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Hey Guys,
I've had my T-Mobile Amaze 4G for almost a month now and HATE the bloatware on it. I really think it's killing my battery sooner than it should.
I am on WindMobile in Canada and Wind just released their Amaze 4G on Dec. 2nd.
Has anyone taken an image of Wind's stock ROM for the Amaze yet...and made it available for download?
I hear Wind has almost no bloatware and am wanting to use it.
The other Windmobile Amaze ROM's I've found on xda are all pre-release versions, hence I don't want to use them as I want to ensure I get the officially released ROM.
Thanks for all the help.
Cheers
Well, there are numerous solutions to your issue in question. If you flash any of the roms in the development section, most of them wont have any bloatware. If you'd rather stick with stock you can download root explorer (once your phone is rooted of course) and uninstall any offending apps from there. On my current rom i just got nearly two days worth of battery with light use without doing anything special to it =)
my bad x lol...
dude you guys got to search i have a wind rom and a ruu
realitysconcierge said:
Well, there are numerous solutions to your issue in question. If you flash any of the roms in the development section, most of them wont have any bloatware. If you'd rather stick with stock you can download root explorer (once your phone is rooted of course) and uninstall any offending apps from there. On my current rom i just got nearly two days worth of battery with light use without doing anything special to it =)
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Ya...but I'm not too comfortable removing apps when I don't know if they are somehow tied to other apps that will break something.
I'd prefer to go stock Wind ROM...if the released version exists somewhere...
xboarder56 said:
dude you guys got to search i have a wind rom and a ruu
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Is it the pre-released...or released version?
Wind's official release was Dec. 2nd for their Amaze 4G.
Oh...BTW....I did search, and got zilch returned.
"Wind ROM" returned nothing for me.
But then again....my searching skill really suck....
Think you could reply with a link?
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1335703
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308078
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- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1335703
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308078
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Hi Xboarder,
Yes...I found these already.
But do you know with any degree of certainty if this is the Release version for Wind?...or a beta of some sort?
This is what I am struggling with at the moment....
Thanks for the quick responses.
TJet1.8 said:
Hi Xboarder,
Yes...I found these already.
But do you know with any degree of certainty if this is the Release version for Wind?...or a beta of some sort?
This is what I am struggling with at the moment....
Thanks for the quick responses.
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not sure man just got them leaked to me by friends
TJet1.8 said:
Has anyone taken an image of Wind's stock ROM for the Amaze yet...and made it available for download?
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I have a Wind's Amaze, but without unlocked bootloader I've got no idea how to make a ROM backup. htcdev site refuses unlocking my bootloader
As for the bloatware - only Sense-integrated stuff presents.
By the way Sense 3.0 social networking integration looks pretty outdated - neither Google+ nor even Linked In present...
Vadimus_ca said:
I have a Wind's Amaze, but without unlocked bootloader I've got no idea how to make a ROM backup. htcdev site refuses unlocking my bootloader
As for the bloatware - only Sense-integrated stuff presents.
By the way Sense 3.0 social networking integration looks pretty outdated - neither Google+ nor even Linked In present...
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yes im talking with them to try and unlock others boot loaders just not tmobile lets hope they agree
xboarder56 said:
yes im talking with them to try and unlock others boot loaders just not tmobile lets hope they agree
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Cool....thanks for the effort X.
Much appreciated.
I really hope they start letting us root and unlock the bootloader. I got mine from WIND and really want to start putting some awesome custom roms on. Cmon HTC! Thanks xboarder56 for trying!
Ya...hopefully they'll unlock it soon.
Do you have the official Wind Amaze?
How is the battery life on that?
My T-Mobile has alot of bloatware that seems to be killing the battery.
From the time I wake up to the time I go to bed...I'm usually left with ~30% battery.
This is 1 reason I want the Wind ROM.
TJet1.8 said:
Ya...hopefully they'll unlock it soon.
Do you have the official Wind Amaze?
How is the battery life on that?
My T-Mobile has alot of bloatware that seems to be killing the battery.
From the time I wake up to the time I go to bed...I'm usually left with ~30% battery.
This is 1 reason I want the Wind ROM.
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Wow, my original Wind's Amaze haven't survived from 7am to 10pm yet...
I will try to disable most of Sense whistles, but so far I am dead man if there's no charger available.
Can a T-Mobile user flash the wind mobile rom? I am really interested in getting rid of the T-Mobile bloat on the phone. Not interested in giving HTC my serial number though.
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Can a T-Mobile user flash the wind mobile rom? I am really interested in getting rid of the T-Mobile bloat on the phone. Not interested in giving HTC my serial number though.
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Yes...you can flash the Canadian Windmobile ROM, Telus ROM, or any ROM made for the HTC Amaze 4G.
Unfortunately...we have no choice (at present) but to use HTC's method to unlock the bootloader.
We can't flash other ROM's without unlocking the bootloader first (from what I understand reading the posts here on xda).
The Wind ROM adds a Facebook app of some sort and ringtones, the Telus ROM adds Skype and one other app that I can't recall at the moment....
But neither have the amount of bloat that T-Mobile's ROM has.
I thought it could be flashed from the ruu
That's not my understanding...but am not 100% sure what an ruu does exactly or what the requirements are to use an ruu.
From reading xda, you need a custom recovery to install an ruu.
In order to flash a custom recovery...you need unlock the bootloader.
..or am I just confused?
Maybe Xboarder56 can elaborate on this a little??
I second what can we do without the unlocked bootloader?
I've heard this came out a couple months ago, but my phone as yet to update on its own. When I try and check for an update, it says there are no updates to be found. And when I check my phone, my current software is 3.14.605.12. Anybody know how I can upgrade to the latest? Ever since I upgraded to ICS, my phone has been nothing but trouble for me, and I'm hoping if I upgrade to the latest that some of these problems might go away. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
HTC Rezound
Completely Stock / No mods
Android 4.0.3
Software 3.14.605.12
Verizon / USA
fcukthenet said:
I've heard this came out a couple months ago, but my phone as yet to update on its own. When I try and check for an update, it says there are no updates to be found. And when I check my phone, my current software is 3.14.605.12. Anybody know how I can upgrade to the latest? Ever since I upgraded to ICS, my phone has been nothing but trouble for me, and I'm hoping if I upgrade to the latest that some of these problems might go away. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
HTC Rezound
Completely Stock / No mods
Android 4.0.3
Software 3.14.605.12
Verizon / USA
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Here is the link to the global update: http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ull-ruu-build-4-03-605-2-for-the-htc-rezound/ Lucky for you, since you haven't unlocked you bootloader or done anything otherwise, you can flash this in your bootloader and get the update with no problem.
Two notes on flashing that...first it's unofficial, so flashing it might risk your ability to get OTA's in the future. Second, it will wipe your data, apps, and internal storage. However, with those two caveats, it will work just fine.
I appreciate the input guys. However, both of you state I need to "flash" to do this - which looks to me (as stated above) it's an unofficial method of getting this update. I'm curious, is there a way I can do this a legit way? How come my phone did not take the update, while others did? How can I force my phone to update? I'd like to keep my phone as stock as possible and not do any modding to it.
If I really have no other options, then I guess flashing is my best bet. And considering the last phone I had that I took any time to mod was the first-gen iPhone, I have no clue what any of this lingo means - but I guess that's what Google is for. However if any of you have a quick link in mind you could post that might help me or at least point me in the right direction, it'd be appreciated. I looked at the link posted above to the actual ROM file and it has some simple install instructions, however I'm not sure if that's all I need to do considering I'm still fully stock. Thanks again guys for all your help.
fcukthenet said:
I appreciate the input guys. However, both of you state I need to "flash" to do this - which looks to me (as stated above) it's an unofficial method of getting this update. I'm curious, is there a way I can do this a legit way? How come my phone did not take the update, while others did? How can I force my phone to update? I'd like to keep my phone as stock as possible and not do any modding to it.
If I really have no other options, then I guess flashing is my best bet. And considering the last phone I had that I took any time to mod was the first-gen iPhone, I have no clue what any of this lingo means - but I guess that's what Google is for. However if any of you have a quick link in mind you could post that might help me or at least point me in the right direction, it'd be appreciated. I looked at the link posted above to the actual ROM file and it has some simple install instructions, however I'm not sure if that's all I need to do considering I'm still fully stock. Thanks again guys for all your help.
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your phone is up to date! like they said above and the global is unofficial, therefore putting the global ruu on your phone would be the latest!
fcukthenet said:
I've heard this came out a couple months ago, but my phone as yet to update on its own. When I try and check for an update, it says there are no updates to be found. And when I check my phone, my current software is 3.14.605.12. Anybody know how I can upgrade to the latest? Ever since I upgraded to ICS, my phone has been nothing but trouble for me, and I'm hoping if I upgrade to the latest that some of these problems might go away. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
HTC Rezound
Completely Stock / No mods
Android 4.0.3
Software 3.14.605.12
Verizon / USA
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Run the 4.03.605.2 RUU. Let it boot 1 time, then wipe and install shrike's CounterShrike CM9 ROM. It's seriously a great ROM and super smooth in comparison to stock. Basically, what this phone should have been from day 1.
abrego47 said:
your phone is up to date! like they said above and the global is unofficial, therefore putting the global ruu on your phone would be the latest!
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My apologies, but I don't quite understand. You're saying my phone is up to date with the 3.14.x.x software, and the 4.03.x.x that I'm looking for is actually some "custom" ROM and unofficial?
fcukthenet said:
My apologies, but I don't quite understand. My phone is up to date with the 3.14.x.x software, and the 4.03.x.x that I'm looking for is actually some "custom" ROM and unofficial?
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think of it like getting a Blu-Ray Movie Early. They say when the Blu-ray should be released but some guys who know people can get an Early Copy but modify it to make it Better than its original Release. And this is all totally legal.
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think of it like getting a Blu-Ray Movie Early. They say when the Blu-ray should be released but some guys who know people can get an Early Copy but modify it to make it Better than its original Release. And this is all totally legal.
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So this 4.03.x.x is just not out yet? I've been seeing news articles of them reporting on it as far back as August. Has it just not rolled out to every phone yet? If not, then I will continue to wait. I just thought my phone was messed up and wouldn't take the update.
fcukthenet said:
So this 4.03.x.x is just not out yet? I've been seeing news articles of them reporting on it as far back as August. Has it just not rolled out to every phone yet? If not, then I will continue to wait. I just thought my phone was messed up and wouldn't take the update.
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But waiting on Verizon to Roll out the Update will take a loooonng time. but Sites have the Latest (Unofficial)Build. Unofficial is kind of like Alpha, and Beta. Unofficial is inbetween Alpha n Beta.
It basically gives u global function so if your not going to other countries don't even worry about it. I promise if u take the time to figure everything out and flash it you won't be able to tell a difference. Just skip it
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fcukthenet said:
So this 4.03.x.x is just not out yet? I've been seeing news articles of them reporting on it as far back as August. Has it just not rolled out to every phone yet? If not, then I will continue to wait. I just thought my phone was messed up and wouldn't take the update.
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A few people got 4.03.605.1 a week or two after the 3.14.605.12 OTA, but they never mass rolled it out. I know of one person on XDA who got it as an OTA. 4.03.605.2 surfaced a few days later on Android Police, but I haven't heard of anyone getting it as an OTA, and there hasn't been a peep out of Verizon on it.
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A few people got 4.03.605.1 a week or two after the 3.14.605.12 OTA, but they never mass rolled it out. I know of one person on XDA who got it as an OTA. 4.03.605.2 surfaced a few days later on Android Police, but I haven't heard of anyone getting it as an OTA, and there hasn't been a peep out of Verizon on it.
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Awesome, just what I needed to know. I will just be patient then. Thanks!
Yep, basically the only reason why the global update ever made it to light is because the manufacturers like HTC like to "splash test" on a few customers, let them report back bugs and what not, at this point if there aren't any bugs or the bugs that are present are workable, they will release the update in mass to the rest of the public.
Basically, a splash tester knew what they were doing, whipped together that nice little "flashable" ruu package and released it for the rest of us to hack up for our own uses. Usually, we look forward to these little splash test releases because they do contain newer bug fixes, but they also contain new kernels, libs and other useful things we need to continue making roms like aosp or sense 4 work better
I'd say if you want it, go ahead and flash it. Its just not official as they say because it did not arrive onto your phone via ota update directly from htc and verizon. Although it is an official build built by htc.
Not sure if it's been discussed,but if do a moderator can delete. Do you think we will receive S-off?
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I can't imagine it not getting worked on.
There's already a kernel replacement that does it on 1.28 devices and a kernel module that will disable it with the stock kernel. You can find them both in the international HTC One forums. Luckily for us the hardware of the AT&T version and the International is almost identical, so ROMs and even kernels are compatible. I'd say go for the kernel module as a safer option, but I'm not sure exactly how to install it.
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There's already a kernel replacement that does it on 1.28 devices and a kernel module that will disable it with the stock kernel. You can find them both in the international HTC One forums. Luckily for us the hardware of the AT&T version and the International is almost identical, so ROMs and even kernels are compatible. I'd say go for the kernel module as a safer option, but I'm not sure exactly how to install it.
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I'll take a look,but I'll wait to see how things go in the coming weeks. You know once s-off comes flashing is made easy
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tmaspoopdek said:
There's already a kernel replacement that does it on 1.28 devices and a kernel module that will disable it with the stock kernel. You can find them both in the international HTC One forums. Luckily for us the hardware of the AT&T version and the International is almost identical, so ROMs and even kernels are compatible. I'd say go for the kernel module as a safer option, but I'm not sure exactly how to install it.
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Sorry, what do you mean by "1.28" devices? software number in info? I'm on 1.26, not that I know what that means.
godfirst said:
I'll take a look,but I'll wait to see how things go in the coming weeks. You know once s-off comes flashing is made easy
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I thought Koush reported that the normal HTCDev unlock for the One (AT&T+Sprint AFAIK atm) actually has /boot rw permissions added. You still can't flash radios, but apparently you can flash boot straight from recovery.
Here's the G+ post: https://plus.google.com/103583939320326217147/posts/WykbCAAVcrv
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Sorry, what do you mean by "1.28" devices? software number in info? I'm on 1.26, not that I know what that means.
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Yeah, that's the number. It should work just fine on your device, but there's currently an issue where you don't get sound in calls. Another developer has posted a new kernel that *should* give write access to system (S-Off) and doesn't have the issue now, but it has been said that it requires S-Off to install so I'm not really sure what's going on with that. I'll probably be trying it out tomorrow or Tuesday, but until then all I can give you is what I've read in the forums. For the most part, looking in the non-AT&T forums would probably be more useful than here because everything is compatible.
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Yeah, that's the number. It should work just fine on your device, but there's currently an issue where you don't get sound in calls. Another developer has posted a new kernel that *should* give write access to system (S-Off) and doesn't have the issue now, but it has been said that it requires S-Off to install so I'm not really sure what's going on with that. I'll probably be trying it out tomorrow or Tuesday, but until then all I can give you is what I've read in the forums. For the most part, looking in the non-AT&T forums would probably be more useful than here because everything is compatible.
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>It should work just fine on your device
cool
>but there's currently an issue where you don't get sound in calls.
Err...not cool.
thanks for the info, I'll head over to the int m7 forums and see what's up.
I hate to say it but I wish I could get s-off to remove the tampered notification so I can exchange my phone ..I was a little to quick on unlocking it
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My wife wants to upgrade from her Droid 3 which has a locked bootloader and can't run Cyanogenmod properly. We actually use PagePlus as a carrier, which uses the verizon network but doesn't support 4G LTE, so I had to do a bunch of hacks on my Droid 4 to get data to work at all.
I'll be buying this phone new or used from ebay or craigslist or similar, so I don't need to worry about subsidies or the like. I just want to be able to run Cyanogenmod (or another entirely open-source rom) easily in a supported way so I can be fairly sure it will be kept updated for the forseeable future. I would like to continue running the latest version of cyanogenmod for at least 2 years if possible, so it should be relativly beefy hardware as of now.
The people on #cyanogenmod recommended the GS3, but it does have a locked bootloader, though supposedly with a way to unlock it. They disagreed on whether you could actually unlock it still or not.
Thanks for any help or pointers you can give me!
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GS3 is just fine, running CM on it myself. Not too sure where you got the information it was even remotely complicated to run CM on it.
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GS3 is just fine, running CM on it myself. Not too sure where you got the information it was even remotely complicated to run CM on it.
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The question I couldn't find an answer for though, was if it had a locked bootloader. IE, can I run a completely custom kernel on it without KEXEC or similar hacks? What about the GS4?
moparisthebest said:
The question I couldn't find an answer for though, was if it had a locked bootloader. IE, can I run a completely custom kernel on it without KEXEC or similar hacks? What about the GS4?
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Yes you can run a custom kernel, rom, recovery, etc.
My signature says it all.
Don't know about GS4, don't own one, got my GS3 too long ago and the funding isn't sufficient for an upgrade haha
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Yes you can run a custom kernel, rom, recovery, etc.
My signature says it all.
Don't know about GS4, don't own one, got my GS3 too long ago and the funding isn't sufficient for an upgrade haha
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But if I buy a used GS3 from some craigslist/ebay guy and it's updated to the latest OTA update, can I still do all of those things? If not what do I need to check before buying?
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But if I buy a used GS3 from some craigslist/ebay guy and it's updated to the latest OTA update, can I still do all of those things? If not what do I need to check before buying?
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Yes, you can do all those things.
GS3 come in various models and to get 4G you need to be on the good frequency, but since your carrier doesn't support it, it doesn't really matter I imagine.
Ideally it would still be a VZW GS3.
Is it only the international One that's getting the 5.5 update right now?
Or is the AT&T variant included in the current rollouts? Cause I haven't received it yet.
thanks
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Is it only the international One that's getting the 5.5 update right now?
Or is the AT&T variant included in the current rollouts? Cause I haven't received it yet.
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The current rollout is only for the INTL version. I wouldn't be surprised if ATT doesn't give you Sense 5.5, since they just updated to 4.3 with Sense 5 not terribly long ago. I'd guess IF they update to Sense 5.5, it won't be until after the MAX has been out for a little while. They have to have some incentive to get people to buy it...
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The current rollout is only for the INTL version. I wouldn't be surprised if ATT doesn't give you Sense 5.5, since they just updated to 4.3 with Sense 5 not terribly long ago. I'd guess IF they update to Sense 5.5, it won't be until after the MAX has been out for a little while. They have to have some incentive to get people to buy it...
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gotcha...I had an htc one a while back and got rid of it, and I regretted it...so I have another now and have just been running it stock and its been doing everything I need it to.
I guess I will just have to root and run a sense rom and gain the 5.5 benefits.
thanks
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gotcha...I had an htc one a while back and got rid of it, and I regretted it...so I have another now and have just been running it stock and its been doing everything I need it to.
I guess I will just have to root and run a sense rom and gain the 5.5 benefits.
thanks
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I wouldn't root just for 5.5 unless there's something really specific you're wanting. BUT, I say root that sucker since you've had one before and you're used to it. It will open up a whole new world of One possibilities. And while s off is available I would definitely take advantage of it if you ever think you might want to root or tinker with roms and kernels.
I realize rooting and unlocking/s-off isn't for everyone, but if you're inclined to open up the doors to custom software, the development on this phone is UNBELIEVABLE, if you're watching the dev forums in this section I know it's not a lot of activity, but that's because once unlocked all the development in the regular HTC One section can be used.
As a sidenote: My phone and ATT network like the new firmware that was rolled out to the international version. I'm getting service inside the building where it was a dead zone before, although it's not a very strong signal, and my LTE speeds went up a lot, both upload and download. Just in case you do root it and you're wondering about that.
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gotcha...I had an htc one a while back and got rid of it, and I regretted it...so I have another now and have just been running it stock and its been doing everything I need it to.
I guess I will just have to root and run a sense rom and gain the 5.5 benefits.
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Yes my other one was rooted, soff, Ll that. I know the procedure.
What rom or ruu did you flash to get the new radio and firmware.
Also I have hboot 1.55....is it s-off able?
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I thought the same about rooting but since I've always rooted my past android devices, I did. I have such a better experience rooted (using TB, Greenify + framework modules).
What makes me think to update sense 5 to 5.5, is if I have to delete everything like last time (RUU method) I might skip sense update.
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I wouldn't root just for 5.5 unless there's something really specific you're wanting. BUT, I say root that sucker since you've had one before and you're used to it. It will open up a whole new world of One possibilities. And while s off is available I would definitely take advantage of it if you ever think you might want to root or tinker with roms and kernels.
I realize rooting and unlocking/s-off isn't for everyone, but if you're inclined to open up the doors to custom software, the development on this phone is UNBELIEVABLE, if you're watching the dev forums in this section I know it's not a lot of activity, but that's because once unlocked all the development in the regular HTC One section can be used.
As a sidenote: My phone and ATT network like the new firmware that was rolled out to the international version. I'm getting service inside the building where it was a dead zone before, although it's not a very strong signal, and my LTE speeds went up a lot, both upload and download. Just in case you do root it and you're wondering about that.
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I've been thinking about Rooting myself, but haven't done it because I've been pretty much pleased with everything so far....... but I think that I may just go ahead to root it.
What International ROM/Radio are you using?
Thanks,