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[Q] return to stock

Hi all,
I want to return my phone to stock so i am trying to flash the original RUU but this does not work.
Do i have to relock? if so how is that done? through the adb command?
is it possible for to get locked written in bootloader as in some threads it says this can only be set to relocked, is this correct?

You can relock the bootloader using adb !
Boot into fastboot, Open a command window from your adb folder (shift and right click)
Type in: fastboot oem lock
That will relock the bootloader, RUU needs a lock bootloader ! There is no way to get **LOCKED** back !! Only **RELOCKED** But this shouldnt affect your warranty.
You may also need the stock recovery in order for the RUU to work, Sometimes you do sometimes you dont..

azzledazzle said:
You can relock the bootloader using adb !
Boot into fastboot, Open a command window from your adb folder (shift and right click)
Type in: fastboot oem lock
That will relock the bootloader, RUU needs a lock bootloader ! There is no way to get **LOCKED** back !! Only **RELOCKED** But this shouldnt affect your warranty.
You may also need the stock recovery in order for the RUU to work, Sometimes you do sometimes you dont..
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Thanks gratly appreciated, ive seen Shipped RUUS is there a thread for stock recovery?

dawnbringer said:
Thanks gratly appreciated, ive seen Shipped RUUS is there a thread for stock recovery?
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https://dl.dropbox.com/u/69014495/stock recovery.zip
there you go, Saves you searching for it

azzledazzle said:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/69014495/stock recovery.zip
there you go, Saves you searching for it
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I assume i should flash this with fastboot correct? - done

If I wanna return to stock, after locking the bootloader, does it have to be the same version ROM I had initially? Or can I flash any version RUU provided it matches my phone model? Because I don't know what version I had when I bought the phone, I rooted and flashed CM9 straight away.

Hi all, I have some trouble to restore to a stock rom. I have a debranded HOS from Vodafone Spain. I did it helped by the famous Toolkit, so it was with the bootloader unlocked, with a CWM Recovery and then I applied a stock rom by CWM (1.73 about Vodafone to 1.53 but the WWE European one). But I still wasn't happy, can't upload it by OTA and I dislike to do it manually with each new version, plus backups, etc.
Then I changed the CID to HTC Europe (HTC__001); and now the system detects a new version to update it, but when it restart to apply it appears an error during the process, something like "assert failed....... (Status 7)"
I tried also by the RUU, and this way gave me the error 155.
Somebody know if this way is available?. Change the CID and then apply the respective RUU?
Something else... I remember in my old Desire to restore everything, like factory, placing a rom into a "SD" with a especific format (depends of the model), like PG88IMG.zip. Somebody know if is possible for this newer model?

Works perfectly !! thanks for the tuto ! you saved us !

[Q] S3 Villec2 OTA update

I've got an HTC One S [s3]. CID is HTC__622 Asia HK
I have unlocked bootloader, TWRP recovery and superSU loaded as well as Rom Manger
Tonight there is an OTA update available. So I want to use it. I downloaded it and
ran command: fastboot oem lock
and tried to run the update. It just keeps booting into my fastboot menu.
I heard that I need to install stock recovery tfor this to work but I don't know where I can find it.
I do have a reovery_signed.img file that I saved from somewhere that is 5,957 kb. Not sure if I flash that if it would give me stock recovery.
Can someone give me a direction to go. I have spent last 12 hours just reading stuff and still don't know what to do.

Htc_asia_hk Stock Recovery File
Does anyone know where I can find the stock recovery file for my One S [S3]
Its Htc_asia_hk the CID is HTC__622 ???
The beginning of the file name should look like this:
RUU_VILLEC2_U_ICS_40_HTC_ASIA_HK_

Flash stock recovery
Lock bootloader
Then run the ota update.
Sent from a HTC

Try This RUU in fastboot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011598

Quills88 said:
Does anyone know where I can find the stock recovery file for my One S [S3]
Its Htc_asia_hk the CID is HTC__622 ???
The beginning of the file name should look like this:
RUU_VILLEC2_U_ICS_40_HTC_ASIA_HK_
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you dont need to flash stock recovery because RUU does ...

luxandroid said:
you dont need to flash stock recovery because RUU does ...
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The problem is I didn't take a backup before I unlocked my bootloader and flashed twrp recovery so I don't have a stock recovery to go back to.
The RUU for HTC__044 has a different CID and won't work on my device unless I can extract just the stock recovery from the RUU without having to install it. Is that possible?

same
Quills88 said:
The problem is I didn't take a backup before I unlocked my bootloader and flashed twrp recovery so I don't have a stock recovery to go back to.
The RUU for HTC__044 has a different CID and won't work on my device unless I can extract just the stock recovery from the RUU without having to install it. Is that possible?
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i also have htc__622 CID and i didn't make backup before fiddling with the innards.

What you have to do is
1. Flash stock recovery
2. Lock your bootloader
3. Enter fastboot and run the RUU for your phone
Your phone will then be just as it was when you bought it and then you can run the OTA. Make sure you find the right RUU for your phone. I have been searchiing for one for days and couldnt find it. Hope this helped

nez762 said:
What you have to do is
1. Flash stock recovery
2. Lock your bootloader
3. Enter fastboot and run the RUU for your phone
Your phone will then be just as it was when you bought it and then you can run the OTA. Make sure you find the right RUU for your phone. I have been searchiing for one for days and couldnt find it. Hope this helped
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I have the same problem, so I have few questions....
Where can I find stock recovery for HTC One S c2?
How to lock bootloader?
THANK YOU!

I have a question.
I already flash 4.1.1 via OTA and use some bloody init.d script for R/W system, that doesnt work and gives me reboot after I enter into supersu app.
My question is... how can i flash 4.1.1 again (i wanna clean system, just for better feeling.) If Im using TWRP recovery? Because, ota file doesnt contain stock recovery as RUU does and I didnt find any ruu for 4.1.1 CID_032 | villec2.
sorry, for my bad english.

Privremeni said:
I have the same problem, so I have few questions....
Where can I find stock recovery for HTC One S c2?
How to lock bootloader?
THANK YOU!
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Hi,
You can lock your bootloader with next command in fastboot:
fastboot oem lock
But question remains
Where can I find stock recovery for HTC One S c2?
Somebody cab help us?
Thanks!

Impo5sible said:
I have a question.
I already flash 4.1.1 via OTA and use some bloody init.d script for R/W system, that doesnt work and gives me reboot after I enter into supersu app.
My question is... how can i flash 4.1.1 again (i wanna clean system, just for better feeling.) If Im using TWRP recovery? Because, ota file doesnt contain stock recovery as RUU does and I didnt find any ruu for 4.1.1 CID_032 | villec2.
sorry, for my bad english.
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You cant flash OTA trough TWRP, thats my problem also. My CID is 032 as yours. If you find RUU JB, send me the link please!

Privremeni said:
You cant flash OTA trough TWRP, thats my problem also. My CID is 032 as yours. If you find RUU JB, send me the link please!
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Maybe a stock recovery of JB would be enough.

Hello guys,
Try this:
Step 1: relock the bootloader (start your phone in fastboot, open cmd, got to folder where are fastboot files, type "fastboot oem lock" )
Step 2: find your desired stock jb or ics online. http://filesdownload.net/showthread.php?70-HTC-One-S-(-RUU_VILLE-)-(-RUU_VILLEC2-)
Step 3: connect your phone to the pc in fastboot (make sure you have the htc drivers installed).
Step 4: run the RUU or stock file as an exe. An installation guide will follow, just follow it through.
Step 5: Now you are in stock ROM
It should work after this!
On my HTC One S [S3] , CID HTC_032 works

splanet.info has something interesting
At least ota is there for htc__622

Nez is right
nez762 said:
What you have to do is
1. Flash stock recovery
2. Lock your bootloader
3. Enter fastboot and run the RUU for your phone
Your phone will then be just as it was when you bought it and then you can run the OTA. Make sure you find the right RUU for your phone. I have been searchiing for one for days and couldnt find it. Hope this helped
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After I locked my bootloader and tried running the OTA update I tried a few things that didn't work.
But what did work for me was when I unlocked bootloader again
And used Hasoon's Toolkit for One S
and reflashed the recovery file. I used the recovery_signed.img file (5,957 kb) that I had saved from when I was rooting it the first time and renamed it to a one word name per Hasoon's instructions, then flashed it.
Then I relocked bootloader and did a factory reset and ran the OTA update and it worked.
I was lucky that I had that recovery file saved. Still not sure where I got it from. But one thing for sure is that it was hard to find a RUU file for my CID. Hasoon's toolkit does have links to a website with a list of RUUs on it but mine wasn't on the list.
If you want me to email you my signed_recovery.img file send me a pm with your email address and I'll send it.

Privremeni said:
I have the same problem, so I have few questions....
Where can I find stock recovery for HTC One S c2?
How to lock bootloader?
THANK YOU!
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I have attached the stock recovery just use fastboot to flash it

[Q] How to Debrand M4

Hi All
I have a totally stock M4 4.2.2 phone from Voda UK
(it has the boot logo from Voda along with pre-loaded network apps)
I just want to make it a stock European version...(UK ideally) with no network logos or apps
End wish is a stock 4.4.4 with root (ideally towelroot or similar) so if I want to...I can unroot and leave untouched/stock
As stated...no htcdev done or anything with unlocking bootloader
Advice please?

!SINGH! said:
Hi All
I have a totally stock M4 4.2.2 phone from Voda UK
(it has the boot logo from Voda along with pre-loaded network apps)
I just want to make it a stock European version...(UK ideally) with no network logos or apps
End wish is a stock 4.4.4 with root (ideally towelroot or similar) so if I want to...I can unroot and leave untouched/stock
As stated...no htcdev done or anything with unlocking bootloader
Advice please?
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I'm afraid that once you go root ( unless you only use temproot ) you can't go back to absolute stock.
To "transform" it to a European version you'll have to do Super CID, which requires unlocked bootloader & s-off.

htc_one_mini_m4 said:
I'm afraid that once you go root ( unless you only use temproot ) you can't go back to absolute stock.
To "transform" it to a European version you'll have to do Super CID, which requires unlocked bootloader & s-off.
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Well.. What about..
S-Off....
SuperCiD
flash with stock European rom
Set CID back to the European one...(so it doesn't brick)
Re-lock the bootloader
S-On
That way... I have a stock European Rom 4.4.4 on a stock One Mini
?

!SINGH! said:
Well.. What about..
S-Off....
SuperCiD
flash with stock European rom
Set CID back to the European one...(so it doesn't brick)
Re-lock the bootloader
S-On
That way... I have a stock European Rom 4.4.4 on a stock One Mini
?
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Not entirely.
If I'm not mistaken ( I'm not a phone freak, just a computer hardware engineer & mediocre software programmer ) you can't re-lock the bootloader like stock.
It displays "Re-Locked" once locked again with fastboot or another tool.
You'll have a stock image, but you won't have the applications that are preloaded in the data partition which gets erased during the Bootloader unlocking process, and that blocks you from flashing any newer OTA updates via the classic method ( like a totally stock phone )

htc a9 sprint stock recovery

Can anyone be so kind to upload the stock recovery for htc a9 sprint. Thank you so much in advance :good:

Anyone? Please?

If you flash the stock sprint RUU for your device, you will get the stock sprint recovery

Im from the philippines and i bought this as a 2nd hand phone. When i bought it it already has twrp,s-off and cid 11111111 and sim unlocked. Im afraid that it would simlock my phone if i flash stock sprint ruu. That is why i badly need stock recovery for sprint so i can install ota. Im still on android 6.0

To take ota you need to be relocked unrooted s-on and have stock recovery

MGfusion said:
To take ota you need to be relocked unrooted s-on and have stock recovery
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Yes sir. That is why im asking if someone has a back up or copy of stock recovery. But i believe u can still get ota even if ur s-off. Nothing was modified from my system folder, so all i need now is stock recovery. Thank you sk much for the advice

Some of us are on OSX and can not reflash via RUU. So would be nice to have a copy of the recovery to be able to flash via fastboot.

Want serious help plzz

Hi guys recently i bought htc one a9 sprient varient device in Pakistan from a market it was prerooted device all working well and i want to upgarde it from marshmallow to nougart but ota updates not installed then i try a stock file i dont know that its a stok or from other but it version was 1.10.651.1 which was same as mine it perfectly installed twrp remove
Problem is that aftrr doing this i am facing multiple reboots. Ota updates said that u have to install original rom my phone is soff relocked and hiuae hwl. Plz give me original rom or something eles i get my original rom or plz help to solve the multiple reboot problem i cant change my device and am having alot of troble plz help me

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24369303960685996
Try flashing this RUU

I tried this and still this rom is working on my phone but the main issue i am suffering is multiple rebots

you can find all RUU's at htcdev.com. Create an account and find your RUU. Important, you have te be locked tot install a RUU (i believe....) Use fastboot to relock your device and install the right RUU.

eavandijk83 said:
you can find all RUU's at htcdev.com. Create an account and find your RUU. Important, you have te be locked tot install a RUU (i believe....) Use fastboot to relock your device and install the right RUU.
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You do not have to re-lock to take an RUU