Hello all.
I was wondering if one had s-off on the phone and would you be able to flash the ruu without loosing s-off again or having to relock?
M9x3mos said:
Hello all.
I was wondering if one had s-off on the phone and would you be able to flash the ruu without loosing s-off again or having to relock?
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nope, once you have s-off, flashing the ruu will not return you to s-on. that may change in a future ota, but as of right now it wont do anything
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I need to unroot my HTC Eris. My hboot is S-ON. Do i need to convert my phone to the S-OFF bootloader in order to run the RUU to unroot.
cobirch2 said:
I need to unroot my HTC Eris. My hboot is S-ON. Do i need to convert my phone to the S-OFF bootloader in order to run the RUU to unroot.
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No if you have S-On it will run. s off will actually not let it run most of the time
cobirch2 said:
I need to unroot my HTC Eris. My hboot is S-ON. Do i need to convert my phone to the S-OFF bootloader in order to run the RUU to unroot.
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you should be fine, if you have problems do this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=792026&highlight=cupcake
I recently Upgraded got the HTC Evo 3D so i decided i was going to root the Phone. I notice going to Revolutionary the Hboot I have its not selected I have 1.50 I think I have updated software like a dummy through sprint OTA I seen their was and RUU file to downgrade back to 1.40 is it safe to do so.
Go here: LINK
Downgrade your HBoot and get back to 1.40.
Why don't you just root without downgrading?
iTzLOLtrain said:
Why don't you just root without downgrading?
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he is right....yuoi can root in hboot 1.5....you only need to go to hboot 1.4 if you want to obtain S-off rights.....
iTzLOLtrain said:
Why don't you just root without downgrading?
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After a while of having to use the flash image gui app, it gets pretty annoying not being able to use Nandroid backups. That is why i am trying to downgrade myself.
Makes sense. Then check out the link vdubtx posted.
I would like to have S-Off instead of s-On
wloftus said:
he is right....yuoi can root in hboot 1.5....you only need to go to hboot 1.4 if you want to obtain S-off rights.....
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You can root, but you also forfeit your warranty to HTC by doing HTC Unlock, that code that you use to unlock it, gives them your device info, including serial number and when you bring it to sprint for repair, they can just look it up and see that you've rooted and voided your warranty.
Any files will work what is the latest 1
none of the RUU working do I have to format my SD card and I am trying to downgrade back to 1.40 which RUU file is i am clueless please help thanks I want S-off
I notice i have 2.17.651.5 already I seen that in the file which RUU file I need to downgrade to HBoot 1.40 please _2.08.651.2 i rem seeing that before my phone got that OTA by mistake.
Read through a bunch of threads on S-OFF and still somewhat confused.
I'm running stock GB right now - 2.01.665. I'm rooted and unlocked, but S-ON.
If I S-OFF now and install whatever patched hboot unlimited.io recommends with their install guide, can I receive the OTA by going to Settings->Check Update or whatever the usual menu is and:
-retain S-OFF?
-retain unlocked bootloader?
-retain root?
When I do S-OFF I'll be taking my 16gb sd card out and temporarily replacing it with a 2gb sd card. I'll put the 16gb back in when S-OFF completes.
Thanks in advance! I want to do the check update method so I don't lose any data.
-retain S-OFF? === yes bc you are s-off they cant change that.
-retain unlocked bootloader? yes bc you are s-off you dont have to unlock the bootloader
-retain root? === yes flash su if not
yojoe600 said:
-retain S-OFF? === yes bc you are s-off they cant change that.
-retain unlocked bootloader? yes bc you are s-off you dont have to unlock the bootloader
-retain root? === yes flash su if not
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Thanks.
Ok, so there's basically no point at all in unlocking bootloader once you have S-OFF? Can I simply relock the bootloader with S-OFF and still be able to do whatever I want in terms of flashing?
Do I need to flash stock recovery before installing OTA, and if so, where can I get it? I searched but only found old RUU's.
The S-OFF process relocks the bootloader already. There's no reason to unlock it again after that.
I don't think you'll have any issues. I RUU'd back to 2.01.605.11 so I had stock 2.11 hboot and it OTA updated without any problems. I doubt JB hboot will affect it either.
Thanks for the help guys. Can anyone comment about the recovery issue? Do I need to have stock recovery/where can I find it? I'm on Amon Ra right now.
We could s-off after the ota right?
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Bensky91 said:
Thanks for the help guys. Can anyone comment about the recovery issue? Do I need to have stock recovery/where can I find it? I'm on Amon Ra right now.
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Not sure if you'll need it or not, but you can find it here :
http://www.androidfilehost.com/main/-Support_Files-/SuperChilPil/
So the latest update totally screwed up my stock evo. Sprint was super unhelpful in trying to replace it, so instead of waiting for them I rooted the phone and installed MeanRom. Now I have an unlocked rooted evo with hboot 1.19. It still have a lot of freezing and rebooting problems so I'd like to return it to Sprint for a new unit. I hear that trying to downgrade using an older RUU with hboot 1.19 will brick the phone. Is there a safe way of returning my evo to stock so that Sprint takes it back? Thank you for helping this noob out.
Did you do a NANDROID backup before flashing the ROM? If so, start by restoring your phone to it's previous state.
You cant downgrade. It wont brick it, it just wont work
Relock the bootloader and flasht the 1.19 RUU. Thats your only option for unrooting
Rxpert said:
You cant downgrade. It wont brick it, it just wont work
Relock the bootloader and flasht the 1.19 RUU. Thats your only option for unrooting
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Thanks, this is what I'd like to do. Is there a 1.19 RUU around yet? Does anyone have a link?
I have just got an evo 3d, previosuly owned one, and stupid me forgot to make a back up of my stock rom before i rooted and flashed an ICS rom.
Im in Australia on OPTUS, the CID is OPTUS001 and i cannot chnage this.
Im S-on, with Hboot 1.53.007 and htcdev unlocked
I have tried lots of things but cant for the life of me figure this one out.
I want to S-off and downgrade the hboot. But to do this i need s-off and need to change the cid, which i cant right now
Where can i get the OPTUS RUU for ICS? I have tried the asia RUU but it fails with incorrect CID
I have 4ext recovery and also have fastboot access
Or what can i do?
many thanks in advance
ajoesmith said:
I have just got an evo 3d, previosuly owned one, and stupid me forgot to make a back up of my stock rom before i rooted and flashed an ICS rom.
Im in Australia on OPTUS, the CID is OPTUS001 and i cannot chnage this.
Im S-on, with Hboot 1.53.007 and htcdev unlocked
I have tried lots of things but cant for the life of me figure this one out.
I want to S-off and downgrade the hboot. But to do this i need s-off and need to change the cid, which i cant right now
Where can i get the OPTUS RUU for ICS? I have tried the asia RUU but it fails with incorrect CID
I have 4ext recovery and also have fastboot access
Or what can i do?
many thanks in advance
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Okay. You are S on and have a custom recovery. Why can't you s off then? Do the wire trick. Unlimited.io has everything you need to know. After s off downgrade hoot and change cid if you need to. Hboot downgrade -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1906172
MrJyrks said:
Okay. You are S on and have a custom recovery. Why can't you s off then? Do the wire trick. Unlimited.io has everything you need to know. After s off downgrade hoot and change cid if you need to. Hboot downgrade -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1906172
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Yes but im not on stock
I thought you MUST be on stock to do the wire trick?
ajoesmith said:
Yes but im not on stock
I thought you MUST be on stock to do the wire trick?
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Not that I know of. Any one else hear different?
Soff with wire trick works ONLY on stock rom from ruu. Not even a flashed one that says stock... His only chance is to find a ruu compatible with his cid (sorry bro, cant help you there, i searched a bit but no good results).
Other case, you can enable Smartflash in 4ext tools and use custom ics roms, but only sense roms. On that bootloader you cannot flash anything else other than sense based.
Just as a question, did you by chance try the european ruu? I have a feeling it might work...