I am looking to use moonshine to achieve s-off. I currently have S-ON and SuperCID. I need to update firmware first, so I need to switch back to stock. I am planning on using this method to do so.
Do I need to un-SuperCID, if so, how?
If I leave SupeCID, and run RUU what happens? No OTAs, or something worse?
Excuse my noob questions.
no noob questions here man thats why we help and as far as updating firmware are you planing on using a custom rom and kernel or just wanting s-off for a custom kernel on 2.07 firmware?
supercid does not need to be changed you only have extra steps if you are s-off which then you would need to relock the bootloader first
t1gartist said:
no noob questions here man thats why we help and as far as updating firmware are you planing on using a custom rom and kernel or just wanting s-off for a custom kernel on 2.07 firmware?
supercid does not need to be changed you only have extra steps if you are s-off which then you would need to relock the bootloader first
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Well my plan was to go back to stock to ota to the 2.07 then load custom rom, vipers new one actually, after doing moonshine to achieve s-off
I thought leaving supercid was going to prevent me from successful ota. I can always flash the zip instead of ota though, right?
Also I made a more detailed thread in the development section on what I am going to work on doing, with steps that I think are correct, here is the link. I was finally able to post in that section
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2531701
d3fiance said:
Well my plan was to go back to stock to ota to the 2.07 then load custom rom after doing moonshine to achieve s-off
I thought leaving supercid was going to prevent me from successful ota. I can always flash the zip instead of ota though, right?
Also I made a more detailed thread in the development section on what I am going to work on doing, with steps that I think are correct, here is the link. I was finally able to post in that section
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2531701
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Since you have super cid you don't need use moonshine. Find the face palm method and enjoy
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thats right phaded.. im sorry defiance i forgot about facepalm method been so long since my first device all the others are already updated
t1gartist said:
thats right phaded.. im sorry defiance i forgot about facepalm method been so long since my first device all the others are already updated
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I wonder why I got stuck on moonshine? Face off seems so much easier, for me anyways. No need to go back to stock... So as far as Firmware, after s off I just go in and flash the zip through adb?
d3fiance said:
I wonder why I got stuck on moonshine? Face off seems so much easier, for me anyways. No need to go back to stock... So as far as Firmware, after s off I just go in and flash the zip through adb?
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After s-off, flash a recovery through fastboot and then whatever Rom you want
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Phaded said:
After s-off, flash a recovery through fastboot and then whatever Rom you want
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I am happy to announce I am now S-OFF after facepalm! I actually found your thread about customer recovery. Will be doing that shortly.
One thing that is left to figure out is the tampered flag. I am not able to find any information on how to actually reset it. I found something on a different website about issuing a -t command. But that was after the s-off was achieved using revone. After further research, apparently all I need to do is flash another hboot to get rid of that flag?
P.S
This thread looks like a winner http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2156713 am I on a correct path here?
yes thats correct
You can ignore that flag. If and when you return the phone to complete stock that will taken care of.
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yes thats correct
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Phaded said:
You can ignore that flag. If and when you return the phone to complete stock that will taken care of.
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New problem. Flashed 2.6 twrp, erased system, cache and internal storage. Went to sideload mode, keeps saying starting. Issue a command in and to load a Rom, nothing happens, cmd return a list of all the commands. Twrp still states starting sideload. Restart the phone to recovery, still the same problem. Flash older version of twrp?
Also twrp keeps telling me I am not rooted.
Thoughts?
Why did you wipe internal storage? Easiest way is to load the ROM onto internal and flash.
Rebooting twrp will install su binaries.
Try older twrp or cwm
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Phaded said:
Why did you wipe internal storage? Easiest way is to load the ROM onto internal and flash.
Rebooting twrp will install su binaries.
Try older twrp or cwm
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Well Viper Sense 5 rom needed a full wipe, so, I wiped everything. Are you saying I do not have to wipe internal storage, just clear everything else, then flash the rom?
The problem was that I have a bad habit of putting spaces when renaming zip files. Once I renamed the zip adb worked just fine. :facepalm:
d3fiance said:
Well Viper Sense 5 rom needed a full wipe, so, I wiped everything. Are you saying I do not have to wipe internal storage, just clear everything else, then flash the rom?
The problem was that I have a bad habit of putting spaces when renaming zip files. Once I renamed the zip adb worked just fine. :facepalm:
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Exactly, you don't need to wipe your internal storage. You lose pictures, videos, etc
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yeah with twrp 2.4.4.0 and later it is preselected for you so you dont wipe everything on your device just whats needed so lesson learned and in about a week you will be graduated to advanced droid dna room any hour lol
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Exactly, you don't need to wipe your internal storage. You lose pictures, videos, etc
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yeah with twrp 2.4.4.0 and later it is preselected for you so you dont wipe everything on your device just whats needed so lesson learned and in about a week you will be graduated to advanced droid dna room any hour lol
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I am still learning as I go. Thanks for sticking around guys. But yay for graduation haha! :victory:
I have been flashing roms for the past 8 hours. Looking for the perfect sense 5. Every rom has issues with data on my phone. Tried 5 . Google play store will not download anything, Or it starts downloading at dial up speeds. 2 roms I actually had to reflash twice because they kept hanging u at at the initial start.
5 roms doing the same thing? I was starting to think something happened to the phone, so I reflashed the original UKB DNA 1.3 rom that I have been running all this time, and it does the same thing.
Any ideas?
flash a dead stock rom one by mircomod777 see how it runs should be last 4.1 version
t1gartist said:
flash a dead stock rom one by mircomod777 see how it runs should be last 4.1 version
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So my phone went completely nuts last night. I decided to flash another back up that was working perfectly before going with your recommended rom. Kept failing in TWRP. So after 3 attempts I just decided to reload another rom. Rom installed, phone rebooted, went through initial setup. Once I finished with the initial setup my phone was running sense5 with all of the information from the backup. Needless to say I nuke everything, flash original TWRP (2.4.0.0 beta) that worked for me prior to 2.6. Do a clean install of Viper Sense5 rom and voila! Running perfect right now, no complaints. Fingers crossed. I guess I am done flashing roms for right now and sticking to Vipers. At least until KitKat comes.
good deal
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Mod delete
I'd suggest booting to fast boot and run an RUU or to bootloader and load an official PG86IMG file
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1092957&highlight=ruu
Although Don't shoot the messenger if i'm wrong.. I haven't had this complication
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While everyone is having fun with s-off, I'm a sitting duck. I managed to successfully root my 3D but once I rebooted and made it to the handsfree activation window it instantly goes into bootloop. Im not a noob so by me having experience I tried to do a few things to fix it. First I tried cache wiping and it didnt work. Next I tried to back up, wipe phone, then restore and that didnt work as well and after doing that, now I can't get pass the first HTC screen. Anyone, PLEASE shed some light. This is very fustrating.
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Have you tried redoing the root?
neopolotin75 said:
Have you tried redoing the root?
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I'm already permanently rooted.
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r0cky0790 said:
I'm already permanently rooted.
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I was thinking maybe a re flash would fix was was causing the bootloop....Im not sure of the exploit they used but I figured that was worth a shot....kinda like when people were flashing Virus kingdom ROM twice....just a thought
Guess its time to head over to feenode #revolutionary. The Devs are hanging around there.
I think its the stock Rom. I've tried to backup and restore but ever since I wiped my data I can't get past the the splash screen. Im downloading a Rom to flash that I found in the dev section. If that doesn't work I'm going to try the RUU thing. Im made because the only thing I have to work with is a hero, and it downloads **** so slow. I had the fastest internet in the house until this happened.
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I think its the stock Rom. I've tried to backup and restore but ever since I wiped my data I can't get past the the splash screen. Im downloading a Rom to flash that I found in the dev section. If that doesn't work I'm going to try the RUU thing. Im made because the only thing I have to work with is a hero, and it downloads **** so slow. I had the fastest internet in the house until this happened.
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You'll get it back up and running. If you're downloading the TI-X rom by dc13, you're going to want to hold off on flashing that for now. He said it won't flash yet, and he's working on fixing it. If you're not talking about that one, then nevermind. I would think that running an RUU would fix it, but I'm not quite sure yet if there is anything you need to do before running the RUU, as far as the bootloader goes.
k2buckley said:
You'll get it back up and running. If you're downloading the TI-X rom by dc13, you're going to want to hold off on flashing that for now. He said it won't flash yet, and he's working on fixing it. If you're not talking about that one, then nevermind. I would think that running an RUU would fix it, but I'm not quite sure yet if there is anything you need to do before running the RUU, as far as the bootloader goes.
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Yeah I just tried that Rom and it didnt flash. So now I have to wait another decade for this RUU to download. Hopefully everything works out.
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r0cky0790 said:
Yeah I just tried that Rom and it didnt flash. So now I have to wait another decade for this RUU to download. Hopefully everything works out.
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I would guess it'll only be a matter of hours before some stock rooted roms start appearing. I'm not sure if running the RUU will overwrite your hboot. I think I read that it will not, but don't know for sure.
k2buckley said:
I would guess it'll only be a matter of hours before some stock rooted roms start appearing. I'm not sure if running the RUU will overwrite your hboot. I think I read that it will not, but don't know for sure.
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Well at this point I just need the stock system data to write so I could get pass the splash screen. So do I just name it PG38IMG.zip and try to load it through hboot?
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r0cky0790 said:
Well at this point I just need the stock system data to write so I could get pass the splash screen. So do I just name it PG38IMG.zip and try to load it through hboot?
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ok, off to bed. got it working.
RUU 1-15 version here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1092957
get the ZIP, not exe. i tried exe and it failed.
-rename file to PC86IMG.zip
-boot into bootloader, ruu will work itself.
boot back into stock rom.
-you will still have S-OFF, but i could not flash custom recovery. HBOOT looks like it reverted. trying to fastboot cwm/twrp recoveries failed.
-re s-off using rev (didnt fail even though i had S-OFF already, prev failed when i tried to rerun rev having S-OFF)
-HBOOT got changed to new version thru rev S-OFF
-was able to flash twrp using fastboot. tried cwm, worked. went back to twrp recovery.
-flashed fixed su zip (to enable root) and was able to boot back into stock rom.
-tested titanium, works.
-tested autokiller, works.
thanks for the help guys.
So I've been trying to flash custom ROMs the past few days, and almost all of them end in bootloops. Even the two Stock-Rooted ROMs I found resulted in boot loops, regardless of how wipes & re-flashes I performed. The only ROM that I got to stick was Stock w/ Goodies... What's going on? I'm thouroghly confused. Would being S-OFF fix this?
Thanks in advance
bjb_nyj101 said:
So I've been trying to flash custom ROMs the past few days, and almost all of them end in bootloops. Even the two Stock-Rooted ROMs I found resulted in boot loops, regardless of how wipes & re-flashes I performed. The only ROM that I got to stick was Stock w/ Goodies... What's going on? I'm thouroghly confused. Would being S-OFF fix this?
Thanks in advance
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Try either viper rom or mean bean rom, both have instructions and a s-on kernel installer, just read the first 4 posts and follow the instructions to the dot... Good luck!
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jocarog said:
Try either viper rom or mean bean rom, both have instructions and a s-on kernel installer, just read the first 4 posts and follow the instructions to the dot... Good luck!
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Thank you for the quick reply.
So is being S-ON the reason for this problem? Why is that?
Also, is it worth the trouble of me getting S-OFF? I don't want to brick my phone, and apparently that's possible with Rancun?
bjb_nyj101 said:
So I've been trying to flash custom ROMs the past few days, and almost all of them end in bootloops. Even the two Stock-Rooted ROMs I found resulted in boot loops, regardless of how wipes & re-flashes I performed. The only ROM that I got to stick was Stock w/ Goodies... What's going on? I'm thouroghly confused. Would being S-OFF fix this?
Thanks in advance
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tl:dr version - No, but do it.
You don't NEED to be S-Off, but I STRONGLY suggest you do go S-Off. I was dev unlocked for a long time and it was a pain in my pants to do almost anything.
First things first, are you making sure to wipe everything before you flash? You need to make sure to wipe system, restore, and wipe caches before you flash. Every time, S-On or S-Off. No. Matter. What.
If you don't want to go s-off and that doesn't work, use an app called Flash Image GUI. It's a dollar and works wonders. I have no affiliations with the app or the dev, but it made my life a lot easier when I would flash. What you would do is browse for a kernel image (your rom), check Kernel Image, make sure the two boxes are checked at the bottom and flash the image. When that was done, you have to boot into your recovery and install your kernel again after wiping.
That worked for me every time.
mstrblueskys said:
tl:dr version - No, but do it.
You don't NEED to be S-Off, but I STRONGLY suggest you do go S-Off. I was dev unlocked for a long time and it was a pain in my pants to do almost anything.
First things first, are you making sure to wipe everything before you flash? You need to make sure to wipe system, restore, and wipe caches before you flash. Every time, S-On or S-Off. No. Matter. What.
If you don't want to go s-off and that doesn't work, use an app called Flash Image GUI. It's a dollar and works wonders. I have no affiliations with the app or the dev, but it made my life a lot easier when I would flash. What you would do is browse for a kernel image (your rom), check Kernel Image, make sure the two boxes are checked at the bottom and flash the image. When that was done, you have to boot into your recovery and install your kernel again after wiping.
That worked for me every time.
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Yup, I'm definitely wiping every time.
So with Flash Image GUI, I flash my ROM with the app, reboot to recovery, then flash the ROM again?
You should get S-OFF to make your life easier, it's free and the easiest way is facepalm... Everything is in the original development thread, is real easy, and yeah your headache/bootloops are due to the need of flash the kernel separately, with S-OFF the process is easier and in one step... Venom team also has a kernel installer for s-on and it's free... Mean bean includes it for free but you have to follow the special instructions for s-on in the OP, good luck!
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I'm going to make this a lot easier than everyone else has been. No offence people.
DO YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY!? ARE YOU HAVING PROBLEMS IN THE BEDROOM!? IS WORK GETTING YOU DOWN!? FEAR NO LONGER!!!! WITH THE BEST DEVELOPERS ON THIS PLANET HERE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH ALL THE TOOLS YOU NEED TP SATISFY YOUR EVERY NEED! I PRESENT TO YOU: just S-OFF dude.
Enjoy.
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I'm going to make this a lot easier than everyone else has been. No offence people.
DO YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY!? ARE YOU HAVING PROBLEMS IN THE BEDROOM!? IS WORK GETTING YOU DOWN!? FEAR NO LONGER!!!! WITH THE BEST DEVELOPERS ON THIS PLANET HERE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH ALL THE TOOLS YOU NEED TP SATISFY YOUR EVERY NEED! I PRESENT TO YOU: just S-OFF dude.
Enjoy.
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LOL you made me laugh... Get S-OFF or keep s-on and read a lot to get it to work... Is just an extra step on every single flash...
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bjb_nyj101 said:
Yup, I'm definitely wiping every time.
So with Flash Image GUI, I flash my ROM with the app, reboot to recovery, then flash the ROM again?
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Yep - and in recovery just flash it like you would normal app wiping everything if I remember correctly.
Mnstrblueskies responses and verbage are confusing the situation. I'm fairly literate about this and his posts are making my head spin.
If you are S-on, the kernel doesn't get flashed. You need to use flash image GUI app or fastboot to flash the kernel (i.e.boot.IMG) before or after flashing ROM. Preferably before, I suppose. Or use the HTC dumlock feature in TWRP (I'm not real familiar, but instructions are in their op/thread) (I'm S-off).
The easiest way to update firmware/radios will require S-off. If you're already on the latest OTA (3.16), you'll have the latest touch panel drivers and will only be able to use sense 3.16 based ROMs, no AOSP or older sense. This can be remedied by getting S-off and downgrading your TP drivers.
Good luck
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Ok since I have less than 10 posts I can not post in the area that I would have liked to:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559232
I am having the same Issue as badfishie in that I am stuck on the:
Under Test 2:
Rebooting into bootloader (again)
Waiting for fastboot (6/120)
FATAL: Download updated package at www.rumrunner.us
After I Downloaded it again a second time, and the DNA version. Yes I tried the first version first, and investigated it.
I have followed GrzlyAdms advice and factory reset my device numerous times.
I even gone so far as to Return my device to factory Sence 5.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2570548
My bootloader still shows S-OFF from the moonshine that I was successful at applying.
But after the OTA with Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper not able to keep root...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1241517
I am once again trying to gain root access for my device.
I have:
Made sure usb debugging was on
Made sure verifying apps was off
Made sure fastboot was off
Made sure no lock screen was selected
Made sure to use a USB 2.0 port, and Original USB cord
Made sure adb can see my device
Run soju as Administrator
Drivers installed with Tool kit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2219175
AV and firewall disabled
Using Windows 7 x64 and Minimal ADB and Fastboot http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
Any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks!
Mind if I ask why are you trying to unlocked you bootloader and soff or your already soff?
Ok, I'll try to help best I can. Hopefully one of the more experienced folks can chime in too as they'll probably be way more helpful. I've got a couple guesses, but need to know a bit more. Please know that I'm only providing my best guesses as I haven't run into this problem.
What firmware version were you on when you tried rumrunner? It sounds like you already had an unlocked bootloader and s-off... through moonshine. Did you end up with a locked bootloader? If so, how? You mentioned that you went back to sense 5. What method? Did you ruu back to a stock rom or just flash one of the Custom/stock ROMs.
Here is one possible option. I would suggest reading through the thread thoroughly before diving in...
- Go back to 100% stock with locked bootloader and s-on: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2293919
Then make sure you've taken any OTA updated to get to 3.06.605.4 and you should be able to use rumrunner.
GrzlyAdms said:
Ok, I'll try to help best I can. Hopefully one of the more experienced folks can chime in too as they'll probably be way more helpful. I've got a couple guesses, but need to know a bit more. Please know that I'm only providing my best guesses as I haven't run into this problem.
What firmware version were you on when you tried rumrunner? It sounds like you already had an unlocked bootloader and s-off... through moonshine. Did you end up with a locked bootloader? If so, how? You mentioned that you went back to sense 5. What method? Did you ruu back to a stock rom or just flash one of the Custom/stock ROMs.
Here is one possible option. I would suggest reading through the thread thoroughly before diving in...
- Go back to 100% stock with locked bootloader and s-on: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2293919
Then make sure you've taken any OTA updated to get to 3.06.605.4 and you should be able to use rumrunner.
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The reason the thing is failing is because he already has a unlocked bootloader with soff. I don't know why he is trying to unlock something that is already unlocked. All he needs to do is download something like superuser or flash a custom rom with root built into it.
thayl0 said:
The reason the thing is failing is because he already has a unlocked bootloader with soff. I don't know why he is trying to unlock something that is already unlocked. All he needs to do is download something like superuser or flash a custom rom with root built into it.
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10-4. That's kinda what I thought too, but figured I'd try to confirm by asking a few questions. I have seen a few people get stuck with s-off but a locked bootloader if they goof up the process trying to go back to 100% stock. Thought I'd ask the questions just in case this is what he did.
Ok, I would like to keep the Stock Android, but would like to have root access.
I an unsure how to gain root access with out turning S-ON.
I could follow that and turn S-ON again,
But if you have another method of gaining ROOT with out flashing a custom ROM,
I would be grateful for your assistance.
Sorry for any confusion on that,
I spent 10hrs trying to figure this out yesterday,
it was necessary to put down and look at another day.
I have tried downloading superuser and supersu from the play store, neither give me access to root
However I have looked on your forums since you suggested simply flashing another rom already with root access - Thanks for that btw
this post shows the full version, but has odex and deodex, well deodex is pulled, may i ask what the difference is?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2560010
I will flash the odex one now and see what happens, thanks again I needed a fresh look at this I guess.
p1droidx said:
I have tried downloading superuser and supersu from the play store, neither give me access to root
However I have looked on your forums since you suggested simply flashing another rom already with root access - Thanks for that btw
this post shows the full version, but has odex and deodex, well deodex is pulled, may i ask what the difference is?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2560010
I will flash the odex one now and see what happens, thanks again I needed a fresh look at this I guess.
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You must already have a superuser app to install one from the play store. Flash a superuser zip from recovery. That will put both the app and the required binaries in place.
Yo this is a random question if I go back to stock 2.06 soff and rooted will rumrunner update me or what?
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You must already have a superuser app to install one from the play store. Flash a superuser zip from recovery. That will put both the app and the required binaries in place.
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Uh ok, let me look for this, maybe you already have a link, if not, I will try and find it, and if I find it I will post it here.
deathrow1992 said:
Yo this is a random question if I go back to stock 2.06 soff and rooted will rumrunner update me or what?
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From what I have learned so far, running rumrunner when you are already S-OFF will net you a FAILED message. if your DNA is already S-OFF then feel free to flash whatever ROM you want.. well sorta, make sure it's for the DNA, and flash at your own risk.
I took the OTA after achieving S-OFF with moonshine and it removed my root access... now I am in this boat where I want to regain root.
I have finally finished downloading the zip from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2560010
But I have no idea how to flash it, step by step instructions would be helpful since this is my first flash and I have yet to figure it out. I have tried fastboot flash zip but that didn't work, and I am unfamilar with this....
The FAQ here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2188944
is of no help unfortunately....
I found some Instructions that tell you to boot into recovery, but when I try to boot into recovery all I get is a RED ! and Triangle above a screen. like something went wrong :/
Start by downloading ROM and the patch and copy the file to the SD card’s root in your device.
Reboot your phone into recovery mode. For this, power off your device and restart it keeping the volume down key pressed. Your phone will be booted into bootloader fastboot mode.
In the Recovery mode, use the ‘Power ’key to select and to navigate use the ‘Volume’ keys.
Use ‘backup and restore’ option to create a backup.
Now perform three steps in a row: first wipe data//factory reset, then wipe cache and lastly wipe dalvik cache accessing the advanced menu.
Now install zip from your sdcard, then select ROMs zip file you copied to your phone and choose zip.
Redo it for Patch file once you are done with ROM installation.
At the end, reboot your phone.
Lovely I didn't have a recovery installed, using the tools: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2219175
I installed the TWRP 2.5.0.0 recovery,
THEN I was able to enter recovery and flash the ROM.
WOW what a experience, this has been.
p1droidx said:
I have finally finished downloading the zip from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2560010
But I have no idea how to flash it, step by step instructions would be helpful since this is my first flash and I have yet to figure it out. I have tried fastboot flash zip but that didn't work, and I am unfamilar with this....
The FAQ here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2188944
is of no help unfortunately....
I found some Instructions that tell you to boot into recovery, but when I try to boot into recovery all I get is a RED ! and Triangle above a screen. like something went wrong :/
Start by downloading ROM and the patch and copy the file to the SD card’s root in your device.
Reboot your phone into recovery mode. For this, power off your device and restart it keeping the volume down key pressed. Your phone will be booted into bootloader fastboot mode.
In the Recovery mode, use the ‘Power ’key to select and to navigate use the ‘Volume’ keys.
Use ‘backup and restore’ option to create a backup.
Now perform three steps in a row: first wipe data//factory reset, then wipe cache and lastly wipe dalvik cache accessing the advanced menu.
Now install zip from your sdcard, then select ROMs zip file you copied to your phone and choose zip.
Redo it for Patch file once you are done with ROM installation.
At the end, reboot your phone.
Lovely I didn't have a recovery installed, using the tools: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2219175
I installed the TWRP 2.5.0.0 recovery,
THEN I was able to enter recovery and flash the ROM.
WOW what a experience, this has been.
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well glad you got it sorted out.... it can be quite a lot to take in if you have never done anything like that before. but once you have done it a few times it is much easier to do and remember especially if you run into problems.
cheers
and happy customizing.
deathrow1992 said:
Yo this is a random question if I go back to stock 2.06 soff and rooted will rumrunner update me or what?
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Rumrunner doesn't update nothing. Try asking your question again.
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thayl0 said:
Rumrunner doesn't update nothing. Try asking your question again.
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Sorry I was kind messed up last night today is my bday. what I meant to ask is can I receive the ota update if I go back to stock soff rooted 2.06 and if not what do I have to do to get it
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deathrow1992 said:
Sorry I was kind messed up last night today is my bday. what I meant to ask is can I receive the ota update if I go back to stock soff rooted 2.06 and if not what do I have to do to get it
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if you want the 3.06.605.4 update (aka 4.2.2) and you are already s-off - and want STOCK no root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2570548
if you want root to go with that: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2560010
if you are stock 2.06 you can take the OTA even if you are s-off, but if you have root, you will loose root taking the ota.
p1droidx said:
if you want the 3.06.605.4 update (aka 4.2.2) and you are already s-off - and want STOCK no root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2570548
if you want root to go with that: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2560010
if you are stock 2.06 you can take the OTA even if you are s-off, but if you have root, you will loose root taking the ota.
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So will the second link you have me work even if I'm on a 2.06 custom Rom? Thanks for the help by the way
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deathrow1992 said:
So will the second link you have me work even if I'm on a 2.06 custom Rom? Thanks for the help by the way
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if you want to revert to stock, since i didn't flash the second till i flashed the first, i would suggest that you do that, if you want to go with another custom rom, follow it's instructions, if it asks for a specific starting point, aka stock 4.2.2 then flash the first one then flash the custom one.
So I already had an HTC Rezound for a year and was too afraid to root-so I bought an already rooted rezound from eBay that came with a 16 gig recovery sd card. I don't know what to do or how to flash a Rom or what I should do as a root noob... Can I please get some guidance from an experienced person?
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undeadking said:
So I already had an HTC Rezound for a year and was too afraid to root-so I bought an already rooted rezound from eBay that came with a 16 gig recovery sd card. I don't know what to do or how to flash a Rom or what I should do as a root noob... Can I please get some guidance from an experienced person?
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Any idea what's on it now? Check the rom info in Settings, About Phone.
Also power it off, pull the battery, put it back in and turn the phone back on while holding Volume down, that'll get you the bootloader. See what version you have and if it's s-on or s-off.
From there you can select Recovery on the menu and boot into it, see what recovery you have.
Let us know and we can go from there.
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Looks like just the stock rom. What version hboot, are you s-on/off and what recovery do you have?
Just did what you said and took some pictures that i will post to show you what I'm working with.
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Is this the right information that you needed to know?
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undeadking said:
Is this the right information that you needed to know?
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You are already unlocked and have Amon Ra recovery installed, the "hard" stuff is done (actually it's not hard), and FYI you are S-ON... You are pretty good to go for any ICS based ROM. If you want to move into JellyBean or KitKat based ROMs you should switch to TWRP or CWM Recovery. Other than that, your good to go.
Ok, thanks a bunch! Ive done tons of reading about flashing roms and am still a little weary about the actual process. Ive read that a computer is needed in some cases but in others people are switching roms right from their phone- whats the safest or correct way to do it?
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undeadking said:
Ok, thanks a bunch! Ive done tons of reading about flashing roms and am still a little weary about the actual process. Ive read that a computer is needed in some cases but in others people are switching roms right from their phone- whats the safest or correct way to do it?
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Although there are ways around it (that I don't recommend, mind you) the rule of thumb is based on whether you are S-ON or S-OFF...
When S-ON, a computer has to be involved so that the boot.img can be loaded... you must either: A) flash the boot.img manually with fastboot after flashing the ROM in recovery, or B) boot the recovery image file with fastboot and flash the ROM file
When S-OFF, no computer is required, all partitions of the phone are writable by recovery directly.
acejavelin said:
Although there are ways around it (that I don't recommend, mind you) the rule of thumb is based on whether you are S-ON or S-OFF...
When S-ON, a computer has to be involved so that the boot.img can be loaded... you must either: A) flash the boot.img manually with fastboot after flashing the ROM in recovery, or B) boot the recovery image file with fastboot and flash the ROM file
When S-OFF, no computer is required, all partitions of the phone are writable by recovery directly.
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Don't forget you can use the phone (or a computer) to pack the boot.img into a PH98IMG.zip. As long as it boots, that is.
Hi All,
I am also new at rooting the Rezound and I'm having trouble. I did quite a bit of reading and followed the instructions here: theunlockr.com/2012/08/24/how-to-root-the-htc-rezound-video/
Apparently this was for an older version because I can't install ClockworkMod Recovery ("an error occurred ..."). I read that getting a backup of ClockworkMod Recovery was the best thing to do before installing any ROMs. Is that really necessary? It seems like I could always find an RUU on this site and flash back to ICS if I wanted to right?
Can some one point me in the right direction for what I should do next? Basically all I want to do is flash a ROM on my Rezound that will enable me to use it as a wall controller for my home automation system. So, ideally I'd like to remove the swipe to unlock feature (just be able to press the power button to get to the home screen) and to be able to force a nightly reboot with Tasker and remove as much bloatware as possible. This device is connected to my home network through wifi only. Any ideas what the best ROM would be for that?
By the way my recovery screen looks like undeadking's. I have S-On.
Thanks!
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Easiest way to get where you want is to HTC unlock if not already done,
S-0ff with RumRunner, then follow this thread with all its great stuff:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2509770
You will end up with newest radios that are best for newer stock and custom roms.
There are several daily-user type custom roms mentioned in Development.
After you read a little about each, you'll know what you want to try first.
I like the custom Sense roms for best battery life.
michaelbsheldon said:
Easiest way to get where you want is to HTC unlock if not already done,
S-0ff with RumRunner, then follow this thread with all its great stuff:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2509770
You will end up with newest radios that are best for newer stock and custom roms.
There are several daily-user type custom roms mentioned in Development.
After you read a little about each, you'll know what you want to try first.
I like the custom Sense roms for best battery life.
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Thanks, I was able to get my ROM working. The problem I was having was I was still S-ON. I was a little leery about turning it off so I found instructions for flashing with it still on here: androidforums.com/rezound-all-things-root/499172-how-manually-flash-roms.html
I installed the LiquidSmooth ROM and I was able to disable the lock screen. Thanks again.
acejavelin said:
Although there are ways around it (that I don't recommend, mind you) the rule of thumb is based on whether you are S-ON or S-OFF...
When S-ON, a computer has to be involved so that the boot.img can be loaded... you must either: A) flash the boot.img manually with fastboot after flashing the ROM in recovery, or B) boot the recovery image file with fastboot and flash the ROM file
When S-OFF, no computer is required, all partitions of the phone are writable by recovery directly.
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There are ways using terminal emulator with an s-on device alongside using a proper busybox installation to flash without using a pc and no fastboot/hboot access is needed. flashing a boot.img while in rom, rebooting to recovery and finish installing the matching rom by flashing its zip.
petewill8 said:
Thanks, I was able to get my ROM working. The problem I was having was I was still S-ON. I was a little leery about turning it off so I found instructions for flashing with it still on here: androidforums.com/rezound-all-things-root/499172-how-manually-flash-roms.html
I installed the LiquidSmooth ROM and I was able to disable the lock screen. Thanks again.
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the one big issue you need to worry about while being s-on is if you soft brick while s-on there is absolutely almost no fix...with s-off you con ruu.exe to safely restore your phone which you cannot do while s-on....if you plan on flashing custom roms alot than i HIGHLY suggest going s-off or you'll regret not doing so when that time comes
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the one big issue you need to worry about while being s-on is if you soft brick while s-on there is absolutely almost no fix...with s-off you con ruu.exe to safely restore your phone which you cannot do while s-on....if you plan on flashing custom roms alot than i HIGHLY suggest going s-off or you'll regret not doing so when that time comes
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I second this... S-Off is highly recommended, it might not seem necessary now, but when something goes wrong, you will be glad you did it.
Thank you both. I had not read that before. I guess I will be performing the S-Off after all.
Don't freak out if your ROM doesn't boot after running rum runner happened to me xD just go into recovery and flash your stuff again. Clean flash it. Make sure you're s-off though Lol hopefully doesn't happen to you
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pball52998 said:
Don't freak out if your ROM doesn't boot after running rum runner happened to me xD just go into recovery and flash your stuff again. Clean flash it. Make sure you're s-off though Lol hopefully doesn't happen to you
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Just do a quick backup of your ROM in recovery then when done restore it.
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Just a thing. All my recoveries failed all 4, they would do the same thing and boot loop itself. *sigh* o well.
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I am quite noob to flashing so I understand that it is my fault if something goes wrong..
My husband volunteered his Evo 4g lte for me to make my attempts. I unlocked the boot loader, though it was S-ON, and flashed TWRP recovery (latest version). It seems my phone was wiped entirely (will not boot into Android) and the backup I made did not "stick".. I made attempts to flash a ROM but figured it would not work since the phone is S-ON. I'm stuck in boot loop at the moment - shows HTC screen then reboots - and my PC will not recognize the phone in any way even if I attempt to mount storage while in TWRP. Am I screwed?
I would settle with being able to get it back to stock, but I don't think that is possible even.. Any advice, tips? If I need to share further information, let me know. Feeling stuck at the moment and I've got to get some sleep so it may be a few hours before I respond.
P.S. I'm on HBOOT 2.10 and was running the HTC RUU update that came out (Sense 5.. etc) if that helps. If my problems have been addressed elsewhere, please do point me in that direction if it would help..
Luna_Sky said:
I am quite noob to flashing so I understand that it is my fault if something goes wrong..
My husband volunteered his Evo 4g lte for me to make my attempts. I unlocked the boot loader, though it was S-ON, and flashed TWRP recovery (latest version). It seems my phone was wiped entirely (will not boot into Android) and the backup I made did not "stick".. I made attempts to flash a ROM but figured it would not work since the phone is S-ON. I'm stuck in boot loop at the moment - shows HTC screen then reboots - and my PC will not recognize the phone in any way even if I attempt to mount storage while in TWRP. Am I screwed?
I would settle with being able to get it back to stock, but I don't think that is possible even.. Any advice, tips? If I need to share further information, let me know. Feeling stuck at the moment and I've got to get some sleep so it may be a few hours before I respond.
P.S. I'm on HBOOT 2.10 and was running the HTC RUU update that came out (Sense 5.. etc) if that helps. If my problems have been addressed elsewhere, please do point me in that direction if it would help..
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Being that you are hboot 2.10, you must use the TWRP recovery found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2639180
Also, because you are S-on, for AOSP ROMs, you must either fastboot flash the boot img or use flashify or flash img GUI. Both are available in play store. First, install the correct TWRP recovery and get up and running. Then read up on S-on kernel installing. I also strongly recommend getting S-off using the rumrunner method.
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Evolution_Freak said:
Being that you are hboot 2.10, you must use the TWRP recovery found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2639180
Also, because you are S-on, for AOSP ROMs, you must either fastboot flash the boot img or use flashify or flash img GUI. Both are available in play store. First, install the correct TWRP recovery and get up and running. Then read up on S-on kernel installing. I also strongly recommend getting S-off using the rumrunner method.
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Just to add on, I never had luck with rumrunner on the new partition layout, that being said firewater worked just fine.
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Both have worked for me on the new partition. The most common problems with getting s-off seem to be that people don't turn off their antivirus, or they forget to uninstall htc sync before running the utility. Or both.
I don't know why one would want to remain s-on. Just seems like it makes it a lot harder, with no real benefit in return.
Personally I would just rerun the ruu to get back to stock, then get s-off and the right twrp, then make a nandroid before going with anything custom.
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Evolution_Freak said:
Being that you are hboot 2.10, you must use the TWRP recovery found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2639180
Also, because you are S-on, for AOSP ROMs, you must either fastboot flash the boot img or use flashify or flash img GUI. Both are available in play store. First, install the correct TWRP recovery and get up and running. Then read up on S-on kernel installing. I also strongly recommend getting S-off using the rumrunner method.
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Thank you for the response! I have come to realize that doing this with S-ON is probably the worst thing I could have done.. *bangs head on desk*. I don't know if you saw in my OP, but my computer is not recognizing my phone at all, I can put files on a micro-sd (using an adapter).. I know I can use the external for other ROMS, but would the method that you linked to still work for the PJ75IMG file or could I use the version of TWRP that I have to move the PJ75IMG to the internal storage maybe? I'm using TWRP 2.7.1.0b..
EDIT/UPDATE: Okay, I thought I would try running adb fastboot and fastboot through the command terminal despite the computer not displaying the device as a storage device & it not working earlier this morning.. It appears my computer recognized it so I flashed the boot.img for the last ROM that I attempted to flash (SlimKat) and rebooted the phone.. It booted into SlimKat O.O It is up and running now.. So I *think* I'm good to go with that rom?!
If I want to change ROMS (this isn't the ROM I necessarily wanted), what should I look for? Will any ROM work that is for the new partition layout is what I mean? I was really interested in Dirty Unicorn.. Though the husband may appreciate SK!
Luna_Sky said:
Thank you for the response! I have come to realize that doing this with S-ON is probably the worst thing I could have done.. *bangs head on desk*. I don't know if you saw in my OP, but my computer is not recognizing my phone at all, I can put files on a micro-sd (using an adapter).. I know I can use the external for other ROMS, but would the method that you linked to still work for the PJ75IMG file or could I use the version of TWRP that I have to move the PJ75IMG to the internal storage maybe? I'm using TWRP 2.7.1.0b..
EDIT/UPDATE: Okay, I thought I would try running adb fastboot and fastboot through the command terminal despite the computer not displaying the device as a storage device & it not working earlier this morning.. It appears my computer recognized it so I flashed the boot.img for the last ROM that I attempted to flash (SlimKat) and rebooted the phone.. It booted into SlimKat O.O It is up and running now.. So I *think* I'm good to go with that rom?!
If I want to change ROMS (this isn't the ROM I necessarily wanted), what should I look for? Will any ROM work that is for the new partition layout is what I mean? I was really interested in Dirty Unicorn.. Though the husband may appreciate SK!
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Yes, any ROM that supports the new partition layout will work. Also, in response to your other question, I believe you have to be S-off to use the PJ75IMG bootloader method. I'm glad to hear that you're up and running.
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Evolution_Freak said:
Yes, any ROM that supports the new partition layout will work. Also, in response to your other question, I believe you have to be S-off to use the PJ75IMG bootloader method. I'm glad to hear that you're up and running.
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I'm experiencing some problems with SlimKat and the hubby is really wanting me to flash Dirty Unicorn. Should I make attempts to resolve the problems with SK or can I move forward with flashing the DU rom?
Also, I want to make sure I have the process down that I should do BEFORE flashing a new rom... When using TWRP 2.7.1.0b, would the use of the default wipe feature (that says it wipes cache, etc, but not internal storage) work before flashing that rom or should I go into the advanced options? I assume I use the default wipe feature..
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I'm experiencing some problems with SlimKat and the hubby is really wanting me to flash Dirty Unicorn. Should I make attempts to resolve the problems with SK or can I move forward with flashing the DU rom?
Also, I want to make sure I have the process down that I should do BEFORE flashing a new rom... When using TWRP 2.7.1.0b, would the use of the default wipe feature (that says it wipes cache, etc, but not internal storage) work before flashing that rom or should I go into the advanced options? I assume I use the default wipe feature..
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You can move forward if that is your choice. I personally use advanced and wipe data, system, cache and dalvik. However the default (factory reset) in TWRP seems to work as well
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You can move forward if that is your choice. I personally use advanced and wipe data, system, cache and dalvik. However the default (factory reset) in TWRP seems to work as well
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I'm curious, if I have Dirty Unicorn up and running, can I use the RUU that was released by HTC a few months back to revert back to the all stock rom? Or do I have to flash something? Just curious.
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You can move forward if that is your choice. I personally use advanced and wipe data, system, cache and dalvik. However the default (factory reset) in TWRP seems to work as well
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Though both devices are now running custom roms, would I be able to do S-Off? Would it be worth it in the long run? From what I have seen, it seems that USB 2.0 ports are required or at least recommended. All of my ports are 3.0, are there any programs out that would work for me to achieve S-Off?
Luna_Sky said:
Though both devices are now running custom roms, would I be able to do S-Off? Would it be worth it in the long run? From what I have seen, it seems that USB 2.0 ports are required or at least recommended. All of my ports are 3.0, are there any programs out that would work for me to achieve S-Off?
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I definitely recommend getting S-off. I recently returned my EVO LTE to stock, ran the 4.13 RUU, rooted and gained S-off (again) using the Firewater exploit in roughly a minute's time. I was using 3.0 USB ports when I did it.
Magnum_Enforcer said:
I definitely recommend getting S-off. I recently returned my EVO LTE to stock, ran the 4.13 RUU, rooted and gained S-off (again) using the Firewater exploit in roughly a minute's time. I was using 3.0 USB ports when I did it.
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Well, I made my best attempts to use Firewater to no success. I followed the instructions exactly and things were looking good.. until it told me that "someone pissed in the firewater" and to reboot the device. I tried a couple of times and had no luck. Does the Android version matter or anything like that?
I'm running on the latest build of the Dirty Unicorn rom if that makes any difference.. Just thought I'd throw it out there again.
Luna_Sky said:
Well, I made my best attempts to use Firewater to no success. I followed the instructions exactly and things were looking good.. until it told me that "someone pissed in the firewater" and to reboot the device. I tried a couple of times and had no luck. Does the Android version matter or anything like that?
I'm running on the latest build of the Dirty Unicorn rom if that makes any difference.. Just thought I'd throw it out there again.
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You should try using a closer to stock, sense ROM.
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You should try using a closer to stock, sense ROM.
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Flashed Viper4G and ran Firewater again... Got S-Off just like that. Thank you for the tip!