Set Device to original firmware - HTC One X+

Hello everyone
I hope someone can help me with this.
I have signal issues with my device, htc one x+, and thinking of sending it back as is still under warranty.
I have the revolution firmware on it and want to know how I can effectively set the original firmware on it so that I can then send it back.
Thank you

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cpu2007 said:
Hello everyone
I hope someone can help me with this.
I have signal issues with my device, htc one x+, and thinking of sending it back as is still under warranty.
I have the revolution firmware on it and want to know how I can effectively set the original firmware on it so that I can then send it back.
Thank you
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Depending on your devices bootloader (HBOOT) version and CID, you may be able to use an RUU to get back stock easily. If there's no matching RUU for your phone, you will have to search for stock backups and recovery matching your CID in order to apply stock HTC rom/firmware/recovery.
What is your bootloader version and CID?

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reaper90 said:
Depending on your devices bootloader (HBOOT) version and CID, you may be able to use an RUU to get back stock easily. If there's no matching RUU for your phone, you will have to search for stock backups and recovery matching your CID in order to apply stock HTC rom/firmware/recovery.
What is your bootloader version and CID?
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I don't know how to find the bootloader.
I found the CID using CID getter from the play store.
it shows it as : HTC__001

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cpu2007 said:
I don't know how to find the bootloader.
I found the CID using CID getter from the play store.
it shows it as : HTC__001
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reboot into bootloader (power off your phone and then press and hold power & volumedown button) there you can see your version number. If i remember right you need version 1.35 or lower to use a RUU, or your phone has to be S-OFF.

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reaper90 said:
reboot into bootloader (power off your phone and then press and hold power & volumedown button) there you can see your version number. If i remember right you need version 1.35 or lower to use a RUU, or your phone has to be S-OFF.
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This is what I see in the screen
Unlocked
ENRC2B_U PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.30.0000
CPLD-None
MICROP-None
RADIO-3.1204.167.31
eMMC-bootmode:disabled
CPU-bootmode: disabled
HW secure boot:enabled
MODEM PATH: OFF

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I've tried the following commands
adb bugreport | find "bootloader"
and I got this
6 un.ofs=362 androidboot.engid=0x
[ro.boot.bootloader]: [1.30.0000]
[ro.bootloader]: [1.30.0000]

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http://www.androidruu.com/index.php?developer=ENRC2B
download the 1.17.401.1 RUU, it should work on your device. Make sure you backup all your stuff before using it, this will erase everything on your phone!!

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reaper90 said:
http://www.androidruu.com/index.php?developer=ENRC2B
download the 1.17.401.1 RUU, it should work on your device. Make sure you backup all your stuff before using it, this will erase everything on your phone!!
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Thank you, what information you've used to decide what RUU to use?
is that because 1.17 is the latest version and because they bootloeader and cid I've given you tell you that my phone is european and factory unlocked?
In addition:
I'm aware of a few methods that can be used to backup: Titanium,through adb,clockworld twrp but none of these does a full complete backup.
What's the best way to back up all the date so that all my messages,contacts,apps settings and messages(viber,skype logs and chats) can be restored once I have installed the stock firmware.
Can you also point out a simple guide that shows me how to install the stock firmware?
Thank you

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cpu2007 said:
Thank you, what information you've used to decide what RUU to use?
is that because 1.17 is the latest version and because they bootloeader and cid I've given you tell you that my phone is european and factory unlocked?
In addition:
I'm aware of a few methods that can be used to backup: Titanium,through adb,clockworld twrp but none of these does a full complete backup.
What's the best way to back up all the date so that all my messages,contacts,apps settings and messages(viber,skype logs and chats) can be restored once I have installed the stock firmware.
Can you also point out a simple guide that shows me how to install the stock firmware?
Thank you
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HTC__001 is a so called WWE (world wide edition) cid and i mostly read about people in europe having this, don't know what country exactly. and RUU is bound to certain cid and we only have those few RUUs for this device, so if someone does not have a matching cid for those RUUs you aren't able to use them. Also (as you've seen) your phone's bootloader is S-ON (Security-ON) like most people here have it, which means we're not allowed to do everything with our phones, for example we can't flash boot.img in recovery and we can't downgrade our bootloader version. This is the reason why i needed to know your bootloader version because the latest RUU we have is this 1.17.401.1 which includes bootloader 1.35 if i remember right. So if you had version 1.40 you wouldn't be able to use it because you can't downgrade bootloader version.
As for backup: I use titanium backup for all my user apps and app data (settings, savegames, chats, ...) and SMS Backup & Restore for sms backup.
But you also will need root to restore those backups.
To use the RUU, simply connect your phone to your computer and execute it. It should guide you to the process.

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reaper90 said:
HTC__001 is a so called WWE (world wide edition) cid and i mostly read about people in europe having this, don't know what country exactly. and RUU is bound to certain cid and we only have those few RUUs for this device, so if someone does not have a matching cid for those RUUs you aren't able to use them. Also (as you've seen) your phone's bootloader is S-ON (Security-ON) like most people here have it, which means we're not allowed to do everything with our phones, for example we can't flash boot.img in recovery and we can't downgrade our bootloader version. This is the reason why i needed to know your bootloader version because the latest RUU we have is this 1.17.401.1 which includes bootloader 1.35 if i remember right. So if you had version 1.40 you wouldn't be able to use it because you can't downgrade bootloader version.
As for backup: I use titanium backup for all my user apps and app data (settings, savegames, chats, ...) and SMS Backup & Restore for sms backup.
But you also will need root to restore those backups.
To use the RUU, simply connect your phone to your computer and execute it. It should guide you to the process.
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Thank you for explaining.
So I understand that if there's no a compatible RUU, it will not be possible to downgrade to the stock firmware, does this mean that after using custom rom, if I endup with a higher bootloader, I can't get back to my stock firmware but only change from one custom to another custom rom?
Where do these RUU come from? aren't they supplied by HTC, I mean if someone has a device with stock firmware but want's to flash his/her phone again, how would they do it? (for example in iphones you can get stock firmware for every phone)
Is it there a way to create a RUU when I have a stock firmware so that in case I need to revert back I can use that?
I'm on version 4.1.1 i guess, which i think isn't the latest version, after going stock firmware, if I upgrade, will i get my bootloader upgraded too?
sorry for too many questions

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cpu2007 said:
Thank you for explaining.
So I understand that if there's no a compatible RUU, it will not be possible to downgrade to the stock firmware, does this mean that after using custom rom, if I endup with a higher bootloader, I can't get back to my stock firmware but only change from one custom to another custom rom?
Where do these RUU come from? aren't they supplied by HTC, I mean if someone has a device with stock firmware but want's to flash his/her phone again, how would they do it? (for example in iphones you can get stock firmware for every phone)
Is it there a way to create a RUU when I have a stock firmware so that in case I need to revert back I can use that?
I'm on version 4.1.1 i guess, which i think isn't the latest version, after going stock firmware, if I upgrade, will i get my bootloader upgraded too?
sorry for too many questions
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Bootloader version is not rom version, custom roms won't update your bootloader. There's a difference between "firmware" and custom rom. you can update your phones firmware (bootloader etc.) with a cid matching "firmware.zip" from an OTA or RUU or on stock this is done automatically when applying OTA updates that include new versions of those. So if your bootloader version was too high, you can't use the RUU anymore and you have to get back to stock by using a stock TWRP/CWM backup and additionally flash stock recovery and boot.img and then relock your bootloader.
and yes RUUs are made by HTC, but there are no RUUs for latest software updates yet. either they don't exist or they're not leaked...
Your bootloader will probably be updatet to 1.35 if i remember right, but as long as the RUU includes the same version or a higher one, you're able to use it, so you can still use this RUU when used once.
just don't do OTA update to Sense 5/Android 4.2.2 or your bootloader will be upgraded to 1.72 and you won't be able to use any of those ruu again.

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I just forgot one thing, I have linux at home, it's not possible to update through linux as it's an exe file.
is it there an alternative?

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cpu2007 said:
I just forgot one thing, I have linux at home, it's not possible to update through linux as it's an exe file.
is it there an alternative?
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I'm sry, as far as i know there's no way for RUU on linux. But i think i remember seeing a guide (either here at some xda forum or somewhere else on the internet) with a description on how to extract the stock rom and firmware.zip (which includes stock boot.img and recovery) from a RUU. So you could flash stock rom, boot.img and recovery and then relock bootloader, which should have the same effect. But i think you will need windows here too...

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After running the RUU, it asked me to update the image, however it fails and it stays on the HTC black screen.
I've searched around and the way to install the RUU is to run it until the wizard windows open, search the temp folder and and a file in it called rom.zip.
extract the recovery or recovery_signed file from it and use fastboot command on the phone.
However when I try to extract the recovery_signed file, winrar says it's corrupt
how can I solve this or is it there another way to install the stock firmware?

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my bad I had to fastboot oem lock
back to stock ,thank you!
is it there anything else I need to do in order to make sure that my phone is in the warranty guideline( i mean softwarewise)

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Now I have got the phone fixed hopefully.
The phone details are as [email protected]
HTC ONE X+
android v: 4.2.2
htc sense version: 5.0
software num: 2.18.401.2
htc sdk api level: 5.41
How can I make a full backup of this stock firmware so if I decide to go back after using some custom firmwares, I can do so by restoring it back.
THank you

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cpu2007 said:
Now I have got the phone fixed hopefully.
The phone details are as [email protected]
HTC ONE X+
android v: 4.2.2
htc sense version: 5.0
software num: 2.18.401.2
htc sdk api level: 5.41
How can I make a full backup of this stock firmware so if I decide to go back after using some custom firmwares, I can do so by restoring it back.
THank you
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- unlock bootloader
- install custom recovery (CWM/TWRP)
- nandroid backup (all partitions)
You can restore this any time you need. Don't forget, you have to flash the boot/kernel backup separately in fastboot from your pc, so copy that backup to your computer once you have it.
BUT: if you want to go completely back to stock (relocked bootloader) you also need to flash stock recovery. i don't know how to dump stock recovery... maybe you can find some stock recovery.img for your version number here on xda or via google.

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reaper90 said:
- unlock bootloader
- install custom recovery (CWM/TWRP)
- nandroid backup (all partitions)
You can restore this any time you need. Don't forget, you have to flash the boot/kernel backup separately in fastboot from your pc, so copy that backup to your computer once you have it.
BUT: if you want to go completely back to stock (relocked bootloader) you also need to flash stock recovery. i don't know how to dump stock recovery... maybe you can find some stock recovery.img for your version number here on xda or via google.
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I have done all the steps but the one in bold is confusing me.
when you say flash boot/kernel separately ,you mean for the custom rom? how do I get the boot/kernel file to flash for my stock firmware?
I used TWRP to do a full backup, is nandroid backup necessary and what's the difference between that and TWRP backup?

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cpu2007 said:
I have done all the steps but the one in bold is confusing me.
when you say flash boot/kernel separately ,you mean for the custom rom? how do I get the boot/kernel file to flash for my stock firmware?
I used TWRP to do a full backup, is nandroid backup necessary and what's the difference between that and TWRP backup?
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nandroid backup = backup in custom recovery.
i mean if you want to restore your stock backup, you also have to flash the stock boot.img/kernel in fastboot because with S-ON phones we're not allowed to flash boot.img/kernel in recovery, hence we can't restore it using recovery restore function.

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HTC ONE X+ RUU needed
Hi guys, i used to have a custom rom on my htc one x+ but now i want to put the stock RUU but i relocked and dicovered that my hboot is 1.40.0000 and my version-main is 1.17.401.3. So what can i do now?