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[Q] I'm running a Virtuous Unity ROM, would I get the ICS update pushed to my phone?

Title says it all, I'm pretty new to this...
Thanks

short answer = no

Yeah if you want updates you'll need a completely stock phone. but I'm sure we'll have it in the development section before HTC bring it out to everyone
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no you wouldn't, you would have to either find a stock rom you can flash or you would need to flash a ruu which i will post both links for you the ruu would have to be your network carrier otherwise you wouldn't get the update OTA
the ruu http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1002506
pre-rooted stock roms http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1183684
i hope i have explained clearly and helped

Blush91 said:
no you wouldn't, you would have to either find a stock rom you can flash or you would need to flash a ruu which i will post both links for you the ruu would have to be your network carrier otherwise you wouldn't get the update OTA
the ruu http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1002506
pre-rooted stock roms http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1183684
i hope i have explained clearly and helped
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For real, all you've gotta do is keep your ears peeled. As soon as boys start claiming to have the update, do a quick Google search & download either the RUU or find a "flashable" zip. Whoever relies on push service for updates these days anymore? If you did, you'd still be on some earlier distro of Unity.

Wow, you're still on Unity? The last time that ROM was updated was September!
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olyloh6696 said:
Wow, you're still on Unity? The last time that ROM was updated was September!
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Unity's really cool. Easy on the battery too. I moved to Endymion (and keep shuffling ICS & MIUI ROMs) for features & the latest Sense. I one could learn contentment, Unity would be the word. But alas, who's content with the world today?

Need advice before rooting a new Desire S :D

Hi all,
I am new to android and just* want to root my phone as many apps demand your phone to be rooted such as full backup apps, firewall apps and other similar apps.
I am still on HTC's stock 2.3.3 with HTC sense v.2.1 (though i have downloaded the OTA update for 2.3.5 but kinda confused over negative reviews of 2.3.5 update..so I am holding it here right now)
But when I saw a guide here though quite helpful but I was a bit confused as what I read on other articles on XDA + on other blogs that a thing called HBOOT is a bit tricky to tackle while following a particular rooting method; as there are many ways to root like using revolutionary..installing custom bootloaders etc (is it really neccessary? I just want to root my phone and don't plan to install any custom ROMs in near future.)
I am confused
- as to should I really let my warranty go off the table as its just a month old phone sacrificing it for just a few apps I want to use.
- Please tell me that, will I be able to search for and install the officially released OTA updates such as the 2.3.5 / ICS after I have done S-OFF + Rooted my phone??
If answer to both of the questions above is a "YES"
then plz tell me step by step of how to S-OFF and ROOT my phone (I found multiple ways to Root the phone and now I am confused and not really confident on which way/approach to follow)
Any advice would be appreciated.
Regards,
Sky770

If you want to root, do not download the OTA and install!!
You are in a great position, and you can easily root your hboot with the alpharevx.
Do it, you won't regret it.
Also, we can't give you step by step guides... Follow the index links.
Also, you can't install updates after rooted. But you won't need to. We will have the official ICS prerooted before.
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Revolutionary now, not AlphaRevX
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olyloh6696 said:
If you want to root, do not download the OTA and install!!
You are in a great position, and you can easily root your hboot with the alpharevx.
Do it, you won't regret it.
Also, we can't give you step by step guides... Follow the index links.
Also, you can't install updates after rooted. But you won't need to. We will have the official ICS prerooted before.
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well..
dan-fish said:
Revolutionary now, not AlphaRevX
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Thx for both of you replying here..
LOL accidentally pressed "thanks" for dan-fish so had to do the same for olyloh6696 (I mean should express gratitude towards both of you..but its actually better if I had done it at the end/mark the thread as "solved" )
Looks like we have a standoff here.. which one guys? the alpharevX or the revolutionary?

sky770 said:
well..
Thx for both of you replying here..
LOL accidentally pressed "thanks" for dan-fish so had to do the same for olyloh6696 (I mean should express gratitude towards both of you..but its actually better if I had done it at the end/mark the thread as "solved" )
Looks like we have a standoff here.. which one guys? the alpharevX or the revolutionary?
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Both are the same alpharevX is the old name for revolutionary
Tapatalked from a Desire S waiting for Kernel 3 sources. WAKE UP HTC!!!!!!

Revolutionary, alpharevx was before

Yeah oops my bad! Shows how far behind I am with the rooting buisness! I can't even remember how I rooted mine exactly now!
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suku_patel_22 said:
Both are the same alpharevX is the old name for revolutionary
Tapatalked from a Desire S waiting for Kernel 3 sources. WAKE UP HTC!!!!!!
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I was wishing for you only to land here..voila
eyahl said:
Revolutionary, alpharevx was before
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Thx for the update.. yep just read it on revolutionary.io's home page
olyloh6696 said:
Yeah oops my bad! Shows how far behind I am with the rooting buisness! I can't even remember how I rooted mine exactly now!
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:| looks like am here for that now
ok guys here is my HBOOT info:
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saga pvt ship s-on RL
hboot-0.98.0002
radio-3805.06.02.03_M
eMMC-boot
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So, should I be worried about the HBOOT ver. number? the 0.98 ? :|

You should be less worried that the hboot is 0.98....
No need of downgrading,
It's simple, just do revolutionary....
And you will have S-off
And yes, don't download the OTA
Tapatalked from a Desire S waiting for Kernel 3 sources. WAKE UP HTC!!!!!!

There's a video in the index thread on How to root and S Off the HTC desire S ... Follow the instructions & u r good to go!!!

suku_patel_22 said:
You should be less worried that the hboot is 0.98....
No need of downgrading,
It's simple, just do revolutionary....
And you will have S-off
And yes, don't download the OTA
Tapatalked from a Desire S waiting for Kernel 3 sources. WAKE UP HTC!!!!!!
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ok.. I really have no idea about what happens and what not happens if i do downgrade my HBOOT but I see many people here on XDA done that (downgraded their HBOOT) Can you shed some light on this topic?
Also, I would definitely want to try official 2.3.5 and/or the official ICS release (whenever they release one; around Q3/Q4 2012? ) so is there any* way to install these if I do revolutionary? I would def. like to find these updates via OTA (will my phone detect these from official HTC servers?)
PS: I am trying to stay as long as with official ROM as of now :| so no near future plans to flash my baby with a custom one
Just need the root
just a few more noob questions to follow
Thanks for reading and replying

You will not thank me for this, but for your sake I suggest reading instead of writing. All of the info you're asking for is written in the guides, and people that write the guides don't have enough patience to answer those that don't bother reading and ask the same questions over and over. Writing questions instead of reading FAQs and guides leaves you with less probability of having a good answer or having an answer at all, and clutters the already cluttered forum.

sky770 said:
ok.. I really have no idea about what happens and what not happens if i do downgrade my HBOOT but I see many people here on XDA done that (downgraded their HBOOT) Can you shed some light on this topic?
Also, I would definIitely want to try official 2.3.5 and/or the official ICS release (whenever they release one; around Q3/Q4 2012? ) so is there any* way to install these if I do revolutionary? I would def. like to find these updates via OTA (will my phone detect these from official HTC servers?)
PS: I am trying to stay as long as with official ROM as of now :| so no near future plans to flash my baby with a custom one
Just need the root
just a few more noob questions to follow
Thanks for reading and replying
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As you are on the old hboot, there is no need of downgrading, that's why I said, do not install the upgrade.
We have a ROM, by Proxuser, which is the rooted version of the OTA with no modifications and will work out pretty well.
Once rooted you will not be able to receive any OTA upgraded, but IMHO, hardly matters, you will get the same and better versions out here.
We already have the leak of ICS build for desire S, and it's pretty fast, forget q3
Also we have very functional sense 4 lite, which is faster than sense 3.6
So again, do the revolutionary, it's quite simple actually for you, and flash the saga 3D,, for a stock experience
Tapatalked from a Desire S waiting for Kernel 3 sources. WAKE UP HTC!!!!!!

sky770 said:
ok.. I really have no idea about what happens and what not happens if i do downgrade my HBOOT but I see many people here on XDA done that (downgraded their HBOOT) Can you shed some light on this topic?
Also, I would definitely want to try official 2.3.5 and/or the official ICS release (whenever they release one; around Q3/Q4 2012? ) so is there any* way to install these if I do revolutionary? I would def. like to find these updates via OTA (will my phone detect these from official HTC servers?)
PS: I am trying to stay as long as with official ROM as of now :| so no near future plans to flash my baby with a custom one
Just need the root
just a few more noob questions to follow
Thanks for reading and replying
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Well the beauty of rooting is trying out custom ROMs... I don't think you should root if you don't intend too. You seriously won't regret it. Just take a NAND backup, you can always restore to it if you don't like the custom ROMs.
And as I have said before...
No, you can't get OTAs once rooted, but you can still install these maually, and you will be able to do it way before the update actually hits your phone 'officially'.
As we have said too, you are in a good position. No need to downgrade at all. Your hboot version is the right one.

Jack_R1 said:
You will not thank me for this, but for your sake I suggest reading instead of writing. All of the info you're asking for is written in the guides, and....
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:|
well..thats what forums are for..uhmmm? to ask people about your doubts and things you don't understand simply. period. anyways..thx for motivating me to through 100+ threads
suku_patel_22 said:
We already have the leak of ICS build for desire S, and it's pretty fast, forget q3
Also we have very functional sense 4 lite, which is faster than sense 3.6.....
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thx bro I have not upgraded my 2.3.3 to 2.3.5 so np
well can you name me the ROM which is the ICS build for htc desire S + has the sense 4 lite (faster than sense 3.6? :O )
olyloh6696 said:
Well the beauty of rooting is trying out custom ROMs... I don't think you should root if you don't intend too.....
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Right.. When I acually was craving for a droid I was crazy as hell to root n try out new ROMs but... when I got an HTC I was simply hands down n thought not to touch this beauty. HTC Desire S is quite a package at this cheap price + hardware config.
PS: just a last ques. for now: which OS is the recommended one? I do have linux mint 10 32 bit edition installed on my machine; its a bit old.. rarely updated the packages n all AND I have windows 7 ultimate 64 bit edition ..so which one would you recommend me to root with?
Thanks a lot guys.
I'll get on it.. and will tell you how things go
Regards,
sky770

Well i felt the same too. It's great out if the box, but you can achieve so much more when rooted.
Do it. Also, Windows 7 is easier.
ROMs? Have you checked the dev forum yet?
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sky770 said:
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well..thats what forums are for..uhmmm? to ask people about your doubts and things you don't understand simply. period. anyways..thx for motivating me to through 100+ threads
thx bro I have not upgraded my 2.3.3 to 2.3.5 so np
well can you name me the ROM which is the ICS build for htc desire S + has the sense 4 lite (faster than sense 3.6? :O )
Right.. When I acually was craving for a droid I was crazy as hell to root n try out new ROMs but... when I got an HTC I was simply hands down n thought not to touch this beauty. HTC Desire S is quite a package at this cheap price + hardware config.
PS: just a last ques. for now: which OS is the recommended one? I do have linux mint 10 32 bit edition installed on my machine; its a bit old.. rarely updated the packages n all AND I have windows 7 ultimate 64 bit edition ..so which one would you recommend me to root with?
Thanks a lot guys.
I'll get on it.. and will tell you how things go
Regards,
sky770
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First thing, you dont need to read 100+ threads, the index is in my signature with all sorts of information
STOCK ICS Sense 3.6: Virtuous Saga
Sense 4.0A(One V port): Fallout
And yes, any OS that you are comfortable with should be fine.. I did it on Win 7

sky770 said:
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well..thats what forums are for..uhmmm? to ask people about your doubts and things you don't understand simply. period. anyways..thx for motivating me to through 100+ threads
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No, that's not what forums are for. You should probably look at the name of the forum and think, what does "-developers" part stand for, and why isn't it called "XDA-users-in-doubt-that-are-too-lazy-to-bother-reading". Your "period" you can use elsewhere.
To your last question: Windows is what the guides are written for, so doing everything on Windows will be better - it won't require you to understand and "translate" everything to Linux.

Jack_R1 said:
No, that's not what forums are for. You should probably look at the name of the forum and think, what does "-developers" part stand for, and why isn't it called "XDA-users-in-doubt-that-are-too-lazy-to-bother-reading".
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(wish I could give this a thumbs up too )

@sky770... The guys are right, In my opinion it's only worth rooting your device if you plan to try a couple of custom ROM's. You seriously won't regret. HTC have a habit of leaving some of the older devices to "fall & die" without providing updates. Through the hard work and determination of some of these guys on here, You will not only have your handset kept alive but also at the same level as some as HTC's flagship devices.
As for recommendation on ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1679125

[Q] ICS on HTC 3D evo GSM

Hello there,
I am an owner of 3D evo and i just want to know if anyone has any idea when the ICS will come out in Europe.I have read in htc official site that it will be released in June-July but i have heard also many other dates...Any updates?

MitsG7 said:
Hello there,
I am an owner of 3D evo and i just want to know if anyone has any idea when the ICS will come out in Europe.I have read in htc official site that it will be released in June-July but i have heard also many other dates...Any updates?
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It's out. Check your evo 3d gsm threads. Don't do official upgrade unless you want an un downgradeable hboot.
If you want s off in the future, be sure to do it on GB now, not ICS.

It's out officially you mean ??cause probably i should have recived an update on my phone!if you mean from developers though I will surely download 1 to test them
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MitsG7 said:
It's out officially you mean ??cause probably i should have recived an update on my phone!if you mean from developers though I will surely download 1 to test them
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Yes see here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1732984
If you do the OTA you WILL NOT BE ABLE TO UNLOCK OR S OFF as of now, no HTC dev unlock even. NEW hboot, no way to flash recovery, more problems if you want s off
I'd s off your phone then you go update the new ICS firmware zip, not the OTA then choose the roms in the 3d gsm section android development.

Thanks a lot for the link.helped me a lot.)
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ics
wish i could get it for i9001 without facing any problems

Is there official ICS update for LG Optimus Me?

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Desire S upgrade ICS Step by Step

Hi all,
Simply , what shall u do to upgrade Desire S to ICS if you are the following... just guide me please
- Normal use
- Phone not rooted
- Region Arabic
- don't know the differences between RUU, ROM, Kernel
- Saw that there was something released on HTCDev but noticed region is CHS...don't know what is that, is that the final stage?
What shall I do, since its the first time for the update not to be OTA.
I have small idea, need guidance & links.
Thanks a million in advance
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Simply, read until you know what you are doing. Until then, do nothing.
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Why have you started a new identical thread?
Sywepd form my DsereiS

Htcdev has just released the kernel source, it is not meant to be flashed on a device but compiled on a PC and then installed along an ICS ROM but it certainly won't work out of the box.
If this doesn't make any sense to you, you'll have to wait.
Sent from my Desire S using xda app-developers app

please continue discussion in the original thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840374

[Q] anyone know where i can find 4.2 update?

my phone won't update over the air was wondering if anyone knew where i could download it and install it myself? couldn't find on the htc site

There are no official 4.2 update for sensation and seems it will not get it at all. If you want fresh Android version you can consider to buy another phone nexus4 for example. Personaly I will never buy htc phone ever.
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ivanich said:
There are no official 4.2 update for sensation and seems it will not get it at all. If you want fresh Android version you can consider to buy another phone nexus4 for example. Personaly I will never buy htc phone ever.
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the 4.0.2 android version?

troyizzle said:
the 4.0.2 android version?
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Hi,
It seems that HTC forgot to give us that one as well.

malybru said:
Hi,
It seems that HTC forgot to give us that one as well.
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the update is out,my mom has the same phone and was able to download it thats how i figured out i was way behind,HTC wants me to send my phone in for a week so they can flash it and i don't want to be phone less for a week so is there any site or place i can download the update from?
or can i backup my moms phone on my computer and do it that way?

troyizzle said:
the update is out,my mom has the same phone and was able to download it thats how i figured out i was way behind,HTC wants me to send my phone in for a week so they can flash it and i don't want to be phone less for a week so is there any site or place i can download the update from?
or can i backup my moms phone on my computer and do it that way?
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Hi,
Sorry,I misread your post.
4.0.2 is ICS and has officially been available for some time.
If you are rooted,you can get a version of it in the dev section.

Android 4.0.3 is also out for Sensation. Get that
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malybru said:
Hi,
Sorry,I misread your post.
4.0.2 is ICS and has officially been available for some time.
If you are rooted,you can get a version of it in the dev section.
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why do you mean as rooted?

troyizzle said:
why do you mean as rooted?
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because if you are unrooted you can do nothing from here

rzr86 said:
because if you are unrooted you can do nothing from here
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what

troyizzle said:
what
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i mean if you want to flash an ICS 4.0.3 rom or ics firmware you have to be rooted first
and surely S-OFF for the ics firmware

Rooted is basically unlocking your phone and bypassing HTC security so that you can flash unofficial firmware and ROMs

Check in the Android Developing area for ROMs... IMO The 4.2 roms aren't running great as of yet...Still new technology for this phone...Give them some time. There is a great ROM I just came across today and tried that is OpenSensation - the latest 2.27.13 build. It looks just like the 4.2 roms (I've already flashed most of them) but it runs amazing on this phone. Its a 4.0.4 build and its simply fantastic. I would give it a try if I was you. Mind you, you will need to root your phone if you already haven't as well as get a recovery such as CWM (clock work manager).