So I updated my rezound to the newest RUU minus the Global roam ota, still s-on, but i got courageous and tried to s-off my device yesterday using control bear...it didnt work, so my questions are as follows, does the new RUU make it difficult to get s-off? and how do I revert to a RUU that will allow me to do s-off? any help would be awesome. i tried to use an older RUU but when the bootloader scanned the ph98img.zip, it only scanned it but never went thru any of the motions to change the system. fml
KyubiDiaz
KyubiDiaz said:
So I updated my rezound to the newest RUU minus the Global roam ota, still s-on, but i got courageous and tried to s-off my device yesterday using control bear...it didnt work, so my questions are as follows, does the new RUU make it difficult to get s-off? and how do I revert to a RUU that will allow me to do s-off? any help would be awesome. i tried to use an older RUU but when the bootloader scanned the ph98img.zip, it only scanned it but never went thru any of the motions to change the system. fml
KyubiDiaz
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I think it would help if you told us what problem you had. Did you unlock and flash amon ra and root after the ruu and before s_off attempt?
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I think it would help if you told us what problem you had. Did you unlock and flash amon ra and root after the ruu and before s_off attempt?
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yes i was already rooted and im using twrp2 for recovery. am i supposed to just be rooted without recovery? and yes everything before s-off attempt
KyubiDiaz said:
So I updated my rezound to the newest RUU minus the Global roam ota, still s-on, but i got courageous and tried to s-off my device yesterday using control bear...it didnt work, so my questions are as follows, does the new RUU make it difficult to get s-off? and how do I revert to a RUU that will allow me to do s-off? any help would be awesome. i tried to use an older RUU but when the bootloader scanned the ph98img.zip, it only scanned it but never went thru any of the motions to change the system. fml
KyubiDiaz
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I S-off with the new RUU without the global update.. It takes a lot to get the timing right, but it works
mclass55 said:
I S-off with the new RUU without the global update.. It takes a lot to get the timing right, but it works
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seriously??? so itll still work?
yes, I used Hasoon2000's S Off Toolkit. First I tried it using a laptop and windows 7, and for some reason it didnt work. Then I used my desktop with XP and it loaded. Then it was all about the timing with the wire. Took about 75 times, but it worked!
I also got s off after installing the global RUU. It was a PITA, but eventually worked, just like mclass.
CJeep said:
I also got s off after installing the global RUU. It was a PITA, but eventually worked, just like mclass.
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Hell yea it was a pain in the ass, I was about to give up, but finally got it.
KyubiDiaz said:
So I updated my rezound to the newest RUU minus the Global roam ota, still s-on, but i got courageous and tried to s-off my device yesterday using control bear...it didnt work, so my questions are as follows, does the new RUU make it difficult to get s-off? and how do I revert to a RUU that will allow me to do s-off? any help would be awesome. i tried to use an older RUU but when the bootloader scanned the ph98img.zip, it only scanned it but never went thru any of the motions to change the system. fml
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I tried on my wife's to s-off, failed, flashed a 605.5 stock rom and ran the 605.5 controlbear and finally got it. Then flashed the global RUU, re-unlocked, and flashed inef deus (based on the global). Working great now. FWIW, he doesn't say it will work with other ROMs/RUUs...says it might, but then gives the combos that work well.
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I have started searching and am having a hard time finding exactly what I need. Anyway, I haven't used my Rezound since I got my S3 so I am not really up to speed on where the Rezound is in terms of OTA updates and whatnot. Right now my Rezound is S-Off on a engineering hboot (I believe) and rooted, but it was stock otherwise (up until I stopped using it).
I would like to get it back to 100% stock (other than S-Off, I will leave that as is for now). What is the easiest way to get there? I am assuming flashing an RUU of the latest stock build? If so, what is the latest stock build that I would get if I re-activated the phone and updated it (meaning I don't want any leaks or anything).
Also, it has been so long since I did any flashing on the phone, but what is the easiest way to flash a RUU (since I have never done that). And can I just flash the latest RUU without flashing anything else first?
Thanks, and sorry for all of the noob questions.
xceebeex said:
I have started searching and am having a hard time finding exactly what I need. Anyway, I haven't used my Rezound since I got my S3 so I am not really up to speed on where the Rezound is in terms of OTA updates and whatnot. Right now my Rezound is S-Off on a engineering hboot (I believe) and rooted, but it was stock otherwise (up until I stopped using it).
I would like to get it back to 100% stock (other than S-Off, I will leave that as is for now). What is the easiest way to get there? I am assuming flashing an RUU of the latest stock build? If so, what is the latest stock build that I would get if I re-activated the phone and updated it (meaning I don't want any leaks or anything).
Also, it has been so long since I did any flashing on the phone, but what is the easiest way to flash a RUU (since I have never done that). And can I just flash the latest RUU without flashing anything else first?
Thanks, and sorry for all of the noob questions.
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Find the lastest RUU. I know its on android police. Place the file on the root of your SD card, check md5, rename to ph98img.zip, boot into bootloader and let it do its thing. You should be up to date.
EDIT: for you http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ull-ruu-build-4-03-605-2-for-the-htc-rezound/
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Find the lastest RUU. I know its on android police. Place the file on the root of your SD card, check md5, rename to ph98img.zip, boot into bootloader and let it do its thing. You should be up to date.
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Thanks! Yea, I just found it on android police. I am assuming it won't wipe the SD card or anything right? Since I am S-OFF I don't have to worry about re-locking correct?
Also, will that RUU get it back to the point where someone could get the OTA's and everything as if it was 100% stock with S-ON?
EDIT: How come that 4.03.605.2 isn't listed on HTC website yet? Has it not been pushed out yet? The one listed on their site is the 3.14.605.12
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EDIT: How come that 4.03.605.2 isn't listed on HTC website yet? Has it not been pushed out yet? The one listed on their site is the 3.14.605.12
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4.03.605.2 is the latest leak. it has changes to make the rezound a Verizon global phone.
3.14.605.12 is the last nationwide OTA official ICS.
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4.03.605.2 is the latest leak. it has changes to make the rezound a Verizon global phone.
3.14.605.12 is the last nationwide OTA official ICS.
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Ok thanks! So I think I want to stick with the 3.14.605.12 then since I am trying to sell the phone. So if I am Unlocked and S-OFF can I just flash the RUU or do I have to relock first? And do I need to flash the gingerbread firmware patch?
s-off and unlocked is fine to ruu.
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s-off and unlocked is fine to ruu.
no patch needed
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s-off and unlocked is fine to ruu.
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Awesome, thanks! It won't wipe the SD card I am assuming right? Just the phone?
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Awesome, thanks! It won't wipe the SD card I am assuming right? Just the phone?
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my experience is it wipes the internal sd, but left the removable microSD card untouched.
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my experience is it wipes the internal sd, but left the removable microSD card untouched.
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Ok cool. That is what I would assume would happen. The only other question is if I need the GB firmware patch as well or does the RUU take care of everything?
Thanks for your help!
It takes care of everything
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It takes care of everything
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Thanks everyone!
EDIT: Will it also stay "Locked" and S-OFF?
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Thanks everyone!
EDIT: Will it also stay "Locked" and S-OFF?
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Yes , running the RUU will not effect s-off status nor your bootloader locked status.
not to hijack the thread....but I have a question that relates to getting back to stock. I am running business sense, with the OTA. I would like to get the other global OTA.. I am s on. How do I go about doing that?
flash stock recovery
relock
run which RUU? the newest one is a PH file on android police
unlock
flash amon ra
flash new rom
does that sound right?
the part that I am questioning is the fact the global RUU is a PH file. But it says I have to be completly back to stock and locked.
any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
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not to hijack the thread....but I have a question that relates to getting back to stock. I am running business sense, with the OTA. I would like to get the other global OTA.. I am s on. How do I go about doing that?
flash stock recovery
relock
run which RUU? the newest one is a PH file on android police
unlock
flash amon ra
flash new rom
does that sound right?
the part that I am questioning is the fact the global RUU is a PH file. But it says I have to be completly back to stock and locked.
any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
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I not sure about s on but I think you have to stock recovery and locke the hboot then runn the ruu on hboot
This is the latest one
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ull-ruu-build-4-03-605-2-for-the-htc-rezound/
Why don't you s off before updating?
Kratz17 said:
I not sure about s on but I think you have to stock recovery and locke the hboot then runn the ruu on hboot
This is the latest one
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ull-ruu-build-4-03-605-2-for-the-htc-rezound/
Why don't you s off before updating?
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I tried to get s off a few months ago.....I could not get it to work. the 2 doff Hboot things scared me.
I would really like to do it. But I need my phone for work, I am on call most nights. I am looking into getting a used smartphone just so that I can use that while trying to get s off.
thanks
putney1477 said:
I tried to get s off a few months ago.....I could not get it to work. the 2 doff Hboot things scared me.
I would really like to do it. But I need my phone for work, I am on call most nights. I am looking into getting a used smartphone just so that I can use that while trying to get s off.
thanks
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Ok I understand but whenever you decide to do it follow this guide its pretty easy.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1696394
It says to be on a certain firmware but I have heard from other users that it's works with any ics firmware. Good Luck
putney1477 said:
I tried to get s off a few months ago.....I could not get it to work. the 2 doff Hboot things scared me.
I would really like to do it. But I need my phone for work, I am on call most nights. I am looking into getting a used smartphone just so that I can use that while trying to get s off.
thanks
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I did s-off procedure a few months ago. it took several hours and kept failing. I used a large insulated paperclip with the insulating material removed from each end for good electrical contact.
What I had been doing wrong was not keeping the wire nice and straight in the hole. when the wire is not straight, it will not make good electrical contact with whatever is directly beneath the hole.
I just thought I'd share this tip in case it helps others.
regards,
Howard
p.s. There is no need to install the jbear modified hboot if you are uncomfortably with it. Installing the modified hboot is optional at the end of the s-off procedure. You will still have benefits of s-off with a htcdev unlocked bootloader while using a stock unlocked hboot. For example one can flash kernels via fastboot flash command with a stock hboot. s-off and jbear modified hboot are two separate modifications to the phone.
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p.s. There is no need to install the jbear modified hboot if you are uncomfortably with it. Installing the modified hboot is optional at the end of the s-off procedure. You will still have benefits of s-off with a htcdev unlocked bootloader while using a stock unlocked hboot. For example one can flash kernels via fastboot flash command with a stock hboot. s-off and jbear modified hboot are two separate modifications to the phone.
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actually, on a stock, locked HBoot, you CAN'T use any fastboot commands. That's why it's highly recommended to install the JBear HBoot, plus it gives you an easy option to do it and it does it without the user having to do anything
I received a replacement Rezound today and have messed it up beyond my repair. When I powered the new phone on it was on the old GB software. I manually searched for an update which was finally found. I downloaded the update and went through the process of installing it. About half way through the update, a red triangle with an exclamation point appeard. I tried this process twice and then decided to run the RUU that I had installed on my sd card from my prior phone. The RUU was the most recent ICS.
At this point I was not S-off or rooted, but completly stock. The RUU did not fully run but it did update my HBOOT and Radio's. When I boot the phone, it is still on GB software. I have some how changed my bootloader to show Tampered as well.
I was able to flash a zip file of AmonRa 3.15 and was able to flash ViperRom 1.03. I thought this would correct the problems and allow me to S-Off but it did not.
I thought that if I could S-off I could maybe get this all straight. But I am not sure.
At this point, I have a phone that reboots after a few short minutes.
Any help will be greatly appreciated!!
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I received a replacement Rezound today and have messed it up beyond my repair. When I powered the new phone on it was on the old GB software. I manually searched for an update which was finally found. I downloaded the update and went through the process of installing it. About half way through the update, a red triangle with an exclamation point appeard. I tried this process twice and then decided to run the RUU that I had installed on my sd card from my prior phone. The RUU was the most recent ICS.
At this point I was not S-off or rooted, but completly stock. The RUU did not fully run but it did update my HBOOT and Radio's. When I boot the phone, it is still on GB software. I have some how changed my bootloader to show Tampered as well.
I was able to flash a zip file of AmonRa 3.15 and was able to flash ViperRom 1.03. I thought this would correct the problems and allow me to S-Off but it did not.
I thought that if I could S-off I could maybe get this all straight. But I am not sure.
At this point, I have a phone that reboots after a few short minutes.
Any help will be greatly appreciated!!
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If it tanked doing the OTA ICS update right out of the box, I'd call VZW for another phone...
Thank you for the reply, but my hboot now says tampered and relocked. I do not think I could send the phone back in this condition and get a new one.
Anyone else have any ideas?
Un-lock using HTC unlock then s-off your phone using some wire tied to a couple thumb tacks. Run latest ruu again, then install recovery, then flash Rom.
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Un-lock using HTC unlock then s-off your phone using some wire tied to a couple thumb tacks. Run latest ruu again, then install recovery, then flash Rom.
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Why on earth do you hate WebOS?!?
I wasted a lot of life thinking it was the greatest....... Lies! Lies! Do you have any idea how lucky android users are to have on device recovery? When ya boot loop a webos phone ya need to hook up to a computer no matter what ya did wrong. Now I just restore a nandroid....I was so happy when I upgraded to a pre 2.... Now I just feel dumb for staying with webos for so long
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AshtonTS said:
Why on earth do you hate WebOS?!?
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Why do you not hate webOS? Awful.
In case anyone else has this problem, I was able to re-lock and flash the RUU through adb to get everything corrected. I'm now rooted, S-off, and running inef 1.2!
Hey all, just received a replacement rezound under warranty due to the charge port being all muffed up, and of coarse the first thing was unlock via htcdev which worked fine.
Here is the issue.. when trying to flash amonra via fastboot or PH98IMG.zip in bootloader it won't flash. For fastboot it says "unknown error" and as a PH file in bootloader it says "parsing..." for a few seconds then disappears without flashing anything. I've re-downloaded and checked md5's and still get the same errors.
My last rezound was s-off and that whole process was quick and painless and I don't understand why the same procedure I used on my last rezound isn't working now.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Hey all, just received a replacement rezound under warranty due to the charge port being all muffed up, and of coarse the first thing was unlock via htcdev which worked fine.
Here is the issue.. when trying to flash amonra via fastboot or PH98IMG.zip in bootloader it won't flash. For fastboot it says "unknown error" and as a PH file in bootloader it says "parsing..." for a few seconds then disappears without flashing anything. I've re-downloaded and checked md5's and still get the same errors.
My last rezound was s-off and that whole process was quick and painless and I don't understand why the same procedure I used on my last rezound isn't working now.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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What firmware is on the device?
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what firmware is on the device?
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ota 3.14.605.12 710rd.
Can you flash in fastboot usb? (And, to be perfectly clear to avoid a dumb question, does hboot reflect that you are unlocked?)
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Can you flash in fastboot usb? (And, to be perfectly clear to avoid a dumb question, does hboot reflect that you are unlocked?)
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indeed *** unlocked *** is displayed at the top on hboot. and ive tried "fastboot flash recovery (nameofrecovery.img) with nameofrecovery changed to what i have it saved as and no luck. even tried relocking and ruuing too just to make sure it wasnt the software messing everything up.
Can't remember but can you try to S-OFF first? (It's been so long, but I can't remember whether you have a custom recovery already on).
Ah, one other stupid thing.... have you tried a different sdcard?
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Can't remember but can you try to S-OFF first? (It's been so long, but I can't remember whether you have a custom recovery already on).
Ah, one other stupid thing.... have you tried a different sdcard?
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I was thinking about the sd card being the issue but it installed an ruu via ph98img.zip perfectly fine bit its worth a shot. And on unlimited.io's site they say you need to be completely stock with root and as far as I know amonra is the only way to root on a stock ruu. I managed to s-off tho after using hasoon's tool to flash amonra. I'm now completely stock again after ruuing back to gb then accepting ota
so I'll try flashing amonra again and report back. Thank you for your help!
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You can install any custom recovery and use it to flash SuperUser. The root option in Amon Ra doesn't usually work by itself anyway.
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You can install any custom recovery and use it to flash SuperUser. The root option in Amon Ra doesn't usually work by itself anyway.
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Oh ok thats good to know actually. just cant seem to install any custom recoveries lol. i chose to install amon ra 3.15 with hasoons tool and for some reason i have 3.06 installed.. dont know how or why but i do. tried to install 3.15 with his toolkit again and got the stupid error again. i dont know what to do at this point lol. never had this problem with the last rezound. i am s-off now but do not have the recovery i want installed.
should i try ruu'ing again and start fresh?
and for what its worth i do have the jb hboot installed just to see if that was the issue. had to use fastboot commands to install it so i dont think thats the issue. i think its the download for amonra 3.15 i have. if anyone has a personal copy of 3.15 that is confirmed working and is willing to share it itd be greatly appreciated.
To use the fastboot commands you must be unlocked. With the parsing error. That will sometimes happen if you have a file called "update.zip" on your sdcard. Try seeing if you have one of those files. If your HBOOT does say s-off. Flash the GB RUU. Just so you can verify everything has changed. and then restart with the ICS RUU then flash a recovery. This time not with that tool.
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To use the fastboot commands you must be unlocked. With the parsing error. That will sometimes happen if you have a file called "update.zip" on your sdcard. Try seeing if you have one of those files. If your HBOOT does say s-off. Flash the GB RUU. Just so you can verify everything has changed. and then restart with the ICS RUU then flash a recovery. This time not with that tool.
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Thank you for the response. i tested to see if i really did have s-off by doing just that. ruu'd back to gb without a hitch. then accepted the ota. so im thinking ill just ruu the ota (3.14.605.12) and see what happens. and im with you on not using the tool again. ive heard really good things about it but never used it personally until today. my old method worked well i just didn't know what else to do at that point lol
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Thank you for the response. i tested to see if i really did have s-off by doing just that. ruu'd back to gb without a hitch. then accepted the ota. so im thinking ill just ruu the ota (3.14.605.12) and see what happens. and im with you on not using the tool again. ive heard really good things about it but never used it personally until today. my old method worked well i just didn't know what else to do at that point lol
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To s-off you got to do the wire trick. But RUU then don't use the tool. lol Lets us now if it works out.
Flyhalf205 said:
To s-off you got to do the wire trick. But RUU then don't use the tool. lol Lets us now if it works out.
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Yupp s-off'd with no issues. Just want amonra lol. Ruu'd to OTA and am waiting for my battery to charge up enough to flash via hboot. The amonra thread has a PH98IMG.zip but I think that one was the 3.06 version. Dunno. Will report back.
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Yupp s-off'd with no issues. Just want amonra lol. Ruu'd to OTA and am waiting for my battery to charge up enough to flash via hboot. The amonra thread has a PH98IMG.zip but I think that one was the 3.06 version. Dunno. Will report back.
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I'm not trying to be a jerk or whatever but have you read the bottom of the AmonRA OP? It has a link to 3.15 I am pretty sure.
Curious. Why you want AR so bad? We have 2 other fully functional recoveries. lol
Flyhalf205 said:
I'm not trying to be a jerk or whatever but have you read the bottom of the AmonRA OP? It has a link to 3.15 I am pretty sure.
Curious. Why you want AR so bad? We have 2 other fully functional recoveries. lol
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The ph98img.zip in that post is 3.06. I just got really used to it lol. I have twrp 2.3.2.3 downloaded for a couple weeks now.. might as well try it out lol.
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The ph98img.zip in that post is 3.06. I just got really used to it lol. I have twrp 2.3.2.3 downloaded for a couple weeks now.. might as well try it out lol.
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Since you're on the OTA ICS firmware, you should definitely NOT be running Amon Ra 3.06. You need to be on 3.15. If the md5's match what's on your sdcard and what's on the OP at that thread, it shouldn't be a bad download, but just in case, I loaded it up on my Dropbox and you can try the one here.
As far as alternate recoveries, while I was very impressed with TWRP, it is incapable of wiping boot, so that's a nonstarter. Admittedly, if Flyhalf solved that issue, I'd switch to it. As far as CWM Touch, that has issues with reading sdcard2, as of the last time I checked, or at least with respect to its interaction with various ROMs and their features. For me at least, having tried all of the Rezound recoveries, Amon Ra is my preferred choice.
just push AR manually instead of using the tool:
Unzip the file from the link listed below onto the root of the C drive on your PC, and it should create a folder called Android on the root of C.
1) open a cmd prompt and type " cd c:\Android " without quotes
2) boot to fastboot and make sure your USB is plugged into the pc and phone
3) type " fastboot flash recovery recovery.img " without the quotes
This should push the AR 3.15 to your device. I included AR 3.15 in the Android folder below.
the folder contains a txt file of a few other handy commands that i use. that txt file is for reference only
https://www.dropbox.com/s/aycfqc37tvkhbdl/Android12-14-2012_22+21+19.rar
I ended up flashing twrp and it worked great. Like a previous poster said if it could wipe boot it would be perfect. But it got the job done and am up and running again. Thank you all for your help!
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Glad everything worked out for ya. Wiping boot can cause a lot of problems just sayin. So I debating on putting it back into TWRP. Just ask snuzzo in his kernel thread
Hello, I desperately would like to see how to put my HTC Amaze back to stock. A couple of months ago I tried putting it back to stock because the energy rom kept rebooting on me and draining my battery life randomly. Anyways I was not successful and so I just kept the rom and the rebooting problems stopped anyways. Now, its happening again and I would really love for some one to help me get it back to stock so I can see if it improves and maybe get the thing S-OFF later. I am with Wind mobile.
Any help is greatly appreciated,
A frustrated amaze user.
rspierz said:
Hello, I desperately would like to see how to put my HTC Amaze back to stock. A couple of months ago I tried putting it back to stock because the energy rom kept rebooting on me and draining my battery life randomly. Anyways I was not successful and so I just kept the rom and the rebooting problems stopped anyways. Now, its happening again and I would really love for some one to help me get it back to stock so I can see if it improves and maybe get the thing S-OFF later. I am with Wind mobile.
Any help is greatly appreciated,
A frustrated amaze user.
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Well since you're s on lock your bootloader and flash a wind ruu from bootloader you can find the necessary thread in development section
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ravike14 said:
Well since you're s on lock your bootloader and flash a wind ruu from bootloader you can find the necessary thread in development section
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Hey thanks for the response. So I locked the bootloader and then got the wind RUU renamed it as PH85img.zip or w/e its supposed to be. And now when in the boot screen it cannot find my file I then tried another RUU but this time is used the exe wind one but that one failed as well and came up as an error saying the hboot version is older then what im flashing or something?
So I am stuck at this point. Do you know how to get around this?
Make sure the ruu is on the root of the sd card
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Hey thanks for the response. So I locked the bootloader and then got the wind RUU renamed it as PH85img.zip or w/e its supposed to be. And now when in the boot screen it cannot find my file I then tried another RUU but this time is used the exe wind one but that one failed as well and came up as an error saying the hboot version is older then what im flashing or something?
So I am stuck at this point. Do you know how to get around this?
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well you cant flash a exe you have to connect your phone to the pc and run the exe from pc and bout the hboot whats your current version? :/
ravike14 said:
well you cant flash a exe you have to connect your phone to the pc and run the exe from pc and bout the hboot whats your current version? :/
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Yeah it was connected via usb. I got somewhere, now but im am hoping you can tell me what i need to do now. I followed the second post here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2167596 and now I have GB rom on my phone running unlocked. What do I need to do from here so I can S-off and super CID? PS I tried doing an OTA update from the phone and it wont work.
Looking into the S-off guide it says i must be on a stock RUU. is the one i got install a stock RUU. Also my hboot version is 1.93.0002 (Mar 15 2012) which is ice cream sandwich according to the Unlimited.IO site, but the RUU im on is definitely gingerbread. What can I do about this?
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Looking into the S-off guide it says i must be on a stock RUU. is the one i got install a stock RUU. Also my hboot version is 1.93.0002 (Mar 15 2012) which is ice cream sandwich according to the Unlimited.IO site, but the RUU im on is definitely gingerbread. What can I do about this?
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What is your android version in settings?? Cuz what your telling is kinda weird
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Adroid Version: 2.3.4
HTC Sense version: 3.0
Software number 1.43.531.3
am I completely screwed now? Cause it seems i wont be able to get S-off or CID off while not on this unsigned rom (t-mobile), i am with Wind. The OTA does not work while on the phone (settings > software update). Would locking my bootloader and then loading the latest OTA zip from wind on the SD card work? I am very stuck!
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am I completely screwed now? Cause it seems i wont be able to get S-off or CID off while not on this unsigned rom (t-mobile), i am with Wind. The OTA does not work while on the phone (settings > software update). Would locking my bootloader and then loading the latest OTA zip from wind on the SD card work? I am very stuck!
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well you have ginger bread so try the jbear GB s off tool in ubuntu
but what about the hboot version being ICS? Do you think it should still work?
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but what about the hboot version being ICS? Do you think it should still work?
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what bout your CID?
I havent done anything to the CID, so I believe it is still locked to wind?
rspierz said:
I havent done anything to the CID, so I believe it is still locked to wind?
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well choice is yours your android version says GB hboot says ICS :/ i say try the GB s-off tool but do at your own risk...
well S-Off worked so thats good haha. Now i am trying to super CID. However, when uploading the proper hboot for doing so it wont let me because of the CID.
Ignore that last post. I figured it out so all is good. Now here is another question, should i flash CM10.1 or your rom that viper one? How would I go about flashing a rom. I remembered before you would just go into recovery and then format all execpt sd card and then install from zip. I tried that with the CM10.1 rom and when I rebooted it did not work.
went ahead and tried installing the Viper rom and after i reboot (when it said all was good) it show a black screen with green arrows. And its stuck on that. I do not know what to do now. Because I should have everything open. Was I supposed to flash something after doing the S-OFF?
This is what I am getting stuck on. I tried another rom too, same thing. I can boot into 4ext. But cant get past this on boot up.
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This is what I am getting stuck on. I tried another rom too, same thing. I can boot into 4ext. But cant get past this on boot up.
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Now your s off BUT you have gb firmware so you have to flash a ruu 1st then flash a recovery then supersu or just flash any rom you want if you decide to stay with the ruu stock rom to gain root permission flash supersu
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I was pretty sure that I had screwed my EVO beyond my ability to recover it. It's pretty noob level stuff, but I haven't been root since my OG EVO - and things were simpler then. Using the WinDroid tool I was able to easily unlock, twrp, and superuser my phone. Moonshine failed 30 or 40 times, so I was not able to achieve S-OFF, but I flashed an AOSP rom anyway and poof - screwed up my phone. I spent the entire day in TWRP / fastboot /flashing stock **** to get my phone working again. At one point in the process I lost the ability to mount usb so I was particularly screwed at that point. I eventually gave in and formated sdcard, then was able to push a stock rom, flashed that a few times, and also a superuser.zip and eventually I was back to running stock 3.17. I've learned something today - I think I'm better off just waiting until December when we get 4.3 and Sense 5 from HTC... Gah - what a day.
Anyway, thank you to the innumerable posts that pointed to the Don't Pank Q&A and elsewhere on the forums. Searching + reading = solution, most of the time. Also, if you (noob to semi-noob) have already OTA updated to 3.17 don't try to S-OFF until a developer has solved this problem, because you are (probably) going to screw it up (and fail).
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I was pretty sure that I had screwed my EVO beyond my ability to recover it. It's pretty noob level stuff, but I haven't been root since my OG EVO - and things were simpler then. Using the WinDroid tool I was able to easily unlock, twrp, and superuser my phone. Moonshine failed 30 or 40 times, so I was not able to achieve S-OFF, but I flashed an AOSP rom anyway and poof - screwed up my phone. I spent the entire day in TWRP / fastboot /flashing stock **** to get my phone working again. At one point in the process I lost the ability to mount usb so I was particularly screwed at that point. I eventually gave in and formated sdcard, then was able to push a stock rom, flashed that a few times, and also a superuser.zip and eventually I was back to running stock 3.17. I've learned something today - I think I'm better off just waiting until December when we get 4.3 and Sense 5 from HTC... Gah - what a day.
Anyway, thank you to the innumerable posts that pointed to the Don't Pank Q&A and elsewhere on the forums. Searching + reading = solution, most of the time. Also, if you (noob to semi-noob) have already OTA updated to 3.17 don't try to S-OFF until a developer has solved this problem, because you are (probably) going to screw it up (and fail).
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Has anyone on 3.17 tried DirtyRacun + BabyRacun for S-OFF? Everyone is saying Moonshine doesn't work, but if BabyRacun works, S-OFF would still be possible using any of the 3 existing methods.
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Has anyone on 3.17 tried DirtyRacun + BabyRacun for S-OFF? Everyone is saying Moonshine doesn't work, but if BabyRacun works, S-OFF would still be possible using any of the 3 existing methods.
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Having thoroughly butt-fudged my phone last week, I am going to refrain from experimenting (at least until after I take comps in January).
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Having thoroughly butt-fudged my phone last week, I am going to refrain from experimenting (at least until after I take comps in January).
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Maybe if I get bored, I'll experiment with it.
And down the rabbit hole I go . . .
Got BabyRacun to work (after a hex edit to the file) to downgrade my mainver to 3.15.651.16, but the 3.15 RUU won't run. So . . .
I'm going to flash the 3.15 ROM manually through fastboot (boot.img & system.img) and then try DirtyRacun to see if it works. If that doesn't, I may try the 3.15 firmware package and see if that helps.
Alright, so here's where I am. I was able to downgrade my firmware successfully using the 3.16 extended firmware zip from Haus, and now it's just a matter of flashing 3.16 stock rooted so I can Moonshine. At least I proved it could be done, even if it wasn't easy. I believe Moonshine is going to be updated for it to work with 3.17 anyway, so this may have just been an opportunity for me to be reminded of all the crazy stuff I used to do to try and get S-OFF to work, lol.
Captain_Throwback said:
Alright, so here's where I am. I was able to downgrade my firmware successfully using the 3.16 extended firmware zip from Haus, and now it's just a matter of flashing 3.16 stock rooted so I can Moonshine. At least I proved it could be done, even if it wasn't easy. I believe Moonshine is going to be updated for it to work with 3.17 anyway, so this may have just been an opportunity for me to be reminded of all the crazy stuff I used to do to try and get S-OFF to work, lol.
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But you still do not effectively have S-OFF with 3.17, right? I think you can flash the 3.17 radios separately, though, but I think there might be other stability fixes to sense that you would be lacking. Thanks for experimenting though.
JJW
SimianJones said:
But you still do not effectively have S-OFF with 3.17, right? I think you can flash the 3.17 radios separately, though, but I think there might be other stability fixes to sense that you would be lacking. Thanks for experimenting though.
JJW
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Huh? Yes, I have S-OFF. What would I be lacking? I re-updated to the 3.17 firmware after S-OFF, and then flashed the 3.17 stock rooted. What fixes would I be missing?
At any rate, I'm running CM10.2 anyway.
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Huh? Yes, I have S-OFF. What would I be lacking? I re-updated to the 3.17 firmware after S-OFF, and then flashed the 3.17 stock rooted. What fixes would I be missing?
At any rate, I'm running CM10.2 anyway.
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Ah, I thought that reflashing the 3.17 rooted stock rom would have pushed S-ON. Again thanks for looking at this.
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Ah, I thought that reflashing the 3.17 rooted stock rom would have pushed S-ON. Again thanks for looking at this.
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No, flashing a ROM won't put you back S-on. The fact is that Captain was able to find a way to downgrade from 3.17 S-on and still get S-off, which was the ultimate goal in his experiment. Much like back when people downgraded from Hboot 1.15 or 1.19 and used Lazy Panda to gain S-off prior to the Dirty Racun method being available.
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