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[Q] How do I get a stock ROM?

Hi All,
I'm about to root and flash a new ROM onto my HTC Sensation but before I do so, I want to have a backup of the stock ROM in case I need to take the phone in for a repair.
I'm looking for the Vodafone Australia HTC Sensation stock ROM but can't find it!
Does anyone have one which they could send me a link to?
Or, is there a way which I can make a backup of the stock ROM from my phone?
Thanks!
EDIT: just to clarify, I've tried searching for the RUU but there don't seem to be any for Vodafone AUS. So is there anyway to backup the stock? Thanks! (I'm not exactly a newbie at rooting/flashing, just never had to worry about backing up for warranty purposes before)

i was wondering the same thing! cant find the ruu! hope someone can guide us to restore without a RUU
or some method gets invented

HeyHeyAllan said:
Hi All,
I'm about to root and flash a new ROM onto my HTC Sensation but before I do so, I want to have a backup of the stock ROM in case I need to take the phone in for a repair.
I'm looking for the Vodafone Australia HTC Sensation stock ROM but can't find it!
Does anyone have one which they could send me a link to?
Or, is there a way which I can make a backup of the stock ROM from my phone?
Thanks!
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Im bad at posting links. Head over to sensation android development section. Find the roms collection thread and it should have plenty of choices stock and custom.

madigan311 said:
Im bad at posting links. Head over to sensation android development section. Find the roms collection thread and it should have plenty of choices stock and custom.
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none are for australian vodafone

http://ausdroid.net/2012/01/06/htc-salsa-chacha-desire-hd-sensation-from-vodafone-all-get-updated/ maybe?

HeyHeyAllan said:
Hi All,
I'm about to root and flash a new ROM onto my HTC Sensation but before I do so, I want to have a backup of the stock ROM in case I need to take the phone in for a repair.
I'm looking for the Vodafone Australia HTC Sensation stock ROM but can't find it!
Does anyone have one which they could send me a link to?
Or, is there a way which I can make a backup of the stock ROM from my phone?
Thanks!
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Not sure if it helps, there are many of RUU in shipped-roms.com, Sensation related ROMs are in http://www.shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Pyramid

@tingtan Thanks for the link. I'm not sure which one the Vodafone AUS one is. Is there anyway that you or someone else could match it for me? Here is a screenshot of the software info for my phone. Thanks!
http://i.imgur.com/e8bhc.jpg

hey did you find a way to do it?

People, before you flash a new rom you need to make a nandroid back up! In case you need to restore your phone for what ever reason.....
This is also done in clockworkmod recovery.....
Hit the backup/restore button and you are good to go.
If you look at the step by step install protocols in the tread of your choosen rom, one of the first steps is DO A NONDROIDBACKUP....
Goodluck!

dannylow79 said:
People, before you flash a new rom you need to make a nandroid back up! In case you need to restore your phone for what ever reason.....
This is also done in clockworkmod recovery.....
Hit the backup/restore button and you are good to go.
If you look at the step by step install protocols in the tread of your choosen rom, one of the first steps is DO A NONDROIDBACKUP....
Goodluck!
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Thanks for the tip! And I assume that if you need to take the phone back for some reason, just restore, unroot and S-on?

HeyHeyAllan said:
Thanks for the tip! And I assume that if you need to take the phone back for some reason, just restore, unroot and S-on?
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you cant S-on without a RUU though? thats what the guide says?

If you do restore,you are unrooted.... But be careful restoring s-on, its more riskie than requiring s-of! Read the threads regarding this proces and do what it says every step!

HeyHeyAllan said:
Thanks for the tip! And I assume that if you need to take the phone back for some reason, just restore, unroot and S-on?
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You'll need to have stock recovery and bootloader, which a nandroid backup doesn't save. And only an RUU, AFAIK will give you those.
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HeyHeyAllan said:
@tingtan Thanks for the link. I'm not sure which one the Vodafone AUS one is. Is there anyway that you or someone else could match it for me? Here is a screenshot of the software info for my phone. Thanks!
http://i.imgur.com/e8bhc.jpg
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Here is a link to an Australian Vodafone stock RUU, I note yours is a slightly newer version than this RUU, however I would expect this would be fine if you need to go back to stock.
http://www.filefactory.com/file/c13...00U_10.14.9035.01_M_release_220002_signed.exe (thanks to Football)
BTW you either need your stock RUU or you need to have backed up stock recovery and Hboot before rooting (via temp root) because these are overwritten in the revolutionary s-off and custom recovery installation process. A nandroid backup is important but it won't take you back to stock.
For a short time I've got the RUU in my dropbox, it might be a bit quicker and less ads! http://is.gd/Vaq45l
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EpicSauce said:
Here is a link to an Australian Vodafone stock RUU, I note yours is a slightly newer version than this RUU, however I would expect this would be fine if you need to go back to stock.
http://www.filefactory.com/file/c13...00U_10.14.9035.01_M_release_220002_signed.exe (thanks to Football)
BTW you either need your stock RUU or you need to have backed up stock recovery and Hboot before rooting (via temp root) because these are overwritten in the revolutionary s-off and custom recovery installation process. A nandroid backup is important but it won't take you back to stock.
For a short time I've got the RUU in my dropbox, it might be a bit quicker and less ads! http://db.tt/YJ9gNzna
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Ah, the Almighty EpicSauce saves the day again.. You better thank this guy, he gave up a lot of blood, sweat and tears.
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EpicSauce said:
Here is a link to an Australian Vodafone stock RUU, I note yours is a slightly newer version than this RUU, however I would expect this would be fine if you need to go back to stock.
http://www.filefactory.com/file/c13...00U_10.14.9035.01_M_release_220002_signed.exe (thanks to Football)
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Does this ruu work the same for the sensation XE?
:S
Thanks a lot EpicSauce!!

astarman said:
Does this ruu work the same for the sensation XE?
:S
Thanks a lot EpicSauce!!
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It will work, but it won't be the same as stock e.g. No BeatsAudio or 1.5Ghz clock speed.
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Jikstah said:
It will work, but it won't be the same as stock e.g. No BeatsAudio or 1.5Ghz clock speed.
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do you have the XE ruu?
thanks!

EpicSauce said:
Here is a link to an Australian Vodafone stock RUU...
For a short time I've got the RUU in my dropbox, it might be a bit quicker and less ads! http://db.tt/YJ9gNzna
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THANK YOU. You are AMAZING! Going to have a lot of fun with Custom ROMS tonight!
Jikstah said:
Ah, the Almighty EpicSauce saves the day again.. You better thank this guy, he gave up a lot of blood, sweat and tears.
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Indeed!

astarman said:
do you have the XE ruu?
thanks!
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No I don't.. sorry! :l
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Does anybody have AT&T stock 2.20 nandroid backup?

Does anybody have AT&T stock 2.20 nandroid backup? I'm trying to make my phone complete stock for a reason. I cannot flash RUU, because previously I flashed Asian 2.42 RUU, and that's why its not letting me to downgrade even with super cid. Backup would be appreciated if anybody can provide it.
Thanks in advance.
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Nandroid is not going to return you to stock like an RUU would. You would still be rooted and have custom recovery.
What you are asking for would not really have any different result than flashing a stock rooted ROM, so you can do that, if you just want to get the ROM back to stock.

redpoint73 said:
Nandroid is not going to return you to stock like an RUU would. You would still be rooted and have custom recovery.
What you are asking for would not really have any different result than flashing a stock rooted ROM, so you can do that, if you just want to get the ROM back to stock.
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To be more specific, I want complete stock, non rooted, odexed and with AT&T bloatware backup, that some people my have as a backup.
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kaiser347 said:
To be more specific, I want complete stock, non rooted, odexed and with AT&T bloatware backup, that some people my have as a backup.
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No one is going to give you their nandroid, since that would have all their personal settings and Google password.
The 2.20 AT&T RUU should work. Are you sure you've got HTC sync installed?

iElvis said:
No one is going to give you their nandroid, since that would have all their personal settings and Google password.
The 2.20 AT&T RUU should work. Are you sure you've got HTC sync installed?
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I'm not noob, and I pretty sure know how to run RUU. I have all the drivers installed. And currently running JB custom ROM on 2.42 ICS firmware with 1.14 bootloader. I can not run AT&T 2.20 RUU, because I will getting bootloader error. You will have same problem if you run different region RUUs with newer firmware. I don't want personal information. Some people may have clean stock nandroid without any personal stuff.
I had the same problem with my ONE S and there were people who had such nandroids, and they did help me with it.
That's why we call it community. We try to help each other as much as we can.
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kaiser347 said:
I'm not noob, and I pretty sure know how to run RUU. I have all the drivers installed.
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Relax man. He's asking for the easy stuff first, since the best solution is very often the easiest one. Better to ask the seemingly 'obvious' question right off the bat, rather than go down some complicated road needlessly.
Re-installing HTC Sync fixes up the issue for the huge majority of people with RUU errors. Not in your case, as you are correct that trying to run the RUU with a lower hboot version number that what is already installed, will cause it to fail. But he is just trying to be helpful.

redpoint73 said:
Relax man. He's asking for the easy stuff first, since the best solution is very often the easiest one. Better to ask the seemingly 'obvious' question right off the bat, rather than go down some complicated road needlessly.
Re-installing HTC Sync fixes up the issue for the huge majority of people with RUU errors. Not in your case, as you are correct that trying to run the RUU with a lower hboot version number that what is already installed, will cause it to fail. But he is just trying to be helpful.
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I'm relaxed, thank you for understanding me. The reason for this request is that there might be, and its might be an update from At&t in a future eventually. I'm just trying to be prepared for this, because I can not run 2.20 RUU and the only way to get this future update would be from a system setting. I like clean stock, rooted Rom with all the unneeded apps uninstalled. Once I got the update I can just unlock the bootloader and root it and install insecure kernel along.
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Here is a ruu link, hope it helps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671237
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I didnt't realize 2.42 contained an updated hboot. That would obviously prevent running an earlier ruu. Sorry for the confusion.

iElvis said:
I didnt't realize 2.42 contained an updated hboot. That would obviously prevent running an earlier ruu. Sorry for the confusion.
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It seems hboot is the same 1.14 in both 2.20 and 2.42 RUUs. I think with the latter some other partitions were updated as well, which prevent downgrading.
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DESERT.TECH said:
Here is a ruu link, hope it helps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671237
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Thank you for the link. I do have a RUU. But can not install.
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[Q] Wifi not working on 4.2.2 Roms

I am having trouble connecting to Wifi since I've started using 4.2.2 roms. There was no trouble when I was using a 4.2.1 rom. My wifi switch will not move to on. When you click it, it says turning on wifi but nothing happens.
I am currently using [Official PACman All-in-1-ROM Ver. 22.0.1[4-3-13] .
I have Hboot 1.14, S-On. Do I need to have S-Off to connect to Wifi?
Thanks

Anybody have an idea of what's wrong? I'm running Rohan's test kernel C

I'm not sure how to fix it, my fiance's phone has the same problem. I can tell you that having s-off won't fix it though, that merely turns security checks off, it's completely unrelated.
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You have to flash boot.img through fast boot
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You probably need to update your firmware to JB. There is a conflict between ICS firmware and the JB base that can cause your wifi to go haywire.
You do need to be s-off first, however, or you may get a brick running the RUU.

Megadoug13 said:
You have to flash boot.img through fast boot
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i always do "fastboot flash boot boot.img", not working.
iElvis said:
You probably need to update your firmware to JB. There is a conflict between ICS firmware and the JB base that can cause your wifi to go haywire.
You do need to be s-off first, however, or you may get a brick running the RUU.
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how can i go about upgrading the firmware?

zooobair said:
how can i go about upgrading the firmware?
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Run the 3.17 (non-US) or 3.18 RUU (AT&T), depending on what phone you've got. You need to be s-off first or you may brick if you are supercid. You'll lose root, but getting it back is just a matter of pushing custom recovery back on and flashing superuser. You'll also need to downgrade your touchscreen firmware to use an AOSP rom; there's a thread in the Original Development forum on how to do it.
I'm not guaranteeing this will solve the problem, but I was having similar issues and this solved it.

iElvis said:
Run the 3.17 (non-US) or 3.18 RUU (AT&T), depending on what phone you've got. You need to be s-off first or you may brick if you are supercid. You'll lose root, but getting it back is just a matter of pushing custom recovery back on and flashing superuser. You'll also need to downgrade your touchscreen firmware to use an AOSP rom; there's a thread in the Original Development forum on how to do it.
I'm not guaranteeing this will solve the problem, but I was having similar issues and this solved it.
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i figured out getting s-off. so after i run the 3.18RUU, do i have to use the following root method?http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2285086? Sorry if I'm asking so many questions, just a little confused.

No. You can just flash recovery after ruu. Then either flash a rom or flash superuser if you want to stay stock rooted.
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Correct, once you're s-off, you can never permanently lose root. No need for any exploits as you'll always have the ability to push a custom recovery back on and flash what you like.

iElvis said:
Correct, once you're s-off, you can never permanently lose root. No need for any exploits as you'll always have the ability to push a custom recovery back on and flash what you like.
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I've been thinking about RUU'ing and starting over. Been having wifi and connection problems in general. Seeing as im s-off, do i need to change my cid back before running the att RUU? I seem to remember there being a conflict when the JB ota came out.

venelar said:
I've been thinking about RUU'ing and starting over. Been having wifi and connection problems in general. Seeing as im s-off, do i need to change my cid back before running the att RUU? I seem to remember there being a conflict when the JB ota came out.
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No need to change cid

Don't need to relock bootloader, change cid or anything else if your phone is s-off, to ruu.
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ronnie498 said:
No need to change cid
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exad said:
Don't need to relock bootloader, change cid or anything else if your phone is s-off, to ruu.
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Word. Weekend project.
Thanks

so i did everything mentioned, put on the 3.18RUU, installed recovery, downgraded the touchscreen firmware, flashed new rom and kernel. still no wifi working. any other ideas guys?

Sounds like a hardware fault to me if the RUU didn't fix it unfortunately.
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I would think so as well, but it is working fine for me if I use 4.2.1 roms. Do you think that's still the case?
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If it's working PERFECTLY on 4.2.1 then I would say it's not a hardware issue. And I'd also say I'm completely stumped as to what's causing your problem.
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Damn. It's definitely working ok on both the 3.18RUU and 4.1.2 rom. Not sure what other measures I can take to try to get it right.
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Which 4.2.2 ROMs have you tried so far?
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[Q] Battery Issue after mods

HI,
I seem to be constantly having battery issues like unable to charge to 100% or drops suddenly after unplugging it regardless of the ROM i'm using which was the BOA 5.2 and also the so called stock 4.2.2 TWRP backup that was posted and which i'm currently running. I'm thinking this issue may come from somewhere else.... you guys have any idea? and what i can do? Sorry but i'm really really new to this....
I"m currently on 044 and S-ON.... unlocked and rooted. Perhaps I need to revert back to completely original stock? thanks in advanced..

internetworker said:
HI,
I seem to be constantly having battery issues like unable to charge to 100% or drops suddenly after unplugging it regardless of the ROM i'm using which was the BOA 5.2 and also the so called stock 4.2.2 TWRP backup that was posted and which i'm currently running. I'm thinking this issue may come from somewhere else.... you guys have any idea? and what i can do? Sorry but i'm really really new to this....
I"m currently on 044 and S-ON.... unlocked and rooted. Perhaps I need to revert back to completely original stock? thanks in advanced..
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The hboot have to be upgraded u need to be s off
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daorderdillon said:
The hboot have to be upgraded u need to be s off
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i'm on HBOOT 1.41...do i need it to be upgraded? if yes to?
Also..you mentioned that i need to s-off my device; is that to solve the battery issue or revert back to stock?
Lastly...you're in the midst of uploading a new sense5 image from a chinese website. will that help me?
Thank you so much.....

internetworker said:
i'm on HBOOT 1.41...do i need it to be upgraded? if yes to?
Also..you mentioned that i need to s-off my device; is that to solve the battery issue or revert back to stock?
Lastly...you're in the midst of uploading a new sense5 image from a chinese website. will that help me?
Thank you so much.....
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Talk about this in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2359995
Changes with the new update of sense 5 android 4.2.2
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daorderdillon said:
Talk about this in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2359995
Changes with the new update of sense 5 android 4.2.2
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Hi daorderdillon,
Really need your help... phone's not working now. would you be able to assist? live chat?
On that thread, someone complains about the same battery issue and you mentioned that it has to be upgraded via bootloader. Do you mean via recovery twrp/cwm or via HBOOT (PL99IMG.zip)...... correct me if i'm wrong..

Return to stock

Hello xda members,
I ran into a problem the other day. My nandroid is no longer with me due to a defective hard drive . I now decided I want to return to stock to sell the phone.
I'm on hboot 1.27 and iam s off.
I want to flash an ruu, the phone is the Europe/international version. These forums are so big that I do not know where to start looking for ruu's, neither do I know what type I need since I have numberous phones and always kept a nandroid ..
Is there anyone that can either push me I'm the right direction or even give me a link to an htc ruu website?
Thanks in advance.
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Stefan0vic said:
Hello xda members,
I ran into a problem the other day. My nandroid is no longer with me due to a defective hard drive . I now decided I want to return to stock to sell the phone.
I'm on hboot 1.27 and iam s off.
I want to flash an ruu, the phone is the Europe/international version. These forums are so big that I do not know where to start looking for ruu's, neither do I know what type I need since I have numberous phones and always kept a nandroid ..
Is there anyone that can either push me I'm the right direction or even give me a link to an htc ruu website?
Thanks in advance.
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I've come this far:
My cid is VODAPE17
and my version main is 3.32.401.5
All I can find is europe RUU's, with a different radio. Are these safe to flash?

Stefan0vic said:
Hello xda members,
I ran into a problem the other day. My nandroid is no longer with me due to a defective hard drive . I now decided I want to return to stock to sell the phone.
I'm on hboot 1.27 and iam s off.
I want to flash an ruu, the phone is the Europe/international version. These forums are so big that I do not know where to start looking for ruu's, neither do I know what type I need since I have numberous phones and always kept a nandroid ..
Is there anyone that can either push me I'm the right direction or even give me a link to an htc ruu website?
Thanks in advance.
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Try here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2094380
or here
http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Pyramid
Since your phone is s-off you can write supercid to it and choose any RUU, but stick with the latest WWE ones.
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After supercid I suggest this one:
RUU_PYRAMID_ICS_HTC_Europe_3.33.401.53_Radio_11.76A.3504.00U_11.24A.3504.31_M_release_280871_signed.exe

nlooooo said:
Try here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2094380
or here
http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Pyramid
Since your phone is s-off you can write supercid to it and choose any RUU, but stick with the latest WWE ones.
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After supercid I suggest this one:
RUU_PYRAMID_ICS_HTC_Europe_3.33.401.53_Radio_11.76A.3504.00U_11.24A.3504.31_M_release_280871_signed.exe
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Returned to stock succesfully
Case closed! Thanks!