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How to turn S ON with alpharev HBOOT

Can someone please tell me how to turn S ON on my HTC Desire? I ran the RUU for my phone (US Cellular desire) and it put me back to stock, I just still have S OFF Alpharev. I've searched for a while and can't find anything. Any help will be appreciated.

What is your current HBOOT version?

I think you need to flash the hboot downgraded from the alpharev site. I would search first as I've seen this question asked before buy I'm not 100% on the outcome
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Is it possible to go S-OFF without loosing anything on the desire ?

matt.xx said:
I think you need to flash the hboot downgraded from the alpharev site. I would search first as I've seen this question asked before buy I'm not 100% on the outcome
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Not sure on that as this is the CDMA desire. unrevoked S-offs this on the older Hboots. Not sure how it works on 1.02 with Alpharevx but the standard hboots dont work I believe

qbking77 said:
Can someone please tell me how to turn S ON on my HTC Desire? I ran the RUU for my phone (US Cellular desire) and it put me back to stock, I just still have S OFF Alpharev. I've searched for a while and can't find anything. Any help will be appreciated.
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Flash Downgrader first to unlock the hboot protection, then use corresponding RUU.
c0de1 said:
Is it possible to go S-OFF without loosing anything on the desire ?
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Yes, but you need a Rooted ROM with no a2sd/d2ext scripts.

k3lcior said:
Flash Downgrader first to unlock the hboot protection, then use corresponding RUU.
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Are you sure? Could you comment on my post please?
OP, what is your hboot version? How did you root? We need to know this please.

rootSU said:
Are you sure? Could you comment on my post please?
OP, what is your hboot version? How did you root? We need to know this please.
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i agree, we need to know how u root/s-offed ur cdma desire (bravoc), as the apharev hboots are only for desire gsm (bravo)..so u can't use the alpharev downgrader i think
post here ur bootloader hboot infos

Yeah exactly.
The S-on security flag is in Radio's NVRAM. Obviously the radio is different between GSM and CDMA devices.
Historically on GSM, Alpharev S-off (1.8 and lower) flashed a special hboot which ignored this flag.
On CDMA Unrevoked forever did something different and didnt change the hboot

Thanks for the replies everyone. My HBOOT version is 6.06.1002 ... hope this helps...

qbking77 said:
Thanks for the replies everyone. My HBOOT version is 6.06.1002 ... hope this helps...
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It is a start, so looks like you definitely used revolutionary to s-off your desire. Is it CDMA?

rootSU said:
It is a start, so looks like you definitely used revolutionary to s-off your desire. Is it CDMA?
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Well I didn't. Previous owner did. Its the us cellular desire. I think us cellular is cdma?
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qbking77 said:
Well I didn't. Previous owner did. Its the us cellular desire. I think us cellular is cdma?
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if u don't have a simcard in it, is cdma...if u have a simcard in it is gsm

Okay, so My HBOOT version is 6.06.1002 and I have a CDMA Us Cell Desire.

qbking77 said:
Okay, so My HBOOT version is 6.06.1002 and I have a CDMA Us Cell Desire.
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unfortunally, i think there is no way to go back to s-on with that hboot 6.x on the desire cdma
that hboot have a downgrade protection, so the ruu can't overwrite it
maybe you can try to change it manually, doing a "fastboot flash hboot hboot.img" using the hboot img file that you can extract from your ruu exe on your pc

Doesn't work needless to say. With unrevoked we could flash the h-boot and stay s-off with alpha-rev you can't. I was just trying this as I was bored using the uscc eclair ruu.
Fastboot doesn't work either gives error can not flash h-boot on the phone. Hopefully that helps you out.
Edit: By the way qb what you doing with a uscc desire anyway? You venturing away from the photon or something I seen you over there but at this time there is no way to flash it I have found. Making img files does nothing and neither does fastboot. I am tempted to try the downgrader for the bravo for the heck of it as I don't care to brick it. Cept the woman would shoot me.

[q] s-off help needed!!!!!

I try to get my desire S-OFF'ed (it's PV4 and 0.93.0001 hboot). But when i try to flash the hboot via fastboot the singature gets rejected. And revolutinary method is not working too (i get the error that " Your device ace, with hboot 0.93.0001 is not supported at this time").
Any help?
COULD SOME1 GIME THE LINK OF AN OFFICIAL RUU THAT WOULD UPDATE MY HBOOT TO
HTC Desire (bravo) 0.93.0001, 1.02.0001
HTC Desire CDMA (bravoc) 1.06.0000
BTW. HOW TO KNOW WITCH ONE I HAVE?? CMDA or THAT OTHER ONE.

Isn't Ace = Desire HD?

Well, I don't know. I've took this phone from my mom and gave her the wildfire. I think the desire is rooted, because i installed a ROM 3.0 sense and ive got like 200KB of free space.. Im trying to s-off it and that son of an linux doesnt work... :S HELP HELP HELP!
COULD SOME1 GIME THE LINK OF AN OFFICIAL RUU THAT WOULD UPDATE MY HBOOT TO
HTC Desire (bravo) 0.93.0001, 1.02.0001
HTC Desire CDMA (bravoc) 1.06.0000
BTW. HOW TO KNOW WITCH ONE I HAVE?? CMDA or THAT OTHER ONE.

Yes, ace is desire he and I would highly advise against using revolutionary if you have the desire hd
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A great place to go is cyanogenmod.com and look at the wiki, they go step by step of how to get s-off, eng-off and everything else you would need, but you do need to know if you are using desire or desire hd
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lotddragon said:
A great place to go is cyanogenmod.com and look at the wiki, they go step by step of how to get s-off, eng-off and everything else you would need, but you do need to know if you are using desire or desire hd
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No need to go cyanogenmod.com, xda also provides something like this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084

I didn't have the xda link off the top of my head, so thank you for that.
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So why my HBOOT says its a BRAVO huh? I know its a desire because the name on the box, hboot and working roms of desire. IS IT POSSIBLE TO RE-ROOT AND S-OFF BY UPGRADING THE HBOOT TO THE GOOD VERSION?

From personal experience on a Desire, messing with the HBoot can have a chance of bricking the device. I got stuck where I could only enter commands through fastboot and adb, then tried everything possible to get it back to no avail.
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quemmy said:
So why my HBOOT says its a BRAVO huh? I know its a desire because the name on the box, hboot and working roms of desire. IS IT POSSIBLE TO RE-ROOT AND S-OFF BY UPGRADING THE HBOOT TO THE GOOD VERSION?
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Why don't you root and get with s-off unrevoked (root) and alpharev 1.8 (s-off)? Alpharev 1.8 supports the hboot version of your desire:
http://alpharev.nl

MatDrOiD said:
Why don't you root and get with s-off unrevoked (root) and alpharev 1.8 (s-off)? Alpharev 1.8 supports the hboot version of your desire:
http://alpharev.nl
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I know. It should be rooted because i've installed a custom ROM. But for some reason i cant flash an alpharev HBOTT. The fastboot says that singature gets rejected.

quemmy said:
I know. It should be rooted because i've installed a custom ROM. But for some reason i cant flash an alpharev HBOTT. The fastboot says that singature gets rejected.
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That was not my question. My question was, why you don't use alpharev live cd to get s-off? You wrote you could not go s-off with revolutionary. So you must be still s-on. And with s-on you cannot use fastboot.

MatDrOiD said:
That was not my question. My question was, why you don't use alpharev live cd to get s-off? You wrote you could not go s-off with revolutionary. So you must be still s-on. And with s-on you cannot use fastboot.
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Yes I'm S-ON ofc. Sorry for my nobblishness i did not know that i cant use fastboot without s-off. Any links for the tutorial how to get s-off with live cd?(because i dont know what it is :<)

quemmy said:
Yes I'm S-ON ofc. Sorry for my nobblishness i did not know that i cant use fastboot without s-off. Any links for the tutorial how to get s-off with live cd?(because i dont know what it is :<)
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Of course there is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084 (STEP FOUR).
Don't say sorry for being a noob, we all started there.

MatDrOiD said:
Of course there is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084 (STEP FOUR).
Don't say sorry for being a noob, we all started there.
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Not working... Evertime i try to make that live cd with MagicIso my dvd rom opens up.. :< Any other programs i can use to make a bootable cd?

quemmy said:
Not working... Evertime i try to make that live cd with MagicIso my dvd rom opens up.. :< Any other programs i can use to make a bootable cd?
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So you burned the iso with magiciso on a cd and the computer does not boot from it? Is that right?
If not, could you explain this sentence "Evertime i try to make that live cd with MagicIso my dvd rom opens up" a little more (what exactly do you do?), please? Because I do not understand it.

I found you had to have a stock rooted rom installed to use alpharev 1.8 i followed the instructions from here and all worked first time
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084

Dasco68 said:
I found you had to have a stock rooted rom installed to use alpharev 1.8 i followed the instructions from here and all worked first time
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084
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Please read the thread before you post next time.

Okay. Well i push the button (in the magicIso program) to burn an img to a cd. I chose the files and when i push BURN my DVD-ROM ejects the disc.. :S

If you guys have spare 4 pack of beer, I can walk you through whole s-off and other mods process remotely via TeamViewer.
Regards
Swyped from SGS2.

How to get on S-on if you on S-off (rooted)?

Best members,
how to chance s-on if you are on s-off 2.3 stock rom.

Buy a new phone.
Please read the FAQs...
Sent from my HTC Desire

Flash the official Gingerbread RUU and stay away from Revolutionary.
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stankyou said:
Flash the official Gingerbread RUU and stay away from Revolutionary.
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Fightspit said:
Buy a new phone.
Please read the FAQs...
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Why i must stay away of revolutionary,
I wanna put my S-onn i'm now on S-off

aygul12345 said:
Why i must stay away of revolutionary,
I wanna put my S-onn i'm now on S-off
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Stay away from Revolutionary because that's the tool to makes it S-off. You said you want to S-On right?

aygul12345 said:
Why i must stay away of revolutionary,
I wanna put my S-onn i'm now on S-off
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Flash the downgrader hboot from alpharev.nl then run the ruu again .
I suggest you to back s-on only for warranty purpose. In case of that after the downgrader flash the froyo ruu 2.29.405.5.
Sent from my HTC Desire with Tapatalk

stankyou said:
Stay away from Revolutionary because that's the tool to makes it S-off. You said you want to S-On right?
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andQlimax said:
Flash the downgrader hboot from alpharev.nl then run the ruu again .
I suggest you to back s-on only for warranty purpose. In case of that after the downgrader flash the froyo ruu 2.29.405.5.
Sent from my HTC Desire with Tapatalk
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Yea but i'm now on 2.3 (Unbranded)htc Orginal rom S-off, but i wanna TURN S-on because it must going for service,
Soo..what do i must to download now? i'm getting confused a little..

andQlimax said:
Flash the downgrader hboot from alpharev.nl then run the ruu again .
I suggest you to back s-on only for warranty purpose. In case of that after the downgrader flash the froyo ruu 2.29.405.5.
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Edit: soo i must download '' PB99IMG_downgrade '' chance the name to PB99IMG
let it run.
than run the RUU.exe or zip file?
Don't you need download '' unrevoked-forever-s-on '' ?

andQlimax said:
Flash the downgrader hboot from alpharev.nl then run the ruu again .
I suggest you to back s-on only for warranty purpose. In case of that after the downgrader flash the froyo ruu 2.29.405.5.
Sent from my HTC Desire with Tapatalk
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'' I suggest you to back s-on only for warranty purpose. In case of that after the downgrader flash the froyo ruu 2.29.405.5''
But if i did that downgrader. can i load a custom rom if i rooted , wil than turn also the S-onn?
I mean.. can it only be the S-onn if you DOWNGRADE to a officeel htc rom or can it be also if you load a custom rom? to turn that S-on?

Please do some more research and read some noob guides.
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MatDrOiD said:
Please do some more research and read some noob guides.
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i did ,
but i was only wondering now.. if you on 2.3 s-off and you wanna s-onn you must run the downgrade i did. and than run RUU again, but can it BE ALSO the RUU of 2.3? or do it must always below or higher?
that the only thing i wanna know than i know everhing

You can use whatever ruu. One you're on is usually best
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rootSU said:
You can use whatever ruu. One you're on is usually best
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Thanks for you're reply, but it doesnt matter wich extensie right? .zip/.exe

You can use a ruu.exe or a PB99IMG.zip but the zip should always be a last resort. Some people are often too lazy to get their usb cable from upstairs or in too much of a rush, they must do it on the train to work....
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk

rootSU said:
You can use a ruu.exe or a PB99IMG.zip but the zip should always be a last resort. Some people are often too lazy to get their usb cable from upstairs or in too much of a rush, they must do it on the train to work....
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Thanks again, i get it from now xD, because i'm new with it, and its a new thing/part i wanna learn,
Soo the zip is more to use, so if i get it right.. the .exe or the .zip is not more or les.. but the .zip is more usese.
Okeey i get this!,
Thanks for you time buddy ,
PS: this methode is that same as for the sensation and other htc models?

No idea what you just said. Use the .exe
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk

Download PB99IMG_stock from alpharev.nl and flash your phone, then download htc sync from htc.com.
Then, if you want 2.3 rom - download 2.3 ruu from http://www.htcdev.com/process/legal_download/152, extract, connect to htc sync and then click RUU_HTC Desire Android 2.3 Upgrade (Gingerbread).exe. After few minutes you'll get stcok fresh anndroid 2.3 with s-on.
Cheers

michallp said:
Download PB99IMG_stock from alpharev.nl and flash your phone, then download htc sync from htc.com.
Then, if you want 2.3 rom - download 2.3 ruu from http://www.htcdev.com/process/legal_download/152, extract, connect to htc sync and then click RUU_HTC Desire Android 2.3 Upgrade (Gingerbread).exe. After few minutes you'll get stcok fresh anndroid 2.3 with s-on.
Cheers
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I have already got it, thanks for the information!,
But i thought that be always be a firnware to below to do that... but it can also 2.3 ruu if you on 2.3. And it can be zip file and a exe to chance to s-on, i dindt know that,
But this methode is this also working for other htc models?( sensation),
Ps; you got my thanks

aygul12345 said:
I have already got it, thanks for the information!,
But i thought that be always be a firnware to below to do that... but it can also 2.3 ruu if you on 2.3. And it can be zip file and a exe to chance to s-on, i dindt know that,
But this methode is this also working for other htc models?( sensation),
Ps; you got my thanks
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How it works is with a RUU you can only use the same version or newer. This is because you cannot flash an older hboot. The downgrader puts a very low hboot version on so all ruu hboots are seen as newer, even though they are not
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Restore S-ON and stock Hboot

Hello all,
I have put the S-OFF and the Hboot 6.93.1002 using the revolutionary.io tool.
Right now, I want to put my phone with the stock hbook and S-ON.
I looked for it and I saw a lot of people saying to install old RUUs.
I tried these ones:
RUU_Bravo_HTC_Europe_1.15.405.1_Radio_32.30.00.28U_4.05.00.11_release_121684.exe
RUU_HTC Desire Android 2.3 Upgrade (Gingerbread).exe
RUU_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.15.405.4_Radio_32.30.00.28U_4.05.00.11_release_122704.exe
RUU_Bravo_HTC_Europe_1.15.405.3_Radio_32.30.00.28U_4.05.00.11_release_121865.exe
And all of them failed, they do not restore hboot.
Could you help me? My phone is GSM version.

flash the alpharev downgrade.img from Alpharev then run the ruu
Sent from my HTC Desire

jmcclue said:
flash the alpharev downgrade.img from Alpharev then run the ruu
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Let me try that. Thanks!

Klisman said:
Let me try that. Thanks!
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It worked well. Thanks!

Klisman said:
It worked well. Thanks!
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Which RUU ROM to use?

Hi,
I would like to return to the stock ROM on my Desire. Problem is, I don't know which RUU to get. At the moment I am using CyanogenMod 7.
Did some digging and found the app called CID Getter. If there is any info there I must provide, please tell me.
Also is there anything special to be done with the RUU or do I install it as I do any rom?
Thank you.

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cfs_mihai said:
Hi,
I would like to return to the stock ROM on my Desire. Problem is, I don't know which RUU to get. At the moment I am using CyanogenMod 7.
Did some digging and found the app called CID Getter. If there is any info there I must provide, please tell me.
Also is there anything special to be done with the RUU or do I install it as I do any rom?
Thank you.
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Wrong section...
However, whith root and some mods or the official ruu?
Inviato dal mio HTC Desire con Tapatalk 2

Use the 2.3 ruu in my sig. Put it on your sd-card, boot in bootloader, then select yes.

abaaaabbbb63 said:
Use the 2.3 ruu in my sig. Put it on your sd-card, boot in bootloader, then select yes.
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Would doing this remove s-off or clockwork or anything else? Or could I just re instal another custom after?

It will remove everything. You can use revolutionary after you install a custom recovery and s-off.

This is the kernel, albeit you'll have a hard time achieving what you told and it will net you virtually no gain because poor cpu is not the main drawback this phone has.
http://supernova.droidzone.in/2012/07/30/kernel-nightlies/

abaaaabbbb63 said:
It will remove everything. You can use revolutionary after you install a custom recovery and s-off.
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Will this RUU remove custom HBOOT also?
I've used revolutionary to achieve s-off and flash CWM. Afterwards I flashed cm7r2 hboot with P99IMG.
I am selling this unit so i need everything completely stock.
Thanks
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Ted Mosby said:
Will this RUU remove custom HBOOT also?
I've used revolutionary to achieve s-off and flash CWM. Afterwards I flashed cm7r2 hboot with P99IMG.
I am selling this unit so i need everything completely stock.
Thanks
Sent from my Nexus S using xda app-developers app
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Flash stock hboot before doing anything. You don't wanna brick your phone.

And then my phone will become s-on also?
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