My device is S-OFF and I'm running unlocked bootloader, custom recovery, and custom ROM.
I'm going to be returning it so I want to restore to completely stock (including S-ON). Any guides for this?
RedBullet said:
My device is S-OFF and I'm running unlocked bootloader, custom recovery, and custom ROM.
I'm going to be returning it so I want to restore to completely stock (including S-ON). Any guides for this?
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Not exactly an all in one. Start here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-htc-one-m8/general/official-ruu1-55-605-2-t2883845
The method for turning S-On and relocking can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2745257 near the bottom of the first post
Dottat's pre-rooted RUUs can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...zw-m8-master-ruu-firmware-collection-t2946473
My advice would be to flash a pre rooted RUU, Lock the bootloader, turn s-on then flash the stock RUU that matches the pre-rooted RUU. Don't forget to do a factory reset at the end as the RUUs are no-wipe.
I would say that turning s-on should be the last thing you do. Get the phone the way you want it. Flashed back to stock, locked bootloader and whatever else you want to do. Then make sure it's all the way you want it. Once you know for sure, then turn s-on. If you turn it on before you flash back to stock and you should somehow end up with it rooted or the have the tampered flag set, whatever the case may be (I've seen plenty of posts where something like this has happened), you'll be out of luck and not be able to fix it. Do it all and then turn s-on. That's my thinking anyway.
robocuff said:
I would say that turning s-on should be the last thing you do. Get the phone the way you want it. Flashed back to stock, locked bootloader and whatever else you want to do. Then make sure it's all the way you want it. Once you know for sure, then turn s-on. If you turn it on before you flash back to stock and you should somehow end up with it rooted or the have the tampered flag set, whatever the case may be (I've seen plenty of posts where something like this has happened), you'll be out of luck and not be able to fix it. Do it all and then turn s-on. That's my thinking anyway.
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flashing the Stock RUU is the LAST thing you do, to remove root. You need root to turn s-on
edit: you need root to lock the bootloader, but not go S-on. In any event The steps Dottat outlines in his thread says to go S-on first then ruu the stock image
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I tried following this guide:
thunderboltforums.com/forum/htc-thundebolt-hacking-guides/2849-how-restore-stock-rooted-non-rooted-users.html
I successfully flashed MR1, now when I go to flash the bootloader using the same PG05IMG.zip method it says bypassed. I checked the md5 hash, it checked out okay. What would cause this?
This is for a warranty replacement, I just need the phone to be stock again!
Just find the latest unrooted gingerbread rom that leaked and flash it, it will go back to stock. check here or android police for the download....
Jrocker23 said:
Just find the latest unrooted gingerbread rom that leaked and flash it, it will go back to stock. check here or android police for the download....
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Thanks, I will give that a shot.
If you originally used the Revolutionary root method, its not just flashing a new hboot, as its a hboot that doesn't allow it to be easily overwritten. This stops you from accidentally flashing a s-on hboot at a time you didn't mean to (most likely through ruu). If you did that, you have to adb some files to your phone to put a stock s-on hboot on. If you did the old downgrade root method, i would try downloaded the files from somewhere other than where you did this time, and try again.
nbdysreal said:
If you originally used the Revolutionary root method, its not just flashing a new hboot, as its a hboot that doesn't allow it to be easily overwritten. This stops you from accidentally flashing a s-on hboot at a time you didn't mean to (most likely through ruu). If you did that, you have to adb some files to your phone to put a stock s-on hboot on. If you did the old downgrade root method, i would try downloaded the files from somewhere other than where you did this time, and try again.
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This is exactly what I needed to know.
For people in the same boat this is what I did (sorry for the links, apparently I don't have enough posts)
Follow this guide to flash a different hboot:
thunderboltforums.com/forum/htc-thundebolt-hacking-guides/5427-rs-guide-how-return-stock-revolutionary-root.html
Then flash the PG05IMG from here:
droid-life.com/2011/09/27/finally-the-htc-thunderbolt-gingerbread-update-appears-to-be-ready-as-build-2-11-605-3/
so to get back to stock, if you didnt use the rev root method, what exactly do you flash? could someone link me?
shawnn218 said:
so to get back to stock, if you didnt use the rev root method, what exactly do you flash? could someone link me?
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What I outlined above should get you to stock.
even if i rooted the normal way and not rev?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1310014&highlight=return+to+stock
2/3 of the way down under this section "Putting current stock firmware and s-on back onto the phone"
This will put you back to STOCK / S-0N from the old downgrade root method. If you just want a stock rooted rom, flash one. Unless you are taking it in for service or returning it, there really isn't a need to unroot it just to put a stock rom on.
With all the bootloader unlocking and flashing up to different RUU's, etc..
Will there be a way that someone might be able to come up with a procedure to revert back to complete stock?
Just wondering if you get going flashing roms and encounter a problem where you will need to exchange or take back your phone, a way to get it to stock form.
thanks
1.change you cid back to your original one.
2. relock your bootloader.
3. flash a ruu..
niceppl said:
1.change you cid back to your original one.
2. relock your bootloader.
3. flash a ruu..
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Has anyone came up with a way to change the cid back to stock
and I thought if you were on 1.85, you simply couldnt flash a prior ruu
joho5 said:
Has anyone came up with a way to change the cid back to stock
and I thought if you were on 1.85, you simply couldnt flash a prior ruu
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one you have unlocked your bootloader, your phone will either say unlocked or relocked. There's nothing that we can do about that. even if you changed the CID back to the AT&T one.
SuperCID means you can flash any RUU you want
gunnyman said:
one you have unlocked your bootloader, your phone will either say unlocked or relocked. There's nothing that we can do about that. even if you changed the CID back to the AT&T one.
SuperCID means you can flash any RUU you want
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So I guess the best we can do is flash the stock ruu at the time and relock it and hope for the best.
joho5 said:
So I guess the best we can do is flash the stock ruu at the time and relock it and hope for the best.
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you worried about returning a phone? It's been my experience that they don't look.
How can i return my phone to 100% stock? Can i just relock the BL and flash this RUU herehttps://www.dropbox.com/s/60iuxpjyz...02_10.18.31501S.08L_release_262073_signed.exe My Hboot version is 1.06. Sorry for the noob question but this is my first htc device that i have had to return to stock.
You can't completely return to stock and make it look like you haven't rooted. If anyone goes into the HBOOT after re-locking it, it will say ***RELOCKED*** which makes it a little obvious. But you can restore to the state you had before you rooted, with the HBOOT being an exception. Just relock the bootloader as you said and run your RUU.
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You can't completely return to stock and make it look like you haven't rooted. If anyone goes into the HBOOT after re-locking it, it will say ***RELOCKED*** which makes it a little obvious. But you can restore to the state you had before you rooted, with the HBOOT being an exception. Just relock the bootloader as you said and run your RUU.
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Ok I dont care that it says relocked it's just because I sold the phone and the buyer requested the stock rom. Thanks for your quick reply.
I've been experiencing poor battery life on my DS since I bought it and have tried customizing settings as much as possible (lower brightness, undervolting, etc) and flashing different roms but the battery life never seems to improve. I know the battery life on the Desire S isn't the best but I've never been able to get near the amount of hours of usage that people have reported. So I need to take my phone in to get the battery replaced and hence need to unroot and roll back to S-ON because of warranty issues.
I have found the following threads http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1460713 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1701137 but it seems both use HBoot 6.98.xxxx whereas I'm on HBoot ENG 7.00.1002
If necessary, I have a nanroid backup of the stock rom. Can anyone help me unroot and S-ON or link me to a thread that can assist me?
Apologies if this has been asked before.
Follow the threads you've found. Absolutely the same sequence, and since the first step in this sequence is reflashing HBOOT with another one - it wasn't hard to assume that the HBOOT doesn't matter as long as it's an engineering one.
So I can use the attachment from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1387484 to downgrade my hboot?
Do I have to use an RUU or can I simply restore to stock rom and then downgrade my hboot?
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You can flash stock ROM in recovery and then fastboot flash the bootloader.
You can also first flash the bootloader and then use RUU.
Your phone, your choices.
Thanks - had to be sure.
I restored the phone to my stock rom, did a factory reset and used Unroot from SuperOneClick tom remove Superuser. I then used Android Flasher to flash the 0.98.0002 hboot from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1387484 and it restored the phone back to S-ON.
Everything seems to be factory fresh, but when I select recovery or factory reset it enters a menu with fastboot above the options and the message "security warning" appears in pink (in place of -revolutionary-). The message is removed after rebooting the bootloader.
Is this normal? Why does this warning appear and how can I fix it?
The reason I didn't use a RUU is because I couldn't find one compatible. In any case, I flashed the ENG hboot 0.98.2000 from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113820, created a gold card, and used an RUU.
Phone is factory fresh with S-ON. Perhaps this may help someone else with a similar issue in the future.
Do i have to go from s-off to s-on when i want to go back to stock?
If yes, how to do it?
Or will the part when running RUU make me back to s-on & unroot?
hunabku said:
Do i have to go from s-off to s-on when i want to go back to stock?
If yes, how to do it?
Or will the part when running RUU make me back to s-on & unroot?
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No, S -Off will not go away unless you enter a certain command in fastboot.
You can return to stock by relocking your bootloader & running your RUU and you will be good to go. Even if I were selling the phone I wouldn't return it to S-ON. I mean anyone with any knowledge would appreciate it, and if the others simply wouldn't know what s-on/s-off is.
But If you are dead set on it, make sure it is the last thing you do after you have ran the RUU and all seems good. (I think you would have to unlock the boot loader again and S-On, then relock it)
****** WARNING******** Do not type this willy nilly to anyone reading this......This should only be done once everything is okay and you are selling/returning a phone... okay I warned you.
fastboot oem writesecureflag 3
^^^^^DANGEROUS COMMAND^^^^^^^ I hate even posting that because some noob will type it.
In fact here is a guide.
http://androidforums.com/one-s-all-...-get-back-stock-moonshine-facepalm-s-off.html
tivofool said:
No, S -Off will not go away unless you enter a certain command in fastboot.
You can return to stock by relocking your bootloader & running your RUU and you will be good to go. Even if I were selling the phone I wouldn't return it to S-ON. I mean anyone with any knowledge would appreciate it, and if the others simply wouldn't know what s-on/s-off is.
But If you are dead set on it, make sure it is the last thing you do after you have ran the RUU and all seems good. (I think you would have to unlock the boot loader again and S-On, then relock it)
****** WARNING******** Do not type this willy nilly to anyone reading this......This should only be done once everything is okay and you are selling/returning a phone... okay I warned you.
fastboot oem writesecureflag 3
^^^^^DANGEROUS COMMAND^^^^^^^ I hate even posting that because some noob will type it.
In fact here is a guide.
http://androidforums.com/one-s-all-...-get-back-stock-moonshine-facepalm-s-off.html
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Thanks. Just one more question. in this topic http://www.htconeforum.com/forum/ht...unbrick-restore-htc-one-s-stock-relocked.html
They say nothing about flashing stock recovery or anything, is it really not needed?
hunabku said:
Thanks. Just one more question. in this topic http://www.htconeforum.com/forum/ht...unbrick-restore-htc-one-s-stock-relocked.html
They say nothing about flashing stock recovery or anything, is it really not needed?
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I have read on here that you don't have to. That when running the RUU it puts stock recovery on.
I've also read that if you are getting errors trying to run the RUU you needed to put stock recovery on before running the RUU.
I don't know. The times I have run an RUU I always flashed the stock recovery first.