A new update has been made available by HTC - they call it APPLICATION SECURITY FIX. It is meant for non-Androi 4.0+ devices and the Jetstream is one among them besides HTC Vivid, Inspire and Status. It is a manual update and I don't think it will be provided via ota.
The link is: http://www.htc.com/us/support/app-security.html
I really don't know what the update contains but they make it clear that no personal data would be wiped by installing the fix. I am not applying it, in hope that we will be getting JB real soon. So people who want to check it out, do so at your own risk after reading all directions given by HTC about the update.
kailashpchhabria said:
A new update has been made available by HTC - they call it APPLICATION SECURITY FIX. It is meant for non-Androi 4.0+ devices and the Jetstream is one among them besides HTC Vivid, Inspire and Status. It is a manual update and I don't think it will be provided via ota.
The link is: http://www.htc.com/us/support/app-security.html
I really don't know what the update contains but they make it clear that no personal data would be wiped by installing the fix. I am not applying it, in hope that we will be getting JB real soon. So people who want to check it out, do so at your own risk after reading all directions given by HTC about the update.
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Well, seeing how JB won't be coming that soon, unless some developers get going, I installed them all. Not sure what it will accomplish, but figure it can't hurt, after all, it is just for the weather, sound and PDF reader. If you don't see me write back, then all is fine, if I do, it will have turned into a disaster. LoL
I'm sure it pained HTC to make an update for the Jetstream.
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Hi all,
I've had my EVO View 4g and I just rooted. I'm kind new to android so I'm learning as I go. I just had a couple of questions regarding my View tablet. They are as follows...
1. I purchased my tablet without a data plan, is this going to affect me as far as getting updates (I have an EVO 3d with connected hotspot so I just connect to that)?
2. Now that I'm rooted, where do I go from here? Is there a site that is just for this tablet where I can go to get roms, kernels, themes, etc.? I don't see a whole lot of info regarding this tablet anywhere.
3. Can I use my view to make phone calls even if I don't have a data plan and how?
4. When the heck are we getting Honeycomb?
Any help getting my tablet optimized to its fullest would be greatly appreciated.
1. You don't want OTA updates. If you install one, you will lose root. And depending on what they update, you might not be able to root again until somebody cracks whatever new protection HTC thought up.
Its pretty typical that rooted versions of the most recent updates are posted here in Development. Those are the ones you want to flash, not the official OTAs. Flyer is not as well supported here as other devices. But normally on other devices, rooted versions of OTAs are often available shortly after the OTAs go live. Sometimes even before, if somebody gets a hold of a leaked ROM!
2. Have you looked at the Development section? ROMs and kernels are posted there.
3. Dunno
4. Nobody knows except HTC, and they aren't saying.
Thanks a million!
I haven't looked at the development section just yet, but I will do that asap. One more question....
Can the view be overclocked once I flash a ROM. If so where can I find a kernel?
Also, can you recommend a for the view?
Again, thanks so much for the help. Your the only one!
UPDATED:
HTC unlock supports the View.
I have S-OFF working as an upgrade path
It is possible to rollback from HC to GB, irrespective of S-OFF or not.
There is some more work required on the procedures, but it can all be done.
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The Honeycomb upgrade for the View is expected to start rolling out.
Before taking this upgrade please read the following in order to be aware of the consequences of taking the upgrade if you want any root options or custom ROMs or custom recovery.
It is expected that the upgrade will contain a new hboot (that has been strongly hinted at by reliable sources but never explicitly confirmed), that being the case you should be aware of the following consequences:
If you take this upgrade there is no HTC unlock for the View yet.
This means no root for now
This means no custom ROMs for now
This means no rollback to gingerbread for now
In other words this is a dead-end for now.
There is no S-OFF tool for the view when running on HC (revolutionary will not work)
This means no root for now
This means no custom ROMs for now
This means no rollback to gingerbread for now
In other words this is a dead-end for now.
There is currently no known working temp root exploit on HC (again this means no rollback)
So with that depressing information out of the way, here is the good news:
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
While some of you will want to stay completely stock and have no need for root or custom roms/recovery and I entirely respect that opinion and option as being valid others may be undecided. If you are undecided I strongly suggest that you either:
Wait until you have decided
Perform the S-OFF upgrade, which is reversible and will allow you to go back to stock if you want to.
Again, to re-iterate if you take the upgrade as is you will be stuck with no options but to stay completely stock.
I hate to ask this, but I want to make sure since I am newb in all areas relating to rooting,flashing etc. You are in fact referring to the View and not the Flyer?
Thanks for the heads up.
I am getting my View in the next week and will not upgrade to HC until there is a way to roll back to GB
E.T.Heil said:
I hate to ask this, but I want to make sure since I am newb in all areas relating to rooting,flashing etc. You are in fact referring to the View and not the Flyer?
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Yes, I put an "over the top" highlight of the in the first post to clarify.
Just got the notification on mine too, thanks for the heads up even though I really want to upgrade. I will wait!
Another question from a 1 week old Android Noob. Is this update you are referring to an official one from HTC/Sprint? (my device is out of WiFi range, so I cant tell if there are updates), or is this from devs like yourself (globatron)?
Official release.
I hate HC & planned to decline it anyway, so do you have any idea if it will keep prompting me to update if I hit decline?
I don't know about that way, but you can turn off checking altogether anyway.
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Yes, I put an "over the top" highlight of the in the first post to clarify.
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Another question from a newbie. Is everything you said (except for the rollout date) still applicable to the Wi-Fi HC update for the Flyer? That is to say, we should wait for further news before upgrading from stock GB to HC?
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I don't know about that way, but you can turn off checking altogether anyway.
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@Globatron did somebody upload the update for you yet? If not, I'm getting ready to dl it and I can. Just let me know.
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Another question from a newbie. Is everything you said (except for the rollout date) still applicable to the Wi-Fi HC update for the Flyer?
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No. There is an official HTC unlock for those, and as a result it is possible to rollback to GB and S-OFF there, that said I have all the pieces needed to handle the upgrade S-OFF upgrade of the flyer from day 1.
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@Globatron did somebody upload the update for you yet? If not, I'm getting ready to dl it and I can. Just let me know.
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Upload is in progress, but by all means provide another mirror in case the first one goes bad or any other problems arise.
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Upload is in progress, but by all means provide another mirror in case the first one goes bad or any other problems arise.
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No problem, I'll post a link when I'm done.
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No. There is an official HTC unlock for those, and as a result it is possible to rollback to HC and S-OFF there, that said I have all the pieces needed to handle the upgrade S-OFF upgrade of the flyer from day 1.
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I assume you mean, rollback to GB.
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I assume you mean, rollback to GB.
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yeah, sorry...updating previous post to avoid confusing others.
I don't want to whine and clog up the thread, but some comments are driving me nuts. Plus, this might clear up some confusion. Here's some things I've learned over the last couple weeks, when I've been waiting for the impending Honeycomb update:
1. While the hardware of the HTC Evo View and the HTC Flyer is extremely similar, they are different enough that the Honeycomb upgrade for the View won't work on the Flyer. If you have questions about the Honeycomb Flyer update, you probably should redirect any questions to that thread. Flyer users have already been able to update to Honeycomb for a couple weeks, which has been the cause of much jealousy among us View owners.
2. Globatron - who I will commend for somehow having all this inside information - has clearly marked this as a View thread. To just give you a couple examples, it's titled, "WARNING to View Users" and also contains "View" in giant red letters in the opening few sentences. This information clearly doesn't apply to the Flyer.
Three cheers to Globatron. I'll be taking his advice and waiting until he can post a rootable HC update. I'm thrilled about possibly having universal stylus support, which will make this tablet the best $250 I've ever put down on a piece of technology.
GoodandEvo.net has this warning about updating if rooted.
Update: If you rooted using Revolutionary, hold off on applying this update for now. I'm currently stuck at the white HTC start-up screen, and now have to wait for my battery to die before I can fix this in recovery since there's no way to pull the battery on this tablet.
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I don't want to whine and clog up the thread, but some comments are driving me nuts. Plus, this might clear up some confusion. Here's some things I've learned over the last couple weeks, when I've been waiting for the impending Honeycomb update:
1. While the hardware of the HTC Evo View and the HTC Flyer is extremely similar, they are different enough that the Honeycomb upgrade for the View won't work on the Flyer. If you have questions about the Honeycomb Flyer update, you probably should redirect any questions to that thread. Flyer users have already been able to update to Honeycomb for a couple weeks, which has been the cause of much jealousy among us View owners.
2. Globatron - who I will commend for somehow having all this inside information - has clearly marked this as a View thread. To just give you a couple examples, it's titled, "WARNING to View Users" and also contains "View" in giant red letters in the opening few sentences. This information clearly doesn't apply to the Flyer.
Three cheers to Globatron. I'll be taking his advice and waiting until he can post a rootable HC update. I'm thrilled about possibly having universal stylus support, which will make this tablet the best $250 I've ever put down on a piece of technology.
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Word. Globatron is pretty much the Evo View God. $0.02
post back there an tell the OP to flash the recovery and boot images from GB via fastboot.
It looks like HTC has unlocked all Android bootloaders[/URL] from smartphones launched after September 2011. I have just received the Amaze about a week ago.
Unfortunately I can't post the link since I don't have enough posts. But if you go to tmonews you will see the link and information HTC has posted. HTC has on there site :
All HTC Android devices launched after September 2011 are unlockable. The website will be updated accordingly to reflect this in the coming weeks. We continue to work on models launched prior to September 2011, please check back often for the status of older devices.
Please correct me if I am wrong and need more clarification on this feature that HTC is giving us - Am I correct to believe this feature will root your phone. I will take it as yes as this is what I am to gather from reading. So with this root that HTC is allowing - buy question is:
The last time I rooted a phone was believe it or not - the myTouch 3g - the original. So its been a while. I would like a new rom on this new Amaze. There are many out there, but I am not familiar with reliability and there is just so many rome- its confusing. Can someone please tell me which rom would be the way to go for the Amaze 4G. The options I would like would be simple like the wifi hotspot, wifi calling, good memory etc etc....basically the rom that comes with the phone is fine in my book, but it doesn't allow for hot spot due to the cost, and thats basically my biggest problem.
So any help would be appreciated.
Peace
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It looks like HTC has unlocked all Android bootloaders[/URL] from smartphones launched after September 2011. I have just received the Amaze about a week ago.
Unfortunately I can't post the link since I don't have enough posts. But if you go to tmonews you will see the link and information HTC has posted. HTC has on there site :
All HTC Android devices launched after September 2011 are unlockable. The website will be updated accordingly to reflect this in the coming weeks. We continue to work on models launched prior to September 2011, please check back often for the status of older devices.
Please correct me if I am wrong and need more clarification on this feature that HTC is giving us - Am I correct to believe this feature will root your phone. I will take it as yes as this is what I am to gather from reading. So with this root that HTC is allowing - buy question is:
The last time I rooted a phone was believe it or not - the myTouch 3g - the original. So its been a while. I would like a new rom on this new Amaze. There are many out there, but I am not familiar with reliability and there is just so many rome- its confusing. Can someone please tell me which rom would be the way to go for the Amaze 4G. The options I would like would be simple like the wifi hotspot, wifi calling, good memory etc etc....basically the rom that comes with the phone is fine in my book, but it doesn't allow for hot spot due to the cost, and thats basically my biggest problem.
So any help would be appreciated.
Peace
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Unlocking your bootloader does not give you root by itself.
You can obtain root but flashing a custom recovery by fastboot (which you should be familiar with coming from another HTC device) then flashing a custom rom from the recovery. However it's important to note that you must unlock your bootloader to fastboot flash anything. Also this device is very much different than the MT3G device. This device is much easier to root (provided you already unlocked your bootloader) but we cannot flash kernels by custom recovery, can't update radios, etc until we get s-off. Regarding S-OFf... doesn't look like it'll happen anytime soom.
Crazy... This phone is awesome. Would think people would be on it like stink on $hit. Wish I could do it.
Sent from my HTC_Amaze_4G using XDA App
Thanks, Binary - well at least this clears things up for me. Now I have to decide...errr...thanks again and take care.
I want to root only to remove some built-in apps including HTCLinkifydispatcher.apk.
However, I don't want to deal with any issues related to: having 3rd party apps running on a rooted device that also handles my money money, receiving any OTA updates, and warranty eligibility.
<< If my above assumptions of potential issues are wrong, please correct me ! >>
I know rooting is just getting underway and that I need to wait patiently wait for the unroot process as well, but I'm curious if my following plan makes sense:
1. Root phone
2. Remove apps I don't want
3. Unroot phone
4. OTA updates come as needed. If a major OTA update adds back a removed app I dont want, repeat steps (1-3) as needed once the community has had a chance to root/unroot the OTA update
Whoops just realized that this might be better for Q+A forum, so feel free to move the topic there.
I just froze the above apk with TB. The usual open with dialogue did not come up. I think it's going to take alot more than just getting rid of the htc apk's to return that type of functionality.
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I just froze the above apk with TB. The usual open with dialogue did not come up. I think it's going to take alot more than just getting rid of the htc apk's to return that type of functionality.
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Ah I see, good to know going in before I make the plunge and get this phone. I hope the situation improves (maybe HTC can really improve the preset linking capabilities) because from the threads I've seen so far quite a few linkable objects just don't work or redirect to the wrong thing (especially linkable objects the HTC linker app doesn't know about).
I'm hopeful CM will have something mostly functional before the year's end or sooner. While some prefer aosp, I really want an OS that has no HTC apk's in it . For the longest time I didn't want to switch from sense. After some prodding from another member here, I saw the light. While it took more time to get cm configured to my liking, eventually it was perfect. Everything worked (99%), and there was no bloat at all.
I decided to do some extensive research on the following questions and while some were answered, most weren't.
For those of you who may or may not remember the good ol' days with the htc hero..where one click roots were common. Apps like z4root plunged me into the fantastic world of rooting. Now rooting is much more difficult, as I have come to determine with other sources. I am eligible for an upgrade and am going to get the HTC Evo 4G LTE. I would like to root it but keep the original stock rom as it has all these awesome features that come along with it. Unfortunately I heard that you can't get OTA software updates while rooted. I don't know if this means it just won't allow me to do it or if it'll brick my phone trying. This is an issue I haven't come across before as I had the HTC hero and it no longer received software updates. I did however see that some people said developers offer these updates with some additional features right out of the box. Does that mean people will be having sense roms perfected so to speak when the OTA software updates come out? Because that then leaves me with the question of having to unroot my phone. On another note z4root claims to be able to unroot phones instantly no matter how you rooted it. I really do want to root it because I'd like to take advantage of the apparent good features of sense...while deleting that annoying bloatware and having wifi tether. Until that EVO then gets to a point of dinasaur speed..at which I am fully ready to jump into Cyanogenmod. They have truly won me over. So just wondering if this is possible. Please feel free to correct any noob mistakes or wrong information as I am learning and need to continue to do so. Oh and last thing...if it's true that developers will be taking sense roms and adding stuff into it so people like me can have those new updates with root still..where would I go about finding such updates? Websites..etc. Thank you!
If you want to root it you can do it through HTC or go for s-off depending on your hboot.
Either way after an ota comes out there will be the updated stock from posted here if you want to get the updates. With HTC dev to unlock you get relocked if you take the ota's.
S-off you never want to take ota's as it may change your hboot and you may lose your ability for s-off in the future.
Also check out the stickies at the top of the forums for info on rooting the evo lte.
Naters
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I decided to do some extensive research on the following questions and while some were answered, most weren't.
For those of you who may or may not remember the good ol' days with the htc hero..where one click roots were common. Apps like z4root plunged me into the fantastic world of rooting. Now rooting is much more difficult, as I have come to determine with other sources. I am eligible for an upgrade and am going to get the HTC Evo 4G LTE. I would like to root it but keep the original stock rom as it has all these awesome features that come along with it. Unfortunately I heard that you can't get OTA software updates while rooted. I don't know if this means it just won't allow me to do it or if it'll brick my phone trying. This is an issue I haven't come across before as I had the HTC hero and it no longer received software updates. I did however see that some people said developers offer these updates with some additional features right out of the box. Does that mean people will be having sense roms perfected so to speak when the OTA software updates come out? Because that then leaves me with the question of having to unroot my phone. On another note z4root claims to be able to unroot phones instantly no matter how you rooted it. I really do want to root it because I'd like to take advantage of the apparent good features of sense...while deleting that annoying bloatware and having wifi tether. Until that EVO then gets to a point of dinasaur speed..at which I am fully ready to jump into Cyanogenmod. They have truly won me over. So just wondering if this is possible. Please feel free to correct any noob mistakes or wrong information as I am learning and need to continue to do so. Oh and last thing...if it's true that developers will be taking sense roms and adding stuff into it so people like me can have those new updates with root still..where would I go about finding such updates? Websites..etc. Thank you!
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Lot of different questions compacted into that large paragraph. Not clear on which questions you want answered and in what priority. I'll do my best to throw out some answers.
First, comparing the EVO LTE to the Hero will result in a bit of confusion. If z4root worked on the Hero, then the Hero did not have write protected internal memory. In the world of security, otherwise known as methods to prevent root access, internal memory write protection is one of the more complicated methods used on modern cell phones. Due to the complexity of the internal memory write protection, there are very few people and groups capable of reverse engineering and bypassing this security, which is why there aren't very many tools, usually only one or two. Prior to this internal memory write protection, back in the z4root days, methods of gaining root access were much simpler.
Now, to the modern day HTC devices with the internal memory locked down. HTC offers and official tool, after many users requested, that allows *most* of the internal memory to be unlocked and root access gained. There are some 3rd party methods of internally unlocking the memory, but these are rare due to the required complexity.
In regards to applying OTA updates, other than the internal memory locking controlled by the bootloader, as mentioned above, OTA updates have charged relatively little to the days of the Hero. All OTA updates remove root access, but in a very simple manner by changing permissions. This can easily be restored. On the other hand, HTC OTA updates sometimes will update the bootloader, which can have the impact of relocking the internal memory, or patching a 3rd party memory unlock solution.
All frustrations with gaining root access should be directed at the carrier and manufacturer as they have intentionally devoted time and labor to developing these methods and they are the only parties with the power to directly change the process.
Hope that information helps fill in a few gaps on the changes that have occurred from the Hero to the EVO LTE in regards to root access/security!
Wow you guys are fast I think e everything was answered. But now I have two new ones. So I can root it through HTC..could you please explain how I would go about doing this? Do I just send it to them asking them to root it? And as for the updating without having to unroot it developers will post like SENSE with additional out of the box stuff here I just gotta find it .
THANKS!!!
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Wow you guys are fast I think e everything was answered. But now I have two new ones. So I can root it through HTC..could you please explain how I would go about doing this? Do I just send it to them asking them to root it? And as for the updating without having to unroot it developers will post like SENSE with additional out of the box stuff here I just gotta find it .
THANKS!!!
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htcdev.com
Go there and you can use the tool to unlock. As previous user posted, it allows most, NOT all, of the internal storage/memory/partitions to be written to.
You will void your warranty with HTC doing this though, however, most sprint stores from what I have read, don't know that you used the tool to unlock unless they specifically check for it in the HBOOT.
If you are on the 1.13 software, then, you can use the LazyPanda method to root and obtain full S-OFF (all paritions unlocked). If on 1.22, your only option at this point is to use the official HTC dev unlock method.
If you are on 1.15 use this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1690919
Its HTC dev unlock and all completely automated. It will unlock your phone, put on a custom recovery, and root teh stock ROM
If you have 1.13 run lazy landa to S-OFF
Thanks guys will do!