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I AM PLAYING WITH MY REZOUND FROM LAST 1 MONTH YESTERDAY I THOUGHT I HAVE TO UPDATE IT TO ICS(RUU FROM ANDROIDPOLICE) AND FLASHED RUU FROM HEREhttp://www.androidpolice.com/2012/08/02/exclusive-download-htc-rezound-ice-cream-sandwich-ruu-for-final-ota-3-14-605-12/
AFTER FLASHING RUU PHONE STARTS REBOOTING ,NO APPS DOWNLOAD FROM PLAY STORE ,
NOW I WANTS TO GO BACK TO GINGERBREAD OFFICIAL ROM
PLZ SOMEONE HELP ME SO I CAN FLASH GB OFFICIAL RUU ON MY REZOUND
DETAILS OF MY REZOUND-
TAMPERED
****RELOCKED***
VIGOR PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT -2.25.0000
RADIO-1.22.10.0421R/1.22.10.0424R
OPENDSP-V13.6.0.7611.00.0104
EMMC-BOOT
APR 12 2012,16:47:46
PLZ SUGGEST ME TO GO BACK TO GB OR ANY FIX TO STOP ALL RANDOM REBOOTS.
In order to downgrade you need to S-OFF, then flash one of the old RUU's.
Did you factory reset after installing the ICS?
I would also try installing the new 4.3.605.2 RUU from Android Police... factory default, flash twice (if you flash an RUU, ALWAYS do it twice), then factory default again.
acejavelin said:
In order to downgrade you need to S-OFF, then flash one of the old RUU's.
Did you factory reset after installing the ICS?
I would also try installing the new 4.3.605.2 RUU from Android Police... factory default, flash twice (if you flash an RUU, ALWAYS do it twice), then factory default again.
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+1 I would try the factory reset before anything. then follow the steps above.
if you are 100% sure you want to go back to GB then you would need s-off
you need s-off to go back to gingerbread. try flashing the new 4.3.605.2
Thnx for all replies can someone confirm Ruu 4.3.605.2 is stable and working fine ?
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I have searched google but not able to found any valid link for latest ruu can someone plz post latest ruu link for download ?
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sanchitgrover said:
I have searched google but not able to found any valid link for latest ruu can someone plz post latest ruu link for download ?
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It is completely stable, and fixes way more issues than the changelog mentions...
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ull-ruu-build-4-03-605-2-for-the-htc-rezound/
And select AP Mirror #1 which is hosted on beta.androidfilehost.com, a very reliable and (usually) speedy server, it takes about 3 minutes for me to download it ( I have done it lots of times, people keep saying doesn't work), just click the link, then the green circle with a down arrow to download it (to the left of the filename), MD5 matches every time. If that one give you trouble, go to the same link and on the right hand side there are mirrors of that server, they work equally well.
And like every ROM, VERIFY the MD5 before flashing... if it don't match, don't flash!
It looks like your RUU didn't install completely. Flash it *several* times, until you get the screen where all items are listen as "OK" and it says to reboot.
If that still doesn't work, try flashing it through fastboot:
install HTC Sync (this will install drivers for adb and bootloader debug). Somehow obtain fastboot.exe (pretty sure it comes with HTC Sync. If not, download the Rezound All In One Toolkit. Open a command prompt and change the directory to the same one that fastboot.exe is in (use the command "cd" then the full folder location, ex "cd c:\users\yourname\desktop\fastboot folder").
Next, you'll want to take out your phone's SD card. Power on the phone, holding power and volume down to boot into the bootloader. Then, choose fastboot. Connect your phone to your PC at this time. Now use the command "fastboot oem rebootRUU". Your phone will reboot to a black screen with a silver HTC logo. Next, drag the RUU file you downloaded (doesn't matter what it's named) to the same folder as fastboot.exe. Use the command "fastboot flash zip <ruu name>", replacing "<ruu name>" with the name of the file, obviously. Once the command prompt says it's done, you can safely turn off your phone, or do a battery pull if necessary.
I highly recommend you do not revert to Gingerbread, because it requires a firmware downgrade and the S-Off procedure is necessary. Things can go horribly wrong with S-off especially if you don't know what you're doing.
scy1192 said:
It looks like your RUU didn't install completely. Flash it *several* times, until you get the screen where all items are listen as "OK" and it says to reboot.
If that still doesn't work, try flashing it through fastboot:
install HTC Sync (this will install drivers for adb and bootloader debug). Somehow obtain fastboot.exe (pretty sure it comes with HTC Sync. If not, download the Rezound All In One Toolkit. Open a command prompt and change the directory to the same one that fastboot.exe is in (use the command "cd" then the full folder location, ex "cd c:\users\yourname\desktop\fastboot folder").
Next, you'll want to take out your phone's SD card. Power on the phone, holding power and volume down to boot into the bootloader. Then, choose fastboot. Connect your phone to your PC at this time. Now use the command "fastboot oem rebootRUU". Your phone will reboot to a black screen with a silver HTC logo. Next, drag the RUU file you downloaded (doesn't matter what it's named) to the same folder as fastboot.exe. Use the command "fastboot flash zip <ruu name>", replacing "<ruu name>" with the name of the file, obviously. Once the command prompt says it's done, you can safely turn off your phone, or do a battery pull if necessary.
I highly recommend you do not revert to Gingerbread, because it requires a firmware downgrade and the S-Off procedure is necessary. Things can go horribly wrong with S-off especially if you don't know what you're doing.
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So this will work with out S-off? I am on Venom Rom on ICS. Great Rom but when I plug my headphones in the phone reboots. I want to get back to Stock ICS.
Thanks
duvious said:
So this will work with out S-off? I am on Venom Rom on ICS. Great Rom but when I plug my headphones in the phone reboots. I want to get back to Stock ICS.
Thanks
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Without S-OFF you can only go same version or newer, not backwards, but you will have to relock your bootloader... You should then be able to flash the 4.3.605.2 RUU with no problem.
scy1192 said:
It looks like your RUU didn't install completely. Flash it *several* times, until you get the screen where all items are listen as "OK" and it says to reboot.
If that still doesn't work, try flashing it through fastboot:
install HTC Sync (this will install drivers for adb and bootloader debug). Somehow obtain fastboot.exe (pretty sure it comes with HTC Sync. If not, download the Rezound All In One Toolkit. Open a command prompt and change the directory to the same one that fastboot.exe is in (use the command "cd" then the full folder location, ex "cd c:\users\yourname\desktop\fastboot folder").
Next, you'll want to take out your phone's SD card. Power on the phone, holding power and volume down to boot into the bootloader. Then, choose fastboot. Connect your phone to your PC at this time. Now use the command "fastboot oem rebootRUU". Your phone will reboot to a black screen with a silver HTC logo. Next, drag the RUU file you downloaded (doesn't matter what it's named) to the same folder as fastboot.exe. Use the command "fastboot flash zip <ruu name>", replacing "<ruu name>" with the name of the file, obviously. Once the command prompt says it's done, you can safely turn off your phone, or do a battery pull if necessary.
I highly recommend you do not revert to Gingerbread, because it requires a firmware downgrade and the S-Off procedure is necessary. Things can go horribly wrong with S-off especially if you don't know what you're doing.
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Without S-OFF you can only go same version or newer, not backwards, but you will have to relock your bootloader... You should then be able to flash the 4.3.605.2 RUU with no problem.
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That is great news. I will relock and flash!
htc rezound hboot 2.25.0000 can flash global verizon rom?
want to flash global verizon rom , hboot version 2.25, s-on , locked, please help, want to use on gsm services
u can flash gb rom with patch to fix sdcard mounting problem
unlock ur device
install recovery
flash the rom & patch
flash the kernel via fastboot or hboot
then power it on normally
or
flash stock gb only the rom.zip and boot.img via hboot
root
patch ur device manually
basheerbr said:
want to flash global verizon rom , hboot version 2.25, s-on , locked, please help, want to use on gsm services
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just download it from android police and flash, flash twice followed with a factory reset. should b in good shape after.
basheerbr said:
want to flash global verizon rom , hboot version 2.25, s-on , locked, please help, want to use on gsm services
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For the global RUU - http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ull-ruu-build-4-03-605-2-for-the-htc-rezound/
Feel free to open a new thread vs using an 8 month old one that isn't related to your problem if you can't find what you're looking for also.
basheerbr said:
want to flash global verizon rom , hboot version 2.25, s-on , locked, please help, want to use on gsm services
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mike7728 said:
just download it from android police and flash, flash twice followed with a factory reset. should b in good shape after.
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Also, make sure you allow it to fully do its thing, don't pull battery or anything in the middle of it. The screen will go black for a second or two, just wait it out. It will leave you in bootloader when it's done iirc.
hi, I have done all I could find on this site and others to no avail. I would be so thankful if there is just one person out there who can help me get this done! I have htc evo 4g lte with hboot 1.19, 2.13.651.1 and all I have been trying to do is get root with superuser. i tried to unlock and s-off too just to see if i could get closer to superuser and i am so stuck. i have windows 8 x64 and windows 7 x32 available to use. help! please! thanks!
This is the guide I used before s-off was available through dirtyracuns. It's pretty straightforward. If you're bootloader is unlocked already then all you need to do it flash the superuser zip from the guide through recovery.
http://htcevohacks.com/htc-evo-4g-l...tc-evo-4g-lte-unlock-bootloadertwrp-recovery/
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I have nothing altered yet. i've tried that, and command prompt sat there forever waiting to see my device, which it never does. never got the token. also, in my device manager it doesn't read ADB Interface > My HTC-- it reads Android USB Devices > My HTC. not sure if that might be an indication of what is/isn't installed/configured [im]properly on my computer.
go here http://unlimited.io/dirtyracun.htm and follow the directions to a T on your win7x32 machine, you will be unlocked with s-off.
once you're done with that, go here http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/98 and download the openrecovery-twrp-2.3.1.0-jewel.img file to the RabiesShot_WIN folder that you just used to do your s-off (because the fastboot.exe is there, just use the command prompt from that folder like you did for the racun) and use the fastboot method (boot to bootloader, vol-dwn to fastboot, pwr, plug in usb, enter "fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.3.1.0-jewel.img" command)
after that's done you can try to reboot to recovery, though mine always boots to system the first time after i've flashed recovery, to confirm it's there, or just let the phone boot to system, plug in your USB and download the CWM installable zip from the bottom of the OP in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053 to your USB card someplace where you know you can find it.
then power off your phone, boot to the bootloader again, pwr-dwn to recovery, hit power button, welcome to TWRP, tap Install, browse the the zip you just saved, install, reboot to system, and you have root
dangle79 said:
go here http://unlimited.io/dirtyracun.htm and follow the directions to a T on your win7x32 machine, you will be unlocked with s-off.
once you're done with that, go here http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/98 and download the openrecovery-twrp-2.3.1.0-jewel.img file to the RabiesShot_WIN folder that you just used to do your s-off (because the fastboot.exe is there, just use the command prompt from that folder like you did for the racun) and use the fastboot method (boot to bootloader, vol-dwn to fastboot, pwr, plug in usb, enter "fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.3.1.0-jewel.img" command)
after that's done you can try to reboot to recovery, though mine always boots to system the first time after i've flashed recovery, to confirm it's there, or just let the phone boot to system, plug in your USB and download the CWM installable zip from the bottom of the OP in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053 to your USB card someplace where you know you can find it.
then power off your phone, boot to the bootloader again, pwr-dwn to recovery, hit power button, welcome to TWRP, tap Install, browse the the zip you just saved, install, reboot to system, and you have root
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Thanks, im gonna have to try that tomorrow when i get to my win7 x32. Miss my good ol' evo, she was always good to me.
well then.. its unlocked, s-on. the ruu.zip was carried out just fine. gonna do it again in case i messed up
emwarf said:
well then.. its unlocked, s-on. the ruu.zip was carried out just fine. gonna do it again in case i messed up
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remember you want to be locked after step 6 before running the RUU
pay attention to step 9 if you get that error message just do what it says, hit the up arrow to start the RUU process again. ( i had to do it twice before it actually completed fully )
I was actually able to re-use my original unlock token for step 11 from when i'd unlocked before.
so you'll lock
run RUU (will see a lot of output if it actually finishes, i think i even booted to system once to confirm)
then you'll unlock
then run the rabiesshot, which does take a while to run through completely and your phone will restart at least a half dozen times. just watch the command window and it'll say when it's totally finished
dangle79 said:
remember you want to be locked after step 6 before running the RUU
pay attention to step 9 if you get that error message just do what it says, hit the up arrow to start the RUU process again. ( i had to do it twice before it actually completed fully )
I was actually able to re-use my original unlock token for step 11 from when i'd unlocked before.
so you'll lock
run RUU (will see a lot of output if it actually finishes, i think i even booted to system once to confirm)
then you'll unlock
then run the rabiesshot, which does take a while to run through completely and your phone will restart at least a half dozen times. just watch the command window and it'll say when it's totally finished
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MONEY! this is great. got my beloved evo back. miss being rooted so much. I was stupid and renamed a file when I downloaded it so I could identify it more easily. just had to call it the new name instead. big help you are! id still be fighting to find some updated rooting stuff on the net, or id be remaining blind to some stupid fault of my own. thank you!
took me months to find this thread. thank you jeebus. VERY HELPFUL! perhaps even sticky-worthy to nubs like myself.
in the past, using various phones, every time I flashed CM it would install SU automatically (i think)... so can I skip that step, put the chosen CM stable build on the SD card and be done with it?
richard head said:
in the past, using various phones, every time I flashed CM it would install SU automatically (i think)... so can I skip that step, put the chosen CM stable build on the SD card and be done with it?
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correct. cm is already a rooted rom.
I like this thread. I'm going to give it a try when I get my hands on a 32 bit windows 7 PC, since I have no idea how to use liveCD.
Ok, I have been away from the site and havent messed with my phone for over a year so I am really rusty but I want to flash to ICS. However after many hours today without success I have restored the GB. Hoping someone can give me some insight to my mistake as things have changed a far bit in a year.
I currently have Nils Business Sense Gingerbread and want to go flash Nils Business ICS 4.0.3 Sense. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1508118
I believe I followed direction as described on the above page but I could never get the recent RUU to install. Looking at the directions on the above thread post #3 "Latest RUU Leak and Installation Instructions" I can get it to step #6 but things fall apart there. It finds the PH98IMG.zip and scans it like the directions say but never prompts me to say "yes" as describes. It does have the progress bar on the right side that will complete and then returns to the bootloader screen but at no point does it actually go to the white HTC load screen. Is there something missing from the directions or could I have missed something?
The phone was unlocked thru HTC website over a year ago. I believe its s-off but dont remember and unable to figure out how to tell.
Thanks in advance. Mark
Okay, first of all, to check if you are s-off boot into bootloader and look up top. Around the 2nd or 3rd line I believe, it will say Vigor and either s-off or s-on in there.
If you are s-on you need to relock the bootloader in fastboot.
fastboot oem lock
If you didn't do that and you are s-on that's probably the issue.
I ran the RUU a week or so ago so I'm trying to remember exactly what happened.
I don't recall if it just automatically ran or if it asked me if I wanted to "update".
When you say you see a progress bar, do you see a list of items and does it say "updating" next to each item as it gets to it? Can you say exactly what is on the screen after it starts? Also you are using the latest global, 4.03.605.2?
After it makes a first pass it will go to a black screen for a couple minutes then back to bootloader to run again. Then you'll see the same screen with the list and "updating" next to each item.
Then it will boot back into bootloader and ask you if you want to reboot iirc. Or else it reboots itself but I think it asked me. Then you'll see a normal boot but it will take a while so just be patient.
Thanks for the quick reply.
No it never gets to the point of updating anything. I finds then scans the img, it has a blue completion bar on the right side of the screen when it is scanning. That will complete but it never updates anything and returns to the recovery screen. I even tried just loading the ROM without installing the RUU and it sat on the white HTC screen for an hour so clearly I have to update the RUU before I can flash Nils ROM.
Ok apparently I am S-on so need to relock bootloader.
Can you give me a little more details on how to do it. Guessing I'm not grasping fastboot oem lock.
Are you s-off or s-on? If s-on, did you relock first?
You might try running the 3.14.xxxxxx from here:
http://androidfiles.org/ruu/?dir=Vigor
It's an exe file so just double click it on the desktop and it will run.
Or you can give these commands in fastboot:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip NameOfZip.zip
Then if that works you can try the global again. Double the work, but unless someone else comes along with a solution it's something you can try while waiting.
mbrudolph said:
Ok apparently I am S-on so need to relock bootloader.
Can you give me a little more details on how to do it. Guessing I'm not grasping fastboot oem lock.
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Okay, that's probably it then. Was writing my last post when you posted.
So power down the phone, pull the battery then put it back in and boot into bootloader. Switch to fastboot and connect to your pc.
Open up your command window and navigate to where you have your fastboot/adb folder (I attached what you need in case you no longer have it, just place the folder on the root of your pc so you would navigate to c:\android).
Then type
fastboot oem lock
That will lock you so you can run the RUU.
Afterwards you will need to unlock again. If you no longer have your unlock code you can get it again from HTCDev. If you go to their site it explains how.
http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/
Once you receive your token put it in the "android" folder (or whatever the name of your folder you use for fastboot is).
Then type
fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
I keep my android folder with the unlock token and latest Amon Ra recovery in there so I always know they're there if I need them.
Then you'll need to flash the newest AmonRa, it's up to 3.16 now.
Root ( didn't have to do anything, was already set to flash ROM)
Flash Nils' ROM.
Also, since you are s-on you will need to flash the kernel from the ROM after you flash the ROM. I don't know if he has it set to make a PH98IMG file or not - some ROMs create one on your sd card. If not, you need to pull it from the ROM, put it in the "android" folder and flash in fastboot. I would pull it out ahead of time in case so you're ready.
fastboot flash boot boot.img (or whatever the name of his kernel is)
Then you should be able to boot up and enjoy.
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Okay, that's probably it then. Was writing my last post when you posted.
So power down the phone, pull the battery then put it back in and boot into bootloader. Switch to fastboot and connect to your pc.
Open up your command window and navigate to where you have your fastboot/adb folder (I attached what you need in case you no longer have it, just place the folder on the root of your pc so you would navigate to c:\android).
Then type
fastboot oem lock
That will lock you so you can run the RUU.
Afterwards you will need to unlock again. If you no longer have your unlock code you can get it again from HTCDev. If you go to their site it explains how.
http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/
Once you receive your token put it in the "android" folder (or whatever the name of your folder you use for fastboot is).
Then type
fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
I keep my android folder with the unlock token and latest Amon Ra recovery in there so I always know they're there if I need them.
Then you'll need to flash the newest AmonRa, it's up to 3.16 now.
Root ( didn't have to do anything, was already set to flash ROM)
Flash Nils' ROM.
Also, since you are s-on you will need to flash the kernel from the ROM after you flash the ROM. I don't know if he has it set to make a PH98IMG file or not - some ROMs create one on your sd card. If not, you need to pull it from the ROM, put it in the "android" folder and flash in fastboot. I would pull it out ahead of time in case so you're ready.
fastboot flash boot boot.img (or whatever the name of his kernel is)
Then you should be able to boot up and enjoy.
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Hey feralicious,
Been reading this and with my white screen issue, I have two questions.....first is like you I have an android folder where I keep the unlock token and amonRa recovery but mine is 3.15. Where can I get 3.16 from? I saw a thread with zip files but it said you had to be S-off and I am not.
My second question is what is file you attached here?
318sugarhill said:
Hey feralicious,
Been reading this and with my white screen issue, I have two questions.....first is like you I have an android folder where I keep the unlock token and amonRa recovery but mine is 3.15. Where can I get 3.16 from? I saw a thread with zip files but it said you had to be S-off and I am not.
My second question is what is file you attached here?
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There's a link for 3.16 at the bottom of the Amon Ra thread in development. Not the attachments, the link right above those.
I attached the folder with the files needed to use fastboot/adb.
feralicious said:
There's a link for 3.16 at the bottom of the Amon Ra thread in development. Not the attachments, the link right above those.
I attached the folder with the files needed to use fastboot/adb.
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Ok. I don't need those. I have adb all set. I will check that thread again. Any real difference in 3.16 vs 3.15?
318sugarhill said:
Ok. I don't need those. I have adb all set. I will check that thread again. Any real difference in 3.16 vs 3.15?
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The only difference I know of is that 3.16 has a working root option.
Feralicious,
Just wanted to thank you again. Today, I finally got everything updated and working well. Couldn't have done it without your help.
THANKS!!! :highfive:
Mark
mbrudolph said:
Feralicious,
Just wanted to thank you again. Today, I finally got everything updated and working well. Couldn't have done it without your help.
THANKS!!! :highfive:
Mark
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You're welcome! Glad I could help. :good:
Index:
1st post: Root the HTC EVO 3D
2nd post: S-OFF and completely unlock the EVO 3D
Rooting the HTC EVO 3D
When it comes to only rooting the device, it works somewhat as easy as a nexus.
To the users who are already familiar with rooting, the (very) quick instructions are as follows:
► Unlock bootloader from htcdev.com
► Flash custom recovery
► Flash root
►► Easy huh? though so.
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For the completely unfamiliar users, here's the real deal:
Prerequisites:
► You need ADB and fastboot: get the SDK from HERE that has it all.
► Alternatively: get the portable ADB and fastboot from HERE, but i don't offer support for those. (Thanks for the mysterious user who uploaded them to box).
► You need either 4EXT or CWM recoveries... your choice (thanks @monx®)
► You need the root binary, get SuperSU zip file.
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Unlock the Bootloader:
► After setting it all up, pick up your EVO 3D, go to settings, development options, and turn on USB Debugging.
► Open up a cmd on PC, and type this:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
►► This will make the phone reboot to bootloader.
► After it has booted, hit the power button to go to fastboot (don't press and hold, just press a small click)
► If you see FASTBOOT at the top, and not FASTBOOT USB, click the volume buttons to go up and down so that the screen refreshes into FASTBOOT USB at the top... if that makes any sense
► Type this into the cmd:
Code:
fastboot oem get_identifier_token
►► This will give you a bunch of numbers, i can't explain this better than HTCDevs themselves, so go exactly HERE and follow their guide (you need to be signed in to their website to be able to view the instructions)
► So after you hit submit and get the unlock_code.bin do this:
Code:
fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
►► Again.. HERE is the HTC guide, but in short: after executing this command, use the volume buttons to select yes, and press the power button to select it.
►► I cannot stress this enough... THE ABOVE STEP WILL WIPE ALL OF YOUR DATA!!!... Should i make this a size 7? you won't like it.
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Flash a custom recovery:
►► You have two options for recoveries here: 4EXT, and CWM (or ClockWorkMod). Personally, i prefer 4EXT.
► Execute this command:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery NAME.img
►► NAME is the actual name of your recovery .img file.
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R00T!
► You're now in fastboot, highlight bootloader and press the power button
►► You should wait a bit for the unlocked bootloader to make its scans
► Select recovery from there and press the power button to boot to it
► Remember the SuperSU zip file we downloaded earlier? We need to put that on the phone's sdcard. Two ways:
1) Take out the sdcard from the phone, plug it in the PC, and put the zip there
2) Toggle USB storage (for 4EXT) or mount USB storage (for CWM) while plugged in to the PC to access the sdcard from there and put the zip there
► Now hit back till you get to the first menu
► Select install zip from sdcard
► Choose zip from sdcard
► Look for the SuperSu zip file and select it, then hit yes
►► After flashing, comes the REALLY hard part:
► Hit back to the first menu
► Select reboot system now (VERY hard! )
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You're rooted!
Why another guide? Well... I didn't find any guide that really helped me understand what i should do to update from ICS to JB or KK or whatever... So i started doing things by myself, i did it with 2 3 HTC Evo 3Ds and both worked fine at the end, so i started writing this guide... have fun! Thread also available at rirozizo.blogspot.com (WITH PICTURES!)
Scenario: You're on ICS, latest update, latest bootloader. You're either on stock ROM, or custom ROM. Your bootloader is locked or unlocked. You're S-ON.
Solution: S-OFF your bootloader, downgrade it, get ICS+ ROMs (like JB or KK)
Time to do the process: I did it in 1 Hour 15 Minutes
Requirements: Linux OS (either native, dual booted (ME!), or LiveCD... You pick), HTC Evo 3D, USB Cable (with data transfer support), an internet connection for the downloads, an microSD, and wire.
WARNING: It is important to backup all the contents that are on your microSD before doing anything. I did the wire trick on two Evo 3Ds, and one of them corrupted the microSD, so we had to format it.
Now let's start.
►In Linux, download adb and fastboot using "sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb" and "sudo apt-get install android-tools-fastboot".
►Download THIS flashable root .zip file (don't extract that... please)
►Download juopunutbear's (Call that "juo" ) wire trick script HERE and extract it. (pick the appropriate .tgz file for your device)
►Download a ROM to your liking (ICS, JB, KK, Froyo... you can do anything after this guide )
►Transfer both the ROM and the root to your phone... keep juo on PC
►Go to unlimited.io and learn how to do the wire trick there.
►Download THIS PG86IMG.zip file, DON'T DO ANYTHING TO IT!
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Note: To flash on Rogers, you can just mod the model ID from PG8630000 to PG8631000 in the zip file, so sometimes you should DO something
Backup if you need to
►►You can backup your apps using any app-backup app, we won't go through it
►►Go to recovery
►Type "adb reboot recovery"
►►Make a NANDROID Backup
►Go to "backup and restore", and backup.
►►It took 733 seconds to finish the huge backup i was doing... so yeah... take a bath or something in the mean time.
►PLEASE, transfer the backups you made to your PC, don't leave them on the microSD just to be on the safe side
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Get to stock rooted (Skip if you're already on stock)
If you're on a custom ROM, you'll need to flash stock... not just any stock... but RUU stock.
►Get the RUU that is for your phone (you may google that)
►►Here's a tip: type "fastboot getvar all" and look for "(bootloader) version-main:"... check the number next to it, and download the RUU that has that number.
Now flash RUU... flash? yes... FLASH!! How? via fastboot... What? Yes!
►Get to fastboot (turn the phone off, hold power and volume down), plug it in the PC
►Type this in a terminal "fastboot oem lock"
►►Now your bootloader is locked, we can flash RUU
►Open up the RUU.exe from windows
►Hit next two times (you're gonna have to check some checkboxes too), and leave it open
►►Don't start any process from it, just keep it there
►Open a file explorer (Like My Computer, or whatever...)
►Type in the path textbox "%TEMP%"
►Sort the files by "date modified" and open the first folder you see there
►►You'll see a bunch of files there, and probably a folder too
►Look for "rom.zip" (you might even go to that folder too to check inside it)
►Copy "rom.zip" to somewhere easily accessible
►►Now back to linux
►Type "fastboot erase cache"
►Once that's done type "fastboot oem rebootRUU"
►►You'll see a black screen with a silver HTC in the middle
►Type "fastboot flash zip X" where X is the path to the rom.zip file we got earlier.
►Now leave it there
►►It took me 426.617 seconds for the process to finish... you may go eat something... maybe relax in the bathroom if you want
►►Now once the terminal says it's done, you might see the HTC green progress bar stuck at 95%... don't worry, it's nothing... it's a bug in RUU mode, so just type "fastboot reboot" and you'll reboot to stock ROM.
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I'm on stock ROM... now what?
ROOT DAT STOCK! (Optional, but i did it just in case)
►►So now we need to root the stock ROM we have.
►►To root, we need to unlock bootloader first.
►Go to htcdev.com and follow the guide there to unlock your bootloader
►Once that's done, download THIS recovery and flash in fastboot it using "fastboot flash recovery cwm.img"
►Once that's done, hit "BOOTLOADER" in the list (using the power button), wait for about 5 seconds, then hit "RECOVERY"
►►You're now in CWM recovery.
►►Now that you're inside the recovery, volume up is up, volume down is down, power is enter
►Go to install zip from sdcard
►Choose zip from sdcard
►Locate the root .zip file we transfered earlier
►Hit the "yes" button hidden between these "no no no" buttons
►►You might want to repeat the flashing process if it gives an error... Second time is guaranteed to work
►►You're now rooted.
►"***Go back***" to the first menu, and "reboot system now".
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S-OFF
►Once booted, go to settings, developer options, and enable USB debugging there
►Then in linux, navigate to where we extracted juo's zip, and open a terminal there
►Type these commands "chmod 755 ControlBear" and hit enter
►The type "./ControlBear" and hit enter
►►Now it'll guide you through... it keeps saying "beer beer"... yeah... the dev likes to have fun, like me
►When it says "Do the wire trick now" do it (using unlimited.io's guide).
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IMPORTANT: If the script errors out with a "Still sober" error... just redo the script, it'll succeed then...
FINALLY, YOU ARE S-OFFed... too much caps huh? oh well... It was a long process... you can start feel the sense of accomplishment there.
Downgrade to BL 1.49
►►Now to downgrade bootloader to 1.49....
►►Remember that PG86IMG.zip file?
►Put it on the root of your sdcard (so don't put it inside any folder)
►Boot to bootloader
►Press BOOTLOADER button...
►Now we wait until the installation is finished... of course, press YES when it says so.
►►You're now on bootloader 1.49, S-OFFed, and with a custom recovery...
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Well? What are you waiting for? Go flash a Kitkat ROM! GO!!
NOTE: You might wanna get 4EXT recovery to be able to flash kitkat ROMs, good luck!
If you're already on ics you don't need to flash ruu.
For the wire trick it's not necessary to root the device.
All you have to do before is to unlock via htcdev.
For downgrading I'd recommend juopunutbear gb hboot from their site.
tom0769 said:
If you're already on ics you don't need to flash ruu.
For the wire trick it's not necessary to root the device.
All you have to do before is to unlock via htcdev.
For downgrading I'd recommend juopunutbear gb hboot from their site.
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you need to be on full stock for juopunutbear to work, otherwise it'll say be on stock...
you need to be rooted for juopunutbear to work, otherwise it'll say be rooted...
and i think the script os different between ICS and GB... not just hboot... meh
Sent from my Nexus 4
Good but if you want KK ROM, you must use the latest 4EXT recovery touch, otherwise it will fail
Also this recovery is much easier for use then CWM
Benik3 said:
Good but if you want KK ROM, you must use the latest 4EXT recovery touch, otherwise it will fail
Also this recovery is much easier for use then CWM
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oh? didn't know that thanks!
I'll update the guide as soon as i can (fix links and add 4EXT)
Sent from my Nexus 4
rirozizo said:
you need to be on full stock for juopunutbear to work, otherwise it'll say be on stock...
you need to be rooted for juopunutbear to work, otherwise it'll say be rooted...
and i think the script os different between ICS and GB... not just hboot... meh
Sent from my Nexus 4
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In the OP you stated "Scenario: You're on ICS, latest update, latest bootloader", so I'd assume it's already stock ICS.
I did the wire trick on 2 EVOs, just unlocked, not rooted (as stated on juopunut site).
The gb hboot I mentioned is the 1.49.9999 hboot (look here) for downgrading afterwards.
tom0769 said:
In the OP you stated "Scenario: You're on ICS, latest update, latest bootloader", so I'd assume it's already stock ICS.
I did the wire trick on 2 EVOs, just unlocked, not rooted (as stated on juopunut site).
The gb hboot I mentioned is the 1.49.9999 hboot (look here) for downgrading afterwards.
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i S-OFFed two EVOs, both were on KingCobra ICS ROM... so don't assume stock...
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rirozizo said:
i S-OFFed two EVOs, both were on KingCobra ICS ROM... so don't assume stock...
Sent from my Nexus 4
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Yep, but if someone is already on stock, he could skip the ruu step.
Also it's not necessary to root the stock rom when you want to flash a custom rom that is already rooted.
I did the steps as follows (in short):
- unlock bootloader (the htcdev method)
- do the wire trick (controlbear)
- flash the juopunutbear hboot in fastboot (1.49.9999)
- flash the recovery image in fastboot (latest 4ext)
- flsh any custom rom
Starting point on both phones was stock ics locked, s-on, hboot 1.53.0007
Don't get me wrong, I only wanted to help to get your guide a little leaner.
tom0769 said:
Yep, but if someone is already on stock, he could skip the ruu step.
Also it's not necessary to root the stock rom when you want to flash a custom rom that is already rooted.
I did the steps as follows (in short):
- unlock bootloader (the htcdev method)
- do the wire trick (controlbear)
- flash the juopunutbear hboot in fastboot (1.49.9999)
- flash the recovery image in fastboot (latest 4ext)
- flsh any custom rom
Starting point on both phones was stock ics locked, s-on, hboot 1.53.0007
Don't get me wrong, I only wanted to help to get your guide a little leaner.
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yeah yeah sure, I'm not getting you wrong...
I'll update the guide soon, I'll add "optional" after the stock title... and add "optional" after rooting (that's what i did so i think I'll just keep it)
thanks for the help
Sent from my Nexus 4
rirozizo said:
i S-OFFed two EVOs, both were on KingCobra ICS ROM... so don't assume stock...
Sent from my Nexus 4
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Yup i even S-Off from mwakious3Drom® ROM! I tried and thank god it worked as getting back to stock was too much of a trouble lol.
Oh and about 4EXT recovery yes you do need the latest as i couldn't instal the Cyanogenmod 4.4 without the latest update.
If i downgrade to 1.49 with this - HTC EVO 3D GSM (shooteru) GB HBOOT - 1.49.9999 , what version do i need to choose on revolutionary website 1,49,0007 or 1,49,0008
g3ar said:
If i downgrade to 1.49 with this - HTC EVO 3D GSM (shooteru) GB HBOOT - 1.49.9999 , what version do i need to choose on revolutionary website 1,49,0007 or 1,49,0008
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there was no mention of revolutionary in this guide
ye.. my fault i read it few times and then i understand what i need to do and how
tom0769 said:
Yep, but if someone is already on stock, he could skip the ruu step.
Also it's not necessary to root the stock rom when you want to flash a custom rom that is already rooted.
I did the steps as follows (in short):
- unlock bootloader (the htcdev method)
- do the wire trick (controlbear)
- flash the juopunutbear hboot in fastboot (1.49.9999)
- flash the recovery image in fastboot (latest 4ext)
- flsh any custom rom
Starting point on both phones was stock ics locked, s-on, hboot 1.53.0007
Don't get me wrong, I only wanted to help to get your guide a little leaner.
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I followed these steps, everything was a success, but i m having problem flashing recovery image in fastboot? 4ext? I cannot seem to find this file i need? Other i have tried just hangs. It says my device is not rooted. So do i need to flash recovery before it' rooted?
Thanks.
rethan2 said:
I followed these steps, everything was a success, but i m having problem flashing recovery image in fastboot? 4ext? I cannot seem to find this file i need? Other i have tried just hangs. It says my device is not rooted. So do i need to flash recovery before it' rooted?
Thanks.
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Here you can find the latest 4ext. Flash it and you can install every rom. Root is not required because all custom roms are pre-rooted.
Code:
fastboot flash recovery 4EXT_Recovery_Touch_v1.0.0.6_RC1.img
Sent from my Evo 3D
mhnx said:
Here you can find the latest 4ext. Flash it and you can install every rom. Root is not required because all custom roms are pre-rooted.
Code:
fastboot flash recovery 4EXT_Recovery_Touch_v1.0.0.6_RC1.img
Sent from my Evo 3D
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OK thanks a mil, sorted now!
Can i do this in windows? i don't have other pc with linux or something like that...
XeNNz said:
Can i do this in windows? i don't have other pc with linux or something like that...
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you're gonna have a bad time:
-juo dropped support for windows
-windows needs drivers... they act weird on fastboot
-a VM won't do too as the drivers of windows will be needed... which act weird
Sent from my Nexus 4
So..i have to give up. Thank you for fast reply !
Hello,
This is an odd request, but I'm in need of some help with this HTC Rezound. A bit of background first. It's not mine. I'm a G2 user (rooted and I know my way around Android hacking). This phone belongs to a friend and despite having it rooted he knows nothing about how he got there or how to fix a problem. Currently it's stuck in a bootloop. He mailed the phone to me (we live 750 miles apart) and he's hoping I might be able to assist. I can get into recovery (I'm assuming it's a custom recovery - looks like ClockworkMod) and my hope was to flash a new ROM but he stupidly neglected to send the phone to me with an SD Card. I'm wondering if there's a way to get a ROM/gapps onto the phone (internal storage) and flash from there. I see there's an option for USB-MS toggle and I've tried playing around in the internal_sd area, and I can get a G: drive to appear when choosing this and connected via USB to my computer, but when I put the ROM/gapps on there I cannot seem to access it for flashing purposes.
Sorry for the long-winded description. But is this a simple solution? Do I just need to get a hold of an SD card and put the files needed on there for flashing? Or is there a way to flash the ROM directly from internal storage?
Thanks in advance for any help you might provide.
Could you post a "fastboot getvar all" ? Without the commas.
Also one thing I would do. Flash twrp 2.6.3.0 Then mount the phone. Push the ROM using a adb push. But first could you post a fastboot getvar all ?
Sent from my Rezound running Sense 5. S-OFF
pball52998 said:
Could you post a "fastboot getvar all" ? Without the commas.
Also one thing I would do. Flash twrp 2.6.3.0 Then mount the phone. Push the ROM using a adb push. But first could you post a fastboot getvar all ?
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Sorry for my noobness, but I have no idea how to do that with this phone. I know nothing about HTC devices - never owned one before.
No problem at all man, we all start somewhere for every phone company.
Okay, pull the battery out. Put it back in, volume down, power button. It should show up a white screen. With I think like 5 options, I know the first two are: fastboot and recovery. When highlighted over fastboot, press power. Then will bring you to fastboot. It'll say in red letters "FASTBOOT USB" at the top. Plug it into the computer open a cmd prompt where you fastboot/adb also known as platform-tools is. Type fastboot getvar all
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pball52998 said:
No problem at all man, we all start somewhere for every phone company.
Okay, pull the battery out. Put it back in, volume down, power button. It should show up a white screen. With I think like 5 options, I know the first two are: fastboot and recovery. When highlighted over fastboot, press power. Then will bring you to fastboot. It'll say in red letters "FASTBOOT USB" at the top. Plug it into the computer open a cmd prompt where you fastboot/adb also known as platform-tools is. Type fastboot getvar all
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Thanks for the reply. My time messing with the phone is done for the night, but I'll give that a try tomorrow.
Okay sounds good
Sent from my crappy Jailbroken apple iPad.....
Freedoms just another word for nothing left to do... Nothin' ain't worth nothing but it's free.....
It should say something in the bootloader at the top like below:
***unlocked***
Pvt ship s-off (or s-on)
Hboot version # stuff here
Radio version # stuff here
Is it s-off or s-on?
If it's secure flag is still on, you would need to extract the boot.IMG from your ROM zip and do the following command after pushing and flashing the ROM in recovery. After you do flash the ROM, boot back into bootloader and into fastboot and type the following command in PC terminal
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
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Uzephi said:
It should say something in the bootloader at the top like below:
***unlocked***
Pvt ship s-off (or s-on)
Hboot version # stuff here
Radio version # stuff here
Is it s-off or s-on?
If it's secure flag is still on, you would need to extract the boot.IMG from your ROM zip and do the following command after pushing and flashing the ROM in recovery. After you do flash the ROM, boot back into bootloader and into fastboot and type the following command in PC terminal
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
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Yep, pretty much, what I was trying to get him through first was actually pushing a ROM to the phone, also the fastboot getvar all gives almost all info. But true with that, that's probably the MOST important part of rooting and ROMing HTC lol. Although he never stated what rom he has. Trying to get him through some basics of HTC too.
Sent from my Rezound running Sense 5. S-OFF
Yeah, just wanted to put that out there in case he found it how to flash a ROM without us, he will see that post to fix his boot loop (if s-on)
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Thanks again for the replies everyone. Very helpful. As stated before, this is an odd situation because I know nothing about rooting/ROMs for HTC and this isn't my phone.
Anyway, a bit of where I'm at and some better info regarding the phone's situation. The phone, upon attempting to boot, would just bootloop. I don't remember exactly which ROM was on there as I've since done a factory reset, but needless to say it wasn't working. Also, I happened to track down an SD card from an old phone of mine and I used the USB-MS feature in recovery to put a ROM on there for flashing. Wiped everything as I would any other phone, flashed the ROM (which stated was successful) and upon a reboot the phone just hangs on the white HTC screen. Did a bit of digging and decided to try returning to stock (he doesn't care if this phone is still rooted, just wants it working). Found this link http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ull-ruu-build-4-03-605-2-for-the-htc-rezound/ and followed the instructions exactly. Update seemed to take just fine, but again a reboot just got me stuck on the white HTC screen.
I've yet to hook this up to try the fastboot getvar thing as the computer I'm using didn't have ADB installed and I didn't have the time to do so. In the meantime any additional suggestions?
I'm attaching a pic of the phone in hboot so you can see some info that might be helpful.
The reason the phone froze at the HTC screen is because that phone is s-on...
In HTC world, there is the bootloader lock (the purple thing at the top saying unlocked) and the secure flag.
With the bootloader unlocked, you can flash on virtually any partition (only signed firmware and other technical stuff that is irrelevant in your situation) but when booted in recovery, you cannot flash to the boot partition. (Can only do that when s-off)
To flash the boot partition when unlocked s-on (secure flag on) you need to extract the boot.IMG from the ROM and flash it while in fastboot mode from the hboot.
To RUU (return to complete stock) you also need to flash upwards or same version firmware officially signed by HTC when s-on. If you are s-off then you can downgrade. Also, bootloader needs to be locked again.
TL/DR: flash the boot image following my post above and that ROM you flashed will work.
Sent from my Rezound
Uzephi said:
The reason the phone froze at the HTC screen is because that phone is s-on...
In HTC world, there is the bootloader lock (the purple thing at the top saying unlocked) and the secure flag.
With the bootloader unlocked, you can flash on virtually any partition (only signed firmware and other technical stuff that is irrelevant in your situation) but when booted in recovery, you cannot flash to the boot partition. (Can only do that when s-off)
To flash the boot partition when unlocked s-on (secure flag on) you need to extract the boot.IMG from the ROM and flash it while in fastboot mode from the hboot.
To RUU (return to complete stock) you also need to flash upwards or same version firmware officially signed by HTC when s-on. If you are s-off then you can downgrade. Also, bootloader needs to be locked again.
TL/DR: flash the boot image following my post above and that ROM you flashed will work.
Sent from my Rezound
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Thanks for this. I think I get what you're saying, but just for the sake of clarification, one more question regarding this process.
I extract the boot.IMG from my ROM of choice, flash the ROM/gapps as I would on any other device, then go back to fastboot and run the adb commands posted earlier? Correct?
Rodeojones said:
Thanks for this. I think I get what you're saying, but just for the sake of clarification, one more question regarding this process.
I extract the boot.IMG from my ROM of choice, flash the ROM/gapps as I would on any other device, then go back to fastboot and run the adb commands posted earlier? Correct?
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Exactly. Be sure to do exactly that command not
Fastboot boot boot.img
If you forget to say flash boot, it will just temporarily boot that kernel/boot image and not flash it to the device. Then upon reboot you will be back at step one.
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Uzephi said:
Exactly. Be sure to do exactly that command not
Fastboot boot boot.img
If you forget to say flash boot, it will just temporarily boot that kernel/boot image and not flash it to the device. Then upon reboot you will be back at step one.
Sent from my Rezound
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Again, thank you. Going to give this a go after my son's t-ball game. I feel like more of a noob than when I rooted my OG Droid years ago.
@Uzephi, @pball52998, thank you to for your assistance. I felt like a total noob working on a phone that wasn't mine. But I've got it up and running again. My friend Jake will be very happy (I've also told him that this is the last ROM he will ever put on here unless he learns how to do everything I just did - he didn't even know what ADB was when I told him).
Rodeojones said:
@Uzephi, @pball52998, thank you to for your assistance. I felt like a total noob working on a phone that wasn't mine. But I've got it up and running again. My friend Jake will be very happy (I've also told him that this is the last ROM he will ever put on here unless he learns how to do everything I just did - he didn't even know what ADB was when I told him).
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Wait! He has old HBOOT and Radios, the newest radio is 1.28 he has 1.21 I think I saw.... I would suggest s-off then RUU and doing a RUU.... Or if anyone has em, the HBOOT and Radios you can flash in recovery.
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Wait! He has old HBOOT and Radios, the newest radio is 1.28 he has 1.21 I think I saw.... I would suggest s-off then RUU and doing a RUU.... Or if anyone has em, the HBOOT and Radios you can flash in recovery.
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Flashing them in recovery would be great, if there's a link to download the files. But just to be clear, despite this phone finally booking up there's more I need to do to make it 100% usable?
It is 100% usable, but you will experience less overheats and better battery life with the new firmware. I know the hboot ph98img zip is somewhere in this forum for the updated hboot and radio (for that zip you would just put in root of external SD card and in hboot it will automatically flash)
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Uzephi said:
The reason the phone froze at the HTC screen is because that phone is s-on...
In HTC world, there is the bootloader lock (the purple thing at the top saying unlocked) and the secure flag.
With the bootloader unlocked, you can flash on virtually any partition (only signed firmware and other technical stuff that is irrelevant in your situation) but when booted in recovery, you cannot flash to the boot partition. (Can only do that when s-off)
To flash the boot partition when unlocked s-on (secure flag on) you need to extract the boot.IMG from the ROM and flash it while in fastboot mode from the hboot.
To RUU (return to complete stock) you also need to flash upwards or same version firmware officially signed by HTC when s-on. If you are s-off then you can downgrade. Also, bootloader needs to be locked again.
TL/DR: flash the boot image following my post above and that ROM you flashed will work.
Sent from my Rezound
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Hello, I have been preparing to RUU back to 4.03.605.2 and want to be sure of process. I read REV3NT3CH's post on downgrading, so I downloaded the latest 2 PH89IMGs via his instructions and here's where I stand:
S Off
Hboot 2.28
Radio 2.23.10.0123r/1.23.10.0124r
also running CleanRom 4.5
Can I just place PH89IMG on sdcard to RUU or am I missing a step? Thank you in advance
Just place it in the root of SD card and reboot to your boot loader
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