updates - HTC EVO 3D

i'm using Viper 1.3 and I dont want to keep flashing different ROMS but I want to make sure i'm up to date with thigs like PRL, Firmware, HTC software.....etc. What is safe to update since rooted and what is not safe to update. I keep hearing tht OTA is something I should NOT update.
Any help/advice?

kinextions said:
i'm using Viper 1.3 and I dont want to keep flashing different ROMS but I want to make sure i'm up to date with thigs like PRL, Firmware, HTC software.....etc. What is safe to update since rooted and what is not safe to update. I keep hearing tht OTA is something I should NOT update.
Any help/advice?
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HTC Software Updates are okay ONLY, and i repeat ONLY if they are application updates. OTA or system updates are not safe... Firmware is NOT safe. PRL is okay and Profile are also Okay to do....
Any market update is okay as well....
Hope that helps and hit that thanks button if so...

pinky059 said:
HTC Software Updates are okay ONLY, and i repeat ONLY if they are application updates. OTA or system updates are not safe... Firmware is NOT safe. PRL is okay and Profile are also Okay to do....
Any market update is okay as well....
Hope that helps and hit that thanks button if so...
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How do I know if I have current updates.......should I have android 2.3.4? i'm only at 2.3.3 and what about Kernel????
p.s. I'm a nood and not really sure what all that means, I just want current function.

kinextions said:
How do I know if I have current updates.......should I have android 2.3.4? i'm only at 2.3.3 and what about Kernel????
p.s. I'm a nood and not really sure what all that means, I just want current function.
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Yes, you should have 2.3.4. You can find the Stock Rooted version in the Development forum. It comes with the latest kernel. Read the OP of the page for instructions and for description on what's what.

Without Taking Any OTA's...
When Flashing a 2.3.4 ROM, that says they have the Same Updated OTA stuff? Or is that Not the Same?

PMGRANDS said:
Without Taking Any OTA's...
When Flashing a 2.3.4 ROM, that says they have the Same Updated OTA stuff? Or is that Not the Same?
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99.9% percent of the time a 2.3.4 has all the updated OTA stuff in it (except for the bloat obviously, which some devs remove entirely). But, to answer your question, yes....it gives you all the updated framework/kernel (most of the time), libs, etc.

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Android 2.1 update not OTA but RUU

Does it exist?
Is there an update to Android 2.1 as RUU? I have no wireless connection here and not enough MB available to download the OTA update.
If not, I have the OTA as a zip (OTA_Hero_HTC_WWE_3.32.405.1_R-2.73.405.93_releasephkp3wtd8ykg6hqk.zip). Is it possible to use it to update the phone?
Samribi said:
Does it exist?
Is there an update to Android 2.1 as RUU? I have no wireless connection here and not enough MB available to download the OTA update.
If not, I have the OTA as a zip (OTA_Hero_HTC_WWE_3.32.405.1_R-2.73.405.93_releasephkp3wtd8ykg6hqk.zip). Is it possible to use it to update the phone?
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Not yet, but be aware you will lose root if you do so.
I'm sure there's a way to make the OTA work manually, but you'd be much better installing a custom ROM IMHO.
They likely won't make an RUU yet (if ever), as they seem to think it stops us from making custom ROMs, but VillainROM just used the OTA update
Ty for your quick answer.
This is not my phone anymore, as I bought the Desire
But as I sold my Hero to a workmate, I wanted to install the latest updates on it. She doesn't care about having root or not, and with original ROM I don't void the warranty :
Btw she had another SIM with unlimited data plan, so I managed to do the update with the other sim.
OT:
I really don't understand why HTC is so much against custom ROMS. It gives their phones a plus that the other don't have (or had)
If you want RUU,you can look here:
http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Hero/
Ganii said:
If you want RUU,you can look here:
http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Hero/
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Ty very much to you too.
Now I'm already downloading the OTA update with another SIM, or I would have tried it.
yep! it exists! go to shipped roms! it's there the new RUU dated 6/7/2010
casca said:
yep! it exists! go to shipped roms! it's there the new RUU dated 6/7/2010
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Nice You learn something every day
Moved as not development.

Is it possible to take a OTA update while rooted?

Is it possible to take a OTA update while rooted? I am still on the stock Rom. And if so, will it unroot me?
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Nope I believe that is one of the benefits of s-off
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1234567188 said:
Nope I believe that is one of the benefits of s-off
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Wrong!
You can take the update, it will unroot you, AND if the new update includes a new HBOOT it will flash over and give you a security warning and/or S-ON.
your best bet is to wait a few hours and someone will make a rooted version of the new ota... but chances are we will have the ota update weeks before it is ever pushed to any non rooted phones... at the moment .6 is stock.. and all the roms are .9 so all I"m waiting on is a new radio update to hopefully fix this wacky 3g signal I get
ikithme said:
Wrong!
You can take the update, it will unroot you, AND if the new update includes a new HBOOT it will flash over and give you a security warning and/or S-ON.
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What he Said but I Think you have to be Rooted Running stock kernel/Rom for it to even take the OTA
HorsexD said:
What he Said but I Think you have to be Rooted Running stock kernel/Rom for it to even take the OTA
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If it detects you are a lower version then the OTA it will still attempt to upgrade.
Ok. From what I understand, the OTA won't automatically install if I am rooted. Which is good. But if I wanted to I could force the OTA to install?
But from what some people in this thread say, it's not worth it, and I could just get a unrooted version of the OTA from here at some point?
Is that all correct?
I am only interested because I heard there was a big OTA coming on the 16th, and I expect that it will fix a bunch of random stuff on the TB. So I'd like to get it.
I'm pretty sure you need to have stock recovery installed to install the OTA. If using CWM it will not install.
Wow this is interesting...i flashed a new radio yesterday is this the new ota update.
jcase said he thinks the leaked ruu is supposed to be the first OTA.

Telus Amaze ICS Update Available Now?

So I sent an email to Telus to ask when the update to ICS for the Amaze would be released by Telus. Here is the response I received today:
Hello Mark,
The Android 4.0 was already released last January 2012.
To manually check for software updates on the HTC Amaze 4G, please follow these steps:
1) Go to Home.
2) Go to Menu.
3) Go to Settings.
4) Go to About Phone.
5) Go to software updates.
6) Select check now. Once an update is available, the following message is displayed: A system update is available, would you like to download the following system software.
Follow the instructions on the screen to update.
Can anybody with a stock Telus Amaze confirm this?? I am rooted and running the energy rom so an OTA update will not show up. Should I revert to stock and see if it shows up?? Or can another Telus customer try it and let us know.
Revert to Stock and check.
If it works then let us know and I will work on more progress
Adjust said:
Revert to Stock and check.
If it works then let us know and I will work on more progress
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Can someone point me to instructions for this. Do I need to relock the bootloader, install stock recovery? What order? I found the stock RUU but it seems to be an exe file and I'm not sure how to do it. Any help would be appreciated.
marleyfan61 said:
Can someone point me to instructions for this. Do I need to relock the bootloader, install stock recovery? What order? I found the stock RUU but it seems to be an exe file and I'm not sure how to do it. Any help would be appreciated.
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I'm not sure I don't think you could receive OTA's on rooted/custom ROM phones.
I don't know.
I don't get it. If there is a version of the Amaze out there that got the OTA ICS update then why are there no ROMS for this phone? I mean ICS ROMS?
bmancell said:
I don't get it. If there is a version of the Amaze out there that got the OTA ICS update then why are there no ROMS for this phone? I mean ICS ROMS?
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Not everybody is from Canada and has Telus.
I have T-Mobile so do many others..
Yea but I figured someone who is a dev could get it from someone or something like that lol
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I'm not sure I don't think you could receive OTA's on rooted/custom ROM phones.
I don't know.
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Which is why I want instructions on how to revert to stock.
yeah, and if we can get a dump of his phone with ics on it. it will make our lives alot easier since there arent many differences between the telus amaze and the tmobile amaze
Too bad I didn't know this before I switched.
I am with Mobilicity on a custom ROM, but the phone came from a Telus user. I could have updated before but I didn't know it was available.
ziggy46 said:
yeah, and if we can get a dump of his phone with ics on it. it will make our lives alot easier since there arent many differences between the telus amaze and the tmobile amaze
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I'm sure the OTA would be enough to build a custom ROM off of. You wouldn't necessarily need a complete dump of his device.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1503889
Flash this ROM then check for software OTA's.
Highly unlikely Telus released ICS two months ago and nobody found it...but I guess you never know.
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dharvey4651 said:
I'm sure the OTA would be enough to build a custom ROM off of. You wouldn't necessarily need a complete dump of his device.
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how do you get the ota update? other than letting him update and getting a copy of his system...
ziggy46 said:
how do you get the ota update? other than letting him update and getting a copy of his system...
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Flash the ROM I gave you the stock 2.3.4 ROM then.
1) Go to Home.
2) Go to Menu.
3) Go to Settings.
4) Go to About Phone.
5) Go to software updates.
6) Select check now. Once an update is available, the following message is displayed: A system update is available, would you like to download the following system software.
seems highly unlikely...no leaks anywhere? i call shenanigans...
Adjust said:
Flash the ROM I gave you the stock 2.3.4 ROM then.
1) Go to Home.
2) Go to Menu.
3) Go to Settings.
4) Go to About Phone.
5) Go to software updates.
6) Select check now. Once an update is available, the following message is displayed: A system update is available, would you like to download the following system software.
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oh yea thats right... the update downloads to your phone. my bad
ziggy46 said:
how do you get the ota update? other than letting him update and getting a copy of his system...
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Well the OTA is downloaded to the device prior to flashing it to the device. I'm not quite sure which directory but I know I've found it before. He would just need to extract the update zip prior to flashing.
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mrmako777 said:
seems highly unlikely...no leaks anywhere? i call shenanigans...
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+1.. it would have been announced somewhere!
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via xda premium
Actually you need to ReLock your bootloader and flash a stock non rooted ROM so no chance at all for us..

[Q] Question about MeanBean and Baseband update

If anyone can help or maybe just explain it a bit better since I'm a bit lost. Still a bit of a noob
I'm rooted and on s-on since I'm on 1.19.
In the MeanBean forum, in Section lll under firmware. It says, "If your baseband is less than 1.12.11.1119, you have old firmware and should update." I have baseband version 1.12.11.0809 so I believe mine is old. So I followed the directions, clicked on the link, followed directions on that link, updated my firmware and after all said and done, my baseband is still on 1.12.11.0809.
Should it have updated to 1.12.11.1119? I'd like to update to this rom as I've been on Mean rom and do enjoy Mikey's roms. I must be missing something.
Thanks
Johnny
You're still S-On, you have to run RUU then take the OTA to get the firmware.
Go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671577&highlight=ruu and read the part at the end of post #1 "How to unroot"
Otherwise, get S-Off and you can flash whatever to your hearts content.
Thanks Wolfclan68
I ran RUU so I'm unrooted. When you say OTA, does that mean "over the air". You don't mean the HTC software update do you? Wouldn't this destroy my phone since I was rooted? Just want to make sure.
Thanks
SurlyEngineer said:
Thanks Wolfclan68
I ran RUU so I'm unrooted. When you say OTA, does that mean "over the air". You don't mean the HTC software update do you? Wouldn't this destroy my phone since I was rooted? Just want to make sure.
Thanks
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No that would not destroy ur phone. Ota means exactly what u stated. If u take the Ota, which is not advised, u most likely will not b able to get S-off anytime soon. S-off is truly what u need. However, use ota rootkeeper to keep root if u take the sprint ota which again is not advised.
Hit the thanks button If this helps u
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tekno4ever said:
No that would not destroy ur phone. Ota means exactly what u stated. If u take the Ota, which is not advised, u most likely will not b able to get S-off anytime soon. S-off is truly what u need. However, use ota rootkeeper to keep root if u take the sprint ota which again is not advised.
Hit the thanks button If this helps u
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Thank you Tekno4ever. I think I'll hold off on the ota update and MeanBean will have to wait. Since they have RUU for ICS, anyone think they'll have RUU for JellyBean or does that even make sense? Sometimes I think I'm talking another language on XDA. I think I'll read up on dirtyracun and s-off.
Thanks guys.

HBOOT question

i am really curious as to what does flashing a new hboot does, reason i ask is because i unlocked my device without issues, i also obtained s-off thanx to our wonderful devs,and im running venom rom. however im still on the old software. to me everything is running fine as far as i know so i dont want to take ota and lose everything, now im also seeing new hboots or ENG HBOOT and im wondering if i should flashed them since i have s-off but i would like to know the benefits of it, thanx
Flip35 said:
i am really curious as to what does flashing a new hboot does, reason i ask is because i unlocked my device without issues, i also obtained s-off thanx to our wonderful devs,and im running venom rom. however im still on the old software. to me everything is running fine as far as i know so i dont want to take ota and lose everything, now im also seeing new hboots or ENG HBOOT and im wondering if i should flashed them since i have s-off but i would like to know the benefits of it, thanx
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Most of the hboots in the section are for devs and modders. If you just flash roms to get root experience, there is no need to worry about updating to a new hboot. Only time it is absolutely necessary is when HTC releases a firmware update.
dragonstalker said:
Most of the hboots in the section are for devs and modders. If you just flash roms to get root experience, there is no need to worry about updating to a new hboot. Only time it is absolutely necessary is when HTC releases a firmware update.
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Thanx man, do u recommend that I go ahead and take ota?
Flip35 said:
Thanx man, do u recommend that I go ahead and take ota?
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Most of the devs are working on OTA updates to their individual roms. I would just wait for whatever rom you are running to be updated. Saves you the problems of trying to fix your device if anything does go wrong with the OTA.
dragonstalker said:
Most of the devs are working on OTA updates to their individual roms. I would just wait for whatever rom you are running to be updated. Saves you the problems of trying to fix your device if anything does go wrong with the OTA.
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Yup thats the reason why i didnt update, everything is working fine for me n now s-off even better...thank for the help
Flip35 said:
Yup thats the reason why i didnt update, everything is working fine for me n now s-off even better...thank for the help
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No prob. that's what we are here for.
Flip35 said:
Thanx man, do u recommend that I go ahead and take ota?
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I would not take the ota update... But I would flash the newer radio to improve general connectivity that Verizon has implemented in the update... You don't need the eng hboot for that... Look in original development for the radio thread
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