So it seems as there is still some uncertainty in terms of updating to new hboot. Read some people lost root by doing so and read some were successful possibly due to having unrevoked forever installed. I updated to latest radio, wimax and nv already. Has anybody been able to downgrade the radio? I ask as it seems if downgrading is possible than unrevoked could be installed and then the hboot could be updated without losing root s-off. I appreciate any information and all your help.
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starkillers said:
So it seems as there is still some uncertainty in terms of updating to new hboot. Read some people lost root by doing so and read some were successful possibly due to having unrevoked forever installed. I updated to latest radio, wimax and nv already. Has anybody been able to downgrade the radio? I ask as it seems if downgrading is possible than unrevoked could be installed and then the hboot could be updated without losing root s-off. I appreciate any information and all your help.
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Why would you want to upgrade the hboot?
Was reading a few threads that suggest we should. I believe calkulin posted saying that he would update the hboot if it weren't for the fact that he uses fastboot commands during his development. Page 110 of his thread.
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Why would you want to upgrade the hboot?
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From what I've seen the new hBoots are all backward compatible, and as long as you have already ran Unrevoked Forever you *should* keep S-OFF, but the new hBoot has been particularly stubborn when it comes to abiding by the S-OFF. The extended commands on the eng-hBoot may not be very useful to most people but they can be very handy if something goes wrong and you manage to fubar your phone. So as long as you retain S-OFF or a custom recovery you should be ok using the 2.02 hBoot but I would wait awhile to find out more about ver 2.10. Especially if you plan on upgrading your radio.
I have already upgraded radio, wimax and nv and I don't have unrevoked forever installed . My hboot is the original with fastboot commands.
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From what I've seen the new hBoots are all backward compatible, and as long as you have already ran Unrevoked Forever you *should* keep S-OFF, but the new hBoot has been particularly stubborn when it comes to abiding by the S-OFF. The extended commands on the eng-hBoot may not be very useful to most people but they can be very handy if something goes wrong and you manage to fubar your phone. So as long as you retain S-OFF or a custom recovery you should be ok using the 2.02 hBoot but I would wait awhile to find out more about ver 2.10. Especially if you plan on upgrading your radio.
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I have 0.79, and as long as everything else is working, I don't see why it should be necessary to upgrade. And now that I've already updated all my radio's with the latest combo pack, I'm apprehensive about doing it anyway.
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I have 0.79, and as long as everything else is working, I don't see why it should be necessary to upgrade. And now that I've already updated all my radio's with the latest combo pack, I'm apprehensive about doing it anyway.
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Same here except I think I'm at even a lower version... 0.76
What would the point be to upgrading hboot to 2.02? It's one thing I don't really understand all that well.
Anyone care to explain?
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Here's my question. My friend's brother attempted to root his stock Evo using simpleroot instructions I sent my friend 4-5 months ago (pre-2.2) without knowing that simpleroot isn't supported. His phone is now borked. When he tries to load into bootloader, he gets an error (not sure which one), but his phone will boot into android.
What I'm wondering is this: As of yesterday, his phone was updated and current as per sprint and the update commands in the system menus... Can he flash back to an older stock rom via RUU (such as this one) without causing other problems? If my understanding is correct, the latest sprint updates aren't yet rootable, right?
Any help on this issue?
Thanks
Is the phone s-off?
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Here's my question. My friend's brother attempted to root his stock Evo using simpleroot instructions I sent my friend 4-5 months ago (pre-2.2) without knowing that simpleroot isn't supported. His phone is now borked. When he tries to load into bootloader, he gets an error (not sure which one), but his phone will boot into android.
What I'm wondering is this: As of yesterday, his phone was updated and current as per sprint and the update commands in the system menus... Can he flash back to an older stock rom via RUU (such as this one) without causing other problems? If my understanding is correct, the latest sprint updates aren't yet rootable, right?
Any help on this issue?
Thanks
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No, you can not run an older ruu. If he updated to today or yesterdays update hes stuck. If he is on HBOOT 2.02 he can flash the 3.30.651.3 ruu or ths 3.70.651.1 but you can not ruu further back.
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No, you can not run an older ruu. If he updated to today or yesterdays update hes stuck. If he is on HBOOT 2.02 he can flash the 3.30.651.3 ruu or ths 3.70.651.1 but you can not ruu further back.
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Are either of these rootable yet?
and can someone explain what S-on and off means?
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Are either of these rootable yet?
and can someone explain what S-on and off means?
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Yes, they're both rootable.
S-ON vs S-OFF; is just basically a security parameter that's being locked/unlocked. This allows for PC36IMG's files to be flashed via the bootloader without having to use or have authenticated signature keys from Google.
Basically, if you ever accept an OTA and it flashes and removes your recovery (CWM or Amon_RA); then you have no way of flashing custom roms/mods, etc... however with S-OFF, you have the ability to get your recovery back and set yourself back to root if need be.
Essentially, S-OFF allows for another method of flashing stuff to the phone besides just using the CWM or Amon_RA recoveries.
Hboot versions however can affect S-OFF; so it's important that if there is a new OTA that you always hold off, until a developer can validate that the hboot can be exploited and that the OTA can be rooted.
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Are either of these rootable yet?
and can someone explain what S-on and off means?
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1. 2.02 is rootable 2.10 is not and is the newest one.
2.0 S-ON means you can not flash roms s-off means you can. It is the security of the phone kind of.
If you can not get into bootloader then you can try running the oldest ruu and then the next. It wont hurt the phone at all (I just did it today) it will just give you an error and reboot the phone.
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Yes, they're both rootable.
S-ON vs S-OFF; is just basically a security parameter that's being locked/unlocked. This allows for PC36IMG's files to be flashed via the bootloader without having to use or have authenticated signature keys from Google.
Basically, if you ever accept an OTA and it flashes and removes your recovery (CWM or Amon_RA); then you have no way of flashing custom roms/mods, etc... however with S-OFF, you have the ability to get your recovery back and set yourself back to root if need be.
Essentially, S-OFF allows for another method of flashing stuff to the phone besides just using the CWM or Amon_RA recoveries.
Hboot versions however can affect S-OFF; so it's important that if there is a new OTA that you always hold off, until a developer can validate that the hboot can be exploited and that the OTA can be rooted.
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Thanks for the explanations and the help.
How do I find out if it's S-on or off, and is it possible to change?
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Yes, they're both rootable.
S-ON vs S-OFF; is just basically a security parameter that's being locked/unlocked. This allows for PC36IMG's files to be flashed via the bootloader without having to use or have authenticated signature keys from Google.
Basically, if you ever accept an OTA and it flashes and removes your recovery (CWM or Amon_RA); then you have no way of flashing custom roms/mods, etc... however with S-OFF, you have the ability to get your recovery back and set yourself back to root if need be.
Essentially, S-OFF allows for another method of flashing stuff to the phone besides just using the CWM or Amon_RA recoveries.
Hboot versions however can affect S-OFF; so it's important that if there is a new OTA that you always hold off, until a developer can validate that the hboot can be exploited and that the OTA can be rooted.
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I have been trying to root 2.10 since yesterday and it has proven to not be possible as of yet. If you have a rooting method that works for me then would you share please?
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I have been trying to root 2.10 since yesterday and it has proven to not be possible as of yet. If you have a rooting method that works for me then would you share please?
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Im with u brotha im stuck on 2.10 from a mistake i made. Was originally on 0.76.2
Sux man
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badutahboy said:
Thanks for the explanations and the help.
How do I find out if it's S-on or off, and is it possible to change?
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To see if you're S-OFF or S-ON; you can boot your phone into bootloader mode.
To do this:
1. Power down the phone
2. Hold the Volume Down + Power button
3. You'll see a white screen with three little Androids
4. Read the very top of the screen; should tell you if you are S-ON or S-OFF.
You can reboot afterwards.
And yes, you can switch from the S-ON to S-OFF and vise versa, though I don't see why you would want to do the latter.
animal7296 said:
I have been trying to root 2.10 since yesterday and it has proven to not be possible as of yet. If you have a rooting method that works for me then would you share please?
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luckylui said:
Im with u brotha im stuck on 2.10 from a mistake i made. Was originally on 0.76.2
Sux man
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I apologize to the both of you guys; I was under the impression that 2.10 was S-OFF, apparently testing is still being done. For now, looks like you'll have to sit tight. Sorry guys.
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To see if you're S-OFF or S-ON; you can boot your phone into bootloader mode.
To do this:
1. Power down the phone
2. Hold the Volume Down + Power button
3. You'll see a white screen with three little Androids
4. Read the very top of the screen; should tell you if you are S-ON or S-OFF.
You can reboot afterwards.
And yes, you can switch from the S-ON to S-OFF and vise versa, though I don't see why you would want to do the latter.
I apologize to the both of you guys; I was under the impression that 2.10 was S-OFF, apparently testing is still being done. For now, looks like you'll have to sit tight. Sorry guys.
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However it has been verified that if you were S-OFF on 2.02 you can install the OTA and you will end up with HBOOT 2.10 with S-OFF.
pseudoremora said:
To see if you're S-OFF or S-ON; you can boot your phone into bootloader mode.
To do this:
1. Power down the phone
2. Hold the Volume Down + Power button
3. You'll see a white screen with three little Androids
4. Read the very top of the screen; should tell you if you are S-ON or S-OFF.
You can reboot afterwards.
And yes, you can switch from the S-ON to S-OFF and vise versa, though I don't see why you would want to do the latter.
I apologize to the both of you guys; I was under the impression that 2.10 was S-OFF, apparently testing is still being done. For now, looks like you'll have to sit tight. Sorry guys.
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No prob pimp
Ima call sprint n see if i can some how get me a phone w the 2.02 hboot and just pretty much get an upgrade from 0003 hardware to 0004 Lol
Im like jumpy rite now ahaha
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However it has been verified that if you were S-OFF on 2.02 you can install the OTA and you will end up with HBOOT 2.10 with S-OFF.
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True this, but when i did it i was at 0.76.2 and now screw at 2.10 cause it updated all the way n i didnt want to do that.. Got lost in the tangle haha
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However it has been verified that if you were S-OFF on 2.02 you can install the OTA and you will end up with HBOOT 2.10 with S-OFF.
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Yea, I heard about this in the IRC; too bad these guys can do that... unfortunate; but I'm sure the Unrevoked team will have a fix soon enough.
luckylui said:
No prob pimp
Ima call sprint n see if i can some how get me a phone w the 2.02 hboot and just pretty much get an upgrade from 0003 hardware to 0004 Lol
Im like jumpy rite now ahaha
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Good luck with Sprint; I don't know how helpful they're going to be, but you never know...
@luckylui and animal7296, check out the 2.02/2.10 rooting thread again, it seems they got something working. Good luck.
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Here's my question. My friend's brother attempted to root his stock Evo using simpleroot instructions I sent my friend 4-5 months ago (pre-2.2) without knowing that simpleroot isn't supported. His phone is now borked. When he tries to load into bootloader, he gets an error (not sure which one), but his phone will boot into android.
What I'm wondering is this: As of yesterday, his phone was updated and current as per sprint and the update commands in the system menus... Can he flash back to an older stock rom via RUU (such as this one) without causing other problems? If my understanding is correct, the latest sprint updates aren't yet rootable, right?
Any help on this issue?
Thanks
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There actually is a way to downgrade without rooting, all you need to do is flash the mtd-eng.img file to your misc partition as explained in toast's rooting part 2 thread. After you do that it will let you flash any ruu that is compatible with your phone
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Confused about this (among many other things). I rooted a couple months ago, used the Unrevoked one-click method, but never ran Unrevoked Forever. I am currently hboot .97 s-off, running all the newest radios (Calk's all-in-one update) and software version 3.70, HW versio 0003, using Netarchy's Burnt Droid rom.
If I were to update to the latest hboot, would I lose root?
Any pros/cons of updating hboot?
Any help greatly appreciated. TIA
Mike
Dude you sound like you know what you're taking about. I did the same unrevoked one click. I tried updating but ain't. I've read that its because I'm rooted the updated won't work. And the update stops one quarter of the way and just gives me an error message. How do you unroot the evo? Can you help me?
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Dude you sound like you know what you're taking about. I did the same unrevoked one click. I tried updating but ain't. I've read that its because I'm rooted the updated won't work. And the update stops one quarter of the way and just gives me an error message. How do you unroot the evo? Can you help me?
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I've never tried to unroot, and I'm pretty much a noob, but I did find this thread with all the unroot info, including a video:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780141
give it a look and see if it may have the answers you're looking for. Wishing you good luck.
Edit: also check out the bottom of the first post on this thread, covers unrooting:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045
Mike
Thank you.
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Confused about this (among many other things). I rooted a couple months ago, used the Unrevoked one-click method, but never ran Unrevoked Forever. I am currently hboot .97 s-off, running all the newest radios (Calk's all-in-one update) and software version 3.70, HW versio 0003, using Netarchy's Burnt Droid rom.
If I were to update to the latest hboot, would I lose root?
Any pros/cons of updating hboot?
Any help greatly appreciated. TIA
Mike
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illogos said:
You are correct in that you will lose access to certain fastboot commands that the release version hboots do not support. Ie being able to fastboot flash boot animations.
That aside, the hboot is analogous to a computer BIOS. It governs the phone startup and loading process of the operating system and how it interfaces with the hardware at a very low level.
People update hboot for the same reason they update a computer bios. Sometimes it adds functionality and compatibility. Most motherboard manufacturers high suggest that you do NOT upgrade your bios unless you are experiencing a specific problem that the bios upgrade will fix. Unfortunately, there are never changelogs for hboots. Best advice is this: if you aren't having problems, don't update it.
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Hello all.
I rooted my G2 using the gfree method and all went well(I have S-Off). It was much easier then the process for my G1.
Current setup
HBOOT-0.82.0000
RADIO 26.03.02.26_M
Cyanogenmod 6.1.1
So my question is should I bother to update my bootloader? A friend of mine with a similar setup said I should upgrade but what additional functionality would I get? Anyway I hope this does not seem like a stupid question.
The Eng HBoot gives you fastboot capabilities. That's about it. If you don't really use fastboot, then there is no reason to flash it.
Thank you for the reply but Im confused.
When I go into the boot loader it says fastboot and it shows up if I do 'fastboot devices' from the command prompt. I thought that meant I have fastboot capabilities? Or am I misunderstanding something?
If you have the stock bootloader, you don't have privileges like "fastboot flash" capabilities. It will show up with "fastboot device" because you have the phone in fastboot. It's like in adb, doing "adb devices" will show it up, even if you don't have superuser privileges.
Hope that clears things up a bit.
Ok now I understand. Thank you for your patience.
Looking back on the root instruction on the cyanogen site now I see the section referring to replacing the bootloader.
Now I hear alot about flashing the wrong radio and bootloader versions. How do I know for sure the file on the cyanogen site (0.76.2000) is the correct one?
That's the one that I have on my G2
Side note. I was looking at the wiki on XDA and it has the Eng HBoot for the G2 listed as 0.84.2000 and the DZ HBoot as 0.76.2000 that are hyperlinked to download.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't those two supposed to be switched? My G2 has 0.76.2000, which is what I used when I first achieved perma root using the rage method before gfree. This is also listed on the CM wiki. I am by no means an expert, but I thought the two HBoot's were not interchangeable between the two devices.
Anyone care to chime in on this to share some light? I would hate to start a thread for this question of mine to be answered.
Yes I noticed the same thing. XDA has 84.2000 and CM has 76.2000. Relevent links posted below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...Z.2FG2.2FDHD.29_-_OPTIONAL_and_UNNECESSARY.21
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=TMobile_G2:_Rooting
tazz, what radio version do you have? Id like to update my radio as well, hopefully it will clear up some issues.
My radio version is the one dumped from the RUU_Vision_Hutch_AUS_1.85.861.3_Radio_12.28h.60.14 0f_26.06.02.27_M_release.
It's found in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=959488
The instructions to flash with fastboot are there, as well as an update.zip, so you should have no problems there.
Regarding the engineering hboot;
The ONLY known brick was made by scotty2 by playing with hboot commands that are only available in the engineering hboot. In other words, it allows you more freedom to control the device, but at the expense of potentially REALLY f-ing it up if you mess with things that you don't understand.
With a radio s-off phone, you can save the phone from literally anything, even without the engineering hboot. As a matter of safety, the engineering hboot is *not required*. In terms of convenience, it is nice, as long as you don't go playing with things you don't understand.
Tazz. Thank you for the info. but should I upgrade the SPL before that installing that radio?
If you want to upgrade the radio through fastboot then yeah, you need to upgrade the spl first.
Otherwise, you can just update the radio through the update.zip in bootloader the pc10img.zip way, then you can do the spl upgrade.
Its really a personal preference.
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Side note. I was looking at the wiki on XDA and it has the Eng HBoot for the G2 listed as 0.84.2000 and the DZ HBoot as 0.76.2000 that are hyperlinked to download.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't those two supposed to be switched? My G2 has 0.76.2000, which is what I used when I first achieved perma root using the rage method before gfree. This is also listed on the CM wiki. I am by no means an expert, but I thought the two HBoot's were not interchangeable between the two devices.
Anyone care to chime in on this to share some light? I would hate to start a thread for this question of mine to be answered.
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santaclaws said:
Yes I noticed the same thing. XDA has 84.2000 and CM has 76.2000.
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You were right I updated the XDA Wiki to reflect the correct info on the ENG. Hboot for the G2 which is 0.76.2000 and the DZ which is 0.84.2000. Good Catch.
joemm said:
You were right I updated the XDA Wiki to reflect the correct info on the ENG. Hboot for the G2 which is 0.76.2000 and the DZ which is 0.84.2000. Good Catch.
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You're a good man joemm. Thanks for fixing things.
I went ahead and upgraded to the Eng hboot. No Brick. Yay!
tazz. occasionally my phone loses data connectivity. i can still make phone calls but no data. i notice if i kill the radio process internet works after the signal comes back. do you think an update to my radio would help this issue?
Yeah it could help it. I upgraded my radio and I get better data reception now than I did with the older radio version that I had.
I had the same problem, where I would have to reboot the phone to regain data. It still happens once in a blue moon, but not like it did before.
At least I am not the only one having that issue. Its a bit annoying.
The only "solution" I found was to make a simple gscript to kill all radio processes. Its quicker then a reboot. Not sure if killing the radio process has any negative effect but the phone seems fine after.
I just leave the shortcut on the desktop and use it whenever I need it.
dhkr234 said:
Regarding the engineering hboot;
The ONLY known brick was made by scotty2 by playing with hboot commands that are only available in the engineering hboot. In other words, it allows you more freedom to control the device, but at the expense of potentially REALLY f-ing it up if you mess with things that you don't understand.
With a radio s-off phone, you can save the phone from literally anything, even without the engineering hboot. As a matter of safety, the engineering hboot is *not required*. In terms of convenience, it is nice, as long as you don't go playing with things you don't understand.
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Thanks for the info here, I had been searching this forum for at least 2 days now, looking for information on the eng-hboot and was it needed or not.
Being new to all this, could this eng-hboot vs hboot be on the wiki somewhere? My thoughts are that once I got my phone rooted and backed up I was trying to figure out what the next step was before flashing any ROM. I really don't want to mess up my phone.
From what I gather the main thing with the eng hboot is that it lets you do the fastboot commands.
and apparently it has other stuff that can also brick your phone lol
I have Hboot 0.93 from all the way back in the day when we had a 30 step root process. I'm pretty sure the answer is "no," but I'll ask anyway. Is there any good reason to update my hboot or should I just leave well enough alone?
Just leave it alone. If you have to unroot for any reason then re-root, on the newer hboots, much more of a pain.
What he said.
I'm still on the .76.2 eng hboot from right after launch and have never considered updating.
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Thanks guys. That's what i thought all this time, but suddenly wanted to make sure I wasn't missing out on something.
the only concern is that the .76 hboot can cause problems with certain kernels. i believe the anthrax kernel needs an hboot newer than .93... just read info for anything you are thinking about flashing. if it recommends a certain hboot i would upgrade.
First of all, please accept my apologies if this has been in some way answered before. I did a search as far back as early 2011 but could not find a satisfactory response hence my posting here.
I have a PVT1 Desire with HBOOT 0.80.0000, 5.14.05.17 Radio and S-ON. The phone is rooted with Amon-RA recovery and currently happily running JB. All is working well and I am conscious of the fact that should I decide to update the HBOOT and Radio to the latest version, I would have to start from scratch in terms of rooting etc. but as the phone is currently working just fine, I would appreciate people's opinion if there are any real benefits in upgrading.
Many thanks in advance.
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I really don't know or understand what you're waiting for. Why not s-off? It's so simple using revolutionary.
If you have a s-off, "rooting" is just flashing superuser from recovery. Not a complicated process at all.
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I really don't know or understand what you're waiting for. Why not s-off? It's so simple using revolutionary.
If you have a s-off, "rooting" is just flashing superuser from recovery. Not a complicated process at all.
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except his hboot is 0.80
revolutionary needs 0.93.001 or 1.02.0001 to work
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Then his only option is to use unrevoked?
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thanged losse
Just to clarify, I have no issues with upgrading and then rooting from scratch but, as my understanding is, that would involve going back to the official GB rom (to upgrade the HBOOT) and then doing all else, I was just wondering if it worth the hassle i.e. whether upgrading HBOOT and the Radio files brings any tangible benefits.
Many thanks for your responses.
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Just to clarify, I have no issues with upgrading and then rooting from scratch but, as my understanding is, that would involve going back to the official GB rom (to upgrade the HBOOT) and then doing all else, I was just wondering if it worth the hassle i.e. whether upgrading HBOOT and the Radio files brings any tangible benefits.
Many thanks for your responses.
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alot of roms these days do recommend the latest radio and the advantage of s-off is that u can change hboots for more space. if u click the all things root guide in my sig i think ul get pretty much all the info u need there.
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Many thanks for all the suggestions.
I have now updated to the latest Radio but still not sure about HBOOT and S-OFF. Since I am using JB which requires stock HBOOT, there is little advantage to S-OFF for me? Also, is there a quick way to upgrade just the HBOOT without having to install the offiicial HTC GB rom?
i wouldnt recommend upgrading RADIO ! had so many issues with different roms the last year after upgrading to the latest radio. Now I am back to the latest official radio that was delivered in Europe (5.11.05.27) and having no issues since then with ICS or any other roms.
I have the impression that some issues revolve from the newer 5.17.xx.xx radios being incompatible with some roms.
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I have a PVT1 Desire with HBOOT 0.80.0000, 5.14.05.17 Radio and S-ON. The phone is rooted with Amon-RA recovery and currently happily running JB. All is working well and I am conscious of the fact that should I decide to update the HBOOT and Radio to the latest version, I would have to start from scratch in terms of rooting etc. but as the phone is currently working just fine, I would appreciate people's opinion if there are any real benefits in upgrading..
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Why just not to install latest RUU - it automatically flashes new HBOOT and Radio.
About efforts - it's just allows to use modern ROMs.
May be a little improves quality, stability and battery time.
PS I haven't any issues with 5.17.05.27 radio
Dude... He got his answer. Stop reviving dead threads.
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