Anyway to backup a Rom on a locked stock i4g? - HTC Inspire 4G

My mother in law has an i4g and is having a lot of lag and app fc so I want to backup everything on her phone including the Rom itself. This is due to the only way of unlocking I have found is through the dev unlock on HTC website. Didn't know if I could do an adb backup without having s-off or unlocked bootloader. Any help us appreciated.
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[Q] Backing up stock Rom (TMOBILE UK)

Right, got my replacement Sensation with Tmobile UK branded rom on.
Having found that there are no stock Tmobile roms about, I would rather back everything up before I root this time.
How do I do this?
Once done, I'm happy to share with everyone else so no one else has to go through the same prob in the future.
If there is a kind dev out there who can help me package everything up properly all the better!!
Thanks
S-OFF and then backup using CWM
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Have you seen this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074559
EddyOS said:
S-OFF and then backup using CWM
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Thanks for the interest but I want to create a virgin backup that can be used to get back to full stock, not to S-Off
joseph_gee said:
Have you seen this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074559
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Yes, that is why I want to create one as that thread has no Tmobile UK Roms
So is this not possible? I'm sure there used to be ways of dumping off images of yr phone. May have been back on the Kaiser though.
Is there a reason why we have have so manly stock ruus but no Tmobile UK?
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Anyone? Surely a Tmobile UK stock ROM would be useful to the community?
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Unlocking the bootloader

Im seriously considering unlocking the bootloader. What are the pros and cons of doing this? Any replies are greatly appreciated..
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You can flash ROMs, radios, and kernels with an unlocked bootloader. Without it you cant.
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What are some advantages to that as opposed to waiting for an ota?
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All custom ROMs offer various mods, tweaks, and overall improvements to the Android experience versus stock ROMs. Generally the OTAs leak long before they're pushed out, and and devs always update their ROMs accordingly so you never have to worry about accepting an OTA. Check out the development section and read through some of the ROM threads and you'll see what I mean about the tweaks and mods. If you find a ROM you'd like to have on your phone, only way to do it is by unlocking the bootloader. It's a lot easier and safer than you might think.
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Im rooted on 1.85 stock rom. Does the one click unlock method still work?
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Yes sir it does.
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Will that automatically put a custom recovery on the phone or would I have to get one from somewhere.. Sorry for all the questions..
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No, you will have to flash the recovery yourself. There are a few threads in development for recoveries, and there are even a couple one click methods. Just look for them, should be on the first couple of pages.
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The only cons are a very small chance of bricking your phone and rendering it unusable (follow instructions and you should be fine). Also, as of now, once you unlock the bootloader you will not be able to take the phone back for warranty or other reasons. In the future there may be ways to undo this process, but none that I know of right now.
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The only cons are a very small chance of bricking your phone and rendering it unusable (follow instructions and you should be fine). Also, as of now, once you unlock the bootloader you will not be able to take the phone back for warranty or other reasons. In the future there may be ways to undo this process, but none that I know of right now.
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It is very difficult to brick a phone and 99 times out of 100 it's recoverable. If you follow directions and only flash stuff that is made for your phone, then you will not brick it. As far as warranty claims are concerned, if it's a hardware issue they will still more likely than not take care of it. I've exchanged a few HOXs, all for hardware issues, and not once did they check the bootloader to see if it was unlocked at one point.
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If your thorough in following directions, there's a thread I posted in development on unlocking your boot loader without voiding HTC warranty. Also if u do unlock, just go to the market and download goo manager beta. It will flash the recovery for you. Very nice tool to have.
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Is it possible to root in the new update?

I had this phone since it came out, and rooted and S-Off and I had tons of issues. Such as Wifi disconnecting and needing to restart the phone in order for it to work, also sometimes Wifi slowed down to a super crawl. Random reboots, etc. But this probably could of been credited to me dropping it all the time and messing up the internals.
I returned it and got a new one, updated to the latest and haven't rooted. Battery life is amazing, but too much bloatware!!!! Can I root and s-off the latest tmobile software? Cause I tried running the older RUU and that failed to install on my phone.
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Um... S-off? The One S?
But yeah unlocking and rooting should be no problem, just use htcs unlock method...
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xxquicksh0txx said:
Um... S-off? The One S?
But yeah unlocking and rooting should be no problem, just use htcs unlock method...
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You are saying that HTC them selves provided a rooting guide? If so can you provide a link for HTC Unlock method.
Thanks in advance
pvaldeben said:
You are saying that HTC them selves provided a rooting guide? If so can you provide a link for HTC Unlock method.
Thanks in advance
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No HTC does not provide a rooting guide. They simply make it easy for you to unlock the bootloader using http://www.htcdev.com/
Once the bootloader is unlock you can root via a few method. There's plenty of sticky thread in the dev section.
This is just one thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1583427
Hgaara said:
I had this phone since it came out, and rooted and S-Off and I had tons of issues. Such as Wifi disconnecting and needing to restart the phone in order for it to work, also sometimes Wifi slowed down to a super crawl. Random reboots, etc. But this probably could of been credited to me dropping it all the time and messing up the internals.
I returned it and got a new one, updated to the latest and haven't rooted. Battery life is amazing, but too much bloatware!!!! Can I root and s-off the latest tmobile software? Cause I tried running the older RUU and that failed to install on my phone.
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I recommend you install TWRP recovery so that you will find it simpler to flash roms. No need to fastboot flash boot.img.
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Wait so the latest update version from Tmobile can be rooted?
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Hgaara said:
Wait so the latest update version from Tmobile can be rooted?
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Please read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24806342#post24806342 especially the first part of that post, where a reasonable user kindly seems to suggest that a fellow user read very easy to find info instead of starting a thread. You must have posted that in anticipation of this thread?

Return to Stock

I'll tell you briefly my experience
I bought an unbranded HTC One S online. When it arrived I was surprised to find that it was T-Mobile branded (european version). So I sent it back asking for a no brand one, which arrived 1 week later. When I turned it on (it was half-charged) I found this written:
"this build is for development purposes only do not distribute outside htc with out htc write permission failure to comply my lead to legal action"
I checked the bootloader and found it was unlocked.
I think they sent me back my T-Mobile one unlocked with a stock rom.
1) How did they remove T-Mobile brand?
2) How can I see if my phone is rooted?
3) Can I receive OTA upgrade even if the bootloader is unlocked?
4) Is it possible to return to unbranded stock with locked bootloader and no root permissions (as an original unbranded phone)?
thanks
They prob rooted and debloated all the stuff on there removing all them apps many Roms have the option for this when installing them. To check if your rooted there is an app called root checker in app store download that. U can return to stock debloated by running ruu and u will have to get the tmobile ruu and specific country but it is de bloated and yea u can do the original HTC updates If your still on stock I don't know if u have to lock bootloader tho personally I think u should get custom Rom because a lot more customisation and Developers build their Roms around the latest HTC updates
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Why I can't run unbranded stock ruu?
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Why I can't run unbranded stock ruu?
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No such thing that's why don't worry I'm on T-Mobile and I've used their ruu twice I got it from football's thread and its still debloated shall I send u the link for th ruu's?
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No thanks I hate branded ruus
I prefer rooted stock rom
What does debloated mean?
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Yes but nothing comes with the ruu lool its not bloated with any T-Mobile crap I've used it dude
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What is a debloated rom?
Sorry I'm a noob
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Where u have options to remove loads of crap like the t mobile stuff HTC stocks Flickr etc
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OTA updates will arrive simultaneously to the stock ruu?
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Yes
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Can you send me the link?
Thanks
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S4
http://www.filefactory.com/f/cf061f69b5bf7878/
S3
http://www.filefactory.com/f/11f2bd9c14cebbbe/
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Downgrade needed. How-to?

Hi, I made that account especially to ask that question. The problem is that I wanted to unlock my phone via HTC Dev's unlocking soft but unfortunately i have higher RUU than the needed one I dunno how the hell could it happen but if you have any ideas how I can return to the stock RUU I would really aprecciate it. Thanks in advance.
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Skip the step about RUU Update and continue unlocking via HTC Dev. No need to downgrade.
Thanks I'll try that later !
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