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[Q] Extracting a stock ROM: CWM -> RUU

Hello folks,
I am ready to S-Off my Sensation. As part of ikhzter's awesome guide I was looking to get the stock ROM for the H3G UK Sensation, but I see that it is not listed here. My question is this...
If I were to follow the guide, and then CWM backup my phone after running a factory reset, can I extract or convert the CWM backup data / image to RUU format, so that it can be used the to restore S-On (if I choose to at a later date), again as part of the guide?
If it is possible, I'd also like to share the stock ROM with community.
Any pointers greatly appreciated
drkmtr

Not another Hero...
Any luck creating an RUU for the H3G Sensation?
I am so keen to try custom ROMs it hurts! But if there is no RUU to return my phone to stock if anything ever goes wrong then I can't afford to take the chance
Does anyone have the H3G UK RUU? Or any method to extract/create one from my phone?

Sensation H3G UK RUU
Hey there,
I had another read of that thread you posted. Many pages down, there is actually a link for the H3G RUU! The OP just hasn't updated the the list on the front page, annoyingly.
Here is the link to the file -
http://81.89.105.12/~sensation/
Hope this helps!

raj2022 said:
Hey there,
I had another read of that thread you posted. Many pages down, there is actually a link for the H3G RUU! The OP just hasn't updated the the list on the front page, annoyingly.
Hope this helps!
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You, my friend are an absolute star!

Told you it was somewhere! I'm going to upload it to MultiUpload so people have a choice of download location
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[Q] how to root and install custom rom on htc chacha

Hello everybody. I am new to android, recently i got htc chacha and it does not support arabic menu. i found the arabic rom for htc chacha, but i dont know how to install it. i have been searching the internet but everytime i know sonmething i got blocked by another thing.
the phone is S-ON
the version is 2.3.3
the main problem i am facing is howw to root the phone so it becomes S-OFF( i dont know if what i am saying is right) but in general i need to root and install this custom rom.
any help pleasee. I am out of ideas and i almost read every single topic in almost every single forum

You don't need S-OFF to root the phone and install custom ROM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1449681

Thank you niraz very much for your kind reply.
there is something i am not understanding in this page : http: //www .htcdev. com/bootloader/ruu-downloads
the ask me to update the ROM to the version listed in the table first, which one i should choose? the one that have the same romn version as mine (i.e. 1.23.502.1) if so, the carrier for this rom as stated in the table is cingular usa and it is not the carrier in my country. what should i do. thank yuouu

[Q] Guide to DOWNGRADING from Android 4.0.3 to 2.3.4 for Sensation

Could anyone help me by giving me few steps towards doing this? Once I complete is successfully I will edit this and post a full, detailed guided for anyone else looking to do the same thing.
What I have:
-HTC Sensation which has the latest Android update (never rooted, never changed from anything default)
-I downloaded the RUU 1.5... TMOUS
-I saw that I need to do a bootloader from HTCdev on my phone and Install Android SDK
Can anyone PLEASE give me a little better guide on what to do exactly?
Often people just say "its in the forums, here's a link" and the link will take me to a million other links and explanations. Very confusing and I wasn't able to find a good explanations for us noobs.
THANK YOU ALL!

budister said:
Could anyone help me by giving me few steps towards doing this? Once I complete is successfully I will edit this and post a full, detailed guided for anyone else looking to do the same thing.
What I have:
-HTC Sensation which has the latest Android update (never rooted, never changed from anything default)
-I downloaded the RUU 1.5... TMOUS
-I saw that I need to do a bootloader from HTCdev on my phone and Install Android SDK
Can anyone PLEASE give me a little better guide on what to do exactly?
Often people just say "its in the forums, here's a link" and the link will take me to a million other links and explanations. Very confusing and I wasn't able to find a good explanations for us noobs.
THANK YOU ALL!
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Well it is very simple Imo... You need to get a gingerbread ruu and run it in windows nothing else... That should be enough
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Thank you, but unfortunately it is not simple for me. I got the gingerbread RUU, but what do I need to do on the computer, cell phone part?
Thanks again!
matt95 said:
Well it is very simple Imo... You need to get a gingerbread ruu and run it in windows nothing else... That should be enough
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budister said:
Thank you, but unfortunately it is not simple for me. I got the gingerbread RUU, but what do I need to do on the computer, cell phone part?
Thanks again!
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You need to double click on the RUU and follow what the program indicates
Sent from my Sensation using Tapatalk 2

JuopunutBear to S-OFF. Flash GB RUU

All you have to do is run the RUU. Make sure your PC has the appropriate drivers for your device and HTC Sync. I had to restore a few times using the stock 1.73.401.4 RUU for my Sensation XE, and that is all that I had installed. I can verify that root is not needed in my experience although I did have S-Off.
I hope this helps.

Don't need HTC Sync installed. Just need the drivers. Not sure if RUU comes with said drivers. Need to be S-OFF to downgrade hboot. ICS hboot is NOT compatible with GB (1.23 is, but that's not what's included with the latest RUUs).
Without S-OFF, you CANNOT RUU back to GB.
If it were so simple as flashing GB RUU, we wouldn't need JuopunutBear

downgrade is very complicated.
root the current ICS and install recovery
Juopunubear S-OFF (require htcdev unlock and root)
downgrade firmware to 1.17
flash GB rom or run GB RUU

tragik74 said:
downgrade is very complicated.
root the current ICS and install recovery
Juopunubear S-OFF (require htcdev unlock and root)
downgrade firmware to 1.17
flash GB rom or run GB RUU
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That pretty much sums it up! Make a guide with those steps and links to all the resources and you'll be a hero...

Guys i am not sure if my problem exactly releated whiti this thread but here is the thing
i am living in turkey and i bought an htc sensation also made it s-off and root while using ics roms i got a little dust problem on screen just 5 months passed since i bought the phone so i want to make it s-on back there is a thread about making s-on i fallowed the steps just i have problem whit ruu part which is in turkish forums there is a ruu for turkey vodafone users starting whit 1.45.... when i tried to flash it show me i am trying flash i mage version 2.08.401.1 to 1.45.468.2 after that it gives 155 code error
at the moment my hboot version is 1.17 using elegancia 2.3.5 v.1.5 rom already did supercid ofc short version of the long
whats should i do to get my phone s-on back whic ruu will work for me or what can i do making 1.45 ruu working for my phone pelase help me
sorry for bad english if its too bad

in order to run ruu u need change cid to match it and hboot equal or lower than ruu.
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ok back to topic
root ics
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1632553
Juopunutbear S-OFF
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1614617
Firmware
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767

tragik74 said:
in order to run ruu u need change cid to match it and hboot equal or lower than ruu.
how exactly i can get lower hboot i just done it like the guide says what you think mate ? its a problem that i dont know what i am looking for
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hboot 1.17 should be the lowest version available on forum.

Hey , I have a question . I have Sensation XE with Hboot 1.28.000 And I installed custom rom on it . my Wi-Fi doesn't work same as official android 4. now I want to get back to Android Gingerbread 2.3.4 . please help me :X Thanks.

Android
Hello I have HTC Sensation and i have grow the version to 4.0 but i don't want more this version because when heated,the phone shut down.I think that can't keep this version.How i can turn again to old version but i can't from phone pls can help me some one ??

HTC Sensation1 said:
Hello I have HTC Sensation and i have grow the version to 4.0 but i don't want more this version because when heated,the phone shut down.I think that can't keep this version.How i can turn again to old version but i can't from phone pls can help me some one ??
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do you mean to return to gingerbread android?
then follow this guide to S-OFF
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661631
then see here for gingerbread ruu
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1672425
i assume you aren't rooted yet

downgrade galaxy pocket !
hey there I GOT samsung galaxy pocket ,android version:4.04 ,, i bought it from 2 weeks .. and i want to downgrade it to android version 2.3.5 any help would be useful .. thnx

maro7000 said:
hey there I GOT samsung galaxy pocket ,android version:4.04 ,, i bought it from 2 weeks .. and i want to downgrade it to android version 2.3.5 any help would be useful .. thnx
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This is a thread for SENSATION NOT samsung

[Q][S3][Villec2]Updating from 4.0.3 to 4.0.4 on BSTAR301 CID devices

Well, the purpose of this thread is to update the HOS that most operator from latam brought to us, why? Because we cannot use some of the ROMs that are barely found for our HOS because we need 4.0.4 as base. I've been reading about flashing the proper RUU but after browsing the web I was not able to find that RUU for our devices, they left us alone. Now, I think that there is a possible way to update our HOS, if there are other HOS from every region that got that update, we could take a part of those files and try to flash it into our devices.
Now, I'm newbie about this things of developing, but I can try to flash all files and test the ways if possible, but I don't want to brick my phone, so my question is if is possible to flash the hboot of another RUU (from another HOS s3) and in that way, we won't have the restriction of the hboot anymore and meaby we could try some ROMs like TrickDroid 6.0.0 or the JB ROM from luxandroid. I've been reading and found that there is a way to extract all the content of a RUU and get the flashable files, but those methods were for other HTC devices. Some of the files that are extracted from a RUU are the hboot file, which could be flashable, and that's what I would like to try.
TL;DR: Can I flash a hboot extracted from a RUU that is not compatible with my device's CID?
Also, sorry for my english, I hope you could understand it

If this is a question, then why you post in on development section?
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blackwing182 said:
If this is a question, then why you post in on development section?
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If this was your answer, then why did you bother to do it? I'm trying to get this working, but first I need to know if is possible or if someone already tryed it before a brick my phone.

flashing hboot manually is impossible as much as I know

I moved this thread to Q&A/Support because it has nada to do with development. As long as you don't develop something, stay out of that section.

[Q] HTC ONE S Android 4.1.1 International ..... !!!

Hi whats up every one ...
Okay, guys i have a simple demand, am currently with Orange-UK HTC One S, with a stock ROM modified and bloatweared by Orange it self, after a period of use i noticed this days some light lags, i don't know why, may be some app updates, but what i want now is to switch to the international version of stock ROM, it s more stable more fast and the very important think is first by first update receiving, so am just demanding any way to do this .
Thank you all
Cordially.

hbforce said:
Hi whats up every one ...
Okay, guys i have a simple demand, am currently with Orange-UK HTC One S, with a stock ROM modified and bloatweared by Orange it self, after a period of use i noticed this days some light lags, i don't know why, may be some app updates, but what i want now is to switch to the international version of stock ROM, it s more stable more fast and the very important think is first by first update receiving, so am just demanding any way to do this .
Thank you all
Cordially.
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Change cid number to 11111 and start then RUU_Ville_U_ICS_40_S_HTC_Europe_2.31.401.5_Radio_1.06es.50.02.31_10.09a.50.04L_release_275655_signed. That RUU is universal for europe. Explanation of how to change cid numer you have someware on forums, also RUU you will find in section of where is RUU. That is safest way whit out rooting

Wll i also wanted to debrand my phone, but someone told me u cant change the cid of S3 phones?
Or is it possible? Any link for the tutorial if u can provide?
Sent from my HTC One S using xda app-developers app

menko said:
Change cid number to 11111 and start then RUU_Ville_U_ICS_40_S_HTC_Europe_2.31.401.5_Radio_1.06es.50.02.31_10.09a.50.04L_release_275655_signed. That RUU is universal for europe. Explanation of how to change cid numer you have someware on forums, also RUU you will find in section of where is RUU. That is safest way whit out rooting
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Thanks for the response ...
But the RUU that you talking about is for ICS, am currently on JB 4.1.1, so how it would be then !?