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[Q] Shipped ROM flash question?

Ok, I have a TMOUS branded Sensation. I wanna try this shipped ROM, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074559 but I am unsure. I don't know if you need an S-OFF or you can just rename and it work? Anybody shed some light?

Which ROM, all that link does is go to a page full of them!
You can only flash ROMs that have TMOUS in the title at present. With other devices a gold card could be used to flash another version but this isn't working any more with the newer HTC handsets
This is the latest T-Mobile US RUU:
RUU_Pyramid_TMOUS_1.29.531.2_Radio_10.42.9007.00P_10.11.9007.15_M_release_193714_signed.exe

EddyOS said:
Which ROM, all that link does is go to a page full of them!
You can only flash ROMs that have TMOUS in the title at present. With other devices a gold card could be used to flash another version but this isn't working any more with the newer HTC handsets
This is the latest T-Mobile US RUU:
RUU_Pyramid_TMOUS_1.29.531.2_Radio_10.42.9007.00P_10.11.9007.15_M_release_193714_signed.exe
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OK, thank you for the info I read that whole thread while waiting for an answer. Yeah everyone on the thread said the same thing too. Thanks, I am currently running the latest TMOUS one right now.

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

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

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

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

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

Told you it was somewhere! I'm going to upload it to MultiUpload so people have a choice of download location
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda premium

Flash radio?

I just did the downgrade from 2.00 to 0.98 and S-off
Now I have to flash a new rom (I would try ics)
I have to update the radio?
Now is the old version(20.28b.30.0805U_38.03.02.11)
if I flash it, should I first flash the rom or radio?
which can I use, from ota or from ruu?
sorry for english

losenti said:
I just did the downgrade from 2.00 to 0.98 and S-off
Now I have to flash a new rom (I would try ics)
I have to update the radio?
Now is the old version(20.28b.30.0805U_38.03.02.11)
if I flash it, should I first flash the rom or radio?
which can I use, from ota or from ruu?
sorry for english
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No, you don't need a new radio for ICS - this is not samsung. As a general rule, don't play with the radio unless absolutely necessary.
It's risky business, and the benefit is not worth the potential hazard.
Cheers
EDIT : As a general piece of friendly advice, I would suggest you flash stable GB ROMs and play around for a bit before jumping into the world of beta ICS ROMs. Get a feel of the stable stuff before you spoil your flashing experience with random reboots and system freezes at the onset.

losenti said:
I just did the downgrade from 2.00 to 0.98 and S-off
Now I have to flash a new rom (I would try ics)
I have to update the radio?
Now is the old version(20.28b.30.0805U_38.03.02.11)
if I flash it, should I first flash the rom or radio?
which can I use, from ota or from ruu?
sorry for english
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which country do you llve?...and on which network?
I'd recommend the radio that I'm on (see my signature)
But to back up what has just been said, don't bother changing radios unless you experience issues.

thanks for advice
p.s.: I'm from Italy, H3G network

losenti said:
thanks for advice
p.s.: I'm from Italy, H3G network
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The reason why I asked is so that you can get a local user from the same location hopefully on the same network to recommend you a radio rather than someone on the other side of the planet
Sent from my Desire S using xda premium

i would also higly recommend flashing the 2.00.2002 ENG HBOOT here.
it helps with the post sense 3.0 ROMS as they need the new partition table created by this HBOOT

xxmorph3u5xx said:
i would also higly recommend flashing the 2.00.2002 ENG HBOOT here.
it helps with the post sense 3.0 ROMS as they need the new partition table created by this HBOOT
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If he's already s-off on hboot 0.98.xxxxx, won't flashing the eng hboot 2.00.2002 return the device to *locked*?
Sent from my HTC Desire S

xxmorph3u5xx said:
i would also higly recommend flashing the 2.00.2002 ENG HBOOT here.
it helps with the post sense 3.0 ROMS as they need the new partition table created by this HBOOT
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I disagree I'd flash the ENG 98.2 hboot instead.....as that works fine....unless you intend to flash a stock sense 3.0 rom all of the customs work on either.
I know that I'm on the later one, but I can't be bothered to downgrade

ben_pyett, if i may could i please ask you to take a look at my question
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1649212
and just give me some advise on it please? i was wondering if flashing a new radio would solve the issue and im on t mobile, which ive assumed your on with having the t mobile in your avatar .

leono1 said:
ben_pyett, if i may could i please ask you to take a look at my question
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1649212
and just give me some advise on it please? i was wondering if flashing a new radio would solve the issue and im on t mobile, which ive assumed your on with having the t mobile in your avatar .
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Hello as it happens I believe that I've already come across your question and commented on it.
You shouldn't really go off-topic in someone elses thread like you just did, you could always use PM to identify your thread to me, or wait until your thread is answered.

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

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

If this is a question, then why you post in on development section?
Sent from my One S using Tapatalk 2

blackwing182 said:
If this is a question, then why you post in on development section?
Sent from my One S using Tapatalk 2
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If this was your answer, then why did you bother to do it? I'm trying to get this working, but first I need to know if is possible or if someone already tryed it before a brick my phone.

flashing hboot manually is impossible as much as I know

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

[Q] Update hboot and firmware?

After some extensive searching both in and out of XDA, I couldn't find exactly what I was looking for. So if the information has already been posted, please cut me some slack - I did do some leg work first before posting.
I am currently on hboot 1.09 and have s-off, running ViperXL (Sense based ROM). I was wanting to flash some of the new ROMs with the 3.4 kernel which all require 1.14 hboot and 3.18 firmware. While I was looking for instructions I did stumble into some threads where people have bricked their phones flashing the 3.18 firmware updates and etc so that gave me some cause for alarm.
Bottom line...I couldn't find any exact instructions on how to update the firmware and hboot with steps to insure I don't bork my phone. If anyone's got a link or care to help me out I'd appreciate it.

You're s-off so you should be fine. The cases where users have bricked their phones happened they were SuperCID and s-on and ran an RUU, bad idea.
Is your phone an att model? Or Rogers? Or an unlocked Hong Kong version?
Sent from my Evita

sm753 said:
After some extensive searching both in and out of XDA, I couldn't find exactly what I was looking for. So if the information has already been posted, please cut me some slack - I did do some leg work first before posting.
I am currently on hboot 1.09 and have s-off, running ViperXL (Sense based ROM). I was wanting to flash some of the new ROMs with the 3.4 kernel which all require 1.14 hboot and 3.18 firmware. While I was looking for instructions I did stumble into some threads where people have bricked their phones flashing the 3.18 firmware updates and etc so that gave me some cause for alarm.
Bottom line...I couldn't find any exact instructions on how to update the firmware and hboot with steps to insure I don't bork my phone. If anyone's got a link or care to help me out I'd appreciate it.
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S-OFF stickied in original android dev section
And then RUU with the latest RUU for your carrier.
Tim beat me to it.

timmaaa said:
You're s-off so you should be fine. The cases where users have bricked their phones happened they were SuperCID and s-on and ran an RUU, bad idea.
Is your phone an att model? Or Rogers? Or an unlocked Hong Kong version?
Sent from my Evita
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ATT model, thanks!

In that case, you can use this RUU:
http://dl3.htc.com/application/RUU_..._10.130.32.34_release_signed_With_Partial.exe
Sent from my Evita

exad said:
S-OFF stickied in original android dev section
And then RUU with the latest RUU for your carrier.
Tim beat me to it.
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You mostly answered my question in the information contained in your signature.
That's skill :good: Thanks!

timmaaa said:
In that case, you can use this RUU:
http://dl3.htc.com/application/RUU_..._10.130.32.34_release_signed_With_Partial.exe
Sent from my Evita
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Thanks timmaaa