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Help reverting to stock rom

First off I've browsed the forums and cannot find an answer to my question. I know there are similar posts but not entirely answering my question.
Originally my HTC desire was running on official firmware on orange UK. Then I decided to root. I installed LeeDroid and then recently switched to MIUI. All I want to know is if I can revert back to how it originally was when I first got the phone. I cannot find anywhere an orange UK ruu. Is there a different one I can safely use and how do I do it?
All I want is all the rooting stuff removed not necessarily meaning I want all of the orange branding and everything back how it was
I want to know this because soon I am selling my phone and want it to be pretty much how it should be.
I am getting the phone unlocked to work on any network as the recipient of the phone is using a different network hence me not being bothered about the orange branding
Any help would be absolutely brill.
Thanks in advance

Well If you want the Orange Branded stuff back, then you need an Orange Official RUU. But I can't help you where to find it.

The HTCdev.com 2.3.3 RUU still comes with warranty so flash that to unroot. There are no Orange RUU's

Do i just flash as i would a custom rom hence going into recovery and 'install zip from SD card'? Is it really that simple? Does that completely make it like it was never rooted?

No its an .exe you run from windows. Connectng the phone via USB. If you are not s-off with a hboot version of 6.x, it re-writes everything. if you HAVE got the custom hboot, you need to flash the alpharev downgare.img hboot first.

Thank you, I will try this in the afternoon, if I fail be expecting to hear back from me cheers again mate

I am currently running AlphaRev
Bravo PVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
Radio - 5.17.05.23
However, when I try to enter recovery, I get a black screen with a picture of a phone with a red cross over it.
I am trying to revert to the stock bootloader to cure the recovery problem as I have already tried re-flashing CM7 but still get the same problem.
I tried to flash downgrade.img followed by the stock.img using Android Flasher but I can't get it to work.
Any suggestions?

You just need to fastboot flash the recovery.img
Have a read of my adb and fastboot faq in my signature. You dont need to read the adb stuff as it is not relevant

rootSU said:
You just need to fastboot flash the recovery.img
Have a read of my adb and fastboot faq in my signature. You dont need to read the adb stuff as it is not relevant
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Awesome!
Android Flasher kept becoming non-responsive so I followed your instructions to flash via CMD. Now got CWM installed and working

cool. I prefer command line over the GUI myself anyway. Its more resiliant / less to go wrong.

To get rid of root simply install the latest, official RUU which can be found in the Dev Forums

???
I'm dead confused. If i'm honest I don't really understand what you have told me to do. ATM my Desire is running the MIUI rom (Latest version).
When I turn on my phone with the volume buttom held down this is the information shown.
BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.93.0001
MICROP-031d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.17.05.08
As stated before all I want to do is remove the 'rooted' stuff and put an offical version of android on (preferably the latest version - if not, doesn't matter) I really don't understand the steps to undertake to enable this to happen?
I tried downloading and installing 'HTC_Desire_Android_2.3_Upgrade' from the website you gave to me but had no success. the program just keeps saying connection error. I've tried everything but can only get the phone to connect to my PC in data storage mode?? seems to be a common problem with the MIUI rom.
If somebody could please help me step by step I will be so grateful. Getting kinda desperate now. Cheers

NeonVoidJP said:
I'm dead confused. If i'm honest I don't really understand what you have told me to do. ATM my Desire is running the MIUI rom (Latest version).
When I turn on my phone with the volume buttom held down this is the information shown.
BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.93.0001
MICROP-031d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.17.05.08
As stated before all I want to do is remove the 'rooted' stuff and put an offical version of android on (preferably the latest version - if not, doesn't matter) I really don't understand the steps to undertake to enable this to happen?
I tried downloading and installing 'HTC_Desire_Android_2.3_Upgrade' from the website you gave to me but had no success. the program just keeps saying connection error. I've tried everything but can only get the phone to connect to my PC in data storage mode?? seems to be a common problem with the MIUI rom.
If somebody could please help me step by step I will be so grateful. Getting kinda desperate now. Cheers
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Have you tried this method?
This is a pretty good step-by-step guide to installing the HTC standard 2.3.3 Click me.
You can download the RUU for this here: Click me. It is the download at the top of the page.
Simply put your phone into fastboot (power on whilst holding the "back" button), plug your phone in, run the RUU programme and done!
Hope that helps.

unlockroot.com the new solution to hacking Desire HD?

http://unlockroot.com/
I saw this site by accident and the site says the tool supports rooting the Desire HD.
maybe it works like super one click
downloading it right now to test it, because I can't root my phone using AAHK!
feedback later.
edit:
wow, this tool definitely rooted my phone, I now have superuser on my phone and busy box tell me I'm rooted!
process was a breeze much like "super one click"
spent 6-10 minutes
further updates later.
I checked HBOOT and I still have S-ON (guess I still can;t flash roms right?
I do have clockworkmod already

chachoi said:
I checked HBOOT and I still have S-ON (guess I still can;t flash roms right?
I do have clockworkmod already
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You can still flash ROMs, you just have an extra step. It sounds like it roots it like HTCDev.
Flash the rom like usual, then come back to the bootloader, plug into the PC, pull boot.img from the ROM zip, open Command Prompt to the folder where fastboot is, and type 'fastboot flash boot boot.img'

mouse_man said:
You can still flash ROMs, you just have an extra step. It sounds like it roots it like HTCDev.
Flash the rom like usual, then come back to the bootloader, plug into the PC, pull boot.img from the ROM zip, open Command Prompt to the folder where fastboot is, and type 'fastboot flash boot boot.img'
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This is what he has done
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30709084
Sent from a dream.

History of my Desire HD
Hi I'll be telling you exactly about my device, and maybe you guys have inputs on how I can flash a custom ROM on this.
I just need a little more info/Push/
1. I bought this phone about a week ago from an online buying site
2. the phone was branded ( I can see the logo of "3 network logo" every boot up)
3. I have a general Idea on how to flash custom Roms ( I have had 6 android phones so far, all of them rooted and flashed with custom roms)
4. So I immediately wanted to root and flash this phone and found out about AAHK, which downgraded my phone from Android 2.3.5 down to 2.3.3, but cant seem to root my phone. It did however, flashed clockworkmod unto it (v5.0.27) and busybox was installed. The phone also became unbranded, but still I have S-ON
5. to root my phone I used the tool form www.unlockroot.com. Superuser was installed. Still I have S-ON
I have been reading for the past week and I found out I can't install a custom ROM if I have an S-ON
So to have my S-OFF I have been reading this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857537
the problem is I'm not sure if this device was shipped with gingerbread or froyo. Is there a way to find out?
here are some details as well
Android version: 2.3.3
HTC sense: 2.1
Kernel : 2.6.35.10-gd2564fb, [email protected]#1
Software number : 2.50.405.2
on Hboot
ACE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-0.85.0024
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
Apr 12 2011, 00:55:45
S/N: HT0CFRX17365
my reasons for rooting/flashing custom ROM
1. the Phone's proximity sensor is not working well si i wanted to flash another ROM with a different kernel since my current kernel seems unsupported by the DHD proxomity sensor re-calibration tool. I didn't expect DHD would have this problem before buying
2.Also I have an addiction of flashing ROMS and trying new stuff
can you guys point me to the right direction?

I also have a question, can I flash a kernel by HTC even if I have S-On?

mouse_man said:
You can still flash ROMs, you just have an extra step. It sounds like it roots it like HTCDev.
Flash the rom like usual, then come back to the bootloader, plug into the PC, pull boot.img from the ROM zip, open Command Prompt to the folder where fastboot is, and type 'fastboot flash boot boot.img'
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I have the same '3' phone and have a similar problem (But caused by HTCDev - Still have S-ON but phone is rooted). You say that I can flash as per normal and then fastboot the rom.img - I have no problem doing this but many of the custom ROMs I have tried did not load - they got stuck on the developers splash screen and even if left the phone for over 30 mins the ROM did not move forward.
Are there any ways to get through this? So far the only ROMS that I have managed to load ate PrimoS and Virtuous infinity - However with both of these I cannot get the camera or wifi to work - Even using the patches available here.
Any help appreciated

But are you running 2.3.5 by "3"? I downgraded mine to 2.3.3 using AAHK. And after that I can no longer try AAHK, it says radio download failed.
I wannna flash a custom ROM! sense is not that slow but not fast either!
r_usty said:
I have the same '3' phone and have a similar problem (But caused by HTCDev - Still have S-ON but phone is rooted). You say that I can flash as per normal and then fastboot the rom.img - I have no problem doing this but many of the custom ROMs I have tried did not load - they got stuck on the developers splash screen and even if left the phone for over 30 mins the ROM did not move forward.
Are there any ways to get through this? So far the only ROMS that I have managed to load ate PrimoS and Virtuous infinity - However with both of these I cannot get the camera or wifi to work - Even using the patches available here.
Any help appreciated
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i'll bump this one up

attn1's AAHK is still out there. He's just left XDA. It doesn't take much to find him out there, and his kit is still as good as usual.

his kit works still, you just ahve to contact him on the irc channel that i dont know the adress for

It doesn't work for all I think, lots of post here about unable to root their phones, I've tried it countless of times on 2 laptops both doesn't have HTC sync nor itunes and Anti virus or firewalls were disabled.
I was able to downgrade using AAHK but I can't root or S-off my phone
so I used www.unlockroot.com to root my phone but I'm still S-ON

problem solved thanks to attn1!
he maybe a douche sometimes but he's a good egg
thanks attn1!

[Q] still "s-on" after using the aahk kit => what can I do?

Hello
I tried to root my desire hd by using the aahk kit. I strictly followed the efffen manual, but somehow the bootloader still states that the device is in "s-on" mode. I can install custom roms, but I only get the screen showing the htc logo when rebooting the device. I can only access the bootloader and the recovery mode. (the connection to my computer works)
I already tried:
to unlock the bootloader with the help of htcdev.com (=> worked)
to apply the aah Kit a second time => does not work (I get the message that no device is found. Alternatively I can start the hack while the device is switched off. This way the device is found, but the hack doesn't succeed.
Is there anything else I can try? I hope somebody has an advice.

Steph.xda said:
Hello
I tried to root my desire hd by using the aahk kit. I strictly followed the efffen manual, but somehow the bootloader still states that the device is in "s-on" mode. I can install custom roms, but I only get the screen showing the htc logo when rebooting the device. I can only access the bootloader and the recovery mode. (the connection to my computer works)
I already tried:
to unlock the bootloader with the help of htcdev.com (=> worked)
to apply the aah Kit a second time => does not work (I get the message that no device is found. Alternatively I can start the hack while the device is switched off. This way the device is found, but the hack doesn't succeed.
Is there anything else I can try? I hope somebody has an advice.
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You can't use AAHK on an unlocked bootloader. Relock it and try AAHK again if you want S-OFF. If you are okay with S-ON, you need to flash the boot.img each time you flash a ROM. Otherwise, your phone will hang on the HTC screen like yours is right now.
You might have used AAHK to downgrade the first time, which would be why you were still S-ON. If your phone is on 2.3.5, AAHK needs to be run twice: once to downgrade, once to root.

bananagranola said:
You can't use AAHK on an unlocked bootloader. Relock it and try AAHK again if you want S-OFF. If you are okay with S-ON, you need to flash the boot.img each time you flash a ROM. Otherwise, your phone will hang on the HTC screen like yours is right now.
You might have used AAHK to downgrade the first time, which would be why you were still S-ON. If your phone is on 2.3.5, AAHK needs to be run twice: once to downgrade, once to root.
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Thanks for your quick reply! I successfully relocked the bootloader. However, as you may see in the screen shot the AAHK doesn't work properly.
Anyway, I do not necessary need S-Off. Where can I find information about how th flash the boot.img? (Is the boot.img extracted from the stock RUU suitable?) What's the best way to continue? Flashing the boot.img and installing a custom rom directly afterwards?
in addition:
I tried to use a different sd-card => same error.
As suggested I flashed the boot.img. It worked but I still can't use custom ROMs. What do I do wrong???
== >> Got it If anyone else has a similar problem: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31211732&postcount=396

Steph.xda said:
Thanks for your quick reply! I successfully relocked the bootloader. However, as you may see in the screen shot the AAHK doesn't work properly.
Anyway, I do not necessary need S-Off. Where can I find information about how th flash the boot.img? (Is the boot.img extracted from the stock RUU suitable?) What's the best way to continue? Flashing the boot.img and installing a custom rom directly afterwards?
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For AAHK: I think your sdcard may be corrupted for use as a goldcard, which can happen when it's improperly dismounted; though you can access data, you can't use it for AAHK. Get a brand-new one and try it.
For boot.img when S-ON: look in post #7's PDF in the Ace Think Tank thread linked in my signature. Instructions are in there someplace, but I can't remember the page number off the top of my head. You will need to flash the ROM, then fastboot flash the boot.img, each time.

Steph.xda said:
Thanks for your quick reply! I successfully relocked the bootloader. However, as you may see in the screen shot the AAHK doesn't work properly.
Anyway, I do not necessary need S-Off. Where can I find information about how th flash the boot.img? (Is the boot.img extracted from the stock RUU suitable?) What's the best way to continue? Flashing the boot.img and installing a custom rom directly afterwards?
in addition:
I tried to use a different sd-card => same error.
As suggested I flashed the boot.img. It worked but I still can't use custom ROMs. What do I do wrong???
== >> Got it If anyone else has a similar problem: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31211732&postcount=396
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That seems to be a connectivity issue. Have you installed the drivers with the phone unplugged?

HT Desire HD stuck with HTC logo (and CWM)

Hi all,
First of all, I can imagine that this problem has already been encountered a million times, but I tried searching the forum and didn't see the exact same problem as mine with the same setup. I'm happy to read more if someone points me to another thread with the solution.
Long story short, I tried flashing JellyTime_42 on this phone and even though everything seemed to work well, it's not booting and I'm stuck with the HTC logo.
unlocked the bootloader with HTC dev
flashed CWM recovery 5.8.1.5-ace
uploaded cm-JellyTime_42 and gapps.
wiped data, cache and dalvik cache using CWM
installed JellyTime
rebooted... and that's where I am now.
Some info about the phone itself. It's an Desire HD on ATT. cid: CWS__001
*** UNLOCKED ***
ACE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0030
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.17.14.11_M
eMMC-boot
As I said, I can fastboot, and although I'm not sure how to push other stuff to the phone, that part seems functional.
Thanks a lot for your help!!
Nick

You need to fastboot flash the boot.img from the ROM zip.

bananagranola said:
You need to fastboot flash the boot.img from the ROM zip.
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Thanks so much bananagranola, that worked and I can now boot and use the phone!
(for some reason I never saw that step mentioned in any tutorial)
Thanks again

Most tutorials are for S-Off.

Yes, the preferred unlock method for the DHD/I4G is to get S-OFF using the Advanced Ace Hack Kit (AAHK). You can still do that, you just need to relock your bootloader and run the AAHK. The command to relock was given in the last step of HTCdev unlock.
You better do that soon though, if you want. - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38157931
There are 2-3 tutorials in the Ace Think Tank thread for both the AAHK and HTCdev methods of unlock. I've made one for flashing a ROM after HTCdev unlock too. You'll find all the information you'll need about this phone in the Ace Think Tank thread. Look through it.
Also, I suggest you use either 4ext or TWRP recovery rather than CWM. CWM is very dated and causes problems while installing some ROMs (like the recent ViperDHD updates).
For 4ext - Download and install 4ext Recovery Updater from www.4ext.net and flash the latest touch recovery.
For TWRP - Install Goo Manager from Play Store->Menu->Install OpenRecoveryScript
Sent from my Desire HD using xda premium

Hi sashank,
Thanks for your input.
Why is AAHK the preferred method? It seems way complicated compared to what I've done, but probably I'm missing something. That said, the phone works like a charm now after flashing boot.img.

Because if you have S-OFF, you won't need to flash boot.img every time you flash a ROM/kernel/ROM update. You don't need to have a PC with you just to flash a ROM. Also, you can directly restore a backup with no hassle. With HTCdev unlock, you need to flash the boot.img in the backup folder separately to complete the process. I do this for my friend's One X because it doesn't have an S-OFF method unfortunately, and it's quite a hassle. If you're okay with flashing boot.img every time, then stick with HTCdev unlock, no problem.
AAHK is actually quite simple to use. It does everything for you. You just need to follow the instructions to the letter, select a few options correctly and it does the rest. Don't be intimidated by it.
Sent from my Desire HD using xda premium

Nico7578 said:
Hi sashank,
Thanks for your input.
Why is AAHK the preferred method? It seems way complicated compared to what I've done, but probably I'm missing something. That said, the phone works like a charm now after flashing boot.img.
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Nico, HTCDEV just allows you to have a limited control over your device. You will still be linked to your carrier or sales code (CID) and will not be able to flash RUU from other carriers/geographical areas. That might sound useless now, but belive me that when you get stuck and can not find a RUU for your device you will remember it!
Besides, HTCDEV will not allow you to flash radios and some other stuff. Not to metion that your bootloader says *UNLOCKED* in a beautiful pink color at the top...LOL
S-OFF disables all kinda of security in the phone (nand security off) and that allows you to flash anything at all. From RUU's to radios without facing issues. Besides, that is completely reversible and will leave no traces of being S-OFF if you need to get to a service centre.

Nico7578 said:
Hi sashank,
Thanks for your input.
Why is AAHK the preferred method? It seems way complicated compared to what I've done, but probably I'm missing something.
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Because AAHK gives you full control on your device. It basically gives you permanent root privileges, S-OFFs your phone and with SuperCID (if needed) you actually unbrand your phone...that is that you can install every ROM you want on it.
It's not so difficult, to be honest, you just need to carefully read the guide and you'll soon unleash the real power of your device

NeoLocutus said:
Because AAHK gives you full control on your device. It basically gives you permanent root privileges, S-OFFs your phone and with SuperCID (if needed) you actually unbrand your phone...that is that you can install every ROM you want on it.
It's not so difficult, to be honest, you just need to carefully read the guide and you'll soon unleash the real power of your device
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I think that something is wrong there. The root access is only to rom level. If you flash a RUU you will lose root privileges until SU is flashed again. What the Hack Kit gives you is S-OFF permanently, which is reversible anyway.

Please Help
Hello
I need help. Please
I recently brought a friend's phone (Desire HD) to flash custom ROM on. I flashed boot.img via fastboot but when I select recovery, A white screen with HTC shows and after a few seconds, black screen occurs. I know screen is on however. I dont know what to do. The bootloader says unlocked but it says
S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0029
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.14.04.28_M
eMMC-boot
The steps that I did was.
1. I unlocked the bootloader via HTCDev. It gave me error so I updated via RUU manually through fastboot.
2. After that, I was able to unlock the bootloader via HTCDev.
3. I followed this (http://www.teamandroid.com/2013/04/...android-422-jellytime-jelly-bean-rom-guide/2/) to flash method to Jelly-time on DHD. But when I flashed boot.img via fastboot cmd, it does not go to Recovery, it only shows phone with exclamation mark. If I reboot the phone, it shows white HTC screen and then black black screen. Please help me what to do. After unlocking via HTCDev, I didn't intall CWM, I though flashing boot.img is actually installing CWN :'|
Thanks a LOT in advance

I worked it successfully. I fastboot flashed CWM and it worked. Case closed

My htc one m8 stuck on HTC logo screen after updating

Hi all,
So here is my problem:
I used One-click to root my HTC for a long time ago. Then it was 2 or 3 months ago, there is an update call the "Security update" or something like that, I tried to install it but it failed everytime.
So I followed the instruction in this link
youtube.com/watch?v=PPPT5J8xG6w
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But after that, the installation of the update has run but after it finished and reset, it can't boot to the phone. It stucks at the HTC Logo screen and then the screen is blacked out.
I really need it for my school so please help me. I am not familiar with these technical things.
Here is the information I got when I get into the boot loader:
***Software Status: Modified***
***Relocked***
M8_UL_CA PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-3.19.0.0000
RADIO-1.24.21331147A1.09G
OpendDSP-v48.2.2-00564-M8974_FO.1211
OS-4.17.1540.9
eMMC-boot 2048MB
Aug 5 2015,22:04:09.7928
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Please help me!
Thank you very much

tonykid241 said:
Hi all,
So here is my problem:
I used One-click to root my HTC for a long time ago. Then it was 2 or 3 months ago, there is an update call the "Security update" or something like that, I tried to install it but it failed everytime.
So I followed the instruction in this link
But after that, the installation of the update has run but after it finished and reset, it can't boot to the phone. It stucks at the HTC Logo screen and then the screen is blacked out.
I really need it for my school so please help me. I am not familiar with these technical things.
Here is the information I got when I get into the boot loader:
Please help me!
Thank you very much
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Did you read the comments in the YouTube video you linked?
Here's one of them:
"Mandragoras 1 month ago
This guide is dangerous, you will soft-brick your device! You cannot install OTA with root or ANY other change in /system. You can only update with OTA when the /system is in a stock state. Unroot is not enough; there are reports of people who unrooted their devices and still got into bootloop. Also, apart from root, you might also have other changes into /system that you may have forgotten or not even know about....."
I suggest you run the official RUU from HTC's US website. It should fix everything for you.
Go to this link, and scroll to the Manual Update Instructions and read them. The RUU download is at the end of the instructions.
Since you are S-On, you will have to relock your bootloader first.
In fastboot: fastboot oem lock
Then run the RUU. When it is done DO NOT use a one click method. Go to htcdev.com and request the unlock .bin code. Then flash the latest TWRP in fastboot. Then flash SuperSU with TWRP.

xunholyx said:
Did you read the comments in the YouTube video you linked?
Here's one of them:
"Mandragoras 1 month ago
This guide is dangerous, you will soft-brick your device! You cannot install OTA with root or ANY other change in /system. You can only update with OTA when the /system is in a stock state. Unroot is not enough; there are reports of people who unrooted their devices and still got into bootloop. Also, apart from root, you might also have other changes into /system that you may have forgotten or not even know about....."
I suggest you run the official RUU from HTC's US website. It should fix everything for you.
Since you are S-On, you will have to relock your bootloader first.
In fastboot: fastboot oem lock
Then run the RUU. When it is done DO NOT use a one click method. Go to htcdev.com and request the unlock .bin code. Then flash the latest TWRP in fastboot. Then flash SuperSU with TWRP.
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Hello
I have tried the link you send but for some reasons, my laptop can't run the RUU, it went to the License and term agreement, then it dissapear after I click agree and next.
Is there another way to do this manually?
Thank you very much.