Hey all,
Quick Q. I've rooted my Sensation XE, as I was using a Android market changer. I'm not using it any longer, and having a rooted phone doesn't really do anything for me at the moment. With the release of ICS imminent, I would like to get the OTA update.
From what I've read on different forums however, taking an OTA update when rooted isn't a good thing (I can understand why) so I was wondering how I would go back to a stock ROM, but perhaps leaving S-OFF (Will that interfere with an OTA update?) so that if I want to change back to a rooted ROM at a later date; I can.
Suggestions?
Thanks,
Berny
Flash the XE RUU (assuming one is available for your phone) and it will leave you S-OFF but shouldn't affect the OTA file
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for now.... (which is probably only for a couple days with all the re-flashing I do)
Not anything against ICS in general but just a couple quirky things that bug me.
1. data latency. I've seen screen shots of ics data latency under 100ms but at least in my area I never see latency under 110ms, more like 120-165ms range.
Most people probably don't care about this, but it makes a huge difference when I tether. Also big difference in playing games like zynga poker. With gingerbread roms, I get 40 to 65ms. I'm beginning to wonder if this is a AOSP issue, since with gb miui I"m not seeing the speeds i get with gb sense roms.
2. multi touch. Again, not a big deal for most but play some games on ics roms and the multi touch issue become rather annoying.
3. app compatibility. I use cam scanner religiously to scan receipts into pdf's. The cropping hash marks are borked in ics. I"m sure the dev will bring everything up to date soon.
So, for now (a week or two? heh) I'm back on gingerbread.
Anyone else have a similar experience?
I think it's time for us to move forward with ICS, it's very stable now or even better than GB 2.3.5. Unless some of your apps/games hasn't been upgradevto ICS. I have the same problems when ICS first leak, untill the latest 3.32 base.
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I tried going back to GB but the non-GPU accelerated launcher and most apps made me jump back to ICS within the hour.
Is there any way of going back to root and s-off if im s-on and stock with ics?I dont think its possible but i had to ask
mobilkungen78 said:
Is there any way of going back to root and s-off if im s-on and stock with ics?I dont think its possible but i had to ask
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That sux...then revolution method won't work for you, only way is to use HTC method.
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On a not on the latency.
On gingerbread if you type in *#*#4636#*#* and go to phone information there are options for Ciphering. There were times that the latency on GB would get really bad and toggling ciphering off and on would fix this.
On ICS there is no Ciphering options.
Phil
Do u only need s-off to go back to gb? Haven't touch anything else, cid etc is all default
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Is there any way of going back to root and s-off if im s-on and stock with ics?I dont think its possible but i had to ask
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If you have the stock RUU then yes. I have done it.
Assuming you are now on the updated ICS sw 3.32.401.5. First make a Titanium Backup of all apps and settings and make backups of whatever you may have that you want to save and restore later.
Run the ruu, get back to stock, (if you have an earlier ruu) do all the updates until 1.50.401.1 then you root and all that with revolutionary and su-file.zip, skip custom recovery! (if you flash custom recovery you later on have to flash back stock recovery if you want OTA updates)
Continue OTA update to ICS 3.32.401.5
flash the su-file.zip again, you might have to do it more than once.
You should now be rooted.
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Edit: Sorry if I misunderstood, if you are on ICS and want to go back to GB just run the RUU.
Folks,
My phone is rooted, h-boot. I can't load any custom roms, so I decided to just stick with the stock rom. I received the OTA ICS updated today in the US (t-mobile) and tried to update. It errors out giving me the exclamation sign and green android logo. I've done research and tried to flash the RUU, I've tried several RUU that I thought fits my phone description. Apparently not the case though. Any thoughts and help would be appreciated.
Here is my specs:
phone: HTC Sensation Z710e European non-branded T-mobile
on 2.3.4
Software: 1.50.401.1
baseband: 10.56.9035.OOU_10.14.9035.01_M
The OTA ICS update I received this morning is the following name:
OTA_PYRAMID_ICS_HTC_Europe_3.32.401.5_R-1.50.401.1_release_252072fll6erq
It was told at least a million times, that never install official OTAs on a rooted phone. Search the sticky/guide threads for solution.
And when flashing the correct RUU flash it from fastboot and make sure you have HTC drivers (come with HTC Sync) installed.
What's worse case scenario installing official OTA update on rooted phone? I don't care if i lose root or not. I just want ICS.
Problems without root
Hi,
I'm getting the same problem on an un-rooted phone.
The phone died half-way during the update download due to power outage/low battery.
So I deleted the old update file, which was half-downloaded and ran "Check for updates" again. This time it downloaded the complete file, but when it begins installation it's stuck for hours at the Android logo. The update doesn't seem to be installing. Had to re-boot the phone to get the old ROM back without ICS.
Any ideas how to fix this?
Some phones don't like the update mine didn't if you want to try
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1542555
[Fix] 3.32 firmware and bootloops fix
That's how I did mine
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But is it now too late to return to Gingerbread original.Because i cant find anything on the HTC site directing to firmware updates.
And another question is it still possible to root your sensation when you have flashed to ICS 4.0
If you flash it the fully official way, assuming you didn't unlock bootloader and get S-Off: Not possible through normal means. Only if you can get S-Off there are some risky tricks to downgrade which I personally wouldn't prefer. About rooting a fully stock ICS. According to some, the most recent SuperUser versions are working.
How does the stock version feels in comparison to GB?
It just feels smother, I did had to wait for it to settle down but now its working fine.
being on a rooted phone i didn't want to wait and do all sorts of changes to get the ota working so i flashed ardh. It's my first custom rom untill now i have been using stock roms.
Glad to hear it's an improvement.
Hi,
I just sent my One S to Vodafone because of the chipping issue (it wasn't very much but if they change it it would be nice) and I expect to get a new flashed phone back from them.
At the moment I have (or more had) the Virtuos 1.4.0 Rom installed because I kinda like the Sense look&feel more than the AOSP way but I wanted to have the 3-dot menu mod.
As the Mod is now available for odexed 1.78 ROMs and the Virtuos ROM isn't updated I'm thinking about keeping the stock ROM, clean it in parts with the ROM Cleaner and then apply the Mod (and maybe some other also) to still get OTA Updates.
My Question now is: What does the phone need to get the OTA Updates?
Somewhere I read that it would need the default recovery, is this true? and what else does it need? I want to have CWM to make nandroids etc. - would it be necessary to unlock the bootloader, flash CWM and reflash the default recovery if there are OTAs?
Also I'm thinking about changing the phone from a branded Vodafone one to the default HTC Eu version like this. Does this make it possible to receive OTA from HTC after flashing an RUU and what do I have to consider?
With an official ruu (eg. EU) you should always get updates. Although devs update moreoften.
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With an official ruu (eg. EU) you should always get updates. Although devs update moreoften.
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Thank you for the answer!
But what can you modify and still get OTA Updates? I'm thinking as said about if the CWM as Recovery etc. affects the "OTA-Ability"
You need stock recovery, Stock ROM, All the stock bloatware. you may even need re locked bootloader.
its easier to run an RUU or wait for ROM devs to include the update into the ROM
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You need stock recovery, Stock ROM, All the stock bloatware. you may even need re locked bootloader.
its easier to run an RUU or wait for ROM devs to include the update into the ROM
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Okay, so no chance to modify it a little bit without affecting the OTA ability
I have a nandroid of the default ROM so then I think I should be able to make an OTA by restoring the nandroid, flashing the signed stock recovery and then give it a try?! - As said the Phone is brandet so flashing a RUU would be a little bit more riskier
Mh... I'll just try it when the net OTA is there
My Problem now just is that the Virtuos ROM isn't up to date and every other ROM doesn't fit my needs
The MoDaCo is very "*****y" (doesn't want to boot sometimes) and misses the "Facebook for HTC Sense" and "Twitter for HTC Sense" apps...
Oh and if somebody is interested:
I got my phone changed without any discussion from Vodafone. They just sent me a new one and the delivery boy took my old back to Vodafone.
you could certainly try the Nandroid way ! lots have people have successfully done it this way
I think i'm getting overwhelmed with all the reading I'm doing and need a little help clear out the confusion in my brain
I'm rooted
I have SUPER CID
I have S-OFF
Custom Recovery (TWRP)
On a custom ROM (chameleon OS)
Never updated to JB OTA
Does my phone need to update to JB before I begin to flash any other Custom ROM? I know these roms provide Android 4.1/4.2+ but does my phone need the OFFICIAL JB update for it to work good? I see a lot of people installing the stock RUU and getting the update - I guess my main question is - is it necessary to downgrade back to stock, update, re-root,unlock, install new ROM again with my phone now having JB thru OTA?
If so - what are the PROS of doing this?
If not - is my phone going to be okay installing ROMs with my phone never being updated.
Thanks!
Short answer: no.
Long answer: no, because you're wiping cache and data the phone is a blank slate. You could go back to Cupcake or skip forward to Jelly Bean 4.3... If you managed to break into Google Inc and get the data for that.
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Normaly no.
But I've seen situations with previous devices that a certain min hboot/firmware is required.
Like if your firmware is gb any jb/ics Rom might not work. just an example!!
Just look what base the Rom is made from. Test if it works. If not update you're firmware to min required or same as base of rom. Test it again.
Always check op of rom. Or ask the dev.
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since you're s off, any ROM will work.
Real187, on some other HTC devices (eg.Flyer), you had to match your hboot to the ROM, but so far for the One S, this hasn't mattered (for the average user).
The only "firmware" partitions you might consider messing with is the radio, but that won't affect if the ROM boots.
to answer your question, the pros of ota are none to negligible. No ones sure if the other partitions it updates are beneficial.
Thx for the replies! I was worried about this as I see a lot of people trying to downgrade and bricking their phones while doing the process.