Basically, I need the 4.4.2 OTA.
I unlocked the bootloader. I need root to get S-off. Except I'm currently on S-on and the only way to install a recovery and get root is to have S-off (correct me if I'm wrong). Any workaround to this that isn't super complicated?
I've checked USB ports, and I can't seem to get my device to be recognized. "fastboot devices" shows up nothing. Currently unlocked, and S-on.
Forgot that unlocking bootloader again would wipe my phone, forgot to make backup, so everything's deleted ;(. Not possible to get s-off anymore?
Any help would be appreciated.
mch277 said:
Basically, I need the 4.4.2 OTA.
I unlocked the bootloader. I need root to get S-off. Except I'm currently on S-on and the only way to install a recovery and get root is to have S-off (correct me if I'm wrong). Any workaround to this that isn't super complicated?
I've checked USB ports, and I can't seem to get my device to be recognized. "fastboot devices" shows up nothing. Currently unlocked, and S-on.
Forgot that unlocking bootloader again would wipe my phone, forgot to make backup, so everything's deleted ;(. Not possible to get s-off anymore?
Any help would be appreciated.
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You just need an unlocked bootloader to install a recovery, when you are in fastboot (if you turn the phone on and do adb reboot fastboot, or hold down vol down and power and select fastboot when the HBOOT menu comes up) you can do the command line fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (recovery.img being your recovery you want to load) you can then start the phone up, copy superuser.zip on there somewhere and install with your custom recovery.
All that said, you don't need to do any of that to do 4.4.2 OTA, and in fact it wont install if you have a custom recovery. Are you having a problem that it wont download/install. If your phone is stock other than an unlocked bootloader it will install (trust me i just did it). If you have stock recovery just download the 4.4.2 OTA file from the other thread, then save it to the phone somewhere, the go to recovery in HBOOT, wait 1 second and then hold up vol and power for 5 seconds (may have to do this more than once). Menu comes up, do wipe cache, and then do install from device storage.
After thats done you can follow my above instructions and root it
Sorry if I didn't state it more clearly, but my issue is I can't install a recovery. I can boot into bootloader and fastboot but when I type in "fastboot" devices on my PC nothing comes up.
mch277 said:
Sorry if I didn't state it more clearly, but my issue is I can't install a recovery. I can boot into bootloader and fastboot but when I type in "fastboot" devices on my PC nothing comes up.
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Have you installed HTC Sync? When you boot into the bootloader then fastboot and then plug in your usb cable does it say "fastboot usb" on screen?
Rogue Leader said:
Have you installed HTC Sync? When you boot into the bootloader then fastboot and then plug in your usb cable does it say "fastboot usb" on screen?
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I uninstalled HTC sync so as to not have it interfere with any s-off/etc. programs. I still have HTC drivers installed. Re-install both HTC sync and drivers?
mch277 said:
I uninstalled HTC sync so as to not have it interfere with any s-off/etc. programs. I still have HTC drivers installed. Re-install both HTC sync and drivers?
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HTC Sync won't interfere with anything. You need that and the drivers installed for it to work, I would start there and see what happens.
I'll re-install it again.
Is there anything I can do to just completely get back to stock everything? Willing to manually update it but I'd like to be able to just go to settings and just update via OTA from there.
mch277 said:
I'll re-install it again.
Is there anything I can do to just completely get back to stock everything? Willing to manually update it but I'd like to be able to just go to settings and just update via OTA from there.
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As long as you have an active AT&T SIM card in there it will update even with an unlocked bootloader, even if its rooted. As long as you didn't mod anything. I just did the update like this, it worked fine.
I've rooted and unlocked the bootloader before but I've unrooted since then. Is there still a chance I just haven't gotten the update pushed to my device yet?
mch277 said:
I've rooted and unlocked the bootloader before but I've unrooted since then. Is there still a chance I just haven't gotten the update pushed to my device yet?
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here's the OTAPkg.zip with instructions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2659374
clsA said:
here's the OTAPkg.zip with instructions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2659374
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Thanks. I have that file all ready to go in my folder. Only problem I have now is that I can't get s-off. I've installed recovery + custom kernel but the su binaries are outdated for both superSU and superuser. I've tried to flash a 4.3 version of superSU only to have the same error.
I followed instructions for root after I flashed a super tool I also flashed a custom kernel. After I rebooted is where I started to get the "outdated binaries" prompts.
mch277 said:
Thanks. I have that file all ready to go in my folder. Only problem I have now is that I can't get s-off. I've installed recovery + custom kernel but the su binaries are outdated for both superSU and superuser. I've tried to flash a 4.3 version of superSU only to have the same error.
I followed instructions for root after I flashed a super tool I also flashed a custom kernel. After I rebooted is where I started to get the "outdated binaries" prompts.
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Ok that changes things. IMO you need to backup your data, install the 4.3 RUU to wipe everything out and make sure you have stock recovery, then you can install the OTA zip from stock recovery, or go ahead and download it direct from AT&T. You can then root and go from there. Now as for S-Off if you have HBOOT 1.55 or newer I don't think you can get it. I can't get it on mine I tried every way possible. You don't need S-Off for this to work
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i have been searching these forums for the past few days and have come up dry.. i have an htc rezound and I want the OTA BUT i have perm rooted it and removed most (if not all) the bloat... how do i go about rebloat and relocking my phone? i have tried using cleantool and it keeps waiting for the phone or it just fails all over itself repeatedly
edit: i have it set to charge only, sync is off and closed, and it is in fastboot mode. I have also tried something I found on here which seems like it is very similar to cleantools with less functionality and it just says <waiting for device> indefinitely
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i have been searching these forums for the past few days and have come up dry.. i have an htc rezound and I want the OTA BUT i have perm rooted it and removed most (if not all) the bloat... how do i go about rebloat and relocking my phone? i have tried using cleantool and it keeps waiting for the phone or it just fails all over itself repeatedly
edit: i have it set to charge only, sync is off and closed, and it is in fastboot mode. I have also tried something I found on here which seems like it is very similar to cleantools with less functionality and it just says <waiting for device> indefinitely
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There are a few different ways to do it. Easiest way I did it to make it foolproof, is flash stock recovery if your on a custom recovery and relock phone and run the RUU. It will put you back to stock and you can just download the OTA and update it, then Unlock and flash Amon Ra recovery and from the developer menu install SU and superuser to reroot.
If you need more instructions , just ask otherwise to me that was the easiest way.
P.S. Just be aware the internal SD card gets wiped after you unlock again so move anything off the internal SD to the external SD that you want to save prior to unlocking again.
I didnt take the ota, I used cons ota rom.. this was my steps for that
1) download rom from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1467329
2) boot into recovery, flash rom....
here you can go two ways, if you dont want the new baseband, it will flash the ph98img and not do anything, if you want the new radios I will tell you how I did it, then tell you where you need to start if you wont want them.
3)perform nandroid
4)via adb (thing you used to unlock originally) fastboot oem lock YOU ARE NOW LOCKED.
5)boot into hboot it will flash the ph98img
6) Unlock bootloader (find the email with the unlock.bin code and follow those instructions)
7)Reboot phone
8)connect to pc, charge only usb debugging enabled
9)run one click root
Proceed with this if you get the mainver error ONLY otherwise if having wifi issues, proceed to step 13
10) after rooted follow this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1467099 NOTE, op in the thread supplied his miscnew.img USE IT!
11)Read this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459347&highlight=mainver it will explain how to get the ph98s to work.
11a) do the ph98 file thing to the ph98 img in amon ra to get it to flash in bootloader
12) after amon ra is restored, perform restore nandroid.
If wifi is not working, even if you dont have mainver issues do step 13
13) If having wifi issues as in not working go to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1467793 and follow instructions EXACTLY!!!
Now you should be running new radios, hb2.11, the 2.6 kernel etc.
You will have to follow the post in step 11 to get any ph to work from now on.
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU BRICK YOUR PHONE, BURN YOUR HOUSE DOWN OR ABDUCTED BY ALIENS BY FOLLOWING THE ABOVE INSTRUCTIONS.
im having some trouble getting into recovery because clockworkmod says it does not have an officially supported recovery... how do i manually install one?
Assuming you installed a recovery, just boot to Hboot. Pull the battery, then hold the power button and volume down button. Once in Hboot you can choose Recovery.
twich12 said:
im having some trouble getting into recovery because clockworkmod says it does not have an officially supported recovery... how do i manually install one?
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To flash a recovery do the above steps to get into hboot (power down, pull battery, hold volume down and power buttons) and once you are in hboot, choose fastboot. Then connect to your pc and in the pc cmd prompt type:
fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img (name of stock recovery you need to download, trying to find a link for you...)
That will put the stock recovery on the phone, then you can run RUU to get the rest back to stock and you can then accept the OTA.
feralicious said:
To flash a recovery do the above steps to get into hboot (power down, pull battery, hold volume down and power buttons) and once you are in hboot, choose fastboot. Then connect to your pc and in the pc cmd prompt type:
fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img (name of stock recovery you need to download, trying to find a link for you...)
That will put the stock recovery on the phone, then you can run RUU to get the rest back to stock and you can then accept the OTA.
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got it! OTA and everything.. debating on rerooting for a bit thanks a lot everyone! +rep
All you have to do to reroot now is flash Amon Ra and then install su from within that. So it's super easy at this point.
su seems to have remained installed.... no root but su is definitely still installed! the only reason i am going to wait on rerooting is so i can learn more about it before i flash or anything
Yeah, it will show up in your apps but it doesn't work properly until you reinstall. I thought I had remained rooted but when I went to use Titanium Backup it couldn't get root access, then after I reinstalled su it worked fine.
But yeah, if you don't need it yet don't worry about it. The only good reason to do it is to use TiBU to save all your settings and if you have Amon Ra you can make a nandroid of your phone so that if something happens you have a backup image of everything and can restore it very easily via Amon Ra. You can still stay on stock ROM etc... the only thing you would need to flash is the Amon Ra recovery.
ya i see what you mean... I also want to get rid of this unbelievable amount of bloat... geez their are a ton of useless verizon apps never mind the stupid games
My friends phone is an EVO LTE and it was rooted with a ROM and TWRP and HBOOT 1.15.
For some reason....He installed the system update from Sprint and rebooted the phone and wiped Cache, Dalvik and System. Then he reset the phone and it got stuck at the HTC bootscreen.
I was able to get into recovery, wiped everything and I tried installing FRESH ROM. It said 'successful' and then rebooted and the screen was just black. I went back into recovery and noticed the status is S-ON.
I downloaded the newest JB RUU but it won't detect the device as I cant boot into the OS.
What do I do?
Try flashing the kernel separately with boot image flasher or using fastboot
om4 said:
Try flashing the kernel separately with boot image flasher or using fastboot
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How?
My knowledge is limited to rooting and flashing ROM packages. On my RAZR there is a program I can run on my computer with the phone in fastboot and then push the RUU file to the phone via the program with the phone in fastboot mode.
I dont know if that is possible on the EVO or if I can do it.
HTC has self contained ruu packages that run themselves. It seems like you just need to flash the kernel separately though. In the android development section (or original development) there is a program there for flashing the kernel. If you want to just run an ruu, there should be links posted in development. There are issues with the new hboot and writing to system partition so try running the ruu for the hboot you already have to avoid any problems
dreamliner330 said:
My friends phone is an EVO LTE and it was rooted with a ROM and TWRP and HBOOT 1.15.
For some reason....He installed the system update from Sprint and rebooted the phone and wiped Cache, Dalvik and System. Then he reset the phone and it got stuck at the HTC bootscreen.
I was able to get into recovery, wiped everything and I tried installing FRESH ROM. It said 'successful' and then rebooted and the screen was just black. I went back into recovery and noticed the status is S-ON.
I downloaded the newest JB RUU but it won't detect the device as I cant boot into the OS.
What do I do?
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DO NOT RUN THE 3.15 RUU ON THAT PHONE UNLESS THE FIRWAREs ARE UP TO DATE AND YOU ALREADY HAVE HBOOT 2.09.
Else this will happen to you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2074643
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dreamliner330 said:
My friends phone is an EVO LTE and it was rooted with a ROM and TWRP and HBOOT 1.15.
For some reason....He installed the system update from Sprint and rebooted the phone and wiped Cache, Dalvik and System. Then he reset the phone and it got stuck at the HTC bootscreen.
I was able to get into recovery, wiped everything and I tried installing FRESH ROM. It said 'successful' and then rebooted and the screen was just black. I went back into recovery and noticed the status is S-ON.
I downloaded the newest JB RUU but it won't detect the device as I cant boot into the OS.
What do I do?
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That first post posted,
If you already did a factory reset...
All you need to do is fast boot the FreshRom kernel in fastusb mode. Grab boot.img
in fastusb mode in the bootloader do:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
More info:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752270
^I'm not certain how to do get it into 'FASBOOT USB'. Mine just says FASTBOOT, that tutorial is a bit confusing. adb says "error: device not found". Obviously, I am having trouble connecting the USB....Also, what boot.img file should I use? Why does it say S-ON?
With the phone in bootloader select fastboot. It should say fastboot usb, type fastboot devices to make sure its connected. Open the Rom zip you flashed and extract the boot.img and put it in adb folder. Type fastboot flash boot boot.img and reboot phone. If all went well you should have a working rom
dreamliner330 said:
^I'm not certain how to do get it into 'FASBOOT USB'. Mine just says FASTBOOT, that tutorial is a bit confusing. adb says "error: device not found". Obviously, I am having trouble connecting the USB....Also, what boot.img file should I use? Why does it say S-ON?
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Out of curiosity can you confirm the current HBOOT version?
Also, you need to have the HTC drivers or HTC sync installed for the phone to recognize the computer and go into FASBOOT USB. Otherwise it just stays in fastboot.
I also have had issues using the USB 3.0 ports on my computer, like wise with USB hubs. USB 2.0 directly into the computer.
Outside of that, I'd just load MeanBean and let it handle the flashing of the kernel if I were you. Just make sure you have the latest radios.
I got it!
When I choose FASTBOOT from the Bootloader, it just says FASTBOOT, not FASTBOOT USB.
I then chose the option REBOOT BOOTLOADER and it came back up as FASTBOOT USB.
YAY!
Thanks fellas!
tankerkevo said:
Out of curiosity can you confirm the current HBOOT version?
Also, you need to have the HTC drivers or HTC sync installed for the phone to recognize the computer and go into FASBOOT USB. Otherwise it just stays in fastboot.
I also have had issues using the USB 3.0 ports on my computer, like wise with USB hubs. USB 2.0 directly into the computer.
Outside of that, I'd just load MeanBean and let it handle the flashing of the kernel if I were you. Just make sure you have the latest radios.
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Not really, still running 1.15 firmware and meanbean with no issues. When I finally have time to, I'll soff my phone but until then the only issue is my ap not showing (all jb roms so probably fw issue) which isn't really a problem for me
om4 said:
Not really, still running 1.15 firmware and meanbean with no issues. When I finally have time to, I'll soff my phone but until then the only issue is my ap not showing (all jb roms so probably fw issue) which isn't really a problem for me
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Wow. What timing. You just answered my question. I was thinking about flashing a JB sense ROM (I never use sense, so I wasn't sure about radios). Then it occurred to me, I'm not on the latest firmware and wondered if I needed to be on the latest to run a JB sense ROM.
I've been on JB AOSP for a looong time. I know on my old Evo I always ran new ROM with old radio and it didn't matter, but this device is much more delicate.
from this PACevo
I've tried to look around, and the only method I seem to find is to flash back to ics, root, then install it. But is there a way to install it on jelly bean without going back to ics?
I had successfully rooted my go before, but that was with bin4ry's easy root exe. I kinda regretted not installing cwm sooner when I was still rooted in ICS. I also have no idea how to fast boot on this phone, I read a guide before, but my phone goes into charging mode before I get to click anything.
arenaboy007 said:
I had successfully rooted my go before, but that was with bin4ry's easy root exe. I kinda regretted not installing cwm sooner when I was still rooted in ICS. I also have no idea how to fast boot on this phone, I read a guide before, but my phone goes into charging mode before I get to click anything.
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try this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250695
Ben Ling said:
try this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250695
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OK last night I was stuck at step 13, but just this morning for some reason, my phone went on fastboot mode, and the computer automatically installed the drivers. Now that it's on fastboot, I tried moving on to step 14-15, this is where I get stuck again... It says open a cmd within the sdk folder, and enter the command on step 15, I get the message, "fastboot.exe is not recognized as an internal or external command." I checked both tools, and platform-tools, they both have fastboot.exe. what am I missing? I extracted the adt-bundle on my desktop if that helps.
Ben Ling said:
try this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250695
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I have not tried any custom ROM yet, the only thing I tried before was rooting my official ICS .10 from bin4ry..
hmmmm..
arenaboy007 said:
OK last night I was stuck at step 13, but just this morning for some reason, my phone went on fastboot mode, and the computer automatically installed the drivers. Now that it's on fastboot, I tried moving on to step 14-15, this is where I get stuck again... It says open a cmd within the sdk folder, and enter the command on step 15, I get the message, "fastboot.exe is not recognized as an internal or external command." I checked both tools, and platform-tools, they both have fastboot.exe. what am I missing? I extracted the adt-bundle on my desktop if that helps.
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Try just fastboot without the .exe.
fastboot flash boot.img
androidmeda said:
Try just fastboot without the .exe.
fastboot flash boot.img
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Actually it doesn't have the ".exe", maybe I should try it with ".exe"?
arenaboy007 said:
Actually it doesn't have the ".exe", maybe I should try it with ".exe"?
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Put the boot.img in platform-tools and open a command window from there (shift+rclick on empty spot > open command window from here)
Then try fastboot again. Should work with or without .exe
PS. How did you get this far with the steps and have fastboot not work if you went through unlocking bootloader?
Stock and locked xGO beans.
androidmeda said:
Put the boot.img in platform-tools and open a command window from there (shift+rclick on empty spot > open command window from here)
Then try fastboot again. Should work with or without .exe!
PS. How did you get this far with the steps and have fastboot not work if you went through unlocking bootloader?
Stock and locked xGO beans.
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Fastboot was already working, I just need to unlock the bootloader. How the fastboot driver installed, I have no idea, maybe it was when I restarted my pc this morning that sorted things out. The computer found the driver by itself for some reason. Another thing that probably help was when I pressed the volume up button by itself, and not with the power button.
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I'm an idiot. Lol. How'd it go?
Stock and locked xGO beans.
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I'm an idiot. Lol. How'd it go?
Stock and locked xGO beans.
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I get this when I put the line from step 15, I get this message...
What now?
In the beginning I used this guide to install fastboot. Maybe it will help.
http://dottech.org/21534/how-to-ins...ows-computer-for-use-with-your-android-phone/
Drivers I installed from latest flashtool.
Stock and locked xGO beans.
androidmeda said:
In the beginning I used this guide to install fastboot. Maybe it will help.
http://dottech.org/21534/how-to-ins...ows-computer-for-use-with-your-android-phone/
Drivers I installed from latest flashtool.
Stock and locked xGO beans.
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So I tried looking around the forums for another method on unlocking the bootloader. And I tried the SE bootloader unlocker. It seemed to me it worked in unlocking the bootloader although I still don't know how to confirm, since I still get the error on my previous post. I tried moving on and flash the boot.img and I started to get the 4 flashing colors, but I'm a bit confused on step 5 and 6 in installing cwm. And I get the flashing colors everytime I restart my phone, is this normal? I'm not finish in installing cwm so that might be a reason.
arenaboy007 said:
So I tried looking around the forums for another method on unlocking the bootloader. And I tried the SE bootloader unlocker. It seemed to me it worked in unlocking the bootloader although I still don't know how to confirm, since I still get the error on my previous post. I tried moving on and flash the boot.img and I started to get the 4 flashing colors, but I'm a bit confused on step 5 and 6 in installing cwm. And I get the flashing colors everytime I restart my phone, is this normal? I'm not finish in installing cwm so that might be a reason.
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4 flashing colors indicate boot.img was flashed successfully (because normal boot img doesn't do that). And you will be seeing that everytime while using this ROM. You should be able to boot to CWM by holding down vol- when it starts flashing and right after the vibrate. Keep it held til you see CWM. If that doesn't work, pop your question over there in that thread for OP to read.
Stock and locked xGO beans.
androidmeda said:
4 flashing colors indicate boot.img was flashed successfully (because normal boot img doesn't do that). And you will be seeing that everytime while using this ROM. You should be able to boot to CWM by holding down vol- when it starts flashing and right after the vibrate. Keep it held til you see CWM. If that doesn't work, pop your question over there in that thread for OP to read.
Stock and locked xGO beans.
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Thanks for the advice! CWM is installed. Time to look for custom roms!
arenaboy007 said:
I've tried to look around, and the only method I seem to find is to flash back to ics, root, then install it. But is there a way to install it on jelly bean without going back to ics?
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I have a networked locked go (ST27i) on O2 network in the UK. The boot loader cannot be unlocked. I installed the latest generic firmware 6.2.A.1.100 via flashtool (to de-brand the O2 startup/shutdown sequence which slowed the phone a little). I rooted the phone via the DoomLoRD .bat exploit.
I have tried three versions of CWM from playstore and they all say they are incompatible with my device, so I cannot install it? As my bootloader cannot be unlocked I understand I cannot flash a custom kernel or use a custom rom.
I assume as the OP says (and after many hours reading), to install CWM recovery to a ST27i on the latest JB rom, you must flash the device from JB back to ICS, then install the CWM recovery/kernel. Then to flash the JB rom you do it through CWM and not via flash tool if you want to go back to JB, is that correct? Thus keeping the CWM recovery option on startup.
thanks in advance for any help with this!
smirnofred
smirnofred said:
I have a networked locked go (ST27i) on O2 network in the UK. The boot loader cannot be unlocked. I installed the latest generic firmware 6.2.A.1.100 via flashtool (to de-brand the O2 startup/shutdown sequence which slowed the phone a little). I rooted the phone via the DoomLoRD .bat exploit.
I have tried three versions of CWM from playstore and they all say they are incompatible with my device, so I cannot install it? As my bootloader cannot be unlocked I understand I cannot flash a custom kernel or use a custom rom.
I assume as the OP says (and after many hours reading), to install CWM recovery to a ST27i on the latest JB rom, you must flash the device from JB back to ICS, then install the CWM recovery/kernel. Then to flash the JB rom you do it through CWM and not via flash tool if you want to go back to JB, is that correct? Thus keeping the CWM recovery option on startup.
thanks in advance for any help with this!
smirnofred
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You assumed it right. Installing CWM was actually quite easy, I was just not familiar with the steps provided on sony's website. Don't use the CWM from playstore, use the ones on this forum. Make sure the necessary files are installed, like ADB, and Android SDK tools, then install CWM through your PC with your phone connected on fastboot(Press volume up as you connect your phone). Replace the boot.img from the android platform-tools, with the boot.img from the CWM file you downloaded. Open command prompt inside platform-tools folder and type "fastboot flash boot boot.img " without the quote. When you see a bunch of numbers come up that means you have just successfully installed CWM, then type "fastboot reboot". If you see flashing colors during boot then that means you were successful. To go to CWM menu, wait for the led to flash then press volume down.
I flashed the stock recovery then applied the update for kitkat
All works well except i now have no root access. Streaming apps tell me the phone is rooted but apps that require root say it is not rooted.
I still have S-OFF but the phone is locked. how can I get root access? I cannot install a recovery because the phone is locked but I cannot unlock it as I do not have root in ADB shell.
Its a catch 22 and the only way I think i can fix t would to be to use HTC to unlock the device again and wipe all my data..
Please help
samo_nz said:
I flashed the stock recovery then applied the update for kitkat
All works well except i now have no root access. Streaming apps tell me the phone is rooted but apps that require root say it is not rooted.
I still have S-OFF but the phone is locked. how can I get root access? I cannot install a recovery because the phone is locked but I cannot unlock it as I do not have root in ADB shell.
Its a catch 22 and the only way I think i can fix t would to be to use HTC to unlock the device again and wipe all my data..
Please help
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If s off.... Simply boot phone to fastboot and flash the custom recovery of your choosing from there. Then in your custom recovery flash the latest supersu.Zip
That's it.
No that didnt work because even if S=OFF you still cant flash if the bootloader is locked, i bit the bullet and used HTCdev again, phone is now wiped but was finally able to install recovery and root
samo_nz said:
No that didnt work because even if S=OFF you still cant flash if the bootloader is locked, i bit the bullet and used HTCdev again, phone is now wiped but was finally able to install recovery and root
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Not true. I have ruu mode flushable zips for this very reason.
dottat said:
Not true. I have ruu mode flushable zips for this very reason.
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I think he meant he couldn't fastboot flash it, which cannot be done if the bootloader is locked. But yeah could have used the RUU mode. Pays to research things
JBS976 said:
I think he meant he couldn't fastboot flash it, which cannot be done if the bootloader is locked. But yeah could have used the RUU mode. Pays to research things
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Lol... They both take fastboot commands. ☺
Alternatively the zip could have been placed on his SD card and loaded from hboot.
So I have a HTC One M8 (at&t) on Android 4.4.2.
Its a Deodexed pre-rooted Sense rom
it has TWRP as the bootloader
if it matters, xposed framework is installed.
I cannot S-Off. Out of the question. I am S-On.
I go do the OTA, it downloads, it reboots into TWRP, then does nothing when it goes to the main menu. I can reboot the phone to system and it boots normally into 4.4.2, but I cant update to 4.4.4
How do I fix this?
*Edit* Did some looking around, I think the issue is I have to be stock recovery and stock rom, so I downloaded them from http://forum.xda-developers.com/att...nt/att-stock-backups-recoveries-otas-t2855966 and got the firmware 1.58.502.1 versions, I checked with my phone to make sure its the right version.
*Edit 2* Will just installing the stock bootloader work? If not, I got the stock backup as well.
LightningKitsune said:
So I have a HTC One M8 (at&t) on Android 4.4.2.
Its a Deodexed pre-rooted Sense rom
it has TWRP as the bootloader
if it matters, xposed framework is installed.
I cannot S-Off. Out of the question. I am S-On.
I go do the OTA, it downloads, it reboots into TWRP, then does nothing when it goes to the main menu. I can reboot the phone to system and it boots normally into 4.4.2, but I cant update to 4.4.4
How do I fix this?
*Edit* Did some looking around, I think the issue is I have to be stock recovery and stock rom, so I downloaded them from http://forum.xda-developers.com/att...nt/att-stock-backups-recoveries-otas-t2855966 and got the firmware 1.58.502.1 versions, I checked with my phone to make sure its the right version.
*Edit 2* Will just installing the stock bootloader work? If not, I got the stock backup as well.
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Copy the recovery to the folder where you have ADB and Fastboot executables/drivers on your computer and rename the file recovery.img
0. Make sure you have drivers required to use ADB and Fastboot loaded on your computer
1. TWRP is the recovery, not the bootloader
2. Boot into recovery (TWRP) and do a backup
3. From TWRP, reboot to bootloader
4. Connect your phone to your computer while the phone is still in fastboot mode
5. Make sure your phone's bootloader lists Fastboot as how it's connected
6. Make sure you have drivers required to ADB and Fastboot to your phone. Search this forum for info
7. On your computer, from a command prompt, go to the folder with the ADB/Fastboot drivers/exe files and that also contains the new recovery you downloaded and renamed.
8. In the command prompt, issue the following command:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
You will now have the original Stock HTC recovery for your 4.4.2 1.58.502.1 version.
Reboot the phone and check for an OTA update.
Once you have upgraded the phone, it will still have stock recovery, and won't have root, so you'll need to re-load TWRP (look for the latest version on this forum) just like you loaded the stock recovery, and then re-root.
Note:
I did this yesterday (OTA) and don't like 4.4.4. I reverted back to 4.4.2 and it's fine for me. Nothing in 4.4.4 is an advantage for me. Just my personal opinion, though.
DanGeorges said:
Note:
I did this yesterday (OTA) and don't like 4.4.4. I reverted back to 4.4.2 and it's fine for me. Nothing in 4.4.4 is an advantage for me. Just my personal opinion, though.
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Well it's not only just for 4.4.4, but to return to stock seeing as I rooted to get firewater to work after a failed rom flash. That and my 2 year contract is almost over so I'll be able to get the m9, so I'll be able to sell my phone as stock.
Does anyone have a link to the OTA?
toby12188 said:
Does anyone have a link to the OTA?
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PM me for the link to the actual OTA zip file. I'm not sure how it can be used, but I grabbed it.
DanGeorges said:
Copy the recovery to the folder where you have ADB and Fastboot executables/drivers on your computer and rename the file recovery.img
0. Make sure you have drivers required to use ADB and Fastboot loaded on your computer
1. TWRP is the recovery, not the bootloader
2. Boot into recovery (TWRP) and do a backup
3. From TWRP, reboot to bootloader
4. Connect your phone to your computer while the phone is still in fastboot mode
5. Make sure your phone's bootloader lists Fastboot as how it's connected
6. Make sure you have drivers required to ADB and Fastboot to your phone. Search this forum for info
7. On your computer, from a command prompt, go to the folder with the ADB/Fastboot drivers/exe files and that also contains the new recovery you downloaded and renamed.
8. In the command prompt, issue the following command:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
You will now have the original Stock HTC recovery for your 4.4.2 1.58.502.1 version.
Reboot the phone and check for an OTA update.
Once you have upgraded the phone, it will still have stock recovery, and won't have root, so you'll need to re-load TWRP (look for the latest version on this forum) just like you loaded the stock recovery, and then re-root.
Note:
I did this yesterday (OTA) and don't like 4.4.4. I reverted back to 4.4.2 and it's fine for me. Nothing in 4.4.4 is an advantage for me. Just my personal opinion, though.
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All of this would work great except for one thing.
Stock is odex not deodex. So the ota would fail.
To take an ota you need to be 100% stock on /system (root is fine ) and on stock recovery.
LightningKitsune said:
Well it's not only just for 4.4.4, but to return to stock seeing as I rooted to get firewater to work after a failed rom flash. That and my 2 year contract is almost over so I'll be able to get the m9, so I'll be able to sell my phone as stock.
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dottat said:
All of this would work great except for one thing.
Stock is odex not deodex. So the ota would fail.
To take an ota you need to be 100% stock on /system (root is fine ) and on stock recovery.
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I missed the deodexed part. Sorry about that.
Another way:
Backup your personal data
Relock bootloader
RUU: http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-one-m8-att/news/