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How do I return Desire Z under warranty?

I have done S-OFF, PermRoot and currently overlocking on my unbranded European Desire Z, but I need to send it back to HTC to repair my phone with some hardware issue under warranty.
What do I need to do? I have seen some guides here but they are all for the T-Mobile G2, and am worried if I follow it it will brick my unbranded European Desire Z.

Just unroot and use an official image! Then everything should be fine.

Blubberor said:
Just unroot and use an official image! Then everything should be fine.
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BAD. NO. YOU WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE.
Flash a stock rooted rom first, THEN follow unrooting steps. There's a thread around here somewhere.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 running Cyanogenmod.

ibemad1 said:
BAD. NO. YOU WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE.
Flash a stock rooted rom first, THEN follow unrooting steps. There's a thread around here somewhere.
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It's only bad if you have S-OFF only via the eng hboot (not gfree), and if you are trying to downgrade your ROM.
If you have S-OFF via gfree then you're fine, just flash the stock ROM back on. Then undo gfree via its options to set S-ON (see the Wiki).

Unfortunately my phone used the S-Off and Root using the old 'hBoot' method I followed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9143423&postcount=3
So what should I do?
steviewevie said:
It's only bad if you have S-OFF only via the eng hboot (not gfree), and if you are trying to downgrade your ROM.
If you have S-OFF via gfree then you're fine, just flash the stock ROM back on. Then undo gfree via its options to set S-ON (see the Wiki).
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ibemad1 said:
BAD. NO. YOU WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE.
Flash a stock rooted rom first, THEN follow unrooting steps. There's a thread around here somewhere.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 running Cyanogenmod.
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hamish909 said:
Unfortunately my phone used the S-Off and Root using the old 'hBoot' method I followed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9143423&postcount=3
So what should I do?
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What ROM are you running exactly ? If you are still on the stock ROM, and you flash the exact same version back, it will be ok.

I've made no mods prior to this. It was a brand new Desire Z so it was all stock.
Then I did the following:
Rooted and s-off via engineering hboot
Installed Visionary and applied Permroot
Installed ROM Manager for Clockworkmod
Flashed gtrab's godspeed 1.4ghz module via Clockworkmod
How should i go about this now?
Thanks.

i believe steviewevie already gave you the answer.
and to protect everyone here -- nobody is responsible for any problems should you have any - only you are.

androidcues said:
i believe steviewevie already gave you the answer.
and to protect everyone here -- nobody is responsible for any problems should you have any - only you are.
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You sure about that, Sherlock?

I'm not trying to hijack your thread so please know that but I want to make sure. I thought I could just use the unroot thread to unroot (thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835971) should I need to but it seems as if I need to flash a rom now looking in this thread so just to make sure:
1) I rooted my phone via this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833965
2) I installed clockwordmod and made a backup.
That's it! I'm going to freeze some apps in a min using Titanium but not uninstall them.
SO... question is, should I need to send my G2 back, what unrooting steps should I take exactly? thanks!
*edit* Ummm MORON* (me) this thread is for the Desire Z NOT G2 which is the phone I am talking about. Sorry, smh! *

hamish909 said:
You sure about that, Sherlock?
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Aye holmes..
vision

[Q] I just gained root on my DHD.. Anything more to add up to it?

I just finished rooting my DHD.. Anything more to add up to it? Like applications unavailable to unrooted phones.
I followed this tut and stopped after gaining root. I chickened out b/c of the warnings.
Detailed description:
1) Download Paul's Visionary+ tool
1.1) Click here to download http://android.modaco.com/content/ht...ne-click-root/ or download it from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...3&d=1290501865
1.2) Install Visionary+ on Your DHD
1.3) Run it, enable "Set system r/w after root
1.4) Click "Temproot Now!" - Wait until it's finished
1.5) Click Attempt Permroot Now!
1.6) DHD automatically reboot's
To test that everything went fine download from market application "terminal emulator"
run it, type su
If You get after that sign # it mean's that everything went fine.

plskillme said:
I just finished rooting my DHD.. Anything more to add up to it? Like applications unavailable to unrooted phones.
I followed this tut and stopped after gaining root. I chickened out b/c of the warnings.
Detailed description:
1) Download Paul's Visionary+ tool
1.1) Click here to download http://android.modaco.com/content/ht...ne-click-root/ or download it from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...3&d=1290501865
1.2) Install Visionary+ on Your DHD
1.3) Run it, enable "Set system r/w after root
1.4) Click "Temproot Now!" - Wait until it's finished
1.5) Click Attempt Permroot Now!
1.6) DHD automatically reboot's
To test that everything went fine download from market application "terminal emulator"
run it, type su
If You get after that sign # it mean's that everything went fine.
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now u need to flash stock 1.32 rom follow the guides it will tell u to make a goldcard.. links are for a down atm.. so google goldcard tool.. download it and it will help u.. and then follow the guides made by our great xda dev's

Leather|Face said:
now u need to flash stock 1.32 rom follow the guides it will tell u to make a goldcard.. links are for a down atm.. so google goldcard tool.. download it and it will help u.. and then follow the guides made by our great xda dev's
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What exactly does this tool do? I've already downgrade my DHD to 1.32.405.3 rom and as I have mentioned before that I just gained root on my phone on my first post.
Do I need to flash the hboot?

Well the next step (if you are willing) would probably be S-OFF and Clockworkmod Recovery, so you can flash custom ROMs.
Take a look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857537

There's no need to worry.. Most of the tools recommended here in XDA are usually noobproof. If something goes wrong, it will only do nothing.
But seriously the only way you can get the confident to proceed is by reading the thread until you know everything that can go wrong. That's how I did it anyway
Good luck!

frosty_ice said:
Well the next step (if you are willing) would probably be S-OFF and Clockworkmod Recovery, so you can flash custom ROMs.
Take a look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857537
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Sorry for the late reply but brah can you put up more list of tutorials after rooting to installing roms by sequence? Verbatim if possible b/c I'm really new into these kind of things which are basically way over my understanding ._. And my last phone was an iphone where things like using a theme/adding files were basically done over via terminal emulator and SSH.
I know I'd turn out as an annoying noob ._. please do bear with me.

Help! Need stock recovery for Evo and guidance to unroot.

I have a Evo with 3.70.651.1 software. I want to restore everything back to stock and unroot the phone. I have been using the clockworkmod recovery and would like to remove it and flash the stock recovery Back to the phone. I have been searching for 2 days and I can't find it anywhere... I also want to unroot my phone and get it back to stock, the guides that I have found to turn s-off back to s-on seem to be for people who used the unrevoked rooting method. I rooted via the Autoroot method therefore I'm not sure if the same way to unroot applies. How can I get my phone To stock recovery,unrooted, and back to stock without screwing it up? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

If I'm not mistaken, Autoroot still uses unrevoked forever for nand unlock, so your unrooting method would be the same. Flash s-on zip, then run an RUU from your computer or flash a PC36IMG through the bootloader.
The stock Evo recovery is no recovery. Unrooting will delete your custom recovery, so you'll be fine.
Good luck!
(from... Evo/MIUI/Tapatalk)

I think you could go to http://theunlockr.com/ down load a stock ROM to your SD card and then flash the ROM to your phone. Sounds like it would work.

A big thank you!!!
After all said and done, I've never known the answer to the question as to the "stock recovery". I've searched for weeks looking for a way to get rid of the clockwork mod recovery and putting the stock recovery back on with no results. I never knew that the stock recovery didn't exist! Now I do. Thank you!
plainjane said:
If I'm not mistaken, Autoroot still uses unrevoked forever for nand unlock, so your unrooting method would be the same. Flash s-on zip, then run an RUU from your computer or flash a PC36IMG through the bootloader.
The stock Evo recovery is no recovery. Unrooting will delete your custom recovery, so you'll be fine.
Good luck!
(from... Evo/MIUI/Tapatalk)
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I just wanted to update, I was able to get my phone unrooted and back to stock. It all went very smooth. I also was under the impression that there was a stock recovery and was frustrated from searching to no avail. thanks for taking the time to help me out.

It does seem odd that there is no straight forward guide to return your phone to stock. I've been modding phones since the RAZR and there was always an escape route back to stock for every phone I had, except the Evo.

I thought unrEVOked site had decent directions for un-root on their forever root page... (though I've never needed to un-root)
Sent from my Mynioned EVO using XDA App

shadowstalker69 said:
I thought unrEVOked site had decent directions for un-root on their forever root page... (though I've never needed to un-root)
Sent from my Mynioned EVO using XDA App
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Correct . . . they do . .

I don't think Custom Recovery replaces stock recovery, it's more like a shell making recovery user friendly and fully functional.
It's like in the early days of Windows. Windows was a shell program while DOS was always there, but you needed a way to access DOS, hence, the command prompt.
(Actually DOS, in a way, is still there)

jeriel05 said:
I have a Evo with 3.70.651.1 software. I want to restore everything back to stock and unroot the phone. I have been using the clockworkmod recovery and would like to remove it and flash the stock recovery Back to the phone. I have been searching for 2 days and I can't find it anywhere... I also want to unroot my phone and get it back to stock, the guides that I have found to turn s-off back to s-on seem to be for people who used the unrevoked rooting method. I rooted via the Autoroot method therefore I'm not sure if the same way to unroot applies. How can I get my phone To stock recovery,unrooted, and back to stock without screwing it up? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Maybe this will help....
http://http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780141
hit thanks lol

jeriel05 said:
I just wanted to update, I was able to get my phone uprooted and back to stock. It all went very smooth. I also was under the impression that there was a stock recovery and was frustrated from searching to no avail. thanks for taking the time to help me out.
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How did you finally remove the custom recovery? I have tried to flash the PC36IMG.zip many times and it looks like it was done, but I still have the Recovery option and when I hit it, it will load back the Clockwork custom recovery mode.
How do I bring it back to stock?
I tried to update mine with the official OTA this morning and it fails with the android with the ! icon.

for those in this thread having problems this may help?
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spr...U2Mi1hNWU0LTRlNjEtYWMyOC1lZmU4ODg1ODc1ODI&ifq

brad560 said:
for those in this thread having problems this may help?
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spr...U2Mi1hNWU0LTRlNjEtYWMyOC1lZmU4ODg1ODc1ODI&ifq
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brad560,
Thanks for this. This is the most complete and detailed step by step. I went through all the steps and that's exactly what I had gone through. I flashed the S-ON and verified it was working (got the S-ON) then flash the PC3IMG.zip and it went through fine as well.
But when everything was done, I still have the Recovery option and when I selected it, it still brings up Clockwork recovery mode!
What's I'm missing? I just checked the checksum of the PC3IMG.zip file I use, and yes, it shows correct check sum as listed in the instruction above.

lie_ui said:
brad560,
Thanks for this. This is the most complete and detailed step by step. I went through all the steps and that's exactly what I had gone through. I flashed the S-ON and verified it was working (got the S-ON) then flash the PC3IMG.zip and it went through fine as well.
But when everything was done, I still have the Recovery option and when I selected it, it still brings up Clockwork recovery mode!
What's I'm missing? I just checked the checksum of the PC3IMG.zip file I use, and yes, it shows correct check sum as listed in the instruction above.
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relly? i have used this method plenty of times with clockwork and ra_ before hand, never had them left over. i did, before i used the method wiped everything 3-4 times before i flashed the files onto my sd card. sorry i don't know why this is happening to you explicitly?

I just tried one more time flashing the PC3IMG.zip and this time it works!
It went through 2 iterations (reboot in between then continue to the next step) and I'm back to a new phone! Finally! Thanks again for your help and the detailed instruction!

jeriel05 said:
I have a Evo with 3.70.651.1 software. I want to restore everything back to stock and unroot the phone. I have been using the clockworkmod recovery and would like to remove it and flash the stock recovery Back to the phone. I have been searching for 2 days and I can't find it anywhere... I also want to unroot my phone and get it back to stock, the guides that I have found to turn s-off back to s-on seem to be for people who used the unrevoked rooting method. I rooted via the Autoroot method therefore I'm not sure if the same way to unroot applies. How can I get my phone To stock recovery,unrooted, and back to stock without screwing it up? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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could you please help me??? i need to unroot my phone how did you do it.. please help

brad560 said:
for those in this thread having problems this may help?
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spr...U2Mi1hNWU0LTRlNjEtYWMyOC1lZmU4ODg1ODc1ODI&ifq
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WOW, that is the most complete, detailed walk-through I've ever seen, I think... Awesome job!
I bookmarked it for future reference, even though I've run RUU before with no problems

Oh so close to undoing my huge mistake. After hours I was finally able to get to recovery menu after following directions of how to unroot through unrecover forever. I am the step of applying the zip unrevoked forever, at the end it says unsupported radio version. What do I do

renemay24 said:
could you please help me??? i need to unroot my phone how did you do it.. please help
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When I had to return my phone due to a bad usb port it took all of five minutes and is not as difficult as you guys are making it out to seem. Actually you can do an OTA update which will unroot you. Of course depending on what OS you are running and there are tons of threads with the RUU which is how I did it.
Plugged my phone up crossed my fingers that my USB Port would hold out and ran the .exe or you can use the PC36IMG.zip file that is in the same threads. Then flash unrevoked S-on zip and your back to stock
Shipped Roms
View attachment unrevoked-forever-son.zip

If anyone's interested, I made a tutorial a while ago on RUU'ing an EVO back to 100% stock. You can find it here: http://j.mp/ruuevo4g

Going from Virtuous Unity to Stock everything

So I recently put Virtuous Unity on my unbranded Desire Z and now I'd like to go back to stock and unroot the phone.
Wiping the system with Clockwork Recovery and flashing my backup stock ROM created by ROM Manager.
After that I'd probably have to replace partitions 7 and 17 with the respective stock versions and finally make it S-ON only since the phone came unlocked anyway. Flashing the recovery image may come last.
Correct me if I'm wrong but wouldn't that work and once the stock ROM is on there again it should be plain sailing. No?
EDIT: Before anyone mentions using the wiki unrooting guide, I'm probably missing something here but the the PC101IMG.zip files I can get from there may not be of any help.

I would say pc10img it back, then temp root with the included psneuter on the wiki and use gfree to turn s back on. All done.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA Premium App

xsteven77x said:
I would say pc10img it back, then temp root with the included psneuter on the wiki and use gfree to turn s back on. All done.
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Isn't there a potentially high chance that I might brick it if the wrong PC101 is used though?

Finally managed to unroot it, temp root just wasn't doing it for some reason so instead of running around in circles I tried this.
Involved
1. Re-flashing the Stock ROM provided in this guide.
2. Following the WHOLE guide linked above.
3. To make it S-ON again we do this:
Code:
adb shell
/data/local/tmp/gfree -s on
exit
adb reboot bootloader
Should now say 'S-ON' at the top of the bootloader.
4. (Optional)
Covering up the evidence with one last flash.
The CID still shows up as "super CID" when I run 'fastboot oem boot' via ADB, but its the next best thing if you want to squeeze a free warranty repair out of HTC.

Cluster or issues..some quidence requested..

Here are the issues that I am having with a T-Mobile Wildfire S. I am repairing for a customer who cracked the screen..
Replaced the screen, the screen is not responsive (wasnt responsive before replacement). I have researched the issue and found this to be common on the WildFire. I have concluded from numerour post that a "wipe" is needed and to access the HTC Stock Recovery. When Trying to do that, I get the "red triangle"
I have researched the stock recovery issue and well and concluded that I need to flash a new(er) stock recovery in HBOOT. Now, since the screen is not responsive, I can not access the setting to enable "fastboot".
So, in short, I have an unresponsive touch screen. I do not (apparently) have a stock "working" recovery and can not access the setting to enable "fastboot" to flash a stock recovery.
Any Ideas here?

So far, I have read to root without S-OFF. tried to unlock bootloader via HTCDEV, needed to update HBOOT first. Found out that the RUU is not current. Headed to footballs list..downloading the latest TMOUS RUU. Going to attempt to flash it in HBOOT or push it using command prompts.
After that, head back to HTCDEV, unlock bootloader..then flash cwm and superuser and HOPEFULLY can just install a pre-rooted stock ROM.
Does any of that sound like I am on the right track for my issues? Or..am I doing too much? Easier process maybe?
Sent from my ADR6400L using XDA

ossrepairsplus said:
So far, I have read to root without S-OFF. tried to unlock bootloader via HTCDEV, needed to update HBOOT first. Found out that the RUU is not current. Headed to footballs list..downloading the latest TMOUS RUU. Going to attempt to flash it in HBOOT or push it using command prompts.
After that, head back to HTCDEV, unlock bootloader..then flash cwm and superuser and HOPEFULLY can just install a pre-rooted stock ROM.
Does any of that sound like I am on the right track for my issues? Or..am I doing too much? Easier process maybe?
Sent from my ADR6400L using XDA
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you on right trackk mate.. when you get rooted just install cwm.. and flash some good kernal that will solve the prob

Check this thread, it has a link to another thread with a file attachment and instructions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1368798
Check mstfkaratas post on page 2 it has the link

intel007 said:
Check this thread, it has a link to another thread with a file attachment and instructions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1368798
Check mstfkaratas post on page 2 it has the link
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Will try that as soon as I get a Rom on it. Lol, tried "formatting" via cwm...bad idea. Loading back stock Rom and giving that a shot.
I seriously SEARCHED all I could search and didn't find that. 3 days of internet explorer gave me nothing.
Thank you so much for the help!
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