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
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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.
I currently have 2.2 with the leaked radio update but the location services and gps are not functioning at all so I wish to go back to stock. Is it possible to go back to 2.1 stock using the PB31IMG.zip file from the Hboot menu? How do I downgrade the radio back to 1.0? Does the radio need to be downgraded before or after I flash back to 2.1? or does the radio downgrade matter?
Once your radio is flashed to 2.05 (newest version) you can put any rom you'd like on your incredible. You could even install your old 2.1 and it will work fine (if not better) than your old radio.
You should just be able to go to clockwork mod recovery and restore your last nandroid backup or get another 2.1 rom off http://incredibleroms.com
Thank you! I used the nandroid backup I had and everything is good. Is it possible to take the radio back down to stock if I ever need to?
the new radio is the stock radio. it's just the radio from the most recent OTA. You shouldn't ever have a need to downgrade.
so no need to have concern accepting any OTA from verizon if I manually applied the leaked radio update?
thedude_abides said:
so no need to have concern accepting any OTA from verizon if I manually applied the leaked radio update?
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I believe the update will look at your hboot version.
If I understand correctly the hboot version is changed when I root? So applying the PB31IMG.zip will take me back to the original hboot?
thedude_abides said:
I currently have 2.2 with the leaked radio update but the location services and gps are not functioning at all so I wish to go back to stock. Is it possible to go back to 2.1 stock using the PB31IMG.zip file from the Hboot menu? How do I downgrade the radio back to 1.0? Does the radio need to be downgraded before or after I flash back to 2.1? or does the radio downgrade matter?
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Just do a wipe/factory reset and it clears the GPS issue up!
Can anyone help me. I made a nandroid backup of stock when I only had Unrevoked 3, then I did another backup of my Skyraider with all custom images and the works.
I would like to return to stock, but keep S-OFF so I can go through with the OTA. Can someone explain how I could do that why keeping S-OFF.
And how I can get Root access again after flashing the OTA
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=766361
you just need to get stock recovery and then u can run the RUU to upgrade.
And then when I get to the lastest I can install clockwork again?
I have another off topic question about Skyraider, when he updates it with the official Froyo release, will I have to wipe everything to upgrade? or will it beable to just update over mine similiar to how HTC is rolling the update.
mikeymop said:
Can anyone help me. I made a nandroid backup of stock when I only had Unrevoked 3, then I did another backup of my Skyraider with all custom images and the works.
I would like to return to stock, but keep S-OFF so I can go through with the OTA. Can someone explain how I could do that why keeping S-OFF.
And how I can get Root access again after flashing the OTA
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I would suggest using the official ota leak rom. It is exactly the same, with root already done. plus it is deodexed so you can theme!
But if I restore with my nandroid backup that I made after I rooted with unrEVOked 3, will I lose my S-OFF?
Not positive, but I believe you will keep S-Off but just lose root.
The ONLY way to turn s-off to s-on is by unrevoked s-on new release. that's the beauty of it, no ROM without root with take your rooting abilities away like the OTA, if you didn't have s-off.
I'm using leedroid 1.4.1 and i've updated to Buzz 1.1.4 kernel. However, i didn't update my radio before that
I've tried using the easy s-off to achieve eng s-off so that i can flash my radio to the recommended one. However, the easy s-off tool is apparently not compatible with my current ROM/Kernel
is there any way around this? my battery is really quite bad and i hope that by flashing a new radio, my battery will improve.
Hope some expert can help me!!
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I'm using leedroid 1.4.1 and i've updated to Buzz 1.1.4 kernel. However, i didn't update my radio before that
I've tried using the easy s-off to achieve eng s-off so that i can flash my radio to the recommended one. However, the easy s-off tool is apparently not compatible with my current ROM/Kernel
is there any way around this? my battery is really quite bad and i hope that by flashing a new radio, my battery will improve.
Hope some expert can help me!!
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you can flash a radio from recovery, but the .img has to be packaged up in the .zip correctly, maybe you should pm someone with more knowledge about this, i also have only radio s-off and would like to know
If I had known better..I wld have done the Eng s-off before I did the flashing of the firmwares.
No idea that radio will be necessary to update..
You can reflash a custom rom with 1. 32 base and then you can attempt to achieve eng s-off. Do not forget to nandroid prior of reflashing so you can revert back to Lee's 1.4.1.
Cheers
Sent from my LeeDroided Desire HD
mariosraptor said:
You can reflash a custom rom with 1. 32 base and then you can attempt to achieve eng s-off. Do not forget to nandroid prior of reflashing so you can revert back to Lee's 1.4.1.
Cheers
Sent from my LeeDroided Desire HD
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good idea batman
mariosraptor said:
You can reflash a custom rom with 1. 32 base and then you can attempt to achieve eng s-off. Do not forget to nandroid prior of reflashing so you can revert back to Lee's 1.4.1.
Cheers
Sent from my LeeDroided Desire HD
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oh..do i just flash as per normal or would i have to downgrade using the method as in this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905003
Mine is already rooted so i should be able to just flash 1.32, get eng s-off and then come back to 1.4.1?
When you say revert back to 1.4.1, does it mean that i just run recovery after i've achieved eng s-off and i can go back to 1.4.1?
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When you say revert back to 1.4.1, does it mean that i just run recovery after i've achieved eng s-off and i can go back to 1.4.1?
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Exactly that
what about downgrading to 1.32? just flash?
As long as you are rooted your real base is 1.32. You do not have anything to downgrade. You just flash a 1.32 custom rom. When i say revert i mean the nandroid backup that you create from recovery.
After finishing the s-off just boot into recovery and select backup/restore and then select restore. After it finishes restoring it will be againn at Lees 1.4.1
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what about downgrading to 1.32? just flash?
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okay..now i'm trying to get back to 1.32..hope it works!
somehow it doesnt work..
i used modaco r2 to go back to 1.32 and tried to s-off. it says successful. after which, i restored nandroid and tried to flash the radio. it still doesnt work..get stuck at the sending radio part.
did i do something wrong?
1. Nandroid backup
2. Go back to 1.32
3. Radio S-off
4. Flash radio
5. Recover nandroid
thanks..i'll try to do that when i have access to ADB..in office at the moment.
Hi there, I'm just going to get to the point. I want to unroot and revert to stock, however, as I've researched, I'm just slightly confused. I know there's a million threads but I can't seem to find a straight answer.
What I have:
hboot .76
radio 2.15.00.05.02
PRI 2.15
I rooted using some kind of flash exploit when the evo was still newish (summer 2010).
I've looked into using revolutionary's unroot option, but i'm unsure if that's the best way. If it is, after I get S-on can I go ahead and flash the latest official rom and radio package via recovery? If not, what's my best option?
Thanks.
Since you have Hboot 0.76 and rooted with some kind of flash exploit method (It was either Toast Method or Simple Root, which is Toast Method inside a program), you just need to run any official HTC PC36IMG.zip file or RUU and your phone will be unrooted with S-ON. However, since you want the latest radio package, you should probably run the latest RUU or PC36IMG file from HTC.
that simple? Thats a relief then. Thanks