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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] Quick a stupid question about going back to stock rom

So I now have Clockwork Recovery 3.x and running cm7. I tried straight flashing the latest T-Mobile ROM (1.22?).
It fails right away. I am not really wanting to unroot or turn S-ON. Is it failing because I am using cwr 3.x and need to flash the 2.x recovery? I thought I read somewhere that to flash a Froyo rom 2.x is needed, and 3.x is only for the GB roms...
Also, if and when I do successfully flash the stock rom, will this remove root/s-ff or the other unlocks gfree performed? And the linked thread for flashing the OTA rom instructs to rename to update.zip... is that only for the non-rooted folks?
And lastly, since the clockwork recovery 2.x has been out there for a while, thread info is quite old. Can i simply reflash the 2.x recovery using ROM Manager?
Thanks in advance.

The 1.22 is just an update zip it is not a complete PC10IMG stock rom that is why it is failing, make sure you have s-off via gfree before flashing a stock PC10IMG other wise it will turn your s-on, there is only a 1.19 complete PC10IMG rom out right now, this is pre OTA.
Yes you should be able to use rom manager to reflash older CWM recovery
Sent from my HTC Vision

fermunky said:
So I now have Clockwork Recovery 3.x and running cm7. I tried straight flashing the latest T-Mobile ROM (1.22?).
It fails right away. I am not really wanting to unroot or turn S-ON. Is it failing because I am using cwr 3.x and need to flash the 2.x recovery? I thought I read somewhere that to flash a Froyo rom 2.x is needed, and 3.x is only for the GB roms...
Also, if and when I do successfully flash the stock rom, will this remove root/s-ff or the other unlocks gfree performed? And the linked thread for flashing the OTA rom instructs to rename to update.zip... is that only for the non-rooted folks?
And lastly, since the clockwork recovery 2.x has been out there for a while, thread info is quite old. Can i simply reflash the 2.x recovery using ROM Manager?
Thanks in advance.
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Ill try to help a fellow tampa area guy out
the stock rom your trying to flash isnt going to work with CWM 3.XX your need to replace it with 2.XX. flashing a stock rom will not remove root or s-off.
when i go back and forth using CWM from 3.xx to 2.xx i follow these directions... there super easy... and i have never had a problem with it.
1. Install clockworkmod from market.
2. Flash Clockworkmod recovery from Rom Manager.
3. Navigate to clockworkmod/download/koush.tandtgaming.com/recoveries (or where ever your recovery was downloaded to. This can be done in File Manager, Astro, or Androzip.
4. Mine was "recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.3-vision.img". Rename it to "recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.3-visionXXX.img" or something obviously different.
5. Download clockworkmod 3.0 from hereish:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893933
6. Move your recovery.img to clockworkmod/download/koush.tandtgaming.com/recoveries and name it recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.3-vision.img
7. Go into ROM Manager and Flash Clockworkmod recovery, it will say its still 2.5.1.3 when your done. Reboot into recovery and you'll be welcomed by a new orange 3.0
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of course you can just reverse these directions to go back to 2.xx...
you shouldnt have to change the stock rom name to "update.zip" just flash the zip like you would any other rom through CWM...

Thanks WarBird! I think I'll just flash the recovery images using flash_image. Can you confirm what joemn said though? If I want to flash the stock ROM, do I need both the PC whatever and the ota?
Also
make sure you have s-off via gfree before flashing a stock PC10IMG other wise it will turn your s-on
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This doesn't make sense. Based on this, you're saying that if I have s-on, flashing pc10img will... turn s-on...?

fermunky said:
Thanks WarBird! I think I'll just flash the recovery images using flash_image. Can you confirm what joemn said though? If I want to flash the stock ROM, do I need both the PC whatever and the ota?
Also
This doesn't make sense. Based on this, you're saying that if I have s-on, flashing pc10img will... turn s-on...?
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You are misunderstanding me, what I am saying is if you rooted via the old method and don't have radio s-off via gfree flashing a stock PC10IMG will turn your s back on, and what I told you about the 1.22 update zip is correct.
Sent from my HTC Vision

Ah I see. Since I was late to the G2 game, I did use gfree to get s-off as mentioned in my op. Thanks!

Stock RUU

Can somebody please provide me the link for stock froyo RUU India and by which I will not lose S-OFF
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using Tapatalk

Guys no post please help
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using Tapatalk

Not available. Get the Eclair RUU, and the Froyo OTA ZIP from Shipped ROMS. Rename the OTA ZIP to PC49IMG.zip,place on SD and reboot into bootloader. (Obviously after flashing Eclair RUU)
And whats with you multiposting and posting here? This is a Dev Related Question??

Download this RUU from here http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...45.55.24_3.35.15.31_release_142213_signed.exe
make sure you enabled debugging in your phone, connect phone to PC and follow the steps.
This will install stock eclair it will be same as brand new phone, later you can update it to Froyo. Later you can root your phone.
Note: Installing RUU does not make S-on.

You said without loosing s-off, so you must be having alpharevx s-off.
I guess you also must be having custom recovery. In such case you can just use the safe flash zips to have the stock os. They can be flashed from custom recovery just like normal custom roms.
And you can use WWE froyo ruu. There is no Indian froyo ruu presently. I think there wont be any difference between both. And you need to be aware that using an ruu will remove the custom recovery.
Alternatively, if you want Indian only, then this is the way.
First download latest Indian eclair ruu (1.25.x) and flash it [ Here you need to remember one thing, if you use the oldest eclair ruu then your touch panel won't work untill you flash the newer one ]. This gives you stock recovery but not stock hboot. This also takes you to eclair os. Now get the froyo ota for India. Rename the ota.zip to update.zip to be kept at the root of memory card. Then reboot to hboot menu and from there select recovery. This gives you a picture with phone and red triangle. Now press volume up + power. This takes you to stock recovery. Now you will see the option to apply sdcard update.zip. just do it and you will have Indian froyo stock os (but not stock hboot).
[Sorry, but renaming of ota.zip to pc49img.zip will not work AFAIK. We can find "firmware.zip" inside ota.zip. This firmware.zip contains few stock things like hboot.nb0 recovery.img radio.img. And this firmware.zip can be renamed to pc49img.zip and kept in root of sdcard (then rebooting to hboot menu) to update those things without actually updating the os.]. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App

[Q] Flashing Stock Recovery...NEED HELP!!!!!

I reverted back to S--ON on the htc wildfire and restored my backup .Now i am using official froyo but i want to remove the clockworkmod recovery.I have the stock recovery image but dont know how to flash it.please can someone help.I'll be very thankfull....!!!!

faisalknight said:
I reverted back to S--ON on the htc wildfire and restored my backup .Now i am using official froyo but i want to remove the clockworkmod recovery.I have the stock recovery image but dont know how to flash it.please can someone help.I'll be very thankfull....!!!!
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I think you'll have to S-OFF and root again and then flash the stock recovery using fastboot. Just use this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14693680 and instead of using a custom recovery use your "stock" package

No need to do s-off again.
If you are on hboot 1.01.0001 just flash the wwe_froyo_ruu. Or even you can use pc49img method. And if you are on hboot 1.01.0002 then you need to use pc49img method from froyo ota.zip of that hboot you used.
And if your hboot is 0.80 you can use the above 2methods of ECLAIR update. Or use unrevoked to point to the stock recovery image from the file menu (but remember on using unrevoked you will get root permissions).
EASIEST METHOD : Flash the ruu or ota that you have taken the hboot from (while reverting back to S-ON).
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App

Thank you guys i'll try the above mentioned methods

Used the pc49img mathod bot during the fastboot it only reads the zip containing recovery and a blue bar atthe side appears but gives no option to install ......i think it is because that i have done s-on my device due to which it does not allow me to install recovery.
I think i should do s-off again and flash stock recovery using pc49img method and then do s-on again.....give any suggestions then i'll try

You don't have to do s-off.
Now in your case installing recovery through pc49img method means not just installing the recovery alone. If you extract the recovery.img file HTC signature will be lost. And it is in hboot menu and not fastboot menu. What you have to do is to install all official contents without extracting the file. And another important thing is sdcard must be fat32.
If you taken hboot from ota (during reverting to s-on), then this is the way. Extract the contents of ota and you will find firmware.zip . Now donot modify this firmware.zip and just keep it in the root of sdcard. Then rename the firmware.zip to pc49img.zip and reboot to hboot menu.
And if you have taken hboot from an RUU, then just run the RUU process.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App

thank you very much bharat...........i used the ota froyo 2.25.720.1 firmware and flashed it and it worked
Now i have a completely unrooted phone with
S-ON
OFFICIAL HTC FROYO ;SOFTWARE VERS. 2.25.720.1(THANK GOD I MADE A BACKUP OF IT WHEN I USED ALPHAREV X AFTER FLASHING CLOCKWORKMOD)
H-BOOT -1.01.0002
Stock recovery
thank you very much
NOW I KNOW THE WHOLE WAY HOW TO ROOT MY PHONE AND TO UNROOT IT COMPLETELY...!!!!!!!!THANK YOU

faisalknight said:
I reverted back to S--ON on the htc wildfire and restored my backup .Now i am using official froyo but i want to remove the clockworkmod recovery.I have the stock recovery image but dont know how to flash it.please can someone help.I'll be very thankfull....!!!!
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Hi, can you post stock recovery for HTC Wildfire 2.22.405.1?
Thank-you

kirkoff said:
Hi, can you post stock recovery for HTC Wildfire 2.22.405.1?
Thank-you
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Go to shipped roms.com
search for buzz,click on it,
download the ota update according to the software version your phone is running
extract it and inside it you'll find firmware.zip
rename it to PC49IMG.zip place on the sd card reboot the phone holding volume down and power key
it will read the file and ask you to update then click on yes and you are done.......
make sure your card is fat32

[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!