So I just got a evo shift and I want to flash it to cricket and run a custom rom! But I got a few questions! Should I root and flash a rom and then flash to cricket? Or flash to cricket and then root/ flash a custom rom? FYI the shift is running 2.3.3
I would Root it first and hold off on a custom Rom.Then find out what needs to be done to flash to Cricket. Once you've switched your Shift to Cricket, you can flash whatever Rom you choose.
Also found these threads, might help. Included the second one, because from what I've been told it's basically the same process.
Evo shift on metropcs Cricket
HOW TO: Flash A HTC Evo 4G To Cricket
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can i take a CDMA hero for GCI Wireless / Alaska Digitel and use the RUU to make it work on sprint? i just want to make sure before i get it that it works
i think the bootloader is different. pretty sure you will get an error running the ruu
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i think the bootloader is different. pretty sure you will get an error running the ruu
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is there a way to reprovision to make it work?
thedudejdog said:
i think the bootloader is different. pretty sure you will get an error running the ruu
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You could have them check the bootloader version from fastboot (hold vol down when turning the phone on).
Version 1.41.0000 is the one that works with the 1.56 RUU.
afaik this is the reason they don't have root yet.
all they would have to do is flash a sprint ruu, root, flash recovery, and then flash whatever rom they wanted. but the Alaskan Digital guys got root-patched. the bootloader is newer than ours. a few months ago they were trying to root and most all of the non-sprint hero's are rooted. all but alaskan digital.
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read this... it says on the first post it will mess with the pri i think it may turn it into a sprint phone. (the 2.1 ruu)
Sprint 2.1 RUU - Supposedly a Sprint 2.1 RUU has been floating around. Until we hear otherwise, DO NOT APPLY IT. Specifically, problems have been reported with GCI Wireless / Alaska DigiTel: "it can break roaming, possibly cause data connection issues, and of course it could adversely affect the bill." and "If someone updates with an RUU we currently have no way to fix their phone." Even if you're with Cellular South or someone else, I suggest not applying it.
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i have found that and looked it over. i just dont want to make it a paper weight and not have a phone
then your best bet will be to get it and run the 2.1 ruu and hope for the best.. lol.
(almost) anything that you do can be recovered. except a gsm radio flash. so don't flash any of those and you'll be fine.
You need to have a goldcard setup but flashing Sprint's 2.1 RUU over any other carriers Hero will work so long as the bootloader is not newer. Currently, the Sprint 2.1 RUU that's floating around has the newest bootloader I know of so it will flash over anything at this point.
Just a warning though, you can't go back to another RUU after because everything else has an older bootloader. Which doesn't matter so much because the Sprint 2.1 RUU floating around is a dev rom and rooted so you can flash the custom recovery and go to whatever ROM you want.
EDIT: If you are not on Sprint and you use a Sprint RUU you DO have to program your carriers PRL after using QPST or CDMA Workshop
@curtis8523 I know I sent this to you via email already but I wanted to make sure it's searchable on XDA.
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Just a warning though, you can't go back to another RUU after because everything else has an older bootloader. Which doesn't matter so much because the Sprint 2.1 RUU floating around is a dev rom and rooted so you can flash the custom recovery and go to whatever ROM you want.
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This is a good point. You could flash the 2.1 test RUU to get it to Sprint. If you want to run the 1.56 ruu you can flash everything 1.5 except the hboot by following the instructions here >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=657086
Yesterday I sold my Hero and picked up an Evo. I got a call from the guy I sold it to today saying he couldn't activate it because I have it rooted with CM6. Do I just install one of the stock RUU to get it to work for him? Will doing that unroot the phone? I need to figure out how to get it to activate on Sprint for him.
Yes, this goes in Q&A but with CM6 the phone codes do not work and will be needed for activation, just run the stock RUU.
i just baught HTC inspire 4G at&t from American friend ,, the mobile is already unlocked to use vodafone
now i wanna upgrade my android to gingerbread but i fear i will lose the unlock and i dont know if i can unlock it again or now
plus that i need help to make it support arabic
i'm anew android user ,,
plz could anyone help me how to ugprade system without losing unlock..i also fear to reset factory sitting to install my own programs>>> could anyone help
You can manually upgrade your Inspire 4G to Gingerbread build 2.36 as it is the latest version that can be rooted. In another way, have you considered to use a custom rom? It offer the latest build 2.50 rooted and unlocked.
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drpsyko said:
You can manually upgrade your Inspire 4G to Gingerbread build 2.36 as it is the latest version that can be rooted. In another way, have you considered to use a custom rom? It offer the latest build 2.50 rooted and unlocked.
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Could u plz tell me the difference btween the two ways
and how can i use a custom rom ?
and if i root the gingerbread , will that ables me to unlock the sim card?
Okay, I assume that your phone is fully unlocked (System S-Off, Radio S-Off, SuperCID, rooted). You can check it in bootloader (volume down + power while the phone is off) and see status like "PVT ENG S-OFF" and "CID11111111" which mean that it is fully unlocked. By having these in hand, you can always upgrade into any rom you want, including the official OTA update without losing sim unlock. But beware that you will lose root (superuser) access.
By using custom rom, you will able to maintain all of that, plus features and tweaks that aren't available in the official rom. But you have to dig deep in this forum, learn how to flash rom safely.
You can always revert to stock rom anytime you want, without losing the unlock feature.
p/s: like I said, dig deep, search and read all the guide (in stickies usually) and ask if you got stuck.
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I am going to be parting company with my Sensation and want to put the handset back to an official HTC ROM. The person who will use it in future is not going to want to tinker like I have.....
I thought that the best thing to do is install a European HTC ROM rather than the T-Mobile UK one that was on it when I got it.
I have a few questions however
1 - What is the latest European HTC official ROM - and where can I find it
2 - Once flashed, will it lose ROOT? It is S-OFF at the moment too
3 - Will the Official ROM take updates OK thereafter?
Can anyone help?
Cheers
S-Off lets you install custom ROMs, nothing more. If you flash any ROM, they can have root or not - depends on the ROM. So a stock ROM will not have root, although there are a lot of them floating around here *with* root added.
Here is a link to the collection of offical RUUs for the HTC Sensation: Click me! , if you flash one of those you'll loose root but get straight back to stock, just plug your phone in and run the exe. I do not know about how the updates will go but I do however recomend that you get superCID before you install any RUUs that are not for T-Mobile, the guide for SuperCID is HERE
Hello. I have an HTC One from C Spire (Cellular South). The bootloader is unlocked and I am rooted with no custom ROM. I am using TWRP and SuperSU. I had to use the Sprint Version of TWRP and SuperSU in order to root. I have not had any issues but I am stuck on 4.2.2. I would like to get my phone back to stock so that I can update to 4.3.
After doing: fastboot getvar version-main
It returned: version-mian: 2.04.563.2
My boot menu says:
M7_WLS PVT SHIP S-ON RH
HBoot-1.54.0000
RADIO-1.00.20.0725
OS-2.04.563.2
I'm fairly new to rooting and I'm not sure how to undo this. I know with other carriers it is quite easy. That's not the case with CSpire. The only thing I can think of is to somehow get S-OFF, although I'd rather avoid doing so. I thought I needed to find the CSpire RUU files, but I do not think that is the case. Since I have not installed a Custom ROM can I just do an Android OTA?
Have you had any success as of yet finding the RUU for CSpire ? I too have an HTC One from CSpire. I have gotten as far as unlocking the phone but until I find the factory flash for our device I am afraid to root my phone... Please help me if you know where to find this... Thanks.....
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tonygrip said:
Have you had any success as of yet finding the RUU for CSpire ? I too have an HTC One from CSpire. I have gotten as far as unlocking the phone but until I find the factory flash for our device I am afraid to root my phone... Please help me if you know where to find this... Thanks.....
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No luck. I took my phone to CSpire since my SIM card was not working. They saw that it was rooted and wouldn't touch it. They wiped my phone and during the process wiped the OS. So the phone was then useless. The guy suggested that since I had purchased the warranty that I should just drop my phone in a pool so that they could replace it. So I did that. Now I have a brand new one. I wouldn't suggest rooting until someone releases the ruu files. :/
I also tried to use Cyanogen Mod for sprint devices but I could not get cellular data with it. So do not root if you ever plan on restoring.
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No luck. I took my phone to CSpire since my SIM card was not working. They saw that it was rooted and wouldn't touch it. They wiped my phone and during the process wiped the OS. So the phone was then useless. The guy suggested that since I had purchased the warranty that I should just drop my phone in a pool so that they could replace it. So I did that. Now I have a brand new one. I wouldn't suggest rooting until someone releases the ruu files. :/
I also tried to use Cyanogen Mod for sprint devices but I could not get cellular data with it. So do not root if you ever plan on restoring.
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Thanks man I will not touch it past this point until more is released.. Shhhuuuuwwwaa !!!!
I just picked up an HTC One this afternoon. I was hoping there would be some development going on but like everyone else mentioned, I can't find any stock files for C Spire. I hope something will come out soon. When the HTC Hero was released, C Spire had all of the RUU files and updates on their website....
Stock Backup
Is it possible to switch to an alternate recovery such as TWRP or CWM without rooting first? If so, couldn't we just make a backup of a non-rooted stock rom and just revert back to that if there is a problem?
I have posted a non rooted backup of my htc one, we also have a working 4.4.2 rom made just for c spire if anyone wants to check it out. Voice, Data, sms, mms all work.
www.teamcspire.com