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[Q] Back to stock / S-On for warrenty

I've been having some issues with my screen recently, probably due to a cable being loose or something like that so I want to send my phone back to be repaired. I have S-OFF and am running CM6.1.1. I have a nandroid backup for the original stock rom, but this is obviously rooted. So have to i get to back to S-On with the original stock room un-rooted so my warranty isn't technically void??
edit: Its a EU desire z,

Restore the backup of the stock ROM that you have.
If you have S-OFF via gfree then you need to un-do that via "gfree -s on".
If you have the eng hboot then you need to dd back the stock hboot (get it out of a PC10IMG.zip file.
Finally you can remove root. Removing the Superuser app will almost certainly be enough, no-one is going to notice anything more.

I flashed a hboot to get s-off, how exactly do i dd back to stock hboot? Do i extract the file from the PC10IMG zip?

jakbjak said:
I flashed a hboot to get s-off, how exactly do i dd back to stock hboot? Do i extract the file from the PC10IMG zip?
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Yes, extract the stock hboot from the correct PC10IMG.zip file, then you can dd it to your hboot partition just like you originally did with the eng boot.
Or if you just flash a complete stock ROM over the top (the same version as your backup, once the backup has been restored), it will install the stock hboot anyway.

ok still, just to be certain (last thing i want is to brick my phone!!) restore rooted stock rom from the nandroid backup, then get a copy of the original rom i have a flash it? and do i flash it through cwm or the other menu?

jakbjak said:
ok still, just to be certain (last thing i want is to brick my phone!!) restore rooted stock rom from the nandroid backup, then get a copy of the original rom i have a flash it? and do i flash it through cwm or the other menu?
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If that stock ROM is the same version as your rooted backup that you restored, then yes, that should be fine because the stock ROM will include the stock hboot, to put you back to S-ON via hboot.
If however the stock ROM is an earlier version than your backup, you will have to go through an additional downgrading procedure to safely be able to flash an earlier ROM (or you could end up bricked).
No, you don't flash it via Clockwork. You put the ROM image (not RUU) onto the root folder of your SD card, called "PC10IMG.zip", then boot into hboot (with the phone powered off, hold Volume Down and then press Power until it switches on) and it will open the ROM and ask if you want to flash it.

Cool, that makes sense. Thanks

is this safe to flash on ANY Desire Z?
RUU_Vision_HTC_WWE_1.34.405.5_Radio_12.28b.60.140e_26.03.02.26_M_release_155556_signed.exe
(This RUU is exactly the one used in the 1.72 root procedure to downgrade to 1.34)
Like I plan to just execute it on the computer and let it do its thing.
My baseband version:
12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.26_M
My rooting route was exactly as the XDA wiki, but stopped short of flashing ENG HBOOT.
I know I can restore my backup ROM, and s-off using gfree. My problem is with CWM recovery because if the people at the shop try to charge it with the power down, they will know I've rooted before due to the phone booting into recovery.

djfoo000 said:
is this safe to flash on ANY Desire Z?
RUU_Vision_HTC_WWE_1.34.405.5_Radio_12.28b.60.140e_26.03.02.26_M_release_155556_signed.exe
Like I plan to just execute it on the computer and let it do its thing.
My baseband version
12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.26_M
My rooting route was exactly as the XDA wiki, but stopped short of flashing ENG HBOOT.
I know I can restore my backup ROM, and s-off using gfree. My problem is with CWM recovery because if the people at the shop try to charge it with the power down, they will know I've rooted before due to the phone booting into recovery.
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I belive this is the RUU for the Europe Vision only, so if your Desire Z is not the Europe Vision I would not run this RUU.
Edit: I found this thread on your RUU, I would check it out first before flashing:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-822908.html
In skimming the thread I see someone flashed this on a Bell Desire Z, but they super-cid with gfree first.
Edit 2:Cant you just find the stock recovery.img and then flash it to your phone using the flash_image method from terminal emulator? Since you dont have fastboot. Then re-run gfree with the -s option to get S-on again.
Heres the link to the Flash_image method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=902493&highlight=flash_image

i was thinking of a pseudo-one click method. hahaha
I've just finished downloading the RUU i mentioned.
How do I go about extracting the recovery.img? I tried extracting with 7zip and it says cannot open file.

djfoo000 said:
i was thinking of a pseudo-one click method. hahaha
I've just finished downloading the RUU i mentioned.
How do I go about extracting the recovery.img? I tried extracting with 7zip and it says cannot open file.
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Just download it myself, good question, not quite sure myself on an RUU since it wants to exe. , thought it might be a simple a unzipping it but ?
Edit : found this:http://lukasz.szmit.eu/2010/04/extracting-rom-files-from-htc-android.html

there's nothing dangerous about it, right? As in the recovery.img extracted from any RUU is not baseband specific or anything? My radio is stock.

djfoo000 said:
there's nothing dangerous about it, right? As in the recovery.img extracted from any RUU is not baseband specific or anything? My radio is stock.
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Im not gonna lie, I really dont know if the G2 and the Desire Z recovery.img are the same, I know theres a link to the stock G2 recovery image here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=834545&highlight=unroot

hrmm... Just a thought, is that issue worthy of a thread? That whether stock recoveries of G2 and Desire Z are the same, regardless of location of origin (ie Asian/European etc).

You just need to run the RUU but then not press any buttons on the screen, then find the folder where the RUU has extracted temporary files. There will be a standard location on this that depends on your exact OS. Look for the most newly-created folders at this location, and a couple of levels down from there you will find the extracted files, including rom.zip.
Sent from my HTC Desire Z

The same version of Clockwork recovery is used on the G2 and all Desire Zs. So I would have thought you'd be absolutely fine to flash the stock recovery from that DZ RUU onto your own DZ.
Sent from my HTC Desire Z

[Q]Installing custom ROM with stock Recovery?

Hey XDA-Dudes,
I just got my Desire HDand I wanted to put a custom ROM on it because the stock ROM is pretty crappy.
Now I saw in the recovery that this Phone is alread S-Off and the lazy noob I am I don't want to downgrad and root my phone just to install clockwork recovery (I'm on 2.2.1 Build 1,75,xxxxxx).
So can I use my stock recovery to flash a third party ROM?
And how do I do it?
Edit: I want to flash to CM7 if it's important.

gingerbreak is able to perm root your build. (install it from your sd card, and then run it)
it may error out and say something went wrong, its ok, reboot the device, and you're now probably rooted.
download rom manager from market and if the perm. root succeeded then use it to flash cwm recovery.

Did it but after the reboot I get stuck on this screen...
abload.de/img/img_0165xe4s.jpg
Edit: Pretty sure I'm S-Off:
abload.de/img/img_0166lekn.jpg

Ryu77 said:
Did it but after the reboot I get stuck on this screen...
abload.de/img/img_0165xe4s.jpg
Edit: Pretty sure I'm S-Off:
abload.de/img/img_0166lekn.jpg
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you have radio S-Off, not ENG S-Off.
where it says "SHIP" it should say "ENG" instead.
Only then will you be able to flash cwm recovery.
Right now all you can do is flash different stock roms using the RUU via the pc, or PD98IMG off the sd.

Okay thanks,
I'll guess I'll go 1.32 and root afterwards to install crm.

Need help here, flashed the wrong H-Boot (DesierZ) on stock Tmobile G2 Rom

God damn it, I think I messed up here. I got a replacement G2 since mine has gone bananas! So I got Rooted with S-Off but I think I flashed the DesireZ PC10IMG.zip since I wanted to install doubleshot roms and so on. However after I flashed it my phone gets stuck at the HTC screen now?
When I try to boot into Recovery it's still under Recovery v3.0.2.4 so I can't even restore my phone to a previous back up since these back ups were created with the latest Recovery version.
I went ahead and downloaded the stock G2 Rom from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788489
However, when I renamed it to PC10IMG and put it on the the root of the SD-Card Bootloader will not flash the .zip and I get some sort parsing message and I get right back to the Bootloader screen.
I also can't follow the guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=999796 - to restore the stock H-Boot since I can't even boot the damn thing!
HELP!

Flash a new rom in recovery, or if you have eng hboot, flash latest recovery, restore nandroid.
-Nipqer

What does it say when you go into the bootloader? There should be a hboot version towards the top of the screen?
Also, have you tried flashing a rom using recovery? It sounds like it is working- just get a normal rom, nothing that is named PC10IMG.zip. Maybe try one of the CM stable releases.

Nipqer said:
Flash a new rom in recovery, or if you have eng hboot, flash latest recovery, restore nandroid.
-Nipqer
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Now see....... Why didn't I think of that?..... FAIL!

[Solved] How do I restore to stock(recovery and rom no root) with an OTA Update?

So I was wondering how I can return my HTC Desire (CDMA) to stock. I have an OTA update that I got from my friend's desire I also have a nandroid backup of the original sense.
Is there any way to convert the OTA update so it is a flashable zip I can use on CWM?
The other thing is can anyone help me if I post the update?

d-shade said:
So I was wondering how I can return my HTC Desire (CDMA) to stock. I have an OTA update that I got from my friend's desire I also have a nandroid backup of the original sense.
Is there any way to convert the OTA update so it is a flashable zip I can use on CWM?
The other thing is can anyone help me if I post the update?
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Flash the downgrader from Alpharev (if necessary), then either use the appropriate RUU or restore your nandroid backup from recovery.

Pipusz said:
Flash the downgrader from Alpharev (if necessary), then either use the appropriate RUU or restore your nandroid backup from recovery.
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If I had an RUU that would make it simple but all I have is an OTA update. And I saw somewhere that I can't really flash an OTA update with CWM. Also restoring the nandroid from recovery would look stock but it will still have root. I am just trying to get it back to factory stock rom and recovery with no root.
Looking at the files in the OTA there is a firmware.zip that has a new hboot, recovery and radio. But I am just not sure and where to start for creating a flashable zip with the OTA.
I uploaded the OTA I have if anyone can help me create a flashable zip or just tell me what to do. http://www.4shared.com/file/0b8ls5sf/OTA_Bravo_C_S_UTSTARCOM_WWE-Ge.html

Before you do that... ask yourself what could possibly be the most important question before you take the chance of breaking your phone: "What's the point?"

d-shade said:
...return my HTC Desire (CDMA) to stock...
Is there any way to convert the OTA update so it is a flashable zip I can use on CWM?
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The request makes no sense..Flashing a rooted OTA doesnt return it to stock.

Droidzone said:
The request makes no sense..Flashing a rooted OTA doesnt return it to stock.
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I don't want to flash a rooted OTA I have an OTA that my carrier pushed out for 2.2 update. I want to create a flashable zip with the OTA that I can use in CWM to remove root and restore the phone to stock and possibly the recovery as well.
bortak said:
Before you do that... ask yourself what could possibly be the most important question before you take the chance of breaking your phone: "What's the point?"
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I am getting a new phone so I wanted to restore it back to stock.

d-shade said:
I don't want to flash a rooted OTA I have an OTA that my carrier pushed out for 2.2 update. I want to create a flashable zip with the OTA that I can use in CWM to remove root and restore the phone to stock and possibly the recovery as well.
I am getting a new phone so I wanted to restore it back to stock.
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Then that is not the way to procede..You cant flash non-rooted OTAs on CWM..Well, you can, but it will just bungle up the whole setup.. What you can do is to flash an RUU and revert it to stock, then flash the OTA with the stock recovery to get it update

Droidzone said:
Then that is not the way to procede..You cant flash non-rooted OTAs on CWM..Well, you can, but it will just bungle up the whole setup.. What you can do is to flash an RUU and revert it to stock, then flash the OTA with the stock recovery to get it update
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My carrier never distributed the RUU, which was why I was asking if there was any way to do it with the OTA. I can get my hands on a phone with a stock recovery, if there is any way to extract it from the phone using ADB

d-shade said:
My carrier never distributed the RUU, which was why I was asking if there was any way to do it with the OTA. I can get my hands on a phone with a stock recovery, if there is any way to extract it from the phone using ADB
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No. That's impossible.. Well there was a way, if you'd thought about it earlier...to create a backup after a revolutionary S-off, then do whatever you want with the phone..and then finally when you wanted to restore, you could have restored the unrooted backup, then stock recovery and then finally Stock Hboot in that order... But now, there will no way other than to use an RUU of another carrier.

Droidzone said:
No. That's impossible.. Well there was a way, if you'd thought about it earlier...to create a backup after a revolutionary S-off, then do whatever you want with the phone..and then finally when you wanted to restore, you could have restored the unrooted backup, then stock recovery and then finally Stock Hboot in that order... But now, there will no way other than to use an RUU of another carrier.
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Well I do have a unrooted backup but the only recovery that I have is the one in the OTA. Would it be possible to install that recovery and still be able to do an update using the OTA file?

Best course of action would be to restore your backup, followed by the following in order:
Prerequisites: S-off, Goldcard, An RUU confirmed to work with your device (Any region/WWE).
Steps:
Restore your backup with CWM. Ensure that it boots.
Extract recovery.img from the stock RUU (which should be working on your device normally)
In fastboot mode, and after going to the dir containing fastboot.exe (from sdk):
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot-recovery
Ensure that recovery works.
Then, using the hboot.img from the RUU,
Code:
fastboot flash hboot hboot.img
(the hboot extension may not be .img in the zip. Probably it's .nb0. Rename it)
Dont use OTA files at any point. You can update with it after successfully returning to stock with your backup.
Flashing hboot should be the last thing you do..Once the stock hboot makes you S-on, fastboot commands become inaccessible to you.

Thanks for the info, I think I am finally on track now. I was able to restore back to stock sense and was finally able to fix my mms issues(ro.cid problems after using unrevoked). Now I just need to figure out which ruu to take the recovery and hboot from.
I did find the alltel bravo_c ruu on shipped-roms.com hopfully that will work. Is there any sure way to know if the recovery will work or not on my phone?
I am with GCI its a local carrier in Alaska. I remember from my hero that alltel and my carrier had some similarities, along with cellsouth
Edit:
I just finished downloading the Alltel RUU and the HBOOT looks to be the same version. Also the Radio listed in the file name is the same as I currently have.
So I guess it is pretty safe to say that this recovery and hboot will work with my phone right?

The only sure way is to flash it. However make sure that the RUU is relatively new and has a version number greater than 1.2 and that you flash GSM one if you're on GSM, and CDMA if it's a CDMA phone.
bravoc=CDMA
bravo=GSM
Dont mix these...otherwise you'll end up with a black screen and a panic attack
There's another method to find if RUU is compatible, which is to open the zip and read the text file inside..See my Desire Unbricking guide and Goldcard FAQ link

Well I got it all back to stock, I still have s-off but everything else is stock and the latest FW my carrier pushed out.
I was having a problem using fastboot to flash the recovery so I just made a PB99IMG.zip to flash the recovery then everything else(hboot radio) everything is working fine thanks for all the help!

Root mobile with S-Off?

Hello All,
I am trying to root my friend's htc desire with uninvoked 3.32 but stuck on "running root" step.I have followed the exact instruction in this link (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788044&highlight=running) and it does all the steps mentoined but will stuck in last step i think after rebooting it says "running root" and my device hangs, nothing happends.I have to pull battery to boot again.
My friend bought it second hand and interestingly in hboot it says S-Off but there is no root.I have tried different unrevoked version 3.14,3.21 but they give other errors than "running root" on last reboot while it was about to run root script.It gets past through 1st reboot with pushing recovery,hboot,rebooting etc but won't root at last moment.
So how can i root this device? Do i need to root if hboot says S-Off to install recovery and custom roms? I am not so noob as i have xperia arc rooted and flashed custom roms and have knowledge of CWM recoveries,flashtool,fastboot etc.But i am new to HTC devices.so please help me to root this device.

Hehe not so noob, but still post question in Q&A? (Don't worry i've requested it to be moved )
Anyway, since the phone is already s-off, is there a recovery already installed? Boot into hboot (vol down + power), wait, then volume down to recovery, and press power to select.
If it doesn't have a recovery installed, install 4EXT from here
If you need to root the existing ROM, to say backup certain things, then you need to flash a superuser.zip
However, if you want to just install a custom ROM, just full wipe and flash a ROM like you would before, you don't need to root it first, as the custom ROM will wipe everything, and will already be pre-rooted

eddiehk6 said:
Hehe not so noob, but still post question in Q&A? (Don't worry i've requested it to be moved )
Anyway, since the phone is already s-off, is there a recovery already installed? Boot into hboot (vol down + power), wait, then volume down to recovery, and press power to select.
If it doesn't have a recovery installed, install 4EXT from here
If you need to root the existing ROM, to say backup certain things, then you need to flash a superuser.zip
However, if you want to just install a custom ROM, just full wipe and flash a ROM like you would before, you don't need to root it first, as the custom ROM will wipe everything, and will already be pre-rooted
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Hehe, ya really sorry for wrong section post. I just realized it now.
I think i saw a recovery option in hboot while doing root process.Not sure but i will check it tomorrow when i meet my friend. I installed supersu from market to check if it's rooted but while opening, it gave a binary su error message which means it's not rooted.
So if a device has S-Off mentioned in hboot then it's already S-offed? No need for S-Off process? I can flash custom ROMs from recovery?
Thankx for the reply.It cleared a lot of doubt for htc deivice.

shoeseat said:
Hehe, ya really sorry for wrong section post. I just realized it now.
I think i saw a recovery option in hboot while doing root process.Not sure but i will check it tomorrow when i meet my friend. I installed supersu from market to check if it's rooted but while opening, it gave a binary su error message which means it's not rooted.
So if a device has S-Off mentioned in hboot then it's already S-offed? No need for S-Off process? I can flash custom ROMs from recovery?
Thankx for the reply.It cleared a lot of doubt for htc deivice.
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Yes, once you have s off you dont have to s off again. Like eddie said, you can use your custom recovery (if you have one) to either flash a superuser zip to root the stock ROM or flash a custom ROM that will come prerooted.
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Thankx a lot guys.There was a stock recovery but i installed 4ext and supersu as youguys said.Now it's rooted with custom recovery.I can move forward with other stuffs now.
Thankx a lot for getting started with this htc device flashing

Hello guys,
Need some help needed again.After installing recovery and rooting i was trying to flash custom roms.Currently my device have stock froyo 2.2.2 with kernel 2.6.32.15,baseband 32.49.00. I tried to get ext partition but seems it needs init.d support which is not in stock rom. AFter some search i found this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710980 but seems there is no post_boot.sh in this rom and didn't understand what it's trying to say.
So my last option was to install custom rom but stuck on one doubt. If i want to install froyo rom like this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833310 or gingerbread rom like this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1453287, do i need to flash kernel? There is not description on first post to flash recommended kernel for ROM page i visited.For my xperia arc ROMs, ROM developer explains on what kernel to user before install.So this is a bit confusing on htc device.
Can i intall different froyo,GB,ICD,JB ROMs without needing to flash kernel.Is this 2.6.32 kernel be used for all ROMs in this forum?Can you recommend a custom rom for my kernel for testing?

Easiest way is to install a custom ROM straight away, don't bother in any addition of init.d etc.
All ROMs here come with a compatible kernel, no matter what android version
You can flash different kernels after you flash the ROM, but you have to check compatibility.
In short: personally wouldn't bother with any Froyo ROM. The GB ones are more stable generally, still a good amount of use and activity, so if this is what if important I'd recommend this. Wouldn't bother with ICS, as development moved on to JB. With JB your mileage may vary considerably, e.g. with stability / camera etc.
Try a few, see what you like, be happy there's still plenty of choice for such an old phone!

eddiehk6 said:
Easiest way is to install a custom ROM straight away, don't bother in any addition of init.d etc.
All ROMs here come with a compatible kernel, no matter what android version
You can flash different kernels after you flash the ROM, but you have to check compatibility.
In short: personally wouldn't bother with any Froyo ROM. The GB ones are more stable generally, still a good amount of use and activity, so if this is what if important I'd recommend this. Wouldn't bother with ICS, as development moved on to JB. With JB your mileage may vary considerably, e.g. with stability / camera etc.
Try a few, see what you like, be happy there's still plenty of choice for such an old phone!
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Thankx for quick reply. So if i install this GB ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1453287,do i have to flash it's kernel or stock one works?Do all roms inculde kernel to flash or do i have to search compatible one for it?
Also flashing new kernel delete hboot and recovery or it won't affect?kernel is standalone from hboot and recovery? I am asking this since in xperia phone recovery is incuded in kernel.

shoeseat said:
Thankx for quick reply. So if i install this GB ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1453287,do i have to flash it's kernel or stock one works?Do all roms inculde kernel to flash or do i have to search compatible one for it?
Also flashing new kernel delete hboot and recovery or it won't affect?kernel is standalone from hboot and recovery? I am asking this since in xperia phone recovery is incuded in kernel.
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The ROM comes with a kernel, so you don't have to flash one separately.
Flashing kernels and ROMs won't touch your recovery or hboot.
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shoeseat said:
Thankx for quick reply. So if i install this GB ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1453287,do i have to flash it's kernel or stock one works?Do all roms inculde kernel to flash or do i have to search compatible one for it?
Also flashing new kernel delete hboot and recovery or it won't affect?kernel is standalone from hboot and recovery? I am asking this since in xperia phone recovery is incuded in kernel.
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Like I said, kernels come packaged within a ROM. You can flash a different compatible one if you want to after you flash the ROM, but it's not necessary. Remember compatibility is key here, so for instance you can't flash a sense kernel on a non-sense ROM.
Flashing a kernel doesn't touch hboot or recovery, it just replaces the boot.img inside /system.
With that ROM, it's best to change hboot before you flash the ROM for optimal internal memory, should be compatible with cm7r2 hboot from alpharev.nl, recommend to learn to flash it using fastboot.

eddiehk6 said:
Like I said, kernels come packaged within a ROM. You can flash a different compatible one if you want to after you flash the ROM, but it's not necessary. Remember compatibility is key here, so for instance you can't flash a sense kernel on a non-sense ROM.
Flashing a kernel doesn't touch hboot or recovery, it just replaces the boot.img inside /system.
With that ROM, it's best to change hboot before you flash the ROM for optimal internal memory, should be compatible with cm7r2 hboot from alpharev.nl, recommend to learn to flash it using fastboot.
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Thankx for this valuable info.I am very patient on learning first and flashing when i fully understand what i need to do.And since it's my friends phone,i don't want to brick it .Any chance of brick with wrong kernel or hboot flash? :silly:
Also in current recovery 4ext,i keep getting '/system' is read only and need to format all partition warning popup.Is this due to stock rom or something wrong with recovery.Also can i install cm7r2 hboot 'PB99IMG_cm7r2.zip' like you explained in first post? Copy it to root sd card and boot to hboot and it will ask of update recovery? or i need to flash it? I need to use cm7r2 hboot if i need to flash Cynogenmod based roms like CM7,CM10.1 etc? For stock rom i use Bravo Stock and for sense roms i use Bravo Sense from AlphaRec site?
Can i use this tool(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=823315) to flash kernel/hboot etc?It's not outdated?

shoeseat said:
Thankx for this valuable info.I am very patient on learning first and flashing when i fully understand what i need to do.And since it's my friends phone,i don't want to brick it .Any chance of brick with wrong kernel or hboot flash? :silly:
Also in current recovery 4ext,i keep getting '/system' is read only and need to format all partition warning popup.Is this due to stock rom or something wrong with recovery.Also can i install cm7r2 hboot 'PB99IMG_cm7r2.zip' like you explained in first post? Copy it to root sd card and boot to hboot and it will ask of update recovery? or i need to flash it? I need to use cm7r2 hboot if i need to flash Cynogenmod based roms like CM7,CM10.1 etc? For stock rom i use Bravo Stock and for sense roms i use Bravo Sense from AlphaRec site?
Can i use this tool(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=823315) to flash kernel/hboot etc?It's not outdated?
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Flashing kernels wont brick youre phone. I accidentally flashed a few sgs3 kernels when i was a little n00b, but this wont cause any permanent damage. The phone obviously wont boot, but after a full wipe and reinstall of a compatible kernel all should be fine. There is a chance however that flashing hboots could brick the phone, but its pretty low. You would have to flash a corrupted hboot, or disrupt the flashing.
I usually just ignore that 4ext warning. It pops up from time to time, but it should stop happening once youre done installing a new hboot/wiping/flashing a rom. You can flash an hboot using the PB99IMG method as well (its easier than fastboot). Download the PB99IMG_cm7r2.zip from alpharev.nl and flash it using this very straight forward guide. And no, you dont just use cm7r2 hboot just because a rom is cm. cm7r2 will only work if the system size of the rom is less than 145mb. For mildwilds cm-8.0 JG it will work fine. Dont use that tool for flashing the hboot...use the guide i linked.

Chromium_ said:
Flashing kernels wont brick youre phone. I accidentally flashed a few sgs3 kernels when i was a little n00b, but this wont cause any permanent damage. The phone obviously wont boot, but after a full wipe and reinstall of a compatible kernel all should be fine. There is a chance however that flashing hboots could brick the phone, but its pretty low. You would have to flash a corrupted hboot, or disrupt the flashing.
I usually just ignore that 4ext warning. It pops up from time to time, but it should stop happening once youre done installing a new hboot/wiping/flashing a rom. You can flash an hboot using the PB99IMG method as well (its easier than fastboot). Download the PB99IMG_cm7r2.zip from alpharev.nl and flash it using this very straight forward guide. And no, you dont just use cm7r2 hboot just because a rom is cm. cm7r2 will only work if the system size of the rom is less than 145mb. For mildwilds cm-8.0 JG it will work fine. Dont use that tool for flashing the hboot...use the guide i linked.
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Thankx a lot for all the help.I have successfully installed on of ruu stock gingerbread ROM .I flasehd kernel and rom zip both from 4ext recovery.One last question.While installing ROM zip at last it displayed some message about boot image. Does Rom zip flash it's kernel while installing ROM and we don't need to flash kernel zip separately?

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Thankx a lot for all the help.I have successfully installed on of ruu stock gingerbread ROM .I flasehd kernel and rom zip both from 4ext recovery.One last question.While installing ROM zip at last it displayed some message about boot image. Does Rom zip flash it's kernel while installing ROM and we don't need to flash kernel zip separately?
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Each ROM has a kernel included. You don't have to flash a kernel separately.

abaaaabbbb63 said:
Each ROM has a kernel included. You don't have to flash a kernel separately.
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Thankx a lot.This clears my doubt.