I was prepared to put up with all sorts of new release issues. But there's something going on with the radios that's just gobbling up my battery (and I have the Big Kahuna 2.8 amp).
The phone stays over 110F, and it discharges on USB power unless I put it into airplane mode. It's simply no good for me, perhaps due to the patchy 4g coverage in my area. This is a serious problem.
Unfortunately, I don't know any of the release numbers prior to ICS 605. Can anyone direct me to stock images that could at least get me on an OTA path back to the current official released build? I have decent AmonRa nandroids of my last GB config, but I'll need to lay down the old kernel and perhaps some of the boot layers before I can restore them.
I sure hope there's a way out of this.
the best you can do that i know is flash a custom GB ROM with kernel after, and then flash scott's gb fix that will give you back your sd card. I would read up on the cleanrom 4.0 thread.
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I installed it 3 days ago. Relocked full stock. Used new included removal tool to take out alot of BLOAT. Connects to 3G/4G faster than Gingerbread.
Some new menus. Fewer choices in Power Settings, and differences in other
places, all good. When you say OK to something, the OK defaults to the right
side of the screen in most all permissions. Does not run hot. Battery life
just about the same. Seems like a great new upgrade of the Zound with some very useful and appreciated customization features running bone stock. Fast fast fast too.
p.s. it ran funny after the first flash of new PGXX.zip. Had to flash it twice and watch it tick thru each item. It di not go fully thru that list first time by the way: could account for some folk's radio and heat problems (?)
michaelbsheldon said:
I installed it 3 days ago. Relocked full stock. Used new included removal tool to take out alot of BLOAT. Connects to 3G/4G faster than Gingerbread.
Some new menus. Fewer choices in Power Settings, and differences in other
places, all good. When you say OK to something, the OK defaults to the right
side of the screen in most all permissions. Does not run hot. Battery life
just about the same. Seems like a great new upgrade of the Zound with some very useful and appreciated customization features running bone stock. Fast fast fast too.
p.s. it ran funny after the first flash of new PGXX.zip. Had to flash it twice and watch it tick thru each item. It di not go fully thru that list first time by the way: could account for some folk's radio and heat problems (?)
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it's normal to flash twice.. it's not actually flashing it twice, only once..
but it reboots after flashing a few things, then reboots back to bootloader, and u have to press power and wait for it to read again
michaelbsheldon said:
I installed it 3 days ago. Relocked full stock. Used new included removal tool to take out alot of BLOAT. Connects to 3G/4G faster than Gingerbread.
Some new menus. Fewer choices in Power Settings, and differences in other
places, all good. When you say OK to something, the OK defaults to the right
side of the screen in most all permissions. Does not run hot. Battery life
just about the same. Seems like a great new upgrade of the Zound with some very useful and appreciated customization features running bone stock. Fast fast fast too.
p.s. it ran funny after the first flash of new PGXX.zip. Had to flash it twice and watch it tick thru each item. It di not go fully thru that list first time by the way: could account for some folk's radio and heat problems (?)
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I'm not trying to debate whether it works for you. It's just not working for me, and not just in one of those minor inconvenience ways -- these temps are unsustainable. Is there any path that gets me to where I can restore a previous nandroid of the current OTA release? I'm thinking I'm going to need the official GB kernel, and maybe some boot stuff. And I don't know the first thing about mainver.
If you are on CleanROM, you don't need to worry about the mainver issue.
Restore the nandroid from your GB setup. If you don't have the kernel, just download the rom that you had, or any GB rom for that matter, and look for the PH98IMG.zip.
You can do it one of two ways, put that zip on the root of your SD card or get the boot.img out of it and flash that in fastboot
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
cpurick said:
I'm not trying to debate whether it works for you. It's just not working for me, and not just in one of those minor inconvenience ways -- these temps are unsustainable. Is there any path that gets me to where I can restore a previous nandroid of the current OTA release? I'm thinking I'm going to need the official GB kernel, and maybe some boot stuff. And I don't know the first thing about mainver.
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Remember though, you are stuck on the new radios. You will also need to flash the gingerbread patch. You also won't receive much support from devs trying to run gb on ics firmware.
EmerikL said:
If you are on CleanROM, you don't need to worry about the mainver issue.
Restore the nandroid from your GB setup. If you don't have the kernel, just download the rom that you had, or any GB rom for that matter, and look for the PH98IMG.zip.
You can do it one of two ways, put that zip on the root of your SD card or get the boot.img out of it and flash that in fastboot
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
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This sounds perfect. Do you know where I can find a GB kernel? I didn't think to note the version, and I really didn't expect to be going back.
Any of the GB Roms have it. It is the stock kernel.
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Remember though, you are stuck on the new radios. You will also need to flash the gingerbread patch. You also won't receive much support from devs trying to run gb on ics firmware.
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Thanks.
Do I just search for Rezound Gingerbread Patch?
Do you think this will make things worse? Do you have any recommendations for a phone that runs hot on ICS? It's definitely cooler in airplane mode.
Without airplane mode, idle screen off temps are 105-110. If I turn the screen on for any time, they approach 120.
Set the CPU govenor to conservative. That will help. The patch for GB is in the CleanRom 4.0 thread.
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Set the CPU govenor to conservative. That will help. The patch for GB is in the CleanRom 4.0 thread.
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I am having the same issue as Cpurick. Forgive my ignorance, how do I set the CPU governor to conservative?
-- Sent from my TouchPad using Communities
So on topic
What's the consensus for full restoral to gingerbread?
I was stock.
Flashed leaked ics
Want to go back to gbread.
Unlock w HTC tool
Flash a recovery image
Flash a gingerbread rom and kernel
Flash gingerbread ruu?
Sounds simple enough or did I miss a step
You cant flash the GB RUU, the Hboot was upgraded. Flash ROM, Kernel, and the SD card fix and you will have it working.
EmerikL said:
You cant flash the GB RUU, the Hboot was upgraded. Flash ROM, Kernel, and the SD card fix and you will have it working.
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You won't be able to restore to 100% full stock. You'll be stuck like me. The new radio with gb is nice though
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Use Con's nandroid recovery helper and it will restore your nand and kernel. You will still need Scott's sd card patch though.
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I just wanted,to say thank you all for this,post...but this was a pain in my ass .I have it figured out now but it just is silly how much more there is to do without full s-off.
On the EVO, just flash away. Thunderbolt, radios, gbread, ics(alpha), this is just a little trickier.
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Have had my T-Bolt for about a month now and just rooted it yesterday! Loving it even more now! I decided to root because I was one of the lucky people that got the update a couple weeks ago and have been having random reboots ever since. I was hoping a different ROM might help with that.
I came from a D1 that I had rooted about a month after it first came out, so I know the basics of using Clockwork.
I put Das BAMF 1.6.3 on yesterday and it seems to be working good. Problem I am having is that I am still getting some random reboots. Not sure if it has to do with the radio installed on the phone or something with the kernal?
It isn't happening all the time. I noticed one last night and one this morning. Suggestions?
Which kernel & radio are you using?
I had the same problem had to switch to a different kernal. It was getting a little to warm causing the phone to reboot. Most noticeably when I used the navigation.
Sorry it took a while for me to respond. Been pretty busy.
After the reboot yesterday, I put a new kernel on there cause I say someone tried that when they got reboots and it fixed the problem.
Here is what I put on, the lean kernel, extremely undervolted - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1021404
It seems to be running good. No reboots since I put it on. But then this afternoon I got one. I wasn't doing anything crazy on my phone but it just rebooted out of nowhere. I was on 3G if that matters...???
BUMP
Had one random reboot today. Can't figure out what is doing it. This time I was in the middle of typing a text while on WiFi.
If you are using extremely undervolted try switching to normal. The extremely undervolted setting is also overclocked and may not get enough juice to run properly. see if running normal for a while also has you rebooting.
schmaltzy said:
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Had one random reboot today. Can't figure out what is doing it. This time I was in the middle of typing a text while on WiFi.
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I like the BAMF Tom's, but the CM7 alpha for the Tbolt is stable and awesome... no wireless tether yet, but I'm sure it is on the way!
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I had random reboot problems after I flashed to the new radio. I switched back to the original radio and have not had a problem at all with bamf 1.6.3 or 1.7.
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I put the .7cdma and .6lte on and it solved my reboots. Before that I got random reboots and even a couple times where it just shut off. There is a radio thread in the dev section with all the combinations. Been on this radio for weeks and no reboots.
1.6.3 and 1.7bamf not o/c
OK.....need a little help with flashing a new radio....
See, I came form the origional Droid, which was super easy when switching ROMS. Download the ROM you want, throw the zip on the SD, boot into recovery, flash your ROM, good to go!
Seems a little more complicated with the Thunderbolt, so I'm still getting a little use to it.
I went to the post that has all the different radios, but I'm still not exactly sure on how to flash one. Can anyone explain???
schmaltzy said:
OK.....need a little help with flashing a new radio....
See, I came form the origional Droid, which was super easy when switching ROMS. Download the ROM you want, throw the zip on the SD, boot into recovery, flash your ROM, good to go!
Seems a little more complicated with the Thunderbolt, so I'm still getting a little use to it.
I went to the post that has all the different radios, but I'm still not exactly sure on how to flash one. Can anyone explain???
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Pretty easy actually. Just download the image that you want to use. Make sure it is at the root of your sd card. Boot your phone into Hboot and it will try and load the file automatically at that point.
Tell the phone it's ok to install. Once you have it installed, don't forget to delete the image file from your root or at least rename it. Otherwise if you go back into hboot, it's going to try and install the image again.
Hope that helps.
Dnakaman said:
Pretty easy actually. Just download the image that you want to use. Make sure it is at the root of your sd card. Boot your phone into Hboot and it will try and load the file automatically at that point.
Tell the phone it's ok to install. Once you have it installed, don't forget to delete the image file from your root or at least rename it. Otherwise if you go back into hboot, it's going to try and install the image again.
Hope that helps.
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How do you get into Hboot?
I'm running Das BAMF 1.7 Remix and I get a "bootloader" option under the restart. Is that the same thing??
Couple of ways.
If your rom supports it. You can hold the power button down and pick restart and then pick bootloader.
or if your phone is powered down, just hold the volume down key while holding down the power key and that should get you to the bootloader.
Edit: Make sure that your image is named PG05IMG at the root of your sd card.
It's the LTE radio causing reboots, so from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045081 select either the second or fourth option. Any combo that has the 1.12.605.6 LTE radio. Also don't forget to rename it PG05img.zip and put it on the root of your sd card.
If your in hboot and it doesn't recognize the file, make sure it's not named PG05img.zip.zip, changing the name in windows will cause that to happen.
DixonToofar said:
It's the LTE radio causing reboots, so from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045081 select either the second or fourth option. Any combo that has the 1.12.605.6 LTE radio. Also don't forget to rename it PG05img.zip and put it on the root of your sd card.
If your in hboot and it doesn't recognize the file, make sure it's not named PG05img.zip.zip, changing the name in windows will cause that to happen.
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Thanks Dixon.
I was one of the lucky few that was getting quite a few reboots before I was rooted when Verizon sent out the update. Is it the LTE radio the cause for sure? I know there was a lot of speculation on what was the actual cause, but then I rooted so I stopped following the problem.
Does it matter that I have my LTE turned off all the time? I don't live in an LTE area so I never have it on, yet I still get 1 or 2 random reboots a day. Still better than the 6-8 I was getting when I wasn't rooted!
schmaltzy said:
Thanks Dixon.
I was one of the lucky few that was getting quite a few reboots before I was rooted when Verizon sent out the update. Is it the LTE radio the cause for sure? I know there was a lot of speculation on what was the actual cause, but then I rooted so I stopped following the problem.
Does it matter that I have my LTE turned off all the time? I don't live in an LTE area so I never have it on, yet I still get 1 or 2 random reboots a day. Still better than the 6-8 I was getting when I wasn't rooted!
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I don't know if anyone can say for certain, but many people(Myself included) experienced reboots after switching to the updated .7 radios. After switching back to the .6 LTE radio, I haven't had a single reboot in weeks, and many others have had the same results. Whether it is the cause or not, switching seems to solve the problem. If it doesn't, then chances are something else is causing them on your phone, but you won't know until you try.
I usually have LTE turned off as well, and I know at least a couple of my reboots happened while it was turned off. Whatever the cause, it doesn't seem to be related to the use of the radio. Just having the .7 version loaded seems to be enough.
Should I make a Nandroid backup before I flash a new radio? Or would that not back anything up as far as the radio goes?
schmaltzy said:
Should I make a Nandroid backup before I flash a new radio? Or would that not back anything up as far as the radio goes?
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I would always make sure you have a recent Nandroid backup before flashing anything. It won't back up the radio itself, but you never know what else could go wrong.
OK, last question....hopefully!!
There was just a new radio that was released. Looks like it is a new Gingerbread radio. Now I'm thinking about just throwing a gingerbread ROM and do everything once.
Question is....if I switch from a Froyo ROM to a GB ROM, in what order do I flash the ROM/Radio??
1) Backup, Wipe data/cache, flash ROM, boot into HBOOT, then flash the new radio?
or
2) Backup, boot into HBOOT, flash new radio, boot into recovery, wipe, flash ROM?
Doesn't matter. Some will tell you one way, others will tell you the other way.
From what I can tell, either way works. I've done both with the new radio and have had no issues either way.
Happy Flashing!
I have lurked for a while looking for a thread that closely matches the path I have taken. I arrived here partly by the sequence of threads and instructions I read and what has worked for me so far. I am somewhat versed in installing different ROMs as I did so on my Incredible.
I would like to get to ICS. It just looks cool. I bricked once last night trying. I used Odin to get back to stock GB. Then got to where I am.
Details:
1. Use Odin to get to stock GB. (EH03 and Atlas _v2.2 pit) Reboot to stock GB.
2. Use Odin to push CWM4 fixed for CM7
3. Three finger to CWM4 and load salsaCM7_fascinate_02132012.zip
4. Install Gapps zip from CWM4
5. Use phone
Currently when I boot recovery from the three finger method I get CWM4 but it will not mount /data, /system, /cache, etc. If the device is booted and I reboot to recovery with the power button I get CWM5 and all files mount correctly.
Can I just load an ICS ROM from CWM5?
Do I need to start with build 2 or can I use 6.1 from here?
Or do I need to go back to stock EH03, load a plain CM7 and move forward that way?
I think I may have found an answer in Droidstyle's guide in section 4. I would have to go back to stock though to get CWM4 to work, then install THS build 1.
Do I have to do this or can I reboot into CWM5 recovery from the SalsaMOD CM7 and install an ICS ROM? Would I have to use an earlier build like 1 or 2 or can I go straight to 6?
You can go straight to ICS from CM7, and you can certainly try jumping straight to the latest build, but I always have had to install build 1 or 2 first and then the later build. When I went from CM7 to ICS, I was on a different CM7 rom, but you should be able to go to ICS without having to go all the way back to stock.
Another thing to keep in mind is NEVER to 3-finger into recovery once you've flashed an ICS rom, you'll end up bootlooped. I'd get into the habit of always rebooting recovery from the power menu.
Chuckles at the fact someone flashed salsa...
Ooh and Goodluck flashing
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k_nivesout said:
You can go straight to ICS from CM7, and you can certainly try jumping straight to the latest build, but I always have had to install build 1 or 2 first and then the later build. When I went from CM7 to ICS, I was on a different CM7 rom, but you should be able to go to ICS without having to go all the way back to stock.
Another thing to keep in mind is NEVER to 3-finger into recovery once you've flashed an ICS rom, you'll end up bootlooped. I'd get into the habit of always rebooting recovery from the power menu.
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Many thanks. I have both builds on my SD card at the moment. I did make the mistake of booting recovery from the three finger method. That's why I had to Odin all the way back to stock. I won't be doing that again.
neh4pres said:
Chuckles at the fact someone flashed salsa...
Ooh and Goodluck flashing
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Yeah yeah yeah... I saw that coming after reading several threads today.
It is actually working okay for me. I just like the look of the ICS ROMs. I think I am going to go with THS build 6.1 w/ Icy Glitch kernel like DroidStyle mentioned in another thread.
Also, I am going to try the 4G world and pick up a Charge this afternoon. Any thoughts on that device?
Oldtymehockey said:
Many thanks. I have both builds on my SD card at the moment. I did make the mistake of booting recovery from the three finger method. That's why I had to Odin all the way back to stock. I won't be doing that again.
Yeah yeah yeah... I saw that coming after reading several threads today.
It is actually working okay for me. I just like the look of the ICS ROMs. I think I am going to go with THS build 6.1 w/ Icy Glitch kernel like DroidStyle mentioned in another thread.
Also, I am going to try the 4G world and pick up a Charge this afternoon. Any thoughts on that device?
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THS 6.1 and glitch v14 has been a great combo for me, I've never really had a more stable setup, even with overclocking. My uptime was around 120 hours before I finally got a freeze and a reboot but that probably wouldn't have even happened if I left the kernel settings default.
I can certainly see where 4g speeds would come in handy and look forward to upgrading to a 4g device when we get it in my area. I've gotta say though, the charge doesn't seem to be too popular among the modding community, I know there are a few roms around for it, but to my knowledge, they don't have working ICS. I was pretty happy with CM7/MIUI for a while and held off on switching full-time to ICS, but I can't really see myself going back now. Amazing performance and 4.0 is just a great upgrade for android in general, in addition to looking "cool". I've gotta think that going to a phone that's not as well supported rom/kernel wise, and without functional ICS would feel like sort of a downgrade, even with the charge's beautiful screen and LTE radio, but that's just me. Unless it's a screamin deal, I'd just hold out for a nexus.
Good move using Droidstyles guide ! FWIW....I have better luck with the THS 6.0 build.
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The Fascinate is running ICS nicely thanks to DroidStyle. I did get the Charge. I did get it a hundo less than the going rate in my area. I need to go to 4G because I have been 'throttled' on 3G. It is a suxdonut but I am a data user so VZW punishes me.
I do need to get this Charge off stock but in the meantime at least I can bring up a web page in less than five minutes. My speeds were below 300k on 3G when I was 'throttled'.
I think my next step will be to learn some basic dev skills for these devices. I mean, if I can teach myself old school VBA I think I can fumble through some development. If I come up with something good, I will certainly share.
Just curious, how did you know that you were being throttled?
I came from motorola phones so I'm used to locked bootloaders and the methods of hacking them. I've had the Rezound for almost 3 months now, and I'm currently running cleanROM 2.3. A few days ago I see we had a new ics leak, and from what I'm guessing, the rom bases have been updated for it. I'd like to flash the rooted leak, and install an ics rom, but I have a few questions. If I'm on ics already, what steps should I take? Do i have to go back to gb, and relock, or can I flash it through the current rom I'm on? Any advice is greatly appreciated!
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Insidious said:
I came from motorola phones so I'm used to locked bootloaders and the methods of hacking them. I've had the Rezound for almost 3 months now, and I'm currently running cleanROM 2.3. A few days ago I see we had a new ics leak, and from what I'm guessing, the rom bases have been updated for it. I'd like to flash the rooted leak, and install an ics rom, but I have a few questions. If I'm on ics already, what steps should I take? Do i have to go back to gb, and relock, or can I flash it through the current rom I'm on? Any advice is greatly appreciated!
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you don't have to go back to gb, but you do have to relock. as for the full instructions, they're somewhere on in the forum. searching helps. as for me, i'm got gonna update mine yet, so that's as far as i can help
Insidious said:
I came from motorola phones so I'm used to locked bootloaders and the methods of hacking them. I've had the Rezound for almost 3 months now, and I'm currently running cleanROM 2.3. A few days ago I see we had a new ics leak, and from what I'm guessing, the rom bases have been updated for it. I'd like to flash the rooted leak, and install an ics rom, but I have a few questions. If I'm on ics already, what steps should I take? Do i have to go back to gb, and relock, or can I flash it through the current rom I'm on? Any advice is greatly appreciated!
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Wrong section bud, we have a Q & A
check out the 1st/2nd post on Wildstang's Twizted rom page. Very friendly instructions.
@mods - 'shut erdown
Ian
Here is the link from CleanRom to prepare you for new base ROMs:
http://www.scottsroms.com/showthread.php/856-HOW-TO-Prepare-for-CleanROM-4-0-Update?p=6527
It will take a while to flash and make sure you do reboot to boot loader the 2nd time so it flashes clean, but I would suggest backing up your SD card and internal storage. Good luck. I love the new leak, in the form of Clear ROM.
I'm having a bit of trouble updating my Rezound. I got the file named correctly and HBOOT detects it, however it loads/checks the RUU (blue/gold bars on the right) and then just goes back to the normal HBOOT menu without any error message or anything changing. I have relocked my Rezound.. Unsure of what else I can do. Any ideas?
You need to enter bootloader a second time for it to complete the full install.
It still isn't doing what it should be. It goes through loading/checking and then back into the normal bootloader menu. I then tried going into fastboot and back into bootloader, and the same process happened again. I also tried rebooting bootloader after it did the load/check process, but i'm not making any progress. By that, I mean it does the same exact thing.
After going through it the second time, what was the screen showing for your radio and hboot versions? Can't remember what the updated #'s off the top of my head but the radio should not be the .95### version.
Figured out the issue. I used an md5 checker and it came out wrong. guess I should try redownloading.. Must have gotten cutoff or something?
Sorry I got back so late, but thanks for the help everyone! Sorry about my post placement, I'm used to Droid forums and their Rezound section doesn't have a Q&A. Searching does help, but like I said, all of this dev support is a bit; overwhelming coming from a phone with little dev support, so people who can break it down for me are awesome.
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Some advise
I will chime in and say that it is definitely worth it. As said before in the CleanROM thread Scott has a very detailed step by step guide. Just a few pointers before you jump in.
1) make sure you have a card reader for your computer that you can connect your removable micro-SD card to. Trust me, if you screw up somewhere in the process, having a reliable way to access the SD card is a life saver.
2) before flashing always wipe/factory reset 3 times, some think it is overkill, but if you end up with some odd glitch or bug when you just wiped once, you will most likely have to wipe and flash again to get rid of the bug...so of course you are actually saving time and hassle by just doing it 3 times in the first place.
3) make sure your battery is full or almost full before you start the process, you will avoid many problems by not having your phone battery die in the middle of a flash or update.
4) read, read and read again all the information and the instructions on what you are going to be doing, then make sure you understand and are comfortable Before you actually start. Reading through the forums and knowing beforehand what others have experienced, and the fixes, will make your life 100% better while you play with your phone.
All that said, the new RUU is awesome, better radio reception, better battery life for most (once you drain and recharge a few times), and ICS is very cool on the Rezound. Happy flashing people and hope you like ICS as much as I do.
Well I caught a break with the Rezound deal, I'm free from evil Motorola ~ droid X2
Is this a proper Rezound understanding?
1) The process is: htcdev-[unlock bootloader]
2) Use a perm root "application"
3) Install 1 of the 2 recovery modes
4) Pick a Rom ~ (do you need to be on a specific stock version first?)
From lots of searching, Cleanrom's ICS developer edition and Bamf (I'm not sure what version of it is better) appear to be the most reasonable choices?
I'm not sure if either of them have the "beats" tweak, or if the Bravia engine is a big improvement. Also, the custom kernels don't work with ICS right now I believe?
Finally, coming from Moto SBF, I don't realize how dangerous romming is with HTC, aka safety net.
I'd GREATLY appreciate any help/comments on the speculations and questions <3
Watercycle said:
Well I caught a break with the Rezound deal, I'm free from evil Motorola ~ droid X2
Is this a proper Rezound understanding?
1) The process is: htcdev-[unlock bootloader]
2) Use a perm root "application"
3) Install 1 of the 2 recovery modes
4) Pick a Rom ~ (do you need to be on a specific stock version first?)
From lots of searching, Cleanrom's ICS developer edition and Bamf (I'm not sure what version of it is better) appear to be the most reasonable choices?
I'm not sure if either of them have the "beats" tweak, or if the Bravia engine is a big improvement. Also, the custom kernels don't work with ICS right now I believe?
Finally, coming from Moto SBF, I don't realize how dangerous romming is with HTC, aka safety net.
I'd GREATLY appreciate any help/comments on the speculations and questions <3
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You don't need to permanent root it. Most (if not all) ROMS include root, and you can install root with Amon ra (DON'T use clockwork mod)
Cleanrom de is great. I use that one. I believe it has the beats Audio, but if it doesn't there is a flash able mod for it (link in my sig). And as far as the Sony bravia engine goes, I didn't notice any real improvement with it.
Custom kernels don't work in ICS for now....
Whatever you do DON'T upgrade to the ICS RUU it screws up most people's phones
And it is not possible to brick an s-on htc phone as far as I know. So romming is 120% safe
I disagree about the upgraded firmware. it doesn't necessarily harm anything. for me I get slightly better signal if not equivalent. problem with the newer radios is that you can't revert back to older without s-off. be sure to flash the old firmware patch before flashing the ics rom if u decide not to update. also amon ra 3.15 is the latest stable for ics,it won't give you memory card detection issues
use the "thanks" if I helped you at all
dyetheskin said:
I disagree about the upgraded firmware. it doesn't necessarily harm anything. for me I get slightly better signal if not equivalent. problem with the newer radios is that you can't revert back to older without s-off. be sure to flash the old firmware patch before flashing the ics rom if u decide not to update. also amon ra 3.15 is the latest stable for ics,it won't give you memory card detection issues
use the "thanks" if I helped you at all
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Well I have worse signal since the update, my wifi constantly dropps out, and my CPU is always running at max clock speed making my phone hot and my battery life crap. Some other people have this issue, so best not to try than to try and have bad results not being able to go back.
AshtonTS said:
Well I have worse signal since the update, my wifi constantly dropps out, and my CPU is always running at max clock speed making my phone hot and my battery life crap. Some other people have this issue, so best not to try than to try and have bad results not being able to go back.
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radio can only effect phone related issues as low signal/bad reception. the new firmware wont effect wifi. cpu trouble is due to stock kernel of ics. not firmware related. need your facts right. I'm on new firmware with cleanrom de for awhile now with none of your issues since I use the conservative cpu governor and underclock to 1.18ghz. if the firmware would effect anything for me or anyone who upgraded is the low signal,bad reception,slow mobile data rates. that's it. it's hit or miss with phone related connections. just a gambling risk. won't actually cause harm. won't notice a thing if you're close to towers
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dyetheskin said:
I disagree about the upgraded firmware. it doesn't necessarily harm anything. for me I get slightly better signal if not equivalent. problem with the newer radios is that you can't revert back to older without s-off. be sure to flash the old firmware patch before flashing the ics rom if u decide not to update. also amon ra 3.15 is the latest stable for ics,it won't give you memory card detection issues
use the "thanks" if I helped you at all
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You need to flash the patch after the rom install if running the old firmware.
1. HTC Dev Unlock
http://htcdev.com/bootloader/
2. Recovery
Install amon ra in fastboot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23781936&postcount=428
download that from there then get to fastboot and type
fastboot flash recovery "nameofrecovery".img
in the command line in where your fastboot stuff is
3. ROM
Probably don't use the newest unofficial ruu
a.So find a rom you like
b. make sure it will work without the newest ruu (firmware) or will with a patch
c. Flash the rom in recovery
4. KERNEL
depends on the rom either
a. flash the boot.img in fastboot
"fastboot flash boot boot.img"
b. install the PH98IMG.zip in the bootloader
- deleted the ph98img.zip off the sd card after you flash it to avoid later problems
Hope i helped!!
EDIT: heres a rom that is oldish but i know it works on the old firmware without any patch.
ROM : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/53731771/ICSSENSELESS403REDEFINED.zip
-it's by Joelz and a senseless pretty good - thanks Joelz
Kernel for that ^ rom http://dl.dropbox.com/u/53731771/PH98IMG-senseless1.7.zip
I think that kernel is over clocked a bit too.
so to recap you would put the rom on your ext sd card and flash in recovery
then rename the ph98img-senselsblahblah.zip to just ph98img.zip
place on ext sd card
then boot into bootloader and accept the update and it will load the kernel for you.
Then reboot and delete the ph98img from your sd with a file explorer
To boot into bootloader is turn off phone then hold volume down and power at the same time untill your in a white screen with some stuff.
Navigate with the volume to go up or down and power to select.
.... thats a lot of info ... again thanks to all the dev's (mandatory to thank the devs at least 1 bajillion times a day, for all the free awesome stuff they do)
Edit numero dos: The safety net for htc phones are the ruu's just stay on the official released ones.
A RUU resets EVERYTHING to stock, it's a .exe that you run on your computer while in fastboot mode on the phone (must re-lock bootloader to run/ "fastboot oem lock")
dyetheskin said:
radio can only effect phone related issues as low signal/bad reception. the new firmware wont effect wifi. cpu trouble is due to stock kernel of ics. not firmware related. need your facts right. I'm on new firmware with cleanrom de for awhile now with none of your issues since I use the conservative cpu governor and underclock to 1.18ghz. if the firmware would effect anything for me or anyone who upgraded is the low signal,bad reception,slow mobile data rates. that's it. it's hit or miss with phone related connections. just a gambling risk. won't actually cause harm. won't notice a thing if you're close to towers
use the "thanks" if I helped you at all
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Just throwing my experience out there so this guy doesn't have the same problems I did. And I'm not the only one who has problems with this firmware. And the CPU frequencies don't scale properly for some users, which is why I get bad battery life even though I have the CPU underclocked to 810mhz. And I'm well aware that it has todo with the kernel but for now we can't do anything about it. Need your facts right
I'm on the new firmware and haven't had any problems, though others have. Most of the current ICS roms now have a patch so you don't have to risk it. There are both GB and ICS kernals available that allow you to overclock, etc. Just make sure you're installing the correct kernal for your version of android. I've flashed most of the roms available right now and have been very happy with Cleanrom and Rezrom.
I recommend CleanRom DE I'd you like senseless. Been running it since the latest of his updates. Runs like a champ, and there are even some themes available.
Sent with a Rezounding HELL YEA!
So I can use a Temp-root and not even bother unlocking the bootloader?
and what about reflashing different roms ontop of a current custom rom?
Watercycle said:
So I can use a Temp-root and not even bother unlocking the bootloader?
and what about reflashing different roms ontop of a current custom rom?
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Don't temp root. Definitely use the htc unlock. And what do you mean by flash a rom on top of a custom rom exactly?
can't flash one over the other aka dirty unless it's an update to the same rom. example would be cleanrom 1.2 over 1.1. it's possible but not supported. always best to wipe and install fresh after a backup
Well, as I understand, I should update my phone with system updates, htc unlock, use oneclickroot/zergrush, install amonra recovery, and just flash/follow the steps from cleanrom ~ the all in one seems like it could help, i'll probably try the sequence on there XD
But then what if I wanted to switch over to the Evita one to give it a try?
The "s on/off" thing confuses me to, is that the bootloader?
haha, sorry for the questions, thank you for help =)
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Well, as I understand, I should update my phone with system updates, htc unlock, use oneclickroot/zergrush, install amonra recovery, and just flash/follow the steps from cleanrom ~ the all in one seems like it could help but it never mentions root.
But then what if I wanted to switch over to the Evita one to give it a try?
The "s on/off" thing confuses me to, is that the bootloader?
haha, sorry for the questions, thank you for help =)
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after you unlocked the bootloader with htcdev you go right to a recovery. reboot to bootloader and once it's in fastboot you run the flashing recovery command,reboot to recovery and follow the roms instructions. if were to try another rom you backup what you need then wipe/follow steps for the next rom. reason you skip rooting before an install is because nearly any rom you pick is already rooted
thank you that clears it up =)
one final worry is the RUU (what is it?) and phone version, should I just update everything prior to doing this stuff?
I would go ahead and update through settings before you root. (there's no reason not to really). As to whether or not you flash the leak, that's entirely up to you. I personally notice no difference.
The ruu (ROM update utility?) is a package that contains a complete update. (rom, kernel, etc.)
S-on/s-off refers to the security flag. HTC sets the flag to on which prevents the changing of radios (and splash screens, among other things) and makes other changes more difficult (though still doable, such as kernel changes).
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I installed the CLEANrom tapped edition rom after wiping everything as instructed. It boots and initially I had issues with wifi working, but that seems to be working after flashing a stock kernel. Now if I try to play anything with sound or change the volume using rockers or in the phone itself it forces a reboot.
Any ideas?
Thanks
You are probably on old firmware and need to flash the patch
http://www.myandroidfiles.com/Downloads/Rezound/3.14.605.5/GB%20Firmware%20Patch.zip
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Still having issues
Thanks for the reply. I actually ended up flashing it back to the rom that I had. I also made sure I flashed it to the original recovery as well which is amon ra. The rom I flashed it back to was the clean rom standard 4.4.
Unfortunately, I'm having the same problem no. If I go into the dialer and hit a number it freezes and force reboots. If I hit the volume rocker, it freezes and force reboots. It just force reboots for almost everything except for texting and going into apps.
any thoughts? The 4.4 worked fine on the firmware that's on here, and I did do the wipe and reset before I installed back. Maybe I bricked it?
Definitely not bricked. You wouldn't be able to even boot if bricked. What firmware are you on?
Here is some information
CleanROM standard 4.4
htc sense version 3.6
android version 4.0.3
kernel 3.0.16
I think the hboot was 2.11 or something like that.
Yeah, I figured it's not totally bricked. It should be on ICS. The issues started when I removed my old rom and put on this tapped edition clean rom which was listed as a good rom to use in the rezounds rom options. Kinda stupid that it would create this whole mess if it actually was a working rom. Maybe it shouldn't be listed... lol
Mr. Lando said:
CleanROM standard 4.4
htc sense version 3.6
android version 4.0.3
kernel 3.0.16
I think the hboot was 2.11 or something like that.
Yeah, I figured it's not totally bricked. It should be on ICS. The issues started when I removed my old rom and put on this tapped edition clean rom which was listed as a good rom to use in the rezounds rom options. Kinda stupid that it would create this whole mess if it actually was a working rom. Maybe it shouldn't be listed... lol
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Even though your on ics, it looks like your on gb firmware. Search for the gb patch for ics and flash in recovery and problem solved
2.11 hboot is gb firmware, 2.21 or up is ics firmware
Mr. Lando said:
The issues started when I removed my old rom and put on this tapped edition clean rom which was listed as a good rom to use in the rezounds rom options. Kinda stupid that it would create this whole mess if it actually was a working rom. Maybe it shouldn't be listed... lol
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It runs just great on the correct firmware lulz
Correct Process for Updating firmware
Hello,
You stated that 2.11 in the hboot indicates gb firmware. Do you know a link to the correct thread that would give me the appropriate process for updating the FW one that will work with the CLEANrom 1.4 dev version? I got the wifi working again after flashing the "old firmware patch" and then reloading CLEANrom 4.4 everything went back to normal. However, I hate sense and I would like something without it which is what the dev version provides, but if I cannot get wifi working then it's kind of useless. When I say "if I cannot get wifi working" what I am indicating is that when I try to run the cleanrom dev version 1.4 WIFI gets stuck on "turning on" but never turns on and eventually just says "error" with no further details. I searched through forum feeds and found a few forums that hinted on steps, but many people have seemed to be confused by this issue in the past and perhaps it is related to firmware as you said.
Thanks
i would wipe everything again, reflash the rom, and then immediately the patch. that should fix everything. key thing is flash the patch before booting the rom. ive flashed the patch after rebooting before and had things go haywire. not a promise that it will work, just letting you know what ive run into
Scosler has everything listed in the op for the rom, and all files are there as well. There's a bunch of different instructions for however your phone is set up.
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Hi,
Not to sound like a total idiot here, and I probably do, but you had mentioned I should update the firmware so that hboot indicates 2.21 or higher. Is there an easy process for this or a thread I can turn to so that I can be sure it's updated. I believe I already did the step you mentioned.
I wiped/reset ----> flashed the 1.4 rom ----> ran the PH98IMG.zip----> then boot ----> then no PROFIT. wifi will not work. Maybe it's firmware after all. I don't know how I ended up on gb, I had a friend walk me through this the first time and I'm pretty technical. I used the automated tool by that one guy to flash the amonra recovery and I thought that was 2.21 or higher, but maybe I'm wrong.
If s on and on 2.11 hboot Method 4:
-Copy ROM to SD Card AND PH98IMG.zip AND GB Firmware Patch to ROOT of SD Card
-Reboot to recovery
-wipe data / Factory Reset
-Flash ROM
-Flash GB Fimrware Patch
-Use Developer Menu to reboot to bootloader and flash the boot.img file in the PH98IMG.zip
-Reboot
-Profit!
Based on what you typed you didn't flash the firmware fix...
Mr. Lando said:
Hi,
Not to sound like a total idiot here, and I probably do, but you had mentioned I should update the firmware so that hboot indicates 2.21 or higher. Is there an easy process for this or a thread I can turn to so that I can be sure it's updated. I believe I already did the step you mentioned.
I wiped/reset ----> flashed the 1.4 rom ----> ran the PH98IMG.zip----> then boot ----> then no PROFIT. wifi will not work. Maybe it's firmware after all. I don't know how I ended up on gb, I had a friend walk me through this the first time and I'm pretty technical. I used the automated tool by that one guy to flash the amonra recovery and I thought that was 2.21 or higher, but maybe I'm wrong.
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If i were you i would either s-off or flash one of the ics leak ruu's. that will help. there are many ways to solve your problem but those are your best bets
My issue is resolved. Thanks for all of your help and insight.
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Care to share what you did? I am having exact same issue . . .
nvm - resolved: applied GB Patch right after ICS ROM flash (who would have known - I was kind of ignoring those GB patch instructions, since they did not apply to ICS).