[Q] update tmobile firmware with custom rom? - HTC One S

newb here. I just rooted, s-off, and installed a custom rom on my tmob htc one s as instructed in the thread linked below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250573
My question is in regards to "Complete Firmware From Update / Radio " as stated in the thread, I haven't done that part yet and I'm wondering if I need to. Everything seems to be working well and I'm wondering if it's a "if it ain't broke don't fix it" type of situation, or is there some underlying reason I should do it?
please forgive me if this is something obvious, I've done a ton of reading and searching the forums, trying to understand all of it.
If it turns out I should do it, can someone please explain this line in detail from the post linked above.
1. fastboot oem rebootRUU
Thanks

tacotim said:
newb here. I just rooted, s-off, and installed a custom rom on my tmob htc one s as instructed in the thread linked below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250573
My question is in regards to "Complete Firmware From Update / Radio " as stated in the thread, I haven't done that part yet and I'm wondering if I need to. Everything seems to be working well and I'm wondering if it's a "if it ain't broke don't fix it" type of situation, or is there some underlying reason I should do it?
please forgive me if this is something obvious, I've done a ton of reading and searching the forums, trying to understand all of it.
If it turns out I should do it, can someone please explain this line in detail from the post linked above.
1. fastboot oem rebootRUU
Thanks
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If everything works as it should, there is no need to do anything else, as this is no problem for all devices, just some of them.
The fastboot command mentioned above switches your phone into a certain flashing mode, preparing it for flashing RUUs. Usually it's invoked by the RUU itsself, when the flashing process starts, but it also can be executed manually for some reasons, e.g. writing information to certain memory partitions of the phone.

tacotim said:
newb here. I just rooted, s-off, and installed a custom rom on my tmob htc one s as instructed in the thread linked below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250573
My question is in regards to "Complete Firmware From Update / Radio " as stated in the thread, I haven't done that part yet and I'm wondering if I need to. Everything seems to be working well and I'm wondering if it's a "if it ain't broke don't fix it" type of situation, or is there some underlying reason I should do it?
please forgive me if this is something obvious, I've done a ton of reading and searching the forums, trying to understand all of it.
If it turns out I should do it, can someone please explain this line in detail from the post linked above.
1. fastboot oem rebootRUU
Thanks
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I had the same feeling as you. I'm running the same ROM. I ended up flashing the new firmware. I'm not sure if it made a difference or not, but I remember someone mentioning that it has potential to improve signal.
To flash:
1. fastboot oem rebootRUU
2. fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
3. do step 2# twice when you get an error.
Goodluck.
Nick

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Help on how to restore rooted AT&T One X to stock

Hey guys. I recently purchased a used One X on the MP here. The seller let me know the phone is rooted and running a custom ROM. In my searching for how to restore it to completely stock, I've hit a wall and I need some help.
The only return-to-stock methods I can find are designed for rooted phones running the stock ROM. It seems there's a different method for a phone on a custom ROM? Maybe I'm just plain wrong, but if there is a different method, could someone point me in the right direction please?
While this isn't my first rodeo with rooting/unrooting, it is on anything other than a Samsung device. I'd like to start from scratch on this new phone so returning it to stock is the first step.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
KentuckyHouse said:
Hey guys. I recently purchased a used One X on the MP here. The seller let me know the phone is rooted and running a custom ROM. In my searching for how to restore it to completely stock, I've hit a wall and I need some help.
The only return-to-stock methods I can find are designed for rooted phones running the stock ROM. It seems there's a different method for a phone on a custom ROM? Maybe I'm just plain wrong, but if there is a different method, could someone point me in the right direction please?
While this isn't my first rodeo with rooting/unrooting, it is on anything other than a Samsung device. I'd like to start from scratch on this new phone so returning it to stock is the first step.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
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Wrong section, this should really be in the Q and A section.
I'm assuming this is your first HTC device. We have something called RUUs, or ROM Update Utilities.
This is what you will need to do when you get your phone:
1. Download the RUU for 1.85 (found in the development forums)
2. Install the fastboot tool (google on how to do that)
3. Connect your device in fastboot mode (boot into the bootloader)
4. Run this command:
fastboot oem lock
5. Then from there start up the RUU's .exe file
6. Follow the RUU instructions.
At the end of the RUU you will have a stock phone with one exception, the bootloader will say "relocked" instead of "locked" as it does on stock phones. There is no way to currently get back to it saying "locked" untill we get S-OFF (security off, a "feature" on HTC phones that we are currently working on achieving)
However, your experience with the phone will then be 100% stock.
Sorry about sticking this in the wrong section. I'm usually better than that!
Thank you so much for the info. That's extremely helpful. This is my first HTC device and I'm feeling a little lost so far. Some things seem to translate across devices, but others don't (such as S-off…I could not figure out what that meant, so again, thanks for that!)
I'll have the phone in my hands sometime next week, so I'm trying to do as much research before it arrives as I can.
5. Then from there start up the RUU's .exe file?
rohan32 said:
Wrong section, this should really be in the Q and A section.
I'm assuming this is your first HTC device. We have something called RUUs, or ROM Update Utilities.
This is what you will need to do when you get your phone:
1. Download the RUU for 1.85 (found in the development forums)
2. Install the fastboot tool (google on how to do that)
3. Connect your device in fastboot mode (boot into the bootloader)
4. Run this command:
fastboot oem lock
5. Then from there start up the RUU's .exe file
6. Follow the RUU instructions.
At the end of the RUU you will have a stock phone with one exception, the bootloader will say "relocked" instead of "locked" as it does on stock phones. There is no way to currently get back to it saying "locked" untill we get S-OFF (security off, a "feature" on HTC phones that we are currently working on achieving)
However, your experience with the phone will then be 100% stock.
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Hello, I am also trying to install the factory rom on my HTC One X and I have completed step 4 in the instructions that you put up above. I am stuck on step 5. There are no .exe files from the download i got. These are the only files I got:
evita_readme.txt
evita-ics-crc-3.0.8-271616b.tar
So I am confused when you say to start up the RUU's.exe file
Your help would be greatly appreciated and thank you in advance for your response.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671237 the ruu files can be found there

How to go back to the stock HTC Room? "Remove the root"

Hey
Thanks to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525100
finally i rooted my HTC Desire S
and i installed this room "[Fallout Evolution V4.4.0|Sense 4.0A| ICS 4.03] [Kernel Stock 3.0.16]" from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1679125
but i found it has many bugs and the browser is very laggy and sluggish so i decided to come back and run the official stock room again
so my question is how i can remove the rooting and make the phone like nothing happened to it, like the first time i bought it?
how can i install the official stock room again to get OTA updates normally again??
Sorry for my little informations in this but this is my first time to root so am not expert
thanks in advance
Search and read - this has been answered literally hundreds of times. It will all depend on your hboot, how you got S-Off etc - but the answers are already out there.
If you are capable of reading to get where you are, then you are more than capable of reading and getting back.
The first thing that you should do is to search for threads with similar question to understand the basics.
Than:
1) find your version:
fastboot getvar version-main
2) find a RUU according to the version
Look for the sticky thread "Shipped ROMs collection for Desire S"
If there is no such look for a downgrade guide
If there is a such RUU available, continue:
3) lock the bootloader
fastboot oem lock
4) use the RUU
Done.
SimonTS said:
Search and read - this has been answered literally hundreds of times. It will all depend on your hboot, how you got S-Off etc - but the answers are already out there.
If you are capable of reading to get where you are, then you are more than capable of reading and getting back.
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Thanks for ur reply, i searched before making this thread but i didnt understand anything unfortunately! :S
amidabuddha said:
The first thing that you should do is to search for threads with similar question to understand the basics.
Than:
1) find your version:
fastboot getvar version-main
2) find a RUU according to the version
Look for the sticky thread "Shipped ROMs collection for Desire S"
If there is no such look for a downgrade guide
If there is a such RUU available, continue:
3) lock the bootloader
fastboot oem lock
4) use the RUU
Done.
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Okay thanks alot for ur reply and help
but sorry i didnt understand anything from that
from where can i gather all of this infromations?
Can u please guide me step by step or just bring me any thread that describes how but in easy way to understand
All the info is here. Spend some hours reading. I gave you the keywords. You SHOULD understand what you are doing or you will end up with a brick.
Good luck
Sent from my HTC Desire S
If your problem is the functions of the rom, then maybe it's much safer for you to just try a different rom. There are lots of threads discussing best roms. Succes
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[Q] HELP - Broken HTC Sensation

So here is the story.
I'm more of a linux user than anything else. I use Ubuntu Studio and Linux Mint on my home computer, and when I heard about the developers preview of Ubuntu Touch, I got excited.
Following the instructions in one thread here, I found it fairly simple to install Ubuntu Touch, and it looked perfect. However, it was much too early in development for use. Everything was kind of a placeholder, there was no network connectivity, phone capabilities, etc. So I went back and installed the rom I had used previously.
Here's where the problem happened. After successfully flashing the Rom to my phone and booting up into the GUI, if I clicked on anything it would reboot. Seems kinda funny, so I had tried about 5 other working roms, and they all did the same thing.
So I assume that when I installed ubuntu touch, it had actually removed a lot of the drivers for my Sensation.
HTC has been NO help at all in obtaining the correct software so I can fix my phone. Additionally, they don't even answer back my emails with comprehensible responses. I've explained this problem to them in great detail, and the extent of their responses are "if u can not find the softwares on htcdevs.com you will have to send your device in for repairs. If the damage is not covered under warranty we will let you know how much repair will cost, if you dont want repair you pay for shipping of unrepair device back to you."
Like, really?
I would like to do a fresh installation of the kernel, drivers, OS, etc so that I can use my phone again.
If you need more information don't hesitate to ask.
I hope someone has had a similar scenario, or at least know what I'm talking about and might be able to help me a bit.
What you probably need to do is flash (is it flash?) a RUU (Rom Update Utility). You can find them here.
EDIT:
Hmm.. You probably can't run .exes on Linux, can you? Maybe with Wine?
ridder215215 said:
What you probably need to do is flash (is it flash?) a RUU (Rom Update Utility). You can find them here.
EDIT:
Hmm.. You probably can't run .exes on Linux, can you? Maybe with Wine?
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he can extract the rom.zip from ruu and flash it from bootloader
see here for that
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1672425 (step 4)
rzr86 said:
he can extract the rom.zip from ruu and flash it from bootloader
see here for that
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1672425 (step 4)
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Oh thank you, I will check that, because I had just downloaded a RUU and booted into my windows partition, and attempted to run it. Since I can really only boot into recovery, it was only mounting my SD card, not my internal storage (i seem to recall it used to mount the device itself). So, the RUU for pyramid wouldn't run. If I can flash it, that would be best, I will have a look at that thread, thank you.
I think what happened is Ubuntu Touch stripped down android on my phone... I'm not sure if roms run as a replacement for that, or on top of it, I'm really still a beginner when it comes to phones, but usually I can manage to find the information I need to fix a problem... This is the most difficult problem I've had. Thanks again for the link.
rzr86 said:
he can extract the rom.zip from ruu and flash it from bootloader
see here for that
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1672425 (step 4)
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Thank you again. You pointed me in the right direction and I got my phone working once again. Re-rooted and s-offd and now installed CM9. Thanks again for your help.

[Q] No OS installed, won't flash rom, mistakenly relocked...HELP!

I have scoured the internet for a solution, but my phone is from Hell. Every single thing I have ever done has ended in errors, ranging from trying to flash the rom zip and getting a "data length is too large" to errors while my phone did still have an OS and flashing through fastboot or double clicking in an exe would give me errors regarding the version or whatever other bs. I have been actively trying to fix this phone for well over a year! When I first started, it was still under warranty, and now it's just a paperweight that continues to waste days of my time at a time.
I am by no means a noob to electronics, but it seems I must be missing something I didn't learn, as I must be a noob in rooting/unrooting/flashing phones. I hope to God nobody suggests that I should have posted this in another thread, as I have searched all similar threads (all over the internet, different phones, any website that Google could find) and tried every single method anybody suggested. Most methods would be completely useless as I wouldn't meet the prerequisites, but I tried even those methods once I exhausted all serious methods.
I have officially gone mad and am about to say goodbye to all technology and go live in a Amish community for the rest of my life. I became so desperate and crazy that I managed to mess up my phone further than it was to begin with. PLEASE HELP! I am at your humble service, and I await any and all instruction.
A little background:
I got the phone from a family member once they cracked their screen, as I am much more of a hardware techie and I got the phone as a present to fix and use for myself. My family member is trigger happy and likes to root everything he could get his hands on. I am much happier with the stock versions of things as they give the best performance for my needs, not to mention the much less hassles and headaches with updates and reception and so on and so forth. I got the phone when it had 1.73.502.1 software on it. I wanted to upgrade to the 3.18.502.6 software version that was available, unroot the phone, and take everything back to dead stock. Since then, 5.18.502.1 has become available. (Side story about this: when double clicking the 5.18.502.6 RUU exe to go into my temp folder and extract the ROM zip, this version doesn't execute for some reason when downloaded from the "HTC OTA and RUU collection" thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2119610), and the previous version mentioned does execute and show up in my temp folder in Windows, but there are two roms (rom 1 and rom 2), and when extracting them, I get errors, so I had to download and extract 2.20.502.7, which executed and extracted without any problems)). I tried unlocking the bootloader through HTC's website (yes, I believe I relocked it about a year ago in a stupid move because I read that in order to execute an RUU you have to be relocked), but I guess AT&T is a big douche, so I had to superCID (cid 11111111) before doing so, but simply doing "fastboot oem writecid 11111111" wouldn't work, so I literally tried a million different tools I found until magically (literally, I don't know what happened or what I did), I got to superCID, in which case I unlocked with no problem. I then tried every method possible of updating, flashing, everything, but when things got to the actual rom zip part or executing RUU or basically the last steps, I would always be presented with errors and fails. In an angry move, I went to TWRP and erased everything I could get my hands on (I know, I messed up, kill me), and so I deleted the OS and whatever else was on the phone. Since then, I also managed to relock the bootloader (which I locked and unlocked multiple times with no problem and had the unlock code, so I figured I'm safe forever), and take my CID back to cws__001 (which I thought might be the cause of all of my errors, but found that now I can no longer unlock my bootloader).....
I now have an HTC One X from AT&T that is relocked, CID is cws__001,stock recovery, no operating system to boot into adb, and not able to flash anything on it to get into TWRP at least to try and adb sideload or some other things to take back the screw-ups I did since last night.
Info on bootloader:
TAMPERED
RELOCKED
EVITA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.14.0000
RADIO-0.16.32.09.01_3
OpenDSP-v25.1.0.32.0405
eMMC-boot
Nov 26 2012, 18:37:14:-1
I apologize beforehand for even touching the phone's software and trying to mess with it and maybe learn a thing or two in the process. Again, I thank you greatly beforehand for all your input, and I hope to hear back soon!
Erik
You can run the 3.18 att ruu to fix the phone to the point of it booting. If you want to learn a few things (such as custom ROMs and the like) you can visit threads on how to root, unlock the bootloader, get supercid, and then s-off.
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Thanks for the prompt response
I tried what you suggested just now (downloaded the 3.18.502.6 RUU exe from the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2119610, went into fastboot, right-clicked the exe and chose to run as administrator), and I got "ERROR [158]: Image Error"
I had tried that numerous times in the past as well, with either the same error or various other errors, through fastboot and through the phone being on and fully operable.
On a side note: for some reason it's recognizing my current image version as 3.18.502.6, but there is no operating system on there now, and when there was, it was definitely 1.73.502.1
Any other suggestions?
edit: also, please don't tell me that I should have changed my CID to CWS__001 instead of cws__001....does it make a difference if the CID is lowercase or uppercase?
Ok, wow. I'm not sure where to start here. I think perhaps your main problem is that you rushed, and you've tried "every single method" for doing things, when there is usually only one specific method for each scenario you encounter on each device. The key is to be patient and do the proper research, and find the method that is going to fix the problem you're facing. The other key is to stay within XDA, and more specifically to stay within your device forum. Venturing onto other websites is a bad idea, they don't properly distinguish between phone models (and the information is usually plagiarised from XDA anyway). If you can't find the method that's going to fix your problem, then ask here, don't wait until you've royally screwed the device to ask for advice.
I believe the CID is case sensitive so there's why the RUU you want to run isn't succeeding. Go to the Compilation Roll-Up thread in my signature, find the 3.18 root method, achieve SuperCID again using that method, unlock your bootloader again, flash TWRP 2.6 from here, flash a ROM from our development section, get s-off, boom, done. Getting s-off is optional but trust me, you're gonna want it.
Sent from my Evita
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Actually, just realised the 3.18 root method won't work because it requires a working OS. Try flashing your unlock token again to see if it'll unlock your bootloader.
Sent from my Evita
timmaaa said:
Ok, wow. I'm not sure where to start here. I think perhaps your main problem is that you rushed, and you've tried "every single method" for doing things, when there is usually only one specific method for each scenario you encounter on each device. The key is to be patient and do the proper research, and find the method that is going to fix the problem you're facing. The other key is to stay within XDA, and more specifically to stay within your device forum. Venturing onto other websites is a bad idea, they don't properly distinguish between phone models (and the information is usually plagiarised from XDA anyway). If you can't find the method that's going to fix your problem, then ask here, don't wait until you've royally screwed the device to ask for advice.
I believe the CID is case sensitive so there's why the RUU you want to run isn't succeeding. Go to the Compilation Roll-Up thread in my signature, find the 3.18 root method, achieve SuperCID again using that method, unlock your bootloader again, flash TWRP 2.6 from here, flash a ROM from our development section, get s-off, boom, done. Getting s-off is optional but trust me, you're gonna want it.
Sent from my Evita
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Actually, just realised the 3.18 root method won't work because it requires a working OS. Try flashing your unlock token again to see if it'll unlock your bootloader.
Sent from my Evita
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Nice, I was hoping hear from you timmaaa, but unfortunately, looking at that root method, as well as any that I have seen in my searches, requires that I be in adb, which as far as I know cannot be done unless the phone boots up, but I do not have an OS, so the phone will not boot up for me to go through with adb commands. Is there something I'm missing? or is there a workaround?
You're correct about me having rushed the process. Well, I didn't at first, but after the first few days, I began to just try anything I could get my hands on, and believe it or not, that was a year ago, so every once in a while I'll grab the phone and try searching some new things, but it's not like there are an infinite number of ways to go about things :\ Thanks for the help so far though, really
edit after seeing your edit: hahaha! yeah, you caught yourself perfectly! Also, in response to your question: I've tried flashing the unlock token through multiple different programs, but to no avail. As you said, I royally screwed myself in thinking that I could put back my CID (but my stupid self didn't put uppercase letters), and I thought I'd still be able to use my unlock token since I had gotten the code beforehand and it worked multiple times before, but I was mistaken
To be honest, I think your only option right now is a jtag repair. I don't think your unlock token is going to work because you no longer have SuperCID.
Sent from my Evita
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The reason your unlock token isn't working is because it's looking for the same CID you had (11111111) when you unlocked the first time. So jtag is the only thing that's gonna resurrect your phone.
Sent from my Evita
timmaaa said:
To be honest, I think your only option right now is a jtag repair. I don't think your unlock token is going to work because you no longer have SuperCID.
Sent from my Evita
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The reason your unlock token isn't working is because it's looking for the same CID you had (11111111) when you unlocked the first time. So jtag is the only thing that's gonna resurrect your phone.
Sent from my Evita
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Please tell me it isn't so! I hate myself...I'm stuck with my girlfriend's HTC Droid DNA (absolutely love this phone, but no LTE for T-Mobile since it's a Verizon exclusive phone), and now I'm finding out I screwed myself over and have an awesome paperweight that I need to pay someone else to repair (I'm assuming JTAG repair is some sort of service facilities offer? That's what my search online showed)
I hope maybe somebody else could chime a differing view on this, but thank you timmaaa for your help and time
Ruu while in fastboot mode.no?
Edit my bad just noticed the part about lower case cid
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EsoteRIcalfreaK said:
Please tell me it isn't so! I hate myself...I'm stuck with my girlfriend's HTC Droid DNA (absolutely love this phone, but no LTE for T-Mobile since it's a Verizon exclusive phone), and now I'm finding out I screwed myself over and have an awesome paperweight that I need to pay someone else to repair (I'm assuming JTAG repair is some sort of service facilities offer? That's what my search online showed)
I hope maybe somebody else could chime a differing view on this, but thank you timmaaa for your help and time
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Unfortunately for you there is no differing view. You've gotten the phone to a point where it cannot be resurrected via traditional means. Jtag is indeed your only option, and yes it's a repair service. They hook your motherboard up to a riffbox and push the partitions to it, you can even request things like s-off. There's a user here on XDA called zarboz who does jtag repairs, and I believe he's the cheapest you'll find. He's based out of Ohio I think. Contact him via PM for details.
Sent from my Evita
Great, I have an awesome paperweight that I made myself, and the person that I could talk to so that I could get help doesn't accept private messages from someone who has less than ten posts, hahaha
I'm so hoping that the head of HTC's development department somehow joins the forum and tells me that I just need to fastboot some crying smiley face symbol and the phone will start dancing for me until everything goes back to it's original factory settings...why hasn't HTC adopted Samsuck's and Crapple's software reset through their syncing program yet?!?!
The RUU is HTC's version of software reset. The problem isn't a lack of reset program from the manufacturer, the problem is the fact that you changed the CID incorrectly.
Sent from my Evita
I can't believe uppercase and lowercase make a difference though
Also, I tried executing the RUU in multiple different ways, even when the OS was operable, in the last year, multiple times, with multiple different versions, but I was always presented with an error of some sort and the RUU setup would cancel and close. The first thing I tried after every exploit that I did was to run the RUU, so I really don't know what else I could have done differently to have gotten the RUU to run without errors, or else I wouldn't have gone this far and tried unorthodox measures to try and revive the poor guy
Of course upper case and lower case makes a difference, this is computing after all. There was always a way to get the RUU to run, right up until the point of writing the CID wrong, if you had asked for help here earlier I'm positive I could have figured it out. It's a matter of having done the right research, and being well versed with the device you're working with.
Sent from my Evita
EsoteRIcalfreaK said:
Nice, I was hoping hear from you timmaaa, but unfortunately, looking at that root method, as well as any that I have seen in my searches, requires that I be in adb, which as far as I know cannot be done unless the phone boots up, but I do not have an OS, so the phone will not boot up for me to go through with adb commands. Is there something I'm missing? or is there a workaround?
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Is this true? The root method needs to have the phone booted into the OS? adb should work in bootloader (but I never had to do the 3.18 root method personally), so I'm unsure of the answer myself.
EsoteRIcalfreaK said:
I have scoured the internet for a solution, but my phone is from Hell.
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EsoteRIcalfreaK said:
why hasn't HTC adopted Samsuck's and Crapple's software reset through their syncing program yet?!?!
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Stop blaming the phone, HTC, etc. Its pretty clear that the main problem was your lack of research and understanding. For any phone, the proper research (preferably a few hours at least) needs to be done before attempting any mods. You've found the consequence of rushing the process, and have only yourself to blame.
No offense intended, but its clear you have a lack of understanding of many of the basic concepts, rules, etc., and have also been rushing forward trying a lot of methods that are not completely applicable to your case. This is absolutely not the correct methodology when modding a phone.
EsoteRIcalfreaK said:
I can't believe uppercase and lowercase make a difference though
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How is that so unbelievable? As timmaaa mentioned, case is often crucial when it comes to computers. Since when is syntax not important when typing computer commands?
For the CID in particular, its obviously all hinging on a handful of crucial characters. So it needs to be typed exactly right.
redpoint73 said:
Is this true? The root method needs to have the phone booted into the OS? adb should work in bootloader (but I never had to do the 3.18 root method personally), so I'm unsure of the answer myself.
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adb works in recovery or while the phone is stuck at loading screen but not in bootloader. Ofcourse, without an OS there's nothing to grant su. Though, he MAY be able to rewrite his CID using the 3.18 method anyway since I imagine the recovery must have SU or equal permissions..
I am less inclined to want to help after all his whining though :/
exad said:
I am less inclined to want to help after all his whining though :/
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timmaaa said:
Of course upper case and lower case makes a difference, this is computing after all. There was always a way to get the RUU to run, right up until the point of writing the CID wrong, if you had asked for help here earlier I'm positive I could have figured it out. It's a matter of having done the right research, and being well versed with the device you're working with.
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redpoint73 said:
Stop blaming the phone, HTC, etc. Its pretty clear that the main problem was your lack of research and understanding. For any phone, the proper research (preferably a few hours at least) needs to be done before attempting any mods. You've found the consequence of rushing the process, and have only yourself to blame.
No offense intended, but its clear you have a lack of understanding of many of the basic concepts, rules, etc., and have also been rushing forward trying a lot of methods that are not completely applicable to your case. This is absolutely not the correct methodology when modding a phone.
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Guys, guys, please do understand that I did many many hours of research before attempting anything. It wasn't until just recently that I began to just go plain crazy and just throw whatever I could get my hands on into commands and such (and that was all done in the matter of one frustrating night actually, so for almost two years I researched and learned things from mostly this board and tried different methods I found useful). You should see the bookmarks I have created on my browser (I deleted a bunch of useless ones recently, but I have 24 as of right now just explaining One X things)!
If you read closely (I know, I have written a lot, because I have seen people get completely flamed for not writing enough information), I mentioned that I have been trying to revive this phone for over a year now (two years this month). The reason I didn't ask for help earlier, which I wanted to do from day one, is for respect to exactly you guys...
1. I was about to make an account on here and post the very first day I got the phone, but after watching the introduction/noob video on YouTube for this website that explains the rules and what to do before EVER posting ANYthing, I decided to do a little more research and do my best to listen and learn from all the tutorials and great help you guys have given to others.
2. I wanted to make sure, as the video and as many of you mention on this forum, to try every avenue and method before coming for help. I did so precisely for the reason of not wanting to look as though I'm "whining". I might have exaggerated a bit in saying that I threw everything I found at the phone, because I did not just blindly do things without the proper research.
The OS I "accidentally" deleted in hoping to get rid of whatever software was on there that really was not changing or allowing me to RUU or anything. I thought that if I deleted it, it would be easier to put a fresh genuine stock copy on it. I was mistaken, and by the time I realized, I had done the damage to the phone. The biggest mistake that caused this irreversible damage was MY OWN unfortunate way of thought of thinking that uppercase and lowercase wouldn't make a difference (actually the truth is, I thought the original CID was lowercase, but seeing as how I had spent almost two years on this project, and I had had a very long day, I didn't double check to make sure, and I figured that I would be able to go back and change it worst case scenario...this my MY mistake, and I am by no means whining or complaining for MY OWN MISTAKE).
All that being said, please gentleman, if there is anything I could do to revive this phone and reverse my wrong-doings, I would appreciate it greatly and be forever grateful. I assure you, I will not perform a single step without confirming that I am doing the right thing. I am definitely wanting your help, and I definitely do seek to leave behind something that other people who make similar mistakes to mine can look back on for future reference.
Long story short, I messed up, it's my fault, I'm not complaining or whining, my Crapple and Samsuck comments were just to poke fun at those companies, and I would really appreciate it if anyone could help me in any shape way or form. Thank you beforehand
Erik
Good, then try this. You should have adb access within TWRP.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2285086
exad said:
Good, then try this. You should have adb access within TWRP.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2285086
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Thanks for the info, but I tried doing adb commands while the phone was stuck at the "HTC quietly brilliant" boot screen, as well as in recovery, but the phone isn't detected. I do not have TWRP. I have a stock recovery (Android system recovery <3e>). Any other way to do adb commands in my situation? Thanks beforehand
To be honest I think this was dubious at best, it was worth a try but I didn't hold much hope for it actually working. The only place it might have worked would have been in TWRP, even then your system was wiped so the structure required for the commands doesn't even exist in the partition. Someone else chime in here if I'm wrong, but I still believe jtag is the only option out of this.
Sent from my Evita
EsoteRIcalfreaK said:
Thanks for the info, but I tried doing adb commands while the phone was stuck at the "HTC quietly brilliant" boot screen, as well as in recovery, but the phone isn't detected. I do not have TWRP. I have a stock recovery (Android system recovery <3e>). Any other way to do adb commands in my situation? Thanks beforehand
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You have stock recovery!? -_- I think timaaa is right then -_- I will flash stock recovery and test ADB just to be sure, just for you homeboy. I will post an update shortly.
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Yeah, sorry man, Jtag only.

[Q] Need Help With Updating hboot for JB

Ok first off I would like to start off by thanking everyone in advance. I am a little weird at explaining over text but ill try. I have a old AT&T HTC One X that I was wanting to install a jellybean custom rom on. I guess in order to do that i have to update the Hboot to 1.36 (Hboot currently 1.14). Now correct me if i'm wrong but I did a little research and noticed I had to unlock the bootloader prior to updating the Hboot, so I watched a video by a guy known as "onexroot" (link below) and followed his steps. But when I looked at my CID it was 11111111 so I didn't really know which option to pick. So I stopped and did a little more research on this and had no success. I continued and picked list . After going through the next few steps I get an error "FAILED(12 signature verification fail)" I went online and researched this and it seemed that that error only came up on nexus one devices? I am completely stuck and seem to run into a error every time I try to mess with this phone. I would be very thankful if someone on this forum could shed some light in the direction i need to go with this phone. I have attached a ZIP file with the pictures and a text document containing the link to the youtube video and my email address. I put them into a ZIP because the pictures were to big and i'm unable to post links because I am a new user.
Thanks,
Tyler
Mrhand1113 said:
Ok first off I would like to start off by thanking everyone in advance. I am a little weird at explaining over text but ill try. I have a old AT&T HTC One X that I was wanting to install a jellybean custom rom on. I guess in order to do that i have to update the Hboot to 1.36 (Hboot currently 1.14). Now correct me if i'm wrong but I did a little research and noticed I had to unlock the bootloader prior to updating the Hboot, so I watched a video by a guy known as "onexroot" (link below) and followed his steps. But when I looked at my CID it was 11111111 so I didn't really know which option to pick. So I stopped and did a little more research on this and had no success. I continued and picked list . After going through the next few steps I get an error "FAILED(12 signature verification fail)" I went online and researched this and it seemed that that error only came up on nexus one devices? I am completely stuck and seem to run into a error every time I try to mess with this phone. I would be very thankful if someone on this forum could shed some light in the direction i need to go with this phone. I have attached a ZIP file with the pictures and a text document containing the link to the youtube video and my email address. I put them into a ZIP because the pictures were to big and i'm unable to post links because I am a new user.
Thanks,
Tyler
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Wrong forum mate you must to ask in Evita vorum here is international HOX forum don't use anything from here on your phone
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Mrhand1113 said:
Ok first off I would like to start off by thanking everyone in advance. I am a little weird at explaining over text but ill try. I have a old AT&T HTC One X that I was wanting to install a jellybean custom rom on. I guess in order to do that i have to update the Hboot to 1.36 (Hboot currently 1.14). Now correct me if i'm wrong but I did a little research and noticed I had to unlock the bootloader prior to updating the Hboot, so I watched a video by a guy known as "onexroot" (link below) and followed his steps. But when I looked at my CID it was 11111111 so I didn't really know which option to pick. So I stopped and did a little more research on this and had no success. I continued and picked list . After going through the next few steps I get an error "FAILED(12 signature verification fail)" I went online and researched this and it seemed that that error only came up on nexus one devices? I am completely stuck and seem to run into a error every time I try to mess with this phone. I would be very thankful if someone on this forum could shed some light in the direction i need to go with this phone. I have attached a ZIP file with the pictures and a text document containing the link to the youtube video and my email address. I put them into a ZIP because the pictures were to big and i'm unable to post links because I am a new user.
Thanks,
Tyler
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I think you're a bit confused here, and it's probably due to going to onexroot.com for information. XDA is the only place you should go to for info regarding modifying your device. That other site doesn't properly distinguish between the HTC One X (Endeavoru) and the HTC One XL / at&t One X (Evita), they're completely different phones and the firmware isn't compatible. You have the HTC One XL / at&t One X (Evita), but the tool you've been using is for the HTC One X (Endeavoru), it's a good thing it keeps failing otherwise you'd have an expensive paperweight on your hands.
Anyway, stay within XDA, and more importantly, stay within the correct device subforum. This is our device main page:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-x-att
Don't ever venture out of this section or you'll end up in trouble.
So, what you need to do is go to htcdev.com and unlock your bootloader. Once you've done that you can flash TWRP recovery to your device. Once you've done that you can flash SuperSU to get root. Once you've done that you can get s-off via the Facepalm s-off method. And once you've done that you can upgrade your firmware (not just your hboot) in order to run the latest Jellybean ROMs. I have a guide thread in my signature which will explain most of the above stuff, but feel free to ask any questions if you need further help.
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