.21 RUU and it's great. Thanks again guys. Hopefully if someone's in the same position as I was they'll find this useful.
Sent from my HTC One S using xda premium
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Glad it worked out for you.

antny said:
Ah! Great success. I'm now running the European 2.21 RUU and it's great. Thanks again guys. Hopefully if someone's in the same position as I was they'll find this useful.
Sent from my HTC One S using xda premium
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One last thing I did after installing that RUU was edit the build.prop to match some lines from the T-Mobile one:
ro.ril.hsdpa.category=24
ro.ril.hsupa.category=6
ro.ril.hsxpa=4
ro.ril.fast.dormancy.rule=2
ro.ril.radio.svn=1
Make sure those match, these have given me the fastest DL speeds.
HTC One S

Yes! Thank you. This seems to be what I'm looking for. You can see the question I posted recently about this similar issue. But I also don't understand the part 1, 2, and 3 thing. Help?

DoogleDood said:
Yes! Thank you. This seems to be what I'm looking for. You can see the question I posted recently about this similar issue. But I also don't understand the part 1, 2, and 3 thing. Help?
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What are you trying to do?
HTC One S

Nevermind I got it! I wasn't sure if the 3 "parts" of the EU RUU needed to be combined or... what. But upon extracting I found the full file.

fmedrano1977 said:
One last thing I did after installing that RUU was edit the build.prop to match some lines from the T-Mobile one:
ro.ril.hsdpa.category=24
ro.ril.hsupa.category=6
ro.ril.hsxpa=4
ro.ril.fast.dormancy.rule=2
ro.ril.radio.svn=1
Make sure those match, these have given me the fastest DL speeds.
HTC One S
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Why thank you sir.

antny said:
Why thank you sir.
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Please someone help me I just flashed axiom rom wifif won't work I tryd other roms too, wifi won't work how can I fix this ??
Do I need to flash a RUU I am new to this. I had th latest tmo update before I rooted the phone people says that's why wifi won't work in other thread.
Please help me fix this !!!

johnyguy said:
Please someone help me I just flashed axiom rom wifif won't work I tryd other roms too, wifi won't work how can I fix this ??
Do I need to flash a RUU I am new to this. I had th latest tmo update before I rooted the phone people says that's why wifi won't work in other thread.
Please help me fix this !!!
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I'm honestly not to sure on how to fix this. I've searched it before I went back to stock (going back to stock is a definite fix) and couldn't find much on it. I'm sure something has developed from it by now though. Actually :: navigates to another tab:: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1900644 if it's compatible with your ROM, this kernel claims to have a fix for wifi and sound (I don't know what the sound issue is all about) but try that, it might work. But most importantly search, read, search and read some more, especially since you're new to this, I've rooted many phones and I still had problems with the One S. Good luck!

Found RUU 2.35 and finally got my phone back to stock. I posted info here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1941402

sylvestk said:
Found RUU 2.35 and finally got my phone back to stock. I posted info here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1941402
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That release gives you the no data when screen is off issue.
HTC One S

HTC ONE S - Unbranding process

Hi all,
I've got a HTC ONE S that has Vodafone (UK) branding on it but the phone is unlocked so it takes my Orange sim card. What's the best method to remove the Vodafone branding? I just want a generic handset.
Thanks in advanced.

Are you talking about the actual physical branding or the software branding?. A simple flash to a 3rd party Rom would "debrand" your device.
Sent from my HTC One S using xda app-developers app

DxTcmix said:
Are you talking about the actual physical branding or the software branding?. A simple flash to a 3rd party Rom would "debrand" your device.
Sent from my HTC One S using xda app-developers app
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Software unbranding mate. It has Vodafone crap on it. Just want it generic.

bouncyball said:
Software unbranding mate. It has Vodafone crap on it. Just want it generic.
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Just flash a debranded rom, any here exept tmobile roms would do it.
Oh and WRONG SECTION. Read the rules before posting... sheesh.....

masterkamon842 said:
Just flash a debranded rom, any here exept tmobile roms would do it.
Oh and WRONG SECTION. Read the rules before posting... sheesh.....
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tryout trickdroid's latest version

Apologies for the wrong forum, I realised that afterwards.
Right, I've now rooted my device so could someone recommend me a STOCK rom to clear out the Vodafone crap?
Thank you
EDIT - I have the S4 ONE S (1.5Ghz version)

bouncyball said:
Apologies for the wrong forum, I realised that afterwards.
Right, I've now rooted my device so could someone recommend me a STOCK rom to clear out the Vodafone crap?
Thank you
EDIT - I have the S4 ONE S (1.5Ghz version)
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Choose wise, choose carefully:
http://www.shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Ville
Eu 1.78 is pretty good actually
Sent from my One S using xda app-developers app

JohnKoeMan said:
Choose wise, choose carefully:
http://www.shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Ville
Eu 1.78 is pretty good actually
Sent from my One S using xda app-developers app
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Thanks for that. I updated the phone to JB the other night so will these be compatible?
Also - I tried a ROM last night and it wasn't the right file type but I wiped my old OS. But as a guide told me to make a backup, I did and restored without any problems but lost SuperSU - Is this normal? Shall I just re-install?
Downloaded one but unsure how to install them as they're EXE files. What state does my phone need to be in? It also says
From:
Image Version
3.16.161.9
To:
Image Version:
1.78.401.2
Error [155]: UNKNOWN ERROR
I've tried locking my bootloader again it says 'RELOCKED' but still says TAMPERED
EDIT - In recovery screen also, it says at the top
***TAMPERED***
***UNLOCKED***
Is this normal?

I am getting no where with this and it's becoming very annoying!
I've tried reading through forum and forum, YouTube videos and various different methods!
All I want is my phone to be STOCK and it's taking me over 4 hours this morning to get no where!

bouncyball said:
I am getting no where with this and it's becoming very annoying!
I've tried reading through forum and forum, YouTube videos and various different methods!
All I want is my phone to be STOCK and it's taking me over 4 hours this morning to get no where!
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Really strange that it says relocked/tampered and tampered/unlocked in recovery...
You might've gone wrong with the relocking of your phone, undoubtedly have you checked this out.
Can you tell me what you've ben trying so far?
And another thing: if you updated to JB, these RUUs might not work any longer since they are ICS mostly.
The best thing for you is to go by a custom ROM, it is at least the easiest thing to do now.
You can always fiddle around to restore to STOCK but as you've experienced yourself already, it isn't easy.
Here's a link to what I used when I bricked my phone, it might be of some help.
http://www.htconeforum.com/forum/ht...unbrick-restore-htc-one-s-stock-relocked.html

JohnKoeMan said:
Really strange that it says relocked/tampered and tampered/unlocked in recovery...
You might've gone wrong with the relocking of your phone, undoubtedly have you checked this out.
Can you tell me what you've ben trying so far?
And another thing: if you updated to JB, these RUUs might not work any longer since they are ICS mostly.
The best thing for you is to go by a custom ROM, it is at least the easiest thing to do now.
You can always fiddle around to restore to STOCK but as you've experienced yourself already, it isn't easy.
Here's a link to what I used when I bricked my phone, it might be of some help.
http://www.htconeforum.com/forum/ht...unbrick-restore-htc-one-s-stock-relocked.html
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Thanks for the reply.
EDIT - Locking my handset I'm doing the following ;
Placing my Unlock_code.bin in the DATA folder on the toolkit and pressing RELOCK BOOTLOADER
I've tried the following ;
Running RUU_Ville_U_HTC_Europe_1.78.401.2_Radio_0.16.31501S.17_2_10.23.31501S.10L_release_258480_signed.EXE while the phone is on the HOME SCREEN and BOOTLOADER
Running OTA_Ville_U_JB_45_S_HTC_Europe_3.16.401.8_1.11.50.05.28_10.27.50.08L_release_301852xf01hejl416oev96.ZIP using Hasoon's Toolkit.
I'm getting ERROR messages 151 when installing from the phones HOME SCREEN and ERROR 131 when installing from Bootloader.
I've tried both methods while the phone is LOCKED and UNLOCKED
Currently my phone is displaying the following in the bootloader menu ;
***TAMPERED***
***UNLOCKED***
VLE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.15.0000
RADIO-1.11-50.05.28
OpenDSP-v31.1.0.45.0815
eMMC-boot
Dec 14 2012, 17:10:57-1
My goal is put have a stock or stock looking ROM with the Vodafone software removed.
Thanks for reading.

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bouncyball said:
Thanks for the reply.
EDIT - Locking my handset I'm doing the following ;
Placing my Unlock_code.bin in the DATA folder on the toolkit and pressing RELOCK BOOTLOADER
I've tried the following ;
Running RUU_Ville_U_HTC_Europe_1.78.401.2_Radio_0.16.31501S.17_2_10.23.31501S.10L_release_258480_signed.EXE while the phone is on the HOME SCREEN and BOOTLOADER
Running OTA_Ville_U_JB_45_S_HTC_Europe_3.16.401.8_1.11.50.05.28_10.27.50.08L_release_301852xf01hejl416oev96.ZIP using Hasoon's Toolkit.
I'm getting ERROR messages 151 when installing from the phones HOME SCREEN and ERROR 131 when installing from Bootloader.
I've tried both methods while the phone is LOCKED and UNLOCKED
Currently my phone is displaying the following in the bootloader menu ;
***TAMPERED***
***UNLOCKED***
VLE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.15.0000
RADIO-1.11-50.05.28
OpenDSP-v31.1.0.45.0815
eMMC-boot
Dec 14 2012, 17:10:57-1
My goal is put have a stock or stock looking ROM with the Vodafone software removed.
Thanks for reading.
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Error 131 means the RUU is incompatible with your CID. Do you know it? Not sure where to find cid specific RUU but searching XDA will always yield answers.
Lock phone, fastboot usb connect phone, find right RUU and open the .exe
Btw you htc drivers installed on you're pc right?
Sent from my One S using xda app-developers app

JohnKoeMan said:
Error 131 means the RUU is incompatible with your CID. Do you know it? Not sure where to find cid specific RUU but searching XDA will always yield answers.
Lock phone, fastboot usb connect phone, find right RUU and open the .exe
Btw you htc drivers installed on you're pc right?
Sent from my One S using xda app-developers app
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Thanks for the reply.
CID is something I've seen pop up - I'll have a look into this. I have HTC drivers yeah.
CID: VODAP001

bouncyball said:
Thanks for the reply.
CID is something I've seen pop up - I'll have a look into this. I have HTC drivers yeah.
CID: VODAP001
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Check here for your RUU and maybe new insight:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1936905&page=2
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JohnKoeMan said:
Check here for your RUU and maybe new insight:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1936905&page=2
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Ignore that, was for htc one X XD
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bouncyball said:
Thanks for the reply.
CID is something I've seen pop up - I'll have a look into this. I have HTC drivers yeah.
CID: VODAP001
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Read this article carefully. It will give you an insight in how difficult the process we're doing is:
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/facepalm-s-off-for-htc-one-s-one-xl-and-droid-dna/
You said you downloaded the latest OTA right? This article states that with the latest OTA update we are no longer able to SUPERCID the phone, meaning only CID-specific RUUs can be applied. I can't find any RUUs for your CID, so this might just be the end of the road for this plan.
So maybe installing a ROM similar to stock might be the only good solution for you.

JohnKoeMan said:
Check here for your RUU and maybe new insight:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1936905&page=2
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Ignore that, was for htc one X XD
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Read this article carefully. It will give you an insight in how difficult the process we're doing is:
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/facepalm-s-off-for-htc-one-s-one-xl-and-droid-dna/
You said you downloaded the latest OTA right? This article states that with the latest OTA update we are no longer able to SUPERCID the phone, meaning only CID-specific RUUs can be applied. I can't find any RUUs for your CID, so this might just be the end of the road for this plan.
So maybe installing a ROM similar to stock might be the only good solution for you.
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Thanks for the information - I'll give this a read in a while. I've also looked into changing the CID of my phone, followed a couple of guides but they don't seem to work, they just crash my phone.
EDIT - So, basically I have to stick with the Vodafone branding on my ONE S unless I flash to a custom ROM?

bouncyball said:
Thanks for the information - I'll give this a read in a while. I've also looked into changing the CID of my phone, followed a couple of guides but they don't seem to work, they just crash my phone.
EDIT - So, basically I have to stick with the Vodafone branding on my ONE S unless I flash to a custom ROM?
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Yeah, its the only way I guess...
Nothing wrong with custom ROMs, they're the best, trust me! :good:

JohnKoeMan said:
Yeah, its the only way I guess...
Nothing wrong with custom ROMs, they're the best, trust me! :good:
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Can you recommend me a good one to try? One that's as close to stock as possible that doesn't have any problems. This is my 3rd HTC device and the last 2 devices always had problems, hence why I wanted stock.
EDIT - Also, what steps do I need to take to get it back to before I rooted it? Completely factory before I installed anything.

Still getting nowhere.
I've even managed to change my CID to 11111111 from the Vodafone branded one using HEX editor. Still getting the same error's when I'm trying to install .ZIP and .EXE's when the bootloader is RELOCKED.

Could no one else shed some light on this for me please?
CID is now HTC__001 and still get the same error messages!
How hard can it be to remove a service providers software from a phone?
I would really appreciate someones help - I've tried pretty much all I can try!
Could I install an Android version lower than what I've got? I don't mind it not being JB as it's pretty much the same as ICS!

[Q] AT&T HTC One X ROM & Kernel Problem

Hi guys,
I'm newbie about android and please do not be angry to me for this question. I was read lots of topics from xda and another forums but I can't find anything.
I have AT&T HTC One X and i was happy with my phone. Maybe one year ago I rooted my phone and install ATT Stock Root - 3.18.502.6 - JB 4.1.1.zip. So, i followed instructions from xda's web site and everything was fine.
Last two weeks my phone starts to restarts it self. So, I decide to install everything again and open my phone in recovery mode with TWRP and wipe all data. (I don't have any backup of my original data)
I have TRWP's 2.7.1.0 version and I tried to install ATT Stock Root - 3.18.502.6 - JB 4.1.1.zip because I install it one year ago and it works fine. It installs fine but when I press restart my phone stuck at Quietly Brilliant screen and after 2 minutes my phone restarts it self.
Also I can't s-off my phone. I have unlock code bin and I applied it to my phone but something was wrong.
So please can any one help me please. I don't know why my phone acts like that.
Thanks in advance.

Ok so I know your a newbie but do you know your firmware is way out of date? We now have firmware for at&t that is at least 4 realises older than the current. I would say upgrade to a new ROM and firmware. If you don't wish to upgrade I have to ask what kernel you are using?

What he said. Also, did you flash the boot.img from the rom zip via fastboot? As you are s-on, you must perform that additional step.

I suggest he reads timaaas thread. Sounds to me like he should run a ruu to which he can still obtain s off.

Well thanks for suggestions, but I don't know what is the sequence for installing new firmware, rom and kernel. Could you guys please explain the it.

marknoll said:
I suggest he reads timaaas thread. Sounds to me like he should run a ruu to which he can still obtain s off.
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No, no, no! He can't run an RUU while s-on because it'll brick his phone. I know you mean well but you need to increase your own knowledge before you can start giving advice here, I've seen at least a few times where you've given advice that would result in a brick. I'm sure you don't want that on your conscience.
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ahrar said:
Well thanks for suggestions, but I don't know what is the sequence for installing new firmware, rom and kernel. Could you guys please explain the it.
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You more than likely only needed to flash the boot.img from the ROM zip by fastboot. Flash the ROM, then flash the boot.img, and your phone should boot up. Once you're all booted you need to get s-off. Look in my guide thread in my signature for instructions.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
No, no, no! He can't run an RUU while s-on because it'll brick his phone. I know you mean well but you need to increase your own knowledge before you can start giving advice here, I've seen at least a few times where you've given advice that would result in a brick. I'm sure you don't want that on your conscience.
Sent from my Evita
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You more than likely only needed to flash the boot.img from the ROM zip by fastboot. Flash the ROM, then flash the boot.img, and your phone should boot up. Once you're all booted you need to get s-off. Look in my guide thread in my signature for instructions.
Sent from my Evita
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No no. I didn't mean for him to run ruu. I suggested he read your thread to see what requisite is needed to do so. I wasn't suggestioning to ruu..omg no. Lol

marknoll said:
No no. I didn't mean for him to run ruu. I suggested he read your thread to see what requisite is needed to do so. I wasn't suggestioning to ruu..omg no. Lol
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But that's exactly what you said:
Sounds to me like he should run a ruu...
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Yes. Run a ruu if he meets the requirementz

marknoll said:
Yes. Run a ruu if he meets the requirementz
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But he doesn't, and that's the point. Why say that when it's clear that he doesn't meet the requirements? What if he took your advice and ran the RUU? Would you have bought him a nice new phone? Am I making sense here?
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Yep