Aloha everyone,
I'm currently running Innefabilis 1.0 (Gingerbread) and running DSB's Kernel (Stock but tweaked). I'm a little confused on how to update my Firmware and Radio after reading many threads in the Development Section.
Recently I flashed an ICS ROM and had the mainver error every time I tried to revert back to Gingerbread. I finally fixed the mainver error and would like to update my phone to the latest Firmware AND Radio.
As far as I've read, in order for me to update my Firmware and Radio, I have to do a NAND Backup, relock my device, install the latest update via bootloader, and unlock again and restore my ROM. Though I've seen in other threads some people didn't need to relock their devices to install the latest update.
My questions are:
1) Do I need to flash a Stock Rooted ROM before I relock my phone to do the update? Because I've removed some bloatware from my current ROM.
2) Is there an easier method to Update my Firmware and Radio on my Rooted Rezound? If so, would someone like to provide me easy steps to doing so?
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Nandroid backup
Flash radios via hboot
Relock
Flash kernel for ICS. You can find it in Nils kernel thread.
Unlock
Restore amon ra recovery
Reroot via amon ra
Restore nandroid.
That is ofcourse if you mainver is below or at 2.10. If not then you have to play that game again.
That is the short and sweet version. If you need more I can lay it out again in a more detailed way later tonight.
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Or flash the kernel you need. Nils kernel thread explains it all.
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Thanks EmerikL,
I do have a couple more questions, I currently have CWM installed.
Is it okay to flash Amon Ra over CWM?
Also, can you tell me how to unlock and relock my Rezound please? LOL.
I know how to unlock via HTCDev website but unsure about locking.
Yes you can flash over CWM with Amon Ra.
In fastboot type fastboot oem lock. To unlock type fastboot oem unlock unlockrohen.bin
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madhomey752002 said:
Aloha everyone,
I'm currently running Innefabilis 1.0 (Gingerbread) and running DSB's Kernel (Stock but tweaked). I'm a little confused on how to update my Firmware and Radio after reading many threads in the Development Section.
Recently I flashed an ICS ROM and had the mainver error every time I tried to revert back to Gingerbread. I finally fixed the mainver error and would like to update my phone to the latest Firmware AND Radio.
As far as I've read, in order for me to update my Firmware and Radio, I have to do a NAND Backup, relock my device, install the latest update via bootloader, and unlock again and restore my ROM. Though I've seen in other threads some people didn't need to relock their devices to install the latest update.
My questions are:
1) Do I need to flash a Stock Rooted ROM before I relock my phone to do the update? Because I've removed some bloatware from my current ROM.
2) Is there an easier method to Update my Firmware and Radio on my Rooted Rezound? If so, would someone like to provide me easy steps to doing so?
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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Here's a post of directions I made for someone else recently. Hope it helps.
Also, if you want to get back on Ineffabilis you can either restore a nand or flash it again without issue, then if you want to use the dsb kernel you will need to either 1) edit the android-info.txt file inside the dsb zip file or 2) flash it up to the point where it wants to "update", don't update, go to fastboot and copy out the boot.img from the dsb zip into your sdk folder and flash it from there. If you want to use Ineffabilis and the new stock kernel you'll need to flash the new kernel modules from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1467793 since Ineffabilis has the old ones. *Unless they've updated the ROM, I haven't checked the last couple days.
fastboot flash boot boot.img
You'll then have to delete the PHzip file from your sd card.
Now back to getting the OTA update...
1) get the sdk working on your computer
2) On your phone, do a battery pull, then boot it into fastboot and then connect it to your computer.
3) Type the following at your computer's cmd prompt:
fastboot getvar all
and find out what mainver you are on.
* If you are on a mainver that starts with 3.x then you cannot run the RUUs. If your mainver starts with 1.x or 2.x then continue onto step 4.
4) Relock your phone by typing the following:
fastboot oem lock
5) Download the RUU for your mainver to your computer. Use the file from here that corresponds to your mainver:
http://www.filefactory.com/f/c2e320ee1d5c7886/
This is an exe file so just run it on your pc with your phone attached. I know you need to be locked, I think you need HTC Sync installed, so if it's not working search for those answers, it will work, others have done it. Now you are back to stock.
5) Unlock your phone again using the same unlock bin file you got before by putting it in the same folder you are now using for sdk. Type the following command:
fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
If you don't have it obtain a new one by following the same steps you did before to get it originally. Here is a guide for that:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20780879&postcount=1
Now you should be stock and unlocked.
6) Flash Amon Ra in fastboot. Get the lateset version, 3.13. here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?chpoxzb8bl4nn2b
Type the following command to flash it:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-ra-vigor-3.13-gnm.img
Now you should have Amon Ra on your phone.
7) Root your phone by installing su using Amon Ra. Go to the developer menu and find the option in there.
Now you should be stock, unlocked and rooted.
8) MAKE A NANDROID BACK UP NOW AND LABEL IT.
9) Flash a new ROM.
*** If your mainver is 3.x try this thread to see if you can come up with a method to go back to stock. I haven't looked into this since I have not ventured into ICS land as of yet.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459347
There are also some threads about getting back to stock from ICS I think so here are my search results for "stock ics" in the thread title and you can probably find an answer in there somewhere.
Here's another post I had made with an alternative method in it in case you have any trouble with the RUU:
ATERNATIVE METHOD:
You can also use con247's Stock OTA ROM instead of running the RUU.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21880389
Here are the steps to take to accomplish that:
1) use Amon Ra to flash con's vigorStock OTA ROM. It will do its thing then reboot to hboot. I think it then asks you if you want to update. Don't do it yet.
2) At this point you want to relock. So go into fastboot on the phone. Using adb/fastboot type the following at the cmd prompt:
fastboot oem lock
3) Reboot phone and let it flash the PHzip file. It should reboot completely when it's finished.
4) delete the PHzip file using a file explorer app like ES File Explorer or Root Explorer.
5) get the phone back into fastboot. Unlock again using adb/fastboot. I don't remember the exact command but you can find that in the guide for unlocking.
6) reinstall su using Amon Ra.
Now you should be stock OTA rooted with the new goodies.
Check in Settings > About phone > Software info > More to see that you got all the new stuff.
Mahalo EmerikL and feralicious for your responses and help. I think I'm gonna give these instructions a shot over the weekend. The instructions you both provided were well written, now I just have to be able to actually do it without messing anything up, lol.
If I do need further assistance, I will definitely report back with my questions, lol.
Thanks,
Linda
feralicious said:
Here's a post of directions I made for someone else recently. Hope it helps.
Also, if you want to get back on Ineffabilis you can either restore a nand or flash it again without issue, then if you want to use the dsb kernel you will need to either 1) edit the android-info.txt file inside the dsb zip file or 2) flash it up to the point where it wants to "update", don't update, go to fastboot and copy out the boot.img from the dsb zip into your sdk folder and flash it from there. If you want to use Ineffabilis and the new stock kernel you'll need to flash the new kernel modules from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1467793 since Ineffabilis has the old ones. *Unless they've updated the ROM, I haven't checked the last couple days.
fastboot flash boot boot.img
You'll then have to delete the PHzip file from your sd card.
Now back to getting the OTA update...
1) get the sdk working on your computer
2) On your phone, do a battery pull, then boot it into fastboot and then connect it to your computer.
3) Type the following at your computer's cmd prompt:
fastboot getvar all
and find out what mainver you are on.
* If you are on a mainver that starts with 3.x then you cannot run the RUUs. If your mainver starts with 1.x or 2.x then continue onto step 4.
4) Relock your phone by typing the following:
fastboot oem lock
5) Download the RUU for your mainver to your computer. Use the file from here that corresponds to your mainver:
http://www.filefactory.com/f/c2e320ee1d5c7886/
This is an exe file so just run it on your pc with your phone attached. I know you need to be locked, I think you need HTC Sync installed, so if it's not working search for those answers, it will work, others have done it. Now you are back to stock.
5) Unlock your phone again using the same unlock bin file you got before by putting it in the same folder you are now using for sdk. Type the following command:
fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
If you don't have it obtain a new one by following the same steps you did before to get it originally. Here is a guide for that:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20780879&postcount=1
Now you should be stock and unlocked.
6) Flash Amon Ra in fastboot. Get the lateset version, 3.13. here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?chpoxzb8bl4nn2b
Type the following command to flash it:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-ra-vigor-3.13-gnm.img
Now you should have Amon Ra on your phone.
7) Root your phone by installing su using Amon Ra. Go to the developer menu and find the option in there.
Now you should be stock, unlocked and rooted.
8) MAKE A NANDROID BACK UP NOW AND LABEL IT.
9) Flash a new ROM.
*** If your mainver is 3.x try this thread to see if you can come up with a method to go back to stock. I haven't looked into this since I have not ventured into ICS land as of yet.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459347
There are also some threads about getting back to stock from ICS I think so here are my search results for "stock ics" in the thread title and you can probably find an answer in there somewhere.
Here's another post I had made with an alternative method in it in case you have any trouble with the RUU:
ATERNATIVE METHOD:
You can also use con247's Stock OTA ROM instead of running the RUU.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21880389
Here are the steps to take to accomplish that:
1) use Amon Ra to flash con's vigorStock OTA ROM. It will do its thing then reboot to hboot. I think it then asks you if you want to update. Don't do it yet.
2) At this point you want to relock. So go into fastboot on the phone. Using adb/fastboot type the following at the cmd prompt:
fastboot oem lock
3) Reboot phone and let it flash the PHzip file. It should reboot completely when it's finished.
4) delete the PHzip file using a file explorer app like ES File Explorer or Root Explorer.
5) get the phone back into fastboot. Unlock again using adb/fastboot. I don't remember the exact command but you can find that in the guide for unlocking.
6) reinstall su using Amon Ra.
Now you should be stock OTA rooted with the new goodies.
Check in Settings > About phone > Software info > More to see that you got all the new stuff.
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Thank you feralicious. I'm actually gonna give this a shot today. But I have one more small question, the radio is also included in this RUU/OTA update, correct?
Another thank you for this one, this is going to be very helpful .
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EmerikL said:
Yes you can flash over CWM with Amon Ra.
In fastboot type fastboot oem lock. To unlock type fastboot oem unlock unlockrohen.bin
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Hey emerikL,
I've already updated my radio and firmware to the latest versions. I was wondering, is it okay to still reflash Ineffabilis v1.0 with the latest update?
Yeah there isnt a pronlem with that i think. Just dont restore you nandroid over top of it. You'll need to do pretty much a clean install.
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So I take it that I will not get to update my phone? I have the main ver 3.x.x, so that will mean the waiting game won't it?
vlen22 said:
So I take it that I will not get to update my phone? I have the main ver 3.x.x, so that will mean the waiting game won't it?
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unless you hex your bootloader... I Downloaded the Official RUU .. locked the bootloader ran the update, unlocked... booted into android enabled debugging.. pulled that thing and changed my mainver down to 1.. sent the file back and rebooted
If your already on a mainver pass 3.602.11 (some****) then you need to find a way to flash the radio via a PH98IMG or hex your bootloader down and flash the RUU /OTA
Guess I have to deal with the stupid audio hiss then, until the real one comes out, thanks for your response.
vlen22 said:
Guess I have to deal with the stupid audio hiss then, until the real one comes out, thanks for your response.
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No, you can get the OTA without editing your actual phone file.
There's a link to that in my lengthy post above. See the part where it says if you are on mainver 3.x, there's a link to a thread about dealing with that there. Also try searching using the terms "stock ics" and you should come up with threads about getting back to stock from 3.x mainver. I guess I forgot to paste my results in that post cuz I see I mentioned it.
Basically you need to edit a text file included in whatever package you are flashing OR you should be able to flash in fastboot without worrying about it. I successfully flashed a kernel in fastboot that had given me a mainver error when I tried to flash in recovery.
EmerikL said:
Nandroid backup
Flash radios via hboot
Relock
Flash kernel for ICS. You can find it in Nils kernel thread.
Unlock
Restore amon ra recovery
Reroot via amon ra
Restore nandroid.
That is ofcourse if you mainver is below or at 2.10. If not then you have to play that game again.
That is the short and sweet version. If you need more I can lay it out again in a more detailed way later tonight.
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Sorry to post in another users topic but after I "relock" my phone wont boot it sits at white screen, adb reboot recovery just says waiting for devices and if I go to fastboot or try to open recovery I can not.
Sorry it should have been in this order:
Nandroid backup
Relock
Flash radios via hboot
Unlock
Flash kernel for ICS. You can find it in Nils kernel thread.
Restore amon ra recovery
Reroot via amon ra
Restore nandroid.
You are probably on the wrong kernel.
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I am a rooted htc rezound user and am in desperate need for help. My rezound is rooted and the bootloader is unlocked. I just recently tried the new ICS (sense 3.5) rom that was released yesterday. Before i used the rom i did a nandroid backup and then a factory reset. Once i was finished with the rom (because of the bugs it carried), i went to restore my phone using the nandroid backup. When the phone booted back up, after it hit the HTC splash screen, it freezes. The phone is still on, but stuck on a black screen.
I have tried everything. Restoring the nandroid backup multiple times. Flashing a stock rom of the htc rezound in the recovery and also (changing the name to PH98IMG) and the tried flashing it through bootloader/hboot. I also took the stock kernel and did the same exact thing. Ive also downloaded the automatic (.exe) RUU update of the stock rom, from Scott's Roms, but that just kept giving me an "Update Fail" message.
Please help me!
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No offense, but this is what you get for flashing a leak without understanding the repercussions. Fortunately, you can be helped but in the future it may not be possible to restore to an earlier version if you flash a leak via a PH98IMG.zip.
Several things you and others must understand now that you have flashed your phone via the PH98IMG.zip leak. If you flashed scott's rom of the leak, you are fine and this DOESN'T apply to you.
1) Your mainver was updated. It is possible you WILL NOT be able to EVER use an RUU to restore in the future. The RUU checks for the mainver and if yours is newer, it will error. A new RUU of the official ICS update will probably work, but that could be a ways off and you could be screwed if you need to RUU in the mean time.
2) Since your mainver was updated, the current ways to install kernels that involve PH98IMG.zips won't work unless you modify them yourself. So you will have to install them via fastboot. Some of them are distributed as zImages so you can't flash those anymore without devs updating their tools. It is unlikely that they will, because in order for them to work with your phones, it will update everyone elses mainver when they run the kernel installation and doing that for everyone would be irresponsible.
DO NOT FLASH THIS IF YOU DIDN'T UPDATE TO THE LEAK VIA A PH98IMG.ZIP IF YOU FLASHED THE BOOT IMAGE WITH FASTBOOT OR CLEANFLASH YOU ARE FINE. IF YOU MODIFIED THE android-info.txt YOURSELF BEFORE FLASHING BECAUSE YOU ARE SMART, DON'T FLASH THIS EITHER.
Anyway, to use:
1) Wipe in recovery
2) Format /system in recovery
3) Run your nandroid restore or install a rom of your choice.
4) Flash the PH98IMG.zip from the bootloader.
Restart and you should be OK
con247 said:
No offense, but this is what you get for flashing a leak without understanding the repercussions. Fortunately, you can be helped but in the future it may not be possible to restore to an earlier version if you flash a leak via a PH98IMG.zip.
Several things you and others must understand now that you have flashed your phone via the PH98IMG.zip leak. If you flashed scott's rom of the leak, you are fine and this DOESN'T apply to you.
1) Your mainver was updated. It is possible you WILL NOT be able to EVER use an RUU to restore in the future. The RUU checks for the mainver and if yours is newer, it will error. A new RUU of the official ICS update will probably work, but that could be a ways off and you could be screwed if you need to RUU in the mean time.
2) Since your mainver was updated, the current ways to install kernels that involve PH98IMG.zips won't work unless you modify them yourself. So you will have to install them via fastboot. Some of them are distributed as zImages so you can't flash those anymore without devs updating their tools. It is unlikely that they will, because in order for them to work with your phones, it will update everyone elses mainver when they run the kernel installation and doing that for everyone would be irresponsible.
Anyway. To restore the stock kernel, I am building a special PH98IMG.zip right now. DO NOT FLASH THIS IF YOU DIDN'T UPDATE TO THE LEAK VIA A PH98IMG.ZIP IF YOU FLASHED THE BOOT IMAGE WITH FASTBOOT OR CLEANFLASH YOU ARE FINE. IF YOU MODIFIED THE android-info.txt YOURSELF BEFORE FLASHING BECAUSE YOU ARE SMART, DON'T FLASH THIS EITHER.
Anyway, to use:
1) Wipe in recovery
2) Format /system in recovery
3) Run your nandroid restore
4) Flash the PH98IMG.zip from the bootloader.
Restart and you should be OK
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Omg, thank you sooooooooo much. It worked beautifully! Thank you times a million!
con247 said:
No offense, but this is what you get for flashing a leak without understanding the repercussions. Fortunately, you can be helped but in the future it may not be possible to restore to an earlier version if you flash a leak via a PH98IMG.zip.
Several things you and others must understand now that you have flashed your phone via the PH98IMG.zip leak. If you flashed scott's rom of the leak, you are fine and this DOESN'T apply to you.
1) Your mainver was updated. It is possible you WILL NOT be able to EVER use an RUU to restore in the future. The RUU checks for the mainver and if yours is newer, it will error. A new RUU of the official ICS update will probably work, but that could be a ways off and you could be screwed if you need to RUU in the mean time.
2) Since your mainver was updated, the current ways to install kernels that involve PH98IMG.zips won't work unless you modify them yourself. So you will have to install them via fastboot. Some of them are distributed as zImages so you can't flash those anymore without devs updating their tools. It is unlikely that they will, because in order for them to work with your phones, it will update everyone elses mainver when they run the kernel installation and doing that for everyone would be irresponsible.
Anyway. To restore the stock kernel, I am building a special PH98IMG.zip right now. DO NOT FLASH THIS IF YOU DIDN'T UPDATE TO THE LEAK VIA A PH98IMG.ZIP IF YOU FLASHED THE BOOT IMAGE WITH FASTBOOT OR CLEANFLASH YOU ARE FINE. IF YOU MODIFIED THE android-info.txt YOURSELF BEFORE FLASHING BECAUSE YOU ARE SMART, DON'T FLASH THIS EITHER.
Anyway, to use:
1) Wipe in recovery
2) Format /system in recovery
3) Run your nandroid restore
4) Flash the PH98IMG.zip from the bootloader.
Restart and you should be OK
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As stupid as it was that I installed that PH98IMG.zip without looking further into it, or if I had just used fast boot, or cleanFLASH I wouldn't be in this mess. I mainly blame it on having the Eris, INC1, and INC2 all S-OFF, esp my latest phone before the Rezound inc2, was perma S-OFF thanks to the XTC clip so I could flash just about anything without repercussion. But you live and you learn. The Eris had crazy 2.1 leaks and people got stuck on some bad builds, and not only that they were unable to root when root finally came out, because they flashed the 2.1 leak.. I thought I learned my lesson then but with this I didn't know any better. Learn something new everyday. but I disagree with this part. "It is possible you WILL NOT be able to EVER use an RUU to restore in the future."
Jcase has assured me this is not true.
Ignore This and the next post plz
I need ten post in order to post on development forums. I am just going to use my thread so plz ignore this.thnks
I need ten post in order to post on development forums. I am just going to use my thread so plz ignore this.thnks
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Don't give up now! You're almost there...
Lol.. i had to do same to be able to post to the appropriate threads and forums ...
Careful about that. If a mod's having a bad day your posts could be deleted.
Just sayin'.
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Sounds like you haven't gotten a hang of flashing a ROM with this device. Try the following.
1 - Download Cleanflash to computer
2 - Download ROM you want to install.
3 - Using a ZIP program, look in the ROM and copy the boot.img file and put in the Cleanflash folder.
4 - Open the back cover, pull battery, wait 10 seconds, put back battery and cover.
5 - Press and hold Vol-, then power for 2 seconds, release power, wait for hboot screen, then release vol-
6 - Connect phone to computer
7 - Make sure HTC Sync is not running on computer
8 - Run CleanFlash and use option 2 to flash boot.img to phone
9 - On the phone, use vol keys to go to recovery (I assume you have Amon Ra recovery already installed)
10 - Follow the menu to mount your sd card
11 - From the computer, your phone's sd card should now show up as a drive
12 - Copy ROM (entire zip file) to sd card, while your at it make sure there is no other ZIP file on the card. You should also mount the internal card and make sure there are no zip files there either.
13 - Unmount the card and disconnect from computer
14 - Now flash the new ROM
15 - reboot phone
feralicious said:
Don't give up now! You're almost there...
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LOL (I hope an LOL is not cause for banishment)
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Considering I can't post in the development forum yet, I'll try asking here first. I've been reading up for the past few days on flashing recovery and ROMs for my new Rezound, mostly on ADB today to get a feel for the very basics. Right now I'm trying to get Amon Ra onto my device, only to run into the command prompt telling me, "error: cannot load 'recovery-ra-vigor-3.12b-gnm'. The recovery.img is in the root directory where the fastboot and adb executables are located. What am I missing? It's likely a simple fix, but as of yet my searches aren't finding the results I'm after.
Also, when I tried using fastboot to reboot the device to the bootloader (fastboot reboot-bootloader) I got a < waiting for device > message. I ended up just doing a battery pull to get into the fastboot menu on the phone. And as I've seen it asked previously, I did install the drivers when I was going through the unlock process last night. Any suggestions?
canned karma said:
Considering I can't post in the development forum yet, I'll try asking here first. I've been reading up for the past few days on flashing recovery and ROMs for my new Rezound, mostly on ADB today to get a feel for the very basics. Right now I'm trying to get Amon Ra onto my device, only to run into the command prompt telling me, "error: cannot load 'recovery-ra-vigor-3.12b-gnm'. The recovery.img is in the root directory where the fastboot and adb executables are located. What am I missing? It's likely a simple fix, but as of yet my searches aren't finding the results I'm after.
Also, when I tried using fastboot to reboot the device to the bootloader (fastboot reboot-bootloader) I got a < waiting for device > message. I ended up just doing a battery pull to get into the fastboot menu on the phone. And as I've seen it asked previously, I did install the drivers when I was going through the unlock process last night. Any suggestions?
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Recovery img has to be in the same folder as the fast boot file. Second...you must make sure too add the file ext for that file. Should be .img for a recovery file.
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I hadn't added in the file extension, that did the trick nicely. Thanks!
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lamp and rezound
Can i use the PH8 zip to return my Rezound to stock? I am on Scotts leaked ICS rom. It works and all but i want to restore my phone to stock. Im on a Mac so i can't use a RUU. Is there a zip of the latest RUU i can flash in Hboot?
There is a stickied post with the stock vigor RUU's that the phone's came with . Shouldn't have an issue since you used Scott's version he altered the mainver to avoid issues with going back to stock.
Need to relock then run RUU though FYI.. just in case you weren't clear about that.
I've looked around so far and can't really find any topics with updated radios for the Rezound. Can anyone point me In The right direction? Sorry if I just happened to miss any threads on this issue. And if it matters I'm running CleanROM ICS 2.3
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YoU need to relock it, ruu and then take the Verizon OTA update.
jmorton10 said:
YoU need to relock it, ruu and then take the Verizon OTA update.
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Ah..... I see..... Guess we gotta wait for S-Off to do it with the phone itself. When you say ruu what do you mean. I have no clue what that is.
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dalvear88 said:
Ah..... I see..... Guess we gotta wait for S-Off to do it with the phone itself. When you say ruu what do you mean. I have no clue what that is.
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RUU will return you to stock. It's an exe file you run on your pc. Here's a lengthy post I made for someone else earlier today with instuctions:
p.s. I looked up that ICS Rom and it says "Updated: Mainver to 2.01.605.11" so you should run the RUU with that mainver number in the file name.
feralicious said:
Everything you need can be found in these Rezound forums.
So you can get into fastboot. That's good.
Do you still have your computer set up from when you unlocked the phone? If not, download the mini sdk that MrSmith317 made that I've attached and place that in the C: directory of your computer and name it something easy, mine is named android-flasher. Then just always keep it there as you will need to use it often when modding your phone.
1) get the sdk working on your computer
2) On your phone, do a battery pull, then boot it into fastboot and then connect it to your computer.
3) Type the following at your computer's cmd prompt:
fastboot getvar all
and find out what mainver you are on.
* If you are on a mainver that starts with 3.x then you cannot run the RUUs. I will try to find out what you should do in that case. If your mainver starts with 1.x or 2.x then continue onto step 4.
4) Relock your phone by typing the following:
fastboot oem lock
5) Download the RUU for your mainver to your computer. Use the file from here that corresponds to your mainver:
http://www.filefactory.com/f/c2e320ee1d5c7886/
This is an exe file so just run it on your pc with your phone attached. I know you need to be locked, I think you need HTC Sync installed, so if it's not working search for those answers, it will work, others have done it. Now you are back to stock.
5) Unlock your phone again using the same unlock bin file you got before by putting it in the same folder you are now using for sdk. Type the following command:
fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
If you don't have it obtain a new one by following the same steps you did before to get it originally. Here is a guide for that:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20780879&postcount=1
Now you should be stock and unlocked.
6) Flash Amon Ra in fastboot. Get the lateset version, 3.13. here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?chpoxzb8bl4nn2b
Type the following command to flash it:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-ra-vigor-3.13-gnm.img
Now you should have Amon Ra on your phone.
7) Root your phone by installing su using Amon Ra. Go to the developer menu and find the option in there.
Now you should be stock, unlocked and rooted.
8) MAKE A NANDROID BACK UP NOW AND LABEL IT.
9) Flash a new ROM.
*** If your mainver is 3.x try this thread to see if you can come up with a method to go back to stock. I haven't looked into this since I have not ventured into ICS land as of yet.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459347
There are also some threads about getting back to stock from ICS I think so here are my search results for "stock ics" in the thread title and you can probably find an answer in there somewhere.
Hope this helps you get back up and running.
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I'm struggling with all the terminology and methods with flashing. Basically I just wanted root, so I read several different guides and got a rooted status and managed to install the Amon Ra recovery. However my bootloader (also called HBOOT - is that correct?) shows tampered / unlocked now. Basically, I want to flash back to the most current build and try again.
Would the link on the Android Police forums to download RUU 4.03.605.2 be latest Verizon build as if it were fresh out of the box?
I checked on the wiki, but didn't see anything for the Rezound there.
Also, to use this utility, I relock my bootloader using HTCDev and then move this zipped file to my sd card and reboot to the bootloader either using adb or the power + volume down, correct? It will see the zip file and begin flashing or do I run an executable from my PC with the phone connected? I'm not S-Off because I figured that is way above my head at this point.
I appreciate any help anyone can offer.
The tampered just means you have a custom recovery like Amon Ra installed.
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oatlord said:
I'm struggling with all the terminology and methods with flashing. Basically I just wanted root, so I read several different guides and got a rooted status and managed to install the Amon Ra recovery. However my bootloader (also called HBOOT - is that correct?) shows tampered / unlocked now. Basically, I want to flash back to the most current build and try again.
Would the link on the Android Police forums to download RUU 4.03.605.2 be latest Verizon build as if it were fresh out of the box?
I checked on the wiki, but didn't see anything for the Rezound there.
Also, to use this utility, I relock my bootloader using HTCDev and then move this zipped file to my sd card and reboot to the bootloader either using adb or the power + volume down, correct? It will see the zip file and begin flashing or do I run an executable from my PC with the phone connected? I'm not S-Off because I figured that is way above my head at this point.
I appreciate any help anyone can offer.
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4.03.605..2 is the latest vzw build.
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4.03.605..2 is the latest vzw build.
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If I want to load that RUU, do I have to relock my bootloader? Will I be able to load the file from the Android Police forum without being S-OFF since I've rooted and loaded a recovery?
oatlord said:
If I want to load that RUU, do I have to relock my bootloader? Will I be able to load the file from the Android Police forum without being S-OFF since I've rooted and loaded a recovery?
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Having S-OFF negates the need to relock your bootloader.
You should be able to flash the "RUU" zip file with your phone in its current condition.
If you do some research in this section in the S-OFF threads, you'll get some good info about not re locking after s-off.
Re-locking is only necessary if you don't have s-off.
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to reinstall the RUU, first make sure you have fastboot on your PC and your phone is in the fastboot menu of the bootloader and connected to your PC. It should say "fastboot USB". (If you don't have the HTC drivers installed, download HTC Sync 3.0 and that should install it. I haven't gotten it to work on Windows 8 so if you use Windows 8 use these drivers)
Open a command prompt, change the directory to where your fastboot.exe is (example: cd c:\fastboot_directory). Type in 'fastboot oem lock'. Your phone will restart, then boot up. Turn it off, reboot to the bootloader and make sure it says *RELOCKED* on the top. Then, go back to fastboot and in your cmd window, type in 'fastboot oem rebootRUU'. Your phone will reboot and show a black screen with a grey HTC logo. Copy the RUU (doesn't matter if it's named PH98IMG.zip or something else) into the same folder as fastboot.exe and type in 'fastboot flash zip ruu_zip_name.zip' (obviously replacing ruu_zip_name.zip with the zip's actual name). The terminal will start sending the zip and details will be displayed on your computer screen. Your phone will also have a progress bar. Once the terminal on your computer says it's finished, you can reboot your phone.
I am currently S-On, unlocked, running Newts One XXX with the Global OTA (4.03.605) Sense 4 Kernel. I would now like to get the 4.03.605.2 firmware installed. Would the procedure described above work for my situation or is there another method I can use.
My next leap is to go S-off but for now I would just like to get the firmware updated before reflashing Newts.
Thanks in advance.
Yes, you can use the above method fine. However, going S-Off is very easy. It seems like a daunting task, but if you read the directions thoroughly it is very easy. I used the .5 version of Juopunutbear and it worked without a hitch. You are already unlocked and rooted, so if you S-Off, you won't have to do it all over again. From there you can flash the RUU, flash a FLASHABLE version of AR 3.15, then reflash any rom that you want. You will only get the benefit from global with roms that are built aroung the .2 base, but you will get updated radios. I haven't honestly noticed much of a difference with the new radios though.
layneja said:
I am currently S-On, unlocked, running Newts One XXX with the Global OTA (4.03.605) Sense 4 Kernel. I would now like to get the 4.03.605.2 firmware installed. Would the procedure described above work for my situation or is there another method I can use.
My next leap is to go S-off but for now I would just like to get the firmware updated before reflashing Newts.
Thanks in advance.
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Flash stock recovery here's a link http://www.mediafire.com/?wb21d2gdurui2c6 then lock bootloader. (Fastboot OEM lock)
After locking bootloader(cuz your s-on) rename the ruu you downloaded from android police To PH98IMG put on your sd return sd phone boot into bootloader run update, if it stops and powers off mid update remove battery and start it again, It flashed the hboot first then you gotta go back In And finish the update.
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layneja said:
I am currently S-On, unlocked, running Newts One XXX with the Global OTA (4.03.605) Sense 4 Kernel. I would now like to get the 4.03.605.2 firmware installed. Would the procedure described above work for my situation or is there another method I can use.
My next leap is to go S-off but for now I would just like to get the firmware updated before reflashing Newts.
Thanks in advance.
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Also to avoid any problems do a factory reset in hboot after update is installed. Being that we're s-on when we re-unlock it does it for us but I've heard some people are having problems after the ruu if they didn't FDR while on stock recovery.. just a heads up
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Flash stock recovery here's a link (removed cause I'm too new) then lock bootloader. (Fastboot OEM lock)
After locking bootloader(cuz your s-on) rename the ruu you downloaded from android police To PH98IMG put on your sd return sd phone boot into bootloader run update, if it stops and powers off mid update remove battery and start it again, It flashed the hboot first then you gotta go back In And finish the update.
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Also to avoid any problems do a factory reset in hboot after update is installed. Being that we're s-on when we re-unlock it does it for us but I've heard some people are having problems after the ruu if they didn't FDR while on stock recovery.. just a heads up
sent from my s-on reZound rockin viperRez Rom on latest ICS firmware
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Just to clarify: when you reboot using "adb reboot" or power + volume down, are you booting into the bootloader or hboot? I've read the guides but still a little confused there.
Also, what does the stock recovery do versus something like Amon Ra? Does the stock recovery allow for creating backups and what-not? Sorry to be a total noob here. I can bake cookies or something for you all for your help, hehe.
WookieFan said:
Having S-OFF negates the need to relock your bootloader.
You should be able to flash the "RUU" zip file with your phone in its current condition.
If you do some research in this section in the S-OFF threads, you'll get some good info about not re locking after s-off.
Re-locking is only necessary if you don't have s-off.
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if you're s-off you shouldn't have to unlock.
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oatlord said:
Just to clarify: when you reboot using "adb reboot" or power + volume down, are you booting into the bootloader or hboot? I've read the guides but still a little confused there.
Also, what does the stock recovery do versus something like Amon Ra? Does the stock recovery allow for creating backups and what-not? Sorry to be a total noob here. I can bake cookies or something for you all for your help, hehe.
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The bootloader is the hboot. You power on holding vol down to get there.
The stock recovery does not allow you to create backups, or do much at all I'm pretty sure. That is why we have custom ones.
If i helped throw me a thanks
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Yes, you can use the above method fine. However, going S-Off is very easy. It seems like a daunting task, but if you read the directions thoroughly it is very easy. I used the .5 version of Juopunutbear and it worked without a hitch. You are already unlocked and rooted, so if you S-Off, you won't have to do it all over again. From there you can flash the RUU, flash a FLASHABLE version of AR 3.15, then reflash any rom that you want. You will only get the benefit from global with roms that are built aroung the .2 base, but you will get updated radios. I haven't honestly noticed much of a difference with the new radios though.
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Do you mean flash the RUU in the bootloader and then the recovery also in bootloader? i only ask cause im at school and i forgot my microsd adapter so i cant rename the zips so that I can flash both of them from there, but if i can do it from recovery then im set
xxtsxx said:
Do you mean flash the RUU in the bootloader and then the recovery also in bootloader? i only ask cause im at school and i forgot my microsd adapter so i cant rename the zips so that I can flash both of them from there, but if i can do it from recovery then im set
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Sorry that you never got an answer to this. Yes, you should flash both recovery (stock) and the RUU as PH98IMG zip files. Wait to start this process until you have a pc/sd card reader available. Trying this without those basic tools is going to make this a frustrating process for you.
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I'm on the 3.15 RUU with 2.09 HBOOT. I used dirty racun for s-off and am HTCdev unlocked obviously. I know I can't undo the HTCdev unlock.
In what order do I need to do these things to relock bootloader/unroot and restore to stock 3.15?
I'm thinking:
1.) Flash stock recovery image then flash stock 3.15 RUU.
2.) Relock bootloader
3.) profit?
4.) skip like a fairy
If I flash the stock RUU that will restore S-ON correct?
BTW, is there an active link for the stock JB 3.15? HTCruu is no more and that was the only place I knew.
Bueller?
Any feedback on where I can get the stock 3.15 RUU?
Stock Rooted 3.15.651 rom
heroisnotdead said:
Any feedback on where I can get the stock 3.15 RUU?
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This is all I know for now, a stock, rooted rom. I'm trying to find the full RUU dot exe file. I have the link around here somewhere.
I was trying to post the link, and didn't notice at first, that I'm too new. I was going to spell out the URL, but didn't want to offend the moderators. I guess you can send me private message, if you want it. The link was sent to me by a senior member of xda, and member of dev team for a well-known rom.
See here for zips which include the files for rooting + the RUU exe's:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2026938
When I was HTCdev unlocked and wanted to get back to stock ICS and take the OTA to get Jellybean, I followed the Youtube link at the bottom of that post to relock the bootloader. After that, I then ran the RUU from my computer. That brought my phone back to stock. (Then I took the OTA to Jellybean, unlocked again, and installed a new ROM, but that's not what you're looking to do, it sounds like)
1. Reboot into bootloader
2. Set phone to fastboot option
3. Connect phone to pc with adb folder already setup on computer (htc drivers etc).
4. Make sure computer says "fastboot usb"
5. Open command prompt from your adb folder
6. Type "fastboot oem lock"
7. Run 3.15.651.16 RUU exe file on computer and sit back.
Since you have 2.09 hboot then you're stuck using the 3.15 ruu file....hope that helps...let us know how it ended up.
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Thanks
Damn I'm blind. I've had that file the whole time and kept looking right over it due to the way I had files displaying. These RUU files will overwrite everything, including the recovery image, correct?
How I miss doing this stuff on nexus device, oh well.
heroisnotdead said:
Damn I'm blind. I've had that file the whole time and kept looking right over it due to the way I had files displaying. These RUU files will overwrite everything, including the recovery image, correct?
How I miss doing this stuff on nexus device, oh well.
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Yea the ruu will overwrite EVERYTHING...it'll basically make your phone as if you just opened the box....only thing is to make absolutely sure you have the correct one that matches your current hboot....
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Hey guys I am looking for a little help. I had an IDIOT error.
I have a rezound that I put a custom recovery and unlocked via hosoons tool. Then I flashed a custom Rom (newts hybrid).
Well I started reading about how its easier to flash etc if you are s-off. So I tried restoring my stock unrooted backup. While restoring it failed and I came to find out its because I needed to also restore the boot.IMG. so I went to try and find it and my backup was gone! I have went thru internal and external its no where.
So I reflashed the Rom and boot IMG the correct way and am now running that. So my basic question is am I sol? Am I stuck on this Rom?
Thank for any help.
Sorry for the crappy type out I am at work and just got time to write this up. I will update what I get home.
P.s I did a lot of searching and couldnt find anything.
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S On you say...
It's as easy as extracting the boot.img file and using fastboot to install the boot.img file.
Open up the ROM you downloaded and extract the boot.img file.
Place the boot.img in the folder where you have fastboot, ex:
d:\phones\rezound\bootloader\andriod\
Boot into recovery; flash your ROM; boot into the bootloader; then run fastboot from the command prompt:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Good luck and have fun.
Thanks for your reply! But how would I go about getting back to stock? I understand the boot.IMG flashing procedure I just didn't realize it was necessary to restore a backup and now my stock back up is not available and I have no idea where it went so I am running the Rom I stated above with no way to go back to stock.
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Schnider said:
Thanks for your reply! But how would I go about getting back to stock? I understand the boot.IMG flashing procedure I just didn't realize it was necessary to restore a backup and now my stock back up is not available and I have no idea where it went so I am running the Rom I stated above with no way to go back to stock.
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You don't have to go back to stock to change ROMs. You can just wipe and flash another ROM (including whatever kernel comes with it).
But yeah, if you want to s-off you should be stock. Although now it seems even if you are s-on flashing the kernels is automated. I just flashed EclipticRez and it had me select s-off or s-on, I picked s-on and it made the PH98IMG of the kernel and went to hboot. I just had to say yes and delete the file afterwards.
But you can get back to stock by running the RUU found here:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ull-ruu-build-4-03-605-2-for-the-htc-rezound/
You need to put this on your external sd card, rename it to PH98IMG.zip, relock (fastboot oem lock) and reboot. Hboot will find the file and start running it. Let it run through several times so it gets all the files. It will reboot you once it's done. Then you'll need to unlock again and flash a custom recovery and then you can make a new nand of stock to make it easier to get back to it.
Also, there's an OTA that just rolled out so if you don't want to be bothered by it just don't put the back door on so you won't connect. There's a thread about it in General, seems to be new radios and who knows what else.
But don't you have to be s-off to flash an RUU? Also can you put amon ra recovery on your phone with s-on?
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But don't you have to be s-off to flash an RUU? Also can you put amon ra recovery on your phone with s-on?
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No, you just have to be locked to run the RUU. I'm still s-on and I just did it last night. Then I flashed Amon Ra and then a ROM.
s-off was a later discovery so RUUs and custom recoveries were being flashed by everyone when they were s-on until someone figured out how to s-off.
So while I'm on my Rom I can relock and flash the ruu? Do I need to put the recovery back to stock or will the ruu do that?
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The RUU will do that. All you need to do is put it on your sd card if it's a zip file, rename it to PH98IMG.zip, relock and reboot.
I am sorry for my ignorance but I need to relock first correct?
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Yes.
Save anything you need off both cards. Pictures, music, etc... any files at all.
Make a nandroid of what you have now in case anything goes wrong. (I'm sure it won't)
Relock the phone in fastboot:
fastboot oem lock
Put the RUU file on the sd card and rename it to PH98IMG.zip
Reboot the phone into bootloader (hold vol down then press and hold power until you are in hboot)
Phone will find the PH file and run the RUU. It goes through it a few times. The screen will go dark a few times during the process and it will go through updating after each of those times again. Just let it run it's course and it will reboot your phone when it's done. Delete the PH file if it's still there. (I used my orig 16gb card and popped in my 64gb back in as soon as I did it so I didn't check if it was still on the 16gb card or not, but if it is it will run again so make sure it isn't.)
After that you will need to unlock again using your unlock token. If you don't have it still you can get a new one. I just keep mine in my flashing folder on the pc so it's always there if I need it.
Use this command to unlock:
fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
Then flash your recovery:
fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery
Root
Make a nandroid for going back to stock whenever you need to
Flash ROM of choice.
Good luck!
Hey thank you so much for your help! For some reason my phone eouldnt read the PH98img file. So I had to use hasoons tool again and flashed the file that way. Ran it twice and bam back to relocked stock! I really appreciate all of of your guys help!
I do have one more question. Do you have to be s-off to flash amonra recovery? I have read where you don't and where you do...
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No, you can flash Amon Ra while s-on. Everyone did before s-off happened. I'm still s-on and I just did the whole RUU thing, Amon Ra, new ROM a couple days ago.
Don't forget to make a nandroid of stock right after you flash Amon Ra.
Thanks again! What Rom do you recommend?
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I'm glad I saw this thread, because I'm in trouble.
I've been running an ICS rom with the gingerbread patch. But tethering never worked.
In an effort to get tethering working, I flashed the new CM10.1 JB rom. Phone stuck at HTC screen. Did some reading, realized I needed to yank the boot.img out of the zip and fastboot it in. Did that, didn't help. I spent 4 hours last night trying every conceivable order of events. rom first, then img. img first, then rom. img via fastboot. img via PH98update file. Nothing works.
I put amon ra on and started all over again. Ugh. My old Sprint Evo was a tank for stuff like this, I swear you could put anything you wanted on it and it would run fine.
Anyway, I was going to come on here and ask if it's possible to go S-OFF with a stuck phone because it's all I could think of.
But now I will try this relock, ruu, unlock, amon ra, root method.
Here goes another 8 hours.
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I'm glad I saw this thread, because I'm in trouble.
I've been running an ICS rom with the gingerbread patch. But tethering never worked.
In an effort to get tethering working, I flashed the new CM10.1 JB rom. Phone stuck at HTC screen. Did some reading, realized I needed to yank the boot.img out of the zip and fastboot it in. Did that, didn't help. I spent 4 hours last night trying every conceivable order of events. rom first, then img. img first, then rom. img via fastboot. img via PH98update file. Nothing works.
I put amon ra on and started all over again. Ugh. My old Sprint Evo was a tank for stuff like this, I swear you could put anything you wanted on it and it would run fine.
Anyway, I was going to come on here and ask if it's possible to go S-OFF with a stuck phone because it's all I could think of.
But now I will try this relock, ruu, unlock, amon ra, root method.
Here goes another 8 hours.
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Good luck! Post back if you have any issues. The RUU took me about 10-20 minutes.
After you flash Amon Ra and root make a nandroid so you can easily revert to stock if needed.
Back up and running. The instructions were well written and easy to understand.
Thanks for all the help!
However I think this time I just want to go straight to S-OFF. I did the htc dev unlock last time, I have no idea where my token is.
I guess I'd rather go all the way and s-off so I can try that JB rom again without worrying about seperating the boot.img file.
So is it possible to s-off my phone with the RUU listed on this thread? And phone currently locked?
Another question. I don't think I've flashed any firmware which means my phone is still running GB firmware. Does that mean I need to always run the GB patch when running IC or JB roms?
Good to hear!
The RUU will have gotten you to the latest firmware if you used the global one at android police.
As to any s-off questions, I'm still s-on so I would get that info from someone else. I don't want to say the wrong thing and get you in a bad spot. There's a long s-ff thread in the general section and I'm sure if you just search you should find the info you need. Or else there's a help thread also in the general section where you can post questions or actually, probably find the answers you need.
Keep this handy for next time:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1547496
It works similar to dumlock.