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[Q] QuestionS asked by a Noob

Hi
Sorry i m a noob.
This android flashing is very new to me. I use to own HD2 and flash by using hardSPL and recovery.. but this is total new to me
Pls BEAR with my with my noob question..!!
my first question is
i want to install battery percentage..
SO i should Installing S-off, ClockWork, Root, SuperCID & S-on
what if i do wrong? will my mobile brick? Unlike WM, it had hardSPL to protect.

U don't need supervisor and u don't need to make it s-on again.
Pretty much s-off, clockwork mod, root it, then flash what u need in clockworkmod.

Oh thanks what is the s-off and on?
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Read the sticky in the development forum one page back. Easy as following steps.
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harky said:
Oh thanks what is the s-off and on?
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Security off, security on. Put simply the flash memory where the system files are stored is read only when security is on. In order to modify the system in any way (to root or flash a custom rom for example) it is necessary to set security to off. Security off makes the system flash memory read/write.
Hope this makes sense
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what abt SuperCID? do i need to follow this step also?

harky said:
what abt SuperCID? do i need to follow this step also?
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No not Really, unless you want to flash a ROM different from your region.
Super CID can be done later on also.

hi thanks
how m i able to know the Super CID of the cook rom is diff frm my region ?

harky said:
hi thanks
how m i able to know the Super CID of the cook rom is diff frm my region ?
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You only need to worry about CID if you need to run an official RUU from a different region. You don't need to mess with CID if you're just flashing cooked ROMs.

oh!!! thank!! haah
nxt said:
You only need to worry about CID if you need to run an official RUU from a different region. You don't need to mess with CID if you're just flashing cooked ROMs.
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Hi,
i would lke to know about the RADIO flashing..
i planing to flash Android Revolution HD but i read that i need to flash the radio too?
I m now on WWE Stock ROM.
How do i flash the Radio?

How to flash radio without s-off?

Hello, again I have a question. Firstly I have flashed the ARHD rom using this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861 which makes me still S-ON, I assume. I want to flash another radio and keep failing for both methods in the radio/ril thread. I assume it is because I am still S-ON. What can I do to flash another radio? It keeps telling me that checking signature FAILED.

Sorry you must be S OFF to flash that. I believe you must be S off for the pg58img files like firmware and radio. You can always S off then you will not have a problem. Hope this helps. Best wishes.
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Realsis is correct. You cannot flash a radio with s-on.
S-on exists specificly to prevent you from messing with the radio and some other things
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leviathian said:
Hello, again I have a question. Firstly I have flashed the ARHD rom using this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861 which makes me still S-ON, I assume. I want to flash another radio and keep failing for both methods in the radio/ril thread. I assume it is because I am still S-ON. What can I do to flash another radio? It keeps telling me that checking signature FAILED.
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Hi,
As has been mentioned, you cannot flash firmware or radio with s-on.
If you are interested in s-offing,check my signature (☺ A great starting point for all new Sensation owners ☺) for a good list of guides to do so.

[Q] Sense Roms/Boot img

Just rooted and successfully s-off'd my next step is flashing a rom, I'm reading the instructions for Team Venom's sense rom.
Step 1 says 'Flash the boot img script' I'm using a t-mobile us one s do I still flash the same boot script? Or do I need a different one???
Also what's the best way to get wifi working? I've read that you need to flash a different hboot.

You're S-Off, boot.imgs are redundant to you now. Just flash the ROM.
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kylepont said:
You're S-Off, boot.imgs are redundant to you now. Just flash the ROM.
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thank you, that's what I needed to know.

PAC Rom

Hey all, I've just switched to this ATT One X and I'm looking for a little guidance. I've rooted, unlocked bootloader, and flashed TWRP. I've also downloaded PAC and GAPPs. That being said, I've read a little about flashing a Rom and a boot.img seperately which would be new to me. I didn't see anything mentioning that process on the PAC thread so I'm assuming that I just wipe data, flash Rom, wipe cache and dalvik, flash gapps and reboot? If there is something I'm missing, could anybody help? Thanks in advance!
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If you are s-off you do not have to flash the boot.img seperately. If you are s-on you have to flash the boot.img with fastboot from a computer.
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mmmatt312 said:
If you are s-off you do not have to flash the boot.img seperately. If you are s-on you have to flash the boot.img with fastboot from a computer.
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Thanks! Im s-on at the moment so I'll look into getting s-off when I get some free time. Hopefully adb will cooperate with me, we have a love/hate relationship....
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Quick question, flash the whole rom zip, then the boot.img, then gaaps?
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I'm pretty sure you can flash the boot.img with fastboot before or after the rom. But flash gapps after you flash the rom. The way I used to do it(when I was s-on) was flash rom, flash gapps, then flash the boot.img from the terminal using fastboot.
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flash boot.img first then rom and gapps, but definately do s-off you don't wanna end up forgetting that flashing 3.17/3.18 with s-on + supercid will brick your phone.

Nice! I'm looking into s-off as of now, but what did you mean by flashing 3.17/3.18? I'm on 3.18 and I believe I have superCID. Does that mean I should hold off on flashing until I'm s-off?
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No you can flash now. We weren't aware that you're already on the 3.18 firmware. If you weren't on that firmware you would have needed to RUU up to it in order to flash the ROM, and the warning was to get s-off before running the RUU because s-on + SuperCID + RUU = brick. So, go ahead and flash the ROM.
PS. In future, make sure you provide all relevant information (current firmware/current recovery/s-off or s-on status). This information is needed to help, and it also stops this kind of confusion.
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timmaaa said:
No you can flash now. We weren't aware that you're already on the 3.18 firmware. If you weren't on that firmware you would have needed to RUU up to it in order to flash the ROM, and the warning was to get s-off before running the RUU because s-on + SuperCID + RUU = brick. So, go ahead and flash the ROM.
PS. In future, make sure you provide all relevant information (current firmware/current recovery/s-off or s-on status). This information is needed to help, and it also stops this kind of confusion.
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Sorry for the confusion. Trying to gather as much knowledge on this as possible and didn't think to mention that I did the ota update to 3.18. I appreciate the help guys and hopefully soon I'll have a custom Rom running on this thing :thumbup:
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Successfully flashed PAC and ended up using the app posted here. Worked like a charm! Thanks for all the help guys!
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Please help

I would like to gain s-off on my device but this is not possible with hboot 2.02.002. So I need to downgrade my hboot I have had a look at the official guide and it seems rather complicated for me I need it written clearly I no it says noob proof but unfortunately I can't get on with it what really does not help is that he does not provide the necessary files apart from the misc version its easy to say your need to use search when you know what your looking for I can't find any of the files I need. Please someone help I really would like s-off so I do not need to keep using the computer to flash boot.img. please help.
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powerwill said:
I would like to gain s-off on my device but this is not possible with hboot 2.02.002. So I need to downgrade my hboot I have had a look at the official guide and it seems rather complicated for me I need it written clearly I no it says noob proof but unfortunately I can't get on with it what really does not help is that he does not provide the necessary files apart from the misc version its easy to say your need to use search when you know what your looking for I can't find any of the files I need. Please someone help I really would like s-off so I do not need to keep using the computer to flash boot.img. please help.
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use this guide i posted below, much better than the one u posted on. (dunno why the OP of that guide said u need cm7) but anyway its pretty simple,
[GUIDE] Official HBOOT v2.xx Downgrade to OLD HBOOT
if u need any help just post here, think i have all the files on my laptop.

Could you possibly send me link to download for these files as I cannot find them anywhere I have the misc version need ruu to perform downgrade though.
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Is ur phone network locked?

No
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powerwill said:
No
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Thats good so u wont need a goldcard, u can use a wwe/eu ruu.
Unlock ur bootloader via htcdev then flash 4ext recovery. Click the link and download, then extract the PG88IMG of 4ext recovery and flash the recovery.img.
Plenty of guides here how to do that. Let me know once thats done.

Well I have 4ext recovery well pretty much everything I can flash custom just would like s-off so where would I find these ruu because HTC dev don't have them apart from Android 4.0 which is hboot 2. Unless you mean PG88IMG is like flashing a different version of 4ext? I'm sorry for all these questions just want a clear enough picture before I attempt the downgrade and thank you for helping me hopefully this one should be my last.
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powerwill said:
Well I have 4ext recovery well pretty much everything I can flash custom just would like s-off so where would I find these ruu because HTC dev don't have them apart from Android 4.0 which is hboot 2. Unless you mean PG88IMG is like flashing a different version of 4ext? I'm sorry for all these questions just want a clear enough picture before I attempt the downgrade and thank you for helping me hopefully this one should be my last.
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Have u got 4ext recovery already installed? R u rooted?
For ruu,
http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Saga
I used the europe 1.47.401.4 (its at the bottom of the list)

jmcclue said:
Have u got 4ext recovery already installed? R u rooted?
For ruu,
http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Saga
I used the europe 1.47.401.4 (its at the bottom of the list)
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Yes I have 4ext and I am rooted and thank you for the link
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jmcclue said:
Have u got 4ext recovery already installed? R u rooted?
For ruu,
http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Saga
I used the europe 1.47.401.4 (its at the bottom of the list)
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I've flashed the misc version, now I'm struggling to flash the ruu.
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powerwill said:
I've flashed the misc version, now I'm struggling to flash the ruu.
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Struggling how? When u done the misc version, did u type in the number of the ruu ur going to use? 1.47.401.4

Can you check CID? That will help us to choose right RUU for your phone.
When you do misc_version successfully you have to reboot in bootloader and start RUU.RUU install from bootloader.Then it will check is your misc_version is ok.

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Struggling how? When u done the misc version, did u type in the number of the ruu ur going to use? 1.47.401.4
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The misc version has been detected by the ruu but it says that my battery is low when I try to flash it so it won't flash and my battery is 100% charged
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jmcclue said:
use this guide i posted below, much better than the one u posted on. (dunno why the OP of that guide said u need cm7) but anyway its pretty simple,
[GUIDE] Official HBOOT v2.xx Downgrade to OLD HBOOT
if u need any help just post here, think i have all the files on my laptop.
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Right I have a computer that functions properly that's why I stopped posting on this thread I would very much appreciate some assistance please with the downgrade.
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