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[Q] Desire S rooted needs unrooting

Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum, basically I bought my desire s a few weeks ago and managed to root it, then added a Rom. However I believe I need to put back a stock Rom as it needs returning owing to a faulty speaker where I can't hear it ring, the output is getting worse each day. So basically I need to know which Rom and how to do it. I have tried searching but come to a dead end, lots of help for the desire but not my desire s. Many thanks in advance.

I'm sure I saw a thread knocking about in this forum where someone described the process of returning the phone completely back to s-on stock state, but I can't seem to find it myself now either.
Iirc though, restoring back to a stock rom and kernel may be enough to override the hboot and make it s-on and without root. There's something somewhere about flashing a stock hboot I'm sure.
Sorry I can't be more help than that.
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You need to look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113820
This will over ride your alpharev hboot with an Eng S off hboot flash it via bootloader or Android flasher 1.8
Once you have done this you can flash an official ruu which remove your s-off and root status
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1113820
tnx very useful

craig1965 said:
You need to look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113820
This will over ride your alpharev hboot with an Eng S off hboot flash it via bootloader or Android flasher 1.8
Once you have done this you can flash an official ruu which remove your s-off and root status
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When I try this method, bootloader says bypassed?
Any ideas.
chill...............

Ok this is how I did it I download this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15493125&postcount=1
On my lap top I extracted the zip file
Then put your phone in fastboot making sure it says fastboot usb then run Android flasher 1.8 chose hboot and browse for the .img file you extracted from the zip file earlier if all goes well you will be eng s- off then you can reflash an ruu
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You can also follow this if you find it easier
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1187231
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"USB-BRICK"

Hey guys i need quick help. my friends got an USB-Brick which i call it. he can neither charge nor transfer data to hua phone over usb. we tried multiple roms and pcs, its only got 20% left and we really need to get it back to stock to send it in for support. please try n help us!
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Use a memory card reader to put stock rom on sdcard and whatever else u need to revert. Flash that and you're done i guess..
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I found the possibility with thr pg88img.zip, but im not sure whether thats gonna s-on him again and i dont want to lose any of the batteries charges with fails so im basically looking for a safe method
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langhaardack said:
Hey guys i need quick help. my friends got an USB-Brick which i call it. he can neither charge nor transfer data to hua phone over usb. we tried multiple roms and pcs, its only got 20% left and we really need to get it back to stock to send it in for support. please try n help us!
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READ.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1387484
and THIS : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17481836&postcount=2

Those Posts both don't really help me, as i cant use fastboot with a broken USB port
E1:My idea was to create a flashable zip which would just copy the contents of the original hboot thing and replace whats on the phone. any advice on which partition i had to use as of?
E2:Okay, so i got what i need for the cwm-flashable zip with another hboot image, but from what i also got now just changin the hboot doesnt lock the bootloader, so how would i do this without using fastboot or adb or an official ruu? reminder: revolutionary s-off

langhaardack said:
Those Posts both don't really help me, as i cant use fastboot with a broken USB port
E1:My idea was to create a flashable zip which would just copy the contents of the original hboot thing and replace whats on the phone. any advice on which partition i had to use as of?
E2:Okay, so i got what i need for the cwm-flashable zip with another hboot image, but from what i also got now just changin the hboot doesnt lock the bootloader, so how would i do this without using fastboot or adb or an official ruu? reminder: revolutionary s-off
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I'm so sorry. Had completely forgotten about the USB problem! But your only way out is an RUU man... and that can't be used without a working USB, i'm afraid. My understanding kinda hits a brick wall here. I hope somebody more knowledgeable can help you out on this one. Have you tried contacting amidabuddha on PM?
He seems to be very knowledgeable about this stuff.
Best of luck... and sorry i couldn't be of more help.

Yeah i guessed that would be what the end of the story. ;/
ima try some other stuff, contact amidabuddha and if i find a way ill share for sure

either find some one else with same phone or take your phone to a phone shop and get them to charge the battery in another device
You shouldn't risk a flash with minimal battery as this could kill device
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Thanks for the trust, but unfortunately I am not aware of a method that can change the bootloader without USB connection. That's why I always recommend hboot change after Revolutionary S-OFF just in case something goes wrong...
But if you can find a flashable zip with Engineering bootloader and it works just put rom. zip renamed as PG88IMG on the SDcard afterwards , reboot to bootloader and you are done
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amidabuddha said:
Thanks for the trust, but unfortunately I am not aware of a method that can change the bootloader without USB connection. That's why I always recommend hboot change after Revolutionary S-OFF just in case something goes wrong...
But if you can find a flashable zip with Engineering bootloader and it works just put rom. zip renamed as PG88IMG on the SDcard afterwards , reboot to bootloader and you are done
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The engineering bootloader is that eng hboot?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113820
Found this one, but flashing the pg88img.zip doesnt work because bootloader is skipped
do you think, getting a stock hboot image and flashing it per dd would work?
or flashing this one up there per dd?
so it would be like flashing stock (eng) hboot and afterwards using an ruu rom.zip to restore original rom?

Yes of course I am losing my touch recently
dd should work perfectly, just install terminal emulator on your phone and do the commands from it. Be very careful not to make a typing mistake.
0)The hboot from the thread you linked is the one that you need
1) Extract the hboot_blablabla.img from the PG88IMG.zip and rename it to hboot.img
2) copy it to SDcard via cardreader and PC
3) open Terminal emulator
4) type
Code:
su
dd if=/sdcard/hboot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
if no errors reboot to bootloader and check the hboot version it must be 0.98.2000
Then run the RUU on your PC and do not close the first screen, search on the C:/ drive of your PC for rom.zip. Copy it to another location and close RUU. Rename it to PG88IMG.zip
Transfer it to your SDcard, reboot the phone to bootloader and follow the instructions. Be sure that you use the right RUU for your brand/region (it has to be the same or higher version as when it was when you S-OFFed by Revolutionary.)
If you make the steps right you should be complete Stock.
Good luck
Edit: ben_pyett's advice above is worth following too

Okay, thanks. I'm trying to get the ruu right now, but the filefactory links from the thread here suck REAL hard b/c i dont get a free slot, and the other mirror i found was a rapidshare mirror which also sucks w/o a premium account. ;( hate that, its much easier with my lg o2x.
E: Finally got a free slot on filefactory, download is finished in ~1hr. :>
Gonna mow some lawns till then. xD

amidabuddha said:
Yes of course I am losing my touch recently
dd should work perfectly, just install terminal emulator on your phone and do the commands from it. Be very careful not to make a typing mistake.
0)The hboot from the thread you linked is the one that you need
1) Extract the hboot_blablabla.img from the PG88IMG.zip and rename it to hboot.img
2) copy it to SDcard via cardreader and PC
3) open Terminal emulator
4) type
Code:
su
dd if=/sdcard/hboot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
if no errors reboot to bootloader and check the hboot version it must be 0.98.2000
Then run the RUU on your PC and do not close the first screen, search on the C:/ drive of your PC for rom.zip. Copy it to another location and close RUU. Rename it to PG88IMG.zip
Transfer it to your SDcard, reboot the phone to bootloader and follow the instructions. Be sure that you use the right RUU for your brand/region (it has to be the same or higher version as when it was when you S-OFFed by Revolutionary.)
If you make the steps right you should be complete Stock.
Good luck
Edit: ben_pyett's advice above is worth following too
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See, I said you'd find a way, didn't I??
My faith in you is well placed my friend...!!

Oh COME ON. Can't install terminal emulator or anything else from the market. but i got the original RUU which i installed before using revolutionary, so ill try and install the pg88img directly now, hoping that it helps. ._.
Bootloader is bypassed...im turning crazy here! gonna try it per adb over network now i gues...
Oh wait... i guess i just broke it by overwriting su stuff... its gettin worse heeeere, gotta find an eng hboot over 6.98.1002 now... any1 knows of something like that?
E: cant even create a flashable zip anymore now... crappedy crapcrap.
E2: Last update: FINALLY FIXXXXXXED! I got it freakin fixed! found this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17213055&postcount=49
The PG88IMG.zip overwrites the revolutionary hboot with an eng hboot, and that eng hboot is replaceable by a stock one. I'm SO HAPPY that i finally fixed it after failing so hard. Thanks for all your help, guys. you're awesome.

Glad to hear that you have managed!
I was curious why the first PG88IMG flashing attempt was not successful and compared the two files. It appeared that the one from the "ENG hboot is here" thread has an img.img extention. Probably this difference in the filename causes the preflashing check failure. Will have this in mind in future
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I have the same problem on my phone ie usb brick. I used revolutionary to s off and then upgraded to the newest hboot myself without using eng bootloader. But I'm not sure If I can use the method prescribed above on my phone since I'm on hboot 2002.
You guys know of something else i can try ??
Thanks!
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Thanked you by mistake
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Triple post because of crappy WiFi connection
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Now on topic: you don't need to re flash any bootloader just put the PG88IMG (renamed rom.zip) taken from the latest proper RUU for your brand/region on your SDcard, reboot to bootloader and follow the instructions. Then you should be back to a Stock system
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Stuck in bootloader

Hi guys,
I've got some ****y problem. So I was on Jelly Bean rom with revolutionary S-Off but wanted to have feature full phone and thought ok go back to stock (bad idea...)
So I followed a tutorial flashed Eng Hboot and wanted to restore with an O2 Gingerbread RUU. Everything worked fine until I got Error 140 (Bootloader failure)...Now I'm S-On but I don't have any rom on my phone so I'm stuck in recovery.
S-On
Hboot 0.98.0000
Radio 38.03.02.14_M
In my opinion I have to get a goldcard to flash a ruu on top of all that **** ^^ Buuut I can't boot so no ADB, hence I can't get my CID. Tried some tools to get CID via card reader but It didn't work for me.
Any Help, Suggestions? Help me to fix my android and avoid to buy an Iphone ^^
Cheers

main version check fail...that stopped the RUU

Have a go at fastboot, if that doesn't work it will need to be sent off to the repair center to be reprogrammed by JTAG experts.
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I can enter fastboot and do commands that's not the problem. Sadly my hboot seems to be too low for htcdev unlock -.- ...And I don't know of any method to get ADB working in bootloader, fastboot, ...

Can you get into recovery from fastboot? If so, you can run ADB from there.
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Why not trying to flash the ruu that suits your carrier,
Besides, it's best not to use eng-hboot in order to get back to s-on, imho,it's best to upgrade hboot to revolutionary 7.x after using revolutionary s-off, it's compatible with most 2.3.5ruus and custom roms.

I can get into recovery but it is stock recovery...and adb doesn't recognize my device while i'm in there ...
The ruu suits my carrier, as I said the signature check was true but the version check failed...i would need a newer o2 ruu but that doesn't exist

help me pls^^

Can you flash a custom recovery, such as 4EXT or CWM, using a PG88IMG zip file on your sdcard?
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Hey Bill thx for your help! I used an old phone wich could get into CWM Got CID of SD Card and did the Gold Card method! Flashing Ruu PG88IMG right now
btw. This can be closed

Wody05 said:
btw. This can be closed
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Just add [Solved] at the front of the title on the original post (OP).
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Htc sensation hboot 1.27.0000 s off

Hello. I had my HTC Sensation rooted, S-OFF and a custom ROM installed but the phone started playing up so I sent it back to HTC. They wiped the ROM and got rid of the recovery and changed the HBOOT to 1.27.0000 but my phone is still S-OFF! :laugh:
I am puzzled however, how to get a custom recovery? There is no need for juopunutbear is there if my device is already S-OFF?
I want to have a custom recovery to install SuperSU and a custom ROM (Mike1887 Revolution Hd)
Any help?

My BootLoader is locked, too

your bootloader is not locked you just need to flah a new one and wrong section
look on the S-OFF jup thread

asad510 said:
your bootloader is not locked you just need to flah a new one and wrong section
look on the S-OFF jup thread
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Sorry, I'm a newb to this! And I'm just very annoyed about what they've done!
It says 'Locked' at the top, is it just saying that when it is unlocked? And how do you flash a new recovery? I've done it numerous times before but I'm clueless?

Jon.W said:
Hello. I had my HTC Sensation rooted, S-OFF and a custom ROM installed but the phone started playing up so I sent it back to HTC. They wiped the ROM and got rid of the recovery and changed the HBOOT to 1.27.0000 but my phone is still S-OFF! :laugh:
I am puzzled however, how to get a custom recovery? There is no need for juopunutbear is there if my device is already S-OFF?
I want to have a custom recovery to install SuperSU and a custom ROM (Mike1887 Revolution Hd)
Any help?
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i have the same problem could someone please help me

Both of you do this
Get the control bear folder.. From my soff guide.. Link in my signature (don't worry you are not going to do soff procedure again..)
Extract the zip file and keep it somewhere
Connect the phone from bootloader/fast boot to pc
Open command prompt from the control bear folder.. (if windows hold shift + right click - open command windows here)
And type this
controlbear -i
That's all. You will have juop bootloader aka unlocked bootloader
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ganeshp said:
Both of you do this
Get the control bear folder.. From my soff guide.. Link in my signature (don't worry you are not going to do soff procedure again..)
Extract the zip file and keep it somewhere
Connect the phone from bootloader/fast boot to pc
Open command prompt from the control bear folder.. (if windows hold shift + right click - open command windows here)
And type this
controlbear -i
That's all. You will have juop bootloader aka unlocked bootloader
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i dint work
any more methord

Htc sensation xe
How can i back to Stock? i mean if i dont want root or s-off or hboot. i want to know the way back home

dramen555 said:
How can i back to Stock? i mean if i dont want root or s-off or hboot. i want to know the way back home
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look here

Noob Root & Flash Disre S question

Hi
I read a lot of Guide on this page but have still a lot of questions,. ;(
My Phone;
Disire S
S-ON
HBOOT 2.02.0002
RADION 3831.19.00.110
How can i S-OFF it?
Will it work? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18122984&postcount=237
After that i would like to install
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1679125
thks

forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1146601
this is what helped me to instal that rom you have step by step guide for what you need,one thing,after you unlock via htc dev you're gonna end up with DS as it was on first time you boot it exept 4 sd lol

djomla43 said:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1146601
this is what helped me to instal that rom you have step by step guide for what you need,one thing,after you unlock via htc dev you're gonna end up with DS as it was on first time you boot it exept 4 sd lol
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Hope u boot the rom lol you r wlcm
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Hi, deltateam
I just finished S-OFF-ing my Desire S, HBOOT 2.00.0002. It took me 3 days for all the reading, searching, trying and failing, etc. So I think this might be of use for you.
The link for ENG HBOOT in the method you're linking to in the first post, is outdated. So here's what I have done:
I used this method. But here is some additional info.
After completing step 8 I found that I can't root it with SuperOneClick, so I S-OFFed it with Revolutionary first. After doing this you should have a S-OFFed device with HBOOT 0.98.0000 (or 0002, depending on which RUU you chose to downgrade to).
You can now successfully root it with SuperOneClick. Do NOT restart your phone. Restarting it in Recovery is not needed.
The next step links to the same method you linked to in the first post but as I said, the link there is outdated. So I found this post. It's basically the same thing but it has ENG HBOOT attached to it and it's the same as the one from zumodrive - I compared the md5sums. :cyclops:
After completing step 10 and restarting to bootloader you should now see that you have S-OFFed ENG HBOOT 2.00.002. You may want to flash the recovery again as (most likely) Revolutionary flashed its own recovery.
Also, you can still boot the old ROM, which you used for the HBOOT downgrade but of course you should flash new ROM soon. You may also update the RADIO to more recent one as the old RUU downgraded it and the Fallout ROM doesn't have a radio included.
Good luck with the ROM and I hope this helped

@seashady thks
it is very nice tutorial
when i flash my phone again
the new radio is still up date, i dont have to install it again?

deltateam said:
@seashady thks
it is very nice tutorial
when i flash my phone again
the new radio is still up date, i dont have to install it again?
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No, you don't. It will be still up to date.

seashady said:
No, you don't. It will be still up to date.
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Ah, you mean after flashing a new ROM... OK, misunderstood the first time I read the question.
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thks

teadrinker said:
Ah, you mean after flashing a new ROM... OK, misunderstood the first time I read the question.
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Sorry for the misunderstanding. Yes, this is what I meant - an official RUU Rom will change the RADIO but if you update it after that and flash a new custom Rom, it will stay unaffected (i.e. "updated").

ok one question, i unlocked my desire s on htcdev site, i instal clockwork mod recovery and rooted with super user, i install fallout, but on the screen stay black boot scren htc desire htd, and system not but, i try with sabsa rom, and ice ds and roms not boot, bootloder is unlocked s-on and rooted, where i am wrong???

Did u flash boot.img in fastboot?
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from rom zip?

Yes from the zip. U will have to do this every time u flash a rom, all htcdev unlock has to do this process.
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thank you it works

Aleeksandar85 said:
thank you it works
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Another guide for newcomers: always better to press Thanks, than writhing a "thank you" post