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[Q] Update being blocked?

Hey,
[i'm new here, but i couldn't find a post with this exact problem]
I've been using my HTC Sensation rooted for about 8 months now on 2.3.4/5, and with ICS officially being released i want to update to ICS.
I do have my phone rooted but i do not have any custom roms installed.
In theory it should just update OTA to ICS but when i try to update it my phone reboots and then it gives me this image of an android mascot besides a warning mark (the image didn't work.). Is this superuser blocking the update?
Now i'm wondering what is the best way to get ICS update to work.
At this moment i don't care if i lose the root on my device.
I've been thinking about flashing it so that it would remove the root, make it S-on and remove superuser. (basically make it like it was when i bought it.) and then updating it to ICS.
Any help with my problem or on how to handle the flashing will be appreciated.

If you're rooted, download 4EXT updater, flash 4EXT recovery, flash the 3.32 firmware, then flash an ICS rom.

If i'm correct that will give me a custom rom.
And at the moment i would like to keep the rom stock because i would like all the options to work.
If i'm wrong and it will update to stock rom, then i'll give it a go.
Otherwise is there a way to update to stock rom?

You can't be rooted to flash the OTA, and you HAVE to have the stock recovery too

alright so i need to unroot the phone and somehow manage to uninstall superuser (if it doesn't uninstall with the unrooting).
So my question then is,
Is this possible to unroot the device?
Maybe someone can link me to a good tutorial ?

You need to restore stock recovery and your oringinal Rom intact ( not delete apps in the stock rom). Stock recovery can be obtained from RUU.
Or just flash New firmware and custom Rom if your phone is s-off.
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alright, can i use any vodafone stock recovery for my device?
and is there a tutorial around? for noobs like me?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193033
Guide for debranding or going back to stock.
Basically you need to download your stock RUU and go back to your original CID (if you supercided).
The guide basically covers almost all your concern in returning to stock rom and recovery.
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio

i'll give that a go tomorrow and let you guys know what happend.
[dumb noob question!! this should make my phone look like it was when it came out of the box right?]
If i'm correct i need a RUU.
Is it possible to do this tutorial using the OTA update file i got for the ICS update?

Update
So,,
After 2 days of trying to download a good RUU file.
I still don't have it, filefactory always says that the free download slots are all taken.
So i would love if someone could tell me if it is possible to just flash the update file called:
OTA_PYRAMID_ICS_HTC_Europe_3.32.401.5_R-1.50.401_release_252072fll6erqo75dsziua.zip
I would appreciate a reply telling me if this is possible or why it is not possible.

As said, you need to be on a stock unrooted rom and stock recovery.
Is your phone branded or unbranded. What RUU were you trying to download? 1.50.401.1 or else?
Also, did you supercid or not? if yes, you need to go back to original CID to get OTA.
Do not attempt do flash the OTA.zip from a custom recovery because it will fail.
I have RUU_Pyramid_HTC_Europe_1.50.401.1_R_Radio_10.58.9035.00U_10.15.9035.02_2_release_228602_signed wich is the latest GB for european unbranded devices. If this is what you are looking for, I could upload it for you. Let me know.

@kualmente
I would appreciate it if you could upload your RUU so i can use it.
As for the phone,
I still have stock rom and recovery, i only rooted it and did supercid.
So when i have a RUU file for my unbranded Sensation i can follow this toturial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193033

GkNs05 said:
@kualmente
I would appreciate it if you could upload your RUU so i can use it.
As for the phone,
I still have stock rom and recovery, i only rooted it and did supercid.
So when i have a RUU file for my unbranded Sensation i can follow this toturial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193033
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Download RUU HERE then revert back to your original cid.
Hit thanks if it helped

kualmente said:
Download RUU HERE then revert back to your original cid.
Hit thanks if it helped
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Thanks man !!!
Using your RUU, i followed the tutorial and used method 2.
Work like charm for a noob like me
I cannot tell you guys that helped me how much i would like to thank you!

GkNs05 said:
So,,
After 2 days of trying to download a good RUU file.
I still don't have it, filefactory always says that the free download slots are all taken.
So i would love if someone could tell me if it is possible to just flash the update file called:
OTA_PYRAMID_ICS_HTC_Europe_3.32.401.5_R-1.50.401_release_252072fll6erqo75dsziua.zip
I would appreciate a reply telling me if this is possible or why it is not possible.
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sure you can, if you are looking for stock rom, you can use this one, this ICS RUU from bootloader http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1581333... And please read the OP, so you will have stock looking phone.

Remove superuser after JTAG

Hi all,
I am having one issue with my AT&T HTC One X. I had my HOX rooted with CM10 installed. I unrooted it flashed at&t rom through RUU. After that (without reading enough about it) I updated my phone to JB update and got bricked. I sent out my phone to mobiletechvideos and they did an awesome job in JTAGing my phone and its running fine now with official At&t ROM ( and all its bloat) and its running on JB 4.1.1.
Now as my phone is still under warranty I wanna try taking it to the at&t device support center and get it replaced (I know its void already but I still wanna try it) The question is that I still have Superuser installed in there and I dont see any options in it to uninstall it. I also download root checker app which says that I still have root. I went into bootloader and it says LOCKED hboot 2.14. Now how can I turn it to complete stock (out of the box) without SU and root so that i can TRY to get it replaced under the warranty. Thanks!!

Isn't SU simply an application that's installed?
Not sure what they check for at the service center (probably varies depending on the person), but unrooting (possible?), locking the bootloader, and making sure that 'TAMPERED' doesn't show when booting into the bootloader is probably a good idea. Pretty sure that once they see 'TAMPERED', they'll say your warranty is hosed, and you're stuck with your current device.
Just my thoughts. I would search XDA for threads that have similar experiences and see what they have to say before attempting that, of course.

You can use ES file explorer or Root explorer to delete super user.
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so did you request for them to put jellybean back on it? i just sent my phone in but i requested for s-off while they are fixing it. i wonder if they are goin to put jellybean on mine and whether or not ill still be able to root afterwards

jrlatta said:
so did you request for them to put jellybean back on it? i just sent my phone in but i requested for s-off while they are fixing it. i wonder if they are goin to put jellybean on mine and whether or not ill still be able to root afterwards
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Yes I asked them to update ROM to 4.1.1 and thats what they did.

My phone is on JB 4.1.1 with software version 3.18
I just rebooted to bootloader and saw that its locked but its S-OFF, can I install a custom ROM? Attached is the screen shot from the bootloader

uzair_rock said:
My phone is on JB 4.1.1 with software version 3.18
I just rebooted to bootloader and saw that its locked but its S-OFF, can I install a custom ROM? Attached is the screen shot from the bootloader
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If i an reading this correctly, you have s off and supe cid. You need to unlock the boot loader but i dont know if that is possible. It is just werid they kept it locked, but it is s off. I am sure htc will see that
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I believe there is a way to trick htc dev If it will allow you to change cid. I have seen where people would change it to a rogers cid and use dev to unlock since there are no restrictions like at&t has. But I would research this carefully before any attemp is made to do it. Forget where I read it. But it might be worth looking into.
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Venomtester said:
I believe there is a way to trick htc dev If it will allow you to change cid. I have seen where people would change it to a rogers cid and use dev to unlock since there are no restrictions like at&t has. But I would research this carefully before any attemp is made to do it. Forget where I read it. But it might be worth looking into.
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Oh wow, that seems sweet. Since Rogers uses the "evita" code name. I wonder if it would also work for Telstra as well. Gonna google see. If that is the case you (or where ever you read it from) just solve a handful of mysteries for us AT&T folks.
EDIT: It's by our very own redpoint73. Amazing what a quick google can do http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671237

By now I have realized that I have root, SUID and S-OFF. But the question is how do I get my boot loader unlocked?? I need that unlocked to flash custom ROMs and radios....help needed guys.
Thanks

uzair_rock said:
By now I have realized that I have root, SUID and S-OFF. But the question is how do I get my boot loader unlocked?? I need that unlocked to flash custom ROMs and radios....help needed guys.
Thanks
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thats what i said, i was trying to understand how you have s-off, but the bootloader is locked (not re-locked)
do you have the unlock_code.bin that you first used?

uzair_rock said:
By now I have realized that I have root, SUID and S-OFF. But the question is how do I get my boot loader unlocked?? I need that unlocked to flash custom ROMs and radios....help needed guys.
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Just to to HTCDev.com and follow the bootloader unlock process. Since you have SuperCID, it will work.

uzair_rock said:
By now I have realized that I have root, SUID and S-OFF. But the question is how do I get my boot loader unlocked?? I need that unlocked to flash custom ROMs and radios....help needed guys.
Thanks
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Fastboot oem writecid 22222222
Then unlock with htcdev
If that Fastboot command doesn't work, (not sure the the bootloader needs to be unlocked for it to work) then hex edit your Cid. And then unlock with htcdev
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redpoint73 said:
Just to to HTCDev.com and follow the bootloader unlock process. Since you have SuperCID, it will work.
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I thought it didn't accept 1s anymore?
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Herc08 said:
thats what i said, i was trying to understand how you have s-off, but the bootloader is locked (not re-locked)
do you have the unlock_code.bin that you first used?
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No idea bro! I bricked my phone, then sent it to get JTAGed, I asked them to update my phone to 4.1.1 and this is what I got.

exad said:
I thought it didn't accept 1s anymore?
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Folks have been reporting still being able to use 11111111 (even after it was reported that HTC was blocking it), while others have had to change to 22222222. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason. But you're right, if 11111111 doesn't work for the OP, they should try 22222222.

So I successfully unlocked my boot loader. So now I have root, S-OFF and unlocked bootloader. The question is now I want to flash a custom ROM i.e. ViperXL. Do I need to flash boot.img first like it is with 1.14 hboot?

Not if you are s-off.
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What recovery are you using?
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Venomtester said:
Not if you are s-off.
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What recovery are you using?
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But I am on the 3.18 firmware with JB 4.1.1. I just need to flash the ROM in TWRP?

uzair_rock said:
But I am on the 3.18 firmware with JB 4.1.1. I just need to flash the ROM in TWRP?
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Since you are s-off, you can just flash in twrp as normal. You can fastboot the boot.img if you want, but it isnt necessary. So if you want to download the zip straight from your phone, you can...no pc needed. S-off is almost like a super phone...

Yes. S-Off makes its possible to flash roms without flashing boot image separately. Just flash the zip from twrp.
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Root 3.18 idea

Is there a way we can erase entire system OS, like a rooted device can using TWRP? If so after erasing system OS we can use older RUU? Afterwards then unlock bootloader and root, mission accomplished root successful. But does anyone know if you can do the erase system OS through the Command Prompt on platform-tools. If so how!? We might not be able to root 3.18 AT&T One X because AT&T are jerks but once we find a way to downgrade problem solved, maby that's the loop hole into the software I just don't know how to do it.

Wrong section
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And the answer is no ..

a box of kittens said:
Wrong section
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And the answer is no ..
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Oops sorry about that. Can a moderator move it? Also your positive it cant be done?

Techinstein said:
Oops sorry about that. Can a moderator move it? Also your positive it cant be done?
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no this is not going to work. You need root to be able to do anything like this, and this is not a way to root.

Erasing the OS wont make a difference, RUU contains everything including my grandmothers panties, not just a OS.

XsMagical said:
Erasing the OS wont make a difference, RUU contains everything including my grandmothers panties, not just a OS.
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In that case can't you I or someone brick the one x on purpose. Then use the RUU? Then root and unlock and then mission accomplished?

Techinstein said:
In that case can't you I or someone brick the one x on purpose. Then use the RUU? Then root and unlock and then mission accomplished?
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Nope BC without perm root you can only ruu to the version you were previously on.
Sent from my HTC One XL using Tapatalk 2

InflatedTitan said:
Nope BC without perm root you can only ruu to the version you were previously on.
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I used to be on ICS 1.14 then upgraded , but i tried factory reset and nothing happened. Well ruu 2.20 work to downgrade for me? Or other people with the same problem as me at least?

So you want to root your phone or downgrade from 3.18? Do you want to use CM rom or what?

jun10rocks said:
So you want to root your phone or downgrade from 3.18? Do you want to use CM rom or what?
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I want to downgrade back. Then root. If you know how thanks! As said above I hade ICS before JB then it updat
ed to 2.14 and 3.18 firmware.

Techinstein said:
I want to downgrade back. Then root. If you know how thanks! As said above I hade ICS before JB then it updat
ed to 2.14 and 3.18 firmware.
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You can't downgrade from 3.18 but some roms are based on older versions. What's wrong with 3.18?

jun10rocks said:
You can't downgrade from 3.18 but some roms are based on older versions. What's wrong with 3.18?
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if you previously had s-off before the ota then you can unlock/root/and flash i downgraded to ics 2.20 after jb update no issues

Idea but I'm no hacker so I could be very very wrong.......
Techinstein said:
Is there a way we can erase entire system OS, like a rooted device can using TWRP? If so after erasing system OS we can use older RUU? Afterwards then unlock bootloader and root, mission accomplished root successful. But does anyone know if you can do the erase system OS through the Command Prompt on platform-tools. If so how!? We might not be able to root 3.18 AT&T One X because AT&T are jerks but once we find a way to downgrade problem solved, maby that's the loop hole into the software I just don't know how to do it.
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As far as I know the only reason you can't use lower ruus is because of the hboot.(could be wrong)
Also i think you can unlock bootloader with root and maybe get twrp (might be wrong)
So use this to downgrade to 1.09 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1982442 (not sure it will work for your hboot)
then use the hboot 1.09's respective ruu.. I think 1.85.
root 1.85 then wham rooted.
But this is just a guess made by a guy who doesn't do these things. I'm honestly more of a hardware guy than software.
But the only to find out is for a guy who knows about software to tell me I'm an idiot or for you to try it one an actual xl.

Unless you're s-off you CAN NOT ruu down.... Only up my brother... OP hasn't been 100% clear if he's s-off or not....
If he has a telus or rogers phone he can unlock the bootloader without root. ATT models HAVE to have root access, if not htcdev will let you know your device isn't supported.
If you were unlocked BEFORE taking the update, should you be able to still have held on to the original unlock token you might be able to fastboot it again and unlock, fastboot twrp, flash rom or SU..... Although I can almost guarantee I'm wrong lol
If you were rooted, unlocked, and took the ota you should have bricked. So is there a chance you had s-off?
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oops forgot one thing
boss1019 said:
As far as I know the only reason you can't use lower ruus is because of the hboot.(could be wrong)
Also i think you can unlock bootloader with root and maybe get twrp (might be wrong)
So use this to downgrade to 1.09 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1982442 (not sure it will work for your hboot)
then use the hboot 1.09's respective ruu.. I think 1.85.
root 1.85 then wham rooted.
But this is just a guess made by a guy who doesn't do these things. I'm honestly more of a hardware guy than software.
But the only to find out is for a guy who knows about software to tell me I'm an idiot or for you to try it one an actual xl.
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oops i forgot makesure you have a linux installation everything you need to have is in the thread

does he want to downgrade to root? because 3.18 is rootable

jun10rocks said:
does he want to downgrade to root? because 3.18 is rootable
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As of right now 3.18 is not rootable
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Megadoug13 said:
As of right now 3.18 is not rootable
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I updated to the 3.18 update and rooted the phone or was there a newer update because I got the update about 2 weeks ago.

InflatedTitan said:
Unless you're s-off you CAN NOT ruu down.... Only up my brother... OP hasn't been 100% clear if he's s-off or not....
If he has a telus or rogers phone he can unlock the bootloader without root. ATT models HAVE to have root access, if not htcdev will let you know your device isn't supported.
If you were unlocked BEFORE taking the update, should you be able to still have held on to the original unlock token you might be able to fastboot it again and unlock, fastboot twrp, flash rom or SU..... Although I can almost guarantee I'm wrong lol
If you were rooted, unlocked, and took the ota you should have bricked. So is there a chance you had s-off?
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S-Off is the only reason i did not brick when running the 3.18 RUU on my current device also why not just hook up an otg cable with a pj83img.zip and flash a radio with a modified mainver in the android-info.txt? thats how i have meen modifying the mainver in almost every htc device since the Touch Diamond

The reason you can't wipe the whole phone is that important portions of the firmware are write-protected without s-off.
If you were s-off before, you haven't lost root, you just need to push your custom recovery back on and then flash a rooted rom.

stock rom. please help noob.

Hi guys. I have this dilema for a week now.
Well im noob for this.
I have htc one s tmobile version with jb version last week.
I try some tutorial for become rooted and unlocked bootloader with
Custom rom.
So far i completed all that. I am rooted with unlocked bootloader
With custom rom which is cm10.1 nightly ville. With s-on.
My problem is i dont back up my stock rom. And i want my one s to restore
On stock rom.
Can u help me to restore to stock rom, or can you give me link to do that?
I hope you can help me with my prob.
Thank you.

You want to flash a tmobile ruu, there's a dedicated thread which stores all ruus.
I don't remember if you need to relock before using the ruu, be sure to check that out.

nor-ric said:
You want to flash a tmobile ruu, there's a dedicated thread which stores all ruus.
I don't remember if you need to relock before using the ruu, be sure to check that out.
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I know it. He must be relocked unless he's s-off

[Q] Can't upgrade HTC One X to Android 4.2.2

Hi guys,
As you can see in the title, it's impossible for me to upgrade my HTC One X to Android 4.2.2.
I recently relocked the bootloader, to hopefully succesfully upgrade my HTC One X JB 4.2.2 OTA update..
When I boot the phone, I get the notification that the update is ready to be installed, since it has already been downloaded.
When I tap "Install update", my phone turns off and immediately boots into fastboot, without being connected with a usb to the computer or so.
My question is;
How can it be that everytime I try to install the update, my phone boots into fastboot (bootloader)?
Thanks in advance

You don't have stock recovery installed?
Ota on modified phones is risky.
Are you on the correct stock ROM, correct firmware, s-off and supercid?
I would not attempt ota unless it was after ruu.
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How do I RUU exactly??
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twistedddx said:
You don't have stock recovery installed?
Ota on modified phones is risky.
Are you on the correct stock ROM, correct firmware, s-off and supercid?
I would not attempt ota unless it was after ruu.
Sent from my One X using xda app-developers app
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How do I RUU exactly? I don't know what s-off means, and supercid or something. Could you give some further explain, please?
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What ROM were you on when you tried to use the OTA?
If you don't know what SuperCID, RUU, and s-off mean I would strongly suggest you do some research before attempting to do anything else to your phone. Trying these things without a proper understanding could lead to you bricking your phone.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
What ROM were you on when you tried to use the OTA?
If you don't know what SuperCID, RUU, and s-off mean I would strongly suggest you do some research before attempting to do anything else to your phone. Trying these things without a proper understanding could lead to you bricking your phone.
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It's just crazy, because I'm on my stock rom.. Can it be possible it's because of the root files which are still in a file somewhere on my phone..??
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It's not that crazy, while you may have been on a stock ROM, having SuperCID and s-on while running an update are a sure fire way for something to go wrong.
But, if you don't have the stock recovery installed (you still have TWRP/CWM) it just won't work. Simply relocking the bootloader won't achieve anything. You need to make sure you have the stock recovery, but before all that you need to check your s-on/s-off status, and your CID.
Or you could just flash the stock 4.2.2 ROM that's in our development section, it's gonna be exactly the same as doing this update but without any of the hassle.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
It's not that crazy, while you may have been on a stock ROM, having SuperCID and s-on while running an update are a sure fire way for something to go wrong.
But, if you don't have the stock recovery installed (you still have TWRP/CWM) it just won't work. Simply relocking the bootloader won't achieve anything. You need to make sure you have the stock recovery, but before all that you need to check your s-on/s-off status, and your CID.
Or you could just flash the stock 4.2.2 ROM that's in our development section, it's gonna be exactly the same as doing this update but without any of the hassle.
Sent from my Evita
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I already relocked my bootloader. I absolutely don't know how to s-off, still after 2 hours of Googling. What else?
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timmaaa said:
It's not that crazy, while you may have been on a stock ROM, having SuperCID and s-on while running an update are a sure fire way for something to go wrong.
But, if you don't have the stock recovery installed (you still have TWRP/CWM) it just won't work. Simply relocking the bootloader won't achieve anything. You need to make sure you have the stock recovery, but before all that you need to check your s-on/s-off status, and your CID.
Or you could just flash the stock 4.2.2 ROM that's in our development section, it's gonna be exactly the same as doing this update but without any of the hassle.
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Okay, so my CID is:
(bootloader) DEBUG: cid: HTC__E11
OKAY [ 0.106s]
finished. total time: 0.107s
I read somewhere that I have to change it to 1111111 to achieve SuperCID?
And I'm currently S-ON:
(ENDEAVORU PVT SHIP S-ON RL)

Ok well you're in the wrong forum then, this is the Evita forum. You have Endeavor so you'll want to find the HTC One X forum and ask again there, we have no experience with your phone here unfortunately so we can't really help you.
Sent from my Evita

You must flash the 4.0.4 RUU(HK、AT&T）first,next ota to 4.1.1 to 4.2.2.

elivastar said:
You must flash the 4.0.4 RUU(HK、AT&T）first,next ota to 4.1.1 to 4.2.2.
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Dude, you're at it again giving wrong advice. Did you not read the other posts? He doesn't have our phone. Please, you need to educate yourself before you try to educate others, you don't know nearly enough to be giving advice.
@cvv4HOX
Don't take this person's advice, it does not apply to your phone.
Sent from my Evita

I know he didn't have the XL,but one x ota to sense5 order is same as our XL.

elivastar said:
I know he didn't have the XL,but one x ota to sense5 order is same as our XL.
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That might be true, but are you experienced with his device and fully aware of any quirks that exist? I can tell you now that not even all the people who have our phone are aware of the quirks that exist for their own device.
Sent from my Evita