Hi,
I have a TF201 running ICS WW version.
I've been searching for days now trying to understand how you update to JB from ICS without bricking your device as there seems to be various warnings that your bootloader must be the correct version in order to flash the correct rom.
So my version is 2.10. I would have assumed from the numbering that that implies I have a HC bootloader? But I'm currently running ICS.
So, im sorry if this is a rookie question, but how do I update to JB from ICS when my bootloader is this version. Or perhaps more directly, how do I update my bootloader version to the JB version so I can then flash the correct ROM.
On a side note, I seem to have both CWM recovery mode 5.5.0.4 and TWRP v2.3.0.0 installed. Currently however I can only access TWRP by holding down volume down and power which brings me straight to the multiple choice of fastboot, TWRP. cold boot and wipe.
I have installed nvFLASH and backed up my blobs prior to all this - in case something like this happened
Thanks for your time
The easiest way to upgrade to the JB Boot loader is to just flash a rom that has it included such as Androwook 1.3 from the dev forum. Since you have nvflash victory you're safe from about any brick as long as you have your file back ups backed up 3x over :laugh:
McJesus15 said:
The easiest way to upgrade to the JB Boot loader is to just flash a rom that has it included such as Androwook 1.3 from the dev forum. Since you have nvflash victory you're safe from about any brick as long as you have your file back ups backed up 3x over :laugh:
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wonderful thank-you! im now happily using HB 1.51 .
That's good, but I'm stuck in the same way and that rom is not available anymore...
Any suggestion or link to that rom?
Help please.
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Hi all, back when the unlock was released for this phone I installed a custom GB rom on my brother's phone. I am very experienced.with flashing and rooting etc so this wasn't a problem. Now with S-Off things have gotten a bit more complicated, not to mention the mainver nonsense I've been reading about. To make matters worse I haven't found a good thread outlining all these details on what needs to be done for the transition from GB to ICS; everyone basically assumes you're already on ICS and either S-On or S-Off.
So I have a few questions I'm hoping someone can answer.
1. I want to keep my brother's phone S-On. I have reviewed the S-Off method and deem it too risky for hardware that is not my own. That said, what's the best path to getting to a custom ICS OTA based rom from GB firmware?
a. Should I flash stock GB, relock phone, install OTA, unlock phone, install custom ICS rom?
b. Should I directly install a certain firmware from the boot loader along with a custom ICS OTA based rom from recovery? If so, which firmware should I flash? Is there any mainver stuff I need to tweak?
c. Or something else?
2. I always perform backups before flashing a new rom to ensure if something goes wrong I can restore to the previous rom image. However, if I backup a GB rom that runs on an older firmware and install ICS based on a newer firmware, would restoring to GB be as simple as going into recovery and restoring his old GB rom? Or would I have to flash the old firmware first?
3. I've noticed some roms like Viper use aroma installer which can handle multiple situations of installation. Would the situation I am describing (GB firmware, S-On) be handled? I am unsure how many different firmware versions there are out there. I don't know if referring to the "old firmware" means an older ICS firmware or GB firmware.
Thank you all for your help. It is frustrating for me to be this confused about how to upgrade a phone considering the amount of times I've done it in the past. I appreciate any responses or links that could help me better understand what I must do.
so your s-on and unlocked? or locked either way
re-lock if you are unlocked and then run
the ics offical .exe RUU from
here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29979907&postcount=133
after you do that then unlock and flash a custom recovery then flash a ics rom of your choice
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Hi all, back when the unlock was released for this phone I installed a custom GB rom on my brother's phone. I am very experienced.with flashing and rooting etc so this wasn't a problem. Now with S-Off things have gotten a bit more complicated, not to mention the mainver nonsense I've been reading about. To make matters worse I haven't found a good thread outlining all these details on what needs to be done for the transition from GB to ICS; everyone basically assumes you're already on ICS and either S-On or S-Off.
So I have a few questions I'm hoping someone can answer.
1. I want to keep my brother's phone S-On. I have reviewed the S-Off method and deem it too risky for hardware that is not my own. That said, what's the best path to getting to a custom ICS OTA based rom from GB firmware?
a. Should I flash stock GB, relock phone, install OTA, unlock phone, install custom ICS rom?
b. Should I directly install a certain firmware from the boot loader along with a custom ICS OTA based rom from recovery? If so, which firmware should I flash? Is there any mainver stuff I need to tweak?
c. Or something else?
2. I always perform backups before flashing a new rom to ensure if something goes wrong I can restore to the previous rom image. However, if I backup a GB rom that runs on an older firmware and install ICS based on a newer firmware, would restoring to GB be as simple as going into recovery and restoring his old GB rom? Or would I have to flash the old firmware first?
3. I've noticed some roms like Viper use aroma installer which can handle multiple situations of installation. Would the situation I am describing (GB firmware, S-On) be handled? I am unsure how many different firmware versions there are out there. I don't know if referring to the "old firmware" means an older ICS firmware or GB firmware.
Thank you all for your help. It is frustrating for me to be this confused about how to upgrade a phone considering the amount of times I've done it in the past. I appreciate any responses or links that could help me better understand what I must do.
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Try CleanROM, I've been using it since I got it. Very easy to install with S-On.
nstallation for S-ON Devices on Gingerbread firmware
Copy ROM to SD Card AND PH98IMG.zip AND GB Firmware Patch to ROOT of SD Card
Reboot to recovery
wipe data / Factory Reset
Flash ROM
Flash GB Fimrware Patch
Use Developer Menu to reboot to bootloader and flash the boot.img file in the PH98IMG.zip
Reboot
Profit!
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The phone might say something about the SD card not working, so make sure you download the Gingerbread Firmware patch. Just Flash it like a rom and you're all god
Hello everyone, just got my tf201. Haven't done anything to it yet, so it's still locked and on ICS 9.4.2.28
Should I just upgrade to official JB OTA or should I go ahead and unlock the bootloader then nvflash to JB rom...?
From reading several threads it seems that some people are trying to update OTA but can't because of unlocked bootloader, and some people are trying to come back to 2.28 in order to gain root...any suggestion would be appreciated. Thanks~
If you want to have a safe backup to restore from then you will need to unlock to make an NVFlash backup so that you can always recover your device.
I have not been to XDA in a while as I have been very happy with VeganTab on my GTab. Now I would like to try out a JB ROM but a couple of them do not say wht boot loader they are for. is it a safe assumption that they all require BL1.2? Are there no ROMs anymore for BL1.1?
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I have not been to XDA in a while as I have been very happy with VeganTab on my GTab. Now I would like to try out a JB ROM but a couple of them do not say wht boot loader they are for. is it a safe assumption that they all require BL1.2? Are there no ROMs anymore for BL1.1?
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The TeamDRH kernel which is what all the ICS and JB ROMs use, doesn't care about the bootloader version-1.1 or 1.2. So, you can run JB or ICS ROMs on either bootloader.
However. most of these newer ROMs need an expanded /system partition to hold the ROM files, so they have a "prep" step which uses nvflash to enlarge the system partition on the NAND. This prep step involves re-writing the entire NAND which necessarily means also writing a new bootloader version. So, after the prep step, you will be on a 1.2 bootloader.
You can stay on your 1.1 bootloader and still expand the system partition if you so wish by editing the gtablet.cfg in one of the 1.1 nvflash img packages. Note that the kernel in the CWM recovery images still care about the bootloader version because they use the older kernel.
Simpler to just use the already existing prep files.
Hi everyone,
After small battle with my Prime to get root I finally decided to unlock to get free of stock rom. But I was doing every possible OTA and that was mistake - now I have JB with its bootloader. Now the problem is that I cannot use nvflash as it needs ICS bootloader.
The question is: if it will be possible to enable nvflash on my device in any non-destructable way (I mean I can accept full wipe, but not risk bricking device as I don't have nvflash) soon?
My situation in detail: TF201 unlocked with JB bootloader, TWRP recovery, AndroWook HairyBean v1.51 [4.1.1].
dskowronski said:
Hi everyone,
After small battle with my Prime to get root I finally decided to unlock to get free of stock rom. But I was doing every possible OTA and that was mistake - now I have JB with its bootloader. Now the problem is that I cannot use nvflash as it needs ICS bootloader.
The question is: if it will be possible to enable nvflash on my device in any non-destructable way (I mean I can accept full wipe, but not risk bricking device as I don't have nvflash) soon?
My situation in detail: TF201 unlocked with JB bootloader, TWRP recovery, AndroWook HairyBean v1.51 [4.1.1].
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No mate. ICS only.
Hello,
I wanted to have newer android and have rooted and flashed HTC Amaze with Hasoons toolkit using TWRP recovery system. After flashing Cyanogenmod 10 ROM through ADB Sideload and flashing Cyanogenmod 10 ROM kernel (boot.img file which was included in the zipped folder) manually with Hasoons toolkit, the phone started to boot normally, load welcome screen, but after several seconds it freezes and then restarts. Can you please help what can be the cause of this problem and how can I repair? The phone is rooted and bootloader unlocked, but its still S-ON.
Before installing the Cyanogenmod I have tried to flash other ROMs, but on all of them after flashing kernel, the phone was freezing on booting mode and then just restarting continuously.
I hope there should be some way out and the phone is not bricked. If something I have backed up the data and will try to restore, but would prefer to repair Cyanogenmod ROM.
Thank you guys in advance for your help.
ratijs100 said:
Hello,
I wanted to have newer android and have rooted and flashed HTC Amaze with Hasoons toolkit using TWRP recovery system. After flashing Cyanogenmod 10 ROM through ADB Sideload and flashing Cyanogenmod 10 ROM kernel (boot.img file which was included in the zipped folder) manually with Hasoons toolkit, the phone started to boot normally, load welcome screen, but after several seconds it freezes and then restarts. Can you please help what can be the cause of this problem and how can I repair? The phone is rooted and bootloader unlocked, but its still S-ON.
Before installing the Cyanogenmod I have tried to flash other ROMs, but on all of them after flashing kernel, the phone was freezing on booting mode and then just restarting continuously.
I hope there should be some way out and the phone is not bricked. If something I have backed up the data and will try to restore, but would prefer to repair Cyanogenmod ROM.
Thank you guys in advance for your help.
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Did you follow the directions posted in the pinned threads at the top of the forums and update to ICS before unlocking and flashing these other ROMs?
I ask because if you say you're unlocked, but s-on, and you need to be on an ICS radio baseband prior to flashing any newer ROM. If you were already on ICS prior to these flash attempts then I suggest you try again with the latest version of 4ext instead of TWRP, and make sure to enable smart-flash. TWRP doesn't flash kernels properly on HTC handsets with s-on, while 4ext does when smart-flash is enabled. Of course all of this comes with the stipulation that you're doing this on a T-Mobile US version handset.
If you're on an Asian or non-branded international version it gets a bit more complicated because you must attain s-off before attempting to flash. This is because these handsets never got an ICS update. So there is no carrier image to flash to, and the only way to install the updated firmware with the ICS baseband is to attain s-off first then flash the T-Mobile US image.
Again, if you haven't I strongly suggest reading the pinned threads at the top of the different forums here as they contain all of the info you need to successfully flash your device to an updated ROM. Good luck.
Ciao
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Did you follow the directions posted in the pinned threads at the top of the forums and update to ICS before unlocking and flashing these other ROMs?
I ask because if you say you're unlocked, but s-on, and you need to be on an ICS radio baseband prior to flashing any newer ROM. If you were already on ICS prior to these flash attempts then I suggest you try again with the latest version of 4ext instead of TWRP, and make sure to enable smart-flash. TWRP doesn't flash kernels properly on HTC handsets with s-on, while 4ext does when smart-flash is enabled. Of course all of this comes with the stipulation that you're doing this on a T-Mobile US version handset.
If you're on an Asian or non-branded international version it gets a bit more complicated because you must attain s-off before attempting to flash. This is because these handsets never got an ICS update. So there is no carrier image to flash to, and the only way to install the updated firmware with the ICS baseband is to attain s-off first then flash the T-Mobile US image.
Again, if you haven't I strongly suggest reading the pinned threads at the top of the different forums here as they contain all of the info you need to successfully flash your device to an updated ROM. Good luck.
Ciao
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Thank you for information. It is non-branded international version. It means I will have to try S-off and then flash the ROM with 4ext.
ratijs100 said:
Thank you for information. It is non-branded international version. It means I will have to try S-off and then flash the ROM with 4ext.
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Please read the pinned threads first. You're going to have to relock your bootloader before proceeding, so save the binary unlock blob you got from HTC as you'll need it to unlock again. Place the stock image in the root of your external SD card and flash from hboot. Then after getting s-off and superCID then you can flash the T-Mobile ICS image. Again read the pinned threads thoroughly or you'll be posting about how to unbrick your handset. Good luck.
Ciao
I had the same issues and had to turn off security with the joupunut bear program. Just to be safe with future flashing I've understood it works best. You should first s-off your phone and then go about flashing whichever firmware you want. Make sure you upgrade to the stock ics rom first as a pre requisite towards flashing any other rom and you'll be fine. Do a search on the stuff needed to gain s-off here in the forums. Report back if you need more assistance
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