Ok, so I rooted both mine and my wife's thunderbolt with revolutionary and CWM. Everything was fine until my wife's went into some kind of endless boot loop weeks later. I was at work on a 96hr marathon (i'm a fireman,) and she freaked out and went to VZW, where the IT guy found revolutionary. He didn't snitch her out, but "highly suggested" she return to stock, as he was sending her a refurb and would need to return the old one. I followed nat3mil's youtube video, and everything seems to be good, the phone is working again and is bone stock. However, CWM is still installed, but I'm s-on. the software info is as follows:
Android version: 2.2.1
Baseband: 1.16.00.0402w_1
Kernel:2.6.32.21-gb05544a
build and software #: 1.13.605.7
PRI: 1.14_002, 1.64_002
My question is, am I gonna get screwed if I send this phone back as it is now, with CWM still loaded? Is that something they are going to notice, especially if I'm s-on, and if so, is it going to void my warranty? She received the phone on Thursday and it's due back within 5 days. I got home yesterday and got to where I am now but can't find how to remove CWM, at least with the amount of experience I have. With the holiday I don't know how much time I have to figure this all out. PLEASE HELP!!!! I am not versed in ADB, but I follow directions well and I'm not a total retard with tech stuff. If I need to remove CWM, I need step by step instructions. I can run a command prompt if helped with exactly what to type. I think I have adb through the "tbolt" file linked to in nat3mil's video. Again, please help, and time is critical!!!
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*ATTENTION MODS* I am reposting.... sort of... the original thread is here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9074948#post9074948
Hello! I am not new to rooting...I did get a new EVO 4G at best buy yesterday...
Went home and tried to root following another method than unrEVOked 3.21 and long story short had to RUU with "RUU_SuperSonic_S_Sprint_WWE_3.26.651.6_Radio_2.15 .00.07.28_NV_1.40_release_140444_signed"
I then tried unrEVOked 3.21 which SEEMED to work... I followed all onscreen prompts...
Plugged in my phone, ran the program, phone rebooted, selected HBOOT USB, Program reported that everything was going along nicely...even saw the program say waiting for root..."this was a triumph" Rebooted..then came back up to desktop...didnt reboot in recover like i have seen... the program then reverts to saying the thing about HBOOT USB.... there is NO SuperUser app and it is NOT rooted...
Please tell me where I went wrong...and what I need to do to fix it...
Info about MY Phone
Android Version 2.2
Baseband Version 2.15.00.07.28
Kernel 2.6.32.15-g746f4f0
Software Version 3.26.651.1
PLEASE help....I am having withdrawals lol...
***UPDATE***
Following this Guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045
I made it to Step 19...then S#*+ went crazy...It appears that the recover did NOT flash...not really sure...I am now trying to RUU my phone back...and start over but it keeps saying the phone is low battery <30% and its NOT...I looked at 3 batterys on a Hero and it says all are over 70%...
and ..since im pretty sure this matters...with S-OFF
When I try to flash PC36IMG.zip Radio_V2 FAIL-PU and...Bootloader FAIL-IC is what I get...
ALL help greatly appreciated...thankfully I am off work the next two days...So I know I can get this resolved
Ok I have done a lot of reading that seems to indicate that I have no ROM or my ROM is Broken...and seeing as how RUU keeps saying my battery level is too low I am going to put it on the charger til the light turns green...Try to RUU in the Morning...
***SOMEONE PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG ***
I am under the impression that RUU'ing will NOT Turn S-ON and will Leave S-OFF
But will just load a ROM and allow me to boot in and then run unrEVOked and be on my merry rooted way...
If ANYONE knows that it will turn S-ON please stop me lol...I am going to stop trying for now and get some sleep... will check this post before continuing..
Ok, so here is my situation. I just sold my Droid Incredible to a friend. I have had the phone rooted (UnrEVOked) since just after the 2.2 update came out, and it worked perfectly for me. However, he decided that he wanted to put it back to plain stock, so he of course tried starting the process without asking me for assistance! Here is where the problem comes in.
He downloaded the android 2.1 pbimg31.zip file from some unknown website and ran it. While it did complete the install successfully, and now root/nandroid are gone, he can no longer get it to update back to 2.2. He has tried to re-update it by putting a stock 2.2 update file on the SD card, but it wouldn't go. And it does not offer him an OTA update when he tries to check for updates. Here are the current settings on the phone.
S-Off
Baseband Version 1.00.03.04.06
HBoot Version 0.77.0000
System Version is 2.1-update1
In the last message I sent him, I asked him to try resetting it back to 2.1 stock again by following this: video tutorial
Still no word on the outcome as of yet, so I figured I'd enlist some more help just in case!
I noticed in the video the other guy's phone is set to S-On, does this make a difference? If so, how do I go about having him change his from S-Off to S-On? Any help would be greatly appreciated since he is an hour away and I just don't have the time to drive there and look at it in person until next week. Thanks for reading!
I just talked to him and he said that the phone will not let him attempt to apply the pbimg31.zip linked in the video, so he is stuck. I'm assuming it won't apply because it is already loaded on the phone??? I guess I am at the mercy of everyone here and their ideas. Thanks so much!
Info:
Inspire 4g rooted running Honey3D from the ROM Manager (Android 2.3.3 Sense 3.0)
Before I rooted the device when I upgraded to 2.3.3 from the official AT&T ROM I started having issues with device stability. I figured if I rooted and installed another ROM it would improve, but much to my dismay it hasn't. I will be doing simple things like texting and the device will lock up and require me to take the battery out to reboot. It has gotten worse in the past couple of weeks and I am hoping I can get some help here. It's so bad I *gasp* ordered a refurbed iPhone from Gamestop...but I am hoping I can get some help and be able to bring this device to it's former glory!
I have also noticed I cannot get through a full day with battery. Is this something that has to do with GB on the Inspire? Any help is greatly appreciated!
nathan.stanford said:
Info:
Inspire 4g rooted running Honey3D from the ROM Manager (Android 2.3.3 Sense 3.0)
Before I rooted the device when I upgraded to 2.3.3 from the official AT&T ROM I started having issues with device stability. I figured if I rooted and installed another ROM it would improve, but much to my dismay it hasn't. I will be doing simple things like texting and the device will lock up and require me to take the battery out to reboot. It has gotten worse in the past couple of weeks and I am hoping I can get some help here. It's so bad I *gasp* ordered a refurbed iPhone from Gamestop...but I am hoping I can get some help and be able to bring this device to it's former glory!
I have also noticed I cannot get through a full day with battery. Is this something that has to do with GB on the Inspire? Any help is greatly appreciated!
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Well I know the Inspire has a pretty sub-standard battery life before rooting but as for instability, you my friend probably have some kind of a hardware issue. Typically, most lock-up issues I see are from bad flashes and unstable roms, in this case it seems you had some issues before the root which leads me to believe you have either some hardware issue or some kind of a compatibility issues. When you flash a new rom, make sure to always full wipe (wipe data, cache, dalvik cache, battery stats) before you flash a new rom. If you haven't done that already, try it and re flash the rom. May I suggest trying Bindroid for testing purposes as I know they have a very stable sense ROM.
nathan.stanford said:
Info:
Inspire 4g rooted running Honey3D from the ROM Manager (Android 2.3.3 Sense 3.0)
Before I rooted the device when I upgraded to 2.3.3 from the official AT&T ROM I started having issues with device stability. I figured if I rooted and installed another ROM it would improve, but much to my dismay it hasn't. I will be doing simple things like texting and the device will lock up and require me to take the battery out to reboot. It has gotten worse in the past couple of weeks and I am hoping I can get some help here. It's so bad I *gasp* ordered a refurbed iPhone from Gamestop...but I am hoping I can get some help and be able to bring this device to it's former glory!
I have also noticed I cannot get through a full day with battery. Is this something that has to do with GB on the Inspire? Any help is greatly appreciated!
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I noticed that you said you are running Honey3D from ROM Manager? Does that mean you downloaded the ROM in app, through ROM Manager? That COULD be your problem, as I know sometimes downloads through the app aren't downloaded properly, completely, etc.
Try getting onto a desktop computer, downloading the ROM form the XDA site, and move it to your SD card, and THEN boot into recovery, full wipe, etc.
Try that. Let me know
I had similar issues on my stock rom (unrooted). ATT sent me a new battery as it was still under the 1yr warranty. That didn't solve the problem so they sent me a new refurb (with another new battery). No more problems - plus I now have two spare batteries. But as long as you are rooted, they are going to think that is the problem.
If it comes to the point where you have to send the phone back to ATT, just download the RUU from the HTC website, and update the phone back to the Stock Gingerbread 2.3 update. That will remove root and you'll be set
I will try these solutions tonight and see if I can get any of them to work.
I really do appreciate everyone's input. If I have to return to stock, is there anything special I need to do to unroot my phone? Like turning S-OFF back on ON?
Thanks again!
nathan.stanford said:
I will try these solutions tonight and see if I can get any of them to work.
I really do appreciate everyone's input. If I have to return to stock, is there anything special I need to do to unroot my phone? Like turning S-OFF back on ON?
Thanks again!
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I believe there is a tool somewhere in the dev section to get everything back to stock..but more or less you'll need the stock RUU from HTC. I have never had to go back to stock so this is simply based on what I've seen/red and not so much based on experience lol
How do I check to see if S-OFF is back to S-ON? That's the main thing I am concerned with. Don't want them knowing I rooted and telling me it a no deal on a replacement if it comes to that.
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How do I check to see if S-OFF is back to S-ON? That's the main thing I am concerned with. Don't want them knowing I rooted and telling me it a no deal on a replacement if it comes to that.
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boot into HBOOT and at the top there should be something that says S-OFF (if you're S-OFF), to be honest I've had my phone rooted since day 1 so I have no idea what it actually says when its S-ON, I'm going to make a bold assumption, lol, that it would just say S-ON if it were S-ON...
Edit: the top line in HBOOT if S-Off should read something like "ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF"
Any suggestions on ROM's?
I know it comes down to personal preference but I do value the opinion of others
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boot into HBOOT and at the top there should be something that says S-OFF (if you're S-OFF), to be honest I've had my phone rooted since day 1 so I have no idea what it actually says when its S-ON, I'm going to make a bold assumption, lol, that it would just say S-ON if it were S-ON...
Edit: the top line in HBOOT if S-Off should read something like "ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF"
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It will say s-on in place of s-off
Sent from my HTC Inspire™ 4G using xda premium
Sorry as I know these answers are out there, but I have been trying things for 2 days to no avail.
My end goal is a CM9 ROM on my sensation
I used Hasoons idiot proof utility, but apparently I am a super idiot
I clicked on install drivers, nothing happened, I assumed that I had everything I need from the sensation I had and rooted back in Oct 2011, so then I click "S-Off", the cmd box popped up and immediately went away (yes I went to the site and dl'ed the SOFF program).
after an hour of trying to figure that out I ended up skipping that and just going to HTC Dev and unlocked the boot loader. Thank went fine.
Installed CWM, that went fine, I think. If I hold Vol Down and Power it takes me to hboot not CWM? I can get to CWM by hitting recovery in HBOOT but I thought I remember Vol Down +Pwr took me straight to CWM.
THEN THINGS WENT WRONG.
I got a little greedy and tried to immediately flash a CM9 ROM, it flashed ok, but never got past the white HTC screen. So I tried to back pedal but flashing what I thought was a stock IMG file of GB. All the ones I trired would parse but do nothing after that.
Do I need to relock the boot loader to flash stock GB? and if so where is the Stock US T-mo GB IMG?
If I were to get it back to stock and did an HTC OTA ICS update, would I then be able to re-unlock and then install CM9?
Can anyone also help with S-Off, If I remember correctly, my hboot is 1.118??
I also cannot seem to find the latest firmware for CM9 as the ones I clicked on gave me 404 website errors.
Again I apologize as I am sure the answer is easy, but I spent 4 hours on this and just need some help.
Thanks
mikeschevelle said:
Sorry as I know these answers are out there, but I have been trying things for 2 days to no avail.
My end goal is a CM9 ROM on my sensation
I used Hasoons idiot proof utility, but apparently I am a super idiot
I clicked on install drivers, nothing happened, I assumed that I had everything I need from the sensation I had and rooted back in Oct 2011, so then I click "S-Off", the cmd box popped up and immediately went away (yes I went to the site and dl'ed the SOFF program).
after an hour of trying to figure that out I ended up skipping that and just going to HTC Dev and unlocked the boot loader. Thank went fine.
Installed CWM, that went fine, I think. If I hold Vol Down and Power it takes me to hboot not CWM? I can get to CWM by hitting recovery in HBOOT but I thought I remember Vol Down +Pwr took me straight to CWM.
THEN THINGS WENT WRONG.
I got a little greedy and tried to immediately flash a CM9 ROM, it flashed ok, but never got past the white HTC screen. So I tried to back pedal but flashing what I thought was a stock IMG file of GB. All the ones I trired would parse but do nothing after that.
Do I need to relock the boot loader to flash stock GB? and if so where is the Stock US T-mo GB IMG?
If I were to get it back to stock and did an HTC OTA ICS update, would I then be able to re-unlock and then install CM9?
Can anyone also help with S-Off, If I remember correctly, my hboot is 1.118??
I also cannot seem to find the latest firmware for CM9 as the ones I clicked on gave me 404 website errors.
Again I apologize as I am sure the answer is easy, but I spent 4 hours on this and just need some help.
Thanks
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I could explain here, but it's a little tedious.
I had a ATT inspire 4G running on android 2.2
I rooted and installed CWS with easy ace root. worked perfectly
then following another guide I found, I tried to flash update-aospX-1.0.0-AR26-DesireHD-signed using recovery.
But my phone was stuck on the white HTC screen and didn't go anywhere. Trying to solve this issue I wiped everything with recovery and flashed this: GizRoot_v_2 (1) which I found on this forum as a rom made similar to the stock rom. this worked and now phone was good but the guide did say to change the radio.
I tried to update my radio via hboot with sd card, but it always got stuck on the installing part and never finished. After researching it the problem was that I am still S-ON and you cant change radios while S-on?
I have spent 4+ hours googling and researching I have about 12 tabs open with different guides. I am very frustrated at this point
I Have a inspire 4g phone that works but the radio doesn't work. 1st it would connect to the movil network of the carrier but the wifi did work. I changed the simcard to another provider and it did work calls were made and internet data worked. but now wifi doesn't work!
I would like to have the phone back to factory setting and stock att rom. how can I do this, I used a RUU exe, but it always said error connecting to the phone. the RUU is RUU_Ace_Cingular_US_1.80.502.3_Radio_12.39.60.19_26.06.04.06_M_release_166557_signed
or maybe I am doing it wrong?
help please
edit: I booted phone to fastrecovery usb and ran the RUU.exe again, this time it went all the way to wiping and sending then it said an unknown error occurred right after updating signature and sent me to error recovery step 0, followed prompts but nothing worked
Flash boot.img from fastboot. Read the Ace Think Tank in Desire HD General for details.
steps
Ok
So.
I booted into recovery, wiped data and factory reset, wiped cache partition, wiped dalvik cache
installed from sd card update-aospX-1.0.0-AR30-DesireHD-signed. rebooted device into fastboot, connected usb cable.
downloaded android-win-tools and extracted into one folder. I also extracted the boot.img from update-aospX-1.0.0-AR30-DesireHD-signed into the same folder.
I opened a cmd window, went to said directory. typed fastboot.exe then fastboot devices. my device is there, then I did fastboot flash boot boot.img sending boot, writing boot ok.. did fastboot reboot...
and HOLY **** IT WORKS...
I still have to test wifi gps calls etc
EDIT: WIFI WORKS, GPS WORKS BLUETOOTH TOOK A WHILE TO TURN ON BUT WORKS, and calls work! camera works yey!
MIUI on Inspire 4G
Hi,
I need something like that too.
I bought my phone from USA in 2011, Android 2,2, i think, and with MIUI on it, locked on AT&T and I use it in Europe.
I unlocked it here in Europe and everything was fine.
So, the phone started work slow and after 2 years of use it I didn't receive any system update. My husband bought one same model, no MIUI on it, but HTC Sense I think, AT&T locked, unlocked here, but he received the system update and worked fine.
Now, in my silly thinking, I started to look for update on Internet and I saw that the Android is already 4.2. and I have 2.2. And I said,man, that's why is not working so well.
So, I upgraded my phone to Android 4.2.2 JDQ39E - the most stupid thing I could do. Starting that day, my phone is freezing non-stop, it restarted itself while I am talking on the phone. The apps are not working well, are freezing often. I read on AT&T website that for my model, the last Android is not 4.2.2 at all, but it was too late.
I found out how to upgrade the MIUI and I did it. This is ok, but this MIUI it makes me cray. I don't like it at all.
I WANT TO GET RID OF MIUI AND PUT SOMETHING ELSE INSTEAD OF IT. And put the normal Android system that my phone support it well.
HOW I CAN DO THAT?
Please help me with some advices before I will creat a new model: HTC Inspire 4G smashed.
Thank you so much.
Melabella said:
Hi,
I need something like that too.
I bought my phone from USA in 2011, Android 2,2, i think, and with MIUI on it, locked on AT&T and I use it in Europe.
I unlocked it here in Europe and everything was fine.
So, the phone started work slow and after 2 years of use it I didn't receive any system update. My husband bought one same model, no MIUI on it, but HTC Sense I think, AT&T locked, unlocked here, but he received the system update and worked fine.
Now, in my silly thinking, I started to look for update on Internet and I saw that the Android is already 4.2. and I have 2.2. And I said,man, that's why is not working so well.
So, I upgraded my phone to Android 4.2.2 JDQ39E - the most stupid thing I could do. Starting that day, my phone is freezing non-stop, it restarted itself while I am talking on the phone. The apps are not working well, are freezing often. I read on AT&T website that for my model, the last Android is not 4.2.2 at all, but it was too late.
I found out how to upgrade the MIUI and I did it. This is ok, but this MIUI it makes me cray. I don't like it at all.
I WANT TO GET RID OF MIUI AND PUT SOMETHING ELSE INSTEAD OF IT. And put the normal Android system that my phone support it well.
HOW I CAN DO THAT?
Please help me with some advices before I will creat a new model: HTC Inspire 4G smashed.
Thank you so much.
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Uh mate, It's best to go back to Stock Roms for that. And Everytime you guys go upgrading and degrading Roms, It's best to make a backup image with Nandroid.
Easiest way to go back to stock is find the proper RUU's for your phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1385016
Pick one of these, Download the RUU, Plug in your phone and Let the App do it's magic.
And take note, It's going back to the STOCK.
After that, Use the AAHK tool or search around the forums to unlock and S-Off.
Good luck.
Thank you!
ZhakamiZhako said:
Uh mate, It's best to go back to Stock Roms for that. And Everytime you guys go upgrading and degrading Roms, It's best to make a backup image with Nandroid.
Easiest way to go back to stock is find the proper RUU's for your phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1385016
Pick one of these, Download the RUU, Plug in your phone and Let the App do it's magic.
And take note, It's going back to the STOCK.
After that, Use the AAHK tool or search around the forums to unlock and S-Off.
Good luck.
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Thank you so much. Before I will do what you said, I will read all the threads about AAHK and how to unlock. I need to be informed before to do it. It is a little hard for me to do all these steps, but I will try. If I will succeed, than I will reconvert my job :laugh:
Yeyyyy
ZhakamiZhako said:
Uh mate, It's best to go back to Stock Roms for that. And Everytime you guys go upgrading and degrading Roms, It's best to make a backup image with Nandroid.
Easiest way to go back to stock is find the proper RUU's for your phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1385016
Pick one of these, Download the RUU, Plug in your phone and Let the App do it's magic.
And take note, It's going back to the STOCK.
After that, Use the AAHK tool or search around the forums to unlock and S-Off.
Good luck.
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I did it, I did it. And it's working. THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH!
Have a great weekend!
Melabella said:
I did it, I did it. And it's working. THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH!
Have a great weekend!
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No worries mate. Have a good weekend to you too.