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[Q] RUU executables

I've just successfully gone through the process of S-OFF, CWM, etc, to change my CID from UK Vodafone to generic EU HTC__001. No problems at all.
I'm wondering though when you download the RUU executable, run it to get at the extracted rom.zip and then cancel the HTC RUU to do the rest manually, what would actually happen if you ran the RUU , would it not do the upgrade for you anyway?
Second question - Now I have the CID of HTC__001, and have flashed the 1.35.401.1 latest version, when the next version is out, will it be an easy update via the OTA utility on the phone, or do you need to keep doing the long winded flashing method forever now?

chrisw99 said:
I've just successfully gone through the process of S-OFF, CWM, etc, to change my CID from UK Vodafone to generic EU HTC__001. No problems at all.
I'm wondering though when you download the RUU executable, run it to get at the extracted rom.zip and then cancel the HTC RUU to do the rest manually, what would actually happen if you ran the RUU , would it not do the upgrade for you anyway?
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Yeah it would flash for you, or at least it did for me! I re-ran my stock RUU just to be on the safe side after S-Off and it redoes everything but kept my S-Off... so I just reflashed CWM (PD58IMG.zip method), and then rooted the stock ROM.
chrisw99 said:
Second question - Now I have the CID of HTC__001, and have flashed the 1.35.401.1 latest version, when the next version is out, will it be an easy update via the OTA utility on the phone, or do you need to keep doing the long winded flashing method forever now?
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From my understanding OTA's won't flash through a third-party recovery (CWM) so if you keep the stock recovery then I think it would work... But from this point on there will probably be pre-rooted version of most every release packaged in a nice .zip for you to flash with ROM Manager/CWM... or who knows maybe you'll find a nice ROM you like and then the chef would keep you updated!
I hope that helps!

Yes, very useful thanks.
Is there any difference between renaming rom.zip to PD58IMG.zip and letting it happen , or putting rom.zip on and doing "update from zip file" from recovery?

[Q] System update 1.45.162.1

So I got the notification that there's a Software update for my HTC Sensation; 1.45.162.1 (41.09MB) - Android 2.3.
I'm rooted via Revolutionary and still on original Vodafone (NL) stock ROM... However the update doesn't work for me. All I see is the green Android with a Triangle and an exclamation mark in it....
So after some search it seems that some other people have this issue, but that was in the tread for the 1.45.401.2 update....
Now what I would like to know now is this; Do I really need to go back to S-ON or is there any other way to get this update?
I'm asking this as going back to S-ON might brick the phone and also as I don't seem to find the original ROM in this thread.
Also, this as the instruction on this page clearly says:
Restore your official stock Rom: Just click here to download an Official Rom RESTORE STOCK EVEN IF YOU JUST RESTORED IT RECENTLY OR ARE ALREADY ON STOCK ROM. This is to ensure nothing gets changed in stock for S-on to be successful
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So..... I'm kinda lost now and I'm wondering how to proceed?? Would someone enlighten me?
THANKS!

as far as the US TMO update..you just had to be on the stock rom. You'll still keep S=OFF. And I'm still S=OFF after the update.

jmcghee1973 said:
as far as the US TMO update..you just had to be on the stock rom. You'll still keep S=OFF. And I'm still S=OFF after the update.
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Ok... Strange... Any idea why I got stock on the green Android with a Triangle and an exclamation mark in it? The only way I can use my phone is to remove the battery and then it starts again, but it seems that it hasn't been updated.

If you backed up your original stock ROM w/ CWR, then restore in recovery.
Then run the update.

Gunkk said:
If you backed up your original stock ROM w/ CWR, then restore in recovery.
Then run the update.
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But I'm already running stock rom... All I've done is rooted my phone and removed some bloatware such as The Sims, Soundhound etc. But that wouldn't be the problem would it?
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App

Did you change your CID ?
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App

Unroot & make sure you have your stock recovery...not cwm recovery. You'll lose root regardless when you update but you can re-root afterward.

m0rgul said:
Did you change your CID ?
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App
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Yes, I did. However I'm not sure if that's still the case as I've used CWM to put back the original stock rom after I didn't like a custom ROM.
How can I check if I still have Super CID?
EDIT: I can confirm that my CID is 11111111. After exploring the forums I also have tried to install the updates with the following CID's as well;
HTC__E11 + VODAPE17.
However without any luck!
jmcghee1973 said:
Unroot & make sure you have your stock recovery...not cwm recovery. You'll lose root regardless when you update but you can re-root afterward.
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EDIT: I do have the first backup (made using CWM) which I made before I rooted and changed my CID. But that's not what you mean? This as this is the first backup I made from my device.
Ok... I'm fine with that BUT:
I don't seem to find the original ROM in this thread.
I do see Vodafone's UK, France and 3 HTC Europe Roms... So not quite sure what to choose?
This as the instruction on this page clearly says:
Restore your official stock Rom: Just click here to download an Official Rom RESTORE STOCK EVEN IF YOU JUST RESTORED IT RECENTLY OR ARE ALREADY ON STOCK ROM. This is to ensure nothing gets changed in stock for S-on to be successful
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Is there any other way I can install the updates?
And will I have the same problem in the future as well, with other upcoming updates?
THANKS!

I think it's strange that OTA vodaphone 1.45.162.1 gets pushed to your phone if you have set Super CID, because OTA is based on CID. I had to change CID after I unbranded my phone(installing stock RUU HTC EUR), to get OTA 1.45.401.2.
It should work when you set CID to 'VODAPE17', or maybe the problem is the phone being unlocked, you should have chec.ked before using revolutionary that an RUU was available to restore your original rom..
At last try to restore your first backup, and set CID to 'VODAPE17'.
Also try to download the OTA file on your phone and copy it to your computer.

m0rgul said:
I think it's strange that OTA vodaphone 1.45.162.1 gets pushed to your phone if you have set Super CID, because OTA is based on CID. I had to change CID after I unbranded my phone(installing stock RUU HTC EUR), to get OTA 1.45.401.2.
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Ok.. Didn't knew that.
It should work when you set CID to 'VODAPE17', or maybe the problem is the phone being unlocked, you should have chec.ked before using revolutionary that an RUU was available to restore your original rom..
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As far as I know I haven't unlocked my phone... All I have done is the following:
- Rooted via Revolutionary
- Installed CWM
- Made a backup
- Made sure I had Perm root access
- Set the super CID.
Yeah... I know.. I should have done so, but I was too excited I guess...
At last try to restore your first backup, and set CID to 'VODAPE17'.
Also try to download the OTA file on your phone and copy it to your computer.
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That I can try! Thanks.
So I've downloaded the OTA file and I think I understand why the VODAPE17 doens't work. The update is called: "OTA_Pyramid_Vodafone_DE_1.45.162.1-1.35.162.1_release_208996.zip".
So I'm going to try with Vodafone DE CID and see if I can update!
Will keep you updated!
UPDATE: No, even with CID set to VODAP102 I can't get the update installed.
So I extracted the zip file and went through the files and saw a file called: updater-script.
I opened this file and saw the following lines:
assert(check_cid(getprop("ro.cid"), "00000000" , "11111111" ,
"22222222" , "33333333" , "44444444" , "55555555" , "66666666" ,
"77777777" , "88888888" , "99999999" , "VODAP102" , "VODAPE17" ,
"VODAP304") == "t");
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Now... I already have tried all the 3 Vodafone CID and the super cid is 11111111. Should I check the rest as well or what can I do?

This worked for me.....
BioTecK said:
Ok.. Didn't knew that.
As far as I know I haven't unlocked my phone... All I have done is the following:
- Rooted via Revolutionary
- Installed CWM
- Made a backup
- Made sure I had Perm root access
- Set the super CID.
Yeah... I know.. I should have done so, but I was too excited I guess...
That I can try! Thanks.
So I've downloaded the OTA file and I think I understand why the VODAPE17 doens't work. The update is called: "OTA_Pyramid_Vodafone_DE_1.45.162.1-1.35.162.1_release_208996.zip".
So I'm going to try with Vodafone DE CID and see if I can update!
Will keep you updated!
UPDATE: No, even with CID set to VODAP102 I can't get the update installed.
So I extracted the zip file and went through the files and saw a file called: updater-script.
I opened this file and saw the following lines:
Now... I already have tried all the 3 Vodafone CID and the super cid is 11111111. Should I check the rest as well or what can I do?
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Hi - I had exactly the same issue as you - it turned out that the OTA will not run if you are S-OFF, I had to go back to S-ON and then install the OTA, then go back to S-OFF.
Worked a treat - then I decided that I didn't like stock and installed a ROM - lol

iftikar666 said:
Hi - I had exactly the same issue as you - it turned out that the OTA will not run if you are S-OFF, I had to go back to S-ON and then install the OTA, then go back to S-OFF.
Worked a treat - then I decided that I didn't like stock and installed a ROM - lol
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Hmm... I see... So there's no chance that I can install this while having S-Off? Even not with CWM?
Also, would restore to factory setting do the trick as well? (Instead of using RUU?)

ok don't worry abt the S=OFF .. its ok.. You need to find the RUU of the rom that originally shipped on your phone. Run it via your pc with your phone connected and then do the update.
You may have to set your CID back to the original... I did but I didn't test it with 11111111 first.

jmcghee1973 said:
ok don't worry abt the S=OFF .. its ok.. You need to find the RUU of the rom that originally shipped on your phone. Run it via your pc with your phone connected and then do the update.
You may have to set your CID back to the original... I did but I didn't test it with 11111111 first.
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Is there any way to figure out which rom was originally shipped and the CID on my phone?
Running the RUU shouldn't be a problem as I've done that a couple of time when I wanted to install EnergyROM on my old TP2.
Thanks.

so where is asian update ? i'm stell waiting but it didnt come
one question, my device is rooted now, can i update ?

BioTecK said:
Is there any way to figure out which rom was originally shipped and the CID on my phone?
Running the RUU shouldn't be a problem as I've done that a couple of time when I wanted to install EnergyROM on my old TP2.
Thanks.
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You say your on a stock "backed up " rom... go to Settings > About Phone> Software Information & look at the Software Number

jmcghee1973 said:
You say your on a stock "backed up " rom... go to Settings > About Phone> Software Information & look at the Software Number
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That's what I did and I was running 1.35.162.1.
While searching the forum and Google and checking the OTA update I noticed that I needed to have RUU of Vodafone DE (Hence the 162 code in my software information).
At some point I came across a website which had posted the "latest" RUU for Vodafone De; RUU_Pyramid_Vodafone_DE_1.27.162.1_Radio_10.42.9007.00P_10.11.9007.15_M_release_191975_signed.
So I downloaded the file and ran it. After this I searched for any OTA updates and I could download 1.35.162.1. I was able to download and install this without any problems.
After a restart I searched again for any other updates and I could download the latest version which is 1.45.162.1! Again, I was able to download and install this update without any problems! =)
So I guess everything is just working right! Luckily I'm still S-OFF and some how the phone seems to be MUCH faster then it used to be!! So I'm all happy again!
THANKS again for your help and everyone else!!

So wait...you were able to install it with all the custom mods like clockwork recovery s-off and root?? I tried installing the update but it wouldn't install assuming because I had the custom recovery not stock. Can someone clarify? I have a t Mobile branded sensation also. Thanks
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA App

nexicon said:
So wait...you were able to install it with all the custom mods like clockwork recovery s-off and root?? I tried installing the update but it wouldn't install assuming because I had the custom recovery not stock. Can someone clarify? I have a t Mobile branded sensation also. Thanks
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA App
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Not quite...
I was only able to install the OTA updates after I run the original RUU... Without it I wasn't able to install as well.
A lesson which I learned today is that you need to flash to the original RUU before you can install the OTA's.
Hope this helps.

Glad to see you managed to sort it out, just curious, what is your hboot version now ?

Brick Phone

Hello everyone.
First - sorry for the terrible english.
I try to flash new OTA ISC on my Sensation( s-on ..completely stock).
Download update.
flash Country ID from my id то fastboot oem writecid HTC__Y13
Then check for update and found.
Update started normaly.
Fisrt loading, second ... and reboot.
Started HTC logo .. and reboot.. and reboot ... and reboot.
:/
Blootloader working..
s-on
Hboot-1.27.0000
:/
I trIed to unlock from HTCDev .... but still s-on(yes i readed letter)
I tried to flash
RUU-Pyramid-HTC-Europe-1.50.401.1-Radio-10.56.9035.00U-10.14.9035.01-M-release-223042-signed.exe
but i have error.
:/

What error?

It seems that there are some incompatibility issues with HBOOT 1.27 on Sensation. Many people including me are getting bootloops with any ROM.

try reverting back to stock 1.17 firmware

shiningarmor said:
try reverting back to stock 1.17 firmware
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How? :/ :/ :/ :/

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34780422/1.png
Error:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34780422/2.png

Possibly bricked my phone
Hi All,
I'm somewhat noobish. I wanted to install Cyanogenmod for my HTC Sensation 4G on T-mobile.
I achieved S-OFF, installed clockworkmod, created a back up, wiped the phone and flashed the new ROM and the google apps zip file. After I entered my gmail info, it was up and running, but with no reception. It wouldn't recognize any signal, so I figured it was something with the radio. I tried to install the PG58IMG.zip to fix it. I then went to recovery mode, and it started loading but immediately would say:
SD Checking...
Loading...[PG58DIAG.zip]
No image!
Loading...[PG58DIAG.nbh]
No image or wrong image!
Loading...[PG58IMG.zip]
Then it says:
Parsing...[SD ZIP]
[1] RECOVERY
Do you want to start update?
Whether I select yes or no, it just asks to reboot, and when I do, it goes back to locking on the initial HTC screen. Any help would be much appreciated!

What happens if you remove the SD card ?

Voklav said:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34780422/1.png
Error:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34780422/2.png
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If you're S-ON you can't go back to an older version. If you're S-OFF you also need Super CID to flash an older RUU

@Voklav
hi, i have the same issue, stock, and failed OTA
HBOT 1.27, s-off ,unable to boot and total bootloop.
however,
1. i get package from this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525652
2.unzip it
3.find "firmware.zip" and rename it to PG58IMG.zip
4.copy into root of your SD-CARD
5. go to the bootloader it should flash the zip file
6. confim when asked that you want to flash.
7. reboot after process is finished.
it's worked for me, this zip, is from official OTA update,
and before i found that, i try to downgrade HBOOT, flash restore, but always fail (S-OFF)
hope i helped.
regards.
Capano

No no if he used htcdev so he have unlocked bootloader. So its 155 error . Just relock bootlaoder anv run ruu . It need to go all the way
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda premium

@gefilus,
with S-ON, and HBOT-1.27 ?. at this moment there is no RUU applicable to this HBOT version.

Capano said:
@gefilus,
with S-ON, and HBOT-1.27 ?. at this moment there is no RUU applicable to this HBOT version.
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Ok mby. Im not in sensation so much but in desire s. Usaly this problem can be solved simple. He used htc dev . You cant use stock ruu with unlocked bootloader, it will error, it need to be relocked, and i dont know if it works or no but i know with misc_version you can trick program
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda premium

gefilus said:
Ok mby. Im not in sensation so much but in desire s. Usaly this problem can be solved simple. He used htc dev . You cant use stock ruu with unlocked bootloader, it will error, it need to be relocked, and i dont know if it works or no but i know with misc_version you can trick program
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda premium
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i have this problem too
where can i find the stock ruu with unlocked bootloader?
thanks

cemeli said:
i have this problem too
where can i find the stock ruu with unlocked bootloader?
thanks
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Use lazy mode. Flash eng hboot. It can be found in here somewhere, and but you need relock bootloader before you flash ruu. Or just flash eng hboot and then flash stock ruu
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Capano said:
@Voklav
hi, i have the same issue, stock, and failed OTA
HBOT 1.27, s-off ,unable to boot and total bootloop.
however,
1. i get package from this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525652
2.unzip it
3.find "firmware.zip" and rename it to PG58IMG.zip
4.copy into root of your SD-CARD
5. go to the bootloader it should flash the zip file
6. confim when asked that you want to flash.
7. reboot after process is finished.
it's worked for me, this zip, is from official OTA update,
and before i found that, i try to downgrade HBOOT, flash restore, but always fail (S-OFF)
hope i helped.
regards.
Capano
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Yes you helped revive my Sensation. Instructions above cured my boot loop after I applied the OTA ICS update.
Many thanks,

(GUIDE) RESTORE JB HBOOT 3.06 TO STOCK AFTER CUSTOM ROM ONE S C2 (villec2) !!

i find it hard to restore my one s because there is no official RUU for my one s c2,i failed to s-off aswel to use older RUU that i have so i found out that you can still restore your rom to stock after using custom roms..this method is tested and working (but me reminded to always have nandroid back up and use it at your own risk)
1st step: download a OTA update,in my case i download ASIA WWE 3.17.707.102 (it is in a zip form): you can find yours here http://splanet.info
or you can obtain it form any other source
2nd step: once you have the zip file open it and extract the firmware.zip (put it beside the fastboot.exe or inside the folder where adb and fastboot is)
now before proceeding to next step you need to verify first your CID
To Get the CID of your phone: reboot the phone in bootloader/fastboot mode (adb reboot bootloader), and use fastboot getvar cid. Match this in the android-info.txt file found inside the firmware.zip file. If it doesn’t match, don’t go any further.
**************If you’re still here, I guess your CID matched.*******************
now we will need tools like notepadc++ and 7zip
3rd step: Now, in the OTA zip file, find the file updater-script in the directory META-INF/com/google/android. In this we’ll need to remove some code that doesn’t work with recoveries other than the default HTC ones. (extract the updater-script)
then Open the file with any decent text editor that preserves newlines (for windows, Notepad++ springs to mind, on Linux/Mac just use vi), and look for a textblock like this:
ifelse( is_ship_bootloader(getprop("ro.bootloader")) == "t" ,
assert(check_cid(getprop("ro.cid"), "00000000" , "11111111" ,
"22222222" , "33333333" , "44444444" , "55555555" , "66666666" ,
"77777777" , "88888888" , "99999999" , "HTC__044") == "t");
);
delete that line.. then save it. after that delete the update-script inside the OTA (located in META-INF/com/google/android.) after deleting copy the new updater-script that we have just edited to the same directory where you delete the old updater-script..
4th step: Next, reboot your phone into Clockworkdmod Recovery (or whatever recovery you have installed), make a nandroid backup of your phone, and copy the OTA zip file on the phone. As a safety measure, it’s recommended to make a backup of everything on the SD storage to your computer.
5th step: When the backups are completed, reboot your phone into bootloader/fastboot mode. It’s time to lock the bootloader again, so we can flash the firmware update. This can be done using the command fastboot oem lock. Your phone will reboot.
6th step: Reboot it once again, this time to OEM update mode: adb reboot oem-78
7th step: Flash the firmware update: fastboot flash zip firmware.zip. If this complains without getting you a green progressbar on the screen, try it again – the second time it usually sticks.(even if it fails the the 4th time around just try and try it)
Once this process completes, reboot the phone again in the new bootloader: fastboot reboot-bootloader.
Now you can unlock your bootloader again, using the Unlock_Code.bin file you got from htcdev.com: fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_Code.bin.
At this point, you’d sure as hell wish you’d made a backup, if you didn’t. Because now your phone is wiped, reset to factory default. Don’t say I didn’t warn you upfront.
8th step: After the reboot finishes, you can once again boot in booloader/fastboot mode, and flash your recovery anew. For Clockworkdmod Recovery, the command is fastboot flash recovery <filename.img> Now you can boot the phone in the recovery (select the option from the bootloader menu).
9th step: Once in the recovery, it’s time to restore your nandroid backup. You did make one, did you?
If you finished restoring the backup, or you can now flash the OTA zip on the phone, updating the ROM to the new version or stock version.
After this, you just need to reboot one more time, this time to the ROM itself. Let it finish upgrading all applications, and tadaa, your freshly upgraded phone.
This worked for me, might not work for you. No promises.
this tut i found is for the one x but i made a one s version (villec2) which works.. so have fun and restore your device to stock....
Hope This Helps...
if you like this feel free to like and thanks me
ps: sorry for really bad english
-- xander

Would it work as an update for phone which doesn't "see" the OTA update and cheating recovery by placing the OTA as update.zip on phone's memory doesn't work either?

xQrzy said:
Would it work as an update for phone which doesn't "see" the OTA update and cheating recovery by placing the OTA as update.zip on phone's memory doesn't work either?
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hello mate,
ive tried before but it didnt work,you really have to do the stuff,but incase your one s is in different status it will be different..for mine im still s-on
and the ota rom will only work for the firmware .zip that is inside the ota which you will have to manually flash..

Hi xander1993,
I am sorry to bother you but your answer is not clear to me
You say you tried it but didn't work and just after that you write I have to do the stuff
So let's clarify my situation and then I will wait for your answer:
I am currently using TD6 because I could not update to JB using OTA. My HBOOT now is 2.11.
I did go back to stock 4.0.4 (by RUU, my CID is HTC__032) several times, tried OTA, but no result.
Then I tried (also several times) to download the OTA zip file from splanet, place it on phone and reboot to stock recovery - every time it was showing me first a pgone with green arrows shaping to a circle and one arrow inside the circle and after several seconds it was a phone with red triangle with an exclamation mark - at this stage I had to wait few minutes for reboot every time. No effect.
So my question is:
Will your guide help me to get just update from 4.0.4 to JB?

xQrzy said:
Hi xander1993,
I am sorry to bother you but your answer is not clear to me
You say you tried it but didn't work and just after that you write I have to do the stuff
So let's clarify my situation and then I will wait for your answer:
I am currently using TD6 because I could not update to JB using OTA. My HBOOT now is 2.11.
I did go back to stock 4.0.4 (by RUU, my CID is HTC__032) several times, tried OTA, but no result.
Then I tried (also several times) to download the OTA zip file from splanet, place it on phone and reboot to stock recovery - every time it was showing me first a pgone with green arrows shaping to a circle and one arrow inside the circle and after several seconds it was a phone with red triangle with an exclamation mark - at this stage I had to wait few minutes for reboot every time. No effect.
So my question is:
Will your guide help me to get just update from 4.0.4 to JB?
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okay now i got your question my guide is about s-on devices restoring to jelly bean stockbecause s3 version havent got any RUU,all the RUU i found is ICS so i made this to restore back to stock,so in your situation you are still in ics? are you s-off? or s-on? and do you have the bootloader unlocked?
i can help you to update to jb with the OTA just find your OTA that matches your phones CID and MID,
after that you will need to have custom recovery like twrprecovery
then just follow my post above start 2nd step... i will wait for your reply...

As I mentioned above I am on TD6 now (TrickDroid 6), HOS S3, ICS base, S-ON (there is no S-OFF for S3 ), bootloader unlocked.
Hmm, what is MID? I haven't heard of it before..
I will follow your guide once I get an answer for this simple question

AW: (GUIDE) RESTORE JB HBOOT 3.06 TO STOCK AFTER CUSTOM ROM ONE S C2 (villec2) !!
I have a One s with cid vodap102 and Android 4.0.3 can i Flash on this way Android 4.1 Euro stock rom on my One s ?
Sent from my HTC One S using xda app-developers app

xantan said:
I have a One s with cid vodap102 and Android 4.0.3 can i Flash on this way Android 4.1 Euro stock rom on my One s ?
Sent from my HTC One S using xda app-developers app
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u can try but most probably u cant
Make a backup before doing

AW: (GUIDE) RESTORE JB HBOOT 3.06 TO STOCK AFTER CUSTOM ROM ONE S C2 (villec2) !!
Im testing this
Sent from my HTC One S using xda app-developers app

Yes it will work because this method is also tricking the custom recovery so that ota can be installed
Sent from my HTC One S using xda app-developers app

Mid is the model of device so if yours is one s s3 don't worry about mid,
Sent from my HTC One S using xda app-developers app

Yes you can it update you to 4.1.1 just download the right ota for your device specifically the right ota for your cid
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I read the guide and I barely understood how it works, but my question would be this:
Im on CID BSTAR301 (yeah, Latinamerican fked up CID stuck on 4.0.3) and if I change some of the code of a RUU.zip file (with other updated CID), would it work on my device? Is there any way to cheat the RUU to make it work on others CID? I think this could be possible, it's just some editable files, I hope this could work because I don't wanna be stuck on 4.0.3 while others Villec2 are with official JB

krlwarrior said:
I read the guide and I barely understood how it works, but my question would be this:
Im on CID BSTAR301 (yeah, Latinamerican fked up CID stuck on 4.0.3) and if I change some of the code of a RUU.zip file (with other updated CID), would it work on my device? Is there any way to cheat the RUU to make it work on others CID? I think this could be possible, it's just some editable files, I hope this could work because I don't wanna be stuck on 4.0.3 while others Villec2 are with official JB
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sorry i am bad in english...but the method up is working...ill help you..first download your OTA for your CID..then tell me when you got it
you can find yours here http://splanet.info/

The problem is that my CID is not in the list, BSTAR301... I want to use other RUU because there is no RUU for my CID Can we cheat on other RUU file?

krlwarrior said:
The problem is that my CID is not in the list, BSTAR301... I want to use other RUU because there is no RUU for my CID Can we cheat on other RUU file?
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no you cant cheat the RUU but can cheat the OTA update,even if you dont have the the correct OTA it will install but first you need to be unlock via HTCDEV and you got to have twrp custom recovery

When trying to flash the firmware, mine says "remote: 44 hboot version check fail" I have hboot 3.01.0000 :| Any ideea why?

bubert said:
When trying to flash the firmware, mine says "remote: 44 hboot version check fail" I have hboot 3.01.0000 :| Any ideea why?
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you are not htc dev unlocked?

HTC One S Arabic JB update
Hi,
I bought an HTC One S from Dubai(Arabic Region) and I am using it in India right now. I have not yet received the JB update for the phone.
I was able to find the OTA files for the JB Update to the One S for the Arabic Region here -
splanet.info/
My CID is HTC_J15 as given by the CID Getter app.
I booted into the bootloader and got the following information -
***Locked***
VilleC2 PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.09.0001
RADIO-16.05.20.24_M
OpenDSP-v05.6.0.2226.00.0418
eMMC-boot
May 10 2012, 17:19:49
This was followed by the HBoot, FastBoot, Recovery. Factory Rset, SIMLock, Image CRC and Show BarCode options.
Can you guide me as to how I can install the JB update?
Please bear with me as I am a noob.
Thanks.

sshray said:
Hi,
I bought an HTC One S from Dubai(Arabic Region) and I am using it in India right now. I have not yet received the JB update for the phone.
I was able to find the OTA files for the JB Update to the One S for the Arabic Region here -
splanet.info/
My CID is HTC_J15 as given by the CID Getter app.
I booted into the bootloader and got the following information -
***Locked***
VilleC2 PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.09.0001
RADIO-16.05.20.24_M
OpenDSP-v05.6.0.2226.00.0418
eMMC-boot
May 10 2012, 17:19:49
This was followed by the HBoot, FastBoot, Recovery. Factory Rset, SIMLock, Image CRC and Show BarCode options.
Can you guide me as to how I can install the JB update?
Please bear with me as I am a noob.
Thanks.
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first thing first you need to have htc dev unlock boot loader http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader select "all other supported models" then follow the on screen instruction then after that go back here....

[Q] OTA Updates on rooted, 111111, s-off, custom rom devices?

I have a couple questions.
I am on the 1.16 hboot with cid111111 and s-off unlocked tampered. twrp and maximus rom.
I finally did super cid and s-off on my one-s. Shortly after I recieved a notification that ota update 3.16.401.8 (612.27 mb) was available.
I was wondering if it would even work if i attempted to update. or would i have to update manually. Or would it brick it.
The main reason i would want to update is because the JB Sense roms just dont seem to run smoothly on my phone.
I was thinking this would update everything so the custom roms run smoother.
And Should i even update my hboot. does it make a difference.
I would usually be against it(ive had to downgrade other phones before).

Never take an OTA if you are on a custom rom with a custom recovery. Especially if you have SuperCID, unless you want a paperweight. If you want that OTA, you need to get you original CID, flash stock recovery, relock bootloader, then flash an RUU for your carrier.

impostle said:
Never take an OTA if you are on a custom rom with a custom recovery. Especially if you have SuperCID, unless you want a paperweight. If you want that OTA, you need to get you original CID, flash stock recovery, relock bootloader, then flash an RUU for your carrier.
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Ok. ill look into that. sounds easy enough. last time i tried to update, i couldnt because of my cid. now i guess since there is an official t-mob i can do it?
You cant flash an ruu with super cid?
Oh and also, Once i update my hboot am i able to install the older ICS roms like maximus. thats just the most stable one i have found for my particular phone.
One more. Will i be able to restore my cid with s-off

ruu update
i relocked, then changed my cid to HTC__001
I triedto update via ruu exe file. but i got an error 155.
Im not sure how to update via the zip of the ruu. if its possible.
Also cant find any instruction or files for the original recovery.
I will try to install ota. hopefully i dont end up with a new frisbee.
If i were to extract the framwork.zip frim the ruu zip then install it via fastboot. would that give me the latest hboot. then maybe i could install the updates.

myphonesbetter said:
i relocked, then changed my cid to HTC__001
I triedto update via ruu exe file. but i got an error 155.
Im not sure how to update via the zip of the ruu. if its possible.
Also cant find any instruction or files for the original recovery.
I will try to install ota. hopefully i dont end up with a new frisbee.
If i were to extract the framwork.zip frim the ruu zip then install it via fastboot. would that give me the latest hboot. then maybe i could install the updates.
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If you update your Hboot that kind makes it more difficult to flash custom roms. You should just find a nice custom jellybean rom, there are some good ones out there.

impostle said:
If you update your Hboot that kind makes it more difficult to flash custom roms. You should just find a nice custom jellybean rom, there are some good ones out there.
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updating your hboot makes no significant difference (its a myth that its more difficult to flash custom roms on a later hboot).
im on latest hboot and can flash all things i want.
and if your device is S-off dont bother to relock your device/reinstall stock recovery. It will get overwritten anyways.
only thing important is to change the cid. you can always install a older hboot if s-off
have you tried the ruu.exe while in fastboot-usb?

real187 said:
updating your hboot makes no significant difference (its a myth that its more difficult to flash custom roms on a later hboot).
im on latest hboot and can flash all things i want.
and if your device is S-off dont bother to relock your device/reinstall stock recovery. It will get overwritten anyways.
only thing important is to change the cid. you can always install a older hboot if s-off
have you tried the ruu.exe while in fastboot-usb?
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When I said it was more difficult I meant it was more work, having to flash the boot.img separately. If you are on a lower Hboot you don't have to do that. Also if you are going to suggest he do S-Off you should at least give him a warning about some of the issues people have ran into after doing it.
EDIT: Thats what I get for watching too many threads, I miss stuff.

impostle said:
When I said it was more difficult I meant it was more work, having to flash the boot.img separately. If you are on a lower Hboot you don't have to do that. Also if you are going to suggest he do S-Off you should at least give him a warning about some of the issues people have ran into after doing it.
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he is already S-off. (see first post)
but anyways, if you dont do research before you do something, and it fuks up your device, its still gonna be your own fault.
what issues your talking about?

real187 said:
he is already S-off. (see first post)
but anyways, if you dont do research before you do something, and it fuks up your device, its still gonna be your own fault.
what issues your talking about?
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I saw a thread about people losing 3g/4g data after an S-Off.
With S-Off you are made in the shade, you can downgrade your Hboot just by running the appropriate RUU. But you have to change your CID back to what is was before you try to flash the RUU.

impostle said:
I saw a thread about people losing 3g/4g data after an S-Off.
With S-Off you are made in the shade, you can downgrade your Hboot just by running the appropriate RUU. But you have to change your CID back to what is was before you try to flash the RUU.
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I have seen the tread. But im scepitical, because if it really was only because of the s-off more people should have it. Might be hardware related.
Eh you do not have tot change back your Cid to original (if its a branded Cid the ruu still wont run), just a valid HTC Cid.
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He could flash from recovery or fastboot flash any hboot he wants with s-off. No RUU needed for downgrade or upgrade. That's only needed to go back to stock for warranty purposes.
@myphonesbetter
If you want the red warning text overlay to be gone as well choose any of the files here and flash it within recovery. S-Off needed to do so!
To remove ***Tampered*** as well download hboot 1.140004. You will need to come from a lower hboot version so if you're already on >1.140004 flash one <1.140004 first.
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You can lock/unlock your phone as well by flashing. Read more in [how to] reset your lock status flag. Also it's in the Droid DNA forums it's valid for One S. Remember: You need s-off for this to work.
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You can change your CID pretty simple on rootet devices. Just enter fastboot mode and type:
'fastboot oem writecid HTC__001'
Reboot bootloader then. You can find a collection of HTC ONE S CID's here

^^^^^Very helpful post. thank you. I wouldve never found that.
When you run the ruu .exe, do you have to be in fastboot or in android? The install app told me just to turn the phone on so i figured it would automatically go into bootloader. but it did nothing at all to my phone and gave me an error 115.
When i tried the ota it tells me that I am runnning an altrered OS and i will have to install it a different way.
Sorry for the easy questions. but i just cant seem to find any threads that say how to. I found the ruu and a zip of the ruu. but not how to install it.
The best sense rom has instructions on flashing a newer hboot. .but i want to install a completely stock rom.

myphonesbetter said:
^^^^^Very helpful post. thank you. I wouldve never found that.
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guess you run out of thanks, no?

Never even noticed the thanks meter. I have more of a direct thank you approach.
I tried to flash the ruu .exe in fastboot. and it actually rebooted into the black htc screen, so i figure thats the way to do it.
Unfortunately I got another error. image error (159) use the correct rom and flash again.
I am attempting to flash 3.16.401.8 onto hboot 1.16 (relocked) i am s-off and i changed my cid to HTC__001 via fastboot.
Is there another way. or can i flash the zip in twrp or cwm? Again i just want an oem jelly bean with the proper hboot and radio and everything that the OTA would change. so i can be up to date before i move on to the JB roms.
Ive tried all of the custom ones, and the wifi cuts in and out. i used the wifi partition fix. and i flashed the latest radio. nothing helped for more than a few hours.

don't know what to say; normally you can flash whatever rom you want without problems;
guess 99% of users here did it.
however I can not understand what do you want to be full stock? warranty problems?

ultimul said:
don't know what to say; normally you can flash whatever rom you want without problems;
guess 99% of users here did it.
however I can not understand what do you want to be full stock? warranty problems?
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Yah thats usually how it works for me. if it works for 99% of people with one step. ill have to do it manually with 20 steps. I guess its made me learn alot about adb and fastboot. I could never get adb to work untill i upgraded to windows 7 recently. until then i had to exract everything to my sdcard via terminal emulator and then drag it to my computer form the card and modify things. but ive been forced to learn quite a bit.
Its weird. I bought my phone off of craigslist from someone who had no idea how to root. But when i opened it into hboot it said Tampered and locked. with no signs of ever being unlocked. completely stock rom and no red warning text on the splash screen.
The reason i want to be stock it so i know all the correct partitions and everything are set up right. (that part i dont understand yet).
I know that a normal system wipe in twrp or cwm doesnt wipe everything. If i wipe and install the same rom i am using(just to clear it up and start over) it doesnt even wipe the app data. (at least on my phone)
Im thinking that its because i am installing a euro rom with a HTC__001 cid and mine was originally TMUS T-MOB010 .
one thing i noticed also is that windows could not verify either of the ruus i downloaded from shppied roms
How do i flash the ruu.zip that i downloaded? Do i need to rename it update.zip like the older phones? Its been a while.

Ok so i know im pretty much helping myself here but i hate when i come across threads with no conclusion.
I was able to succesfully update with the t-mob 2.35 ruu .exe thats on shipped roms .com so i know its not a problem with my computer.
still on hboot1.14 (thought i was on 1.16).
I changed my cid back to t-mob010.
Im just not sure why i cant update with the htc__001 with the 3.16 update.
Any help would be appreciated.

Ahh, things go on here! Nice! :laugh:
It's not quite clear if the RUU is the right one on this phone as many people report problems... So let's go OTA.
To flash the 3.16 OTA update your hboot needs to be < 2.15, your recovery needs to be the HTC stock one , your device needs to be relocked (not totally shure as mine wasn't at that time and it worked, but please remember that) and you need to have HTC stock system/ and stock data/ (ICS) files on your phone (you'll have to unroot as well, if rootet), as the OTA seems to check if certain files are present before working.
All that is quite a pain in the ass, isn't it?! So do one the following:
- Just make shure your bootloader version is lower 2.15, else flash a lower one.
- Click here and you'll have access to one of my google drive folders.
- Download the 2.31 zip. Unpack and copy these nandroid backup files into the appropriate TWRP folder on your phone, reboot into recovery and restore. Once done, you'll be able to flash the 3.16 OTA update after reboot. Remember to change CID before if you're on 11111111.
- Or download the 3.16 zip, unpack and restore. You'll have stock htc sense JB without the OTA. You don't even need to downgrade your bootloader in case. CID doesn't matter here.
- To root simply download SU_Bbox file and flash in recovery.
Important: With the JB update HTC invented disk write protection by default. This simply means that files deleted within stock sense JB will be back after rebooting the phone, also root was granted and working (still grats to htc for this one!!!). Check out for elemental x kernel at this point, as flar2 is the one offering additional modules for the stock kernel working around this. So you can be on stock JB as close as possible with write protection disabled.
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I nearly forgot: If you're experiencing WiFi troubles afterwards search for flashing wifi partitions.
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myphonesbetter said:
I was able to succesfully update with the t-mob 2.35 ruu .exe thats on shipped roms .com so i know its not a problem with my computer.
still on hboot1.14 (thought i was on 1.16).
I changed my cid back to t-mob010.
Im just not sure why i cant update with the htc__001 with the 3.16 update.
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Cause you're on 2.35 US. You need to be on 2.31 EU before, because 3.16 is EU and there is still no JB update to 2.35 US. 3.16 OTA will work with htc__001 (htc worldwide).

The OTA determined my OS was modified.
I could not restore the folder i took directly out of the zip.
There was a folder inside the folder that contained the same files. I was able to flash this.
My hboot is still at 1.14 my cid is not htc--001 relocked. the update was 650 mb of which i could not use wifi for becauese it just said error.
so 650 mb through tmobile. only took a few minutes but used almoast half of my months dl limit.
IDK. i found instructions on how to update the hboot in best sense roms thread. i will try that.
Edit: the restore for 3.16 worked in twrp. shouldve tried that first.
I may still update my hboot. I cant really find any instructions. Apparently the search just finds every thread and lists it.

If you are on the latest TWRP 2.4.3.0 go back to 2.4.1.0 (the latest one seems to have restore problems).
The folder contained in the zip needs to be copied to /TWRP/BACKUPS/HT23whatever/
You should be able to restore then.
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hehe, ok then.
You can flash any of these hboots from within TWRP. Up or down, it doesn't matter - you're s-off.
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CID should be HTC__001 not htc--001. Maybe a typo.