I want to be able to flash the latest CM10.1 for my AT&T HTC One X. Details about the phone-
Unlocked with HTCDev. Hboot 1.14.0002. Have latest TWRP flashed. Says TAMPERED, UNLOCKED, and S-ON.
I tried a RUU to update the Hboot, but that didn't work.
How can I update the firmware so I can run latest ROMs like CM10.1? I've looked at similar questions, but the answers were for the International Version of the HTC One X.
Any help or suggestions are appreciated.
seth50k said:
I want to be able to flash the latest CM10.1 for my AT&T HTC One X. Details about the phone-
Unlocked with HTCDev. Hboot 1.14.0002. Have latest TWRP flashed. Says TAMPERED, UNLOCKED, and S-ON.
I tried a RUU to update the Hboot, but that didn't work.
How can I update the firmware so I can run latest ROMs like CM10.1? I've looked at similar questions, but the answers were for the International Version of the HTC One X.
Any help or suggestions are appreciated.
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S-off
Run 3.18 ruu (no need to relock with s-off)
Relash recovery
Flash cm10
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31ken31 said:
S-off
Run 3.18 ruu (no need to relock with s-off)
Relash recovery
Flash cm10
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Ok, so here's the 2nd question. Somehow I managed to wipe whatever ROM I had on here (CleanROM I think), so it doesn't boot to anything. I've tried flashing CleanROM 6 and 3.20.401.1 Odexed, both error out in TWRP.
I'm assuming I've managed to softbrick it?
seth50k said:
Ok, so here's the 2nd question. Somehow I managed to wipe whatever ROM I had on here (CleanROM I think), so it doesn't boot to anything. I've tried flashing CleanROM 6 and 3.20.401.1 Odexed, both error out in TWRP.
I'm assuming I've managed to softbrick it?
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Not sure 3.20.401.1 is but what did you do? You didn't do factory reset from bootloader did you?
RollTribe said:
Not sure 3.20.401.1 is but what did you do? You didn't do factory reset from bootloader did you?
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I might have. What I was trying to do is clean out the phone to sell it, then get it updated, etc. I know in TWRP I ran probably every type of wipe, and I may have run Factory reset from the bootloader. It was a while ago and I set it aside, and now i've come back to it trying to get this phone sorted out.
seth50k said:
I might have. What I was trying to do is clean out the phone to sell it, then get it updated, etc. I know in TWRP I ran probably every type of wipe, and I may have run Factory reset from the bootloader. It was a while ago and I set it aside, and now i've come back to it trying to get this phone sorted out.
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If you did, then you're not gonna be able to so anything with ROMs. Run an ruu, reunlock, and report back.
RollTribe said:
If you did, then you're not gonna be able to so anything with ROMs. Run an ruu, reunlock, and report back.
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I've tried running RUU, it gets about halfway and fails. Do I need to flash the stock recovery and relock first, then run a RUU?
U need to relock the bootloader
Use command prompt
"Fastboot oem lock" from fastboot then run the ruu.... I recommend getting s-off as well is very easy and fast and it will save u a lot of troubles in the future plus u will not have to lock the bootloader to flash an ruu
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If you ruu with s-on and supercid you brick.
Be careful with your advice breeze. You'll cause him a brick.
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breezedragon said:
U need to relock the bootloader
Use command prompt
"Fastboot oem lock" from fastboot then run the ruu.... I recommend getting s-off as well is very easy and fast and it will save u a lot of troubles in the future plus u will not have to lock the bootloader to flash an ruu
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Yeah, but you need a ROM working to even do the s-off process. So getting a ROM loaded is my main priority at this point. I can get into Bootloader/Fastboot, and I can still get to TWRP. Flashing a ROM from TWRP isn't working, and neither is running the latest RUU from fastboot. I get ERROR 159 when I try to run the latest RUU. So do I need to fastboot oemlock, then try again?
Perhaps running the RUU that was previously on it would work? 2.20, is what firmware was on it last.
seth50k said:
Yeah, but you need a ROM working to even do the s-off process. So getting a ROM loaded is my main priority at this point. I can get into Bootloader/Fastboot, and I can still get to TWRP. Flashing a ROM from TWRP isn't working, and neither is running the latest RUU from fastboot. I get ERROR 159 when I try to run the latest RUU. So do I need to fastboot oemlock, then try again?
Perhaps running the RUU that was previously on it would work? 2.20, is what firmware was on it last.
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Yeah, you have to run the same/later ruu if you're not S-Off. And you'll have to relock and you can flash stock recovery to be safe (but I think it flashes for you).
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exad said:
If you ruu with s-on and supercid you brick.
Be careful with your advice breeze. You'll cause him a brick.
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That's not necessarily true, I've ruu'ed with s-on and SuperCID and was fine. It is risky, though.
Unlock, flash a sense rooted rom, soff and then ruu up to 3.18
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RollTribe said:
Yeah, you have to run the same/later ruu if you're not S-Off. And you'll have to relock and you can flash stock recovery to be safe (but I think it flashes for you).
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That's not necessarily true, I've ruu'ed with s-on and SuperCID and was fine. It is risky, though.
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I'm able to run the 2.20 RUU so far after relocking, it's about 3/4 of the way done. After this i'll try the latest RUU, then go from there to re-unlock, then S-OFF, THEN reflash TWRP?
seth50k said:
I'm able to run the 2.20 RUU so far after relocking, it's about 3/4 of the way done. After this i'll try the latest RUU, then go from there to re-unlock, then S-OFF, THEN reflash TWRP?
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Yup, you can swap the last two if you want
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Yup, you can swap the last two if you want
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Well shoot...got so close. 2.20 RUU worked, then I did the latest RUU, which completed fine, but now the phone won't turn on, and won't even show a red LED charging indicator. WTF...
seth50k said:
Well shoot...got so close. 2.20 RUU worked, then I did the latest RUU, which completed fine, but now the phone won't turn on, and won't even show a red LED charging indicator. WTF...
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Yep, looks like it's bricked. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2181929
seth50k said:
Well shoot...got so close. 2.20 RUU worked, then I did the latest RUU, which completed fine, but now the phone won't turn on, and won't even show a red LED charging indicator. WTF...
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Yeah, you have to s-off before running latest ruu. Damn sorry if I was unclear man.
RollTribe said:
Yeah, you have to s-off before running latest ruu. Damn sorry if I was unclear man.
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It's alright, just a little surprised given the fact that HTC allows you to unlock and such, but their own RUU bricks the phone if in such a state.
I think it might be under warranty still, might try that route. Thanks for the help.
Sorry about your phone. It's Jtagg or new phone.
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seth50k said:
It's alright, just a little surprised given the fact that HTC allows you to unlock and such, but their own RUU bricks the phone if in such a state.
I think it might be under warranty still, might try that route. Thanks for the help.
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They state on their site that after unlocking the bootloader, RUU/OTA could brick you.
If you plan to try warranty with HTC, do not mention that you unlocked. They will charge you 200 straight up no matter what you say.
RollTribe said:
That's not necessarily true, I've ruu'ed with s-on and SuperCID and was fine. It is risky, though.
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But was it the 3.18? It applies specifically for the AT&T 3.18 (and for some 3.17 JB RUUs on other carriers, and reported by some folks on this forum).
If you were able to run the 3.18 RUU successfully with SuperCID and S-on, I believe this is the first I've heard of it.
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seth50k said:
It's alright, just a little surprised given the fact that HTC allows you to unlock and such, but their own RUU bricks the phone if in such a state.
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SuperCID as implemented on the AT&T One X is a mod/hack, and therefore not explicitly "allowed" by HTC. They can't really be held responsible for the effects of it.
SuperCID shouldn't be "expected" to brick under these conditions (worked fine with pre-JB RUUs), and nobody here has really been able to explain exactly why the phone bricks from SuperCID. But unfortunately, it does.
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Hi all,
I am having one issue with my AT&T HTC One X. I had my HOX rooted with CM10 installed. I unrooted it flashed at&t rom through RUU. After that (without reading enough about it) I updated my phone to JB update and got bricked. I sent out my phone to mobiletechvideos and they did an awesome job in JTAGing my phone and its running fine now with official At&t ROM ( and all its bloat) and its running on JB 4.1.1.
Now as my phone is still under warranty I wanna try taking it to the at&t device support center and get it replaced (I know its void already but I still wanna try it) The question is that I still have Superuser installed in there and I dont see any options in it to uninstall it. I also download root checker app which says that I still have root. I went into bootloader and it says LOCKED hboot 2.14. Now how can I turn it to complete stock (out of the box) without SU and root so that i can TRY to get it replaced under the warranty. Thanks!!
Isn't SU simply an application that's installed?
Not sure what they check for at the service center (probably varies depending on the person), but unrooting (possible?), locking the bootloader, and making sure that 'TAMPERED' doesn't show when booting into the bootloader is probably a good idea. Pretty sure that once they see 'TAMPERED', they'll say your warranty is hosed, and you're stuck with your current device.
Just my thoughts. I would search XDA for threads that have similar experiences and see what they have to say before attempting that, of course.
You can use ES file explorer or Root explorer to delete super user.
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so did you request for them to put jellybean back on it? i just sent my phone in but i requested for s-off while they are fixing it. i wonder if they are goin to put jellybean on mine and whether or not ill still be able to root afterwards
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so did you request for them to put jellybean back on it? i just sent my phone in but i requested for s-off while they are fixing it. i wonder if they are goin to put jellybean on mine and whether or not ill still be able to root afterwards
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Yes I asked them to update ROM to 4.1.1 and thats what they did.
My phone is on JB 4.1.1 with software version 3.18
I just rebooted to bootloader and saw that its locked but its S-OFF, can I install a custom ROM? Attached is the screen shot from the bootloader
uzair_rock said:
My phone is on JB 4.1.1 with software version 3.18
I just rebooted to bootloader and saw that its locked but its S-OFF, can I install a custom ROM? Attached is the screen shot from the bootloader
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If i an reading this correctly, you have s off and supe cid. You need to unlock the boot loader but i dont know if that is possible. It is just werid they kept it locked, but it is s off. I am sure htc will see that
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I believe there is a way to trick htc dev If it will allow you to change cid. I have seen where people would change it to a rogers cid and use dev to unlock since there are no restrictions like at&t has. But I would research this carefully before any attemp is made to do it. Forget where I read it. But it might be worth looking into.
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Venomtester said:
I believe there is a way to trick htc dev If it will allow you to change cid. I have seen where people would change it to a rogers cid and use dev to unlock since there are no restrictions like at&t has. But I would research this carefully before any attemp is made to do it. Forget where I read it. But it might be worth looking into.
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Oh wow, that seems sweet. Since Rogers uses the "evita" code name. I wonder if it would also work for Telstra as well. Gonna google see. If that is the case you (or where ever you read it from) just solve a handful of mysteries for us AT&T folks.
EDIT: It's by our very own redpoint73. Amazing what a quick google can do http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671237
By now I have realized that I have root, SUID and S-OFF. But the question is how do I get my boot loader unlocked?? I need that unlocked to flash custom ROMs and radios....help needed guys.
Thanks
uzair_rock said:
By now I have realized that I have root, SUID and S-OFF. But the question is how do I get my boot loader unlocked?? I need that unlocked to flash custom ROMs and radios....help needed guys.
Thanks
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thats what i said, i was trying to understand how you have s-off, but the bootloader is locked (not re-locked)
do you have the unlock_code.bin that you first used?
uzair_rock said:
By now I have realized that I have root, SUID and S-OFF. But the question is how do I get my boot loader unlocked?? I need that unlocked to flash custom ROMs and radios....help needed guys.
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Just to to HTCDev.com and follow the bootloader unlock process. Since you have SuperCID, it will work.
uzair_rock said:
By now I have realized that I have root, SUID and S-OFF. But the question is how do I get my boot loader unlocked?? I need that unlocked to flash custom ROMs and radios....help needed guys.
Thanks
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Fastboot oem writecid 22222222
Then unlock with htcdev
If that Fastboot command doesn't work, (not sure the the bootloader needs to be unlocked for it to work) then hex edit your Cid. And then unlock with htcdev
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redpoint73 said:
Just to to HTCDev.com and follow the bootloader unlock process. Since you have SuperCID, it will work.
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I thought it didn't accept 1s anymore?
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Herc08 said:
thats what i said, i was trying to understand how you have s-off, but the bootloader is locked (not re-locked)
do you have the unlock_code.bin that you first used?
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No idea bro! I bricked my phone, then sent it to get JTAGed, I asked them to update my phone to 4.1.1 and this is what I got.
exad said:
I thought it didn't accept 1s anymore?
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Folks have been reporting still being able to use 11111111 (even after it was reported that HTC was blocking it), while others have had to change to 22222222. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason. But you're right, if 11111111 doesn't work for the OP, they should try 22222222.
So I successfully unlocked my boot loader. So now I have root, S-OFF and unlocked bootloader. The question is now I want to flash a custom ROM i.e. ViperXL. Do I need to flash boot.img first like it is with 1.14 hboot?
Not if you are s-off.
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What recovery are you using?
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Venomtester said:
Not if you are s-off.
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What recovery are you using?
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But I am on the 3.18 firmware with JB 4.1.1. I just need to flash the ROM in TWRP?
uzair_rock said:
But I am on the 3.18 firmware with JB 4.1.1. I just need to flash the ROM in TWRP?
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Since you are s-off, you can just flash in twrp as normal. You can fastboot the boot.img if you want, but it isnt necessary. So if you want to download the zip straight from your phone, you can...no pc needed. S-off is almost like a super phone...
Yes. S-Off makes its possible to flash roms without flashing boot image separately. Just flash the zip from twrp.
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Is there a way we can erase entire system OS, like a rooted device can using TWRP? If so after erasing system OS we can use older RUU? Afterwards then unlock bootloader and root, mission accomplished root successful. But does anyone know if you can do the erase system OS through the Command Prompt on platform-tools. If so how!? We might not be able to root 3.18 AT&T One X because AT&T are jerks but once we find a way to downgrade problem solved, maby that's the loop hole into the software I just don't know how to do it.
Wrong section
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And the answer is no ..
a box of kittens said:
Wrong section
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And the answer is no ..
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Oops sorry about that. Can a moderator move it? Also your positive it cant be done?
Techinstein said:
Oops sorry about that. Can a moderator move it? Also your positive it cant be done?
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no this is not going to work. You need root to be able to do anything like this, and this is not a way to root.
Erasing the OS wont make a difference, RUU contains everything including my grandmothers panties, not just a OS.
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Erasing the OS wont make a difference, RUU contains everything including my grandmothers panties, not just a OS.
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In that case can't you I or someone brick the one x on purpose. Then use the RUU? Then root and unlock and then mission accomplished?
Techinstein said:
In that case can't you I or someone brick the one x on purpose. Then use the RUU? Then root and unlock and then mission accomplished?
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Nope BC without perm root you can only ruu to the version you were previously on.
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InflatedTitan said:
Nope BC without perm root you can only ruu to the version you were previously on.
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I used to be on ICS 1.14 then upgraded , but i tried factory reset and nothing happened. Well ruu 2.20 work to downgrade for me? Or other people with the same problem as me at least?
So you want to root your phone or downgrade from 3.18? Do you want to use CM rom or what?
jun10rocks said:
So you want to root your phone or downgrade from 3.18? Do you want to use CM rom or what?
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I want to downgrade back. Then root. If you know how thanks! As said above I hade ICS before JB then it updat
ed to 2.14 and 3.18 firmware.
Techinstein said:
I want to downgrade back. Then root. If you know how thanks! As said above I hade ICS before JB then it updat
ed to 2.14 and 3.18 firmware.
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You can't downgrade from 3.18 but some roms are based on older versions. What's wrong with 3.18?
jun10rocks said:
You can't downgrade from 3.18 but some roms are based on older versions. What's wrong with 3.18?
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if you previously had s-off before the ota then you can unlock/root/and flash i downgraded to ics 2.20 after jb update no issues
Idea but I'm no hacker so I could be very very wrong.......
Techinstein said:
Is there a way we can erase entire system OS, like a rooted device can using TWRP? If so after erasing system OS we can use older RUU? Afterwards then unlock bootloader and root, mission accomplished root successful. But does anyone know if you can do the erase system OS through the Command Prompt on platform-tools. If so how!? We might not be able to root 3.18 AT&T One X because AT&T are jerks but once we find a way to downgrade problem solved, maby that's the loop hole into the software I just don't know how to do it.
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As far as I know the only reason you can't use lower ruus is because of the hboot.(could be wrong)
Also i think you can unlock bootloader with root and maybe get twrp (might be wrong)
So use this to downgrade to 1.09 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1982442 (not sure it will work for your hboot)
then use the hboot 1.09's respective ruu.. I think 1.85.
root 1.85 then wham rooted.
But this is just a guess made by a guy who doesn't do these things. I'm honestly more of a hardware guy than software.
But the only to find out is for a guy who knows about software to tell me I'm an idiot or for you to try it one an actual xl.
Unless you're s-off you CAN NOT ruu down.... Only up my brother... OP hasn't been 100% clear if he's s-off or not....
If he has a telus or rogers phone he can unlock the bootloader without root. ATT models HAVE to have root access, if not htcdev will let you know your device isn't supported.
If you were unlocked BEFORE taking the update, should you be able to still have held on to the original unlock token you might be able to fastboot it again and unlock, fastboot twrp, flash rom or SU..... Although I can almost guarantee I'm wrong lol
If you were rooted, unlocked, and took the ota you should have bricked. So is there a chance you had s-off?
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boss1019 said:
As far as I know the only reason you can't use lower ruus is because of the hboot.(could be wrong)
Also i think you can unlock bootloader with root and maybe get twrp (might be wrong)
So use this to downgrade to 1.09 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1982442 (not sure it will work for your hboot)
then use the hboot 1.09's respective ruu.. I think 1.85.
root 1.85 then wham rooted.
But this is just a guess made by a guy who doesn't do these things. I'm honestly more of a hardware guy than software.
But the only to find out is for a guy who knows about software to tell me I'm an idiot or for you to try it one an actual xl.
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oops i forgot makesure you have a linux installation everything you need to have is in the thread
does he want to downgrade to root? because 3.18 is rootable
jun10rocks said:
does he want to downgrade to root? because 3.18 is rootable
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As of right now 3.18 is not rootable
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Megadoug13 said:
As of right now 3.18 is not rootable
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I updated to the 3.18 update and rooted the phone or was there a newer update because I got the update about 2 weeks ago.
InflatedTitan said:
Unless you're s-off you CAN NOT ruu down.... Only up my brother... OP hasn't been 100% clear if he's s-off or not....
If he has a telus or rogers phone he can unlock the bootloader without root. ATT models HAVE to have root access, if not htcdev will let you know your device isn't supported.
If you were unlocked BEFORE taking the update, should you be able to still have held on to the original unlock token you might be able to fastboot it again and unlock, fastboot twrp, flash rom or SU..... Although I can almost guarantee I'm wrong lol
If you were rooted, unlocked, and took the ota you should have bricked. So is there a chance you had s-off?
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S-Off is the only reason i did not brick when running the 3.18 RUU on my current device also why not just hook up an otg cable with a pj83img.zip and flash a radio with a modified mainver in the android-info.txt? thats how i have meen modifying the mainver in almost every htc device since the Touch Diamond
The reason you can't wipe the whole phone is that important portions of the firmware are write-protected without s-off.
If you were s-off before, you haven't lost root, you just need to push your custom recovery back on and then flash a rooted rom.
Hi, I have a HTC ONE XL for AT&T with S-OFF and unlocked bootloader. I have the nocturnal ROM based on ICS. Also HBOOT 1.01.0000.
I want to install a rom based on JB (This particular CleanROM 6.5 - ★ | Jellybean 4.1.1! |).
My question is with this hboot, can i flash a jb rom from ICS? Because I'm not sure if flash from recovery the zip of this rom bricked me.
It won't brick you. I'm not sure if you'll experience issues using such an old firmware with a ROM based on the latest softwate
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Thanks. Is there any way to update the software?
Rafanjani said:
Thanks. Is there any way to update the software?
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Yes install the Ruu, then push twrp, then install CR. This will give you the latest firmware. CR by itself does not so it, and some gave experienced random reboots with older wifi firmware. Just be aware that a small subset of HOXL phones do not work well with Maps/nav under JB
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GroovyGeek said:
Yes install the Ruu, then push twrp, then install CR. This will give you the latest firmware. CR by itself does not so it, and some gave experienced random reboots with older wifi firmware. Just be aware that a small subset of HOXL phones do not work well with Maps/nav under JB
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thanks for reply! I did brick my phone when i try to install an official ruu 2 months ago, but i did fix this ($$$$). The problem is that I can not install because I have CID 111111 and CR root, bootloader unlocked etc
With s-off you won't brick running an ruu. Though my phone will no longer ruu properly but that's another story. I may post a thread about it in case others experience it so they know how to recover.
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exad said:
Though my phone will no longer ruu properly but that's another story. I may post a thread about it in case others experience it so they know how to recover.
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I'm curious about this. What happened?
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ECEXCURSION said:
I'm curious about this. What happened?
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Something went wrong while RUUing and my hboot partition cannot be written over without clearing the cache first. So the RUU will get to the end and then fail. Everything flashed except the hboot. It's kind of funny because it looks like a brick when it happens but it remains in RUU mode so I can just fastboot flash the hboot seperately after and everything works but RUUs will no longer complete successfully Always half bricks.
How did it happen? Well I think it's because I was RUUing in a VM as I was running linux exclusively at the time. But during RUU the phone looses connection and I have to manually reconnect to my phone and I didn't realize so it interrupted the RUU. I'm just lucky I didn't end up with a full brick! ^_^
exad said:
Something went wrong while RUUing and my hboot partition cannot be written over without clearing the cache first. So the RUU will get to the end and then fail. Everything flashed except the hboot. It's kind of funny because it looks like a brick when it happens but it remains in RUU mode so I can just fastboot flash the hboot seperately after and everything works but RUUs will no longer complete successfully Always half bricks.
How did it happen? Well I think it's because I was RUUing in a VM as I was running linux exclusively at the time. But during RUU the phone looses connection and I have to manually reconnect to my phone and I didn't realize so it interrupted the RUU. I'm just lucky I didn't end up with a full brick! ^_^
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how i can flash hboot using fastboot? I wish to have jb
Rafanjani said:
how i can flash hboot using fastboot? I wish to have jb
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flashing hboot with fastboot won't give you JB......
Is your phone S-ON or S-OFF?
SuperCID? Yes or no?
Bootloader locked or unlocked?
exad said:
flashing hboot with fastboot won't give you JB......
Is your phone S-ON or S-OFF?
SuperCID? Yes or no?
Bootloader locked or unlocked?
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I know! but it's the first step to upgrade to jb
Rafanjani said:
I know! but it's the first step to upgrade to jb
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No it isn't
[Q]~[HELP] SuperCID, Unlocked, Rooted, and S-OFF, how to restore to stock AT&T ROM?
Hi, geeks,
For my AT&T HTC One X, I have followed you guys all the way to here now: with SuperCID, Bootloader Unlocked (via HTC Dev), Rooted of course, and S-OFF (with touchscreen firmware down-graded).
Now I want to go back to AT&T stock ROM to use the ISIS wallet. Could you please tell me how? I am worried that my phone get bricked!
Thank you so much!
You can just flash a stock at&t ROM which you'll find in our Android Development section. Or you can run the 3.18 RUU. This will also flash stock recovery, hboot, radio, and other firmware modules. The ROM is probably the better and easier option.
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Thank you, timmaaa. Do I need to lock the bootloader and so on? I saw it somewhere but can't find the link now.
timmaaa said:
You can just flash a stock at&t ROM which you'll find in our Android Development section. Or you can run the 3.18 RUU. This will also flash stock recovery, hboot, radio, and other firmware modules. The ROM is probably the better and easier option.
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To run the RUU? No, because you're s-off you don't need to do any of that, just run the RUU through Windows.
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timmaaa said:
To run the RUU? No, because you're s-off you don't need to do any of that, just run the RUU through Windows.
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I'm doing the same thing, but to attempt to trade in my phone. I assume that after running the RUU I should relock the bootloader. I want to get rid of the red text.
*EDIT* nevermind. didn't realize that the RUU clears out the *TAMPERED* flag and gets rid of the red text. should be all good now.
One more question, timmaaa: after flashing RUU, the recovery partition will be replaced with the stock recovery, and the S-OFF and boot loader will be kept as it is (based on what I learned from other posts of you). What if I need to flash CM again? I am confused because not many people are doing what I am. Thanks!
timmaaa said:
To run the RUU? No, because you're s-off you don't need to do any of that, just run the RUU through Windows.
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Yes, the RUU will install the stock recovery. Your phone will still be s-off and will still have an unlocked bootloader. All you need to do is install TWRP recovery again and then you can flash any ROM you like. Full instructions on how to install a recovery can be found in my How-To Guide For Beginners thread, link in my signature.
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Hi, timmaaa, I got a RUU error 155 when flashing RUU_EVITA_UL_JB_45_S_Cingular_US_3.18.502.6_Radio_0.24p.32.09.06_10.130.32.34_release_signed_With_Partial.exe.
Seems I need to re-lock the bootloader, which I am reluctant to do. Do I miss anything?
timmaaa said:
Yes, the RUU will install the stock recovery. Your phone will still be s-off and will still have an unlocked bootloader. All you need to do is install TWRP recovery again and then you can flash any ROM you like. Full instructions on how to install a recovery can be found in my How-To Guide For Beginners thread, link in my signature.
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You don't need to relock if you're s-off. Are you using a 2.0 or 3.0 usb port? Are you using a HTC cable? Are you in fastboot mode? Have you uninstalled HTC Sync Manager?
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Hi, timmaaa, I am using USB2.0 on windows XP, with a regular cable, not in fastboot mode, and haven't uninstalled HTC Sync Manager.
I will try flash in fastboot mode again.
timmaaa said:
You don't need to relock if you're s-off. Are you using a 2.0 or 3.0 usb port? Are you using a HTC cable? Are you in fastboot mode? Have you uninstalled HTC Sync Manager?
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aaronDroid80 said:
I'm doing the same thing, but to attempt to trade in my phone. I assume that after running the RUU I should relock the bootloader. I want to get rid of the red text.
*EDIT* nevermind. didn't realize that the RUU clears out the *TAMPERED* flag and gets rid of the red text. should be all good now.
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You need to make sure the person you are trading with understands the phone is s-off and bootloader unlocked, and what that means.
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BBS678 said:
One more question, timmaaa: after flashing RUU, the recovery partition will be replaced with the stock recovery, and the S-OFF and boot loader will be kept as it is (based on what I learned from other posts of you). What if I need to flash CM again? I am confused because not many people are doing what I am. Thanks!
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If you think you might still want to flash custom ROMs, you need to ask yourself why you want to return to stock in the first place.
Going back to stock if you are s-off, custom recovery, etc. is a step backward, not forward. Aside from getting on the correct hboot, firmware, etc. (or selling/trading your phone like the guy above), there is no benefit to going through all the hassle to running the RUU to get back to stock. Just flash a stock rooted ROM as timmaaa originally mentioned.
EDIT: Missed the part in the OP where it mentioned ISIS. See my response below (#13).
An update (for the forum): In fastboot mode, I have flashed Stock RUU successfully, without locking boot loader. After this, even in stock ROM, ISIS still doesn't work. I think it's caused by the SuperCID and S-OFF.
Timmaaa, do you know how I can SAFELY get SuperCID and S-OFF fixed? Thank you!
BBS678 said:
Hi, timmaaa, I am using USB2.0 on windows XP, with a regular cable, not in fastboot mode, and haven't uninstalled HTC Sync Manager.
I will try flash in fastboot mode again.
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BBS678 said:
An update (for the forum): In fastboot mode, I have flashed Stock RUU successfully, without locking boot loader. After this, even in stock ROM, ISIS still doesn't work. I think it's caused by the SuperCID and S-OFF.
Timmaaa, do you know how I can SAFELY get SuperCID and S-OFF fixed? Thank you!
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Reading around, root seems to be the only mod that interferes with ISIS. Its unlikely that s-off would interfere with ISIS. SuperCID? Its possible. Changing from SuperCID is very easy with fastboot. Just search for the command.
Also, be aware that you need a ISIS compatible SIM ("secure element SIM") available from your carrier.
http://www.att.com/shop/apps/isis-mobile-wallet.html#fbid=xHuv6S8moS4
Could be. HTC One X is not available on att.com now, so your link can't explain at this moment.
From here, https://www.paywithisis.com/get-started.html, it says AT&T HTC One X is compatible.
In addition, I do have a ISIS compatible SIM card from AT&T. The reason I suspect it is due to CID is that it is “heard" from this forum that ISIS doesn't work if you put an AT&T SIM card in the T-mobile version of GN3 (unlocked).
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Reading around, root seems to be the only mod that interferes with ISIS. Its unlikely that s-off would interfere with ISIS. SuperCID? I suppose its possible, but my gut says no. Especially in light of the following:
I'm thinking it more the issue that the AT&T One X is not a "ISIS ready phone": http://www.att.com/shop/apps/isis-mobile-wallet.html#fbid=xHuv6S8moS4
Also, be aware that you need a ISIS compatible SIM ("secure element SIM") available from your carrier.
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BBS678 said:
Could be. HTC One X is not available on att.com now, so your link can't explain at this moment.
From here, https://www.paywithisis.com/get-started.html, it says AT&T HTC One X is compatible.
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Yes, I later realized that One X is not available at all anymore from AT&T (and that it is supposed to be ISIS ready), and revised my above response accordingly.
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In addition, I do have a ISIS compatible SIM card from AT&T. The reason I suspect it is due to CID is that it is “heard" from this forum that ISIS doesn't work if you put an AT&T SIM card in the T-mobile version of GN3 (unlocked).
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It could also be that they are looking at the phone model number. So SuperCID is a possibility, but not certain.
Its easy to change from SuperCID with a simple fastboot command. Just search this forum for the proper syntax.
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Here is the command to change from CID:
fastboot oem writecid CWS__001
(note that CWS__001 has two underscores)
Thank you! I learned from this forum that changing S-OFF to S-ON is very risky, and currently S-OFF relies on a SuperCID, so I think it's also risky to change the CID back. Have you ever tried? I need more opinions on this before I take the risk.
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Thank you! I learned from this forum that changing S-OFF to S-ON is very risky, and currently S-OFF relies on a SuperCID, so I think it's also risky to change the CID back. Have you ever tried? I need more opinions on this before I take the risk.
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I honestly doubt s-off is blocking ISIS. S-off is exclusively an HTC invention, and I doubt ISIS would care about such a thing. I would recommend to leave s-off alone.
I wouldn't say its "risky" to change CID. As long as you still have s-off, I don't see any reason to still have SuperCID. But even so, you can still use the correct exploit to change back to SuperCID.
Hi, timmaaa, could you please shed some lights on this (change back to stock CID) please? Thanks!
here is my other post about ISIS: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49822333
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I honestly doubt s-off is blocking ISIS. S-off is exclusively an HTC invention, and I doubt ISIS would care about such a thing. I would recommend to leave s-off alone.
I wouldn't say its "risky" to change CID. As long as you still have s-off, I don't see any reason to still have SuperCID. But even so, you can still use the correct exploit to change back to SuperCID.
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Everything that @redpoint73 has said is correct. There's pretty much no risk involved in changing your CID back to stock, having s-off does not rely on SuperCID. You can try changing your CID using the command that redpoint gave before.
There's pretty much no risk involved with going from s-off to s-on either. I don't know where you read that but I believe you're misunderstanding the information. Personally I wouldn't go back to s-on though because I don't believe that is affecting your ability to run ISIS. Plus getting s-off again can be tricky sometimes.
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I'm trying to update a phone I haven't used for a while with a newer ROM, but I'm not able to get in to recovery to do it. It's already rooted with an old ViperOne ROM on and I thought it already had CWM on., but Flashify is telling me it has the stock recovery. I've tried installing CWM and TWRP via Flashify and Fastboot and they've completed without any errors, but I'm never able to get in to it and it boots as normal. I can't even get in to the stock recovery that's supposedly there.
Does anyone have any idea what the problem might be?
Thanks.
Well try this.
Download Rom Manager
It wil flash the CWM by itself and then reboot into the Recovery. Notice what happens.
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I've tried that too, still just reboots as normal.
Then it might be a Dead Recovery. Well which device are you using. And maybe Flashing your Device back to stock which would flash back the stock recovery.
Hope This Works ..!
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Tell me wgich device are you using.
HTC One S S4 running Android 4.0.4 ICS
mrkwtrs said:
HTC One S S4 running Android 4.0.4 ICS
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As first step you should flash the latest JellyBean RUU which will also upgrade your bootloader to 2.15. If your phone is "S-ON" you will have to relock the bootloader before running the RUU. Once done your phone should be fully working again so you can unlock the bootloader again and flash the latest TWRP recovery.
For getting the matching RUU you need to check your CID. Connect your phone in fastboot mode, open commandline and typ:
fastboot getvar all
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As first step you should flash the latest JellyBean RUU which will also upgrade your bootloader to 2.15. If your phone is "S-ON" you will have to relock the bootloader before running the RUU. Once done your phone should be fully working again so you can unlock the bootloader again and flash the latest TWRP recovery.
For getting the matching RUU you need to check your CID. Connect your phone in fastboot mode, open commandline and typ:
fastboot getvar all
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OK, Bootloader relocked, back to S-On, CID reset to O2___001.
Would you agree that the RUU is the 7th one down in this list?
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OK, Bootloader relocked, back to S-On, CID reset to O2___001.
Would you agree that the RUU is the 7th one down in this list?
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NO! You were S-OFF? That made life easier. Unbranded EU firmware is fine BUT I suppose you cant flash it now, as you reverted the CID...
I said, IF you're S-ON...
Best way is get S-OFF again via rumrunner.us, change CID to HTC__001 and then flash the RUU you mentioned before
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NO! You were S-OFF? That made life easier. Unbranded EU firmware is fine BUT I suppose you cant flash it now, as you reverted the CID...
I said, IF you're S-ON...
Best way is get S-OFF again via rumrunner.us, change CID to HTC__001 and then flash the RUU you mentioned before
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Just seen an O2 UK RUU further down the list so I'll try that.
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Just seen an O2 UK RUU further down the list so I'll try that.
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Ok, give it a try, you should go S-OFF anyway as you need HBOOT 2.15 if you want to use roms newer than ICS.
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Ok, give it a try, you should go S-OFF anyway as you need HBOOT 2.15 if you want to use roms newer than ICS.
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Think I'm all sorted. Thanks for your help! :good: