hello i need alittle help i just did the s-off trick which by the way is nerve racking but awesome at the same time....anyways i really dont know what to do now im still on gb firmware and i believe my hboot is 2.11 when promt to take the jb hboot i didnt take it because i really didnt know if it was ok being im still on gb firmware..... id like to update everything i can or that is worth it if someone could point me in the right direction that would b awesome......thanks for taking time to read this......
Just grab an ics ruu from any post in the dev section, rename to ph98img.zip and let it go in bootloader.
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jmcclellan34 said:
hello i need alittle help i just did the s-off trick which by the way is nerve racking but awesome at the same time....anyways i really dont know what to do now im still on gb firmware and i believe my hboot is 2.11 when promt to take the jb hboot i didnt take it because i really didnt know if it was ok being im still on gb firmware..... id like to update everything i can or that is worth it if someone could point me in the right direction that would b awesome......thanks for taking time to read this......
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Don't unlock again! Also, you should be getting the ota soon. That will bring you up to date. As the other reply said, the RUU is available for you to flash instead of waiting. The thread below, in General, has a bunch of good stuff as well as links to files in post #3.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1812084
Should I get the ota ruu......I assume that will update my hboot to stock ics or should I run the jb hboot patch also will I have to reinstall a custom recovery and then reroot ........or can I just install a custom Rom.......thanks for the reply
If I wait and take the ota has there been any problems with being s-off and having a custom recovery.......thanks for the link there's a lot of usefull info there......
jmcclellan34 said:
If I wait and take the ota has there been any problems with being s-off and having a custom recovery.......thanks for the link there's a lot of usefull info there......
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That link should tell you all you need to know. To answer your questions here though, you will have to be completely stock to get the ota.
If you run the ota RUU it will put all new ICS firmware (hboot, radios, stock rcovery) on your phone. You stay s-off, so from there you flash amonra again and then the rom of your choice. You won't be rooted until you flash a rooted rom...or you could flash the SuperSU zipfile in post#3 at that link...thanks to Ashton! You don't have to flash the JB hboot. The advantage of jb hboot is that it allows the use of fastboot commands to flash things like recovery.img. I kept the stock hboot. Everything I've needed i've been able to get in ph98img.zip files...(like amonra).
Here's what I did today,http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29685463 I'd probably recommend my upgrade path. It was pretty straight forward.
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Ok I think I got it ........thanks for taking the time to point me in the right direction its very much appreciated......
Just to anyone worried abt doing the wire trick to get s-off really it sounds a lot more complicated than it truely is......I got it on my first try and took abt 4 min from start to finish......and this coming from a guy when he was born computers were the size of dump trucks and the Beatles were still together......
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I am thinking about flashing the leaked GB but was wondering if I flash one of them would I be able to flash back to stock sense froyo?
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i actually skipped a step ahead and flashed the leaked gb rom.. i thought it was just the radio because because you have to rename it in bootloader.. funny thing is i flashed the debloated version minutes before. now im stuck with a stock unrooted s-on device. im trying to reroot to flash back myself but im getting 'failed to set prot mask'... im still searching for answers. my conclusion just dl the debloated one.
alluzzion2o9 said:
i actually skipped a step ahead and flashed the leaked gb rom.. i thought it was just the radio because because you have to rename it in bootloader.. funny thing is i flashed the debloated version minutes before. now im stuck with a stock unrooted s-on device. im trying to reroot to flash back myself but im getting 'failed to set prot mask'... im still searching for answers. my conclusion just dl the debloated one.
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I'm gonna say you should probably read my noob qANDa thread. You NEVER flash ROMs through hboot. You don't even have to rename your ROM. You, my friend, flash an RUU, which you should only do if you want a bone stock device. RUUs are put out there for devs to play with, generally speaking. The only thing you ever flash in hboot is the radio, and maybe a couple other things if you really know what you're doing. As for fixing your root situation, the process can be done exactly as it's laid out in jcase's guide, except you need to use a different exploit tool instead of the one supplied in that thread. A quick search for rooting the GB rom should locate that exploit. I can't speak for AlphaRevX yet. Last time I looked they were out of commission.
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I'm gonna say you should probably read my noob qANDa thread. You NEVER flash ROMs through hboot. You don't even have to rename your ROM. You, my friend, flash an RUU, which you should only do if you want a bone stock device. RUUs are put out there for devs to play with, generally speaking. The only thing you ever flash in hboot is the radio, and maybe a couple other things if you really know what you're doing. As for fixing your root situation, the process can be done exactly as it's laid out in jcase's guide, except you need to use a different exploit tool instead of the one supplied in that thread. A quick search for rooting the GB rom should locate that exploit. I can't speak for AlphaRevX yet. Last time I looked they were out of commission.
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Guess I used the wrong choice of words there. I am aware that RUUs, radios are all that you flash from HBoot, and ROMs are flashed from the recovery. I just remember reading one post on here that someone asked if we flash GB can we get back to stock sense froyo and was told no. After taking a step back and thinking of what I was asking and how ROMs actually work I could have answered my own question.
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Guess I used the wrong choice of words there. I am aware that RUUs, radios are all that you flash from HBoot, and ROMs are flashed from the recovery. I just remember reading one post on here that someone asked if we flash GB can we get back to stock sense froyo and was told no. After taking a step back and thinking of what I was asking and how ROMs actually work I could have answered my own question.
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I think "no" might have been true for a short time, but it wasn't long before I saw the exploit to root GB floating around. That one guy did seem a bit confused on the matter though.
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I think "no" might have been true for a short time, but it wasn't long before I saw the exploit to root GB floating around. That one guy did seem a bit confused on the matter though.
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What is the new exploit? Fr3vo?
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This is beginning to get out of control with all of the thread jacking and such with mainver issues. Anyway, read on.
NEW INFO: FLASH THIS: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23169557&postcount=4\
PROBLEM SOLVED!
Old info if you care:
Q. What is MainVer?
A. MainVer is a string that HBOOT keeps track of that keeps the latest version of the RUU or PH98IMG.zip that has been flashed.
Q. Why does HTC have this?
A. In order to prevent downgrading with an RUU.
Q. I haven't run an RUU. How was my MainVer updated?
A. There are 2 reasons your MainVer could have been updated at this point.
The Original ICS Leak
DSB's new BAMF Rom (downloaded 1/17/2012 or later)
The original ICS leak that some of you flashed was still in RUU image form. Unfortunately, this was distributed with an updated MainVer string in the android-info.txt. When this was flashed, the new MainVer string was recorded into your device. DSB for some reason also included this new android-info.txt in his kernel PH98IMG.zip that is packed with his rom. I am not quite sure why he did that.
Q. What does this mean for me?
A. See new text at the top
Q. Why won't devs just add the new mainver to their roms to make my life easier?
A. They could, but then they would be forcing everyone to have this problem, not just you. It would also prevent everyone from using an RUU to repair their phones until a new one came out.
More Info:
No matter if you are going GB->GB or GB->ICS or ICS->GB you will need to have the correct mainver for your device. If you aren't having trouble going from rom to rom right now, you shouldn't even be looking at this guide. But if you got your mainver updated, you need to replace the android-info.txt for every single rom forever (until a new RUU comes out and it is safe to unify everyone's mainver)
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That was quick! Nice work, Con. Hopefully this will help everyone out having these issues. I'll make sure I bookmark this page to link to if anyone should have issues. Thanks!
WasabiWa83 said:
That was quick! Nice work, Con. Hopefully this will help everyone out having these issues. I'll make sure I bookmark this page to link to if anyone should have issues. Thanks!
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Thanks! That is a good idea about the bookmark. Ill do that too.
Yeah I had to answer this question a few times... this Q/A should make it easier.
I want to be sure I understand this correctly. If I flash an ICS rom I need to use the android-info mainver source 3.10.605.7 and if I want to revert back to a stock rom I need to use the android-info mainver source 1.02.605.6?
I have not installed any ICS roms yet, waiting for some more of the bugs to get worked out. I've been reading where many people are having issues with installing ICS roms and struggling with reverting back to stock.
I will try to make that more clear. Hold on.
I make a motion to sticky this thread. Anyone 2nd this motion?
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con247 said:
I will try to make that more clear. Hold on.
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Thanks Con for the quick reply! I like to look over these forums and make sure I'm understanding some of the issues that are currently going on. I've been flashing roms for awhile but still consider myself a noob. Thanks again!
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I make a motion to sticky this thread. Anyone 2nd this motion?
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Yeah, definitely a 2nd for very this useful post. Especially since a lot of the ROM threads are getting off topic because of this. I saw Scott posted a link to this thread in his release posts. Good idea for the Devs to link back here too
Yeah this needs to be stickied...
Con... here is a post I did explaining Mainver... It is a bit more simplified, might be easier to follow for the new guys. (it also explains what RUU files are and what they do)
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RUU files are the official software releases from HTC.
RUU files are signed. (They give proper "official" codes to hboot to get past the s=on security)
This means that they can flash all parts of the device, even the bootloader and radio firmware, which we can not normally flash because it is write locked. (do to s=on we can't flash them even with root)
Sometimes people have issues and need to get the phone back to pure stock so they use the RUU.
Mainver is data on the software version number of the kernel (I believe... it may be for some other part, either way it is version info)
Think V1... V1.2... V1.5... V1.5.5
Because of s=on we are not allowed to "downgrade/revert" to older software versions.
The leaked ICS build has a newer Mainver, some people flashed the leak unmodified, and that changed the Mainver info. Now they need to use a special trick to trick the s=on security to allow flashing of older kernels. The ICS ROMs we have now, have been modified so they do not change the Mainver. This makes it easier to go back to GB or switch to other ROMs.
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I am sorry but I am trying to make sense of all this. I am on Scott's CleanRom 2.1 will I need to use these instructions to go back to my stock room? This is my first HTC, I've only had Motorola phones up till now and I hate to admit it but this is all a bit over my head. I have been studying these forums for the last 2 days and I really have no clue how to use the backup I made of my stock GB Rom or even what kernel to use. I do regret not waiting to mess with this phone. Any help is greatly appriciated and I love all the work you have all put into this phone. Thanks in advance.
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I am sorry but I am trying to make sense of all this. I am on Scott's CleanRom 2.1 will I need to use these instructions to go back to my stock room? This is my first HTC, I've only had Motorola phones up till now and I hate to admit it but this is all a bit over my head. I have been studying these forums for the last 2 days and I really have no clue how to use the backup I made of my stock GB Rom or even what kernel to use. I do regret not waiting to mess with this phone. Any help is greatly appriciated and I love all the work you have all put into this phone. Thanks in advance.
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You're pretty much good because Scott's ROM does not update your MainVer. This is only for those ROMs that updated the MainVer. All you will need to do is restore your nand and flash the stock rooted kernel with Scott's Clean Flash tool. It's really more simple than you would think. You can find the Clean Flash tool and the stock rooted kernel in the dev forum. Just make sure that there is no PH98IMG.img on your ext sd card before you try to revert to your nandroid. Once you have restored your nand, you need to get to HBoot using the clean flash tool to make sure that you flash the stock rooted kernel. If you have the PH98IMG on your ext SD card, you would be kind of boned. Hope this helps a little.
So I flashed BAMF once, but it was weeks ago and I've since been using GingerSense without any issues, and that flashed fine after I tossed his boot.img back on, and then again after I did a full wipe a few nights ago. Is there any way to easily tell which mainver we're currently on? I'm assuming I'm ok since I haven't had to do anything else while flashing his ROM, guess I just wanna make sure.
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So I flashed BAMF once, but it was weeks ago and I've since been using GingerSense without any issues, and that flashed fine after I tossed his boot.img back on, and then again after I did a full wipe a few nights ago. Is there any way to easily tell which mainver we're currently on? I'm assuming I'm ok since I haven't had to do anything else while flashing his ROM, guess I just wanna make sure.
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I believe mainver only changed if you flashed rezound cubed 1.0.2. If you didn't flash that, like I did, you should be fine.
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Well if that's true then yeah I'm ok, I see 1.0.2 is from 1/17 and I know I flashed it well before that, so I guess that explains why I haven't had any issues. Thanks!
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Well if that's true then yeah I'm ok, I see 1.0.2 is from 1/17 and I know I flashed it well before that, so I guess that explains why I haven't had any issues. Thanks!
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Thanks, I added that date to the OP
It worked
Wasabi, I appriciate you giving me the little extra i needed to get back to stock. Thanks for the help.
So, is the MainVer stuck at the higher version number even if you manually flash the older boot.img from the PC?
The boot.img is independent of the mainver. Once you have it set higher, it can never go back. Possibly on an S-OFF device, but that would be pointless.
Oh thrill. So no ICS for us who flashed the dsb kernel? I hope the real HTC ICS is out soon then.....
I am on Clean ROM ICS, with the leak, but want to go back to stock and start the HTC Dev process over for GB. What do I need to do step by step? Is there a guide?
At work, so I don't have much time to search. So if can assist I'd really appreciate it.
Are you on Clean Rom with the old Firmware patch?
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I am on Clean ROM ICS, with the leak, but want to go back to stock and start the HTC Dev process over for GB. What do I need to do step by step? Is there a guide?
At work, so I don't have much time to search. So if can assist I'd really appreciate it.
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Are you S-off ? If so did you take their HBoot or still using the stock leak hboot ? If your using their Hboot, then just download the 2.011xxxxxx OTA RUU connect phone and while in bootloader in fastboot run the RUU exe . It will ask you a few prompts .. then flash your phone .
If still on stock leak hboot.. have to relock so from a command prompt type while phone is in fastboot.. type fastboot oem lock . Phone will relock then you can run the RUU from there.
If not S-off and your on the leak , there is no way to go back to RUU GB until you S-off.
I feel kinda dumb.... I am on the first ICS leak... is that what you guys mean? The first thing Scott released with that lengthy procedure to get it running.
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I feel kinda dumb.... I am on the first ICS leak... is that what you guys mean? The first thing Scott released with that lengthy procedure to get it running.
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No reason to feel dumb, but if you haven't performed the S-off procedure you can't downgrade using the GB RUU. I think you can just go back to running GB roms though, just need a patch to fix the SD card issue , but you will still have the leak Firmware and Radios.
If I s-off... should I dare try, then downgrading is a real possibility?
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I feel kinda dumb.... I am on the first ICS leak... is that what you guys mean? The first thing Scott released with that lengthy procedure to get it running.
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Don't feel dumb dude. I have had my Rezound for a month and on the ICS leak for about 3 weeks. Tried Evita then restored my ICS leak and I am still confused on all the firmwares and patches and whatever else. And somehow I successfully did all that without any problems. It seems every time I read something, it contradicts what I thought beforehand.
Right now im running a sense 4 rom, with an unlocked bootloader. I need to go back to stock sense 3.5 for someone because im selling the phone. My phone is also S-On. I relocked and tried flashing the latest gingerbread RUU but got Error [140] BootLoader version problem. Any ideas guys?
If you ran a Ics ruu leak the Best you can do is run a gb Rom. If you s off you can run the gingerbread ruu. This is why so many people wanted s off...now they can flash leaked ruu and radios upgrading or downgrading easily.
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Ok so im guessing im on the latest ICS leak, I can run a GB Rom with no problems?
If you ran an ics ruu, you will need a sd card fix since the.mount points of the sd card have changed from gingerbread to ICS
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Alright, ill find one.
Edit - If I want to go back to 100% stock I gain s-off, then what, flash an old ruu? Anyone wanna give me some simple instructions?
There's.a guide to s off in the general section.
Also I found the Sd card fix if you decide to not s off
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=952658&d=1332056950
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I think I might just go s-off and flash an RUU from the Vigor Shipped Collection, would I still be able to be on the OTA path after flashing all that fun stuff?
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I think I might just go s-off and flash an RUU from the Vigor Shipped Collection, would I still be able to be on the OTA path after flashing all that fun stuff?
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Yes, if you S-off and then flash the latest OTA from the Vigor collection you would be able to get the OTA if you wish.
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Edit - If I want to go back to 100% stock I gain s-off, then what, flash an old ruu? Anyone wanna give me some simple instructions?
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if you've got s-off, run 1.02.605.6 ruu and go back to completely stock non rooted.
Then go here http://forum.xda-developers.com//showthread.php?t=1612937
and do this.
I found out s-off requires some mcgyver ****, Not into that, so I guess ill have to keep it on the ICS leak
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I found out s-off requires some mcgyver ****, Not into that, so I guess ill have to keep it on the ICS leak
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No way to go back without s-off. It really is pretty easy and safe..two people out of probably more than a few hundred successes.
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I found out s-off requires some mcgyver ****, Not into that, so I guess ill have to keep it on the ICS leak
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Or run clean Rom 1.7.5 its basically stock gingerbread. Better than having ice cream sandwich....that looks way more noticeable
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Hey the wire trick isn't bad just make sure you aren't touching the exposed wire. and the end that goes in the hole make sure it's touching the contact. Then touch the other indicated point for a moment then take it of count one-thousand two-tho then touch it again then. The whole time you keep the other end in the hole on the contact. If you mess up it will just keep telling you to try again. Only bad thing is if you touch the ends of the wire, make sure it's insulated.
Ok guys, I know it been posted numerous times but I'm so confused as to what to do. Reguading the new update what are the right steps, do I need to flash the firmware, Hboot etc?....do I relock ota then unlock and reroot? What is the proper method of updating? Again sorry and thanks so much I've always gotten great help here....
Hboot 1.5 s-on dev unlocked
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It seems you have to have the newest hboot to be able to run the new rom. However, I would wait a few days, maybe some of the devs can get around that.
Otherwise, it all depends on if you want to stay rooted or not. If you don't, then relock and go back to stock recovery, and take the OTA. If you do want to stay rooted, flash the new firmware and hboot, then flash the rooted stock rom.
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If you do want to stay rooted, flash the new firmware and hboot, then flash the rooted stock rom.
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I thought that s-on cannot just flash the new firmware without relocking first. I think you should get s-off first as it wool make things a lot easier for you.
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