Ok so I unlocked with the Official HTC Bootloader unlock tool. I have been trying to find the answer to my question of what else needs to be done before I can Rom the thing. I have been reading and everyone just seems to be arguing whether or not you need S-OFF in order to put a rom on the phone.
So please... Someone give me a straight answer. What else Do i need to do before I can load a custom rom on the phone. I went through tall of the official unlock stuff and its unlocked. Now what?!?!
First you need CWM. Then just flash the zip of your ROM
Swyped from my HTC Sensation
Thanks man for the response. Thats what i thought needed to happen but wasnt sure. Off to rom I go!
Still having trouble
Well i went to the dev section and tried to follow the steps to installing CWM and I'm getting an error. Im thinking I might need to do the HBOOT steps too. Im going to try that next. I just dont want to break my 3 day old phone.... ya know.
You can't install CWM or any other ROM if you enabled s-off with the HTC dev tool. You can only do it if you use revolutionary.
RonnyT24 said:
Well i went to the dev section and tried to follow the steps to installing CWM and I'm getting an error. Im thinking I might need to do the HBOOT steps too. Im going to try that next. I just dont want to break my 3 day old phone.... ya know.
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almostinsane said:
You can't install CWM or any other ROM if you enabled s-off with the HTC dev tool. You can only do it if you use revolutionary.
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With the Sensation this is no reason not to use revolutionary and get true S-OFF.
But if you want to continue down the HTC Unlocked path, you may want to visit the Evo 3G forum. There are some excellent threads and discussion on how to get into ClockworkMod using the HBOOT method. For some of the folks over in Evo 3G land, the latest HBOOT that was released for their HTC Unlock OTA has rendered Revolutionary useless because it disabled the root exploit, so they have no choice.
But if I were you, go with Revolutionary for permanent S-OFF/Nand unlock.
I hope I am not posting where I am not supposed to, but I desperately need help. I am a noob and have managed to brick my inspire, or at least that's my guess. I can still get in to hboot, but when I select recovery, nothing happens. This all started after trying to use the htc boot unlocker. My screen shows the following when in hboot
*** UNLOCKED ***
ACE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0029
MIROP-0438
RADIO-26.10.04.03_M
eMMC-boot
Dec 22 2011,14:28:19
I have tried loading the stock images using the PD98IMG.zip files that I have found throughout the site, but nothing seems to be working. Please help, or if you can point me to someone that can I would greatly appreciate it. I hate to be a pain, but I don't know what else to do.
dalton42503 said:
I hope I am not posting where I am not supposed to, but I desperately need help. I am a noob and have managed to brick my inspire, or at least that's my guess. I can still get in to hboot, but when I select recovery, nothing happens. This all started after trying to use the htc boot unlocker. My screen shows the following when in hboot
*** UNLOCKED ***
ACE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0029
MIROP-0438
RADIO-26.10.04.03_M
eMMC-boot
Dec 22 2011,14:28:19
I have tried loading the stock images using the PD98IMG.zip files that I have found throughout the site, but nothing seems to be working. Please help, or if you can point me to someone that can I would greatly appreciate it. I hate to be a pain, but I don't know what else to do.
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YOUR PHONE IS NOT BRICKED. The term bricked means that your phone is a useful as a brick, i.e. if you can get into HBOOT, it's not bricked.
Gotta ask though, why did you not use the Hack Kit as its the only reliable method to root, my advice to you sir is when this gets cleared up READ AND EDUCATE YOURSELF before you really do brick your phone.
If you have a SDcard reader, pop out the SDcard and place one of the PD98IMG stock ROMs on your SDcard. From here you can reboot into HBOOT with the sdcard in your phone and HBOOT should pick up the PD98IMG and flash a working stock ROM. From here, you can root with the Hack Kit...
This will help you, read it and do what the stock ROM option...if you can get into HBOOT
I have tried doing that, it says loading image, then parsing, then goes back to the hboot screen, it doesn't say press volume up to update or anything else as I have read in many other posts. Am I doing something wrong? As far as not using the hack kit, I didn't really stumble on that until after it was to late, sure wish I had found it in the first place. Guess if I could just get it back to factory, I would accept that doing this isn't for me and not mess with it again. I am good at following directions, but nothing I have tried seems to work.
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I have tried doing that, it says loading image, then parsing, then goes back to the hboot screen, it doesn't say press volume up to update or anything else as I have read in many other posts. Am I doing something wrong? As far as not using the hack kit, I didn't really stumble on that until after it was to late, sure wish I had found it in the first place. Guess if I could just get it back to factory, I would accept that doing this isn't for me and not mess with it again. I am good at following directions, but nothing I have tried seems to work.
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is the file named exactly "PD98IMG.zip"..you may also want to check the hide extension option to be sure its not hiding the .zip because if it is and you renamed it to "PD98IMG.zip" with the hide extension on, the phone will read it as "PD98IMG.zip.zip" and you would get that error.
haha and yeah man, we've all been there...I don't want to discourage you man, rooting is such an awesome experience and the hack kit is a pretty straight forward process, if you do the research and take the time to understand what you're doing, but lets see if we can help you out here first. I had the same issue you're having when I tried to flash a radio (same PD98IMG method you're trying to use) and it turned out to be the hide extension issue.
I had also verified that as well, I went under tools, folder options, view tab, scrolled down to hide extensions for known file types and unchecked... And, everything was correct, just verified to be on the safe side.
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I had also verified that as well, I went under tools, folder options, view tab, scrolled down to hide extensions for known file types and unchecked... And, everything was correct, just verified to be on the safe side.
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hmm, so its named PD98IMG.zip caps and everything? If its not working you m ay have to get a stock RUU and run it through fastboot..
This is why you should educate yourself first. You do not need to unlock the bootloader from the HTC dev site. Now you could flash the the stock ruu from the PC and then use the hack kit. Check the stickies in the Inspire general section for more help.
Sent from my HTC Inspire 4G using Tapatalk
I understand that I should have been a little more educated first now, but I thought I had everything in order, thats what thinking gets me... I have tried running the stock ruu, but it gives the following error.
ERROR[155]: UNKNOWN ERROR
The ROM Update Utility cannot update your Android phone.
Please get the correct ROM Update Utility and try again.
I did notice the Image version the program shows is on the phone is 3.13.0.0, and it is trying to put 2.47.502.7 on the phone... Is this the problem? If so, whats the solution, I am so lost now its not even funny.... I apologize everyone.
dalton42503 said:
I understand that I should have been a little more educated first now, but I thought I had everything in order, thats what thinking gets me... I have tried running the stock ruu, but it gives the following error.
ERROR[155]: UNKNOWN ERROR
The ROM Update Utility cannot update your Android phone.
Please get the correct ROM Update Utility and try again.
I did notice the Image version the program shows is on the phone is 3.13.0.0, and it is trying to put 2.47.502.7 on the phone... Is this the problem? If so, whats the solution, I am so lost now its not even funny.... I apologize everyone.
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Dalton, lock your bootloader again. Boot into fastboot and plug the phone. You will see fastboot usb at the top. Then plug your phone and open cmd session. Once there type fastboot oem relock. Once that is done, try flashing the .exe file in the HTC site (original GB update), making sure that you have HTC Sync installed.
If that fails, then I would try using the HACK Kit to gain S-OFF and root. You will then be able to revert to stock or flash a custom rom...
Had a similar problem when using aahk my own fault and I took care of it. Long winded, so short of it, are you trying to install through
1. hboot or 2. on the computer using HTC rom update?
I ended up trying 2. But ended up using aahk to finish.
HTC update errored out and the recovery portion would not work, just in a boot loop on HTC logo
This was good news as aahk could take over on USB during that HTC green letters white background.
I'd suggest reading the effen manual run the tool to get it up and going, figure out what you want to do. I've used it to return to stock with s off before go back into roms.
So look at those options know what you want and then power on the phone USB connected and during HTC screen enter your number the kit should take over and give you what you asked it.
That should give you a working rom image.
--will'm
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willm98G97B said:
Had a similar problem when using aahk my own fault and I took care of it. Long winded, so short of it, are you trying to install through
1. hboot or 2. on the computer using HTC rom update?
I ended up trying 2. But ended up using aahk to finish.
HTC update errored out and the recovery portion would not work, just in a boot loop on HTC logo
This was good news as aahk could take over on USB during that HTC green letters white background.
I'd suggest reading the effen manual run the tool to get it up and going, figure out what you want to do. I've used it to return to stock with s off before go back into roms.
So look at those options know what you want and then power on the phone USB connected and during HTC screen enter your number the kit should take over and give you what you asked it.
That should give you a working rom image.
--will'm
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He won´t be able to use the Kit if the bootloader is unlocked. HE MUST RELOCK Bootloader...then run the Kit...It´s worth mentioning that...
True, never ran htc s unlock option.
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Thanks A MILLION!!!
Thank you all for your time, finally got it working again, with stock firmware. Think I may wait a while before messing with this again. I really do appreciate the help, without you all, I would have a nice expensive paper weight....
dalton42503 said:
Thank you all for your time, finally got it working again, with stock firmware. Think I may wait a while before messing with this again. I really do appreciate the help, without you all, I would have a nice expensive paper weight....
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Glad you have it back....yeah you'd better read and make sure what are about to do it and of course what risks are involved before making a move....
Dalton,
I would suggest following glevitan's and willm's assertion of getting s-off and root to use custom roms. Custom roms are WAY better than anything HTC has to offer, and much easier to install, if you have an issue warranty wise, you can always return to stock. Just make sure you know how to flash correctly, search for it and you will find easy instructions, and if memory serves, a youtube video which helped me greatly.
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Thank you all for your time, finally got it working again, with stock firmware. Think I may wait a while before messing with this again. I really do appreciate the help, without you all, I would have a nice expensive paper weight....
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Can you tell me the which firmware or send me a link.I have a same problem
If you are using AT&T branded cell then go to the htc.com site and in the support section of the inspire you will find it. Otherwise, you will find stock roms in the general section of this forum
Sent from my Inspire 4G using XDA
glevitan said:
If you are using AT&T branded cell then go to the htc.com site and in the support section of the inspire you will find it. Otherwise, you will find stock roms in the general section of this forum
Sent from my Inspire 4G using XDA
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I am having a bootloader error with stock ro.(error 140)
How can i fix it
ydnbngl said:
I am having a bootloader error with stock ro.(error 140)
How can i fix it
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if you have unlocked the bootloader then relock it...then run it again.
glevitan said:
if you have unlocked the bootloader then relock it...then run it again.
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It is relocked and ship s-on
Well Im going to quickly explain my way I rooted the new hboot (NOT S-OFF)
In all my time trying all methods I found a couple that did things for me.
First was the all in one kit http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...-mytouch-4g-slide-amaze-4g-rezound-and-vivid/
this I used to unlock boot loader and have a recovery img
but it didnt want to root my phone. So i tried other things like the bear wire method which i wouldnt rec. and came across a thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1508556&page=3 that said "how to flash ics with s-on" and it was pretty simple so i tried it and it flashed a ics rom and when I went into the it was rooted! Su granted and all.
With that said I hope this can help people who want a little change until a s-off method comes about but this is a whole lot to work with for now.
Thanks to everyone and I hope this helps.
I have :
Doubleshot pvt ship s-on rl
hboot- 1.45.0013
microp-0353
emmc-boot
now running PYROS ics rooted
homeboy773 said:
Well Im going to quickly explain my way I rooted the new hboot (NOT S-OFF)
In all my time trying all methods I found a couple that did things for me.
First was the all in one kit http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...-mytouch-4g-slide-amaze-4g-rezound-and-vivid/
this I used to unlock boot loader and have a recovery img
but it didnt want to root my phone. So i tried other things like the bear wire method which i wouldnt rec. and came across a thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1508556&page=3 that said "how to flash ics with s-on" and it was pretty simple so i tried it and it flashed a ics rom and when I went into the it was rooted! Su granted and all.
With that said I hope this can help people who want a little change until a s-off method comes about but this is a whole lot to work with for now.
Thanks to everyone and I hope this helps.
I have :
Doubleshot pvt ship s-on rl
hboot- 1.45.0013
microp-0353
emmc-boot
now running PYROS ics rooted
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That is fantastic news!
Can you post any pics / screens?
Anyone else can confirm it?
I see a thank you from yellowjacket1981 - have you follow these steps and now you indeed have rooted Pyros ICS too on a locked MT4Gs with s-on and hboot-1.45.0013 ???
MT4GS said:
That is fantastic news!
Can you post any pics / screens?
Anyone else can confirm it?
I see a thank you from yellowjacket1981 - have you follow these steps and now you indeed have rooted Pyros ICS too on a locked MT4Gs with s-on and hboot-1.45.0013 ???
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I rooted my boyfriend's phone and put bulletproof on his phone. He has that hotboot. I will post screenshots when he gets here later today.
yellowjacket1981 said:
I rooted my boyfriend's phone and put bulletproof on his phone. He has that hotboot. I will post screenshots when he gets here later today.
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Cool, thanks!
Unlocking through htcdev and then installing recovery and superuser.apk will give you root permissions....not hard to root anymore. If you want s-off it is a bit more tricky but even with s-on you can flash roms just have to do kernel seperately
beezie916 said:
Unlocking through htcdev and then installing recovery and superuser.apk will give you root permissions....not hard to root anymore. If you want s-off it is a bit more tricky but even with s-on you can flash roms just have to do kernel seperately
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What about "wire trick" to get s-off on top of this procedure?
MT4GS said:
What about "wire trick" to get s-off on top of this procedure?
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I did the trick and worked first time for me but others have had more issues...like I said a bit more complicated to et s-off but root is very easy thanks to htcdev now
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What about "wire trick" to get s-off on top of this procedure?
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I did the wire trick also. It took me about 10-15 times for it to actually work though. The 0.4 version of the program worked with me. Just takes patience and truly following instructions. Now I don't have to flash ONLY at my computer anymore. So glad of that!
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I did the wire trick also. It took me about 10-15 times for it to actually work though. The 0.4 version of the program worked with me. Just takes patience and truly following instructions. Now I don't have to flash ONLY at my computer anymore. So glad of that!
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Hey what did it show for you? When u did the trick did it go fastboot then to the loading screen again? And what happened to your sd card? Mine is basically garbo now.
Also can u quick link for the 0.4 version for me.
Thanks.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA
homeboy773 said:
Hey what did it show for you? When u did the trick did it go fastboot then to the loading screen again? And what happened to your sd card? Mine is basically garbo now.
Also can u quick link for the 0.4 version for me.
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For me, the first couple times I tried it the response was always something different (from it saying things like "couldn't find bar" to "connect device" even though it was connected). I asked around a little but since it was still kind of experimental there was no definite answer for much of anything. When I got ver 0.4 a few of the same errors happened but not as much. For some reason I found that restarting my computer and then running the program worked. Every time I did it went further in the ControlBear program, then finally when I did the wire trick the phone rebooted but not into fastboot, it just stayed at the boot animation logo while the program finished its work. I think the results vary for everyone...My SD card did crash but I was able to restore it with the info Indirect posted. It was an extra card tho, I keep them laying around.
Ok so heres the link. I still have it ---> Ver 0.4
help please
i bought a mytouch 4g slide on amazon and ive been trying to root my phone it says in fastboot LOCKED s-off. i tried to load clock work mod and it wont let me can anyone please give me information on my situation. and what to do or where to go from here. on my computer it wont recognize my device for me to be able to complete the process in the command prompt it just says waiting for device and my computer says device not working. ive searched and search and search and i cant find anything on my situation. please help
kingkyle14 said:
i bought a mytouch 4g slide on amazon and ive been trying to root my phone it says in fastboot LOCKED s-off. i tried to load clock work mod and it wont let me can anyone please give me information on my situation. and what to do or where to go from here. on my computer it wont recognize my device for me to be able to complete the process in the command prompt it just says waiting for device and my computer says device not working. ive searched and search and search and i cant find anything on my situation. please help
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Good day, and welcome to XDA!
What is the OS on your PC? Windows, Mac, Linux, or something else? Which drivers have you tried? I had good luck in the past with the adbsetup package, but your mileage may vary.
Hope this provides a good start.
Ok, so I have been trying to unroot my thunderbolt and put it back to stocked gingerbread so that my company can not tell i fiddled with it. I read the step by step guides on how to unroot but here is my current situation in boot loader my phone says
Revolutionary
Hboot-6.04.1002
mecha xd ship s-off
microp-/
RADIO - 1.49.00.0406w_1
emm-boot
First i flashed the RUU of gingerbread so now the phone is stocked. But i cant turn S- ON And i noticed that every ones guides has lower radio then mine and peaple have hboot 1.04.0000 but i have 6.04.1002... what am i doing wrong?
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Ok, so I have been trying to unroot my thunderbolt and put it back to stocked gingerbread so that my company can not tell i fiddled with it. I read the step by step guides on how to unroot but here is my current situation in boot loader my phone says
Revolutionary
Hboot-6.04.1002
mecha xd ship s-off
microp-/
RADIO - 1.49.00.0406w_1
emm-boot
First i flashed the RUU of gingerbread so now the phone is stocked. But i cant turn S- ON And i noticed that every ones guides has lower radio then mine and peaple have hboot 1.04.0000 but i have 6.04.1002... what am i doing wrong?
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Try this guide: http://forums.androidcentral.com/th...ow-root-unroot-thunderbolt-revolutionary.html
chromium96 said:
Try this guide: http://forums.androidcentral.com/th...ow-root-unroot-thunderbolt-revolutionary.html
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Problem solved, thanks man, you saved me ALOT of stress. I also stumpled on a nifty all in one root program gor gingerbread, so this problem wont ring up again. but again, thank you.
Hey everybody,
after updating to JB with the official RUU found here, the gps is not working properly.. i find it very annoying.
so i decided to downgrade the hboot and try to run the ICS ruu..
i read the tutorial found here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1990043
but it says not to do that if the JB RUU was used.
the question is - is there any other way to downgrade the hboot? and which hboot version do i need?
thanks!
Yossi
You should follow these instructions for getting s-off on your phone then.
It's way more comfortable and can easily be undone than the method you linked to.
Before we had s-off I downgraded a couple of times by bricking/unbricking my device. I was successful, even after the JB OTA with super-cid, maybe I was just one of the lucky ones. Idk.
If you decide for bricking/unbricking, the downgraded bootloader version on your S4 (you're shure about that?) should not be higher but 1.06 or 1.09. Else it's useless.
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You should follow these instructions for getting s-off on your phone then.
It's way more comfortable and can easily be undone than the method you linked to.
Before we had s-off I downgraded a couple of times by bricking/unbricking my device. I was successful, even after the JB OTA with super-cid, maybe I was just one of the lucky ones. Idk.
If you decide for bricking/unbricking, the downgraded bootloader version on your S4 (you're shure about that?) should not be higher but 1.06 or 1.09. Else it's useless.
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I can second that. I've downgraded and sent s off. S off wasn't as scary as I thought. It was actually easier than downgrading.
Good luck.
Sent from my HTC One S using xda app-developers app
I ran the JB RUU and my GPS isn't working right either. When I previously updated to JB via OTA, the GPS worked. Have you tried just running the RUU again? Maybe that will fix it.
thanks for your reply!
why do i need s-off? what is the next step after doing so?
and are you sure that it it is more safe than following the guide i attached?
thanks!
Yossi
You should do a search on s-off. It switches off the security flag on the phone and simply said it allows you to flash whatever you want on your phone to any partition on your phone. Bootloader version will be of no importance anymore as it simply overrides it...
Downgrading your bootloader is a complicated process, transferring a new bootloader in very little chunks on your phone via the integrated modem using linux. All clear so far?! :laugh:
Compared to all that, facepalm s-off is really easy... and much more efficient. Downgrading bootloader was/is a pain in the ass. I'm glad this is depracted by the s-off.
thanks all!
i know about S-OFFing from my old desire, but thanks for your explanation.
i guess i should try running the RUU again before.
Was on the Desire before the One S. :good:
Jep - RUU is pretty good to go. Just keep away from the TMO US JB OTA. This one might make it impossible to s-off your phone, as it might write protect the partition for s-cid.
so.. i followed the instructions - rooted my phone, changed to supercid and all..
but the S-OFF failed :\ i followed the instructions but when i rebooted to fastoot it's still "VLE PVT SHIP S-ON"
should i try to do that again? isn't it risky?
Please be more specific - what were you doing when what failed?
Else: repeat it until it works!
everything worked - i have a rooted phone with super-cid.
i followed the instructions and it seems like everything went according to the instructions. but it wasn't successful since i still see "S-ON" on fastboot.
are you sure i can do this again?
Very shure. I had some issues as well with my data connection and had to repeat that a couple of times.
yossif89 said:
i followed the instructions and it seems like everything went according to the instructions. but it wasn't successful since i still see "S-ON" on fastboot.
are you sure i can do this again?
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At step 5 you MUST get the error 'remote 92 supercid' and not 'remote 99 unknown'.
If you get 99, the first thing to try is just power down completely, wait a few seconds, boot back into fastboot and try again. If that doesn't fix it, I don't know really but read around the facepalm thread, search for '99'.
thanks!
meanwhile i've read a lot and tried again - the problem is "error 99" and not 92..
i'm trying to fix it..