so ive tried all of the new jb sense roms. but i cant get wifi to stay on and i also cant remove the system apps. like google+.
other than that they just dont seem to be butter smooth.
I noticed there is an official ota update. so i figure all the developers will be focusing on these newer jb sense official based roms.
so it seems to be inevitable that i will need one as a daily driver.
I have the elemental kernal with initd.
I have flashed new 1.11 radio and the wifi partitions.
The wifi does seem to work a little better with the kernal but not when i need it the most. like when i have no 4g.
I am on 1.06 hboot still.
I was going to update but honestly i couldnt find proper instructions. I have the wrong cid for the one i tried to update with.
Then i kept finding all the things you cant do above 1.14 hboot.
My questions are.
Do i need the new hboot. or is there a good reliable way to get it running smooth on the 1.06.?
If so is there a link to some good instructions and a DL link? because i must keep looking passed it.
And if i upgrade, how impossible is it to downgrade? i swear i read you need linux.
Thanks.
I was on hboot 1.14 and basically sux cuz of limitation in flashing. So i successfully downgrade to 1.06. However 1.06 is buggy, now i'm on 1.09. ROM I use is ASBS along with Elemental-S-JB, Wifi Partition, and Sense Radio US 1.11t. I flash these all at one before rebooting the phone. Then i install Kernel Tuner. Phone is running at OC 1.8 and so far very smooth plus battery still good. Fully charge at 6:30am now 9:18am EST and only losing 9%. Power saver is off. Had no problem wifi issue or anything
cat2115 said:
I was on hboot 1.14 and basically sux cuz of limitation in flashing. So i successfully downgrade to 1.06. However 1.06 is buggy, now i'm on 1.09. ROM I use is ASBS along with Elemental-S-JB, Wifi Partition, and Sense Radio US 1.11t. I flash these all at one before rebooting the phone. Then i install Kernel Tuner. Phone is running at OC 1.8 and so far very smooth plus battery still good. Fully charge at 6:30am now 9:18am EST and only losing 9%. Power saver is off. Had no problem wifi issue or anything
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What's buggy with 1.06?
Darknites said:
What's buggy with 1.06?
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It's hard to get into BL when power +vol down and took very long just to boot into BL or TWRP. I remember when I was on 1.14 and previous phone 1.09, it's faster compare to 1.06. No software to compare just with naked eyes.
To OP:
I removed some apk i do not need from the JB ROM. I use WinRar to delete the apk inside the zip. I'm a zero percentage with linux, but the guide is very step by step in downgrading Hboot. Just to remember, when copy&paste make sure to change "sd* " to your corresponding sd*. The OP quoted with sdc on the code.
cat2115 said:
It's hard to get into BL when power +vol down and took very long just to boot into BL or TWRP. I remember when I was on 1.14 and previous phone 1.09, it's faster compare to 1.06. No software to compare just with naked eyes.
To OP:
I removed some apk i do not need from the JB ROM. I use WinRar to delete the apk inside the zip. I'm a zero percentage with linux, but the guide is very step by step in downgrading Hboot. Just to remember, when copy&paste make sure to change "sd* " to your corresponding sd*. The OP quoted with sdc on the code.
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I also find it slower but not harder its the same as before.
Darknites said:
I also find it slower but not harder its the same as before.
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Now that's i'm on "downgrade to 1.09 from 1.14", seem to be better than 1.06 and getting to BL & twrp recovery seem to be faster (power+vol down) too.
cat2115 said:
Now that's i'm on "downgrade to 1.09 from 1.14", seem to be better than 1.06 and getting to BL & twrp recovery seem to be faster (power+vol down) too.
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I just stick to 1.06 what's 2 seconds when the downgrade has save me loads of time.
does anyone know if updating the hboot will fix the bugs assosiated with the new sense jb roms?
usually once theres an official update the roms run perfect so i wont have to worry about installing another ics rom.
the rom i likes before was one maximus, just works everytime. big fan of energy since the hd2 but i could never get wifi working on that either.
You know. looking back, all the apps i removed actually removed. except google plus. hmmm.
Maybe ill remove it in winrar like said before. i assume you need to remove more than just the apk though. guess thats another thread though.
As far as JB and Sense goes, I think we'll have to wait for the kernel source before we start seeing jb sense roms that works smooth and good. Alt. wait for HTC to release OTA updates..
My suggestion is to stick with ICS if you want sense, or an AOSP rom like cm10 if you want JB, for now.
I heard(well, read, if we are to be picky ) somewhere that the JB kernel from HTC blocks all write access to /system/, regardless of being root or not (retarded move, if you ask me).
So if thats true, the only way to remove system apps is to remove them from the rom image before flashing ...
Removing the .apk's from /system/apps should be enough.
Goatshocker said:
As far as JB and Sense goes, I think we'll have to wait for the kernel source before we start seeing jb sense roms that works smooth and good. Alt. wait for HTC to release OTA updates..
My suggestion is to stick with ICS if you want sense, or an AOSP rom like cm10 if you want JB, for now.
I heard(well, read, if we are to be picky ) somewhere that the JB kernel from HTC blocks all write access to /system/, regardless of being root or not (retarded move, if you ask me).
So if thats true, the only way to remove system apps is to remove them from the rom image before flashing ...
Removing the .apk's from /system/apps should be enough.
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Em what we have full root and can delete stuff from system.
myphonesbetter, I use WinRar myself and find it a better way of removing stuff.
Darknites said:
Em what we have full root and can delete stuff from system.
myphonesbetter, I use WinRar myself and find it a better way of removing stuff.
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Yah i could delete some things but some things wont delete. like google plus. and i think google plus is installed by goo.im or whatever. so i cant delete it from the zip file.
And I was under the impression that we had the official ota update. guess not. ill wait a little longer.
But we have jb ota since Xmas. Maybe you meant ruu jb.
BTW I updated my hboot and never had any issue (WiFi....) with any ROM based on htc jb.
Sent from my HTC One S using xda app-developers app
myphonesbetter said:
Yah i could delete some things but some things wont delete. like google plus. and i think google plus is installed by goo.im or whatever. so i cant delete it from the zip file.
And I was under the impression that we had the official ota update. guess not. ill wait a little longer.
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You could give this a try here.
Related
As the title says, here's the Rom.zip extracted from RUU_Hero_C_Sprint_2.31.651.7_signed_release.exe for those that don't use Windows, or prefer to have their RUU in zip format.
This will flash your phone to 2.31.651.7 STOCK.
http://www.mediafire.com/?m6x4sr682ruk027
Simply rename this to HERCIMG.zip and place on the root of your SDCard.
Power your phone completely off.
Press and Hold VOL DOWN and POWER until your phone boots into HBoot mode.
Wait for it to verify the zip, then click <ACTION> (Trackball) to update, or <SEND> (Green Call) to cancel.
Enjoy!
Here's my guide to rooting .7:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804296
Personally..I want to say THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
I have spent the last four hours searching for this. This needs to be stickied. I'm bookmarking it for sure. This got my phone unbricked..I thought all hope was lost and I would have to call in for warranty support (I got mine refurbed through Sprint last October..so I don't even know if I would still have any warranty support), and see if I could try my luck and getting it replaced, since that is what others have said to do as apparently this file from OP, did not exist.
And so for future reference, so that others don't go mindlessly searching through the forums.
If you
a.) Managed to overwrite your Recovery some how or completely delete it. (I did..and from searching this and many other forums over the past couple hours..I can see I wasn't the only one), and also have no boot (or a corrupted boot loop)
b.) Still have S-ON (You can find this out by powering off your phone and then pressing and holding the power button and the lower volume button), I recommend you turn S-Off for future reference if you're going to be dealing with customer ROMs a lot (so you don't have to go through the hell I just did..). See here..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=759955
c.) Have an updated Hboot (1.47) (you can also find this info. in part b.)
....then you KNOW that you are stuck. Because you
a.) Cannot flash a ROM in Recovery because you cannot access it.
b.) You cannot access ADB because your phone won't go that far and will only go into fastboot..
c.) But even though you have access to fastboot you can't do ANYTHING like flash a recovery image or a ROM..or anything for that matter..because S is still ON. (this is the "not allow" messages you will see pop up.)
d.) You have bootloader 1.47 so if you for example, were like me couldn't use this file here.. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=657086), because it would say there was a newer version and wouldn't install it.
So this file right here..was the only thing getting my phone back to a usable state. And considering that my searches have shown to pretty much give up all hope and have it sent it for warranty repair, then I think this thread deserves a bump for all those that have screwed up.
Yeah..I have to start ALL OVER now from a stock ROM (thank god for nandroid), but at least my phone isn't a dead brick.
Just thought this needed a well deserved bump.
I wonder if there is a RUU for the latest .2?
Wanted to say BIG THANKS. This worked like a charm to update prl/profile. Keeping two copies of this one on the sd and on the laptop. Thanks again.
Yea it's me Again. With the
Modified .HERO.
laie1472 said:
Wanted to say BIG THANKS. This worked like a charm to update prl/profile. Keeping two copies of this one on the sd and on the laptop. Thanks again.
Yea it's me Again. With the
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Forgive me for seeming NOOBish... but I can use this to do the same, then restore Nandroid back and it will keep the PRL/Profile update?
Just wondering... lolz, thanks!
Yup But you will have to reroot. This takes root from you. You will have to reroot with the Hero rooter from Reg or Z4 or one click root. But read read read. And as far as the prl/profile yup it will stick. When your phone boots up after running this just go into settings and updates and choose update profile and update prl don't update firmware. I repeat don't update firmware. After that just reboot and check your prl should be 60675. After that reroot, then flash a recovery and then nand restore. Hope this helps good luck
Remember this returns you to stock you will loose root and recovery..
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Modified .HERO.
Why don't you guys just flash NFX's or LS's already rooted and way faster stock sense ROM to update PRL, etc?
Running stock ROM has to be one of the worst things ever after being on custom ROMs for so long.
I tried flashing almost ever sense rom on here pmgrands port, ninfintes stock odex and deodex and his apps 2 sd builds he has like 4 or 6 different builds. Tried flashing liquids builds beta and stable. All gave me a error. So I had to use this. I couldn't flash any sense rom
and it was easier to use this than try to figure out y. If he can flash a sense rom then yea that's the easier way but if not this is a for sure way to get back to stock.
Yea it's me Again. With the
Modified .HERO.
laie1472 said:
I tried flashing almost ever sense rom on here pmgrands port, ninfintes stock odex and deodex and his apps 2 sd builds he has like 4 or 6 different builds. Tried flashing liquids builds beta and stable. All gave me a error. So I had to use this. I couldn't flash any sense rom
and it was easier to use this than try to figure out y. If he can flash a sense rom then yea that's the easier way but if not this is a for sure way to get back to stock.
Yea it's me Again. With the
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I still have my original nandroid from before I flashed any ROMs and it takes me back to stock Sprint, where I do my updating. Is this faster than that?
jckeyser said:
I still have my original nandroid from before I flashed any ROMs and it takes me back to stock Sprint, where I do my updating. Is this faster than that?
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Yup. That's way better and faster. Just go into settings / updates. Then just update prl and profile. Don't update firmware. After you confirm that your updated just nand restore and you should be good.
Edit not sure if you would have to reroot.
Yea it's me Again. With the
Modified .HERO.
Thanks for the reply's all... I like Sense and have NFX rom on my Hero, loaded a few ROMS but they won't update, so no worries, when I have some free time I'll sit and do it then. I don't like the one click rooters nor the clockwork recovery, I guess I'm old school and do it the hard way, lol, but thanks for letting me know it'll work (prl update) and stay on the handset!
Regards!
Without opening a huge can of worms I would like to know whats the best newest rom out there with sense I just searched for like 3 hours and lot of threads are old and I want what ever is new with sense also would like to upgrade to 2.2 im on Honeybun v.-2 lite firmware 2.1 update1
Gelladuga69 said:
Why don't you guys just flash NFX's or LS's already rooted and way faster stock sense ROM to update PRL, etc?
Running stock ROM has to be one of the worst things ever after being on custom ROMs for so long.
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you got a link ? Im searching now
laie1472 said:
Yup. That's way better and faster. Just go into settings / updates. Then just update prl and profile. Don't update firmware. After you confirm that your updated just nand restore and you should be good.
Edit not sure if you would have to reroot.
Yea it's me Again. With the
Modified .HERO.
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No need to reroot because it was a nandroid. Can't make a nandroid if you're not rooted.
Sent from my HTC Hero CDMA running Android 2.3
Does anybody have the original MD5 checksum for this file? I wanna make sure this file downloaded properly. Thanks in advance!
EDIT: efa439da700b5fad7ea49915ef7d2866
Sent from my HTC Hero CDMA running Android 2.3
does this work with any version of HBOOT? The phone I am dealing with has stock 1.5
mrtimo said:
does this work with any version of HBOOT? The phone I am dealing with has stock 1.5
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What? Is your phone even rooted? Sprint upgraded to 2.1 a LONG time ago, the update is available at www.htc.com
It worked for me a while ago, but my dad just got a new hero so I tried using this, and it wouldn't recognize the image file.. any thoughts?
systemshock869 said:
It worked for me a while ago, but my dad just got a new hero so I tried using this, and it wouldn't recognize the image file.. any thoughts?
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yeah, this only works if he has an S-off bootloader, which he doesn't have if it's a new hero.
il Duce said:
yeah, this only works if he has an S-off bootloader, which he doesn't have if it's a new hero.
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According to the OP this one was extracted from the RUU, so it *should* work S-ON.
This might sound like a stupid question, but I really hope it is not.
I decided to test the waters with ICS and tried a couple of ROMs (Sense and Virtuous) that run the latest version of Google's OS. Sadly, in my opinion ICS is still not fully ready for our devices, as everything seems too slow in my opinion, and I also don't like the fact that we do not have access to some of the best kernels yet.
So, I decided to go back. Flashed a 2.3.x ROM and... I got a boot loop?
I made sure I was not making a mistake, so I wiped everything and tried again. Same issue. Wiped again and tried a different 2.3.x ROM and again, I got boot loops.
Then I decided to go back to ICS Virtuous Inquisition and everything worked.
Is this a known issue? Do I have to do something in order to return to 2.3.x? For example like flashing a previous firmware/Radio combo?
I would appreciate any help you can give me.
I have done it a couple of times. Once on my Droid 3 and again on my Galaxy tab 10.1. So it will depend on what you have. But in both cases. I was able to find an original ROM update. With the Galaxy tab I found it on the Samsung website, that took it right back to original condition, and with the droid 3, I found it hear in the forums.
I did it too. I didn't back up my ROM. But if you back up your ROM in the future, you wont have this issue. I'm still careless and don't back up my ROM, but I don't go backwards to often.
What Phone do you have? There can be other options as well.
John Phillips
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I'm having the same problem. I get to the HTC logo then the phone reboots indefinitely. I'm trying to learn on downgrading the firmware and see if it solves the problem.
Yes, you'll need to downgrade your HBOOT.
If you have supercid, or a T-Mobile handset, this will take you back to 1.17: (I used it myself to go back to a GB rom after trying out ICS) http://www.mediafire.com/?4t9pep3e5hx6ljm
Rough instructions on how to flash it if you're not familiar: Rename it PG58IMG.zip and put it on the root of your sdcard, and boot into the bootloader. It will ask you to flash the file, choose yes and let it go.
And of course, you can then restore any nandroid backup of a GB rom, or install a fresh one, etc.
(if you're not supercid, just edit the android-info.txt file inside the zip and add your CID)
p.s. don't worry about downgrading the radio; I went back to a GB rom without downgrading the radio and everything is fine. Just downgrading the HBOOT is enough.
Downgraded to 1.17 and it still reboots, though I did a restore instead. I'll a fresh flash now.
Still doesn't work. How do I get to 1.23 again? I'm so confused now.
phantomblu said:
Downgraded to 1.17 and it still reboots, though I did a restore instead. I'll a fresh flash now.
Still doesn't work. How do I get to 1.23 again? I'm so confused now.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
Use the 3.12 firmware and you can run both ICS and GB based roms, I run, CM7 (GB) and V Inquisition or V Quattro (both ICS).
I'm surprised you didn't like ICS, they're all alphas but pretty slick considering.
Yea man try inquisition from virtuous. Its extremely stable and able to be used as a daily. It feels like a finished rom.
Sent From My steak using A1 steak sauce app (Sensation)
Downgrade ur firmware and flash any gb rom.
(Hopefully) my last question. I have SuperCID (set to 11111111 as specified in that other instruction topic). Does this mean I can flash any previous firmware and even downgrade? I was not aware that this is what it does.
If I revert back to 1.17, will I lose S-OFF and have to repeat things?
Also:
gol_n_dal said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
I'm surprised you didn't like ICS, they're all alphas but pretty slick considering.
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Well, either I am extremely picky (which I am), or I did something wrong. But I do not consider these ROMs 'pretty slick'. I have owned far too many Android phones and tablets up until today, and given the dual-core CPU and advanced GPU inside Sensation XE, I was expecting the fastest, best, most fluid and slick experience yet, and... it does not deliver. I thought ICS allow the OS to use the second core, but again, something must be wrong because it certainly doesn't feel like it.
I am not saying that the experience is bad, by any means. Things are slick and fluid most of the time. But you do get occassional split-second hicc-ups, and I also have this 'feeling' that the framerate while moving around in Nova is below the best I have seen. So there you have it.
Many thanks is in order to all that helped.
gol_n_dal said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
Use the 3.12 firmware and you can run both ICS and GB based roms, I run, CM7 (GB) and V Inquisition or V Quattro (both ICS).
I'm surprised you didn't like ICS, they're all alphas but pretty slick considering.
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I do like it. It's just I can't get rid of the wakelocks no matter what I do.
Can I use 1.17 hboot for quattro or do I need a different hboot and where do I get it?
Sent from my Sensation using xda premium
grcd said:
(Hopefully) my last question. I have SuperCID (set to 11111111 as specified in that other instruction topic). Does this mean I can flash any previous firmware and even downgrade? I was not aware that this is what it does.
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Yeah, it means you can flash any firmware without worrying about which operator it's for. Downgrade should be no problem either.
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If I revert back to 1.17, will I lose S-OFF and have to repeat things?
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No, you won't lose S-OFF.
Have u tried inquisition yet before u go back? Its amazing
Sent From My steak using A1 steak sauce app (Sensation)
hardrockinandroid said:
Can I use 1.17 hboot for quattro or do I need a different hboot and where do I get it?
Sent from my Sensation using xda premium
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For that you need 3.12 or 3.24, you can get them from mike1984's firmware sticky.
Scrosler based cleanrom 4.0 off the 1.85 ruu, whereas the previous one was 1.88. I also noticed the Att one x resource Page no longer has a link for the 1.88 RUU. What gives? Did we discover that 1.88 is subpar? I thought everyone agreed 1.85 was junk?
thechilipepper said:
Scrosler based cleanrom 4.0 off the 1.85 ruu, whereas the previous one was 1.88. I also noticed the Att one x resource Page no longer has a link for the 1.88 RUU. What gives? Did we discover that 1.88 is subpar? I thought everyone agreed 1.85 was junk?
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Scott decided to base Cleanrom on 1.85 because It's the official firmware from AT&T. He said there are less problems and fewer tweaks necessary to make his changes work by using the "official" firmware for the phone he develops on.
Just thought that I'd point out my battery life was MUCH better on 1.88 while using CR DE 2.3. I wish I could find that version to download again.
gunnyman said:
Scott decided to base Cleanrom on 1.85 because It's the official firmware from AT&T. He said there are less problems and fewer tweaks necessary to make his changes work by using the "official" firmware for the phone he develops on.
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I see, thanks for the info. I figured that I might be able to find the answer in one of the later pages of the ROM's thread, but that it might also be heinously difficult to locate.
Did he also mention why he's decided to go with odex? Is it for the same reason?
Odex is wicked fast.
Ignore me
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Odex is wicked fast.
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I agree.
Never knew there was a link to the [email protected] 1.88 leak can someone post it
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
vdub804 said:
Never knew there was a link to the [email protected] 1.88 leak can someone post it
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
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there ISN'T an AT&T 1.88. That firmware is for the Asian HOXL
vdub804 said:
Never knew there was a link to the [email protected] 1.88 leak can someone post it
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
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You know, now that I think on it I don't actually know if a link was ever up. Is there an asian model that also uses S4? Answered right before me. And, weren't there grumblings about 1.85, or am I confusing myself..
gunnyman said:
there ISN'T an AT&T 1.88. That firmware is for the Asian HOXL
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Thanks man I got excited for nothing
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
gunnyman said:
Scott decided to base Cleanrom on 1.85 because It's the official firmware from AT&T. He said there are less problems and fewer tweaks necessary to make his changes work by using the "official" firmware for the phone he develops on.
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hey dude could you help me? i get a AT&T One XL i knew that the phone is rooted and unlocked i don't know what kind of method to unlocked the used (i received my phone and i just need to put my microSim on it)
i tried to update to the new version of the ICS 4.0.1 and HTC sense 4.1 without any success (yes its too sad) because when i tried to do it via OTA i get the message "we have determined that your phone may be running a modified version of its system software, etc, etc"
my android version is 4.0.4
HTC sense versio 4.0
Software Number 1.88.707.2
HTC SDK API level 4.11
HTC Extension Version 403_1_GA_4
i really appreciate your help
thanks in advance
fjej78 said:
i tried to update to the new version of the ICS 4.0.1 and HTC sense 4.1 without any success (yes its too sad) because when i tried to do it via OTA i get the message "we have determined that your phone may be running a modified version of its system software, etc, etc"
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Can't be said enough: Don't ever install an OTA on a rooted Android device.
At a minimum, you will lose root. You may also be stuck in a bootloop, or you may get stuck on an unrootable firmware (depending on what they updated, and what holes they plugged).
If you are already rooted and bootloader unlocked, flash one of the stock rooted ROMs here under "Stock Rooted": http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671237
Not sure what 1.88 was updated to. But 2.23, 2.29, 2.33 are all very recent firmware builds (2.23 is Asian region for the carrier Singtel). Only difference is the carrier bloat, and you may need to manually enter the APN info for your carrier.
redpoint73 said:
Can't be said enough: Don't ever install an OTA on a rooted Android device.
At a minimum, you will lose root. You may also be stuck in a bootloop, or you may get stuck on an unrootable firmware (depending on what they updated, and what holes they plugged).
If you are already rooted and bootloader unlocked, flash one of the stock rooted ROMs here under "Stock Rooted": http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671237
Not sure what 1.88 was updated to. But 2.23, 2.29, 2.33 are all very recent firmware builds (2.23 is Asian region for the carrier Singtel). Only difference is the carrier bloat, and you may need to manually enter the APN info for your carrier.
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Thanks for you quickly response, then if I remove the root of my phone, i will be able to update via OTA? I'm am a Rookie in this type of problems the only thing that i want its update my phone with the new version of ICS and HTC sense.
could you help me please?
Thanks in advance
fjej78 said:
Thanks for you quickly response, then if I remove the root of my phone, i will be able to update via OTA? I'm am a Rookie in this type of problems the only thing that i want its update my phone with the new version of ICS and HTC sense.
could you help me please?
Thanks in advance
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If you are a noob, the best thing to do is read read read, and find out:
-What root and flashing ROMs means, and whether you will want them.
-What firmware number the new OTA is, and what has been changed.
People get all excited about a new OTA, without even knowing what has been changed. Newer firmwares include a new hboot, which patches holes which allowed flashing kernels and radios. You may not want to update.
Also, root and unlocked bootloader are both good things. There is really no reason to give them up, just for the latest firmware. If its just the newest firmware you want, as I already mentioned, there are stock rooted ROMs in the Development forum that you can flash, and probably in less steps than unrooting and installing the OTA.
redpoint73 said:
If you are a noob, the best thing to do is read read read, and find out:
-What root and flashing ROMs means, and whether you will want them.
-What firmware number the new OTA is, and what has been changed.
People get all excited about a new OTA, without even knowing what has been changed. Newer firmwares include a new hboot, which patches holes which allowed flashing kernels and radios. You may not want to update.
Also, root and unlocked bootloader are both good things. There is really no reason to give them up, just for the latest firmware. If its just the newest firmware you want, as I already mentioned, there are stock rooted ROMs in the Development forum that you can flash, and probably in less steps than unrooting and installing the OTA.
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thanks and i started to read, in fact i tried to flashed my HOX with this stocked room "stock rooted 2.33.162.2 - odex/deodex and unsecure boot.img with init.d" using odex version but when the phone restarted the room wont boot then i think "i have a nice brick" could you help me i tried to post this problem in the develop section but i cant because i dont have he number of post to do it i dont know whats step i need to follow to bring from the death my phone
Did you factory reset and wipe cache and Dalvik before flashing?
Come to think of it, that's one reason that people like OTAs, they keep your user data (but that can often be a bad thing, as I've seen it mess up the performance for some people after the OTA). Also, wiping data is not really that big a deal. With Titanium Backup Pro, I'm up and running again in about 20 minutes after wiping data and flashing a new ROM.
Can you still get into hboot and recovery?
fjej78 said:
thanks and i started to read, in fact i tried to flashed my HOX with this stocked room "stock rooted 2.33.162.2 - odex/deodex and unsecure boot.img with init.d" using odex version but when the phone restarted the room wont boot then i think "i have a nice brick" could you help me i tried to post this problem in the develop section but i cant because i dont have he number of post to do it i dont know whats step i need to follow to bring from the death my phone
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btw I dont know why if i connect the phone to the computer, HTCSync Detects the phone and shows me the information but the phone still death without boot
Also, what is the state of the phone. Do you have the white HTC screen at least?
fjej78 said:
thanks and i started to read, in fact i tried to flashed my HOX with this stocked room "stock rooted 2.33.162.2 - odex/deodex and unsecure boot.img with init.d" using odex version but when the phone restarted the room wont boot then i think "i have a nice brick" could you help me i tried to post this problem in the develop section but i cant because i dont have he number of post to do it i dont know whats step i need to follow to bring from the death my phone
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redpoint73 said:
Did you factory reset and wipe cache and Dalvik before flashing?
Can you still get into hboot and recovery?
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i cant get into hboot or recovery (i tried with power button +volume)
and i just install the zip from sdcard and the end i wipe the cache and dalvik and fixed the permissions and when the phones started just shows me the white screen of htc and a thin yellow bar in the right side like if something is loading and suddenly turns of and its all
Hi Folks
Just traded my sXL in for a One s (HTC seemed to have abandoned the XL and didnt like the camera). Its Unlocked and open EU still on 403, still charging it. Ive had an OTA warning saying 404 sense 4.1, but it comes with something by EAGames. As much as I cannot stand EA and their bloatware corporate BS, is this ok or should I install one of the ROMs from here. Im not a big custom ROM person and was wanting to stay on Stock.
Any advice on where to start
Night.
NightOrchid said:
Hi Folks
Just traded my sXL in for a One s (HTC seemed to have abandoned the XL and didnt like the camera). Its Unlocked and open EU still on 403, still charging it. Ive had an OTA warning saying 404 sense 4.1, but it comes with something by EAGames. As much as I cannot stand EA and their bloatware corporate BS, is this ok or should I install one of the ROMs from here. Im not a big custom ROM person and was wanting to stay on Stock.
Any advice on where to start
Night.
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Em before updating what Hboot do you have?
Its
Locked S-On
HBoot 1.13.0000
20 Apr 2012
Any Good?
NightOrchid said:
Its
Locked S-On
HBoot 1.13.0000
20 Apr 2012
Any Good?
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Dam was hoping for a lower Hboot. Ya the OTA update should be fine and the EA thing don't come with a game, you use the app to do that and it can be removed.
Darknites said:
Dam was hoping for a lower Hboot. Ya the OTA update should be fine and the EA thing don't come with a game, you use the app to do that and it can be removed.
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Thanks alot.. yeah I had a quick read around the forum and I think its 1.06 or 1.09.. thats the better HBoot.. is that right. Also, will it make any difference flashing the newest ROM from FileFactory.
Yeah, ill remove the EA stuff.
Cheers for the help
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Thanks alot.. yeah I had a quick read around the forum and I think its 1.06 or 1.09.. thats the better HBoot.. is that right. Also, will it make any difference flashing the newest ROM from FileFactory.
Yeah, ill remove the EA stuff.
Cheers for the help
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If you talking about RUU then that is the full update and is handy to have for a backup. Both of them Hboots are good but you can downgrade the Hboot if you up to it.
1. Use HTC Dev to unlock the bootloader
2. fastboot TWRP recovery
3. Backup the stock ROM, whatever it is
4. Wipe system and do a factory reset
5. Flash CM10 or some other proper ROM
6. Reboot into bootloader, fastboot the boot.img
7. Reboot and enjoy a proper phone
Never use the stock ROM. It sucks.
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Never use the stock ROM. It sucks.
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I disagree. I feel "untouch" (out-of-the-box) - no rom flashed, is actually better in term of battery life. Just exchange phone from t-mbole, not root yet, and battery is very impressive. from 6:30-3:30pm, the phone only lose 17%. This is w/an excessive usage (surf, txt, call, emailing, etc).
I flash lot of ROM and seem like none can beat it. The last rom i flash same time above and the reminding battery is only 20% left. Well, other rom. seem a little better maybe 40% left til 5pm.
Followed the steps in Hassoon's toolkit, installed recovery, sideloaded CM, and now I have no OS. I can still access fastboot and recovery, see attached image for more info. Any more information needed, please let me know. This is pretty frustrating, no wonder I like Nexus devices.
(sorry for double posting, I also put this in Hassoon's thread, but felt it'd be more appropriate to post here)
first man... you'll only be able to use sense roms most likely, as the newer aosp roms dont mix with the upgraded touchscreen on the 3.18 firmware. so you can head to the original dev section to find the "downgrade touchscreen" thread to use aosp...
second, you have to fastboot flash the boot.img of every rom because the newer hboots dont allow it. easy solution to that is to go to original dev section and follow the s-off thread. if you can s-off you can say bye bye to fastboot for the most part
Also, you need to S-OFF to downgrade touchscreen firmware.
But yeah, if you can get into recovery just wipe everything and flash a rom.. (has to be sense until you s-off and downgrade touchscreen firmware)
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Also, you need to S-OFF to downgrade touchscreen firmware.
But yeah, if you can get into recovery just wipe everything and flash a rom.. (has to be sense until you s-off and downgrade touchscreen firmware)
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Never thought I had to pull the boot image out, flash that through fastboot, THEN install the OS. Thanks for the help guys, I tested it out with the copy of CM I had (unofficial port on the threads) and sure enough, it booted up fine. Of course, as stated previously, I can't click anything b/c of the upgraded touchscreen, so I'm omw to flashing a sense rom and getting s-off and a downgraded touch screen. Thanks for the help guys!
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Never thought I had to pull the boot image out, flash that through fastboot, THEN install the OS. Thanks for the help guys, I tested it out with the copy of CM I had (unofficial port on the threads) and sure enough, it booted up fine. Of course, as stated previously, I can't click anything b/c of the upgraded touchscreen, so I'm omw to flashing a sense rom and getting s-off and a downgraded touch screen. Thanks for the help guys!
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Yea man its a pain to get everything going. But once you s-off, downgrade etc this phone really flies on aosp. There's also an (optional) thread in development section to rid the splash screen of the red text. Its a simple 3 step process that should only take 20 seconds. After that you're golden
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InflatedTitan said:
Yea man its a pain to get everything going. But once you s-off, downgrade etc this phone really flies on aosp. There's also an (optional) thread in development section to rid the splash screen of the red text. Its a simple 3 step process that should only take 20 seconds. After that you're golden
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I'll bet. Getting S-off to work is killing me though. Keep running into the 99 unknown error while flashing the RUU file. I've done complete wipes, made sure i have superCID, and still no luck. So close and yet so far...
Dolfan058 said:
I'll bet. Getting S-off to work is killing me though. Keep running into the 99 unknown error while flashing the RUU file. I've done complete wipes, made sure i have superCID, and still no luck. So close and yet so far...
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are you using a sense rom or aosp?
you need to be on a sense rom since your hboot is 2.14 because aosp requires you change a setting to allow you to soff which you cant since the touchscreen doesnt work.
if you are already on a sense rom. simulate a battery pull by pressing and holding power on your phone till the capacative buttons blink a bunch of times and then it shuts off. then try again.
Dolfan058 said:
I'll bet. Getting S-off to work is killing me though. Keep running into the 99 unknown error while flashing the RUU file. I've done complete wipes, made sure i have superCID, and still no luck. So close and yet so far...
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I feel bad, I see all these people having trouble getting s-off to work, and I did it today without any hassles at all.
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exad said:
are you using a sense rom or aosp?
you need to be on a sense rom since your hboot is 2.14 because aosp requires you change a setting to allow you to soff which you cant since the touchscreen doesnt work.
if you are already on a sense rom. simulate a battery pull by pressing and holding power on your phone till the capacative buttons blink a bunch of times and then it shuts off. then try again.
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Definitely a sense rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1868236), still trying to work through it. It's so annoying, I'm dying to get the unofficial CM build on here already.
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Definitely a sense rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1868236), still trying to work through it. It's so annoying, I'm dying to get the unofficial CM build on here already.
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if a simulated battery pull isnt working for you, you can paste your cmd prompt window in here and i can check if anything weird is going on.
usually it should work by the third try or so if not after the first simulated battery pull.