I recently bought the phone from someone on craigslist who failed to inform me that the phone was rooted. I have no idea about the specifics of this root I just downloaded the test from the market and it said that it was rooted. An ota update has come and I would like to download it but idk what that would do to my phone. I also don't know how to unroot the phone because honestly I don't want my phone rooted, what should I do???
If you know your cid and mid you can flash the proper ruu or you can install stock recovery and then flash the update. Instructions are in the development section.
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So the evo is supposed to get an ota update to gingerbread today! how exciting!
just wanted to know if my phone is rooted do i need to unroot in order to receive the update from sprint? or do I at least have to be on the shipped rom?
Thanks!
I don't have firsthand experience with OTA updates as I've used CM since I got my EVO but I've heard over and over again that you need to unroot. I'm not sure what will happen if you dont, but hopefully you would just lose root. Good luck! There is a flashable stock gingerbread with root in the evo dev forum.
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If you want the sprint update You HAVE to unroot this will also remove your recovery
then find the stock rom
rename it PC36IMG
Go into bootloader down volume button and power then let it scan it will find the pc36img then it will ask if you want to update put yes let it do its thing when your done you should have unrooted stock rom then just install the sprint update and your good to go.
Any questions just ask.
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Thanks! I've rooted and unrooted a couple of times already, I was just wondering what happens if I update while I'm still rooted? do I just lose root (which I anyways do) or anything else will happen?
bryan901 said:
If you want the sprint update You HAVE to unroot this will also remove your recovery
then find the stock rom
rename it PC36IMG
Go into bootloader down volume button and power then let it scan it will find the pc36img then it will ask if you want to update put yes let it do its thing when your done you should have unrooted stock rom then just install the sprint update and your good to go.
Any questions just ask.
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Thanks! I've rooted and unrooted a couple of times already, I was just wondering what happens if I update while I'm still rooted? do I just lose root (which I anyways do) or anything else will happen?
Hi I need some advice.
Currently I am running a stock T-mobile Sensation 4G. I've read a few threads but it isn't 100% clear to me so I figured I would ask.
The 2.3.4 update from T-mobile this closes the security exploit that Revolutionary uses to get S-OFF, this means that I can't use Revolutionary to get S-OFF and root and custom recovery afterwards right?
Can I still update if I use Revolutionary to get S-OFF before upgrading to 2.3.4? Does the upgrade work if you only have S-OFF and stock recovery and no root?
I realize you should still be able to unlock the phone using htcdev and in 1 year I may go that route, but right now I want to keep my options open.
Thanks for answering my questions.
protohamster said:
Hi I need some advice.
Currently I am running a stock T-mobile Sensation 4G. I've read a few threads but it isn't 100% clear to me so I figured I would ask.
The 2.3.4 update from T-mobile this closes the security exploit that Revolutionary uses to get S-OFF, this means that I can't use Revolutionary to get S-OFF and root and custom recovery afterwards right?
Can I still update if I use Revolutionary to get S-OFF before upgrading to 2.3.4? Does the upgrade work if you only have S-OFF and stock recovery and no root?
I realize you should still be able to unlock the phone using htcdev and in 1 year I may go that route, but right now I want to keep my options open.
Thanks for answering my questions.
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Correct, you can not get revolutionary after you update to official 2.3.4.
And upgrade only works if you are out of the box stock. True.
There are custom roms on here that run off 2.3.4 so you can possibly go this way instead.
Up to you how you want it boss.
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Has anyone tried the old Goldcard and downgrade method to go back to 2.3.3 to revolutionary s-off yet?That may work
So does can you do revolutionary to get s-off only (no root, no clockwork mod) and then update OTA? You should be able to root at any time then right?
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Correct, you can not get revolutionary after you update to official 2.3.4.
And upgrade only works if you are out of the box stock. True.
There are custom roms on here that run off 2.3.4 so you can possibly go this way instead.
Up to you how you want it boss.
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Um... I had the upgrade 2.3.4 installed 2 days ago over the air, and I used revolutionary s-off today, I'm fully rooted, s-off, and tibackup....
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Hi guys,
A couple of days ago i followed a tutorial on this website on how to get ICS and Sense 4.0 in my Sensation. I did the S OFF thing then went on to install revolutionary and following all the steps installed ICS with Sense 4.0.
It wasn't working quite well so i did a restore and got my phone back to the pre "this procedure" condition.
Now the official ICS update is out and i cant update my phone. A warning sign and a blue android appears. I suspect this is because of the earlier procedure.
Is there a way i can remove revolutionary and s off and install this?
Thanks a lot
fatosber said:
Hi guys,
A couple of days ago i followed a tutorial on this website on how to get ICS and Sense 4.0 in my Sensation. I did the S OFF thing then went on to install revolutionary and following all the steps installed ICS with Sense 4.0.
It wasn't working quite well so i did a restore and got my phone back to the pre "this procedure" condition.
Now the official ICS update is out and i cant update my phone. A warning sign and a blue android appears. I suspect this is because of the earlier procedure.
Is there a way i can remove revolutionary and s off and install this?
Thanks a lot
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Install 1.50 RUU then the OTA
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matmar said:
Install 1.50 RUU then the OTA
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Could you please be more specific. I don't understand
Under software info i have version 1.50.162.2
i downloaded the 1.50.401.1 RUU ran it and it says incompatible.
which is the exact RUU I need in this case and where can I find it?
Thanks
here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074559
actually rather than doing RUU, you can also just install the recovery. My best guess is that you can't update since you might have been using clockworkmod recovery, thus the update cannot work since it runs in the stock recovery environment.
Try these links :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17830737
http://grealish.co.uk/2011/restoring-the-stock-recovery-image-on-a-htc-sensation/
Also, since this is just the recovery, you might not even need the latest RUU, you can use the older RUU, click the View Readme, and then do a lookup to know its location, the very same folder where the readme originates from should have something like rom.zip, uncompress it and you should find recovery_signed.bin. Use that with the app in the first link I sent. Should work
Go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1542555
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I've asked this question as part of another question in another thread, but never got an answer...
I have a T-Mobile Sensation 4G that's rooted and has an unlocked bootloader.
There is no custom ROM on it right now, it's still the original Android 2.3.4 with Sense 3.0.
When T-Mobile pushes out the ICS update. What happens to my phone if I allow it to load?
Will my phone still be rooted? Will the bootloader still be unlocked?
Or will my phone revert to a locked and unrooted state?
Or is there potential for damage?
I'd like the official ICS update because it will include a working T-Mobile Wifi calling app for ICS. But I would like to keep my phone rooted.
Thanks in advance for any answers and advice on this!
harru said:
I've asked this question as part of another question in another thread, but never got an answer...
I have a T-Mobile Sensation 4G that's rooted and has an unlocked bootloader.
There is no custom ROM on it right now, it's still the original Android 2.3.4 with Sense 3.0.
When T-Mobile pushes out the ICS update. What happens to my phone if I allow it to load?
Will my phone still be rooted? Will the bootloader still be unlocked?
Or will my phone revert to a locked and unrooted state?
Or is there potential for damage?
I'd like the official ICS update because it will include a working T-Mobile Wifi calling app for ICS. But I would like to keep my phone rooted.
Thanks in advance for any answers and advice on this!
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Are u s-off? By rooted do u mean with custom recovery an superuser installed?
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If you are S-off or HTC Dev unlocked then no you will not go back S-on or be relocked.
You will lose root, but go to here for a guide on how to root the nee ICS ROM.
Now as far as if you being rooted there is some that say need to un root before updating. And there is some that say it does not matter. I am still trying to learn more about this myself, so to be safe I suggest you un root before you update.
T-Macgnolia said:
Now as far as if you being rooted there is some that say need to un root before updating. And there is some that say it does not matter. I am still trying to learn more about this myself, so to be safe I suggest you un root before you update.
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+1 on that. I have a stock un-rooted backup just for that purpose. Nobody seems to have a definitive answer so it's better to be safe. IMHO, I don't think it would be an issue though.
no problem
i have done s off months ago with revolutionary
and yesterday i flashed an ruu with ics
after this i have a "locked" bootloader but i am still soff and i flashed an eng hboot for ics and all is working fine!
with or without the engeneering hboot
They won't and can't when u root it turns off updates
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Its a complete load of BS that your phone won't get updates if its rooted. All you need is stock rom and stock recovery. To preserve your root use voodoo ota root keeper. Backup root before update, then as long as your s off, flash stock recovery in boot loader, reboot, get the update, flash an unlocked 3.32 firmware from development section firmware thread then flash a custom recovery in bootloader then restore root using the app and flash root tools from mikes stock rom thread in clockwork mod or 4ext which contains su binaries, busy box etc. Which should give you root back.
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What happens if you are S-OFF? Do OTA updates check for S-OFF? All I have done is S-Off'ed my phone but not changed my stock ROM. Not rooted either.
masands said:
What happens if you are S-OFF? Do OTA updates check for S-OFF? All I have done is S-Off'ed my phone but not changed my stock ROM. Not rooted either.
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S-off makes no difference either. The update will not check for it. All it looks for is modified rom or recovery.
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No wonr get pushed why people think when a update is out your phone will crash
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No wonr get pushed why people think when a update is out your phone will crash
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Well I can promise you that my phone updated to ics from stock gb with root and I managed to restore it after the update. Its recovery that will stop it installing. This page holds tons of instructions on ota updates but halfway down it says that ONLY correct CID, Recovery and stock rom are needed.
http://www.htcsensationforum.com/htc-sensation-rooting/how-to-downgrade-upgrade-gb-lt-gt-ics-a-tutorial/
But I'm just saying its possible, if anyone wants to try it then go ahead the information's all there but if your not confident that you know what your doing then try something else or unroot it.
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I think its a few that scares people saying update broke there phone so they unroot and son but don't know there safer skipping update till devs get at it and keep clockwork but that's just me wont ever install stock bloat again
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I think its a few that scares people saying update broke there phone so they unroot and son but don't know there safer skipping update till devs get at it and keep clockwork but that's just me wont ever install stock bloat again
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Well its hardly bloat, its a recovery, and its the only recovery that can apply official updates. And thats the only reason it would ever be used over clockworkmod or 4ext unless you wanted to stay 100% stock. But all custom recoveries stop an official update being installed that's why you need stock recovery if you wanna receive official updates.
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last time i had an update was that htc watch app or whatever and i had to get my phone back to stock before i could update, im not that much of an advance user to know ways to keep root and all that during updates.
Just so I am clear as I am thinknig of just waiting for the official t-mobile update (using t-mobile brand phone but no on their network) now given my phone died recently after flashing ARHD and I am not sure if it's just hardware coincidence or something with the firmware or ROM.
So after I got my phone back from repair...I now have S-off, rooted, clockwork mod, and SuperCID. So if I want to just get the OTA update for ICS when it comes out...what do I need to do? Do you guys mean removing clockwork recovery? How do I put the old recovery back? And also, someone told me I need to change the CID back to the Tmobile one?
Hope to get some clarification here. thanks
Try this page there's various guides on downgrading etc. It tells you step by step what you need to do, just follow the one relevant to what your trying to do. http://www.htcsensationforum.com/ht...to-downgrade-upgrade-gb-lt-gt-ics-a-tutorial/
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sparx180 said:
Try this page there's various guides on downgrading etc. It tells you step by step what you need to do, just follow the one relevant to what your trying to do. http://www.htcsensationforum.com/ht...to-downgrade-upgrade-gb-lt-gt-ics-a-tutorial/
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Thanks...I read through that. Just a little confused about flashing the recovery...on one site..someone posted the "stock_recovery_ and "cwm_recovery"...are there only one version of "stock_recovery" or does it go by the brand of the phone? Is U.S. T-mobile recovery different than other HTC sensation recovery?
newr said:
Thanks...I read through that. Just a little confused about flashing the recovery...on one site..someone posted the "stock_recovery_ and "cwm_recovery"...are there only one version of "stock_recovery" or does it go by the brand of the phone? Is U.S. T-mobile recovery different than other HTC sensation recovery?
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All stock recovery should be the same.
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I read the instructions but am a little confused about one part. They talk about if I want to stay rooted after ICS update... I need to root the GB ROM first (done)...the flash recovery...change CID back to T-mobile...
Then run OTA update....then it talks about flashing custom recovery. But I thought it said the new HBOOT is locked so custom recovery is not possible. So how could one flash custom recovery after ICS update as suggested.
Also, regarding flashing stock recovery....on one of the links, there's a stock_PMG58IMG file....so it doesn't matter if mine is US-T mobile? I can just flash any stock recovery as there's only one?
newr said:
Then run OTA update....then it talks about flashing custom recovery. But I thought it said the new HBOOT is locked so custom recovery is not possible. So how could one flash custom recovery after ICS update as suggested.
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If you're s-off then you can flash recovery with a locked bootloader.
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Hello!
I have recieved the Android 4.0.4 OTA update but am unable to install it. I had unlocked my bootloader but havent installed any ROM, and tried to do the OTA update, the phone shut down and booted up to the fastboot menu.. i relocked my phone and tried again, same result.. I called HTC and they had no idea, they got me to turn off the fast boot in the power settings, but that didnt work!
What do I need to do to get the OTA update to work?
Based on your avatar, you are in Australia? Not sure what the firmware changes are for your region. But in the US, the latest 4.0.4 firmware also changes hboot, and plugs the holes by which kernels and radios can be flashed from recovery. In other words, not being able to install the OTA may be a good thing. It might be better to install one of the rooted stock ROMs in the Development forum.
Can't say for certain, since my US carrier (AT&T) does things so much differently than anyone else. So hopefully some folks in your region can chime in.
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Based on your avatar, you are in Australia? Not sure what the firmware changes are for your region. But in the US, the latest 4.0.4 firmware also changes hboot, and plugs the holes by which kernels and radios can be flashed from recovery. In other words, not being able to install the OTA may be a good thing. It might be better to install one of the rooted stock ROMs in the Development forum.
Can't say for certain, since my US carrier (AT&T) does things so much differently than anyone else. So hopefully some folks in your region can chime in.
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Hey thanks for the response.
Yeah I am in Australia, but I would like to get OTA Updates until Im comfortable with properly putting new ROMs onto my phone..
My service provider (Optus) took it's sweet time to release this update and their only solution is to take it into their shop to get it repaired/looked at..
If you are rooted, you may need to unroot.
You may also want to try finding the OTA file on the SD card and deleting it, and trying to download it again.
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redpoint73 said:
If you are rooted, you may need to unroot.
You may also want to try finding the OTA file on the SD card and deleting it, and trying to download it again.
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Yeah, Ive unrooted it.. I relocked the phone and ran the stock RUU for it.. but after a day I haven't received the OTA notification.. so I might have to wait a while for that to come back I guess..