Hey guys i have an htc evo 4g that was manufactured on april of this year. Yet it came out of the box running eclair ive been in a battle with sprint and htc and htc just told me that id have to send my phone yto upgrade to froyo just so i can receive the gingerbread update and i honestly do not want to do all of that. I have a backup phone that i can switch to while i wait for them to put the rom on my phone but cant i just find the rom somewhere online and do it myself, and then the phone will push the gingerbread update to me pleeeaassseee help.
megarain555 said:
Hey guys i have an htc evo 4g that was manufactured on april of this year. Yet it came out of the box running eclair ive been in a battle with sprint and htc and htc just told me that id have to send my phone yto upgrade to froyo just so i can receive the gingerbread update and i honestly do not want to do all of that. I have a backup phone that i can switch to while i wait for them to put the rom on my phone but cant i just find the rom somewhere online and do it myself, and then the phone will push the gingerbread update to me pleeeaassseee help.
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Consider yourself lucky, the 2.3.3 updates haven't been all they're cracked up to be. I'd be more concerned that your got a supposedly "new" phone with an 18 month old OS on it.
Root your phone and install whatever version or custom ROM that you want.
Sry0fcr said:
Consider yourself lucky, the 2.3.3 updates haven't been all they're cracked up to be. I'd be more concerned that your got a supposedly "new" phone with an 18 month old OS on it.
Root your phone and install whatever version or custom ROM that you want.
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You can go to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884060
for the RUUs, but if you want to avoid Gingerbread, do not go past the 3.70 build number.
Couldn't you just run the latest RUU and upgrade the phone that way. Actually I'm kind of surprised the phone hasn't prompted for one of the OTA updates.
On the other hand I would probably just root and install whatever ROM you want.
hey thanks for the reply i still do want the gingerbread update but if i root it and put a stock rom on there willl it try to push the gingerbread update also, i use a mac and can i root the phone directly from the handset because i have been thinking of rooting my phone for quite some time now.
reggiedarden said:
Couldn't you just run the latest RUU and upgrade the phone that way. Actually I'm kind of surprised the phone hasn't prompted for one of the OTA updates.
On the other hand I would probably just root and install whatever ROM you want.
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Even the OTAs would prompt you for one of the software builds in the middle before you can upgrade to Gingerbread.
I had to go from 3.26, to 3.29, to 3.70 before I could even get to 4.24 Gingerbread with the OTAs. The RUUs may or may not be different.
reggiedarden said:
Couldn't you just run the latest RUU and upgrade the phone that way. Actually I'm kind of surprised the phone hasn't prompted for one of the OTA updates.
On the other hand I would probably just root and install whatever ROM you want.
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well htc told me that since its on eclair i cant skip froyo i have to get froyo just to get gingerbread a couple of people do keep telling me to just root it
shortydoggg said:
Even the OTAs would prompt you for one of the software builds in the middle before you can upgrade to Gingerbread.
I had to go from 3.26, to 3.29, to 3.70 before I could even get to 4.24 Gingerbread with the OTAs. The RUUs may or may not be different.
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i dont have any prompts at all none whatsoever. i check it 3 times a day just to see if anything might change but it doesnt.
megarain555 said:
well htc told me that since its on eclair i cant skip froyo i have to get froyo just to get gingerbread a couple of people do keep telling me to just root it
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It's probably best to root it, but it's also probably best to root it on Froyo. Maybe I'm wrong on that.
megarain555 said:
i dont have any prompts at all none whatsoever. i check it 3 times a day just to see if anything might change but it doesnt.
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Eclair is probably not supported anymore by the updates.
shortydoggg said:
It's probably best to root it, but it's also probably best to root it on Froyo. Maybe I'm wrong on that.
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well thats my thing i use a mac and idk how to root for one and then how could i even root it using a mac? or can i root it directly from the phone when i try to make the phone boot up in the bootloader the screen just stays black. i really would like a custome rom so i can use the hotpot feature free....i mean that will realy help me around my house.
Run the 3.70 RUU, then if you want to root it do so from there since it's much easier to unroot FroYo root methods. Once you have it rooted, you can flash a Gingerbread rom or stay on 2.2 if you prefer.
Have you tried any RUUs?
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plainjane said:
Run the 3.70 RUU, then if you want to root it do so from there since it's much easier to unroot FroYo root methods. Once you have it rooted, you can flash a Gingerbread rom or stay on 2.2 if you prefer.
Have you tried any RUUs?
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no i havent tried running any RUU but...i just downloaded the .zip signed froyo file and im unzipping it at this very moment, how do i install it?
megarain555 said:
no i havent tried running any RUU but...i just downloaded the .zip signed froyo file and im unzipping it at this very moment, how do i install it?
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No, No,
You don't unzip the file. You place it on the root of your SD card. Then you power off the phone, then hold volume down and power buttons at the same time. After a delay, it should ask you whether or not to accept the update. Say yes by hitting volume up.
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No, No,
You don't unzip the file. You place it on the root of your SD card. Then you power off the phone, then hold volume down and power buttons at the same time. After a delay, it should ask you whether or not to accept the update. Say yes by hitting volume up.
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Is the folder named root
megarain555 said:
Is the folder named root
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No,
Just put the zip file directly on your SD card, and not inside any folders. That's called the root (of your SD card).
megarain555 said:
Is the folder named root
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No, "root of the SD card" means not in any folders. Make sure it's named exactly PC36IMG.zip. Don't add the zip extension, it's already there even if you don't see it. Boot into the bootloader, it'll detect & ask you to update. Choose yes. When it asks you to reboot accept that as well. You should boot into stock 2.2. Then you can run unrevoked (or whatever method you want) to root if that's what you want to do.
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Find the PC36IMG.zip of 3.70 handouts it in the main directory of the sd-card. Boot into bootloader and let it find update and apply. Then use unrevoked to get s-off then do what u want. Update or whatever.
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Omg that worked thank goin I'm currently.running gingerbread after all of thY hassle. Now I heard that recently they removes the tight screws off the hardware requirements to use sense 3.0 might you know how to get the EVO running sense 3.0
megarain555 said:
Omg that worked thank goin I'm currently.running gingerbread after all of thY hassle. Now I heard that recently they removes the tight screws off the hardware requirements to use sense 3.0 might you know how to get the EVO running sense 3.0
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Run revolutionary. Follow all steps indicated by the site.
Go here and download RLS 2.1: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1203761
Place that file in the Root directory of your SD card (not in any folders) and rename delete the "." between the 2 and the 1 in 2.1.
Download ROM manager from the market if you have clockwork mod installed.
Open ROM manager and select Install ROM from SD card.
Select the file.
Select wipe data and cache and wipe dalvik cache (as well as backup current ROM if you wish).
Allow it to run through everything. It will reboot when it finishes. Just let it sit until you see the Pull ring lockscreen.
If this does not work, let me know.
These links may help you out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1218141
I'll add more as needed by you...
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I bought a handset off another forum a couple of months back and I think it's a fully unbranded handset, and have been trying to run the 2.2 update, except everytime I get to the green sync symbol after it restarts, I then get a red question mark.
I'm running
Firmware 2.1 update1
Build number .1.1.405.2 CL174215 release keys
Software number 1.21.405.2
So is this rooted? Either way, how do I get the Froyo update to work?
Many thanks!
normalnix said:
I bought a handset off another forum a couple of months back and I think it's a fully unbranded handset, and have been trying to run the 2.2 update, except everytime I get to the green sync symbol after it restarts, I then get a red question mark.
I'm running
Firmware 2.1 update1
Build number .1.1.405.2 CL174215 release keys
Software number 1.21.405.2
So is this rooted? Either way, how do I get the Froyo update to work?
Many thanks!
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You will know if it is rooted cos you wont be able to pull it out the ground lol
Only jokin if you phone is rooted you will have a program in your apps called super user.
hope this helps
I have something called superuser permissions. Is that it? As you can gather, I'm a bit of a thicky so an idiots guide would be great!
normalnix said:
I have something called superuser permissions. Is that it? As you can gather, I'm a bit of a thicky so an idiots guide would be great!
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Yeah thats the one your phone is rooted
Ok. That answers the first part I guess then. Any ideas how I get to Froyo? I can download the update, but it always fails to do it's thing.
Do I have to restore the phone or what? And how?
is your phone branded in any way? even a start up logo ?
and where can you download the update? from system software updates on your phone?
There's no branding on the phone, box or software. I can download the update via software updates.
PS. Thanks for the help so far!
If you can download it from software updates go for it froyo here we go,
no branding is a good sign
Just try updating via the update manager as that should work.
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That's the problem. It doesn't work!
Same thing with me....
I bought a Telstra Branded Handset. Had a company root and install a generic rom. (Telstra handset because it works on ATT 3G.) This morning, the phone told me that I had an Android Software Update (Version 2.2). The phone downloaded it, but wouldn't install. I imagine because the dang thing is rooted.
I will wait a few days for someone to offer a desire rom with 2.2 and HTC sense.
Is there an easy way to restore the handset to it's original software so I can upgrade from there?
Look for the Unrooting guide in the (sticky) guides collection. I believe it just involves flashing a stock rom. But currently you won't be able to root your phone after official OTA froyo update, since it flashes your hboot too. Alternatively you can flash a rooted froyo ROM without hboot.
Edit: Look in development forum for the sticky guide. The place to be for topics like this; it makes them obsolete.
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Many thanks!
For further info, see 'How to Unroot your HTC Desire to stock' in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6710092&postcount=4
It took a bit of time to download all the updates, but I got there in the end.
My Desire is rooted, 2.1, not 2.2 Froyo, I wish. But I am trying to things in the file management like install and move around apk files. But it wont allow saying I have no permissions. Rooted to me means God access, but its not really god access. Any ideas why?
jontokyo said:
My Desire is rooted, 2.1, not 2.2 Froyo, I wish. But I am trying to things in the file management like install and move around apk files. But it wont allow saying I have no permissions. Rooted to me means God access, but its not really god access. Any ideas why?
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Even if you are rooted, you will have READ ONLY access to /system due to NAND protection. You can only write to /system from recovery.
Regards,
Dave
hi
i am new to andriod rom i am using htc desire hd how do i found that my phone is rooted or not please help thanks in advance
nagagaya said:
i am new to andriod rom i am using htc desire hd how do i found that my phone is rooted or not please help thanks in advance
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2nd post. If you have a superuser app, you are rooted.
ok, i thought the 1.47 OTA would download to my sdcard...it didn't. But i wasn't quite convinced it was on the device so i clicked "install update" w/ the sd card pulled...as soon as it began i pulled the battery. Now, whenever i boot it automatically goes straight to the black update screen (with the hard drive icon) trying to install the OTA !!!
How can i stop this and boot normally back into 1.32??? w/o forcing the 1.47 update!!
(i am unrooted btw) THANKS FOR ANY TIPS!!
adeyo said:
ok, i thought the 1.47 OTA would download to my sdcard...it didn't. But i wasn't quite convinced it was on the device so i clicked "install update" w/ the sd card pulled...as soon as it began i pulled the battery. Now, whenever i boot it automatically goes straight to the black update screen (with the hard drive icon) trying to install the OTA !!!
How can i stop this and boot normally back into 1.32??? w/o forcing the 1.47 update!!
(i am unrooted btw) THANKS FOR ANY TIPS!!
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I could be wrong but i dont think there is a way to stop it if unrooted. in good news even if you let it update to 1.47 you can still root (just dont go to 2.2) so not sure why you would want to stay at 1.32
omegasun18 said:
I could be wrong but i dont think there is a way to stop it if unrooted. in good news even if you let it update to 1.47 you can still root (just dont go to 2.2) so not sure why you would want to stay at 1.32
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thanks. i hadn't backed up everything yet. also, i had unrevoked so i hope this doesn't drop my pri down to 1.32 from 1.40 (i guess i lose free tethering too)...other than those things, i was just about to root and get froyo!
so, you don't think i can boot into recovery and wipe something before it completely installs upon reboot??
adeyo said:
thanks. i hadn't backed up everything yet. also, i had unrevoked so i hope this doesn't drop my pri down to 1.32 from 1.40 (i guess i lose free tethering too)...other than those things, i was just about to root and get froyo!
so, you don't think i can boot into recovery and wipe something before it completely installs upon reboot??
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Not without root. Whatever is trying to run is almost certainly on /system, which is not writable without root access. Just let it go and root after that.
Also, NEVER PULL THE BATTERY WHILE THE SYSTEM IS FLASHING! That's a real good way to end up with a half-written (bricked) ROM.
Just let it update to 1.47 and then use Simple Root or whitslacks method to gain root again. Then flash back to 1.32 if you so desire. As mentioned before, do not allow it to update to 2.2 as there is not yet a method to gain root for the OTA 2.2.
Furthermore, check the dev forum for the PRI issue. They need someone with an unrooted OTA 1.47 with a PRI 1.40_003. You could be everyone's hero.
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SilverZero said:
Not without root. Whatever is trying to run is almost certainly on /system, which is not writable without root access. Just let it go and root after that.
Also, NEVER PULL THE BATTERY WHILE THE SYSTEM IS FLASHING! That's a real good way to end up with a half-written (bricked) ROM.
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wow...thanks!!! i hope i didn't screw anything up! i'm letting it finish up now...EHHH...THIS IS WIERD??? this time i was just going to let it flash and so i went ahead and plugged in my usb, but instead of flashing it went to the boot animations and back to my phone????...i'll check to see if i screwed anything up??
**EDIT: wow, it prompted me to install the update again, looks like i am back. I will try cancelling installation this time... (it gives me a discard update option) i click yes, it says "this will wipe the update from your phone" ....so I guess all is well!!!!
adeyo said:
wow...thanks!!! i hope i didn't screw anything up! i'm letting it finish up now...EHHH...THIS IS WIERD??? this time i was just going to let it flash and so i went ahead and plugged in my usb, but instead of flashing it went to the boot animations and back to my phone????...i'll check to see if i screwed anything up??
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It probably tried to flash, found nothing there, and removed the instructions from the boot process. So you may have gotten away with it. Check your software version in Settings - About Phone to see where you ended up. Also, is your SD card still out of the phone? It may be waiting to spring back on you when you put it back in, but just let it go anyway if that's the case.
sombdy said:
Just let it update to 1.47 and then use Simple Root or whitslacks method to gain root again. Then flash back to 1.32 if you so desire. As mentioned before, do not allow it to update to 2.2 as there is not yet a method to gain root for the OTA 2.2.
Furthermore, check the dev forum for the PRI issue. They need someone with an unrooted OTA 1.47 with a PRI 1.40_003. You could be everyone's hero.
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everyone's hero?? haha...that PRI thread is why i was trying to download the 1.47 OTA in the first place anyway, i am still at 1.32 now. do you have a tip as to how i can help them??
SilverZero said:
It probably tried to flash, found nothing there, and removed the instructions from the boot process. So you may have gotten away with it. Check your software version in Settings - About Phone to see where you ended up. Also, is your SD card still out of the phone? It may be waiting to spring back on you when you put it back in, but just let it go anyway if that's the case.
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ahh...maybe you are right? maybe it was a phantom flash anyway b/c i never put my sd card back in, also, i did delete that update.zip that was on there anyway...so i'll see if anything happens when i put the card back in. my settings show 1.32 still
**UPDATE: no attempt to reload/reboot system with update after sd card is in. Looks good!
Then you're the **** of the walk!
now, should i root and then go straight to 2.2 or go to 1.47 first?? what is the best way to keep my PRI 1.40_003 intact????
adeyo said:
now, should i root and then go straight to 2.2 or go to 1.47 first?? what is the best way to keep my PRI 1.40_003 intact????
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I don't think you can, that's why there's a bounty out for it. When you root, your PRI will change to 1.34 because you have to use the engineering ROMs. Correct me if I'm wrong.
You don't want to just upgrade to 2.2 OTA . . . unless you WANT to block root until somebody finds a way to root Froyo on the Evo.
PRI aside, you should probably root from 1.32, no reason to go up through 1.47 and you'll avoid the "Main Version is Older" problem.
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I don't think you can, that's why there's a bounty out for it. When you root, your PRI will change to 1.34 because you have to use the engineering ROMs. Correct me if I'm wrong.
You don't want to just upgrade to 2.2 OTA . . . unless you WANT to block root until somebody finds a way to root Froyo on the Evo.
PRI aside, you should probably root from 1.32, no reason to go up through 1.47 and you'll avoid the "Main Version is Older" problem.
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great, thanks! i will root and go straight to 2.2. I guess there is no known way to keep PPI 1.4 and actually root. ...it just gets to me that unrevoked users can keep PRI 1.40 and full rooters can't...there should be some way!
adeyo said:
great, thanks! i will root and go straight to 2.2. I guess there is no known way to keep PPI 1.4 and actually root. ...it just gets to me that unrevoked users can keep PRI 1.40 and full rooters can't...there should be some way!
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I wasn't aware of that, but the reason is probably that Unrevoked users can't flash any ROMs that would update the PRI anyway.
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I wasn't aware of that, but the reason is probably that Unrevoked users can't flash any ROMs that would update the PRI anyway.
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oh...what ROMs wouldn't update the PRI? My friend is an unrevoked 2?3? user and i know he has tried a few different ROMs ...one of them being DamageControl, most recently. He has also tried a few different kernels.
***EDIT: Here are the steps he took:
1) Started w/ Unrevoked 1
2) OTA'd 1.47
3) Unrevoked 3 from 1.47 (then was able to flash froyo rooted roms
4) He still doesn't have nand access, but he flashed the following roms: Fresh (most recent), Burnt Droid, the odexed Stock "FINAL" by netarchy, and DamageControl. Burnt droid didn't take, but neither did DamageControl at first, but now works fine. His recovery is ClockworkMod.
I need to bring my phone back to sprint I tried all UNROOT methods but my USB is broke and when I try to USE the PC36IMG.zip I get an error saying something like (update is older ect..) so I got the idea that if I flash a old rom before the updates and just update my phone it will unroot me but the problem I cant find a flashable rom thats old since we moved on so much since the EVO came out???
I just had to do this two days ago. You need an updated image file, it's posted in the unrooting thread in this forum. I'm on my cell so it'll take me a while to post a link. Give me a minute.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780141
There's a copy of the updated file in that thread.
did you find this when you searched?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695878
They only look for the superuser application. Flash a stock rooted rom. Remove the superuser app and you will be good to go.
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DomSim said:
did you find this when you searched?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695878
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Your so helpful!
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Unless they see his s-off in hboot.
They know to check the bootloader. Just install one of the official ruu to unroot. Simple as that. I've done it.
Official RUU
Just flash an official ruu and you will be good to go. You can find them all over the place in here.
3.70 (latest RUU)
Below is a link to the very latest RUU possible so that you're phone can be brought back to stock status without root. I would recommend flashing the S-On tool also which I'll post as the second link too. The first link is to the RUU. Good luck
Official RUU (will unroot your phone/rom)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=874091&highlight=ruus
The Unrevoked S-On Tool:
http://downloads.unrevoked.com/forever/current/unrevoked-forever-son.zip
EDIT: Also, I was thinking, if the above won't work due to your USB issues, maybe you could flash another rom, a sense based rom, like from Flipz or someone, and then run the "system update" program from the phone and maybe it'll update you to the latest RUU using the OTA Update program. That may solve your issues for getting the phone back to stock status without SU app and without root. Then, if that works, I would reboot the phone in to the bootloader and check to see if it says S-off or S-on. If it says S-on, you're fine and ready to go to sprint. If it says S-off, download and run the unrevoked S-on tool I posted above. Hopefully you won't need USB for it to run properly, but hey, you never know. Either way, if it does, there's got to be a way to use a S-on tool out there that doesn't need USB access. Hope this info helps you out in any way possible
EDIT #2: Read the stuff in this post to help with things if the above won't work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780141&highlight=ruus
When it says to connect USB and put the files on the SD Card, just use a card reader via a laptop or something to put the files on the SD Card and continue on.
I have taken my phone to sprint service centers 3 times. 2 speaker replacements, 2 screen replacements, a camera lens replacement (combined with a screen replacement, and they replaced the whole front of the phone - no more dents all around the shiny black bezel).
I always insisted they not replace the phone, as I wanna keep my 0002 HW. My phone was root with custom rom, but with a ''back to stock" theme flashed on it (thanks Virus)
My bootscreen is black (not white) with white evo 4g text, so, as soon as they turn my phone on it's obvious it's custom.
I know this isn't as helpful as previous posts, I'm just saying worst-case-scenario flash a stock theme and you'll probably be fine. I've had more than one tech tell me 'as long as you try to make it look stock, make the effort, that's good enough'.
Especially given that it's a hardware related issue, rather than a SW issue - I mean, they wont blame root access for your USB port not working.
Good luck, hope you get it sorted either way.
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There's a copy of the updated file in that thread.
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I tried that first and I can not get it to work, so I was looking for a older rom to flash then update it but cant find a old rom in a zip thats flashable!!
corelle said:
I tried that first and I can not get it to work, so I was looking for a older rom to flash then update it but cant find a old rom in a zip thats flashable!!
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How old of a ROM are you looking for? There are plenty of 3.30 Software roms. Myn's RLS4 is 3.30 software, RLS3 is 3.29, etc. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8341836 That's a link to Myn's thread. Look in post #3, all of his older releases are linked there. Also, if you look in Myn's Signature, there's a link to OTA Supersonic 3.29, stock, rooted base rom.
With all that said, I don't think that will remedy you're 'main version older' problem. I believe it checks your hboot version, or radio versions or something. Not the actual software version. I could be wrong, but I believe that's the case. I would try a couple of the different PC36IMG's in this thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884060&highlight=hboot-0.97+ruu. It has all of the recent versions. If thew newest PC36IMG doesn't work, try the next older one (3.30) etc. One of them is bound to work for you. Good luck.
Some people have a 2nd Gmail account that isn't tied to any root apps incase the techs at sprint get nosey and look where they shouldn't be....
.........at 8 am today someone poisons the coffee....do not drink the coffee. More instructions will follow.
Cordially,
Future Dwight
may be late to the party, but check out some of these theres a **** load of old ROM's lol...
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/cdma-htc-...m-database-163-2-new-roms-kernal-updates.html
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/cdma-htc-...m-database-163-2-new-roms-kernal-updates.html
...bookmark it
When I did unroot, I restored my nandroid from before I installed ota 3.70, then unistall superuser (won't go away if you do a wipe), once your good to go, then use ra recovery to flash the official 3.70 ota, don't reboot once that completes, then flash s-on, then reboot you phone. I would recomend pulling ur sd card before taking it in, and doing a data wipe just to make sure all signs of root are gone
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OK so it looks like I keep getting that error code was because the files i was using was all corrupted I used (md5 checker) and it answered that for me...so I need a uncorrupted PG36IMG file!!!!
corelle said:
OK so it looks like I keep getting that error code was because the files i was using was all corrupted I used (md5 checker) and it answered that for me...so I need a uncorrupted PG36IMG file!!!!
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Looking for an RUU?
corelle said:
OK so it looks like I keep getting that error code was because the files i was using was all corrupted I used (md5 checker) and it answered that for me...so I need a uncorrupted PG36IMG file!!!!
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Where did you try downloading from? I've never got a corrupted one from the link I posted above. Did you try redownloading? Do you have a good internet connection?
Is this even possible to RUU back to the old OS then root? I downloaded this file
RUU_Vivo_W_VERIZON_WWE_1.34.605.3_Radio_0.99.01.02 25_2_NV_VZW1.92_release_181303_signed.exe
I want to try it but I don't want to brick my device of only 2 days old... lol
Come on! Be bold for the rest of us! Lol..I think someone said they tried it and it didn't work with s-on, however it does work with s-off.
I've also read that it fails when trying to flash the Froyo RUU over GB. It didn't brick it or anything, though.
If it does work with S-Off, in theory, if you have 2.3, you could use at XTC clip to achieve S-Off, then use the RUU to downgrade to Froyo, then root, CWM, etc. Right?
beenz said:
I've also read that it fails when trying to flash the Froyo RUU over GB. It didn't brick it or anything, though.
If it does work with S-Off, in theory, if you have 2.3, you could use at XTC clip to achieve S-Off, then use the RUU to downgrade to Froyo, then root, CWM, etc. Right?
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I think what they are primarily looking for right now is a temp root for 2.3.3 so we can use the s-off tool. The old root exploit was patched with the 2.3.3 update, without that we can't downgrade and use the tool to achieve s-off, correct me if I'm wrong.
Whatever they do I hope they do it quick I cannot take sense for another day lol.
Yeah, I think it may fail too. I like Sense, I just want to remove the garbage that comes on this thing.
Any RUU from Verizon suck as the one mentioned above, will work on S-OFF, that's the beauty of S-OFF you don't need a file signed by HTC... with S-ON that RUU should flash since it is by HTC, it may say main bootloader is older and fail I'm not sure... I'd put it into a PG32IMG.zip and flash in hboot.. you can do this with the .3 RUU and the .4 exe
andybones said:
Any RUU from Verizon suck as the one mentioned above, will work on S-OFF, that's the beauty of S-OFF you don't need a file signed by HTC... with S-ON that RUU should flash since it is by HTC, it may say main bootloader is older and fail I'm not sure... I'd put it into a PG32IMG.zip and flash in hboot.. you can do this with the .3 RUU and the .4 exe
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I'm actually downloading it right now, going to try and just flash it, if that fails then going to try it with GoldCard.
Let us know if it works for you.
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Let us know if it works for you.
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Tried .exe method, no go. Tried regular method by renaming, no good, funny part is it doesn't even give a error or nothing when it loads it up, it just goes back to the Bootloader menu. Then i tried the Gold Card method, no go, although i did format my card, but i read that once you have a Gold Card it stays a Gold card. So unfortunately, even if i did root this phone and didn't upgrade to 2.3, because i'm getting a much needed replacement i'm doomed for 2.3 anyway. Whelp i tried.
shoman24v said:
Is this even possible to RUU back to the old OS then root? I downloaded this file
RUU_Vivo_W_VERIZON_WWE_1.34.605.3_Radio_0.99.01.02 25_2_NV_VZW1.92_release_181303_signed.exe
I want to try it but I don't want to brick my device of only 2 days old... lol
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You try this yet?
EDIT: Sorry, when I was reading this thread the only post that came up was the original. Once I replied they all showed up. Weird, but apologies.
shoman24v said:
Is this even possible to RUU back to the old OS then root? I downloaded this file
RUU_Vivo_W_VERIZON_WWE_1.34.605.3_Radio_0.99.01.02 25_2_NV_VZW1.92_release_181303_signed.exe
I want to try it but I don't want to brick my device of only 2 days old... lol
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I tried this way back before I got my xtc clip and the answer is no it will not work with s-on. It looks like its going to work and then displays a message about bootloader or something to that affect. I have it somewhere in these threads.
So here's a question off the top of my head. Probably not possible, but I'll ask anyway.
So the bootloader will only install HTC signed files, and we have HTC signed files of FroYo that the bootloader rejects. So there must be some kind of version check where it'll only flash a file with a higher version number than what's currently on the phone. If we knew where it was checking, would it be possible to modify a FroYo RUU file to report a higher version than the current GB so the bootloader thinks it's installing an upgrade instead of a downgrade?
Like I said, probably not possible, but it would seem to be logical.
ChrisDDD said:
So here's a question off the top of my head. Probably not possible, but I'll ask anyway.
So the bootloader will only install HTC signed files, and we have HTC signed files of FroYo that the bootloader rejects. So there must be some kind of version check where it'll only flash a file with a higher version number than what's currently on the phone. If we knew where it was checking, would it be possible to modify a FroYo RUU file to report a higher version than the current GB so the bootloader thinks it's installing an upgrade instead of a downgrade?
Like I said, probably not possible, but it would seem to be logical.
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It does make sense, however the signature is generated from the contents of the file. If you change the contents of the file, it invalidates the signature and the boot loader won't load it. That is how HTC prevents you from modifying official HTC files.
ChrisDDD said:
So here's a question off the top of my head. Probably not possible, but I'll ask anyway.
So the bootloader will only install HTC signed files, and we have HTC signed files of FroYo that the bootloader rejects. So there must be some kind of version check where it'll only flash a file with a higher version number than what's currently on the phone. If we knew where it was checking, would it be possible to modify a FroYo RUU file to report a higher version than the current GB so the bootloader thinks it's installing an upgrade instead of a downgrade?
Like I said, probably not possible, but it would seem to be logical.
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If you modified the file. It wouldn't be signed by HTC anymore.
If it is checked by md5, it can be spoofed.
http://www.win.tue.nl/hashclash/SoftIntCodeSign/
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slydweis said:
If it is checked by md5, it can be spoofed.
http://www.win.tue.nl/hashclash/SoftIntCodeSign/
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I remember this being discussed before in the Eris forum. I can't find the thread, but I believe that the signature is somehow encrypted, and you would need the encryption key. I believe they even discussed if you could crack the encryption code, and although possible, it was not likely.
tpbklake said:
It does make sense, however the signature is generated from the contents of the file. If you change the contents of the file, it invalidates the signature and the boot loader won't load it. That is how HTC prevents you from modifying official HTC files.
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I figured that, I just wondered if since all that would presumably need to be changed would be a single digit, if there would be any way to do it without screwing up the signature, like with a hex editor or something.
But, like I said, I figured it wasn't possible...
I got the notification this morning, and (since I'm S-Off) assumed I could just install the OTA and re-root (flash Clockwork, install SU). The OTA went through the download > verify > reboot dialogue, but froze up on the reboot step so I just rebooted it manually, expecting to have to re-run the updater. Oddly enough, I haven't gotten the update notice again, despite multiple shut downs/reboots.
TL;DR - Do I need to have the stock Froyo ROM installed for the OTA to succeed?
You do need to have the stock recovery, which is likely why it failed during the reboot. If you really want to receive the OTA, it's probably easiest to just flash the stock 2.2 RUU.
no, for two reasons.
1. assuming you are on a custom rom, your phone is rooted, and root often blocks the update.
2. in order to get gb on the rom, they need to new kernal...or a re-worked one, ginger sense and the two senseless roms already have it. yanked em from the ruu.
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You do need to have the stock recovery, which is likely why it failed during the reboot. If you really want to receive the OTA, it's probably easiest to just flash the stock 2.2 RUU.
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Thanks, that's exactly what I thought. I'm not sure why I'm so eager to install it, I just think it'd be nice to take it for a test drive before reverting to SkyRaider/Cyanogen/whatever my flashing-heart desires
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1. assuming you are on a custom rom, your phone is rooted, and root often blocks the update.
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So I need an non-rooted ROM (stock Froyo..) to install the update (I understand I don't need it to install a version of GB, I was referring to the stock GB update that just got pushed out). Thanks for also confirming my suspicions
Novice Rooted incredible Unrevoked3
I have been scouring forums and have only found bits and pieces of how I should handle the Gingerbread upgrade to my rooted Inc. I am rooted with Unrevoked3 NOT Forever. I really only use root for Wireless Tether and TIBackup. What should I do if I am prompted for the upgrade to my phone? What is the process and will my phone get pushed the update. Essentially, I would like the Gingerbread update, reamain rooted so I don't loose the Wireless Tether.
Should I apply the update then go back to Unrevoked? I here people say that I should install Unrevoked Forever then flash 2.2 apply the update then i guess I can use unrevoked 3 again? Is there a step by step how to guide to handle this. I am really confused and afraid off messing something up.
Thank you in advance.
If you were prompted for the update it would fail unless you have s-on and the stock recovery.
Just flash one of the OTA leak roms in the dev section if you want to try stock gingerbread. In the event you choose to return to complete non-root status and update to Verizon's gingerbread OTA, you will not be able to root again until (or if) Unrevoked finds another root exploit.
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If you were prompted for the update it would fail unless you have s-on and the stock recovery.
Just flash one of the OTA leak roms in the dev section if you want to try stock gingerbread. In the event you choose to return to complete non-root status and update to Verizon's gingerbread OTA, you will not be able to root again until (or if) Unrevoked finds another root exploit.
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Not exactly true you dont have to be s-on, actually you dont want to ever go s-on for any reason unless you are under waranty and need to take it to verizon. Flashing an update to gb while s-on will make you loose root possibly forever.
You do need to be compleet stock to run an update including all bloatware still installed.
The update still may be on your phone in the /cache directory look for a zip file with vzw and a bunch of numbers in the name. Copy it to your sd card and rename it update.zip and reboot into hboot to install the update.
Or you can just flash this it is compleet stock gb 4.06.605.3 other than being rooted deodexed and busybox installed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1247253
Touché, I stand corrected haha
can't get past 4.06.605.2
OK, I have been reading up all I can find about going from 2.2 to 2.3.4 on Incredible. I was able to download the 4.06.605.2 build and got it to install on my phone, but I can't seem to get any of the 4.06.605.3 to install. I am not sure if I did something wrong. I have also tried to get the OTA by going to system updates but nothing there. Any ideas that I can try?
Also I noticed something odd under Hardware Information it thinks my display is 4.3 inch WVGA resolution but everything seems to show up right on the screen, nothing gets cut off.
This is what my phone shows under Software Information
Android Version
2.3.4
Baseband version
2.15.10.07.07
Kernel version
2.6.35.10-g5e15ac4
[email protected] #1
Mon Jul 18 19:36:11 CST 2011
Build number
4.06.605.2 CL111240 release-keys
Software number
4.06.605.2
Browser version
WebKit/533.1
PRI version
1.50_022
PRL version
52341
ERI
5
If your still rooted just flash the rom in the above post. If not reroot and install it. It is pure stock and the screen size info was fixed.
I was able to put 2.3.4, 4.06.605.2 on my Droid with S-ON and no root, at least I never rooted it myself and as far as I knew it was brand new when I purchased it from Verizon. So I am going to have to find out how to root then. Never quite understood how to do it, although when I was with ATT I was able to put custom roms on my Pure and Fuse. I am assuming there is a thread for rooting?
louisianarod81 said:
I was able to put 2.3.4, 4.06.605.2 on my Droid with S-ON and no root, at least I never rooted it myself and as far as I knew it was brand new when I purchased it from Verizon. So I am going to have to find out how to root then. Never quite understood how to do it, although when I was with ATT I was able to put custom roms on my Pure and Fuse. I am assuming there is a thread for rooting?
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Well if you are stock as you say just download the below file, rename it update.zip and stick it on your sd card not in any folders. Then go to settings/manage applications and make sure fastboot is unchecked. Then power off your phone. Then hold the vol down button while pressing and holding power till a white screen pops up. It should automaticly find the update.zip and install the update.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32165623/e53...ase_211679.zip
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Well if you are stock as you say just download the below file, rename it update.zip and stick it on your sd card not in any folders. Then go to settings/manage applications and make sure fastboot is unchecked. Then power off your phone. Then hold the vol down button while pressing and holding power till a white screen pops up. It should automaticly find the update.zip and install the update.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32165623/e53...ase_211679.zip
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Ps: If you are already on gingerbread 605.2 and s-on, then there is no current method to root available yet.
This it was appears when I do that
INCREDIBLE XD SHIP S-ON
HBOOT_0.92.0000
MICROP-0417
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224–16ab
RADIO-2.15.10.07.07
Jul 23 2010, 10:06.51
then says HBOOT and gives options of Fastboot, Recovery, Clear Storage, Simlock, Factory Reset
does seem to won to read the update.zip
louisianarod81 said:
This it was appears when I do that
INCREDIBLE XD SHIP S-ON
HBOOT_0.92.0000
MICROP-0417
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224–16ab
RADIO-2.15.10.07.07
Jul 23 2010, 10:06.51
then says HBOOT and gives options of Fastboot, Recovery, Clear Storage, Simlock, Factory Reset
does seem to won to read the update.zip
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Hmm should automaticly find it. Did you download it with your pc or from the phone?
downloaded to my laptop then transfered the SD card
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downloaded to my laptop then transfered the SD card
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Do you have file extensions set to show on your pc? What i mean by that is when you downloaded the file did it already say .zip at the end of the file or was there no . anything.
that link you posted a few spots earlier is dead can you post it again, it my have something to do with the ..... in the middle, maybe it didn't copy and past right.
It does show .zip
louisianarod81 said:
that link you posted a few spots earlier is dead can you post it again, it my have something to do with the ..... in the middle, maybe it didn't copy and past right.
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I guess the link went down. here is a new one. With this file you will not have to rename it anything just delete the old one you put on your sd and replace it with this one and try again.
http://dinc.does-it.net/update.zip