I achieved S-OFF and unlocked/rooted my phone, but before I flash a custom recovery I would like to make a backup of the stock recovery since it seems as though there's no RUU available for the T-Mobile model of the phone. Is there anyway that I can do this? When I searched all the guides were for older phones that have different partition layouts than the HTC One. Thank you.
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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
Div033 said:
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
Hi,
I have been playing around with Android for quite some time, and each of my devices have been unlocked an rooted, but this time it's different.
I have succesfully persuaded my girlfriend to make the shift from iPhone to an Android device, buying her a HTC One GSM (LTE).
To begin with, she will go with the stock HTC firmware, but to make life a bit easier, I started with unlocking the bootloader, installed the latest ClowkWorkMod (think it is 6.0.3.3 touch) and made a Nandroid backup of the stock firmware in case we ever need to restore.
And now to the question:
To get the OTA update for Android 4.2.2 I then needed to re-lock the bootloader and install stock recovery. But now I would like to have the bootloader unlocked again, so I can install ClockWorkMod again to make yet another Nandroid backup.
Does any method exist that avoids deleting existing data (settings, apps, documents etc.) from the SD card when re-unlocking the bootloader?
I were just about to flash the Unlock_code.bin sent from HTC, but just before confirming, I realized that this method will most likely wipe all data?
Thanks in advance!
PS: I'm sorry if this question should have been posted in the device specific forum section, but I choose to characterize this as a more general Android question.
Info:
Bell Mobility HTC One 32GB
S-OFF
H-Boot 1.54 Currently
Fully converted to Google Edition using 4.3 RUU
CID Changed to the Google One
I've literally been on here all day trying to figure this out. I need to sell the phone and can't afford to brick it.
Unfortunately, my Hard drive containing my Nandroids crashed and I lost them.
I cannot find a Bell Mobility RUU. There is a Nandroid backup on HTC1 Guru Here - Very first one listed under CWM Nandroids
http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/m7-cwm-n...-29-666-5-zip/
How can I revert to stock with this?
Is that Nandroid a 4.1.2 Rom? Bell never got 4.2.2, they are still on 4.1.2 so I assume so?
I think I can do this - Any help would be appreciated, need to get this done ASAP.
1) Change my CID back to BM_001 using ADB/Fastboot commands
2) Flash Custom Recovery - CWM in this case using ADB/Fastboot commands
3) FIRMWARE? I'm on the stock 4.3 Google Edition Rom - Do I need to flash old firmware? (Hboot, Radios, etc). If so, what files do I flash and how? Can somebody provide a link here?
4) Restore the Nandroid Backup
5) Flash the Stock Recovery back? Where do I get this from for the Bell 4.1.2 rom?
I will leave the phone S-OFF for whoever buys it. Is this it? I need help with Part 3 specifically if this is the procedure.
If anyone can help I'd gladly buy ya a beer!
I know I'm probably over complicating this.... just little experience with HTC phones. My main questions are regarding the CID and Firmware.
Anyone?
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
Odysseus1962 said:
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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So, I'm trying to restore my cousins phone to pure stock htc rom. Only problem is that the phone is stuck on the splash screen. I flashed a custom rom but it just sits on the splash screen. I am pretty sure her phone was running android 4.4.2. I've been looking around but I could use help in more detail. I'm not use to this device (im on the note 3) last htc phone I owned was the OG evo. Another to mention, first thing I did was to restore a backup...lucky me there wasn't any. All feedback welcome
What ROM did you install? Did you try to flash again?
What recovery and version?
S-on or S-off?
If the intent is to truly restore to a stock condition (no root or anything) than the easiest way is to run the RUU (must relock the bootloader if S-on):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-htc-one-m8/general/htc-one-m8-ruu-m8ul-4-4-3-t2860423
Bootable version (no PC required): http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-htc-one-m8/general/att-2-23-502-3-bootable-ruu-pc-required-t2860486
This will also wipe the phone, so backup anything important before RUU. But everything will be stock (including recovery, radio, etc.) and will also restore ability to update by OTA.
Also, just a constructive suggestion: Try to use thread titles that describe your issue, question, etc. Helps to keep the forum organized.