Is gingerblur still a good prom or would it be better to just update and reroot n stuff to gingerbread 2.3.4
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ltdanno360 said:
Is gingerblur still a good prom or would it be better to just update and reroot n stuff to gingerbread 2.3.4
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GingerBlur has nothing wrong with it, but you would imo be better to unlock your bootloader and head on over to GB like most of us and get some of the goodness from the work the devs are doing for it.
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GingerBlur has nothing wrong with it, but you would imo be better to unlock your bootloader and head on over to GB like most of us and get some of the goodness from the work the devs are doing for it.
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I agree. I like the upgrade and only going to get better
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Im personally waiting for more complete ROMs before i make the switch. I read to many inconsistencies. I'm going crazy tho...
All you got to do is do a nandroid backup and restore if it messes up B)
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ik guys ive downgraded to 1.26 then ota back to stock 183 then i unlocked my bootloader then i flashed the cmr from tenfar but it didnt work because the guide i was useing didnt tell.me i needed root or atleast temp so i rerooted via gingerbreak.exe then downloaded root explorer and deleted the System file that was blocking the clockwork mod and reflashed in fastboot and poof.it works then placed the alien rom version 3 for gingerbread on my sd and flashed it and SUCCESS! then i flashed faux123 oc kernal and the radio too its a good setup this was my first attempt at useing command prompt and sdk tools all in all it went well ; thanks!
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Hello all, I just rooted my ota 2.3 EVO using the new revolutionary. I got root, awesome. Did a back up and them tried installing a new Rom. I tried the synergy rc1 and rc2 and after booting either one I get constant Android force closes. Any ideas or maybe the best roms?
I did a search first and found nothing so any help gets a big thank you.
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Also, should I stay with 2.3 or use the ruu thing and go back to 2.2?
And yes, I am a root noob
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Did you install an recovery menu? Isnt your evo running revoked root?
I rooted for first time yesterday using the new revolutionary s-off. During root I was prompted to install clock something and did so. I also made a backup that I have used successfully after the failed Rom. I assume I have recover because I can access it from the bootloader
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If I wanted to go back to 2.3.3 where can I find those files. Or can i just flash the ruu for 2.3.3?
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Depends, did you take the OTA or did you install a custom rom to get to 2.3.4. If you took the OTA and you weren't rooted before I don't know if you can go back. The HTC unlocker method of rooting will not let you install a kernel so I don't believe you will be able to flash a 2.3.3 rom since it will require an compatible kernel.
If your on 2.3.4 taking the ota then there is no way to go back to 2.3.3
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Depends, did you take the OTA or did you install a custom rom to get to 2.3.4. If you took the OTA and you weren't rooted before I don't know if you can go back. The HTC unlocker method of rooting will not let you install a kernel so I don't believe you will be able to flash a 2.3.3 rom since it will require an compatible kernel.
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I took the custom ROM method.
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Then u should be good to go. Just remember when you take the ruu method you will loose everything
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I just got the ota update notification. I'm running stock, rooted, with faux kernel.. If I update, will I get unrooted and lose kernel?
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mikaeldalc said:
I just got the ota update notification. I'm running stock, rooted, with faux kernel.. If I update, will I get unrooted and lose kernel?
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Yup. You have to have the stock recovery to install though.
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The phone won't let you install the update until you go back to stock everything (stock ROM, stock apps, stock recovery, stock kernel), so you don't have to worry about accidentally installing the OTA.
Also, once the OTA is installed you can still re-root the phone and install Faux's kernel, so don't worry about that. If you want to bypass all of the entirely, create a nandroid of your current ROM, install Xboarder's pre-rooted ROM and restore your data partition in CWM.
Every thread I see is saying you have to unroot to recieve the ota, which is not true. All you have to do is flash the factory recovery and then update . It updates the radios also
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Every thread I see is saying you have to unroot to recieve the ota, which is not true. All you have to do is flash the factory recovery and then update . It updates the radios also
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Where can we find the stock recovery?
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Good catch, makes sense there that we never got S-OFF in the first place.
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MicrosoftBug said:
Where can we find the stock recovery?
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You should search in the dev section, there should be stock recovery in some of the zips.
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MicrosoftBug said:
Where can we find the stock recovery?
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here is stock recovery
I've tried this three times n it doesn't work....
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did you rename it to recovery.img after you unzip it
then you hboot or flash gui to flash
Install latest OTA update without re-locking phone
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I've tried this three times n it doesn't work....
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I’m definitely a noob when it comes to this, but I am on HBOOT 1.5 and unlocked my phone via the HTCDev method. But I was able to flash back to the stock recovery, install the OTA update, then flash back to my custom recovery, and flash Superuser again to retain root. Everything worked fine for me.
1. Made a Nandroid backup (just in case)
2. Download and rename the zip file above to PG86IMG.zip, then put it on the root of your SD card
3. Boot into HBoot (this should automatically kick off the installing of the stock recovery zip file)
4. Reboot phone and let it load normally
5. Install OTA update
6. If all goes according to plan and it updates, I remove the PG86IMG.zip off of my SD card
7. Plug in phone and flash twrp through fastboot (follow this guide here)
8. Flash su again to retain root
9. Probably make a Nandroid backup at this point just for fun
10. Reboot my phone and use it like normal with the lastest OTA update.
Before OTA update:
Android version: 2.3.4
HTC Sense version: 3.0
Software number: 2.08.651.3
Kernel version:
2.6.35.13-g84f8edd
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SMP PREEMPT Fri Aug 5 01:14:20 CST 2011
Baseband Version (Radio): 0.97.10.0808
Build Number: 2.08.651.3 CL130920 release-keys
Browser version: Webkit/533.1
PRI Version: 1.24_003
PRL Version: 21083
After OTA update:
Android version: 2.3.4
HTC Sense version: 3.0
Software number: 2.17.651.5
Kernel version:
2.6.35.13-g277012f
[email protected] #1
SMP PREEMPT Mon Dec 12 15:59:16 CST 2011
Baseband Version (Radio): 1.06.00.1216
Build Number: 2.17.651.5 CL245066 release-keys
Browser version: Webkit/533.1
PRI Version: 1.42_003
PRL Version: 21083
Well i haven't tried to flash recovery the pg86img way. I flashed it through fastboot and flash image gui but I will try your method n see if it works.
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Luda305 said:
Well i haven't tried to flash recovery the pg86img way. I flashed it through fastboot and flash image gui but I will try your method n see if it works.
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It should work through fastboot with the recovery.img as well I think. One note that I forgot to mention is that I'm on the Stock ROM as well (as in, after I originally unlocked my phone, all I did was flash a custom recovery ... I've never flashed a custom ROM).
I have hboot 1.5 to and also not working never installed a custom ROM just custom recovery (was only interested in getting titanium backup working). Guess the above steps only work for 1.4 or less?
Just tried your method and still a no go... I'm also on stock rom... After I flash the stock recovery I do the update n it actually starts to install but after the green bar gets a quarter of the way I get the red triangle with the ! In it.... That has happens no matter Wut method I use.... Don't know Wut else to do...
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I have hboot 1.5 to and also not working never installed a custom ROM just custom recovery (was only interested in getting titanium backup working). Guess the above steps only work for 1.4 or less?
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I have hboot 1.5 (and s-on) as well and it worked for me. I was pretty much in the same boat as you with only flashing a custom recovery. Not sure what your problem is. Maybe you could ask a question in the Q&A section and see if you can get some responses.
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Luda305 said:
Just tried your method and still a no go... I'm also on stock rom... After I flash the stock recovery I do the update n it actually starts to install but after the green bar gets a quarter of the way I get the red triangle with the ! In it.... That has happens no matter Wut method I use.... Don't know Wut else to do...
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Not sure what your problem is either. Maybe you flashed something or modified some system file so it can't update?
As far as I can remember I didn't modify anything but then again maybe I did.... Thanks for the help though.... I'll keep trying n see wut I can do
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Luda305 said:
Just tried your method and still a no go... I'm also on stock rom... After I flash the stock recovery I do the update n it actually starts to install but after the green bar gets a quarter of the way I get the red triangle with the ! In it.... That has happens no matter Wut method I use.... Don't know Wut else to do...
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Did you replace your custom recovery with stock one and relock it ?
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So I have to relock after I flash stock recovery n then reboot n update?
Edit: I got it.... the problem was that I wasn't on the stock kernel.
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Luda305 said:
So I have to relock after I flash stock recovery n then reboot n update?
Edit: I got it.... the problem was that I wasn't on the stock kernel.
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Glad you got it working Luda. Did you relock your phone to get it to work, or just flash the stock kernel?
And as a note for others, I'm not sure what method timezone12 did, but for me, I did not relock my phone at any point. In review, I flashed the stock recovery, installed the update, then flashed my custom recovery and superuser again. Nothing was lost on my phone, I still have root on hboot 1.5 with s-on, and I have a working OTA update. One quick note that I wanted to mention is that I didn't use the stock recovery found in this thread (I used one from another thread on xda). This shouldn't matter, but I just wanted to make note of it. A lot of people are saying those in my situation need to relock their phone at some point, but I would respectfully disagree.
Well I'm not 100% sure it was cuz of the kernel but that's my guess. Wut I did was nandroid back to my stock backup I made right after I did the htcdev unlock thing then I flashed the stock recovery then did the update n all went well. So no need to relock and do the ruu thing that's going around these threads.
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Luda305 said:
Well I'm not 100% sure it was cuz of the kernel but that's my guess. Wut I did was nandroid back to my stock backup I made right after I did the htcdev unlock thing then I flashed the stock recovery then did the update n all went well. So no need to relock and do the ruu thing that's going around these threads.
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when you restored the backup did you use fastboot to restore it?
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when you restored the backup did you use fastboot to restore it?
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Yea I always use fastboot when restoring or flashing roms.
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