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Hello XDA members
I was wondering, when the new android sandwich comes out, and you got a rooted and S-off HTC sensation. But not custom rom. What will happen to the root and S-off when you update to the new android sandwich?
Thanks
Want to know too ahehhe
We'll lose root but keep S-OFF I'd imagine
Cool, thanks for the answer
I have perm-rooted my Sensation and i was wondering when the new official update from HTC comes out will i be able to install it automatically like when i was not rooted or because i am S-Off it will not let me?
Thanks
i could be wrong but no you wont be able to perform an ota update. im only saying this because the last ota update failed because the update looks for the stock recovery in order to update the system. seeing that you are rooted i assume you have cwm installed and if this ota update does indeed look for the stock recovery than it will fail. the only way around this is to either instal a stock ruu and lose root or instal the stock recovery and again lose root. either way you are gonna lose root.
Could you give me a link where there is a guide to install the stock recovery?
TheStigx said:
Could you give me a link where there is a guide to install the stock recovery?
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If you check the development forum, there's a thread which has shipped roms in it. Flash one to restore stock recovery.
Panagiotis. said:
I have perm-rooted my Sensation and i was wondering when the new official update from HTC comes out will i be able to install it automatically like when i was not rooted or because i am S-Off it will not let me?
Thanks
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Depends. If you're just running the original rom which came on your phone but rooted, it should still allow ota updates, but you'll lose root (but keep s-off). If you're on a custom rom you won't receive an ota.
To OP, if you ran an ruu or ota of ice cream sandwich, as eddy says, you'll lose root but remain s-off. That said, a custom ics rom will probably come out weeks/months before an official HTC update
Well, when we got the RUU, we can extract and repack to our rooted ROM
It should be this if i am right ? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074559
satanevil said:
Well, when we got the RUU, we can extract and repack to our rooted ROM
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That's true, but we'll see aosp ics roms long before we have sense skinned ones, as cyanogen et al don't need to spend months porting frameworks.
TheStigx said:
It should be this if i am right ? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074559
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That's the one
BTaylor927 said:
Depends. If you're just running the original rom which came on your phone but rooted, it should still allow ota updates, but you'll lose root (but keep s-off). If you're on a custom rom you won't receive an ota.
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Yes I am running the stock rom so I will receive the pta update. I know that I will lose root in every scenario if I install the stock ROM one way or another.
Thanks.
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So i just flash one of these roms, without deleting cache or doing a reset ?
not entirely true. i was rooted on stock rom when the last ota rolled out. i tried installing it but it failed. i did a lil search here and found a few people mentioned that it failed due to cwm and they also mentioned that you should try flashing back the stock recovery. i tried that and it installed successfully. easy way to get the stock recovery is to instal the correct ruu of your rom. but as we all know it wipes out everything off your phone. i did find this guide which the stigx has asked for (sorry buddy didnt see you there ) which shows you how to extracted the stock recovery off of the ruu and than flash it back to your phone.
check here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1228648
Divine flaw said:
not entirely true. i was rooted on stock rom when the last ota rolled out. i tried installing it but it failed. i did a lil search here and found a few people mentioned that it failed due to cwm and they also mentioned that you should try flashing back the stock recovery. i tried that and it installed successfully. easy way to get the stock recovery is to instal the correct ruu of your rom. but as we all know it wipes out everything off your phone. i did find this guide which the stigx has asked for (sorry buddy didnt see you there ) which shows you how to extracted the stock recovery off of the ruu and than flash it back to your phone.
check here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1228648
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But if I need to follow your guide i have to have the OTA update file,w hich haven't comet out yet. What do i Do? It seems so hard to remove root and custom recovery :'(
But thank for your answer !
well the general idea is to get your stock recovery back without losin your data. so really all you need to do is flash your stock recovery reboot your phone and check for updates. if updates are available: system>about phone>check for updates, download the update and install. it shouldnt fail cause you have stock recovery instead of cwm. in short just do the top part of the guide and skip the rest cause you dont have the updates file on your computer.
So if i do step 1-12 I will have normal phone? Just like I started or do i still keep root?
Thank you so much for your hep !
TheStigx said:
Could you give me a link where there is a guide to install the stock recovery?
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You can also use this software to install the stock recovery. that way you don't loose settings by installing RUU
TheStigx said:
So if i do step 1-12 I will have normal phone? Just like I started or do i still keep root?
Thank you so much for your hep !
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yes you do 1-12 but you keep root. the only difference is that you will no longer have cwm for flashing, back up, and all other goodies. but once you run the ota and it installs you lose root.
but have a look at the link frederikh just posted. seems alot better than the current method. im reading over it now
Thanks for the answers!
I think i will go with the link frederikh gave me But God bless you Divine! Thank you for your help !
I just wanted to make sure that I understood the process of returning my phone to stock before I make a mistake.
All I've done since I purchased the phone was root it and unlock the bootloader. I have not loaded any custom roms.
So If I understand this correctly I need to:
1) Flash the Stock Image (which should include the stock recovery?)
2) Use fastboot to lock the bootloader
The reason I'm wanting to return the phone to stock is to receive OTA updates. I never use any apps requiring root, and don't plan on loading any custom roms.
I never did find a 2.3.4 stock image for the I9020A..
you should actually be able to get ota updates no problem. it'll just remove root every time you update.
it's probably not a good idea to lock the bootloader though cause if you ever want to unlock it again in the future you'll have to wipe everything from your phone. your best bet is to just flash stock recovery so you can install the update
i'm pretty sure that works, but hopefully someone else can verify just so you don't get some bad information lol
I heard the same thing about OTA updates. If you're phone is rooted and you're using the original rom, you'll get the update but you'll have to root your phone once again.
I haven't tried this myself so I cannot verify it.
It's just the word on the street, you know!
EraqEE said:
I heard the same thing about OTA updates. If you're phone is rooted and you're using the original rom, you'll get the update but you'll have to root your phone once again.
I haven't tried this myself so I cannot verify it.
It's just the word on the street, you know!
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you need stock everything, so stock kernel, rom, radio, etc... the op should be fine to update if they flash stock recovery though. rooting is simple from there
dmuntean said:
I just wanted to make sure that I understood the process of returning my phone to stock before I make a mistake.
All I've done since I purchased the phone was root it and unlock the bootloader. I have not loaded any custom roms.
So If I understand this correctly I need to:
1) Flash the Stock Image (which should include the stock recovery?)
2) Use fastboot to lock the bootloader
The reason I'm wanting to return the phone to stock is to receive OTA updates. I never use any apps requiring root, and don't plan on loading any custom roms.
I never did find a 2.3.4 stock image for the I9020A..
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where can i find a method to return a phone thats unlocked and rooted? any help would be appreciated.
Sent from my Inspire 3G.
bdpyo said:
where can i find a method to return a phone thats unlocked and rooted? any help would be appreciated.
Sent from my Inspire 3G.
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I would like to do the same, I have a Fido/ATT I9020A and I'm having a hard time finding a stock nandroid backup to restore my phone with...
Anyone?>
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Sent from my Inspire 3G.
Here is stock 2.3.4 (GRJ22) with UCKD1 Radio & KA3 Bootloader.. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7812800/Stock-GRJ22-i9020A-unsigned.zip Flash via ClockworkMod Recovery (due to it being unsigned zip)
I extracted and packaged it from my i9020a (and tested it on there).
how do you recomend flashing?
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bdpyo said:
how do you recomend flashing?
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Sorry forgot to add that to post... since its unsigned you need to flash via ClockworkMod Recovery.
kibmcz said:
Sorry forgot to add that to post... since its unsigned you need to flash via ClockworkMod Recovery.
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Thanks kibmcz ! I'm a n00b when it comes to this but when you say flash via ClockworkMod you mean get into clockwork recovery mount the usb, transfer the zip onto the SD card and then <<Install from zip>> ?
Is that the method?
davis2k said:
Thanks kibmcz ! I'm a n00b when it comes to this but when you say flash via ClockworkMod you mean get into clockwork recovery mount the usb, transfer the zip onto the SD card and then <<Install from zip>> ?
Is that the method?
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Yep that method works
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Yep that method works
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Thanks again kibmcz, so I just completed the flash, then did a fastbook oem lock.
Seems to be working fine except for one thing...
When I go into settings and hit Sound I get a Force close when I try and select a new ringtone...
Should I try reflashing again?
davis2k said:
Thanks again kibmcz, so I just completed the flash, then did a fastbook oem lock.
Seems to be working fine except for one thing...
When I go into settings and hit Sound I get a Force close when I try and select a new ringtone...
Should I try reflashing again?
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Didn't happen on mine (In fact im using a self rooted rom based on that exact stock zip) try doing a wipe in stock recovery.
after flashing that does it take it back to out of box condition?
reason i ask is because i bought a already rooted and unlocked one here from market place and i want to return it to stock firmware, radio, kernel and such to recieve OTA updates and what not.
your info is greatly appreciated
Sent from my Inspire 3G.
bdpyo said:
after flashing that does it take it back to out of box condition?
reason i ask is because i bought a already rooted and unlocked one here from market place and i want to return it to stock firmware, radio, kernel and such to recieve OTA updates and what not.
your info is greatly appreciated
Sent from my Inspire 3G.
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Using my zip yes... it flashes Bootloader, Radio, Boot, System and on first boot (and any other time recovery changes) Recovery is flashed. All you got to to is lock the bootloader and that wipes user data and usb storage.
hey man i appreciate you coming forward with a solution, ive yet to recieve the phone but wanted to prepare.
my goal is to flash everything back to stock and start completly over whereas i have no clue what method was originally used to root and unlock the bootloader.
when the time comes hope you dont mind a PM if i have any extra questions.
Sent from my Inspire 3G.
Just did the method using the stock ROM provided by kibmcz "thanks BTW!"
Phone is back to stock, working like it did when I first bought it. Had a little trouble with some Force Close issues but did a factory reset/data clear of the cache and all that before re-flashing, and it seems to be working Vanilla!
bdpyo said:
hey man i appreciate you coming forward with a solution, ive yet to recieve the phone but wanted to prepare.
my goal is to flash everything back to stock and start completly over whereas i have no clue what method was originally used to root and unlock the bootloader.
when the time comes hope you dont mind a PM if i have any extra questions.
Sent from my Inspire 3G.
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Great and thanks DM all you want i don't mind. Oh and i now got stock 2.3.6 (GRK39F) uploaded.
Code:
[B][URL="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7812800/Stock-GRK39F-I9020a-unsigned.zip"][B]Android 2.3.6/GRK39F/UCKF1 Radio/KA3 Bootloader[/B][/URL][/B]
Works on: I9020A
Unofficial, unsigned, must flash through ClockworkMod Recovery. Contains recovery, radio and bootloader.
kibmcz said:
Great and thanks DM all you want i don't mind. Oh and i now got stock 2.3.6 (GRK39F) uploaded.
Code:
[B][URL="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7812800/Stock-GRK39F-I9020a-unsigned.zip"][B]Android 2.3.6/GRK39F/UCKF1 Radio/KA3 Bootloader[/B][/URL][/B]
Works on: I9020A
Unofficial, unsigned, must flash through ClockworkMod Recovery. Contains recovery, radio and bootloader.
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So all I have done to my nexus s is root and cwm and kernel. I can do the ota to 2.3.6 or flash your package?
Running build GTJ61 and I9020AUCKE1 2.3.4 stock.
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It looks like we got our Christmas present a little early!
This is the rooted 8.6.5.21 rom. I just added su and Superuser. It does not overwrite recovery or the bootloader, so it should play nicely with razorclaw. Regardless, flash at your own risk. If in doubt, don't flash it.
This is the full rom, not the update. It is not deodexed, and it might even have carrier iq installed???!!! I only added root.
https://rapidshare.com/files/3982037990/hc_86521.zip
b9620eedb98fc18437cb73d7f4543030 hc_86521.zip
Edit: US version
Merry Christmas!
Is it 3.2 or ics?
smcabete said:
Is it 3.2 or ics?
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hehe Honeycomb.
Awesome, thanks.
How does the US version compare to the UK one?
Also do I have to somehow flash to a .19 stock then root to flash this? (I haven't got mine yet).
The US rom has 25% more Android! magic in it. There might be other differences as well.
The newer tablets will be locked, so you have to root through .19.
sent from my cyanogen(mod) vision
cwm required to flash ?
nevermind, it does
I have a question. Say I have a B60 that was rooted via apx. I can't update. If I were to flash this rom, will I lose all my apps, data, etc.?
Actually, anyone has a cwm flashable zip for this update?
goodintentions said:
I have a question. Say I have a B60 that was rooted via apx. I can't update. If I were to flash this rom, will I lose all my apps, data, etc.?
Actually, anyone has a cwm flashable zip for this update?
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This is the cwm flashable zip. It only flashes the system and boot, so data and recovery are untouched.
As far as not being able to update, I'm not sure what that means without more details.
sent from my cyanogen(mod) vision
What does this update do
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gee one said:
This is the cwm flashable zip. It only flashes the system and boot, so data and recovery are untouched.
As far as not being able to update, I'm not sure what that means without more details.
sent from my cyanogen(mod) vision
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The OP clearly says this is a rom, not just the update. Actually, here's his exact words.
This is the rooted 8.6.5.21 rom. I just added su and Superuser. It does not overwrite recovery or the bootloader, so it should play nicely with razorclaw. Regardless, flash at your own risk. If in doubt, don't flash it.
This is the full rom, not the update. It is not deodexed, and it might even have carrier iq installed???!!! I only added root.
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It means how it sounds. I can't seem to OTA update while rooted. I rooted via apx. B60. The update process always ends up with an exclamation point next to an android, meaning it can't update.
Apologies for my ignorance.
Are you saying that when I flash this rom, all my apps and data will be left untouched?
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The OP clearly says this is a rom, not just the update. Actually, here's his exact words.
It means how it sounds. I can't seem to OTA update while rooted. I rooted via apx. B60. The update process always ends up with an exclamation point next to an android, meaning it can't update.
Apologies for my ignorance.
Are you saying that when I flash this rom, all my apps and data will be left untouched?
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Yes it they will be in touched
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ckoadiyn said:
Yes it they will be in touched
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Please forgive me for not understanding you too well. English isn't my first language.
Could you rephrase your sentence?
goodintentions said:
Please forgive me for not understanding you too well. English isn't my first language.
Could you rephrase your sentence?
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All of your apps will still be there and you will have root still
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goodintentions said:
The OP clearly says this is a rom, not just the update. Actually, here's his exact words.
It means how it sounds. I can't seem to OTA update while rooted. I rooted via apx. B60. The update process always ends up with an exclamation point next to an android, meaning it can't update.
Apologies for my ignorance.
Are you saying that when I flash this rom, all my apps and data will be left untouched?
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Got it- you can't update via the OTA. This will flash through clockworkmod recovery (or any non-stock recovery) and you will have a stock .21 system as if you had upgraded via the OTA from a stock .19 rom. System apps will be updated, but data and recovery will be unchanged.
If you are getting an exclamation point, it sounds like you have the stock recovery. You would need to install clockworkmod or some other recovery first.
I hope that's clear. Lastly, this is the US version.
sent from my cyanogen(mod) vision
gee one said:
This is the rooted 8.6.5.21 rom. I just added su and Superuser. It does not overwrite recovery or the bootloader, so it should play nicely with razorclaw. Regardless, flash at your own risk. If in doubt, don't flash it.
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Just for interest: can you tell more how you did make this rom ?
After successful flash I'm still showing .19 firmware version. Any ideas as to why?
Me too.. but i`ll try again ...... nope stilll the same... i noticed that it updates pretty quick in cwm.... i guess it doesnt update at all... maybe you missed something when you added the christmas wishes
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After successful flash I'm still showing .19 firmware version. Any ideas as to why?
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griefman said:
Me too.. but i`ll try again ...... nope stilll the same... i noticed that it updates pretty quick in cwm.... i guess it doesnt update at all... maybe you missed something when you added the christmas wishes
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Try mounting your system partition, then flashing. It does take a few minutes and the progress bar will seem a bit slow or stuck.
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gls9 said:
Just for interest: can you tell more how you did make this rom ?
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I started with the OTA and then unzipped it. There is a blob and a bunch of patches. I unpacked the blob and made the boot.img/blob.LNX insecure, and repacked this into boot.img. then I took the patches and applied them to the stock system. This is the tricky part because I used a script to parse the updater-script to generate two scripts. The first one would identify and copy all the files that are scheduled to be patched. I then transfered all the files and the second script to my transformer. On the device, I ran the second script with applies that patch using the same binary that the recovery uses. The output from this all goes back to my computer where the patched files are re-united with the files that did not require a patch. Now, in the home stretch, I added Superuser.apk and the su binary. I adjusted the updater script to set permissions correctly for those two additions and added a little holiday cheer. Finally, I zipped up the whole thing and signed it.
The reason for doing it this way is that I can "apply" the ota to a copy of the system, rather than the system I have installed on my TF. It sounds complex and convoluted, but it really takes about 30 mins to an hour.
sent from my cyanogen(mod) vision
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Try mounting your system partition, then flashing. It does take a few minutes and the progress bar will seem a bit slow or stuck.
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Please forgive my ignorance. I just want to be sure. Is the following right?
Boot into cwm. Mount system partition. Back out and flash rom.
Is that right?
I found out that it is possible to gain root access in an 'unrootable' update, IF you are S-OFF, by flashing ClockworkMod thru the bootloader, and then flashing Superuser thru ClockworkMod. I found out that this worked on the G2, as described here by rdmerck:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1206930
So all i did was replace the android_info.txt and the recovery.img in his zip, with the ones for our device. I just tried it, and it worked! i have Superuser access in the new 1.55.531.3 ROM.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Pretty simple...
1. Download the 2 attached files, put them both on the root of your sdcard, and rename the CWM_HBOOT.zip to PG59IMG.zip.
2. Boot into the bootloader however you prefer, let it read the PG59IMG.zip, and press volume up to update when prompted. When it finishes, it will prompt you to press Power to reboot.
3. Now boot into recovery however you prefer, and it should be ClockworkMod(I used the Modaco 4.0.0.9 version, basically because i had it conveniently lying around in .img format. I'm sure Rom Manager could now be used to flash the latest 5.0.2.7 version of CWM). Choose 'install from sdcard', then 'choose zip from sdcard', then choose the Superuser-3.0.7-efgh-signed.zip and choose 'yes'. As has happened in the past, i had to flash it 3 times until it successfully installed. But it did work.
4. Choose to reboot, and enjoy root access on the latest stock ROM!
I figure a lot of people probably won't need all that instruction, but i included it for people who are newer to flashing stuff thru the HBOOT and CWM. I also figure that the user base for this will probably be very small, as most folks who are S-OFF probably are not choosing to run the stock ROM. But anyway, if you DO have S-OFF, i wanted you to know that you can have root access on the latest update. I figure this will also enable us to make nandroid images of the new ROM, if that would help development at all.
Anyway, here are the 2 files:
ClockworkMod: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18474790/CWM_HBOOT.zip
Superuser: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18474790/Superuser-3.0.7-efgh-signed.zip
Note:
-This worked for me and should work for you, but use at your own risk.
-You must be S-OFF to do this.
-Hopefully this is only a temporary solution for those with S-OFF, until either Team Revolutionary cracks the update, or HTCDEV fixes whatever is preventing their bootloader unlocker tool from working on our device.
Using HTC Supertools v3 Will Temp(Prep)Root, get S-Off.
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Litesorrows said:
Using HTC Supertools v3 Will Temp(Prep)Root, get S-Off.
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is that right? is that a new development? and it works on the new update? if so, that's awesome.
yogi2010 said:
is that right? is that a new development? and it works on the new update? if so, that's awesome.
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HTC Supertools has been out for a while. IDK, I got S-Off and Root on my Brothers DS. I got S-Off first, then ran the root exploit.
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Great work, Yogi. Worked beautifully!
HebrewToYou said:
Great work, Yogi. Worked beautifully!
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Awesome. My thanks go to rdmerck for the idea!
Nice bro! I may put this in Mr Root as another way to Root
xmc wildchild22 said:
Nice bro! I may put this in Mr Root as another way to Root
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Yeah man, sounds good. I mean, perhaps this will be helpful to at least a few people, lol. It's an interesting and very simple idea tho... probably useful mainly on stock HBOOTs where fastboot is blocked, but S-OFF had been attained.
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HTC Supertools has been out for a while. IDK, I got S-Off and Root on my Brothers DS. I got S-Off first, then ran the root exploit.
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Will it work on a updated mt4gs which hasnet obtained s off?
sent from my ice cream sandwhich MT4GS
Guess I will give this a shot later today.
how do i upgrade to the latest OTA if i'm already on a rooted stock ROM?
psychedel!k said:
how do i upgrade to the latest OTA if i'm already on a rooted stock ROM?
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Well, since nobody has made a custom rom with the latest OTA bits, you will have to do what I did:
You'll need to downgrade yourself with the stock PG59IMG.zip, putting that file (found here) on the root of your sdcard and booting into the bootloader.
That will basically return your phone to stock and, IIRC, revert your status to S-OFF Locked. Then you'll need to boot up and check for system updates. You'll definitely be given the first small OTA update, but you very likely wont receive the latest OTA update via system updates.
For that you'll need to download it (from here) and flash it through the stock recovery. Once you've done that you can use the instructions in this thread to re-flash clockworkmod recovery and re-root.
Your phone will still be S-OFF but you'll have a locked bootloader.
Still can't figure out what I need to do to root my phone. That's on hboot 1.45.0013
Guess I might have to wait til Revo find a fix for it.
Hotshot205 said:
Still can't figure out what I need to do to root my phone. That's on hboot 1.45.0013
Guess I might have to wait til Revo find a fix for it.
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Are you s-off?
No my phone is not
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HebrewToYou said:
Your phone will still be S-OFF but you'll have a locked bootloader.
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so does that mean i won't be able to restore a custom rom image?
psychedel!k said:
so does that mean i won't be able to restore a custom rom image?
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Since you're S-OFF, you could flash ClockworkMod on the update and then flash a custom ROM, but I believe that would leave you with an old ROM and the new radio, which seems to have caused issues for people. Since there aren't yet any custom ROMs based on the latest update, you should probably stay where you are if you want a custom ROM. But if you do install the update, you would still be able to downgrade and get back to where you are now.
Wonder how long it will/could be before revo crack the current HBOOT
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psychedel!k said:
how do i upgrade to the latest OTA if i'm already on a rooted stock ROM?
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You could run this ROM, which is based on the latest OTA release from HTC, so no OTA updates are needed. It is optimized, deodexed, and tweaked just a tad. I use it as my daily driver with great success. http://rootzwiki.com/topic/12063-devrom12192011-stock-12853110-r2-deodexed-crtgpu/
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You could run this ROM, which is based on the latest OTA release from HTC, so no OTA updates are needed. It is optimized, deodexed, and tweaked just a tad. I use it as my daily driver with great success. http://rootzwiki.com/topic/12063-devrom12192011-stock-12853110-r2-deodexed-crtgpu/
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I think possibly we've been thru this before, lol, but that ROM isn't the very latest... there has been a pretty big update since then that thus far is only available as an official OTA update package.
Hi, I have been flashing a lot of roms after getting ics. But there was never a situation where I needed to go back to stock to get OTA again. Here is a few questions,
1. If I flash a stock rom now, will I get the OTA? Where do I get completely stock rom?
2. Will I lose root and if I do, do I have to go through the same procedure again to root?
3. I've been hearing about flashing root patch, is it a zip file which can be installed from recovery when I'm on stock?
It would be nice if someone explain how to go from any rom to stock jelly bean with root.
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Of you do not know use rom manager to return to stock. If you like a check flash 2.3.3. You will receive the OTA for 4.0.4 immediately...
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This is easy, but you'll lose root. (you do know that rooting the Nexus S takes only 1 minute, that isn't a big deal. About getting back to stock, browse the Nexus S general section looking for a post that says something like that "all OTAs for all models". There you'll find an 4.0.3 official, signed, zip file. Just flash the correct file for your nexus S model, the signed zip contains recovery, bootloader, kernel, etc. After that, root the phone again (nexusshacks.com has an easy ICS root video) install CWM and flash CWM recovery. When you connect the phone to the Internet you'll should be prompted to update it to 4.0.4 via OTA. If you're not, wait a few moments or reboot the device. You're done, just wait for official jelly bean!!
Hope I've helped.
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alexfiorani said:
This is easy, but you'll lose root. (you do know that rooting the Nexus S takes only 1 minute, that isn't a big deal. About getting back to stock, browse the Nexus S general section looking for a post that says something like that "all OTAs for all models". There you'll find an 4.0.3 official, signed, zip file. Just flash the correct file for your nexus S model, the signed zip contains recovery, bootloader, kernel, etc. After that, root the phone again (nexusshacks.com has an easy ICS root video) install CWM and flash CWM recovery. When you connect the phone to the Internet you'll should be prompted to update it to 4.0.4 via OTA. If you're not, wait a few moments or reboot the device. You're done, just wait for official jelly bean!!
Hope I've helped.
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So, this way I wont lose my apps right? Even if I flash the OTA of jellybean as a .zip file and if i root it again, I can get the apps back with titanium backup i guess.
alexfiorani said:
This is easy, but you'll lose root. (you do know that rooting the Nexus S takes only 1 minute, that isn't a big deal. About getting back to stock, browse the Nexus S general section looking for a post that says something like that "all OTAs for all models". There you'll find an 4.0.3 official, signed, zip file. Just flash the correct file for your nexus S model, the signed zip contains recovery, bootloader, kernel, etc. After that, root the phone again (nexusshacks.com has an easy ICS root video) install CWM and flash CWM recovery. When you connect the phone to the Internet you'll should be prompted to update it to 4.0.4 via OTA. If you're not, wait a few moments or reboot the device. You're done, just wait for official jelly bean!!
Hope I've helped.
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I think it's not correct,if you flash Cwm,the ota package will not be able to self-install cause it works only with stock recovery.
To recieve otas you need to have all stock,especially recovery.
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(THE REAL) Neo said:
I think it's not correct,if you flash Cwm,the ota package will not be able to self-install cause it works only with stock recovery.
To recieve otas you need to have all stock,especially recovery.
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I don't want to lose all my apps by flashing the Jellybean OTA zip file and having to download all of it from the store. Anyway I could do that is what I want to know.
(THE REAL) Neo said:
I think it's not correct,if you flash Cwm,the ota package will not be able to self-install cause it works only with stock recovery.
To recieve otas you need to have all stock,especially recovery.
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Then flash a completely stock rom image via fastboot. There are many guides on how to do that here.
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mixtapes08 said:
Then flash a completely stock rom image via fastboot. There are many guides on how to do that here.
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We are saying the same thing...
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MYPaT said:
i could give 4.0.3 nand backup is some one want. now uploading googledrive
i use this and later get ota 4.0.4 with wi-fi
now completly stock no recovery no root. just stock recovery 3e
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Can you give me the link? If I install it, will i lose root? But I will het ota right? Thanks in advance
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No, that isn't correct
(THE REAL) Neo said:
I think it's not correct,if you flash Cwm,the ota package will not be able to self-install cause it works only with stock recovery.
To recieve otas you need to have all stock,especially recovery.
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I flashed 4.0.3 official, signed. after that I flashed CWM recovery via adb, went to recovery, flashed superuser.zip, turned the phone on, restored my apps/titanium backup data/etc, rebooted, in about 2 minutes after the reboot I got and warning telling me about an OTA update to 4.0.4, I hit yes and the phone turned off and installed official 4.0.4.
That proved, at least to me, that its possible to get OTAs even with custom recoverys, even though the OTAs may erase the custom recovery (that didn't happened with me, because 4.0.4 is an incremental update, it doesn't have a recovery file inside it.
I'm with stock 4.0.4 and CWM recovery right now, I hope to get jelly bean official as soon as it is released.
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nitrix said:
I don't want to lose all my apps by flashing the Jellybean OTA zip file and having to download all of it from the store. Anyway I could do that is what I want to know.
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If you updated your nexus s to ICS from Gingerbread, you'll remember that you didn't lose any app nor data, so if you're on stock and flash jelly bean official OTA you wont lose anything too.
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alexfiorani said:
I flashed 4.0.3 official, signed. after that I flashed CWM recovery via adb, went to recovery, flashed superuser.zip, turned the phone on, restored my apps/titanium backup data/etc, rebooted, in about 2 minutes after the reboot I got and warning telling me about an OTA update to 4.0.4, I hit yes and the phone turned off and installed official 4.0.4.
That proved, at least to me, that its possible to get OTAs even with custom recoverys, even though the OTAs may erase the custom recovery (that didn't happened with me, because 4.0.4 is an incremental update, it doesn't have a recovery file inside it.
I'm with stock 4.0.4 and CWM recovery right now, I hope to get jelly bean official as soon as it is released.
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If you updated your nexus s to ICS from Gingerbread, you'll remember that you didn't lose any app nor data, so if you're on stock and flash jelly bean official OTA you wont lose anything too.
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You are telling me that your phone turned off,and install 4.0.4 ota?
And using what?
Clockworkmod?
I don't think so...but if it worked for you...good!:thumbup:
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MYPaT said:
yes you wil loose root and recovery too with first boot later you will get ota
i do same and now 4.0.4 and waiting google for jelly bean
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You guys realize that as soon as the OTA comes out, someone is going to take it, remove the recovery replacing scripts, deodex it and all the nifty stuff for us to flash a nearly stock ROM in a matter of hours, right? There's hardly any point going back to stock only to get the OTA straight away.
Chances are most people won't get the OTA as soon as it's available, either because of the slow download or because it will be rolled out in steps to serve it properly... *slaps forehead*
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(THE REAL) Neo said:
You are telling me that your phone turned off,and install 4.0.4 ota?
And using what?
Clockworkmod?
I don't think so...but if it worked for you...good!:thumbup:
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Well, as far as I remember it was just like that, it installed with the same background as when I first got 4.0.4 and was still unrooted. The background was the stock one, the same as when you're doing a NANbackup in CWM (an green android with the belly open).
After all this talk about recovery and OTAs I thought that maybe I was crazy, that I was saying something impossible (get 4.0.4 with CWM recovery installed), but if I remember correctly, as soon as I flashed the 4.0.3 official zip, that contains the original recovery, I plugged the phone and hit fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.0.2-crespo.img, and only after that got the OTA.
But I may be mistaken , maybe I only pushed CWM recovery after getting the 4.0.4. I don't know, but I'd bet my money on "with CWM recovery you'll get OTAs".
When the OTA come out I'll know the answer for all this questions, it will all depend on if I get it or if I don't.
Ok,let me know,when ota of JB comes out.
This can be useful for me too...:thumbup:
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polobunny said:
You guys realize that as soon as the OTA comes out, someone is going to take it, remove the recovery replacing scripts, deodex it and all the nifty stuff for us to flash a nearly stock ROM in a matter of hours, right? There's hardly any point going back to stock only to get the OTA straight away.
Chances are most people won't get the OTA as soon as it's available, either because of the slow download or because it will be rolled out in steps to serve it properly... *slaps forehead*
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+100 that's the way I do it
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me2 i think its beter to stock your phone to get the ota !!