Can I Flash Stock ICS Over Stock ICS? - HTC Amaze 4G

I'm on the latest leak (or official if you prefer) rooted with s-off and CWM.
I'm getting terrible battery life and from what I have read, it could be a bad flash. Can I take the same rom I'm on, charge fully, and just flash it again in recovery? Or do I have to lock my bootloader and go back to stock recovery?
Thanks guys,

Just flash via hboot,it's a stock ruu, you'll have to re-root and reinstall your recovery.

Can I do all this while avoiding wiping or will it wipe everything when flashing?

I'll be honest, I have no clue if it wipes your data, it possibly does, so make a backup of your data partition, you can restore this after flashing, note to wipe battery stats after restoring.

flashing the ruu will erase everything and put the phone the way it was when you took it out of the box, so back up everything you dont want deleted

can someone post the latest official RUU

Debel said:
can someone post the latest official RUU
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here you are cookie monster COOKIEZ lol http://www.filefactory.com/file/5p9....17DC_30.78.550L.15_release_259626_signed.zip

yes

ruu's are in the sig +1

Holy thread revival...
Amaze forums are a lost cause. Its where spam artists and trolls get their jollies off lol
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stock nandroid back up

does anyone have a nandroid backup of the stock rom that cam with evo 3d
If you need stock unrooted, just download the RUU.
Luthien1 said:
does anyone have a nandroid backup of the stock rom that cam with evo 3d
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Just an fyi...flashing a nandroid from a different phone is highly unrecommended
Why don't u just download and flash the stock ROM in the dev section?
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because im unlocked with hboot 1.5 , so im afraid if i go back to stock, ill mess something up, ya know
You won't they have a stock rooted Rom in the Dev section. Besides ppl will be giving away their personal info they do that.
Not if all wiping was done, then did nandroid,i usually make a nandroid after a data wipe cuz its cleaner, so i was wondering if anyone rooted, factory reset then did nandroid....to give out to dev sectin....someone should do this with stock rom
Luthien1 said:
Not if all wiping was done, then did nandroid,i usually make a nandroid after a data wipe cuz its cleaner, so i was wondering if anyone rooted, factory reset then did nandroid....to give out to dev sectin....someone should do this with stock rom
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Download a stock rooted. Don't be scared of it.
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Why is it that only GB radios work on my ICS PHONE?

I have S-Off, the leaked May Hboot, an ICS ROM (Nils' Business ICS 3.4 S-off version), but the ICS radios simply do not work.
Today I tried them and had barely functioning cell reception, crap battery life, and only 1x data.
Then I flashed the OTA GB radios, and everything was perfect. Lightening fast 4g, killer cell reception, and great battery.
Why?
Thanks for any help you can provide.
The Beeb
Try this one. There are a couple floating around that may have problems but this one works for me
ICS Latest Radio
Just remove everything in the name before the PH and flash in bootloader (I know, you know this but others may not)
May also want to match the kernel
Thanx, Nils. I'll try it after work today.
BTW, I'm on your new kernel release, and it's running great.
BBEgo said:
Thanx, Nils. I'll try it after work today.
BTW, I'm on your new kernel release, and it's running great.
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Pretty sure you were so let me know how you make out.
If it ain't broke don't fix it. There are people who would kill for "Lightening fast 4g, killer cell reception, and great battery. "
Kane5581 said:
If it ain't broke don't fix it. There are people who would kill for "Lightening fast 4g, killer cell reception, and great battery. "
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What you say makes perfect sense, and I even agree with you.
There's just this tiny voice in the back of my head that keeps shouting "Yeah, but WHY?!?"
After updating radios, may need to have stock recovery installed and do a factory reset in hboot, then reflash recovery, rom, & kernel.
Snuzzo said:
After updating radios, may need to have stock recovery installed and do a factory reset in hboot, then reflash recovery, rom, & kernel.
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Are you asking or telling?
i flashed the latest radio while on my latest ROM with the latest leaked kernel with not problems.
NilsP said:
Are you asking or telling?
i flashed the latest radio while on my latest ROM with the latest leaked kernel with not problems.
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Just mentioning is all. I had issues myself with data+voice until doing the above. Now I have spot on 4g and calls are crystal.
EDIT:
That was with the older leak, same radios.
Snuzzo said:
After updating radios, may need to have stock recovery installed and do a factory reset in hboot, then reflash recovery, rom, & kernel.
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+1 you probably NEED to do this.. I know I always do..
In superchilpil's firmware thread he does say to wipe and reinstall or you'll have 4g problems.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1614366
"YOU MUST FACTORY RESET IN THE BOOTLOADER TO FIX DATA ISSUES"
Actually it was Snuzzo who informed me that I need to do that after not reading all the words on the flashing instructions. You know figured I would just skip that part well thats fine if you want your data dropping in and out, no 4G and just general ****tyness..
I did a wipe/factory reset in bootloader, and then restored a CWM Backup of Nils' ROM.
When that didn't work, I did it again and wiped everything and started over with a fresh install... No joy.
Snuzzo said:
After updating radios, may need to have stock recovery installed and do a factory reset in hboot, then reflash recovery, rom, & kernel.
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I skipped the recovery step... That's gotta be the problem.
BBEgo said:
I did a wipe/factory reset in bootloader, and then restored a CWM Backup of Nils' ROM.
When that didn't work, I did it again and wiped everything and started over with a fresh install... No joy.
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You have to have the stock recovery in order to factory reset in the bootloader. If you have a custom recovery such as cwm or ra it won't do the reset needed for the radio to work correctly.
Flash stock recovery
Factory reset
Boot to make sure radios work right
Fastboot install custom recovery
Restore backup
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Help. Applying the OTA update?

I've asked for help in the threads posted about the OTA update and I cannot get the help I need. I've seen people post similar questions that I have and they are largely ignored. I had to stay away from the forums because I was getting so damn angry.
I have root and I have S-Off. I have not flashed any ROMs on this phone. I want to apply the OTA update but I do not know how to do that.
There's mentions of flashing firmware, radios, PRIs, PRLs, ROMs, Deoxed, Oxeded, hboot, bootloader, recovery, TWRP, etc. All of that across multiple threads does not compute well in my head.
I've read a lot and I am not sure what to do. Can someone please help me out? I will be forever grateful. I could send you a case for your phone for helping me. I promise I am not being lazy. I'm just not getting it.
If you're rooted and you have S-Off, you should have TWRP. First verify that by booting into the bootloader (Power + Vol Down) and going to Recovery.
Once in TWRP, do a backup. Backup everything. This way if something goes wrong you can restore your previous ROM.
Next download this: http://d-h.st/d2a
It's the firmware zip, courtesy of Haus. Rename the file to remove all of the stuff after PJ85IMG. Then put it on the root of your SD card and boot into the bootloader. It will scan for a zip and find it, and ask you if you want to update. This step is optional; you can flash new 1.22 ROMs without the new firmware.
After flashing that through bootloader, you can choose a 1.22 ROM that looks good to you, and download it. Boot back into TWRP, do a factory reset and wipe System, and then install the ROM. If you download it to your external SD card (in other words, an SD card you put in yourself), you'll have to mount it by going to Mounts and choosing external SD. That way you'll be able to access files on it.
To install the ROM after wiping, just hit Install from the main menu of TWRP and navigate to the location of the ROM zip you downloaded. Install it and reboot, and there you have it, you're on the new firmware and using a ROM with the new fixes in it!
The firmware zip is optional, but recommended. If you aren't comfortable flashing it, don't bother.
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If you're rooted and you have S-Off, you should have TWRP. First verify that by booting into the bootloader (Power + Vol Down) and going to Recovery.
Once in TWRP, do a backup. Backup everything. This way if something goes wrong you can restore your previous ROM.
Next download this: http://d-h.st/d2a
It's the firmware zip, courtesy of Haus. Rename the file to remove all of the stuff after PJ85IMG. Then put it on the root of your SD card and boot into the bootloader. It will scan for a zip and find it, and ask you if you want to update. This step is optional; you can flash new 1.22 ROMs without the new firmware.
After flashing that through bootloader, you can choose a 1.22 ROM that looks good to you, and download it. Boot back into TWRP, do a factory reset and wipe System, and then install the ROM. If you download it to your external SD card (in other words, an SD card you put in yourself), you'll have to mount it by going to Mounts and choosing external SD. That way you'll be able to access files on it.
To install the ROM after wiping, just hit Install from the main menu of TWRP and navigate to the location of the ROM zip you downloaded. Install it and reboot, and there you have it, you're on the new firmware and using a ROM with the new fixes in it!
The firmware zip is optional, but recommended. If you aren't comfortable flashing it, don't bother.
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Thank you Sora! I am going to follow your advice this afternoon and will let you know how it goes.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1770501
This way will not cause you to lose any data, and installs the update on top of what you already have. Still recommend a backup in TWRP first, though
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1770501
This way will not cause you to lose any data, and installs the update on top of what you already have. Still recommend a backup in TWRP first, though
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I would personally recommend staying away from that method. As a rooted user you should never accept an ota. Doing it that way might work this time, but in the future there's no guarantee you won't lose s-off and never be able to get it again
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Rxpert said:
I would personally recommend staying away from that method. As a rooted user you should never accept an ota. Doing it that way might work this time, but in the future there's no guarantee you won't lose s-off and never be able to get it again
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I know "never OTA" is your and some other people's mantra, but being able to do this is one of the benefits of S-off. I agree it is possible they could turn you back to S-ON in a future OTA (maybe...), but since it works for this current update, I don't think you should be dissuaded if you don't want to completely wipe your phone.
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I know "never OTA" is your and some other people's mantra, but being able to do this is one of the benefits of S-off. I agree it is possible they could turn you back to S-ON in a future OTA (maybe...), but since it works for this current update, I don't think you should be dissuaded if you don't want to completely wipe your phone.
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It's a bad habit to start, and all he has to do my way is flash a ROM..
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SoraX64 said:
It's a bad habit to start, and all he has to do my way is flash a ROM..
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My man.
Exactly.
Just look at all of the people who show up on here going "Oh crap I took the OTA and now I can't get S-OFF"! The fact of the matter is, people don't check here before taking the OTA. If they look here and see that thread that says to just put on teh stock recovery and you're A-OK, thats what they'll do from then on.
When it happens, I'm just going to sit back and say "toldya so"... and let everyone else deal with the support. Until then, I'm going to keep preaching that you should never take an OTA if you are rooted or EVER thinking about rooting.
Sora, I looked at your instructions. I flashed ROMs before on my EVO 4G. That process I was comfortable with. Basically, the developer did all the work for me. I wanted to keep my phone stock for a while but I do want the updates.
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Sora, I looked at your instructions. I flashed ROMs before on my EVO 4G. That process I was comfortable with. Basically, the developer did all the work for me. I wanted to keep my phone stock for a while but I do want the updates.
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It really comes down to this, if you're still having problems:
If you have recovery, just flash a ROM with the new base. Just like you'd do on your old Evo.
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SoraX64 said:
It really comes down to this, if you're still having problems:
If you have recovery, just flash a ROM with the new base. Just like you'd do on your old Evo.
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Ok, so I will have to flash a ROM. Do you think I can flash the deodexed version of this [ROM][STOCK] --- Stock Rooted 1.22.651.3 Odexed & DeOdexed (7/14/12)--- over my stock-from-Sprint setup?
I flashed TWRP. I'm going to update the firmware next with the file you pointed me to. I'm trying to find the info on clearing Google wallet.
...then the ROM.
Clearing GW data should say something about resetting it. It'll be in the app settings.
Seems like you've got it down now, I'm glad to say. You'll be able to flash that ROM without any issues.
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SoraX64 said:
Clearing GW data should say something about resetting it. It'll be in the app settings.
Seems like you've got it down now, I'm glad to say. You'll be able to flash that ROM without any issues.
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Sora, how do you flash your ROMs? Do you use TWRP? or something like Goo Manager? I haven't used Goo Manager before, but I see it flashes ROMs.

[Q] Rooting

I'm fairly confident i am able to root my device, and follow every tutorial, however i'm stuck with these qeustions...
if i install CF-root first... without cwm and later, install the package that has CF-root + cwm combined.. will this conflict with the earlier installed cf-root without cwm?..
***update****
when 4.1 hits, i can update trough kies?.. or do i have to unroot for that, and remove cwm?.. how does this exactly work... ive read other places.. it wont do ota's now..
Also, what would happen if i mistakingly did the re-partition thing?..
CF-Root (for the SGS3, anyway - can't comment on other phones) always comes with CWM as it's CWM that actually installs SuperSU etc. on the phone
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CF-Root (for the SGS3, anyway - can't comment on other phones) always comes with CWM as it's CWM that actually installs SuperSU etc. on the phone
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eveyrthing went well, i got now a rooted phone !
<3 chainfire
However my next qeustion is, when 4.1 hits, i can update trough kies?.. or do i have to unroot for that, and remove cwm?.. how does this exactly work... ive read other places.. it wont do ota's now..
Also, what would happen if i mistakingly did the re-partition thing?.. with odin
As your device is already rooted, I would suggest that, there are a few ROMs available on XDA that supports the OTA. you can install them to have OTA available. as in your phone currently OTA will not support because you have just rooted the phone, there are some changes to be done in the system after rooting the phone so that it will support OTA.
Long story short,,,
Install the ROM with OTA support. done... happy flashing...
No you can't get official OTA's now, but you can still download and flash official stock jellybean firmwares and flash them to your phone. Chances are they'll be on xda before you ever get an OTA anyway.
As for repartition in Odin, that will repartition your internal storage and wipe your data and may corrupt your filesystem which -may- be irreversible. Stay away unless told otherwise, some situations call for that to be used but only in emergencies and following strict instructions.
As for the guy above that is talking about OTA's, he is getting confused between official OTA's and custom ROM OTA's.
Some custom ROMs support OTA updating, but it will be a custom ROM.
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dd0322 said:
eveyrthing went well, i got now a rooted phone !
<3 chainfire
However my next qeustion is, when 4.1 hits, i can update trough kies?.. or do i have to unroot for that, and remove cwm?.. how does this exactly work... ive read other places.. it wont do ota's now..
Also, what would happen if i mistakingly did the re-partition thing?.. with odin
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No need to unroot. I just upgraded my rooted S3 to 4.1.1 using Odin, everything went well. You just have to reroot using the same method.
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nodstuff said:
No you can't get official OTA's now, but you can still download and flash official stock jellybean firmwares and flash them to your phone. Chances are they'll be on xda before you ever get an OTA anyway.
As for repartition in Odin, that will repartition your internal storage and wipe your data and may corrupt your filesystem which -may- be irreversible. Stay away unless told otherwise, some situations call for that to be used but only in emergencies and following strict instructions.
As for the guy above that is talking about OTA's, he is getting confused between official OTA's and custom ROM OTA's.
Some custom ROMs support OTA updating, but it will be a custom ROM.
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I actually didnt got confused. I was also telling about the custom OTA... not the samsung OTA... I actually forget to detailed it as I was typing from my phone while driving......
Chaitanyapatel8880 said:
I actually didnt got confused. I was also telling about the custom OTA... not the samsung OTA... I actually forget to detailed it as I was typing from my phone while driving......
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Off topic - Never texting while driving
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Chaitanyapatel8880 said:
I actually didnt got confused. I was also telling about the custom OTA... not the samsung OTA... I actually forget to detailed it as I was typing from my phone while driving......
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i meant recieving OTAs from samsung... when i flash stockrom.
Another qeustion, if i go from a 4.1 stock rom, back to a 4.0.4 stock rom.. do i need to wipe dalvik cache or anything?..
dd0322 said:
i meant recieving OTAs from samsung... when i flash stockrom.
Another qeustion, if i go from a 4.1 stock rom, back to a 4.0.4 stock rom.. do i need to wipe dalvik cache or anything?..
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Yes wipe. Wipe everything.
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ChrisHRocks said:
Yes wipe. Wipe everything.
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How do i do this though?.. i mean, if i bootup recovery (cwm) factory reset / wipe data / cache/ and dalvik.. i cant let it reboot and use odin... since 4.1 will still be on it.. do i need to press the hardware buttons when being in recovery to get into download mode instead?.. what's the solution to this...
i hope its not too complicated to understand, i'm not english.
dd0322 said:
i meant recieving OTAs from samsung... when i flash stockrom.
Another qeustion, if i go from a 4.1 stock rom, back to a 4.0.4 stock rom.. do i need to wipe dalvik cache or anything?..
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you cant recieve OTA from the samsung if your phone is rooted.
yes you need to wipe dalvik cache.

[Q] Help with flashing to a new rom

Quick question for you all.
I currently am s-off and running fresh's rom.
I would like to move to the Stock w/ Goodies 3.28.
Can I just do a factory reset on my phone and then flash the stock w/ goodies ROM? or is there more to it. I have used fresh since I got my OG EVO and never tried anything else, so I don't know how to switch roms.
I'm assuming that to update the radios and prl i can just use the Full Firmware zip located here: http://themikmik.com/showthread.php...dio-Collection&p=220556&viewfull=1#post220556
Do I need to update the hboot, recovery or boot img files?
TIA
waterboy100 said:
Quick question for you all.
I currently am s-off and running fresh's rom.
I would like to move to the Stock w/ Goodies 3.28.
Can I just do a factory reset on my phone and then flash the stock w/ goodies ROM? or is there more to it. I have used fresh since I got my OG EVO and never tried anything else, so I don't know how to switch roms.
I'm assuming that to update the radios and prl i can just use the Full Firmware zip located here: http://themikmik.com/showthread.php...dio-Collection&p=220556&viewfull=1#post220556
Do I need to update the hboot, recovery or boot img files?
TIA
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You don't need to update hboot, recovery, and boot image. When you switch roms you should always wipe: cache, dalvic cache, factory reset, and system. Note that this does erase everything so back up your contacts, texts, and apps you wish to keep
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thicklizard said:
You don't need to update hboot, recovery, and boot image. When you switch roms you should always wipe: cache, dalvic cache, factory reset, and system. Note that this does erase everything so back up your contacts, texts, and apps you wish to keep
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Thanks for the quick response. I'm running titanium backup as we speak. I figured it was good to have a backup either way.

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