I am currently setting up my goldcard and planning to flash the new official froyo update, I've been flashing my g1 ever since rom were first developed and am well aware of the dangers of flashing radio.
Do I need a new radio before flashing the official froyo rom, and if so how do I flash the radio I am on tmo branded with 0.80 hboot and 1.21 software, I have bricked a g1 before and theres no way I want that to happen with the desire.
Also I am looking to flash a stock rom that will allow me to get th update ota, which rom would b best to use?
Update, I have managed to root to stock 1.15.405.3 using the macardo method but when I try to update via ota update th phone resets and I get a red question mark, the phone reboots not updated
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Did you leave the goldcard in? Someone with a problem like yours reported applying the Froyo update with the goldcard in and using recovery to apply it as a zip.
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I rooted my desire and i am now running defrost 2.5a. When the ota update comes around how whould i be able to install it? It used to be a branded device
So i am thinking i would have to use a goldcard to re-flash the stock 2.1 sense rom and then update ota?
Or can i just download the rom as soon as its leaked and install via rom Manager?
Also can i use launcher pro on stock sense?
Thx
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Why are you worrying about the OTA? Within a couple of hours of the OTA pushing out, there will be pre-rooted update.zip's available that you can flash manually.
Regards,
Dave
also, there is a potential risk that you won't be able to root it again for some time... I think hboot on hong kong test version of 2.2 was 0.87, or something like that
Right now, the best thing to do is to relax and wait for the rooted rom
Currently I am running stock 2.1-update1, with a hydra kernel and s-off.
If I update my radio, am I going to have any problems with getting 2.2? Should I just wait for the OTA to come, and flash a recovery after I've installed it? If I do the radio update early, is my stock 2.1 going to keep working fine?
Seriously, nothing on this? What does updating the radio do other than allow 2.2?
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Currently I am running stock 2.1-update1, with a hydra kernel and s-off.
If I update my radio, am I going to have any problems with getting 2.2? Should I just wait for the OTA to come, and flash a recovery after I've installed it? If I do the radio update early, is my stock 2.1 going to keep working fine?
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I don't really know what your asking, and I'm sure that's why no one else has chimed in. But here is my best attempt to figure out what I can do to help.
To get the 2.2 OTA to install, you NEED stock recovery.
What I would do if I were you, and this is what I am currently doing -
keep S-OFF, un-root the phone by getting the stock recovery -
try this
androidforums.com/incredible-all-things-root/99828-video-howto-unroot-incredible-downgrading.html - sorry can't post links yet. cmon MODs! lol j/k
and then you'll be able to get the 2.2 OTA and then be able to put clockworkmod recovery back on and attain root.
"If I do the radio update early, is my stock 2.1 going to keep working fine?"
are you asking, will 2.1 still work with 2.15x radio?
to put it simply - yes,
but with s-off, what I used to do, if keep a file of both the 1.x radio, and 2.15x radio on your sd card, and if you want to flash either one, just move it to the root of the sd card and either go back up to 1.x or go back down to 2.15x radio.
Thank you, that actually cleared things up perfectly. Sorry for the foggy wording.
Hi,
Coming from HTC Hero running VillainROM 1.7 it did not take long before my DHD was rooted. Did Radio S-OFF; wasn't quite ready for the ENG. I thought I'd flash the radio but that did not happen without ENG. So my strategy is to have a backup of the current ROM, do the OTA and then revert to my backup via Clockwork.
I hope my strategy is OK.... but where is the OTA??
Thor
There are some problems with your strategy buddy.
If you flash the ota you will loose the clockworkmod recovery. Since you can't root stock 1.72 then you won't be able to flash it back again either. Since you have radio s-off all is not lost. You can get root back by flashing back to the older 1.32 ruu and re rooting. When you flash that it will revert your radio back to the older one however.
If you want to update your radio and nothing else you don't have a choice but to get engineering hboot s-off.
Ok, found a tool for ENG S-OFF that I can risk
Radio update then and check improvement in stock ROM before going custom.
Thor
Hello,
I have my HD rooted running LeeDroid ROM. ENG-S off and RADIO-S off.
I have a backup of my original Voda ROM.
When I flash back to the Voda ROM I get the OTA update for 2.3.3. Can I install this update, or will this stuff the ENG S and RADIO S settings I have that allows me to install custom ROMS?
Do I run the risk of bricking the phone by installaing the update.
Thanks for your help.
Cheers
No you cannot install an OTA on a rooted phone - you'll most likely end up bricking it.
you have to RUU your phone to original non rooted state and then root it again using Gingerbread rooting process...
Edit : Sry it's late If you do revert back to stock using Voda or whatever then yes you can - even with ENG and Radio settings....i think perhaps even the Voda has the correct radio for your phone so it'll just install that - no issues - i think
thanks
thank you for that...I thought so...but wanted to check.
I was interested in seeing the performance of the Voda update against the ROM I am using.
Glad I asked as I had the update downloading and canceled it!
Cheers
EDIT: Oh okay. The backup I did of the Voda ROM is a factory reset version with just CWM and Superuser installed. I did the backup through CWM.
I was trying out the rooted stock evo 4g ROM from this thread today: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1038701
I believe this is a nono, but can I run the Firmware update when running that rooted ROM? Or will that reflash the OEM bootloader and set me back to S-On?
I am currently running cyanogem m7, but am trying to decide if I want to switch back to the htc sense based OEM ROM.
You know Xhausx has a newer thread with the newest Ota update rolled in right? Why wouldn't you just flash the newer ROM instead of accepting the official Ota which will turn you S-on with locked bootloader?
I was referring to a rooted version of the gingerbread OTA as shown in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1038701
I flashed that deodexed ROM and it worked fine, I was just wondering if I could update radios's without overwriting my clockwork recovery if I ran a 'Update Firmware' from within that rooted OEM ROM.
I will take a look at Xhausx's post.
I assume this is the Xhausx thread you were talking about: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1110733
So I already have 4.22.651.2 from his post flashed, if I were to run 'Firmware Update' does that update just the radios, or does it update everything: the radios, the recovery, boot, and install the OTA gingerbread ROM?
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I assume this is the Xhausx thread you were talking about: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1110733
So I already have 4.22.651.2 from his post flashed, if I were to run 'Firmware Update' does that update just the radios, or does it update everything: the radios, the recovery, boot, and install the OTA gingerbread ROM?
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Well it would definitely update your bootloader and I believe radios as well if it actually let you flash it. I believe when you run Unrevoked forever it runs a script to block flashing of OTA's anyways though. But yeah, the 4.24 ROMs are based off the newest update. Flash the radio combos separately after downloading them as well.