How do you root the Thunderbolt after the 7/8/11 OTA?
Rooting using the old method doesn't work anymore?
flooritnfly said:
How do you root the Thunderbolt after the 7/8/11 OTA?
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you would use the same process as before.
lostnuke said:
you would use the same process as before.
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Yeah, use the same method. After your rooted, flash the rooted OTA stock Rom (google it) and also flash the its radio. That's what I did.
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So.... I can use this (http://forum.androidcentral.com/thu...unroot-windows-updated-5-20-w-mr1-update.html) like I did before then just flash the new radio that was released on 7/8 ?
Well now after 7/8, you have to flash while standing on your head. Yeah, its crazy like that.
bthomp21 said:
Well now after 7/8, you have to flash while standing on your head. Yeah, its crazy like that.
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That is too funny.
I am unable to install the 7/8 Combo Radio package after installing DasBAMF Stripped 1.8.6
Constantly says "Installation Aborted."
Anyone else with this experience? I thought that I had read that this combo worked.
Got this sorted. I was using an MR1 package, not MR2, apparently. Using a different packaging of the OTA update flashed in via HBOOT.
BoulderGeek said:
I am unable to install the 7/8 Combo Radio package after installing DasBAMF Stripped 1.8.6
Constantly says "Installation Aborted."
Anyone else with this experience? I thought that I had read that this combo worked.
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Your flashing it through the bootloader right? You can't use clockwork to flash it.
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Thunderbolt/Android Noob
OK .. I have this HTC Thunderbolt .. I want to root it .. I have read the forums up and down ... I saw the link above to AndroidCentral that shows how to root it, and one over in the Thunderbolt Development forum that says MR1 Perma Root ...
I would like to know the best route for me to go with minimal risk of bricking. I have flashed my wife's LG Ally a couple of times .. was easy enough, just ran an exe
All of the ones I have found for the thunderbolt seem to be a lot more complex. Is there a OneClick method I can run that will include the new radio (so i can get the latest fixes)?
If not, I am willing to go the ADB route (I have the Android SDK installed) but I dont know how to update the radio.
Thanks, and sorry to ask a question that seems to have already been answered, I am only asking b/c I did not understand your answers above ..
Use adb to root. Radio is done through hboot. Power off phone. Then hold vol key down and power on. Will bring you to hboot. Make sure radio is at root of SD card and is named properly. There is a sticky in the DEV section that will walk you through it.
courtesy of my rooted bolt
I just used the XDA development one. The key point is to read it carefully several times and be sure you understand each step. Ask questions beforehand if you are not sure about something. And be sure to follow each step exactly. Typos are the biggest risk, so go slow and read what you've typed on each line before hitting enter.
The radio file needs to be renamed to PG051IMG.zip and placed on the root of the SD card. Then power off and boot into bootloader. It'll load automatically after you hit +volume to confirm "yes ".
I had several flashes that resulted in the Exclamation Point warning triangle. Pulling the battery and USB cable and reinstalling power got me back to a running build.
It took me a while to do every step. I wanted to skip steps, not realizing that you needed the downgrade and RUU flashes to get S-OFF and unlock.
Once that was all done, I went to DasBAMF Stripped and found the OTA radio in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1160346.
So far, so good. Calibrating battery now and trying to personalize and optimize to my best ability.
Ok so from what I gather there are no issues that would prevent any of the previous methods from working post 7/8 update? That includes the one click app thats been floating around for a few months right?
I've been holding off root for months, but my patience has finally run out, time to do what I should have done from the beginning.
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on second thought, I think I'll just do it the good old fashioned way
I did the 7/8 update, and was fine with it. I just wanted to get the Verizon bloatware off. I had problems installing the stock debloated ROMs, so i ran with BAMF to test, and since it worked, I kept it. My rooting came after the recent OTA.
The once-click and .bat methods didn't work so well for me, so I followed the full instructions in a CMD window (I can't call that POS in DOS a shell).
Most of my time was installing a correct Java JDK (had to use x86 instead of x64) and getting ADB dialled in.
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Ok so from what I gather there are no issues that would prevent any of the previous methods from working post 7/8 update? That includes the one click app thats been floating around for a few months right?
I've been holding off root for months, but my patience has finally run out, time to do what I should have done from the beginning.
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on second thought, I think I'll just do it the good old fashioned way
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I had the same thinking and wanted it the quick and easy way. Doing the research and taking the time (and beers ) to do it manually was very informative and satisfying when i got done. It was said already but ive been able to apply any feature that an official OTA would give long before its normally released to verizon customers. I love my Tbolt and wouldnt have it any other way.
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I had the same thinking and wanted it the quick and easy way. Doing the research and taking the time (and beers ) to do it manually was very informative and satisfying when i got done. It was said already but ive been able to apply any feature that an official OTA would give long before its normally released to verizon customers. I love my Tbolt and wouldnt have it any other way.
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Doing things the long way has never really scared me, but some of the horror stories I kept hearing a month or two back about instability of GB roms had me a bit hesitant to go for it.
It does appear to be a bit more involved than what I am accustomed to, but I have used ADB before, I was just trying not to this time.
Can someone give me a bit of advice actually.
I'm on the end of Step 4 found in the Developement section, and when I hit Bootloader, it brings up a second menu not mentioned in the posts, what do i do from here?
Nevermind once again, screwed up the name of the zip file
I used the auto root method 3 times so far and worked great. I did the full last update and lost root so I had to redo it load Rom and just added the radio file in hboot.
try auto root its fast and simple just follow the commands on the screen!
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I tried searching for a how-to on this but apparently I'm searching inclined.
From what I can gather is it as simple as just dumping the zip onto the root of your SD card and doing:
3. Make sure phone is off then hold Power button and Call Button.
4. The menu opens quickly press the power key over the hboot option.
5. Follow onscreen instructions to install the update. the phone will reboot a few times.
you dont even need to search. go to the development section and then look at the top few, it will have very detailed instructions.
I guess I should have elaborated more and said I don't have my phone rooted and really don't want to go that route. I was just getting confused because everything i was finding on here was people running root but I came across a few things where people said the 2.1OTA Leak was just a straight upgrade, so that is my confusion.
Are you asking how to install the 2.1ota leak? Just flash it onto your phone?
Curious, why do you not want to root your phone?
Root is much more flexible, and there are roms that are based off that leak. If you're worried about your warranty, it's going to void it either way, lol.
Good luck !
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Are you asking how to install the 2.1ota leak? Just flash it onto your phone?
Curious, why do you not want to root your phone?
Root is much more flexible, and there are roms that are based off that leak. If you're worried about your warranty, it's going to void it either way, lol.
Good luck !
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but if you have root you can do the downgrade back to 1.5
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but if you have root you can do the downgrade back to 1.5
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Oh right, I forgot about that, duh It just seems like root would be a better choice.
But to each his own.
rheally said:
Are you asking how to install the 2.1ota leak? Just flash it onto your phone?
Curious, why do you not want to root your phone?
Root is much more flexible, and there are roms that are based off that leak. If you're worried about your warranty, it's going to void it either way, lol.
Good luck !
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yeah that is my question, can 2.1OTA just be flashed or does your phone need to be rooted?
I just feel like with root I'll be more likely to kill the phone but I'm going to check into it more again.
If you flash the 2.1 OTA leak onto your phone you CANNOT root your phone. It hasn't been figured out yet.
Root really isn't that hard to do. There are several threads over in the development forum.
rheally said:
If you flash the 2.1 OTA leak onto your phone you CANNOT root your phone. It hasn't been figured out yet.
Root really isn't that hard to do. There are several threads over in the development forum.
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yeah I was just reading the thread on going from stock 1.5 to rooted 2.1. Can you give me some of the major benefits of rooting? I'm trying to find really practical stuff, not just the "Well it's cool cause it's like being root in Linux".
And just to clarify you can just flash to 2.1OTA? I'm skeptical of doing that now because I was reading some people think 2.1OTA has a time sensitive date on it.
Future developments will likely be easier to impliment if you root. The ability to run different (and potentially more stable) ROMs. Support for future software not designed for the Eris. Post rooting you can also make Nandroid backups and as long as you don't somehow screw your bootloader you can actually fix your phone.
Also, and this is pure speculation, should Verison decide to discontinue support for the Eris entirely, non-rooters may have issue getting new Android versions since they're limited to signed code.
EDIT: there is also little reason NOT to root. It does everything that you can do unrooted and more. All this plus the fact that you may never be able to root again but could always unroot at your leisure.
Marisa said:
Future developments will likely be easier to impliment if you root. The ability to run different (and potentially more stable) ROMs. Support for future software not designed for the Eris. Post rooting you can also make Nandroid backups and as long as you don't somehow screw your bootloader you can actually fix your phone.
Also, and this is pure speculation, should Verison decide to discontinue support for the Eris entirely, non-rooters may have issue getting new Android versions since they're limited to signed code.
EDIT: there is also little reason NOT to root. It does everything that you can do unrooted and more. All this plus the fact that you may never be able to root again but could always unroot at your leisure.
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Can you point me to a good nandroid tutorial? tried searching for one but if you know of a good one I'd appreciate it.
I was trying to find a nandroid guide when I did it the first time, but once I discovered that Amon_RA's recovery has it built-in, I decided to wing it and see what happened. It was a lot easier than I expected to be honest.
Reboot your phone into recovery (VOL UP + Power), you should have a short list of options, one of which should be Backup/Restore. Trackball into it and select to make a backup. Let it do it's thing, should take a few minutes. Congratulations, you've made a backup of your phone. You can make as many as you like, they're given names based on the date and time they're created, but you can rename without harm (barring a few characters keep it A-Z a-z 0-9 and you should be good)
Restoring to that backup is as easy as entering the same menu but picking restore instead. You need to have made a backup first in order to restore something.
NOTE: I've written all this by memory, and while it should be fairly accurate, I can't turn my phone off currently to double check that the wording is all correct.
I'm a bit confused on the Amon thing. I found the the link here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=648025
Do I just dump that IMG file onto the root of my SD card and that's it? Will it know to always use his recovery or do I need to do more?
I have an application that I write to make going from 1.5 to root a lot easier with a gui application. It will be released very soon for everyone to use. Take a look at my thread for more info. Link is at the top of my signature.
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I'm a bit confused on the Amon thing. I found the the link here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=648025
Do I just dump that IMG file onto the root of my SD card and that's it? Will it know to always use his recovery or do I need to do more?
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If you followed Ivan's guide to the very end, you already flashed Amon_RA's recovery to your phone. To enter it, shutdown your phone and then hold volume up and the call end button (power), you should boot into the recovery.
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If you followed Ivan's guide to the very end, you already flashed Amon_RA's recovery to your phone. To enter it, shutdown your phone and then hold volume up and the call end button (power), you should boot into the recovery.
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AWESOME! Thank you I am doing it right now.
NM: got it
Well I got 2.1 on but I did something wrong and can't load rooted 2.1. I get "signature verification failed" message when I load the zip file.
I am been searching and searching for a tutorial to root my T-mobile UK hero.
Could someone help with find a straightforward guide as there seem to be soo many diffent methods which is just confusing me a bit.
about my device, Its currently running version 1.5
Rom 1.76.110.6
Also is there any easy/free way to unlock this device?
All help will be greatly appriciated.
I don't even know what a G2 is. but if it's basically a hero with a different case (the only reason I can imagine why it's lumped in with our heros), you should try my following instructions. The worst case is that it won't work in step one (the actual rooting process) in which case you'd have to get help from someone else.
Don's instructions for how to root your hero (yea, I'm Don, dkelley):
- download the one click root apk http://blog.23corner.com/tag/universalandroot/ from the official blog. (newbie points: copy it do your sd card if you didn't download it directly with your phone. checkmark "unknown sources" in settings->applications. install it using a file explorer that you can download from market for free such as "linda file manager".)
- run it, choose root for 1.5/1.6. takes half a minute. worked for me first time, but there isn't any obvious confirmation other than "done" message, so don't expect magical features popping up. It doesn't even install a superuser app or busybox... so you're still borked.... until the next step.
- download the free (old version, crappy features, but functional) superuser app from the market. install it (obviously). now you're just missing busybox. if you know how/want to bother putting it into your current rom, go for it. I didn't so I didn't.
- for sake of app backup, you can't run titanium without busybox (you already have root and superuser though, see post above if it matters that much). I downloaded the free applist tool from market to make a text file on sd card listing my installed apps. stock hero rom can't have too much installed anyway, won't take you THAT long to manually go through list and redownload/reinstall after flashing a new rom.
- install clockwork "rom manager". they say it's in market, I've never seen it. but an apk is floating around the net. it only needs root+SU which you have now. use it to download and flash a recovery rom of your choice. I use clockwork so it's an obvious choice here, but I think you can do amon-ra with this tool also, probably 1.6.x for those who don't care about dalvik wipes working properly.
- do a nandroid backup of your original rom NOW. could be really important... and this 1-click rooter can apparently UNRoot your rom too, so after a nandroid restore it might be the only way to get your phone back to stock. in my case I'm sol that way (hand-made goldcard rooting method, my phone's incapable of going stock ever again using my own skills...)
- newbie points: make sure you have a flashable signed gsm hero rom on your sd card somewhere. Reboot into recovery using "rom manager" or shutdown phone, then start it again but hold power AND home buttons without letting go until 8 to 12 seconds later you're booted into recovery. wipe everything (dalvik, cache, data, ext shouldn't matter yet from a stock rom...). "install zip file" or however they word the "flash rom" process in your recovery.
- reboot and enjoy.
I've got a t-mobile g2 and used the gold card method a while back, so can say that definitely works.
Thanks guys, I have decided to do the gold card and update it to a generic rom. Can i still get an unlock code to work? is there anyway on unlocking it?
I used a goldcard also on my phone months ago. a hero. pain in the butt to get done right... but works great.
this is why I recommended the above steps which are MUCH easier. I followed them (and organized those particular steps) and used them on my wife's hero a couple of days ago. It took me 15 minutes until I was running a new rooted rom on her phone perfectly with recovery installed, nandroid backup/restore, busybox, super user, the whole thing.
I know your phone isn't listed there - but again, downloading and running the apk won't do anything bad. it either works or doesn't, you'd know by now. it might not work but it's WAY faster and easier than a goldcard.
so imho it's worth a try for 30 seconds of your time.
if it says that it successfully roots your phone then just follow the rest of my instructions above to get everything setup how you'll need to.
goldcard works great though too - I just found it a very poorly documented experience. Hopefully it's clearer now.
when I goldcard rooted my phone I found several sets of instructions and they were all different - and not one of them worked on it's own, I had to combine bits and pieces. It was very scary LoL.
Good luck which ever route you take - hope you get a nice froyo rom running soon!
Hboot stuck
Hi I try to flash my G2 to generic RUU I did goldcard with success and I was doing upgrade trought RUU everything works great but then it says RADIO_V2 - FAIL PU.
Now when I try to turn on my G2 I get hboot screen and I can do anything
can somebody help me?
Thank You
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I used a goldcard also on my phone months ago. a hero. pain in the butt to get done right... but works great.
this is why I recommended the above steps which are MUCH easier. I followed them (and organized those particular steps) and used them on my wife's hero a couple of days ago. It took me 15 minutes until I was running a new rooted rom on her phone perfectly with recovery installed, nandroid backup/restore, busybox, super user, the whole thing.
I know your phone isn't listed there - but again, downloading and running the apk won't do anything bad. it either works or doesn't, you'd know by now. it might not work but it's WAY faster and easier than a goldcard.
so imho it's worth a try for 30 seconds of your time.
if it says that it successfully roots your phone then just follow the rest of my instructions above to get everything setup how you'll need to.
goldcard works great though too - I just found it a very poorly documented experience. Hopefully it's clearer now.
when I goldcard rooted my phone I found several sets of instructions and they were all different - and not one of them worked on it's own, I had to combine bits and pieces. It was very scary LoL.
Good luck which ever route you take - hope you get a nice froyo rom running soon!
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The G2 is T-Mobile UK's version of the Hero, and as far as I know they have locked it down so tight that the only way of Rooting it regardless of what ROM it has(1.5, 1.5 update 1, 2.1 e.t.c), has always only been the goldcard method.
You have to use the goldcard method, I tried the other one when I was rooting my G2 and it didn't work.
I used this guide - BTDags guide, can't post a link though.
Google 'Complete Newbie Guide Hero' Its the first link.
I used the Goldcard to root my T-mob G2. I think I used this guide: Jesterz' guide It is a bit of a pain but you only have to do it once.
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The G2 is T-Mobile UK's version of the Hero, and as far as I know they have locked it down so tight that the only way of Rooting it regardless of what ROM it has(1.5, 1.5 update 1, 2.1 e.t.c), has always only been the goldcard method.
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thanks for the info! great to know. silly t-mobile.... like they have anything to gain from doing that....
Moved to Q&A as not development.
I have an unrooted HTC Aria (AT&T) that i upgraded to Froyo a couple of weeks ago. I have been using it for a while and i don't like the performance with the new upgrade, it used to be a LOT snappier before.
I would like to know if its possible to revert the phone to Factory Defaults (Eclair 2.1) and where i can get the ROM since HTC is no longer providing it in its website.
I'm not interested in rooting my phone nor custom roms i just want it the way it was at the moment I took it off the box and turned it on for the first time.
If the downgrade is possible I would really appreciate if someone could provide a list of steps to follow to make it happen.
Thanks in advance.
Check out this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=971119. You can but you will still have the updated HBOOT (Bootloader). You will have to use the ROM linked in post 3 (Original 2.1 Rom)
P.S - Search before starting new threads on the same topic.
http://www.mediafire.com/?cj56c2gfk86k8oe
This is the original ship ROM. I downloaded this back when I first got my phone (first day the Aria was released) and have kept it for future use. This was even before they added the ability to receive OTA updates, so you won't even have to worry about being notified about the 2.2.2 OTA update.
Now, you should be able to just run this and have it downgrade everything (except HBOOT, but that isn't a problem unless you want to root). I haven't actually done it before but it should work.
If it doesn't work, there is another way that will definitely work, but I'll explain that if the need arises. Let me know if you run into any problems.
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Nope. Not possible since you don't want to root your device.
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It is possible. You can downgrade everything except the HBOOT. (Meaning, he will have the original ROM like he wants but be unable to use Unrevoked, which he doesn't care about.)
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It is possible. You can downgrade everything except the HBOOT. (Meaning, he will have the original ROM like he wants but be unable to use Unrevoked, which he doesn't care about.)
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That post I made was a mistake. That's why I edited it. Sorry I didn't get to change it in time.
Theonew said:
Check out this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=971119. You can but you will still have the updated HBOOT (Bootloader). You will have to use the ROM linked in post 3 (Original 2.1 Rom)
P.S - Search before starting new threads on the same topic.
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To be honest the advice from those threads is not really very good anyway. You don't need temp root on your device. There are easier methods that ought to work fine. Namely, just putting the 2.1 RUU zip as LIBEIMG.zip on your SD card. But from what I've read, even just running the RUU should be enough.
(Nevermind, this doesn't work.)
Thanks for you advice, in fact did some research before creating the thread, but all the threads i found were about people who wanted to downgrade to get the root back, so they were either redirected to other threads or were given a lot information not relevant to what i really need.
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This is the original ship ROM. I downloaded this back when I first got my phone (first day the Aria was released) and have kept it for future use. This was even before they added the ability to receive OTA updates, so you won't even have to worry about being notified about the 2.2.2 OTA update.
Now, you should be able to just run this and have it downgrade everything (except HBOOT, but that isn't a problem unless you want to root). I haven't actually done it before but it should work.
If it doesn't work, there is another way that will definitely work, but I'll explain that if the need arises. Let me know if you run into any problems.
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I tried this but for some reason i got a BOOTLOADER VERSION ERROR [140] message. Thanks for your help anyway.
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I tried this but for some reason i got a BOOTLOADER VERSION ERROR [140] message. Thanks for your help anyway.
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Don't give up yet. This next method should work if that one didn't.
Download this file: http://www.mediafire.com/?ct1ay7t93d8g742
Rename the zip file as LIBEIMG.zip (don't extract it) then place it on your SD card (not in a subfolder).
Then turn the phone completely off, and press VOL DOWN + power to turn the phone back on. It should detect the file after a couple seconds and start flashing it automatically. At this point just be patient for a minute or two, then press VOL UP key to start the update process when it asks you to. After that, be patient while it does everything. It takes about 5 minutes to finish installing everything and will reboot once during the process. After it's done (it will tell you when it's done), the phone will reboot and there will be a scary looking screen but JUST WAIT about 10 seconds and it will boot normally. Then you're good to go.
After you're done with this, make sure to DELETE the LIBEIMG.zip file from your SD card. Otherwise it will ask you every time you go into HBOOT if you want to apply the update.
Good luck.
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Don't give up yet. This next method should work if that one didn't.
Download this file:
Rename the zip file as LIBEIMG.zip (don't extract it) then place it on your SD card (not in a subfolder).
Then turn the phone completely off, and press VOL DOWN + power to turn the phone back on. It should detect the file after a couple seconds and start flashing it automatically. At this point just be patient for a minute or two, then press VOL UP key to start the update process when it asks you to. After that, be patient while it does everything. It takes about 5 minutes to finish installing everything and will reboot once during the process. After it's done (it will tell you when it's done), the phone will reboot and there will be a scary looking screen but JUST WAIT about 10 seconds and it will boot normally. Then you're good to go.
After you're done with this, make sure to DELETE the LIBEIMG.zip file from your SD card. Otherwise it will ask you every time you go into HBOOT if you want to apply the update.
Good luck.
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Unfortunately this method doesn't work either, it throws an error that says "Main Version is older, Update Fail!"
I could have sworn I've read about this working before. I would have tested it first myself but I don't have a phone that isn't S-OFF. Sorry for making you jump through hoops.
You could try the methods in the other threads linked above. I guess you do need temp root to do a downgrade.
Alternatively, you could use AlphaRevX to S-OFF, install Clockwork, and install the factory original, unrooted ROM. The downside of this is that it requires voiding your warranty if you have one.
Easiest way would be to run the official 2.2 RUU update from HTC. 100% stock.
Sent from my Liberty
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Easiest way would be to run the official 2.2 RUU update from HTC. 100% stock.
Sent from my Liberty
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He wants to return to android 2.1 so that wouldn't help whatsoever. Plus he already did that which is why he wants to downgrade.
Oh my bad, I didn't read the whole thread. Hmm why do you want to downgrade to 2.1?
Sent from my Liberty
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Hmm why do you want to downgrade to 2.1?
Sent from my Liberty
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This is the reason which he said in his post:"I don't like the performance with the new upgrade, it used to be a LOT snappier before."
drumist said:
This is the original ship ROM. I downloaded this back when I first got my phone (first day the Aria was released) and have kept it for future use. This was even before they added the ability to receive OTA updates, so you won't even have to worry about being notified about the 2.2.2 OTA update.
Now, you should be able to just run this and have it downgrade everything (except HBOOT, but that isn't a problem unless you want to root). I haven't actually done it before but it should work.
If it doesn't work, there is another way that will definitely work, but I'll explain that if the need arises. Let me know if you run into any problems.
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One question... I have HTC Gratia, which is operator free, so can I restore your original (backuped) ROM on my phone and update it, so I can use it just like original one?
I bricked one Atrix already a few weeks ago, and have since gotten another...(don't wanna think about it)..
I had toyed with unlocking it, and 'rooted' using the gingerbreak method. I was then, bored, one day and installed CWM paid version(Since I had it on my Nexus One, and it popped up under 'my apps'). Out of curiosity I installed the bootloader via CWM, thinking it would fail before it broke anything..wrong.. It froze after a reboot, but after taking the battery out and back in came back up. Didn't think any more about it, and figured i'd finish the unlocking/flashing part some other time..
Meanwhile the annoying pending system update kept going off, and I inadvertently clicked download... it downloaded, so I figured might as well install and not worry about roms since with root I was able to use the google adhoc wifi apk, which is what I care about most. The install was stuck in an infinite loop. It would 'fail to load RSD', if you took the battery out it boot to android then reboot automatically for system update over and over. I tried using the RSD lite program at this point to flash back to stock rom, and ended up hard bricked...
So, forgive me for being a complete noob as I never had an issue with my nexus one. I am at 4.1.83, android 2.2.2. and baseband 1.7.15.. Which of the many tutorials and post should I follow? How safe are they? Did I brick because I had a partial 2.3.x install, and flashed back to a pre 2.3 base? I've read many post, but definitely a bit gun shy of bricking another Atrix. The phone keeps bugging me to update, and I keep hitting 'cancel'.
I'd like to unlock the boot loader for custom roms.
I'm also a heavy linux user, majority of tutorials seem to only imply windows with RSD lite? can this not be done with adb, and fastboot via linux?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154600
I would personally go HERE Read through the entire post, then read it again. And go with the ATT 2.3.4 pudding+root
That of course is after reading and re-reading THIS post! (also linked in the post above mine.
Just my opinion.. and make sure you read and nkow what to expect!
xploited said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154600
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That references 4.5.91 and unless I missed it, doesn't explicitly state it's backwards compatible with 4.1.83 and 2.2.2. is it?
Should I update first, to be at those levels and just know not to flash to an earlier build(pre 2.3.4/4.5.91)?
jmorgan6 said:
That references 4.5.91 and unless I missed it, doesn't explicitly state it's backwards compatible with 4.1.83 and 2.2.2. is it?
Should I update first, to be at those levels and just know not to flash to an earlier build(pre 2.3.4/4.5.91)?
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Nope, don't update. It's safer to unlock BL while you are still at 4.1.83, you just need to download the correct unlock file from the pudding thread.
Otherwise the unlocking steps are exactly the same.
The easiest steps to unlocking are here:
http://briefmobile.com/how-to-unlock-the-atrix-4g-bootloader
From there you can flash CWM in one minute.
From there you can flash any rom via CWM in two minutes.
Good luck and don't do anything stupid.
Hi, I'm new to the HTC Evo 4G LTE, but I've been flashing roms through TWRP on multiple android devices and have had experience with it all. I've run into a problem though that I can't find a work around and have searched everywhere I know before posting here. I don't ever post so I can't post the URL link, but its the recommended guide through using HTC's unlocking method.
All seemed dandy till I got to the TWRP part. I flashed it over using the command prompt and the file. Then I selected Recovery. TWRP loads completely and everything looks like it works, except the touch screen. Obviously with this version of TWRP, touch is the only way to get the thing to function, so I'm stuck and can't flash superuser over. Can anyone help me out here?
Few Facts:
First time this phone has had the bootloader unlocked
When rebooting into the stock rom, the touch screen works just fine, so it isn't a hardware issue
I've taken the MicroSD card out so it is purely just the phone itself
Tried flashing over (seems older) clockworkmod recovery to see if it works, but I believe its outdated, considering this phone has 4.1.1 on it and the last update was back in August. It didn't work.
Any help would be much appreciated!
Did you try using volume buttons to move between the items, press home to select?
Sent from my lair.
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volk9029 said:
Did you try using volume buttons to move between the items, press home to select?
Sent from my lair.
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Edit. You also did not mention what version of recovery you use. Did you try to downgrade to different version?
Sent from my lair.
Yes I tried using the volume buttons and they didn't work. The only thing that functions is the power button, but that locks TWRP, which is no use. For the versions, I tried the newest 2.4.0.0 and 2.1.8 and both had the same problem.
One thing to note also: I received the phone yesterday and while I was contemplating about rooting or not, I decided to update since it was still back at 4.0.4 ICS. Apparently, there was an update for the phone literally today, which I may have received since I'm not seeing the version of the RUU uploaded anywhere. My software version is 3.16.651.3 710RD.
Also, I'm on HBOOT 2.09 if that helps at all.
U flashed the new firmwear zip?
Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2
If you mean installed the new firmware via OTA, yes. After updating everything OTA, I started the rooting process.
I have same issue. Have stock/rooted/S-ON and have had no issues keeping root over the last few OTAs. The last OTA broke Voodoo Rootkeeper so I should have known this one was gonna be REALLY toxic. I rolled back to stock recovery to accept OTA and when I went to flash TWRP the touchscreen is non-responsive. TWRP is running because the clock progresses and the battery shows as charging. Power button, as OP describes, does nothing but lock TWRP. I know I take the risk of losing root with OTA acceptance but I depend on all you guys who are much smarter than I to figure those things out. Its why I try to lob donations at the most helpful devs out there...
Thanks in advance for figuring this out gents (and ladies?)...
~ScottWo
Wolosyks said:
I have same issue. Have stock/rooted/S-ON and have had no issues keeping root over the last few OTAs. The last OTA broke Voodoo Rootkeeper so I should have known this one was gonna be REALLY toxic. I rolled back to stock recovery to accept OTA and when I went to flash TWRP the touchscreen is non-responsive. TWRP is running because the clock progresses and the battery shows as charging. Power button, as OP describes, does nothing but lock TWRP. I know I take the risk of losing root with OTA acceptance but I depend on all you guys who are much smarter than I to figure those things out. Its why I try to lob donations at the most helpful devs out there...
Thanks in advance for figuring this out gents (and ladies?)...
~ScottWo
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And THIS is why we recommend S-OFF to people, and tell people NEVER to take OTAs. At this point, I think you're stuck, unfortunately. You won't be able to access TWRP until someone figures out what the new touch panel image broke. You'll be able to use your ROM fine, but it seems this was something that was done intentionally by HTC to prevent custom firmware (or even software) from working properly.
I could be way off base, though, I guess . . . .
Inconceivable! HTC just pledged to continue supporting developers....wait they don't really support developers
Root
mr_krunchi said:
Hi, I'm new to the HTC Evo 4G LTE, but I've been flashing roms through TWRP on multiple android devices and have had experience with it all. I've run into a problem though that I can't find a work around and have searched everywhere I know before posting here. I don't ever post so I can't post the URL link, but its the recommended guide through using HTC's unlocking method.
All seemed dandy till I got to the TWRP part. I flashed it over using the command prompt and the file. Then I selected Recovery. TWRP loads completely and everything looks like it works, except the touch screen. Obviously with this version of TWRP, touch is the only way to get the thing to function, so I'm stuck and can't flash superuser over. Can anyone help me out here?
Few Facts:
First time this phone has had the bootloader unlocked
When rebooting into the stock rom, the touch screen works just fine, so it isn't a hardware issue
I've taken the MicroSD card out so it is purely just the phone itself
Tried flashing over (seems older) clockworkmod recovery to see if it works, but I believe its outdated, considering this phone has 4.1.1 on it and the last update was back in August. It didn't work.
Any help would be much appreciated!
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Sorta the same problem, i dont flash roms but i like having my phone rooted. I had to redo the whole process because i lost my root access and i heard they were doing an update, so i did the 3.15 ruu and went back to complete stock, did the 3.16 update, unlocked the phone and it worked great up until i installed twrp 2.4.0.0, same problem touch screen not working. So i figured i would just run the 3.15 ruu again and just keep it there, unfortunately, the 3.16 version hboot which is 2.09 as well, will not let the 3.15 ruu run, says incompatible hboot, but it just restarts the phone, it did overwrite twrp somehow during the process of trying 3.15 the second time and removed it from the phone. From talking to some people, just have to wait until someone figures out how to fix that to get back up and running. I am pretty new to root but i like having those options to screw with the phone. Anxiously awaiting a fix though. Need to flash some roms soon, but never could get them to work, worked great on my Evo 4g...just not having the same luck with 4G LTE.
Same issue here
I never rooted my phone before and kept it updated up to the most recent 3.16.651.3 and it used to say "Locked" under Bootloader. I followed the instructions to the T from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2026938 with 2.09 Hboot files etc. All this and the problem I had is that when I got to the step where you load up TWRP, the touch screen didn't respond, nor did the volume rocker allow selection. Single pressing the power button, for some reason, showed "Slide to unlock" but I couldn't slide/unlock. Holding power still rebooted the phone.
Relocked and reloaded the original stock ROM, followed the procedure again, and it worked perfectly.
yeah I just got my phone back from RMA today ( parts of the screen were non responsive loose pin or something). when I sent it off I relocked it and Re S-ONed ( on H boot 1.19)it. as I read some places where they wont fix any hardware if the software has been S-OFFed.
when it came back it had the 3.16 stock firmware(Hboot 2.09) and now I cant S-OFF it ( dirty racoon gives errors about 3.16) cant downgrade it ( 3.15 RUU wont load) cant get roms on it( clockwork cant mount SD cards, and TWRP wont respond to touch)
needless to say I'm rather upset with HTC right now
Agreed
Totally agree, this kinda blows because if i could at least go back to 3.15 ruu it wouldn't be so bad, but i cant even do that. Hopefully someone way smarter at this will figure it out soon and get a fix going.
tonyevo52 said:
Totally agree, this kinda blows because if i could at least go back to 3.15 ruu it wouldn't be so bad, but i cant even do that. Hopefully someone way smarter at this will figure it out soon and get a fix going.
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It's conceivably possible to change the main version on the /misc partition to match the previous OTA version (3.15.651.13), and then you should be able to flash the 3.15 RUU/PJ75IMG, since the HBOOT version didn't change.
But I'm S-OFF, so I don't have to worry about testing that theory.
I wish i was S-Off, i was rooted under 3.15 and everything was good, like a dumbass i updated my prl a couple weeks ago and totally forgot it would cause me to lose root, so i just never rerooted due to time, so when i saw the new 3.16 was out i figured i would relock, update, unlock and install twrp, worked good up to the twrp part where it would not respond to touch, and i tried to go back to the 3.15 ruu but wont let me. At least the phone still works, but a regular phone at this point and i just started rooting at the beginning of January so im still learing alot, actually don't mind screwing it up and learning from my mistakes, but my saving grace was always that i would go back to 3.15 if needed, not anymore, so now i will wait until someone figures it out, in the meantime though, learning alot more by reading on here. The only problem i seem to find is i understand most of the language here, but sometimes i see people trying to help people with step by step instructions and they miss a step or they explain it way technical and it puts people into panic mode, my eyes have glazed over a couple wonder what people are saying to do...but totally worth it and appreciate the help definitely.
Tony, updating your prl shouldn't take away your root.
Taking the ota could.
Sent from my EVO using xda app-developers app
I didn't even think about it taking away the root, but i lost root the same day i updated the prl a couple weeks ago. Never accepted any ota's while the phone was rooted, i just want root back...still learning though, fun messing with it!
Good news!
TWRP has been updated to version 2.4.1.0 that fixes the touchscreen issue in recovery. Please thank Dees_Troy for the fix at your earliest convenience .
Captain_Throwback said:
Good news!
TWRP has been updated to version 2.4.1.0 that fixes the touchscreen issue in recovery. Please thank Dees_Troy for the fix at your earliest convenience .
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Link on the TWRP website is broken for the FastBoot version of 2.4.1.0 it takes you to an HTC page. The links goes to: htcDOTcom/www/help/htc-evo-3d/#download
Sorry, can't post URLs yet so I edited the link for viewing...
Anyone have a working link, or a way to advise the correct person of the misdirected link?
Thanks!!!!
sdax2 said:
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Link on the TWRP website is broken for the FastBoot version of 2.4.1.0 it takes you to an HTC page. The links goes to: htcDOTcom/www/help/htc-evo-3d/#download
Sorry, can't post URLs yet so I edited the link for viewing...
Anyone have a working link, or a way to advise the correct person of the misdirected link?
Thanks!!!!
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I don't know where you're looking, but this link is right there on the page:
http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/jewel
You seem to be looking at an EVO 3D version?
Captain_Throwback said:
I don't know where you're looking, but this link is right there on the page:
You seem to be looking at an EVO 3D version?
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Victim of browsing because I've downloaded so many times before...
But in the "Download - Fastboot Method:" section there is a link that points to the drivers needed from HTC. Without reading carefully I just clicked on the link labeled HERE.
It does however point to an incorrect page for the HTC drivers. Sorry for the confusion, and thanks for the clarification Captain...