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[Q] How do I get a stock ROM?

Hi All,
I'm about to root and flash a new ROM onto my HTC Sensation but before I do so, I want to have a backup of the stock ROM in case I need to take the phone in for a repair.
I'm looking for the Vodafone Australia HTC Sensation stock ROM but can't find it!
Does anyone have one which they could send me a link to?
Or, is there a way which I can make a backup of the stock ROM from my phone?
Thanks!
EDIT: just to clarify, I've tried searching for the RUU but there don't seem to be any for Vodafone AUS. So is there anyway to backup the stock? Thanks! (I'm not exactly a newbie at rooting/flashing, just never had to worry about backing up for warranty purposes before)

i was wondering the same thing! cant find the ruu! hope someone can guide us to restore without a RUU
or some method gets invented

HeyHeyAllan said:
Hi All,
I'm about to root and flash a new ROM onto my HTC Sensation but before I do so, I want to have a backup of the stock ROM in case I need to take the phone in for a repair.
I'm looking for the Vodafone Australia HTC Sensation stock ROM but can't find it!
Does anyone have one which they could send me a link to?
Or, is there a way which I can make a backup of the stock ROM from my phone?
Thanks!
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Im bad at posting links. Head over to sensation android development section. Find the roms collection thread and it should have plenty of choices stock and custom.

madigan311 said:
Im bad at posting links. Head over to sensation android development section. Find the roms collection thread and it should have plenty of choices stock and custom.
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none are for australian vodafone

http://ausdroid.net/2012/01/06/htc-salsa-chacha-desire-hd-sensation-from-vodafone-all-get-updated/ maybe?

HeyHeyAllan said:
Hi All,
I'm about to root and flash a new ROM onto my HTC Sensation but before I do so, I want to have a backup of the stock ROM in case I need to take the phone in for a repair.
I'm looking for the Vodafone Australia HTC Sensation stock ROM but can't find it!
Does anyone have one which they could send me a link to?
Or, is there a way which I can make a backup of the stock ROM from my phone?
Thanks!
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Not sure if it helps, there are many of RUU in shipped-roms.com, Sensation related ROMs are in http://www.shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Pyramid

@tingtan Thanks for the link. I'm not sure which one the Vodafone AUS one is. Is there anyway that you or someone else could match it for me? Here is a screenshot of the software info for my phone. Thanks!
http://i.imgur.com/e8bhc.jpg

hey did you find a way to do it?

People, before you flash a new rom you need to make a nandroid back up! In case you need to restore your phone for what ever reason.....
This is also done in clockworkmod recovery.....
Hit the backup/restore button and you are good to go.
If you look at the step by step install protocols in the tread of your choosen rom, one of the first steps is DO A NONDROIDBACKUP....
Goodluck!

dannylow79 said:
People, before you flash a new rom you need to make a nandroid back up! In case you need to restore your phone for what ever reason.....
This is also done in clockworkmod recovery.....
Hit the backup/restore button and you are good to go.
If you look at the step by step install protocols in the tread of your choosen rom, one of the first steps is DO A NONDROIDBACKUP....
Goodluck!
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Thanks for the tip! And I assume that if you need to take the phone back for some reason, just restore, unroot and S-on?

HeyHeyAllan said:
Thanks for the tip! And I assume that if you need to take the phone back for some reason, just restore, unroot and S-on?
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you cant S-on without a RUU though? thats what the guide says?

If you do restore,you are unrooted.... But be careful restoring s-on, its more riskie than requiring s-of! Read the threads regarding this proces and do what it says every step!

HeyHeyAllan said:
Thanks for the tip! And I assume that if you need to take the phone back for some reason, just restore, unroot and S-on?
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You'll need to have stock recovery and bootloader, which a nandroid backup doesn't save. And only an RUU, AFAIK will give you those.
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HeyHeyAllan said:
@tingtan Thanks for the link. I'm not sure which one the Vodafone AUS one is. Is there anyway that you or someone else could match it for me? Here is a screenshot of the software info for my phone. Thanks!
http://i.imgur.com/e8bhc.jpg
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Here is a link to an Australian Vodafone stock RUU, I note yours is a slightly newer version than this RUU, however I would expect this would be fine if you need to go back to stock.
http://www.filefactory.com/file/c13...00U_10.14.9035.01_M_release_220002_signed.exe (thanks to Football)
BTW you either need your stock RUU or you need to have backed up stock recovery and Hboot before rooting (via temp root) because these are overwritten in the revolutionary s-off and custom recovery installation process. A nandroid backup is important but it won't take you back to stock.
For a short time I've got the RUU in my dropbox, it might be a bit quicker and less ads! http://is.gd/Vaq45l
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710a using XDA App

EpicSauce said:
Here is a link to an Australian Vodafone stock RUU, I note yours is a slightly newer version than this RUU, however I would expect this would be fine if you need to go back to stock.
http://www.filefactory.com/file/c13...00U_10.14.9035.01_M_release_220002_signed.exe (thanks to Football)
BTW you either need your stock RUU or you need to have backed up stock recovery and Hboot before rooting (via temp root) because these are overwritten in the revolutionary s-off and custom recovery installation process. A nandroid backup is important but it won't take you back to stock.
For a short time I've got the RUU in my dropbox, it might be a bit quicker and less ads! http://db.tt/YJ9gNzna
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Ah, the Almighty EpicSauce saves the day again.. You better thank this guy, he gave up a lot of blood, sweat and tears.
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EpicSauce said:
Here is a link to an Australian Vodafone stock RUU, I note yours is a slightly newer version than this RUU, however I would expect this would be fine if you need to go back to stock.
http://www.filefactory.com/file/c13...00U_10.14.9035.01_M_release_220002_signed.exe (thanks to Football)
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Does this ruu work the same for the sensation XE?
:S
Thanks a lot EpicSauce!!

astarman said:
Does this ruu work the same for the sensation XE?
:S
Thanks a lot EpicSauce!!
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It will work, but it won't be the same as stock e.g. No BeatsAudio or 1.5Ghz clock speed.
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Jikstah said:
It will work, but it won't be the same as stock e.g. No BeatsAudio or 1.5Ghz clock speed.
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do you have the XE ruu?
thanks!

EpicSauce said:
Here is a link to an Australian Vodafone stock RUU...
For a short time I've got the RUU in my dropbox, it might be a bit quicker and less ads! http://db.tt/YJ9gNzna
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THANK YOU. You are AMAZING! Going to have a lot of fun with Custom ROMS tonight!
Jikstah said:
Ah, the Almighty EpicSauce saves the day again.. You better thank this guy, he gave up a lot of blood, sweat and tears.
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Indeed!

astarman said:
do you have the XE ruu?
thanks!
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No I don't.. sorry! :l
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how many use super CID

I'm not familiar with super CID coming from the Mytouch4G, how many of you did it when you rooted? I'm rooting my Sensation 4G as I type this.

i did and you should do the same cause in the future will be very useful

matt95 said:
i did and you should do the same cause in the future will be very useful
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+1 why not do it when you have the chance. I've not seen any downside so far.

gol_n_dal said:
+1 why not do it when you have the chance. I've not seen any downside so far.
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for example if you want to install ICS fw you need to be supercided

matt95 said:
i did and you should do the same cause in the future will be very useful
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I don't have to do it at this time right? I could always choose to do it later correct? The reason I ask is because I read that you would not be able to receive any OTA updates HTC pushes out.

jaysun3000 said:
I don't have to do it at this time right? I could always choose to do it later correct? The reason I ask is because I read that you would not be able to receive any OTA updates HTC pushes out.
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well if you don't want to install ics custom rom you don't have to but if you want you have anyway there are ics fw that can be installed without supercid but imo it is better to supercid
edit: and if you supercid you can revert it back....however if you have rooted the phone you can't receive OTA, or better you can but it will brick your phone

matt95 said:
well if you don't want to install ics custom rom you don't have to but if you want you have anyway there are ics fw that can be installed without supercid but imo it is better to supercid
edit: and if you supercid you can revert it back....however if you have rooted the phone you can't receive OTA, or better you can but it will brick your phone
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So receiving an OTA on a rooted phone will brick the phone? Well that's good info to know lol. Thanks matt95

jaysun3000 said:
So receiving an OTA on a rooted phone will brick the phone? Well that's good info to know lol. Thanks matt95
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yes man before getting the ota you MUST flash the stock htc RUU which you can find in the development forum

Almost everyone does SuperCID after rooting.
After Rooting, I didn't though. I just S-Offed. A week later, I realized I had to SuperCID to get some ROMs to work. So I did it and never regretted.
Go for it.

jaysun3000 said:
I'm not familiar with super CID coming from the Mytouch4G, how many of you did it when you rooted? I'm rooting my Sensation 4G as I type this.
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Always sper cid for safe side. If you change to supre cid will be very useful no need to worry.
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I also did not super CID right away, but for a lot of ROM it is necessary so eventually I had to do it and never regreted it so far...

yup really helpful I did
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I have done the supercid
Sent From Space Using My ICS Flavored Sensation

what exactly did I miss?
I have not needed supercid, I simply s-off'd and not needed any such thing.
I have updated the fw and I'm running Virtuous Inquisition ICS rom, no problems?
I really don't understand why you'd want to change the CID or how it affects ROMS

You don't have to supercid, but it might be handy at some point. It will allow you to flash any ruu shall you ever need it.
Sent throught the wormhole from my CoinInserted Sensation OG.

There are no downsides. I did it as soon as I got my Sensation.

I bought my sensation pre rooted, I have latest firmware and am runnin a 4.0.3. Rom, so does this mean the guy used superCID or whatever
sent from my insertcoined T-Mobile HTC Sensation 4G with Beats audio

Well I must say Im glad I went supercid
I think I saved me a super headache when I got stuck in a bootloop from flasing a ICS the wrong way whatever I did wrong I was able to find a stock RUU in no time thanks y'all.
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if your not branded,
you will almost never have to supercid for a custom rom to install.
but for example if a firmware update is mandatory, you might depending on your cid/mid.
i own a xe device and never supercid it, can install anything without problems. (dont always) believe what people say, but always check the description on the base of your own cid/mid yourself.
that said,it cant hurt to supercid, but if its not mandatory why?

+1 Me too
+1 I've supercid as well, changed a few times back to orginal CID because of warranty without problem.

[Q] Return to Stock (what is stock, anyways?) - how? Link?

I bought my Sensation used, with a ROM on it.
I want to return to stock stock stock. To the condition it was B4. (Of course, I still want ROOT and S-OFF, but I am assuming these won't be disabled).
I am T-Mobile USA
I did search. No avail. Please link?
Sorry!
Thanks

Stock is how you get the phone when you buy it, so without root, with s-on and a stock htc rom.
I don't really know if it is what you mean, but I guess you just want the stock htc rom? Then you have to download the RUU of your provider, which you can find here: [ROM]Shipped Pyramid ROM Collection
Good luck!

Frankv120 said:
Stock is how you get the phone when you buy it, so without root, with s-on and a stock htc rom.
I don't really know if it is what you mean, but I guess you just want the stock htc rom? Then you have to download the RUU of your provider, which you can find here: [ROM]Shipped Pyramid ROM Collection
Good luck!
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http://www.filefactory.com/f/c87a2330449af512/
Thx 4 that!
The links don't work. And yes, I do mean - just stock ROM. I don't want to give up ROOT or S-OFF.
I wonder if they will ever fix that link

benyben123 said:
http://www.filefactory.com/f/c87a2330449af512/
Thx 4 that!
The links don't work. And yes, I do mean - just stock ROM. I don't want to give up ROOT or S-OFF.
I wonder if they will ever fix that link
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I didnt Get my THNX

The links are not working. Can I get link to stok rom for tmobile 4g sensation. Thanks

Why go stock.... Why not just download a ROM built off the stock build but improved for performance?
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KRHairston said:
Why go stock.... Why not just download a ROM built off the stock build but improved for performance?
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA
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Ok, thx., wiyuld u reccomand one?

Arhd
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craven667 said:
Arhd
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is that a developer or an acronym i am not aware of ?

Or download this its call a ruu
http://www.4shared.com/file/risaQet4/RUU_Pyramid_HTC_Europe_1454012.htm
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benyben123 said:
is that a developer or an acronym i am not aware of ?
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Android Revolution HD lol
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Can we unroot the phone ?

Is the above ruu for t-mobile usa. It said "europe when I clicked the link.

hi,
i flashed to this rom...Android Revolution HD™ 6.5.5 | ICS
can i check how do i flash back to stock rom??
using stock RUU will do?

[Q] Return to Stock - so confused - Link?

i just rooted, s-off, put MIUI, but now want to go stock again.
Please - forgive me for asking - but any link?
just want to flash to stock
Thanks

benyben123 said:
i just rooted, s-off, put MIUI, but now want to go stock again.
Please - forgive me for asking - but any link?
just want to flash to stock
Thanks
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Hi,
Do you want to go back to s-on?
If so,look HERE

no. just stock rom. still want s-off and root

benyben123 said:
no. just stock rom. still want s-off and root
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Hi,
Is THIS ONE any good?

malybru said:
Hi,
Is THIS ONE any good?
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THANK YOU for replying! I guess it's good. No? If U say it is, I'll take it

malybru said:
Hi,
Is THIS ONE any good?
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THIS ONE is newer, faster and better on battery. Also includes rooting tools (to be flashed from recovery).
One malybru quoted is also good, but is GB, one i linked is ICS.
P.S. I'm using it at the moment and am very happy with it (rooted)

tinky1 said:
THIS ONE is newer, faster and better on battery. Also includes rooting tools (to be flashed from recovery).
One malybru quoted is also good, but is GB, one i linked is ICS.
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YOU ARE GREAT!!! I thanked U !!!!

benyben123 said:
THANK YOU for replying! I guess it's good. No? If U say it is, I'll take it
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Hi,
All I know is that it is very close to stock.
I have never tried it myself.
It will not hurt to try it for yourself.
You can of course flash an RUU of your region and carrier.
This will return your entire phone(including recovery) back to stock.
It will leave you s-0ff.

malybru said:
Hi,
All I know is that it is very close to stock.
I have never tried it myself.
It will not hurt to try it for yourself.
You can of course flash an RUU of your region and carrier.
This will return your entire phone(including recovery) back to stock.
It will leave you s-0ff.
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ohhhhh. I thought we're all on Sensation 4G for T-Mobile US. No?
That's what I want - RUU (whatever that means!)

benyben123 said:
ohhhhh. I thought we're all on Sensation 4G for T-Mobile US. No?
That's what I want - RUU (whatever that means!)
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No, if you still want s-off and root you are better off flashing one of the stock roms.
With ruu you will lose root, custom recovery and other goodies.
BTW, if you have a look under our avatars you will see why we cannot be on T-Mobile US.
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tinky1 said:
No, if you still want s-off and root you are better off flashing one of the stock roms.
With ruu you will lose root, custom recovery and other goodies.
BTW, if you have a look under our avatars you will see why we cannot be on T-Mobile US.
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Is there a Gingerbread ROM intsead? I don't know what is going on, but I can't manage to make this rom work.
sorry to be so annoying, but forget ROOT and S-OFF, just want the easiest way to return to factory settings!!!! HELP ): I am T-MOBILE USA

this thread is the definition of a community....too much class

malybru said:
Hi,
All I know is that it is very close to stock.
I have never tried it myself.
It will not hurt to try it for yourself.
You can of course flash an RUU of your region and carrier.
This will return your entire phone(including recovery) back to stock.
It will leave you s-0ff.
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how do u flash an RUU? Where is the flasher, and where is the image of the RoM?
Tanks

benyben123 said:
how do u flash an RUU? Where is the flasher, and where is the image of the RoM?
Tanks
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Look for shipped roms in development forum. Find one for T-Mobile us, run from windows with phone connected via USB.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda premium

benyben123 said:
ohhhhh. I thought we're all on Sensation 4G for T-Mobile US. No?
That's what I want - RUU (whatever that means!)
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RUU stands for ROM Update Utility. It is a utility you run on your computer to flash your device via USB.

benyben123 said:
Is there a Gingerbread ROM intsead? I don't know what is going on, but I can't manage to make this rom work.
sorry to be so annoying, but forget ROOT and S-OFF, just want the easiest way to return to factory settings!!!! HELP ): I am T-MOBILE USA
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If you want stock ICS go with ARHD and never look back. If you want GB stock rooted flash the RUU from that stock builds thread and follow the guide to root.
I'm on the US Sensation.
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New OTA 3.33 firmware in Europe

Today's check and there is new firmware for EU Sensation:
http://fotadl.htc.com/OTA_PYRAMID_I...32.401.5_R_release_266230n9ouzm6y7ls02drn.zip

rkafka said:
Today's check and there is new firmware for EU Sensation:
http://fotadl.htc.com/OTA_PYRAMID_I...32.401.5_R_release_266230n9ouzm6y7ls02drn.zip
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Can you post the build.prop please?

looking through the zip

Just patch file inside of file... Did not downloaded it to phone, just direct dowload to PC using link to fota server. There is new firmware.zip inside, several apps as such for Adobe Flash and patch to lot of system/app ... That's all I can see..

You cannot read what's inside the build.prop it is encrypted.
I think it's android 4.0.4 Update but not sure

anyone flashed it?

Very interesting to see this. I wonder what this does and if anyone has been able to test it out?

maybe updated firmware for jb ? we can only prey.

blackcell1 said:
maybe updated firmware for jb ? we can only prey.
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of course not

Flashmaniac said:
of course not
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Agreed.
It seems to be update to 3.32.401.5_R taking it up to 3.33.401.6 as it says in file name. Guess this has come direct from HTC as it has '401' in the middle for unbranded hand sets?
Im currently running 3.32.401.5_R so wondering whether I can change to pg58img and flash it through recovery as im completely stock (other than s-off)

I'm completely stock and still have 3.32.401.5 why I can't see the update?
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FreakyDR said:
I'm completely stock and still have 3.32.401.5 why I can't see the update?
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When an update goes out, not everybody gets it at the same time. If everyone woke up in the morning and all started updating at once it would be a heavy load on the network(s). Be patient and good things will come.

Thank you for your reply!
but hmmm... I even didn't get the "_R" update
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FreakyDR said:
Thank you for your reply!
but hmmm... I even didn't get the "_R" update
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flash the RUU available in football's thread

R and non R are exactly the same. R just means its ota.

ajay83 said:
Agreed.
It seems to be update to 3.32.401.5_R taking it up to 3.33.401.6 as it says in file name. Guess this has come direct from HTC as it has '401' in the middle for unbranded hand sets?
Im currently running 3.32.401.5_R so wondering whether I can change to pg58img and flash it through recovery as im completely stock (other than s-off)
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Did you SuperCID before or have an unbranded phone? Not sure if that is necessary in this situation/with this package but seems better to be safe. If not I would wait until someone picks out the best parts of it and makes a flashable zip with more CIDs supported.

noodles2k said:
R and non R are exactly the same. R just means its ota.
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Then how come there are 2 different RUU's from Football, 3.32.401.5 and 3.32.401.5_R
By your theory only 3.32.401.5 would have RUU as the _R version would be OTA. Therefore me thinks you are wrong, I dont know what differences there are between 3.32.401.5 and 3.32.401.5_R but I suspect they are minimal

I don't want to wipe everything from my phone ... Why I didn't get the update? I'm completely stock but s-off
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any idea how to flash it ?? in bootloader dos't work and not at 4ext. i extract everything out and try to change name of firmware name to PG58img.zip seperatly but that didn't work either. any one ????????

HunnyBearLewis said:
Did you SuperCID before or have an unbranded phone? Not sure if that is necessary in this situation/with this package but seems better to be safe. If not I would wait until someone picks out the best parts of it and makes a flashable zip with more CIDs supported.
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Hey mate. Im s-off and have Super-cid. Not bothered about custom roms anymore. Would like to apply the ota via bootloader if anyone can help?