Hey all,
I did some searching but could not find a specific answer for my question, and please excuse my lack of rooting/rom knowledge.
I rooted my Evo 4G a few months back and want to know if I can update it to the latest version of android without loosing my Factory HTC sense?
Also I think I rooted with unrevoked???? and I was looking at ROM Manager in-case I had to loose my HTC Sense to update, I would like to find a close HTC Sense rom to put back, but from what I found ROM Manager does not work with a phone rooted with unrevoked. How can I tell if that is what I used?
thanks guys.
5systems said:
Hey all,
I did some searching but could not find a specific answer for my question, and please excuse my lack of rooting/rom knowledge.
I rooted my Evo 4G a few months back and want to know if I can update it to the latest version of android without loosing my Factory HTC sense?
Also I think I rooted with unrevoked???? and I was looking at ROM Manager in-case I had to loose my HTC Sense to update, I would like to find a close HTC Sense rom to put back, but from what I found ROM Manager does not work with a phone rooted with unrevoked. How can I tell if that is what I used?
thanks guys.
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Rom manager will work with whatever root method you used; it just doesn't work with amon_ra recovery. And if you want sense on android 2.3, head over tot he development section and look up a "gingersense" rom.
Just backup your rom in recovery, then flash the new one.
Check out Fresh Evo rom by Flipz its now been updated to 2.3 which is gingerbread what it sounds like you want. But be sure to read the op because it only works correctly with auto dim if you have an Epson panel. Just be sure to read it and decide if its for you. Also I have used Rom Manager and I also used unrevoked forever and I had no issues. Hope this helps.
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Also the Fresh beta is very very buggy with regards to the camera. My video was basically unwatchable. But aside from that, 2 thumbs WAY THE **** UP it's an awesome ROM.
Virus kingdom Rom will be the end all Rom. Check out the kingdom thread.
Infected HTC Supersonic.........<3 Virus
go with miks gingersense till Virus drops his Kingdom port
5systems said:
Hey all,
I did some searching but could not find a specific answer for my question, and please excuse my lack of rooting/rom knowledge.
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I'll do my best to answer your question.
I rooted my Evo 4G a few months back and want to know if I can update it to the latest version of android without loosing my Factory HTC sense?
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Yes. Go to the link below and download the leaked Gingerbread rom with HTC Sense. Afterwards, go into recovery and make a nandroid of your current setup. After that, you can either wipe cache & dalvik and flash atop of your current rom or do a full wipe and then flash. If you decide you want to go back to what you had, simply go into recovery and restore the backup you made. If you didn't do a nandroid backup, go to the second link below and download one of the shipped roms for the EVO.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1038701
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884060
Also I think I rooted with unrevoked???? and I was looking at ROM Manager in-case I had to loose my HTC Sense to update, I would like to find a close HTC Sense rom to put back, but from what I found ROM Manager does not work with a phone rooted with unrevoked.
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If you rooted your device with UnrEVOked, then more than likely, your recovery is ClockworkMod. ClockworkMod gets the job done, but I recommend using amon RA v2.3. I believe it is more stable and I like the menu layout. Still, it's all a matter of preference. As for ROM Manager, I'm not a fan of it. It is far too easy to go into recovery to manually flash roms, however, ROM Manager does work with amon RA in that it can swap recoveries for you as well as flash roms.
How can I tell if that is what I used?
thanks guys.
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The easiest way is to start ROM Manager. There should be a section that tells you what your recovery is.
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Successfully I downgraded Evo from 2.2 to 2.1 android. and I want to upgrade it a gin to 2.2.
not only downgraded but also rooted 2.1 Android.
I get error message Error code: 1012
and when I download the official 2.2 it prosed but after a while its stuck!
what to do?
Can you help me to updated the rooted evo 2.1 to the official 2.2 please?
You need to make sure that nand is unlocked. Do Simple Root found in the dev forums or complete Part 2 of Toast's How to Root Guide also in the dev forums.
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Ibraheemoman said:
Successfully I downgraded Evo from 2.2 to 2.1 android. and I want to upgrade it a gin to 2.2.
not only downgraded but also rooted 2.1 Android.
I get error message Error code: 1012
and when I download the official 2.2 it prosed but after a while its stuck!
what to do?
Can you help me to updated the rooted evo 2.1 to the official 2.2 please?
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if you used the unrevoked way for both root and forever then you can't upgrade, you can download the ota all you want, but it will not install, which leads me to believe those of us who rooted this way will never be able to except a ota, so we might have to just rely on custom ROM's, which are better anyways.
I'd recommend Netarchy's HTC OTA Froyo 2.2 final build, and don't forget a custom kernel as well to go with that to make it really perform, also recommend Netarchy's 4.1.9 cfs kernel.
tomh1979 said:
if you used the unrevoked way for both root and forever then you can't upgrade, you can download the ota all you want, but it will not install, which leads me to believe those of us who rooted this way will never be able to except a ota, so we might have to just rely on custom ROM's, which are better anyways.
I'd recommend Netarchy's HTC OTA Froyo 2.2 final build, and don't forget a custom kernel as well to go with that to make it really perform, also recommend Netarchy's 4.1.9 cfs kernel.
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Tanks for offering me a solution but I do not who to install a rooted room in my device, I am just knew to HTC,
So what are the steps to install knowNetarchy's HTC OTA Froyo 2.2 final build to a rooted Evo?
Ibraheemoman said:
Tanks for offering me a solution but I do not who to install a rooted room in my device, I am just knew to HTC,
So what are the steps to install knowNetarchy's HTC OTA Froyo 2.2 final build to a rooted Evo?
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Thanks for offering me a solution but I do not how to install a rooted room in my device, I am just knew to HTC,
So what are the steps to install knowNetarchy's HTC OTA Froyo 2.2 final build to a rooted Evo?
Ibraheemoman said:
Thanks for offering me a solution but I do not how to install a rooted room in my device, I am just knew to HTC,
So what are the steps to install knowNetarchy's HTC OTA Froyo 2.2 final build to a rooted Evo?
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All of the instructions are in the forums. Read and follow the steps. You need to put in some of your own effort. No one is going to do it for you.
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Ibraheemoman said:
Thanks for offering me a solution but I do not how to install a rooted room in my device, I am just knew to HTC,
So what are the steps to install knowNetarchy's HTC OTA Froyo 2.2 final build to a rooted Evo?
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Check out this link http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever
Check out the section labeled "Reinstalling an official recovery" and it tells you what you need to do to install OTA Roms.
Give me a thumbs up if this helps.
reekotubbs said:
Check out this link http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever
Check out the section labeled "Reinstalling an official recovery" and it tells you what you need to do to install OTA Roms.
Give me a thumbs up if this helps.
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In my sig, you can find a detailed guide for upgrading using Unrevoked Forever + the official OTA.
Ibraheemoman said:
Tanks for offering me a solution but I do not who to install a rooted room in my device, I am just knew to HTC,
So what are the steps to install knowNetarchy's HTC OTA Froyo 2.2 final build to a rooted Evo?
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it's really easy with installing roms, they all come with instructions, which are clear and simple, mostly just boot into recovery once you get that taken care of, do a factory data wipe, and install rom that is stored on your sd card in the download file, once you do it, you see how easy and simple it is, just make a nandroid backup first before doing the factory reset IMO.
tomh1979 said:
it's really easy with installing roms, they all come with instructions, which are clear and simple, mostly just boot into recovery once you get that taken care of, do a factory data wipe, and install rom that is stored on your sd card in the download file, once you do it, you see how easy and simple it is, just make a nandroid backup first before doing the factory reset IMO.
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Actually I did something else and it worked.
1- copied OTA official update to SD-card
2- waped the device
3- install the official update from SD-Card,
4- Restart
5- Delete user data from SD-card
it work fin I have the Superuser Icon, but I cannot access to the root as before, its OK as far as my device is back.
reekotubbs said:
Check out this link http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever
Check out the section labeled "Reinstalling an official recovery" and it tells you what you need to do to install OTA Roms.
Give me a thumbs up if this helps.
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Actually I did something else and it worked.
1- copied OTA official update to SD-card
2- waped the device
3- install the official update from SD-Card,
4- Restart
5- Delete user data from SD-card
it work fin I have the Superuser Icon, but I cannot access to the root as before, its OK as far as my device is back.
Hey guys,
I've got the latest update OTA ready to install, but since my device is rooted I'm wondering what do I do?
I've read threads stating to just update and re root it and others say it won't go through and I'd have to disable signatures in clockwork recovery !
hence I'm confused, please help
Cheers
Jackie
Its not safe to perform official ota updates on rooted devices.
Most of the time nothing happens, you just lose root. But anything could happen from losing your custom recovery to a non booting device, which is known to happen.
If you want updated software on your phone install a custom rom.
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same situation, my question is can i apply this RUU from PC, and what will happen exactly? Lose root, data?
i found this RUU RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.5_Radio_32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_159811_signed
you can apply that RUU but you will lose root and all of your data so back everything up beforehand.
you may also need a Goldcard depending on whether your phone was unbranded from new or not.
mikep99 said:
you can apply that RUU but you will lose root and all of your data so back everything up beforehand.
you may also need a Goldcard depending on whether your phone was unbranded from new or not.
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I know about the Goldcard. Any idea on how to do a backup, i have read about using Titanium but i found it confusing. Little help would be useful
yeah, just use Titanium and back up all user apps as a batch process.
Backuo/Restore at the top of the initial screen.
Menu button and choose Batch
Then Backup all user apps.
you can then restore them after you've flashed the RUU.
also, make sure your contacts are backed up (probably by Google / Gmail).
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yeah, just use Titanium and back up all user apps as a batch process.
Backuo/Restore at the top of the initial screen.
Menu button and choose Batch
Then Backup all user apps.
you can then restore them after you've flashed the RUU.
also, make sure your contacts are backed up (probably by Google / Gmail).
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OK, but there is an option all apps and data. what is data? is it app data?
Just back up user apps.
You don't want to restore any system data as you are changing roms.
Also, make sure you do a nand backup to go back to if needed.
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Just back up user apps.
You don't want to restore any system data as you are changing roms.
Also, make sure you do a nand backup to go back to if needed.
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Did it just now, went fine. Thanks for the help
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So there is still no way to just update by update.zip?
I dont want to reflash my whole phone, I got everything backed up propper
but I find it crap because its just a very small update.
Just ignore the update then, if your phone is working fine
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hmm an official update from htc, great. but if you are rooted and have tried a custom rom or even many such as me, then you dont want to loose that ability to flash great custom roms, just because htc released an update.
i am not sure, but i think that some users just unrevoked (rooted) their devices, but havent installed any custom roms and dont have the joy of it. i never want go to back to original rom. my future updates would be out of a custom rom. great forum here, love it
I just use the stock rom because i'm happy with it.
I rooted my phone because some apps wont work without it. I would try a custom rom but I still remember my HD2 and all the reconfigging I had to do.
Can you flash custom roms without reconfiguring everything?
Like.. when I flashed the last update.zip (405.2) I just installed it and I could start using my phone right away after the update. thats how I like it, but im not sure (more unsure) that this will work the same when I use a custom rom right?
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I just use the stock rom because i'm happy with it.
I rooted my phone because some apps wont work without it. I would try a custom rom but I still remember my HD2 and all the reconfigging I had to do.
Can you flash custom roms without reconfiguring everything?
Like.. when I flashed the last update.zip (405.2) I just installed it and I could start using my phone right away after the update. thats how I like it, but im not sure (more unsure) that this will work the same when I use a custom rom right?
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so you installed the latest update.zip on a rooted device? and did not loose your root functionality?
I'm willing to reroot my phone, I just wanna know if a rooted device when update could mess up !?
I wanna try custom ROMs sadly I can't due to the rebooting issue, will be sending in for repair soon this week !
jackie_jagger said:
so you installed the latest update.zip on a rooted device? and did not loose your root functionality?
I'm willing to reroot my phone, I just wanna know if a rooted device when update could mess up !?
I wanna try custom ROMs sadly I can't due to the rebooting issue, will be sending in for repair soon this week !
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Rooting your device voids your warranty just as much as flashing a custom rom would. Either way would have to use the stock ruu before you send if back so it makes no difference if your stock rooted or have a custom rom.
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Hey every. Sorry if this question is already answered and it is a repost. How can i uninstall Cyanogenmod 7 RC2 from my Incredible, but still keep it rooted? Would the same way work for other ROMs as well, or does each ROM have a different way to remove them? Thank you in advance for your help.
If you made a backup then you can easily restore.
If you didn't, then you can flash the stock incredible ROM.
You will continue to stay rooted unless you take additional steps to unroot your phone.
Also I think you may have a misconception of how the ROM's work. These aren't installed on top of your phone, they remove the old one and replace it with whatever ROM you flash. Of course as long as you made a backup before you flashed then how your phone was before the flash will be right there if you ever choose to restore.
I did backup before I installed the Cyanogenmod 7. How do i 'recover'? Also, if i were to flash, would this take me back to being unrooted?
The way I understood it you can use ROM manager to load the Nandroid you created before flashing CM7, bringing back all your settings/text/calls etc you had before flashing your new rom. I've yet to attempt to go back to stock so someone correct me if I'm wrong.
You'll keep root unless to take the steps to go from s-off to s-on, and flash the stock RUU. Restoring a nandroid will restore the backup to the exact point the backup was made, so make regular backups!
Searched and cannot find themost current stock incredible ROM, any help?
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Searched and cannot find themost current stock incredible ROM, any help?
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try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=969973
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try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=969973
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Haven't flashed it yet, but this is the first of many that link actually was live. Thank you.
Ok. So i havent done anything because I am extremely busy, but now i have some time to get this done. As it is, I'm going to have to unroot my phone, putting it back to stock. How do i do this so that the s-off goes to s-on, and make sure everything is done properly? Thx for all your help
pretty sure you just flash the stock ruu and then run the unrevoked s-on tool.
i would run a factory reset before running the ruu and then again after just to make sure you are totally bone stock.
Should I use Rom manager to flash or use something else? Sorry for all the questions, just want to do this without problems.
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Search the Incredible forum for ultimate get back to stock thread by Berzerker7, it'll tell you everything you need to know about what you're looking to do.
Here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=786436
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If you made a backup power off the phone and reboot it into recovery. Go to the "Back Up and Restore" Tab and then restore. Choose the date and you are back.
edit: Sorry for posting in the wrong section! someone move this please
Hi!
What's the best way to install the latest stock ROM for HTC Desire Z?
I have rooted, installed hboot-eng, s-off, flashed clockworkMod recovery and installed cyanogenmod 7.
Now I'd like to try the current (Gingerbread) official ROM from HTC.
is it safe to flash with the hboot-eng and s-off?
Where can I get it?
Thanks!
Lol
The XDA app now has a thanks button. Please use it
I dont think the section is named Q&A.
Then there is the search button. Its free and wont take you to court for abusing it.
You're in the wrong section, buddy.
I believe you just flash the latest update or install one of the official ones and take the OTA update fromt here. It'll take you back to s-on and that's it.
Ooops sorry I wanted to post in the Q&A... was on the wrong Tab I think.
Anyway. I tried the search but it said it's currently unavailable. I tried searching with Google. I looked through all the suggested posts after I entered the subject.
I really tried to find the info. This forum is a rough place for a noob.
Try and flash virtuous sense its the stock rom optimized
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=837042
I tried Virtuous (and many other ROMs)... CM is the best imo, except it's missing a good dialer.
I just like to try the original ROM.
Meanwhile I recovered a backup with the stock Froyo ROM and started the OTA update, but I fails to install. It says something like "E:cannot mount SDARD:downloads/(long file name).zip. Aborting installation" in ClockworkMod recovery.
Do I have to uninstall the recovery image before updating OTA?
Well that is the stock rom with under the hood things done. Also I don't know why you would want to go back to froyo
I don't want to go back to Froyo (that worked) but to Gingerbread.
It's just out of interest actually. Having a go at it to see how the new original ROM performs.
The forum search is working again and I found some threads, but none of them describe how to install the OTA update on a rooted device.
Am I right by saying ClockworkMod does not work to install a Stock HTC update, I I'd need to revert back to the original Recovery image?
Try renaming the file to the original name? PCIMG10.zip or whatever and use the stock bootloader?
If you want complete stock without the bloatware, that's what virtuous sense is for (not unity)
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kaijura said:
Try renaming the file to the original name? PCIMG10.zip or whatever and use the stock bootloader?
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Is that a question? I don't know, you tell me
kaijura said:
If you want complete stock without the bloatware, that's what virtuous sense is for (not unity)
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Virtuous is OK but I had some crashes with it in the past. Right now I installed Virtuous Unity with Sense 3.0. I'm gona keep it some time as it behaves good so far (except for automatically installing every crap app I had in the past - eventually I remember to log in to Google only after disabling automatic restore next time)
I'd still be interested to know
- Where to get and how to flash the original HTC Gingerbread ROM
- Why the OTA update fails to install in ClockworkMod Recovery
- Some other things that may need a separate thread.
Generally, I'm sorry for being a noob but I'm really interested in learning this stuff. I hope I'm not bothering you guys.
Thanks to all you devs for what you do!
(I made a dedicated "Thank you" thread once but it got deleted in immediately)
Thanks for all the answers to far! I'm going to test drive Sense Unity now.
cheers
Now this is funny! You actually rooted your phone now you want to know how to flash a ROM! Lol I wonder where you got lost in the reading process. Sorry guys
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Yeah it's been a long time since I rooted it
and software version of 3.70, how do I know what ROMs are compatible?
I'm running Warm2.2 but saw that is now a Warm 2.3, is that compatible?
What is the secret when I'm looking at a ROM that lets me know if I can run it or not?
OR, do I have to have the 4.XX version to have more options? I can't do that now can I? I'm stuck at 2.2 aren't I?
As long as your s-off you can flash any rom for the evo4g
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As long as your s-off you can flash any rom for the evo4g
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Yep, any rom for the evo 4g will work, no matter what software version it's based off of. Welcome to the world of rooting and custom roms.
S-off = any rom you want, I don't understand the confusion lately with thinking you're stuck at what version you're on or changing your unlock method, I've seen a handful of threads asking what roms are compatible with unrevoked and if they need to unroot and reroot using revolutionary or if they can only flash a 2.2 rom, where is this confusion coming from has someone somewhere in the far reaches of the interwebz told ppl they can only stay within android version X if they used root method Y or what cuz there seems to be some serious misinformation floating around somewhere cornfuzzling all these noobs
We are legion, for we are many.
I think the confusion came from the way I rooted and then having ROMs say they are a SENSE version, or gingerbread (which I never had the luxury of updating to)
I guess I'm VERY happy to find out I can do anything now, but maybe it stems from still seeing 2.2 in my settings and having to use a certain method to root that was for 2.2 only...
SO, since there is still ancient versions showing up in my phone settings, then I guess I concluded I needed to stick to ROMs for that version.
Thank You all for the clarity!!!
Just make sure you do a complete wipe, preferably with Amon Ra before you move into newer ROMS. Well, any ROM for that matter
A lot of people usually start with CWM and likely that's the recovery that you're using but like HipKat suggested AmonRA is the prefer recovery when it comes to flashing customs Roms with that said I think you might find this interesting http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1339654 is the best of both worlds... AmonRA recovery that you can flash your CWM recoveries if you needed to.
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Just make sure you do a complete wipe, preferably with Amon Ra before you move into newer ROMS. Well, any ROM for that matter
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I used this basic method of rooting... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045
Switching between ROMs, you're saying to complete wipe? Not just clearing those cache?
Can Rom Manager be used to help out?
Switching between ROMs, you're saying to complete wipe? Not just clearing those cache?
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Doesn't matter how you rooted, when flashing ANY rom, ALWAYS do a full wipe (data, cache, and dalvik) before flashing.
Can Rom Manager be used to help out?
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Never use ROM Manager to flash roms, you are just asking for problems. Just boot into recovery and do it manually.