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[GUIDE] How to Debrand, Rebrand & Flash Stock ROMs to your Sensation

After searching with no success for a clear way to debrand your sensation, I finally found a way reading lots of snippets, so thought I'd write it into one guide, to help others. This guide was written assuming you're running Windows, but other OS users should be able to follow most parts, except extracting rom.zip from the RUU.
This method can also be use to rebrand/reflash back to stock.
NB
If you follow this guide, you do so at your own risk, I cannot be held responsible if something goes wrong.
This process will wipe ALL data, including any recovery partitions or boot loaders you have installed.
S-OFF WILL BE RETAINED. (If you want restore S-ON, see last section)
CONTENTS
S-OFF
DEBRANDING
- METHOD 1
- METHOD 2
S-ON
S-OFF
First your Sensation needs to be S-OFF, if its not, follow the guide below (thanks to ikhzter's thread).
(99.9% of devices are shipped S-ON)
ikhzter said:
Step 1. To S-OFF your Sensation
Visit http://revolutionary.io/
download the application for your operating System.
IMPORTANT
Fill out the form under the download links with your OS, Device, Hboot Version and Serial number. This will give your beta key to enable you to S - OFF. Make a note of this.
How To get your Hboot Version - 3 methods below
1. Run the revolutionary Utility you just downloaded from http://revolutionary/.io and if it has found your device it should read
"Found your Device: HTC Sensation Z710* <pyramid-1.17.**** <This is your hboot version "1.17.****"
2. OR Take out your battery and put it back in. Keep hold of the volume down button and switch your phone on.
3. OR make sure fastboot is disabled in settings and shut down your phone
This can be done via Settings > Power> Untick "FAST BOOT" at the bottom.
4. Keep hold of the volume down button and switch your phone on.
Once you have completed the above
1. Uninstall HTC Sync and/or Doubletwist if you have them installed
2 WINDOWS USERS- You must Install these HTC drivers DOWNLOAD HERE. Linux Users can skip this
3. Confirm that USB Debugging is on (Settings -> Applications -> Development)
4. With phone on (not in HBOOT, just regular home screen), plug in USB cable and set it to HTC sync mode (IGNORE warning messages on your phone telling you it cannot find HTC Sync )
5. Launch revolutionary.exe. It should detect the phone and ask for your beta key
6. You're DONE S-OFF is complete...if it hangs on method 3. Try These Drivers HERE: or Factory Reset and then start again
7. Your Device is now S-OFF
Special Thanks to AlphaRev, unrEVOked Team, Bin4ry & to everyone else that made this happen
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DEBRANDING
METHOD 1 - CID CHANGE
Thanks to ikhzter, ironeagle, broncogr and sowen222 for their posts to help create these instructions. You should try this method first, and use Method 2 as a fall back.
NB
Whenever you see: Enter the command "bla bla bla", you should type the text without quotes and follow with a carriage return (ENTER).
Before you can change the CID you need to decide what you want to change it to, a couple of examples:
SuperCID (flash any ROM) = 11111111
Stock Unbranded (UK/EU at least) = HTC__001
Vodafone UK (may cover other countries) = VODAP001
I am getting people to post their CIDs in this thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1195475
Otherwise this thread contains a number of different CID codes, although originally written for the DHD, HTC has kept most if not all codes the same.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10007960&postcount=206
1. Uninstall HTC Sync and/or Doubletwist if you have them installed
2. WINDOWS USERS- You must Install these HTC drivers DOWNLOAD HERE. Linux Users can skip this
3. Confirm that USB Debugging is on (Settings -> Applications -> Development)
4. Download and the Android SDK (or if you know where to find it, just the adb and fastboot tools, then skip straight to part 10)
You can get it from here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html Choose the zip file.
5. Extract the contents of the zip file, and run the SDK manager
6. Accept and Install the Android SDK Platform Tools, you can reject all others as they are not needed.
7. When the download and install is finished, close the SDK manager.
8. Now copy the newly created "platform-tools" folder found in the SDK folder you extracted to an easy location, e.g. "C:\platform-tools".
9. You also need to copy "fastboot.exe" from the "tools" folder of the SDK folder you extracted, to your newly created "C:\platform-tools".
10. Open Command Prompt, either Run "cmd" or go to Start, Accesories, Command Prompt
11. Enter the command: "cd C:\platform-tools" (Or whatever location you copied the folder to earlier)
12. Ensure your phone is switched on (regular home screen) and connect it by USB in charging mode (Ensure usb debugging is on settings > applications > development)
13. Enter the command "adb devices". It should come back with list of devices attached and then your serial number.
14. Enter the command "adb reboot bootloader". (You device will restart and boot into fastboot USB)
15. Enter the command "fastboot oem writecid [CID number]"
(use the CID number chosen above, do not include square brackets) e.g. "fastboot oem writecid HTC__001"
16. Enter the command "fastboot reboot-bootloader"
17. Enter the command "fastboot getvar cid". If cid is what you entered you have succeeded
18. Enter the command "fastboot reboot"
19. You now need to pick the RUU you wish to flash, a good source is this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074559
To debrand my Vodafone Sensation, I chose "RUU_Pyramid_HTC_Europe_1.35.401.1_Radio_10.43a.900 7.00U_10.51.9007.27_M3_release_198179_signed"
20. Once you have downloaded the RUU you would like to flash, run it (it can take a while to load), follow the instructions and your done!
21. Your phone should now reboot to first time setup, with your newly flashed ROM!
METHOD 2 - ENG HBOOT
Now the method I found to debrand (rather than messing about with CIDs), is using an ENG HBOOT, this is only temporary as the ROM we flash later on overwrites it.
Grab the file below (thanks to Bin4ry), and put it in the root of your SD Card. (i.e. if your on Windows, X:/ [where X is the letter of your Sensation's SD Card])
Bin4ry said:
ENG Hboot:
[thanks Rahan95 for dumping ]
http://81.89.105.12/~bin4ry/hboot/PG58IMG.zip
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Flash ENG HBOOT
1. EITHER:
1a. Shut down your phone, then take out your battery and put it back in.​OR:
1b. Make sure fastboot is disabled in settings and shut down your phone (This can be done via Settings > Power> Untick "FAST BOOT" at the bottom.)​
2. Keep hold of the volume down button and switch your phone on.
3. When it asks "Do you want to start the update", press Volume Up to accept
5. Press Power Off to reboot back to normal homescreen
6. Remove PG58IMG.zip from your memory card
Download an RUU
1. You now need to pick the RUU you wish to flash, a good source is this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074559
To debrand my Vodafone Sensation, I chose "RUU_Pyramid_HTC_Europe_1.35.401.1_Radio_10.43a.900 7.00U_10.51.9007.27_M3_release_198179_signed"
2. Once you have downloaded the RUU you would like to flash, run it (it can take a while to load), and stop when you get the welcome screen, which has a picture of a Sensation on the left and a red caution notice on the right.
3. Move this window out of the way (it forces itself into foreground), then open up windows explorer and go to:
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Temp
4. Then sort by Date Modified. Find the newest folder with a long random sequence of numbers as its name, go in here and you should see, three files and a folder: corecomp, dotnetinstaller, IBSEW64. (the files may be different on 32-bit OS), now go into the folder which has another long random name.
In there amongst a lot of files (use search if you need to), you will find rom.zip. This is the rom we want to flash!
5. Copy the rom.zip file to the root of your SD Card
(i.e. if your on Windows, X:/ [where X is the letter of your Sensation's SD Card])
6. Rename the rom.zip you just put on your SD Card, to PG58IMG.zip (ensure you do not rename it to PG58IMG.zip.zip or it wont work!)
7. Find the "HTC Android ROM Update Utility" Window, and hit Cancel.
THIS IS YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY TO BACKUP DATA, ALL EXISTING DATA, CONTACTS, MESSAGES SETTINGS, APPS, ETC, WILL BE DELETED AFTER THE NEXT STEP.
MAKE SURE THE BATTERY INDICATOR IN THE NOTIFICATION AREA SHOWS GREEN, NOT ORANGE OR RED, BEFORE CONTINUING.
Flash RUU (rom.zip)
1. EITHER:
1a. Shut down your phone, then take out your battery and put it back in.​OR:
1b. Make sure fastboot is disabled in settings and shut down your phone (This can be done via Settings > Power> Untick "FAST BOOT" at the bottom.)​
2. Keep hold of the volume down button and switch your phone on.
3. When it asks "Do you want to start the update", press Volume Up to accept (this can take a while and its normal for the system part to appear to go in a loop several times)
5. Press Power Off to reboot to first time setup.
6. Your phone is now debranded!
7. Remove PG58IMG.zip from your memory card
S-ON
You may want to put your phone back to S-ON after following the rest of this guide, for example if you have reflashed your original rom and want to return it for warranty repair. Thanks to ikhzter thread, we have a way to do this!
1. Open Command Prompt, either Run "cmd" or go to Start, Accesories, Command Prompt
2. Enter the command: "cd C:\platform-tools" (Or whatever location you copied the folder to earlier)
3. Ensure your phone is switched on (regular home screen) and connect it by USB in charging mode (Ensure usb debugging is on settings > applications > development)
4. Enter the command "adb devices". It should come back with list of devices attached and then your serial number.
5. Enter the command "adb reboot bootloader". (You device will restart and boot into fastboot USB)
6. Enter the command "fastboot oem writesecureflag 3". (Thanks Dazweeja)
7. Reboot into bootloader using "fastboot reboot-bootloader" or remove & reinsert the battery and press power on while keeping hold of volume down.
8. Bootloader should now read Pyramid PVT Ship S-ON RL.
9. Remove and reinsert the battery. Press power on as normal
You should now have S-on back and you can return your device or do whatever it is covered again under warranty.
10. IF IT DOESN'T REBOOT and bootloader says ***Security Warning**
Remove and re-insert the battery and go back into bootloader and holding Volume Down +power button select fastboot
11. Run RUU_Pyramid_***.exe to reflash stock rom. (the one you downloaded earlier) and then reboot. It should work now
Enjoy!

Thanks for this, its very useful and handy. I have included you in post 1 of my Sticky, It could help a lot of users.
how about in the temporary folder people search for rom.zip using the search tool. that could work too.

Thanks man, brilliant guide. Goodbye Orange crapware!!!

Legend!
I'll be doing this later!
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App

warranty
can this be used to flash back to stock to submit my sensation for sporadic unresponsive screen problems?? Or will they still be able to tell that it was
s-off. Thanks in advance for any input

happyendin21 said:
can this be used to flash back to stock to submit my sensation for sporadic unresponsive screen problems?? Or will they still be able to tell that it was
s-off. Thanks in advance for any input
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Yes, Cant see why not

Just wondering.. is S OFF enough to flash roms and radios? or should we flash the ENG HBOOT as well? Confused!! Cant remember from the DHD days..
BTW thanks to both of you for awesum tutorials.. it will be a Sunday well spent LOL

Well documented, easy to follow - I now am the proud owner of an unbranded Sensation. Thank you VERY much for this!

Congratulations
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App

I'm with Three UK, will this remove the Three splash screen I see everytime I boot up and shut down my phone?
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA Premium App

One question - will flashing the RUU using this method (or by running it normally) revert the device to S-On?
I'm asking this for warranty purposes if in any case I'll have to send in my phone for repair.

stanny2k said:
I'm with Three UK, will this remove the Three splash screen I see everytime I boot up and shut down my phone?
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA Premium App
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DEFINITELY if you install the unbranded 1.35.401.*

Trekest said:
One question - will flashing the RUU using this method (or by running it normally) revert the device to S-On?
I'm asking this for warranty purposes if in any case I'll have to send in my phone for repair.
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Nope it stays S-OFF

Played with this process... pretty happy with the results on my TMOUS S4G. Haven't tested everything, such as the 4G radio, but I will report back.
Another step I think is worth doing if you're coming from ANY other ROM and would like to totally start clean:
After copying PG58IMG.zip to the SD card, shut your phone off. Pull the SD card out of it. Boot into recovery, and then fastboot over USB.
Issue this: 'fastboot erase system -w'
It will completely clear anything related to your current ROM. Now, shut your phone off again, put the SD card back in, and boot into recovery. The flashing process should begin as described in the OP.
Of course, before you do any of that, make sure you can get into clockwork recovery and do a nandroid backup.
Update: Looking good. No '4G' icon, instead it shows H for HSPA. Don't really care about that... it works as it should. Speed tests showing 6586/1724 HSPA and 21415/4134 cable/wifi.

Trekest said:
One question - will flashing the RUU using this method (or by running it normally) revert the device to S-On?
I'm asking this for warranty purposes if in any case I'll have to send in my phone for repair.
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No, but it DOES change the hboot back from Revolutionary's hacked 1.17.1011. Redoing rev will put it back the way it was.

lost cwm
After this i lost my cwm recovery

astragreen said:
After this i lost my cwm recovery
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Yep, you have to put it back. The RUU undoes everything except for S-off essentially.

How put i back it again??? My cwm was from revolutionary...

astragreen said:
How put i back it again???
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In fastboot:
fastboot flash recovery path_to_cwm_file.img
Edit: You will probably have to re-run revolutionary; I did. I don't know if rev will offer the CWM again... give it a shot.

ok thanks where did i get the cwm img file???

Stuck on htc screen 'flashed wrong rom'

Hi all,
I accidentally flashed a wrong ROM of HTC HD, so I'm trying to go back to recovery mode to flash another ROM of my Desire S, when I select the recovery then I am stuck on htc screen
Can someone advice me please?
Thanks.
[Solved] Thank you all for helping me through, I finally, I can made it. See the last post of the actually summary of my own journey.
Without all of your value input, I will never made it.

imkr said:
Hi all,
I accidentally flashed a wrong ROM of HTC HD, so I'm trying to go back to recovery mode to flash another ROM of my Desire S, when I select the recovery then I am stuck on htc screen
Can someone advice me please?
Thanks.
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At the first place, why and how did you flash an HTC HD rom to Desire S without even knowing it?! You should have know from the start that you should have taken precautions, and known that its an HTC HD. It should be PORTED first.
To answer,
Try flashing the recovery again on fastboot. Check my guides on how to on my sig (preferrably the second one). Then see if it works. If it did, flash the CORRECT rom.

I am a bit new with this sir, sorry need a bit detail explanation.
The point is I cannot get on the recovery mode, so when I read this guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1314629) I feel not clear enough
Can you give me a bit more clear process, sir?

imkr said:
I am a bit new with this sir, sorry need a bit detail explanation.
The point is I cannot get on the recovery mode, so when I read this guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1314629) I feel not clear enough
Can you give me a bit more clear process, sir?
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What I'm trying to say is to flash the recovery again. 4ext recovery recommended. And start from there. Clear instructions were given on that thread on how to flash a recovery image via fastboot, and I believe I can't simplify it much further.

imkr said:
Hi all,
I accidentally flashed a wrong ROM of HTC HD, so I'm trying to go back to recovery mode to flash another ROM of my Desire S, when I select the recovery then I am stuck on htc screen
Can someone advice me please?
Thanks.
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Mate don't worry, it happened to me many times.see this thread to know how I got a solution.forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1281688
I used nandroid backup but you can flash another ROM

Thanks for helping me to walk through, Skanob!
I've try as the instruction:
1. Get the 4EXTRecovery_v2.1.0_saga.zip (from your signature)
2. Copy the file 'recovery.img' to C:\recovery.img
3. Connect my phone on fastboot
4. Open the cmd to type 'C:\recovery.img
5. Appear the dialog-box DVD burning 'The burn fail invalid...'
I try to do these again and again 10 times +
What should I do now?

imkr said:
Thanks for helping me to walk through, Skanob!
I've try as the instruction:
1. Get the 4EXTRecovery_v2.1.0_saga.zip (from your signature)
2. Copy the file 'recovery.img' to C:\recovery.img
3. Connect my phone on fastboot
4. Open the cmd to type 'C:\recovery.img
5. Appear the dialog-box DVD burning 'The burn fail invalid...'
I try to do these again and again 10 times +
What should I do now?
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After you get the phone in FASTBOOT mode, open the cmd window and type:
FASTBOOT FLASH RECOVERY c:\recovery.img

I find it very worrying that some one who can claim to have made this mistake many times is prepared to offer advice!
nandroid backups, you now see the importance of taking them
Swyped from my Desire S using XDA Premium

imkr said:
Thanks for helping me to walk through, Skanob!
I've try as the instruction:
1. Get the 4EXTRecovery_v2.1.0_saga.zip (from your signature)
2. Copy the file 'recovery.img' to C:\recovery.img
3. Connect my phone on fastboot
4. Open the cmd to type 'C:\recovery.img
5. Appear the dialog-box DVD burning 'The burn fail invalid...'
I try to do these again and again 10 times +
What should I do now?
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The message you got is because you try to "run" in an windows command prompt an ".img" (image files). If you do so, windows try to launch the associated program with .img files. Obiviously this is the DVD burning software you have on your PC (the default windows one I think). That's why you get the error.
Now, you should pay attention very carefully to the instructions in that thread. You should NOT type "C:\recovery.img" but "fastboot flash recovery C:\recovery.img". That means you should already have installed "fastboot" application on your PC (or else you'll get a message say somthing like "'fastboot' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file." "fastboot" command is part of the Android SDK and should reside on your PC in the same place as "adb", that is in the "tools" (or "platform-tools" depending on what version of SDK you got) folder.
Simply, you first have to find where on your PC is installed the Android SDK. Browse with Explorer on your PC to there and look in the folders till you find the one in which "adb" and "fastboot" are. Keep the SHIFT key pressed and RIGHT click on that folder. From the menu that pops up, select "Open comand prompt here..."
Only now you can run the "fastboot" command...and if you have copied Recovery.img on the root of your C drive perform the command as instructed (an as I've wrote above). If Recovery.img is somwhere else on your pc than use it like this (after you perform steps 1-3 you've said):
fastboot flash recovery <folder_in_which_recovery.img_is stored>\recovery.img
Replace what I've wrote in italics above with the actual path to your recovery.img file.
After running this command, type the following one:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
You'll end up in 4EXT recovery from where you can flash the ROM of your will (hopefully one for Desire S this time)

Rapier said:
The message you got is because you try to "run" in an windows command prompt an ".img" (image files). If you do so, windows try to launch the associated program with .img files. Obiviously this is the DVD burning software you have on your PC (the default windows one I think). That's why you get the error.
Now, you should pay attention very carefully to the instructions in that thread. You should NOT type "C:\recovery.img" but "fastboot flash recovery C:\recovery.img". That means you should already have installed "fastboot" application on your PC (or else you'll get a message say somthing like "'fastboot' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file." "fastboot" command is part of the Android SDK and should reside on your PC in the same place as "adb", that is in the "tools" (or "platform-tools" depending on what version of SDK you got) folder.
Simply, you first have to find where on your PC is installed the Android SDK. Browse with Explorer on your PC to there and look in the folders till you find the one in which "adb" and "fastboot" are. Keep the SHIFT key pressed and RIGHT click on that folder. From the menu that pops up, select "Open comand prompt here..."
Only now you can run the "fastboot" command...and if you have copied Recovery.img on the root of your C drive perform the command as instructed (an as I've wrote above). If Recovery.img is somwhere else on your pc than use it like this (after you perform steps 1-3 you've said):
fastboot flash recovery <folder_in_which_recovery.img_is stored>\recovery.img
Replace what I've wrote in italics above with the actual path to your recovery.img file.
After running this command, type the following one:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
You'll end up in 4EXT recovery from where you can flash the ROM of your will (hopefully one for Desire S this time)
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It's working for me now, thanks for your clear instructions:
I've type up the exact process that I experienced here
1. Get 4EXT
2. Extract to C:
3. Find android-win-tools
4. SHIFT + Right click to open cmd from here
5. Type 'fastboot flash recovery C:\recovery.img', then appeared:
sending 'recovery'... OKAY (keep looking around 10mn), another command appeared
writing 'recovery'...OKAY
6. fastboot reboot-bootloader
DONE!

Blackstone - Fastboot Problem

Well I am trying to Flash the latest fagyi NAND for Blackstone - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1914723
So I did everything, but when I reached the fastboot thingy, I did this:
After ROM flashed, took batter out and restarted device.
Blue screen showed up, forced fastboot, ready USB state, so I connected to PC
Then I opened a command prompt, so now what should I enter in the command prompt! I am using fagyi's fastboot!
Thanks, in advance!

Sorry for double posting, but please someone answer me, or atleast give me a tip/advice!

Do you mean this part?
13. Now connect the Blackstone to your Windows OS and open a CLi/Command prompt
14. Within CLi go to the directory where you place the 'adb files & fastboot.exe' files (from step 2)
15. Type: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (this will flash install the custom CWR)
16. Then type: fastboot boot recovery.img (this will reboot your Blackstone into CWR)
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post-mortem said:
Do you mean this part?
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Yeah that exactly!

Step 2 says
2. Extract the 'adb files & fastboot.exe' files to a folder
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so the 1st question is, do you know what folder you put those files in? Note that we're talking about your computer, not your phone. On your computer, open a command prompt by doing Start -> Run... -> cmd (This is Step 13). Navigate to the folder from Step 2 This is Step 14). Then, type the appropriate commands from Steps 15 & 16.
Still don't get it? Ask away!

Um the files are placed in C:
And when I enter the commands, it says 'File too big to fit in memory"? What do I do now?

So your step 14 should be to type cd c:\, then 15 fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Is that when you get the error?

Yes, exactly then!

Ok, try redownloading the fastboot program, or install the Android SDK to get the newest version directly from Google.

I've redowloaded it alot of times! And I already have the Android SDK and am using the latest one!

Are you sure that you're using the correct version of all relevant programs? By that, I mean 32 vs 64-bit.

I am not sure about that, how should I know?

Do you get the same error if you type fastboot devices ?

I havent typed that yet!
EDIT: No I get this - "RH104393397 fastboot"

Please Admin/Moderator, lock this thread, my problem is now fixed!

Angat said:
Please Admin/Moderator, lock this thread, my problem is now fixed!
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Can you tell me how do you fix the problem ? I have the same problem

[Q] RUU Ville C2?

hey guys my phone is rooted,bootloader unlocked n a TWRP recovery.. n i need to upgrade my phone to 4.0.4/sense 4.1.. n my phones CID is 044.. so plz tell me whch RUU to us n from where cn i get it. n hw to run it on my phone??

Hmmy 4444 said:
hey guys my phone is rooted,bootloader unlocked n a TWRP recovery.. n i need to upgrade my phone to 4.0.4/sense 4.1.. n my phones CID is 044.. so plz tell me whch RUU to us n from where cn i get it. n hw to run it on my phone??
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http://www.htcruu.com/?dir=VilleC2 look around there for a ruu. Just relock bootloader, "adb reboot bootloader". and boot into bootloader and follow the instructions.

Qs5 said:
http://www.htcruu.com/?dir=VilleC2 look around there for a ruu. Just relock bootloader, "adb reboot bootloader". and boot into bootloader and follow the instructions.
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thank.. bt hw iam going to flash it? n does the CID need to match ?

4. Flashing RUU manually
4.1 Getting PG58IMG.zip from RUU
Run the RUU executable as you normally would, but don't proceed to the second step i.e. when a second window appears, do nothing. Do not proceed, just ignore it for now, but don't close the window.
- Right-click the Windows Start button and select "Open Window Explorer" option.
-
- If you use Windows XP
Copy-paste this in the navigation bar:
Code:
C:\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%\Local Settings\Temp\
- If you use Windows Vista/7
Press & hold Windows key on the keyboard and then press R (Win key + R). Once the box pops up, copy paste this:
Code:
%temp%
- Right click anywhere inside explorer window (not on any folder) and select Sort by then select Date.
- Locate the latest one created (first in the list & it will most likely have random numbers in the name) & open it.
- You will find a second folder with a set of random numbers. Open it, inside you will find a number of files and the rom.zip
- Copy the rom.zip file to another location.
- Now, close the RUU executable folder & rename the rom.zip file as PG58IMG.zip
4.4 How to flash PG58IMG
4.4.1 Without a PC, via bootloader
- Put the PG58IMG.zip onto the root of your SD Card
- Reboot to bootloader by Holding Vol down + Power button
- You will then be asked if you want to install the file, select yes by pressing Vol up.
- Don't touch anything till the install completes
- After the install is complete, when prompted to reboot, open the back casing of the phone and take out the SD Card.
- Then press the power button once to reboot.
- If you experience a boot loop, reboot to bootloader and re-flash the PG58IMG.zip
- If booted into bootloader, select fastboot > reboot.
- If booted into fastboot, select reboot.
- Connect the SD Card to a computer and delete the PG58IMG.zip file
If this method fails, try 4.4.2
4.4.2 With a PC, via fastboot USB
You will need sdk & and drivers, please take a look here. If you already have it, continue.
- Reboot to bootloader by Holding Vol down + Power button
- Connect your phone to the PC while in the bootloader. The phone should say fastboot USB, if not, select fastboot on the phone & check if it says fastboot USB, if not, change the USB port you are using.
- Navigate to the tools folder located inside android-sdk folder
- Copy the PG58IMG.zip file from step 4.1 to this folder
- Hold down shift and right-click anywhere in the empty space inside the window.
- Enter the following command
Code:
fastboot erase cache
- You may not see any output, then enter the command
Code:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
- You phone will now go into the RUU mode.
- Wait for around 30 seconds, then enter the command
Code:
fastboot flash zip PG58IMG.zip
- The installation will begin and you will be able to see the progress at every step.
- Once done, enter the command
Code:
fastboot reboot
- If you experience a boot loop, repeat 4.4.2 again.
You can flash the RUU this way.. It works for me this way
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joejoe23 said:
4. Flashing RUU manually
4.1 Getting PG58IMG.zip from RUU
Run the RUU executable as you normally would, but don't proceed to the second step i.e. when a second window appears, do nothing. Do not proceed, just ignore it for now, but don't close the window.
- Right-click the Windows Start button and select "Open Window Explorer" option.
-
- If you use Windows XP
Copy-paste this in the navigation bar:
Code:
C:\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%\Local Settings\Temp\
- If you use Windows Vista/7
Press & hold Windows key on the keyboard and then press R (Win key + R). Once the box pops up, copy paste this:
Code:
%temp%
- Right click anywhere inside explorer window (not on any folder) and select Sort by then select Date.
- Locate the latest one created (first in the list & it will most likely have random numbers in the name) & open it.
- You will find a second folder with a set of random numbers. Open it, inside you will find a number of files and the rom.zip
- Copy the rom.zip file to another location.
- Now, close the RUU executable folder & rename the rom.zip file as PG58IMG.zip
4.4 How to flash PG58IMG
4.4.1 Without a PC, via bootloader
- Put the PG58IMG.zip onto the root of your SD Card
- Reboot to bootloader by Holding Vol down + Power button
- You will then be asked if you want to install the file, select yes by pressing Vol up.
- Don't touch anything till the install completes
- After the install is complete, when prompted to reboot, open the back casing of the phone and take out the SD Card.
- Then press the power button once to reboot.
- If you experience a boot loop, reboot to bootloader and re-flash the PG58IMG.zip
- If booted into bootloader, select fastboot > reboot.
- If booted into fastboot, select reboot.
- Connect the SD Card to a computer and delete the PG58IMG.zip file
If this method fails, try 4.4.2
4.4.2 With a PC, via fastboot USB
You will need sdk & and drivers, please take a look here. If you already have it, continue.
- Reboot to bootloader by Holding Vol down + Power button
- Connect your phone to the PC while in the bootloader. The phone should say fastboot USB, if not, select fastboot on the phone & check if it says fastboot USB, if not, change the USB port you are using.
- Navigate to the tools folder located inside android-sdk folder
- Copy the PG58IMG.zip file from step 4.1 to this folder
- Hold down shift and right-click anywhere in the empty space inside the window.
- Enter the following command
Code:
fastboot erase cache
- You may not see any output, then enter the command
Code:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
- You phone will now go into the RUU mode.
- Wait for around 30 seconds, then enter the command
Code:
fastboot flash zip PG58IMG.zip
- The installation will begin and you will be able to see the progress at every step.
- Once done, enter the command
Code:
fastboot reboot
- If you experience a boot loop, repeat 4.4.2 again.
You can flash the RUU this way.. It works for me this way
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I flashed it via fastboot

joejoe23 said:
4. Flashing RUU manually
4.1 Getting PG58IMG.zip from RUU
Run the RUU executable as you normally would, but don't proceed to the second step i.e. when a second window appears, do nothing. Do not proceed, just ignore it for now, but don't close the window.
- Right-click the Windows Start button and select "Open Window Explorer" option.
-
- If you use Windows XP
Copy-paste this in the navigation bar:
Code:
C:\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%\Local Settings\Temp\
- If you use Windows Vista/7
Press & hold Windows key on the keyboard and then press R (Win key + R). Once the box pops up, copy paste this:
Code:
%temp%
- Right click anywhere inside explorer window (not on any folder) and select Sort by then select Date.
- Locate the latest one created (first in the list & it will most likely have random numbers in the name) & open it.
- You will find a second folder with a set of random numbers. Open it, inside you will find a number of files and the rom.zip
- Copy the rom.zip file to another location.
- Now, close the RUU executable folder & rename the rom.zip file as PG58IMG.zip
4.4 How to flash PG58IMG
4.4.1 Without a PC, via bootloader
- Put the PG58IMG.zip onto the root of your SD Card
- Reboot to bootloader by Holding Vol down + Power button
- You will then be asked if you want to install the file, select yes by pressing Vol up.
- Don't touch anything till the install completes
- After the install is complete, when prompted to reboot, open the back casing of the phone and take out the SD Card.
- Then press the power button once to reboot.
- If you experience a boot loop, reboot to bootloader and re-flash the PG58IMG.zip
- If booted into bootloader, select fastboot > reboot.
- If booted into fastboot, select reboot.
- Connect the SD Card to a computer and delete the PG58IMG.zip file
If this method fails, try 4.4.2
4.4.2 With a PC, via fastboot USB
You will need sdk & and drivers, please take a look here. If you already have it, continue.
- Reboot to bootloader by Holding Vol down + Power button
- Connect your phone to the PC while in the bootloader. The phone should say fastboot USB, if not, select fastboot on the phone & check if it says fastboot USB, if not, change the USB port you are using.
- Navigate to the tools folder located inside android-sdk folder
- Copy the PG58IMG.zip file from step 4.1 to this folder
- Hold down shift and right-click anywhere in the empty space inside the window.
- Enter the following command
Code:
fastboot erase cache
- You may not see any output, then enter the command
Code:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
- You phone will now go into the RUU mode.
- Wait for around 30 seconds, then enter the command
Code:
fastboot flash zip PG58IMG.zip
- The installation will begin and you will be able to see the progress at every step.
- Once done, enter the command
Code:
fastboot reboot
- If you experience a boot loop, repeat 4.4.2 again.
You can flash the RUU this way.. It works for me this way
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I flashed it via fastboot
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Thank u so much, i hav unrooted the phone, relocked the bootloader n flashed stock recovery... n is there any video to this guide that would be more easy as iam a noob p.s i am still confused which file i should download i knw all abt custom roms bt jst dont get abt these RUU

Qs5 said:
http://www.htcruu.com/?dir=VilleC2 look around there for a ruu. Just relock bootloader, "adb reboot bootloader". and boot into bootloader and follow the instructions.
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Thank you too

could some one tell me hw to do a OTA update becuz the RUU things is making me confused n iam a lil worried that my phone doesnt brick i tried the trickdroid bt it dent work it was having boot loops.. n my phone is on the android version 4.0.3, hw am i going to get it to 4.0.4

Hmmy 4444 said:
could some one tell me hw to do a OTA update becuz the RUU things is making me confused n iam a lil worried that my phone doesnt brick i tried the trickdroid bt it dent work it was having boot loops.. n my phone is on the android version 4.0.3, hw am i going to get it to 4.0.4
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When you are on stock look on settings - > Info - > and check for updates.
If there aren't any updates, then your phone hasn't received it yet in your country.
Then you will have to wait for the update...
Sent from my HTC One S running TrickDroid 4.0

Hmmy 4444 said:
hey guys my phone is rooted,bootloader unlocked n a TWRP recovery.. n i need to upgrade my phone to 4.0.4/sense 4.1.. n my phones CID is 044.. so plz tell me whch RUU to us n from where cn i get it. n hw to run it on my phone??
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this for cid 004
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1966043

teerapong.g said:
this for cid 004
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1966043
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bt ,my phones cid is 044

HTC U11 downgrade from Pie to Oreo

Hi Everybody!
Im hungarian man and sorry very small speak English. Google Translate helps me.
I have an HTC U11 Black Dual SIM CID34 (4/64) phone. I opened the bootloader and installed TWRP the phone is S-ON status.
Everything is fine so far.
I copy the ROM to SD card and start the phone Recovery mode.
I selected the ROM from this list:
Link: Removed by System
I wanted to install this ROM
2PZCIMG_OCEAN_DUGL_O80_SENSE90GP_MR_HTC_Europe_2.33.401.10_Radio_8998-002772-1711161638_release_signed.zip
Link: Removed by System
TWRP always writes in an invalid ZIP format.
Your phone is not loading Android now. It starts to load but stops at the boot screen. I can boot my phone into Bootloader, Recovery, Download mode.
Thank you for your help!
Please if you write simply to write or step by step how to fix the phone.
Best regards: Szabolcs

kovsza said:
Hi Everybody!
Im hungarian man and sorry very small speak English. Google Translate helps me.
I have an HTC U11 Black Dual SIM CID34 (4/64) phone. I opened the bootloader and installed TWRP the phone is S-ON status.
Everything is fine so far.
I copy the ROM to SD card and start the phone Recovery mode.
I selected the ROM from this list:
Link: Removed by System
I wanted to install this ROM
2PZCIMG_OCEAN_DUGL_O80_SENSE90GP_MR_HTC_Europe_2.33.401.10_Radio_8998-002772-1711161638_release_signed.zip
Link: Removed by System
TWRP always writes in an invalid ZIP format.
Your phone is not loading Android now. It starts to load but stops at the boot screen. I can boot my phone into Bootloader, Recovery, Download mode.
Thank you for your help!
Please if you write simply to write or step by step how to fix the phone.
Best regards: Szabolcs
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Try renaming the zip file to 2pzcimg.zip,, and place it on the root of your sdcard and boot into downloader mode. Hth, this looks to be an ruu so it will put your phone back to stock and wipe all but the sd card.

hammered58 said:
Try renaming the zip file to 2pzcimg.zip,, and place it on the root of your sdcard and boot into downloader mode. Hth, this looks to be an ruu so it will put your phone back to stock and wipe all but the sd card.
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I'll try and give you feedback.

I start the phone Downloaded mode. Phone autodetect the SD card ZIP file. I pressed VolUp buttons... and nothing.
Error message: FAIL12 RU_ZIP_ERROR
What's next?

Here you have some details, but are for downgrade from Oreo to nougat (maybe could it works??)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/u11/how-to/guide-downgrade-htc-u11-oreo-to-nougat-t3754481

kovsza said:
I'll try and give you feedback.
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If you are on pie and trying to downgrade to oreo this cannot be done with out soff , and i do not think
Pie soff is supported,

hammered58 said:
If you are on pie and trying to downgrade to oreo this cannot be done with out soff , and i do not think
Pie soff is supported,
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If this is the problem then is there an easy way to set it to S-OFF?

Pantumaca said:
Here you have some details, but are for downgrade from Oreo to nougat (maybe could it works??)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/u11/how-to/guide-downgrade-htc-u11-oreo-to-nougat-t3754481
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This is the description I read. Based on what I described, I got to the version change. The version change failed. But in another place I read that in Download mode you can easily reinstall the previous version.

kovsza said:
This is the description I read. Based on what I described, I got to the version change. The version change failed. But in another place I read that in Download mode you can easily reinstall the previous version.
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I have used this procedure to downgrade from oreo to nougat, but have not used it to from pie to oreo,

hammered58 said:
I have used this procedure to downgrade from oreo to nougat, but have not used it to from pie to oreo,
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Then even that solution won't work.

kovsza said:
Then even that solution won't work.
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Like i said I have not tried it, as far as i know once you are on pie there is no going back unless someone else knows a solution

hammered58 said:
Like i said I have not tried it, as far as i know once you are on pie there is no going back unless someone else knows a solution
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I see if somebody knows the solution or tried it.

Nobody?

If You want to downgrade from Pie to Oreo. Its pretty easy and simple you has to follow same steps like Oreo to nougat downgrade but with some modifications:- (bootloader unlock is required)
1. I tried it on my own device it worked and it is s-on, So i don't know it works on s-off or not.
2. Download HTC Dev info tool from the below link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ubjDGNqCfIply-aRN8C7IQNb-YVkD4M7/view
3. Now connect your device to PC by turning on USB debugging in phone and open the info tool and click on GetDeviceInfo and it will show your device information in the tool.
4. If you want to change CID then follow this step otherwise skip to step 5. Change the CID to your desired CID and click on save.
5. Now change the misc version to the rom misc version which you downloaded for downgrade and click on save and apply changes.
6. Now download and install minimal adb and fastboot.exe in PC and open it and type "adb reboot download" and your phone boot to download mode and type "fastboot getvar all" and it will print your device information in the cmd itself and from their cross check your CID number whether it is changed to your required CID or not and also check the version number is blanked out or not. If it doesn't then something wrong you have done, so again start from step 2.
7. Download the Oreo RUU for your CID from the below link :-
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15JL3tRWDSVOUKo_revEYtQ_tRcOSJ0vWcvk8a7TK8Hk/edit?usp=sharing
8. Now Download BatchTool.exe from the provided link below
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67056758&postcount=4
9. Install the tool and and go to the location where you installed the tool generally it will be c:/Android/com now copy the RUU you downloaded for your CID to that folder and rename it to rom.zip for simplicity ie., c:/Android/com/rom.zip
10. Now Download RUU decrypt tool from the below link and extract the zip and drag and drop the rom.zip on to the RUU_decrypt_tool.exe present in the extracted folder.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/?id=15338#downloads
11. And An CMD will pop-up and ask for some yes and no details just accept the default settings with out changing anything and now the RUU decryption will start and after completing a folder will be created in the RUU decrypt tool folder and inside OUT folder look for "hosd_signed.img" and move it to the rom.zip folder ie., c:/Android/com/hosd_signed.img
12. Now open cmd and navigate to the com folder by using by using cd command.
13. Now cross-check whether you are in bootloader mode or not, if yes then proceed to next step otherwise reboot your phone to bootloader mode by typing "htc_fastboot reboot bootloader" (htc_fasboot is a file present in com folder so you need to be in com folder to execute that commands from cmd).
14. Now type "htc_fastboot flash hosd hosd_signed.img" and wait for it to flash and after you see written successful then reboot to RUU mode by typing "htc_fastboot oem rebootRUU" l
15. On booting your phone to RUU mode type "htc_fastboot flash zip rom.zip" (rom.zip is file name of your RUU that you downloaded and renamed to rom.zip).
16. Now the flashing process should start and wait for some time until it finishes.
17. Now you have successful Downgraded from PIE to OREO with your desired CID..,.,.,.,.,:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:

Ryü[email protected] said:
If You want to downgrade from Pie to Oreo. Its pretty easy and simple you has to follow same steps like Oreo to nougat downgrade but with some modifications:- (bootloader unlock is required)
1. I tried it on my own device it worked and it is s-on, So i don't know it works on s-off or not.
2. This step is optional and this is only for those who wants to change the CID of their device if not skip to step 4. Just download "HTC dev infotool" turn on USB debugging in phone and connect your device to PC and open HTC dev info tool and click on Getdevice info and it will show you about your device information and from their change the CID of your device to your required CID by changing the CID field and hit save and click apply all changes.
3. Now download and install minimal adb and fastboot.exe in PC and open it and type "adb reboot download" and your phone boot to download mode and type "fastboot getvar all" and it will print your device information in the cmd itself and from their cross check your CID number whether it is changed to your required CID or not. If it doesn't then something wrong you have done, so again start from step 2.
4. Download the Oreo RUU for your CID from the below link :-
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15JL3tRWDSVOUKo_revEYtQ_tRcOSJ0vWcvk8a7TK8Hk/edit?usp=sharing
5. Now Download BatchTool.exe from the provided link below
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67056758&postcount=4
5. Install the tool and and go to the location where you installed the tool generally it will be c:/Android/com now copy the RUU you downloaded for your CID to that folder and rename it to rom.zip for simplicity ie., c:/Android/com/rom.zip
6. Now Download RUU decrypt tool from the below link and extract the zip and drag and drop the rom.zip on to the RUU_decrypt_tool.exe present in the extracted folder.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/?id=15338#downloads
7. And An CMD will pop-up and ask for some yes and no details just accept the default settings with out changing anything and now the RUU decryption will start and after completing a folder will be created in the RUU decrypt tool folder and inside OUT folder look for "hosd_signed.img" and move it to the rom.zip folder ie., c:/Android/com/hosd_signed.img
8. Now open cmd and navigate to the com folder by using by using cd command.
9. Now cross-check whether you are in download mode or not, if yes then proceed to next step otherwise reboot your phone to download mode by typing "htc_fastboot reboot-download" (htc_fasboot is a file present in com folder so you need to be in com folder to execute that commands from cmd).
10. Now type "htc_fastboot flash hosd hosd_signed.img" and wait for it to flash and after you see written successful then reboot to RUU mode by typing "htc_fastboot oem rebootRUU" l
11. On booting your phone to RUU mode type "htc_fastboot flash zip rom.zip" (rom.zip is file name of your RUU that you downloaded and renamed to rom.zip).
12. Now the flashing process should start and wait for some time until it finishes.
13. Now you have successful Downgraded from PIE to OREO with your desired CID..,.,.,.,.,:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
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is it work on single sim devices to change cid??

filandry said:
is it work on single sim devices to change cid??
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I think it works but always have a backup before doing anything because i tested it on my HTC dual sim 6/128GB dual sim variant and successfully changed CID from HTC__J15 to HTC__060 and downgraded from PIE to OREO

Ryü[email protected] said:
If You want to downgrade from Pie to Oreo. Its pretty easy and simple you has to follow same steps like Oreo to nougat downgrade but with some modifications:- (bootloader unlock is required)
1. I tried it on my own device it worked and it is s-on, So i don't know it works on s-off or not.
2. This step is optional and this is only for those who wants to change the CID of their device if not skip to step 4. Just download "HTC dev infotool" turn on USB debugging in phone and connect your device to PC and open HTC dev info tool and click on Getdevice info and it will show you about your device information and from their change the CID of your device to your required CID by changing the CID field and hit save and click apply all changes.
3. Now download and install minimal adb and fastboot.exe in PC and open it and type "adb reboot download" and your phone boot to download mode and type "fastboot getvar all" and it will print your device information in the cmd itself and from their cross check your CID number whether it is changed to your required CID or not. If it doesn't then something wrong you have done, so again start from step 2.
4. Download the Oreo RUU for your CID from the below link :-
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15JL3tRWDSVOUKo_revEYtQ_tRcOSJ0vWcvk8a7TK8Hk/edit?usp=sharing
5. Now Download BatchTool.exe from the provided link below
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67056758&postcount=4
5. Install the tool and and go to the location where you installed the tool generally it will be c:/Android/com now copy the RUU you downloaded for your CID to that folder and rename it to rom.zip for simplicity ie., c:/Android/com/rom.zip
6. Now Download RUU decrypt tool from the below link and extract the zip and drag and drop the rom.zip on to the RUU_decrypt_tool.exe present in the extracted folder.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/?id=15338#downloads
7. And An CMD will pop-up and ask for some yes and no details just accept the default settings with out changing anything and now the RUU decryption will start and after completing a folder will be created in the RUU decrypt tool folder and inside OUT folder look for "hosd_signed.img" and move it to the rom.zip folder ie., c:/Android/com/hosd_signed.img
8. Now open cmd and navigate to the com folder by using by using cd command.
9. Now cross-check whether you are in download mode or not, if yes then proceed to next step otherwise reboot your phone to download mode by typing "htc_fastboot reboot-download" (htc_fasboot is a file present in com folder so you need to be in com folder to execute that commands from cmd).
10. Now type "htc_fastboot flash hosd hosd_signed.img" and wait for it to flash and after you see written successful then reboot to RUU mode by typing "htc_fastboot oem rebootRUU" l
11. On booting your phone to RUU mode type "htc_fastboot flash zip rom.zip" (rom.zip is file name of your RUU that you downloaded and renamed to rom.zip).
12. Now the flashing process should start and wait for some time until it finishes.
13. Now you have successful Downgraded from PIE to OREO with your desired CID..,.,.,.,.,:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
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It's not working.error sad you must change version number.
What is the best way for change version number?

Who to change cid and version number?

mehrdad_esmaeeli said:
It's not working.error sad you must change version number.
What is the best way for change version number?
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Edited the post and forgot to add changing the version number check from step 2 again. If that too not work run this command "adb shell dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/misc bs=1 seek=2208 count=16" it will blank out misc version and follow the instructions i posted above.

Ryü[email protected] said:
Edited the post and forgot to add changing the version number check from step 2 again. If that too not work run this command "adb shell dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/misc bs=1 seek=2208 count=16" it will blank out misc version and follow the instructions i posted above.
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Ok Finally I could
Tnx so much