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Help! OTA Update on Rooted, Stock Rom, CWM Recovery

Hey guys,
I searched around and only found some old posts for this topic.
I just bought this phone, I rooted it, simunlocked it, and added two day old CWM recovery. Its a S4 Canadian (Bell) version in case that helps..
Is there a way to apply the OTA update WITHOUT having to wipe my data and settings and reflashing a rom?
Hlep will be greatly appreciated!
THANKS :good:

I got the same thing going on. I have a TMOUS HTC One S stock with CWM Rooted and such. I just changed it back to the Stock recovery, but doesn't seem to help. Is there something else I need to do? Maybe I need to flash a newer recovery version?
I have the stock recovery from a MoDaCo topic I can't list because I don't have 10 posts yet.
its topic/353006-interim-clockworkmod-touch-recovery-for-the-htc-one-s-stock-download/ though.

Are you sure your Rom is absolutely stock. For example if the rom is tweaked in any way or if bloatware has been deleted then you won't recieve the update

Ok so I got the update to work. This is what I did: in CWM I backed up a nandroid. I flashed a stock BACKUP for the HTC One S (I moved the zip to the clockwork > backups folder on the sd card). Rebooted into bootloader, flashed a stock recovery from modaco, rebooted, ran the update (I had to update twice, from 1.53 to 1.84 to 2.35). Then I restored my original nandroid. Problem is, the update didn't stick. And now I'm getting an error when I try to turn on wifi. Any ideas? I feel like I got so close...

Tough to see what went wrong.
I had a brand new stock rom with no modifications.
Then I flashed stock recovery,
Did a root keeper (play store app)
Then did the update
And restored root.
Worked out fine for me!
I think you should flash a stock rom and not a backup..

Cant restore backup

I made a backup on my phone in TWRP and wanted to restore it to get some contact info that I forgot to upload to my Google account. Anywho, I go into recovery and wipe me squeeky clean then restore the backup. It goes through like normal and I boot up but it doesn't get bassed the HTC splash screen. It turns to a black screen that occasionally has a white/grey bar at the top. I loaded a different backup I had and am running fine, but I still need that contact info.
Any ideas as to get the back up to work or if it is no use?

KungPow90 said:
I made a backup on my phone in TWRP and wanted to restore it to get some contact info that I forgot to upload to my Google account. Anywho, I go into recovery and wipe me squeeky clean then restore the backup. It goes through like normal and I boot up but it doesn't get bassed the HTC splash screen. It turns to a black screen that occasionally has a white/grey bar at the top. I loaded a different backup I had and am running fine, but I still need that contact info.
Any ideas as to get the back up to work or if it is no use?
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What hboot do you have?
If its 1.14 and you're switching ROMS (your backup is of a different ROM to the last ROM you were using) you might have to fastboot flash the boot.img of the ROM you're recovering.

i think it is a kernel issue
I had to downgrade from jb to ics and I wiped clean, I run into the same problem, I realized jb uses a different kernel, wipe clean flash your choosen Rom kernel update first and then your Rom, it worked for me hopefully works for you

ilirium said:
I had to downgrade from jb to ics and I wiped clean, I run into the same problem, I realized jb uses a different kernel, wipe clean flash your choosen Rom kernel update first and then your Rom, it worked for me hopefully works for you
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where can i get the stock boot.img or the stock one x 2.20 image to extract the boot.img?
thanks!

is this it?
would this work?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1812459
if i download the odexed stock rooted rom and extract the boot.img, i can flash that to boot, and then run twrp restore to my backed up stock rooted rom, right?
my stock rooted rom was at&t 2.20 firmware.

Hoping I understood you correct, you basically need to flash a kernel first, so I am guessing you can use flar kernel,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1967897
and that should be the stock kernel on steroids, however if that were not to work he has a kernel for jb phones, so I would start by these first.
I really had this issue where I could see my phone in a brick state mode then flashed the right kernel for the right rom, and boom it worked like a charm.
nespid said:
would this work?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1812459
if i download the odexed stock rooted rom and extract the boot.img, i can flash that to boot, and then run twrp restore to my backed up stock rooted rom, right?
my stock rooted rom was at&t 2.20 firmware.
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[Q] How Do I Prep My Device For JB Installation?

OK, so the MotoDev team advised me to return my phone to stock before installing JB, which will be pushed to my phone tomorrow morning...
What do I need to insure my system won't crash?
I have an unlocked bootloader, and am rooted. I already did a factory reset on my device. Some system apps are gone though, as I have deleted them (mostly Google stuff though, nothing crucial). Will I be good to go? (And yes, I will save the SBF and post it, no worries, have a Dev Host account and will upload).

In order to get official OTA updates from Sprint I've always needed to do 2 things:
-Remove Root (eith via OTA Rootkeeper or stock kernel)
-Flash Stock Recovery (OTA has never worked for me w/ custom recovery)
I'd recommend wiping and flashing both stock images in the thread below via fastboot to avoid bootloops and other hassles.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1856456
hope things go well! :good:

hagforz said:
In order to get official OTA updates from Sprint I've always needed to do 2 things:
-Remove Root (eith via OTA Rootkeeper or stock kernel)
-Flash Stock Recovery (OTA has never worked for me w/ custom recovery)
I'd recommend wiping and flashing both stock images in the thread below via fastboot to avoid bootloops and other hassles.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1856456
hope things go well! :good:
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Thank you, I will do exactly as you directed...hope things go well also, it's about damn time for JB!
Moto Q stock with Arrrghhh's kernel v.0.10

galacticservant said:
Thank you, I will do exactly as you directed...hope things go well also, it's about damn time for JB!
Moto Q stock with Arrrghhh's kernel v.0.10
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If you want to grab the update package and save it you should prevent it from being deleted. I know that twrp could not install asa14 OTA update when I got it so it was just hanging there in /cache along with md5 (or sha1, I can't remeber) checksum file.
I do not know if there are other ways of saving the update package nor if devs actually need it. But ASA14 got to my bootloader unlocked, gsm modded, rooted stock rom and after booting to recovery it just stayed there, no install happend (I installed it manually) because twrp did not pass the command properly or what ever the reason.
This update is coming from motorola directly, not sprint, right?
Anyway, perhaps someone can give you more accurate details. I personally would flash twrp and see if updated arrives. Because /cache is wiped by the update installer after installation. All automated process. After device boots to recovery it installs the package, wipes caches and reboots, if I am not mistaken.

I believe for the past updates we had the best luck by reverting the recovery back to stock as well. You have missing APKs that you removed so those will very likely be looked for by the update and will fail the update process if missing.
So if all goes well this should be the bare minimum I'd say for getting the update to work:
MAKE A BACKUP, don't want to have a bricked phone yeah? I mean you could have Jelly Bean on it finally... but still bricked...
Revert the recovery to stock if you installed TWRP or ClockworkMod, adb reboot bootloader | fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Restore any and all apps you deleted from the stock image, either by restoring fully to stock or putting them back manually, wouldn't hurt to do another update check in the play store for them as well.
Temp unroot with OTA Rootkeeper
Download the update, reboot it, do a song and dance, ???, profit.
Now, you might try to restore root asap, it may or may not work, we won't know till we try.... I'm using Superuser 3.1.3 and on their website it claims its for arm devices 2.0-4.1 so maybe it'll work. Your bootloader should still be unlocked I'd imagine, so you can reflash your custom recovery and make a new backup.

Simple Question

Guys I have had Viperone Venom Rom since it first came out, the other day something went wonky on the phone and I had to reboot into recovery. After that my phone wanted to update, did that and nothing worked. Now I am back to stock (4.4.2) rooted unlocked and s-off'd. Can some one please tell me how to get back to my beloved Venom ROM. I don't care if I update to 4.4.3 or not I just want my ROM back. I have TWRP recovery, thanks for any help.........Blake

painless31 said:
Guys I have had Viperone Venom Rom since it first came out, the other day something went wonky on the phone and I had to reboot into recovery. After that my phone wanted to update, did that and nothing worked. Now I am back to stock (4.4.2) rooted unlocked and s-off'd. Can some one please tell me how to get back to my beloved Venom ROM. I don't care if I update to 4.4.3 or not I just want my ROM back. I have TWRP recovery, thanks for any help.........Blake
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Just go back here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2715225 and download the latest viper Rom and flash in TWRP. Make sure you make a backup if you don't already have one before you wipe and flash.

I tried that already and nothing on my phone worked, the actual phone would not call out and it would not ring for incoming calls. Any other suggestions. I have thought about updating the firmware and then trying to get root back and flashing the viper ROM, but I can't find where anyone has rooted the 4.4.3 firmware yet

No the 4.4.3 firmware is not rooted yet that I know of. Of you want to update you will need an RUU to flash I saw stock RUU in another post. Just before this that you can flash.

painless31 said:
I tried that already and nothing on my phone worked, the actual phone would not call out and it would not ring for incoming calls. Any other suggestions. I have thought about updating the firmware and then trying to get root back and flashing the viper ROM, but I can't find where anyone has rooted the 4.4.3 firmware yet
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The Rom you flash should be already rooted?
Are you sure you are flashing the correct version of the rom, as there are several versions of M8 and each have their own versions of each rom.

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Problem with falshed x920e
hello all,
for a long time now i have some troubles using my htc butterfly x920e.
when i bought it, back in 2013 there was no 4.3 OTA available. so i dicided to root the phone and flash a custom rom.
the first issues came along because of the confusing different model numbers out there (dlxu, dlxub1, x920e, x920d) but finally flashed hboot 1.54, rooted it and the most importend, installed sense 6 + 4.4 KitKat in InsertCoin 2.4.0 Kernel. Erverything seems to run just fine that days after flashing my device.
nower days
there are many little things that comes along with the not perfect ported kernel,
but one thing drive me crazy!
the battery wont hold for more than 10h, maybe 12h if i just turn off everything + less than 10% brightniss (i even cant remember when i last used more than 40%) + just use the phone as clock! , running every day 2-3x to my power adapter.
it seems there be huge problems with the kernel and my device. just flash a new version of insert coin isnt that easy.
so i want to go back to ANY stock ROM that will improve the battery. i installed twrp 2.8.0.0 and downloaded the recovery out of this thread (4.3 for twrp) unzipped the .rar and copy it to the backup folder from trwp.
the device detect the recovery file, start to do his job. it runs through, finish and when it restart nothing happen! the HTC logo on white ground will show, after that it just get black an turns off.
so i get back to insert coin, just to have a working phone again.
is there a huge mistake when i think, that i can just restore with a recovery and stock ROM which i get here?
is there another step i have to think about when my devive is root and falshed with another kernel + ROM than the stock one, to get back to stock?

harriepotre said:
hello all,
for a long time now i have some troubles using my htc butterfly x920e.
when i bought it, back in 2013 there was no 4.3 OTA available. so i dicided to root the phone and flash a custom rom.
the first issues came along because of the confusing different model numbers out there (dlxu, dlxub1, x920e, x920d) but finally flashed hboot 1.54, rooted it and the most importend, installed sense 6 + 4.4 KitKat in InsertCoin 2.4.0 Kernel. Erverything seems to run just fine that days after flashing my device.
nower days
there are many little things that comes along with the not perfect ported kernel,
but one thing drive me crazy!
the battery wont hold for more than 10h, maybe 12h if i just turn off everything + less than 10% brightniss (i even cant remember when i last used more than 40%) + just use the phone as clock! , running every day 2-3x to my power adapter.
it seems there be huge problems with the kernel and my device. just flash a new version of insert coin isnt that easy.
so i want to go back to ANY stock ROM that will improve the battery. i installed twrp 2.8.0.0 and downloaded the recovery out of this thread (4.3 for twrp) unzipped the .rar and copy it to the backup folder from trwp.
the device detect the recovery file, start to do his job. it runs through, finish and when it restart nothing happen! the HTC logo on white ground will show, after that it just get black an turns off.
so i get back to insert coin, just to have a working phone again.
is there a huge mistake when i think, that i can just restore with a recovery and stock ROM which i get here?
is there another step i have to think about when my devive is root and falshed with another kernel + ROM than the stock one, to get back to stock?
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Have a look on here somewhere. There is a stock TWRP backup. Give that a try. Or you can find a Boa rom and flash that.
Let me know how you go.

I just tried to install the stock 4.3 twrp backup, a user posted in the OTA x920e thread. It runs complet through but after reboot, the HTC Banner just disappear, followed by black screen / device off. Maybe because of the trwp Version? I installed 2.8.0.0 , for dlxub1 .
What means "boa update" , sry about the bad knowlegde.

harriepotre said:
I just tried to install the stock 4.3 twrp backup, a user posted in the OTA x920e thread. It runs complet through but after reboot, the HTC Banner just disappear, followed by black screen / device off. Maybe because of the trwp Version? I installed 2.8.0.0 , for dlxub1 .
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It's not because of twrp. You have incompatible firmware with stock 4.3.
Do you know how to post info from fastboot?
Just go into fastboot and use command "fastboot getvar all" and post that info here, so I can figure out what you have to do.

bokithq said:
It's not because of twrp. You have incompatible firmware with stock 4.3.
Do you know how to post info from fastboot?
Just go into fastboot and use command "fastboot getvar all" and post that info here, so I can figure out what you have to do.
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Finaly i got a stable internet connection at home.
i captured a screenshot with all the data from comman getvar-all :

harriepotre said:
Finaly i got a stable internet connection at home.
i captured a screenshot with all the data from comman getvar-all :
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Because you are S-ON, You have to flash boot.img from backup manually from fastboot.
Or you can S-OFF your phone and just restore backup from twrp.
Procedure for flashing boot.mg S-ON users:
1. Go into recovery and do a backup
2. Download this stock x920e 4.3 boot image and rename it to boot.img
2. Follow this guide on flashing boot.img :LINK or this video guide :Video LINK
3. After that go into recovery, restore 4.3 backup from there, reboot and wait for ROM to boot.

I did it just the way you told.
the boot.img flash was successful.
after that i tried to restore with twrp and the 4.3 backup.
now i stuck right at the green logo on whte ground. nothing else happen..
what did i wrong?
bokithq said:
Because you are S-ON, You have to flash boot.img from backup manually from fastboot.
Or you can S-OFF your phone and just restore backup from twrp.
Procedure for flashing boot.mg S-ON users:
1. Go into recovery and do a backup
2. Download this stock x920e 4.3 boot image and rename it to boot.img
2. Follow this guide on flashing boot.img :LINK or this video guide :Video LINK
3. After that go into recovery, restore 4.3 backup from there, reboot and wait for ROM to boot.
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harriepotre said:
I did it just the way you told.
the boot.img flash was successful.
after that i tried to restore with twrp and the 4.3 backup.
now i stuck right at the green logo on whte ground. nothing else happen..
what did i wrong?
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You did nothing wrong.
Maybe firmware is not compatible with this stock rom backup. Radio is same as mine (updated on stock 4.3) so I thought it should work.
Also try 4.2.2 twrp backup. I think that one is the same as your original one before you started messing with roms. flash 4.2.2 stock boot.img same way.

bokithq said:
You did nothing wrong.
Maybe firmware is not compatible with this stock rom backup. Radio is same as mine (updated on stock 4.3) so I thought it should work.
Also try 4.2.2 twrp backup. I think that one is the same as your original one before you started messing with roms. flash 4.2.2 stock boot.img same way.
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YES!
the 4.2.2 backup + boot.img worked!
thank u very much, this is everything i wanted

harriepotre said:
YES!
the 4.2.2 backup + boot.img worked!
thank u very much, this is everything i wanted
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You're welcome, glad to help