ok so I have a ATT one x phone that I just RUUed to 2.20. I am successfully unlocked and rooted, twrp is installed and I am ready to flash a custom ROM. right now I am S-on.
Can I accept the OTA to 3.18 without consequence? should I S-off and then update? I would like the new firmware and radio and then just flash a custom jellybean ROM, or I can just do it manually afterward.
I have no problem just applying anew ROM but if I can get the newest radio/firmware first it would just save a few steps.
Don't take the OTA, you can't install an OTA on a modified device. Plus, even if it did work it would undo all the work you've done. The best way to update your firmware is via the 3.18 RUU, but you must get s-off first or you'll brick. So get s-off then run the RUU. Don't worry about relocking your bootloader, that isn't required. Once you've run the RUU just flash TWRP again and you'll be good to flash a ROM.
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I know with Hboot 1.13, I can't flash radio in recovery. I've heard I've to do supercid or relock the phone to RUU or somethings like that?
Could ne1 kinda give me any information or links on how to do it step by step?
Thanks
1. Do that SuperCID thing
2. Go to Recovery, install the 1.74 ( I think ) RUU
Your phone will be re-locked now and be pretty much vanilla.
3. Install 2.12 Update
4. Unlock again
5. Have fun
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671643
I just found the relative thread of how to do supercid on One S. After doing supercid... I have to go to recovery mode and run the 1.78 RUU? and OTA to 2.21? After all, Unlock it again and root.
My Question is do I need to flash stock recovery, stock boot and relock bootloader myself before run the 1.78 RUU?
Did you try to root the 2.21 RUU?
After installing 2.21 RUU, I've unlocked my bootloader, reinstalled CWM recovery, rooted my phone (everything was on that thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1583427) and reinstalled my CM10 backup (without forgetting to flash boot.img via fastboot) and everything is OK!
Thanks everyone. I just successfully updated my radio with 2.21 RUU now. After that, I unlocked my bootloader again and install clockwork recovery and SU.
I just flashed trickdroid V7.1, everything works great. Actually, the procedure isn't difficult but extremely troublesome ... damn the HTC doesn't give us S-Off.
I don't remember, but will booting into recovery allow you to flash radio without flashing the ruu first. Don't know if cwr or twrp would be better for that. It worked on kernels, I believe, as the htc restrictions did not then apply.
It depends on your actual hboot, since 1.13 hboot you can't directly flash radio throught recovery and you have to install the latest RUU but if you are still on an older hboot you can flash the radio via CWM or TWRP (follow this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1684477).
I am familiar with that link and have used it. As I am on .06 hboot I have no issues flashing radios.
Was just trying to determine for others if that method would work on .13 and higher and why not. I personally am not 100% sure if it will or will not--
Since I have not seen any posts on doing that, it probably won't--not sure
Stock rooted 2.2, hboot 1.14, bootloader unlocked, S-Off, TWRP 2.3.3
I'm going to update to a newer ROM (Scott's CleanROM maybe, I like Sense) and I'd like to get the latest firmware and it seems that the easiest way to do that is to just run an RUU once rather than flashing multiple zips.
I've not run an RUU before so I'm a bit unclear what it does. I know it returns the phone to "stock" but some of the ancillary details aren't clear. Will it relock my bootloader? (Do I need to relock it before running the RUU?) Will it overwrite my recovery?
Should I run the latest RUU (3.18) before flashing a new ROM to get the lasted radios and other firmware? Or should I worry about that stuff after a new ROM? If I don't update the firmware and just flash a 4.1/4.2 ROM will that cause issues or instability?
No you don't need to relock sence you are s-off yes it will overwrite your recovery so after it is done you will need to fastboot a recovery with s-off you can run any ruu but I would recommend the newest one if you are going to run jb roms but you will need to downgrade your touchscreen firmware if you use aosp roms and older version of twrp there is a thread for that in original development
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this zip file in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2123337
was the latest version of the software i was running before i unlocked the bootloader and installed a custom rom
in the thread the zip is listed as an ruu how do i use this to get back to stock?
in the zip file is meta-info , system ,firmware.zip,fotaboot and skin_fota
That is not a RUU, its a OTA file. RUU is an executable (.exe) file.
An OTA will not return you back to stock, either. For instance, it will no return you to stock recovery (which RUU will do). Better off to find and run the appropriate RUU for your version (if one exists).
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That is not a RUU, its a OTA file. RUU is an executable (.exe) file.
An OTA will not return you back to stock, either. For instance, it will no return you to stock recovery (which RUU will do). Better off to find and run the appropriate RUU for your version (if one exists).
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You can technically flash the recovery.img from the OTA and then flash the OTA through stock recovery though I can confirm that evenso, the phone is not returned to 100% stock. The htc splash screen and I'm sure other things do not get flashed. I have run an OTA a few times though and never had any problems.
RUU IS the best way to return to 100% stock though.
thanks for the ultra quick replies
i am really struggling to find an ruu for my phone
i am correct in that i cannot flash a lower ruu?
if i go supercid can i flash any ruu?
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i am really struggling to find an ruu for my phone
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Based on this, it doesn't seem that there is an RUU for the HK Jellybean stock ROM.
emu123 said:
i am correct in that i cannot flash a lower ruu?
if i go supercid can i flash any ruu?
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If S-on, correct, you cannot flash a previous version RUU (usually hboot version check is what prevents this).
SuperCID will allow you to flash an RUU for another region, but still will not allow an RUU with previous version hboot to be installed (SuperCID bypasses carrier/region check, not version check). You also need to be really careful with SuperCID; since with SuperCID and S-on, some Jellybean RUUs will brick the device.
S-off bypasses all security checks, and will allow you to flash a previous RUU.
hey guys. one problem.. i want to go back to stock ROM. i am supercid and s-off so i understood that i can use any RUU, but i downloaded one and failed because it says get the correct ROM update utility. i locked the bootloader too.
i have maximus hd atm , so which RUU should i use?
Hboot 2.16
Radio 1.20
supercid
s-off
Did you run the ruu while your phone was in fastboot mode? Otherwise the downgrade won't work.
Edit: As you already said, it doesn't matter which ruu you take since your phone is S-OFF. If you try to run an ICS ruu be sure not to install OTAs if you're on superCID or you're going to brick your phone.
Its been a while since I've done anything on my AT&T HTC One. I'm still on 1.14 unlocked bootloader and an old ViperVL 3.2.2 Rom. I want to upgrade to Lollipop CM12 so I've done a lot of research and I wanted to make sure I'm doing it right before starting.
This is what I believe I need to do:
1. Update TWRP to v2.7.1.0 or higher to support new ROM
2. Get s-off in the bootloader using firewater
3. Once S-OFF is done, put phone in fastboot mode and run the RUU 3.18 JellyBean update (Its my understanding we need the JB bootloader for Lollipop custom ROM to work?)
4. Flash TWRP v2.7.1.0 back via fastboot
5. Go into recovery and flash New Rooted CM12 Rom
Before I start this method I also have a few questions:
1. Does my above steps seem right?
2. I'm having a hard time finding a working 3.18 RUU link. Most of the links on here are dead now. Is the RUU update a required step to jump from ViperXL 3.2 (bootloader v1.14) to Lollipop based roms? If its required, I found the OTA JB 3.18 update. Can I use the OTA version instead?
3. I've read that as long as the bootloader is already unlocked with S-OFF, I won't lose S-off or the unlocked bootloader from the RUU. Is this correct or will I need to unlock bootloader (Via HTC's dev site) and root again after using the JB RUU?
Thanks in advanced for the help with my questions.