Hey Guys,
After coming back from an long journey, today I realized that HTC has published official honeycomb for my HTC Flyer, I did try to update my device many times. I am just recieving a warning which is like at the attached image and it does not update my device. My device is rooted.. Can anyone help?
DO NOT EVER install an OTA or other official update if you are rooted. You will either find that the update will not work (seems to be your case), get stuck in a bootloop, or get unrooted. On other devices in the past, it can even cause you to lose root, and not be able to get it back until the devs devised a downgrade method.
If you are rooted with Revolutionary, globatron's method to update to HC is what you want:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358758
^^Yep. Since you are rooted most likely, if it is doing an MD5 check, something has changed which will prevent the OTA from ever going through. You need to either update with custom rom or RUU back to original and then try the official update. However, like redpoint73 has already mentioned, I would recommend upgrading via custom rom.
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hi everyone
i had just flashed the CWM, but after installed it i loss capability to upgrade OS by official OTA update, so im looking for the method to get back official recovery in my HTC flyer, may i know is it possible in any easy way?
I'm thinking of selling my HTC Aria for a later HTC, But firstly I would like to Get rid of Cockworkmod and also put the latest OTA on the phone, clock work wouldnt be such a problem if the OTA's flashed from clock work, but they dont.. so IM wanting to go Full bog standard factory restore, Anyone able to help me out?? I have searched the internet, and the closest i have found instructions for is the Droid x, and.. I dont wunna screw this up so im not following those instructions
Cheers and thanks in advance.
Matrox02
Which HBOOT version do you currently have?
hboot ver. 6.02.1002
You should be able to run the RUU to revert to a stock, un-rooted ROM. The HBOOT won't be downgraded, but you don't really need to downgrade it. You wouldn't even notice any difference in normal day to day use.
Edit: You will either need to install a Sense ROM before you begin the RUU process or you can put the phone on the FASTBOOT menu.
I can do that the problem with that is the OTA updates wont be able to work as clockworkmod cannot apply OTA, unless someone has a RUU of 2.3 then i wont need it, otherwise the only Ruu i can get is a early 2.2 and im looking for the WWE or Asia version I dont like the Aus one even though im in New Zealand.
matrox02 said:
I can do that the problem with that is the OTA updates wont be able to work as clockworkmod cannot apply OTA, unless someone has a RUU of 2.3 then i wont need it, otherwise the only Ruu i can get is a early 2.2 and im looking for the WWE or Asia version I dont like the Aus one even though im in New Zealand.
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Well, as far as I know, you can receive OTA updates if you have the ROM installed. I don't think your HBOOT or recovery will matter, although I'm not positive. HOWEVER, you have no reason to worry about it anyway. There won't be any future OTA updates for the Aria, so it doesn't matter.
correct, I am able to recieve them, but the OTA fails to apply as it doesnt liek the clock work mod, if i try to go through just clockworkmod recovery it also fails to apply the update saying it cannot apply OTA's
matrox02 said:
correct, I am able to recieve them, but the OTA fails to apply as it doesnt liek the clock work mod, if i try to go through just clockworkmod recovery it also fails to apply the update saying it cannot apply OTA's
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What OTA are we talking about?
Oh my mistake, I ment I can get Asia 2.1-update 1 and no later, the Over the air update that comes after that( phone downloads it ) fails to apply, Btw I get my RUU from Shipped-roms.com
Im busy doing the OTA update right now.. it seams to be working, unlike last time i tried.. I dunno why either, Ill update with results..
ok apparently im updated to 2.37 or something.., but the android version is 2.2 now so atleased the OTA's work
When i bought my HTC Flyer last Year i made it S-OFF immediately using Revolutionary.
After a couple of months, HTC asked me to update my device to a newer firmware.
So i backed up all my data and tried it.
When i stared the device, a warning droid appeared on the screen.
So i restored my data and still everything works fine.
But i a still on 2.3.3 and i really want to use the newest Version working with Revolutionary.
So here are my problems:
1. I don't know how to remove Revolutionary
2. To install (or update) Revolutionary, i need another hboot version
(mine is 6.10.1002 and i need 1.10.0000 or 1.11.0003)
So how to update my hboot ?
3. What possibilities i got, concerning the update of my device ?
4. I searched for my specific RRU to flash my device but i could't find or identify it?
Which one should i download ?
Information about my Flyer
I have the Wifi-Editon from a local store in germany, so i have no specific Branding from Vodafone or Tmobile.
Its current Firmware Version is 2.3.3
Hboot is 6.10.1002
I rooted it with Revolutionary
I would be really amused if you would pay some attention to my thread and try to help me
if you want HC follow this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358758
Thank you very much
This really helped me
BUT
After the installation, i tried to use a backup from Revolutionary and now my screen is stuck on the htc sign when it starts.
(Unfortunately i havent made a backup after the installation of HC )
please close this thread
I will make a new one, showing my problem in the Title
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please close this thread
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They don't close threads here, just because the OP no longer has a use for it. They are left open, in case other people want to comment, or for the benefir of people that may encounter a similar issue.
For future reference, don't EVER EVER EVER install an official OTA update to an S-Off/rooted Android device. At a minimum, the update won't work. At the worst, the update may remove root (may be difficult or impossible to re-root), or you might be stuck unable to boot. Pre-rooted versions of updates usually end up getting posted in the Development subforum (like the one posted in a previous response), and often very quickly after the official OTAs go out. THOSE are safe to flash.
My phone was rooted with CWM, but now is fully stock. I installed using the official RUU. Now, when I check for updates, it says there aren't any. Does this mean I just need to wait, or does it mean that something is not "right" about my phone? It is currently unlocked with s-off, but the 4.3 RUU installed without balking. Any suggestions for getting stock 4.4.3 with sense 5.5?
I did check T-Mobile's site and it looks like it was updated yesterday, but mentions nothing about the update. I wonder if they pulled the update.
Success. It was just a matter of time. This is the first time that checking for updates hasn't let me download as soon as the update was released with a T-Mobile HTC phone.
its a staged update not every phone will get the OTA immediately. just wait or manually flash.
I'm trying to return my HTC One back to being unrooted because I wanna update it and almost everywhere I read, you need to unroot to get over the air updates. So I got S-Off and I relocked my bootloader, but whenever I try running the RUU, it always fails. I tried flashing it and I tried running the exe file. Why does it keep failing? Also, is it true you can't get OTA updates while being rooted? The RUU I use is for Cingular (which from my understanding is the one AT&T uses) and I have Super CID. Lastly, if anyone knows an easier way to return my phone to being completely stock and unrooted that would be great. Thanks in advance!
Which RUU did you use? Apparently the last official one was JB 4.3 w/ Sense 5.0, ver. 3.17.502.3. The one for KK4.4.2 w/ Sense 5.0, ver. 4.18.502.7 was apparently not actually released by ATT and many people were having problems with it.
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Well near as I can tell the RUU did not originate from HTC, someone was able to create it and sign it same as HTC would. But the files behave differently than the "Real" HTC RUU. The only solution I found was to use the True HTC RUU from 3.xx.502.x and OTA to 4.xx.502.x to 5.xx.502.x. It requires s-off to flash the OTA's so it's not the perfect solution for everyone.
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So if you tried with the KK4.4.2 RUU, download the JB4.3 RUU from http://www.htc1guru.com/. Since you're S-OFF, you can use either the .exe or the decrypted .zip. I used the decrypted .zip before and it worked fine. Once you get that flashed you can then take the OTAs to update to KK4.4.2 w/ Sense 6. You'll need to be on the AT&T network to get those OTA. Otherwise you'll need to manually flash the updates, as clsA states in his post that I quoted above.
As for not getting OTAs while being rooted....
It's not so much that being rooted prevents getting OTAs. It's the process of getting to root that modifies or deletes system files that need to be intact for the OTA to work. OTA need to be installed through stock recovery. If you're rooted, it's most likely that you have a custom recovery. Also, unlocking the bootloader deletes some files the OTA checks for. If those files not there, the OTA will not install.
Flashing an RUU is the easiest way to get completely stock. It resets the phone to an out-of-the-box state. Whereas a factory reset done from bootloader or recovery basically just wipes the data partition, which will remove any apps you installed and user data. But any modifications to the system partition that are done remain. You don't get back the files that are deleted when you unlocked the bootloader.
Also, since you are S-OFF, there's no need to relock your bootloader to run an RUU. That's only required if you're S-ON. And once you get S-OFF, there is no reason to go back to S-ON.
Since I just want to get the new OTA update, do you recommend I just flash the update as opposed to going back to stock recovery because I don't mind having a rooted phone? Also, my phones camera suddenly became blurry, is it possible that the rooting had something to do with it? If it did, would flashing the OTA update fix it or would I need to go back to stock recovery or would neither fix it? Sorry for so many questions.
First off, what version is currently on your phone? Depending on where you're currently at you may need to flash more than one update in order to get it to the latest version. And no matter what, you'll need to flash stock recovery in order for the updates to flash. OTA updates, whether taken OTA or flashed manually, require stock recovery, as I mentioned before. Also, again as I mentioned before, the process of rooting your phone (more specifically, the process of unlocking your bootloader) most likely deleted files from your system partition that need to be in place in order for the OTA updates to install. If they are not there, the update will fail. So to answer your question...No, I don't recommend "just flash the update as opposed to going back to stock recovery". It won't work.
Since you didn't answer my question and state which RUU you tried, I don't know if you tried a bad 4.4.2 RUU or if there are other issues with your device and/or computer that's preventing any RUU from installing. If you just don't want to flash the RUU, then you can try flashing the update in the phone's current state and when it fails, you can analyze the error report, try to track down stock versions of the files you're missing and restore them if you find them, then try the update again, hoping you found everything. That's a lot more of a hassle than just flashing the RUU, flashing the updates, rooting, and setting up your phone.
Another option is to just flash a custom ROM. Most of them will bring the phone up to the latest version. Some will even take it higher than what is officially available from AT&T.
As for your camera problem, can't see how just rooting would cause that, but maybe it did. Without knowing the cause of the issue, I can't say if just flashing the OTA would fix it. If it's a software issue, then possibly it would. If it's a hardware issue, then probably not. Focus on updating the phone and worry about the camera issue if it still persists once updated.
Sorry, I forgot about your question. First of all, I got it working using RUU Zip M7 UL JB43 SENSE50 MR Cingular US 3.17.502.3-decrypted. The one that didn't work for me is RUU Zip M7 UL JB 50 Cingular - 1.26.502.12. Second, I am running 4.4.2. Thats for anyone who comes across this and was wondering. Thanks for your help sharksfan7. Also, in case you were wondering, my camera is still blurry, but I'll start a different thread for that.