Don't know what to do!! Need help! - HTC Amaze 4G

NOOB ALERT!
I have an international HTC amaze (unbranded/no carrier). I'm on gb 2.3.5 and have boot loader unlocked, 4ext recovery flashed and SU zip flashed (rooted). I'm s-on and has not done those supercid stuff. I once flashed a jb rom it booted and as soon as I touch the screen at the configuration wizard that shows up after first time boot it restarts. This happens 2-3 times then it just gets stuck in bootloop (HTC logo then blank screen then HTC logo and so on). I want to upgrade to latest available android version (either with stock or custom rom+no HTC sense -_-) and over clock the cpu(i have not flashed any kernel yet). Also, I was under the impression that I cannot flash any rom or kernel without s-off +supercid so I've been using my amaze on stock rom +4ext recovery and root.
Please help me. Thanks in advance.

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stuck--search
Arsi94 said:
I have an international HTC amaze
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Here's fix:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38516237&postcount=2
4EXT will allow you flash rom's without S-OFF, by enabling the "SmartFlash" feature.

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pbergonzi said:
Here's fix:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38516237&postcount=2
4EXT will allow you flash rom's without S-OFF, by enabling the "SmartFlash" feature.
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My device is working fine(posting this from my phone) after I wiped everything and restored a backup from 4ext.i don't need to flash the ROM in this link, I think. My concern is that after the fix (in gb to ics guide) I should s-off and on the link for guide to s-off it says "not stock rooted". But I have rooted my device even though I'm on stock rom. What should I do about this?
Also I forgot to mention I flashed the rom (which resulted in bootloop) with smart flash option on in the 4ext recovery.

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gb to jb
Arsi94 said:
My device is working fine
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Glad you got it working.
You CANNOT move from gb to jb without installing ICS--period.
If you want to stay gb then find a launcher at google play store to make it look pretty, and find an alternative to overclock your cpu since you are rooted.
Bear in mind that overclocking your cpu is DANGEROUS.

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pbergonzi said:
Glad you got it working.
You CANNOT move from gb to jb without installing ICS--period.
If you want to stay gb then find a launcher at google play store to make it look pretty, and find an alternative to overclock your cpu since you are rooted.
Bear in mind that overclocking your cpu is DANGEROUS.
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ok so i want to move to JB. I will have to follow the GB to ICS guide. In that guide one of the steps is to get S-off. I open the juppunutbear S-off page and one of the requirement is to have a 'stock rom' (not fresh rom, not harmony rom, not STOCK ROOTED) but my device IS stock rooted. If I continue with the procedure to S-off, will i brick my phone? Or should I unroot my device first then do S-off? and then follow the remaining steps on the GB to ICS guide and then I will be able to flash JB custom roms?
Thanks alot.

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stock rooted
Arsi94 said:
ok so i want to move to JB.
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It would be wisest to follow their directions EXACTLY. It's simple to re-root your phone once you've un-rooted it, and it is the way to get to JB which is what you want. Thousands of us have done it exactly that way and it worked.
Once you've gone from GB to ICS, find the radio update and apply it before re-rooting or anything else--see this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2219637
Bear in mind that NO JB ROM has a perfectly functioning camera. They may do 720p depending, but not 1080--at least not cleanly. There may also be speakerphone volume issues--I don't recall exactly. Check the threads to find which will perform as you like.

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pbergonzi said:
It would be wisest to follow their directions EXACTLY. It's simple to re-root your phone once you've un-rooted it, and it is the way to get to JB which is what you want. Thousands of us have done it exactly that way and it worked.
Once you've gone from GB to ICS, find the radio update and apply it before re-rooting or anything else--see this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2219637
Bear in mind that NO JB ROM has a perfectly functioning camera. They may do 720p depending, but not 1080--at least not cleanly. There may also be speakerphone volume issues--I don't recall exactly. Check the threads to find which will perform as you like.
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OK. I was just worried that even If I unrooted my phone it wouldn't work and get bricked . I'll unroot then follow the guide. Thanks a lot for the help

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Arsi94 said:
OK. I was just worried that even If I unrooted my phone it wouldn't work and get bricked . I'll unroot then follow the guide. Thanks a lot for the help
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hey need your help again sorry :/
https://goo.im/devs/ChevyCowboyUSA/ota/PH85IMG.zip/
this radio update from the link you provided in previous comments is the same one that's in the GB to ICS guide step number 7?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38516237#post38516237
and also i have 4ext recovery already installed. it wont matter if i followed the GB to ICS guide?, because in the guide flashing the recovery is step 9( after flashing the ruu and radio update). Thank you in advance once again.

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take your time
Arsi94 said:
hey need your help again sorry :/
https://goo.im/devs/ChevyCowboyUSA/ota/PH85IMG.zip/
this radio update from the link you provided in previous comments is the same one that's in the GB to ICS guide step number 7?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38516237#post38516237
and also i have 4ext recovery already installed. it wont matter if i followed the GB to ICS guide?, because in the guide flashing the recovery is step 9( after flashing the ruu and radio update). Thank you in advance once again.
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The link that says "ChevyCowboyUSA" is the radio--the link with from #7 in the guide is hboot.
Follow all the steps in the guide--I think that once you've flashed the stock ruu, it will revert your recovery to stock recovery and that is why you will need to flash it again.
Keep your phone unlock code handy, because I think you will need it again after flashing hboot--I'm not certain, but it will be best to have it.
Once you've flashed the ICS ruu followed by the hboot (as presented in the guide), then you can flash the radio according to the instructions in the radio post. After that you can unlock/custom recovery/whatever to flash custom roms and the radio will already be updated, as will the ability to flash ICS/JB.

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pbergonzi said:
The link that says "ChevyCowboyUSA" is the radio--the link with from #7 in the guide is hboot.
Follow all the steps in the guide--I think that once you've flashed the stock ruu, it will revert your recovery to stock recovery and that is why you will need to flash it again.
Keep your phone unlock code handy, because I think you will need it again after flashing hboot--I'm not certain, but it will be best to have it.
Once you've flashed the ICS ruu followed by the hboot (as presented in the guide), then you can flash the radio according to the instructions in the radio post. After that you can unlock/custom recovery/whatever to flash custom roms and the radio will already be updated, as will the ability to flash ICS/JB.
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i have successfully s-off my amaze, many thanks! the link to the chevycowboyusa radio that u provided is not working. can u plz provide a working link? thanks

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OTA Radio Needed!!!
Arsi94 said:
i have successfully s-off my amaze, many thanks! the link to the chevycowboyusa radio that u provided is not working. can u plz provide a working link? thanks
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Glad you got S-OFF--good for you!
Who's got the radio Arsi94 is asking for--post it for him please!

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pbergonzi said:
Glad you got S-OFF--good for you!
Who's got the radio Arsi94 is asking for--post it for him please!
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is it better to flash this radio update or can i just root and flash custom ROMs now? Thank btw.

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A little more patience.
Arsalanzahoor said:
is it better to flash this radio update or can i just root and flash custom ROMs now? Thank btw.
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Don't remember but I think you MUST have the radio or nothing new will work.
Chevy's looking to see if he has the radio somewhere.
Someone might reply to us with the radio.

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pbergonzi said:
Don't remember but I think you MUST have the radio or nothing new will work.
Chevy's looking to see if he has the radio somewhere.
Someone might reply to us with the radio.
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chevy gave me this one
http://d-h.st/3VD
but he's not sure if this is an asian compatible one, is there a way to backup my current radio before applying the update?

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am i wrong or do i already have this radio version?
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Arsalanzahoor said:
chevy gave me this one
http://d-h.st/3VD
but he's not sure if this is an asian compatible one, is there a way to backup my current radio before applying the update?
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I don't know how to backup the radio, but I know you can revert to RUU if it fails--exactly how far exactly did you get through the steps here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2167596

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pbergonzi said:
I don't know how to backup the radio, but I know you can revert to RUU if it fails--exactly how far exactly did you get through the steps here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2167596
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i've done till 8. i was following what you told me( flashing the radio update before rooting and flashing recovery)

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Arsalanzahoor said:
i've done till 8. i was following what you told me( flashing the radio update before rooting and flashing recovery)
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Here's a thread that may be helpful:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1575550
Here's where RUU's for different carriers are:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1617644
The way I see it, you don't need an RUU--you need an OTA--select the one for your carrier.
See how well your phone works after installing the OTA. Maybe you won't need to do anything after that except install the ROM's you want to.
Good luck--lemme know how it goes.

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pbergonzi said:
Here's a thread that may be helpful:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1575550
Here's where RUU's for different carriers are:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1617644
The way I see it, you don't need an RUU--you need an OTA--select the one for your carrier.
See how well your phone works after installing the OTA. Maybe you won't need to do anything after that except install the ROM's you want to.
Good luck--lemme know how it goes.
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this is just too much for me to understand and follow. i have followed the "GB to ICS for unbranded...." thread till step 8. and in step 9 and 10 it says to flash 4EXT and superuser.zip to gain root if i want to flash cutom roms.
i have a locked bootloader( which was locked after flashing stock ics ruu from step 6. cant i just flash recovery, root and the flash pac man rom?

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Arsalanzahoor said:
this is just too much for me to understand and follow. i have followed the "GB to ICS for unbranded...." thread till step 8. and in step 9 and 10 it says to flash 4EXT and superuser.zip to gain root if i want to flash cutom roms.
i have a locked bootloader( which was locked after flashing stock ics ruu from step 6. cant i just flash recovery, root and the flash pac man rom?
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Yes. Though I think you need to unlock bootloader again to do that.