I have my Sprint evo 3D rooted and running a rom as a daily driver.. But I was wondering if I were to do the sprint official OTA update.. Will I lose root? And is it safe to do the sprint OTA to my rooted evo?
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az18zz said:
I have my Sprint evo 3D rooted and running a rom as a daily driver.. But I was wondering if I were to do the sprint official OTA update.. Will I lose root? And is it safe to do the sprint OTA to my rooted evo?
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You will lose root, but if you are s-off that will remain. Also is it safe to update but you will have to reroot alover again. Safest bet would be waiting for someone to make a rooted stock rom of ICS.
If you are s-off, you can ruu back to stock, take the ota, and keep s-off. See Ramjet's steps here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29764326
If you are s-on, you should get s-off first.
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i actually was thinking about doing the ota update and not have root well cause the evo 3d is my mom phone now so its no point of her actually having root access when she only uses her phone for text and calls ..so i would have to do ruu to stock then do the ota.. ? im already on a rom and rooted so im asking can i just do the update from this custom rom im already on?
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Maybe if you are using the stock recovery. If you don't want it rooted, the easiest way is to lock the bootloader, run a GB ruu (which puts you at stock), then let the ROM take the ota. This will guarantee that you only have Sprint code on your Mom's phone.
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im so lazy to do all of that lol i thought i can just do the ota update ..but then again i iam on a ics based rom for the evo 3d
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Once an ruu of the new ota comes out, you'll just have to lock and then run it.
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I used revolution to get s-off and root last night. Is it possible to take the original ota so I can stop the nagging and have the newer hboot? Or will this cause me to lose s-off?
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smalltownbird said:
I used revolution to get s-off and root last night. Is it possible to take the original ota so I can stop the nagging and have the newer hboot? Or will this cause me to lose s-off?
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You will likely have to root again, which isn't a problem. You could have taken the OTA a month ago. It's better to have your phone working 100% than crippling it.
Now that we have S-OFF/Perm ROOT..all will be ok.
Teamwin's recovery does not work to flash the OTA. Anyone do this with clockwork from the s-off load?
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Why take OTA? If you have s off just flash a rom that is based on the OTA version. I would recommend that you never take an OTA now just incase.
Good point... most OTA will overwrite Su binary and patch the hole that allowed root. This OTA does not.
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Can I take the ota if I'm rooted with s-off revolutionary?? Sorry if it's been asked I looked but didn't see it..
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No, don't take the OTA. It will load a locked bootloader. You can flash the stock rom and firmware that contains the update. You can find them in the development area.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1223979
By the way, its hard to find things in this forum by just looking. Best to use the search function, next time.
Thanks man don't have computer and searching a pain on phone sorry... Thanks for info..
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huntingslife said:
Can I take the ota if I'm rooted with s-off revolutionary?? Sorry if it's been asked I looked but didn't see it..
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If you want to root and remain rooted.....Don't ever take OTA updates. Our rom developers will always post roms built off the latest updates as well as radio, pri, and wimax updates that are safe to flash from bootloader.
I lost my root on the last OTA and since there are still no new method to re root on this new version might as well wait till the JB update. I think by Mid August / Sept we can see the new OTA to JB
engelsione said:
I lost my root on the last OTA and since there are still no new method to re root on this new version might as well wait till the JB update. I think by Mid August / Sept we can see the new OTA to JB
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There is a thread that I used after the OTA by xHausx that brought back r00t for me flawlessly, and I used HTC Dev to unlock the bootloader?
FYI.
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"We're coming from a pure power source"
Well, I am glad I know that now.......
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You can root it with the ota
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For more information (for some):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766628
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1690919 from my EVO using xda premium
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1690919 from my EVO using xda premium
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I almost tried this until I read the following ~ I wanted the fixes in the latest OTA:
"Successful in rooting all builds up to 1.13.651.1."
It works for 1.22. It unlocks your phone and installs twrp. You just have to flash chainfires 0.94 superuser to be fully rooted
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Wait, this is getting confusing. We should always be able to unlock thru htcdev on this phone no matter the firmware update. Achieving S-OFF is not yet possible on hboot 1.15, so, that's what some of us are hoping to have...
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Anthonicia said:
Wait, this is getting confusing. We should always be able to unlock thru htcdev on this phone no matter the firmware update. Achieving S-OFF is not yet possible on hboot 1.15, so, that's what some of us are hoping to have...
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Yes, S-OFF on hboot 1.15 is a work-in-progress, perhaps with a future Lazy Panda exploit.
I believe the original user's requirement was root and unlocked on the current OTA.
These are HTC phones. You can always use HTC dev as a last resort. We will always have root.
Also, don't accept otas if your rooted or ever plan on rooting.
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What do you get from being s-off? I'm htc dev unlock with s on and I've been able to run every rom with no problem and able to update my radio?
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interhawk1 said:
What do you get from being s-off? I'm htc dev unlock with s on and I've been able to run every rom with no problem and able to update my radio?
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Believe that s-on with the new hboot restricts u as to what is flashable, ie kernels, splash screens, radios. Whereas the old hboot does not. Why some of us are waiting for s-off on current ota/hboot.
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Just a simple question... I have the most current OTA and I'm unrooted. Am I out of luck if I want to root now and flash a rom?
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Just a simple question... I have the most current OTA and I'm unrooted. Am I out of luck if I want to root now and flash a rom?
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no u are all good!! u can root and unlock your bootloader to flash a recovery.. then flash a rom!!! u just cant get s-off at this time thats all.. u can flash roms all day!!!!! im pretty sure u can run that ragawmod rooter tool?? but u should check in that thread just to make sure...
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Just a simple question... I have the most current OTA and I'm unrooted. Am I out of luck if I want to root now and flash a rom?
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Yep, regawMOD is what you want:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1690919
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You can always root.
The question is whether or not you can live with the restrictions the OTA places on you
What does S-off allow me to do? What other restrictions am I looking at? I rooted my og evo nd ran decks rom and I'm thinking of doing the same now.
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What does S-off allow me to do? What other restrictions am I looking at? I rooted my og evo nd ran decks rom and I'm thinking of doing the same now.
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You can't get S-OFF
You can only unlock the bootloader, which means you can't flash things through the bootloader (Radios, splashscreens, ect),like you could on the OG EVO and you cannot flash kernels the normal way through recovery.
http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-lte-all-things-root/606748-how-install-kernels-h-boot-1-15-wip.html
I'm on baseband 1.05.11.0606 with s-off, rooted, running MeanROM 4.2. H-boot is 1.12. What would be the best way to update my radios/firmware? I thought I had done this through the pj75img method but I guess something went wrong.
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You're right, just put the PJ75IMG.zip from this thread on your external sd card and then boot into the bootloader. It will auto detect the zip and ask if you want to install update. Just know that once you upgrade you're stuck on that version since downgrading has resulted in bricking for a lot of people.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1859789
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Best way is flashing the zip if you have s-off, otherwise its a hassle
So I can just download the file and installthe zip using twrp? Or just the use pj... method? Either is fine, would just grab the file without the hboot update.
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I don't think firmware can be flashed from recovery. PJ75IMG updates must be flashed by the bootloader.
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I don't think firmware can be flashed from recovery. PJ75IMG updates must be flashed by the bootloader.
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Ok cool. Thats what I thought, just wanted to be sure. I'll download and give it a try tonight. Any reason why I'd want to downgrade firmware ever? Unless a ROM isn't compatible.
Never attempt to downgrade firmware, it can be done but its more risk then its worth. A lot of people bricked their lte trying to downgrade but that was an hboot problem. Still I don't feel its worth it to downgrade
Thanks. Didn't plan to downgrade but I see the warnings about not doing it so was trying to figure out why someone would have to. I figured that's what led to the discovery that downgrading was a bad thing.
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Well there are quite a few phones that have been exploited with a simple downgrade but I guess HTC did something because its pretty much a guaranteed brick. The only reason I could see to downgrade is ROM compatibility but all the ROMs are pretty much caught up and I don't think anyone ever actually managed to prove it was a legitimate fix
Downloaded and just flashed and confirmed its updated. Just wanted to say thanks.
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