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I'm very sorry this is such a noobish question but i was wondering if i could get some help by the people who know what they're doing.
So far what i've done is the following
1- Unlock the bootloader
2- Install Clockwork mod recovery
3- Flash 1.28 firmware
4- Install custom rom (leedroid) + flash boot.img
5- Root phone
Now i've descovered my phone has a few issues and i am entitled to send it back for a replacement.
Could someone tell me the order of how i can undo all the above. I have a nandroid of the original rom. Do i flash that first and then go from there? I need it to be exactly the same as when i first bought it.
Links to guides would be great. Thank you for your help
ahmadcentral said:
I'm very sorry this is such a noobish question but i was wondering if i could get some help by the people who know what they're doing.
So far what i've done is the following
1- Unlock the bootloader
2- Install Clockwork mod recovery
3- Flash 1.28 firmware
4- Install custom rom (leedroid) + flash boot.img
5- Root phone
Now i've descovered my phone has a few issues and i am entitled to send it back for a replacement.
Could someone tell me the order of how i can undo all the above. I have a nandroid of the original rom. Do i flash that first and then go from there? I need it to be exactly the same as when i first bought it.
Links to guides would be great. Thank you for your help
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If you have a nandroid backup when you flashed custom recovery then restore the backup and relock the bootloader.
shadowboy23 said:
If you have a nandroid backup when you flashed custom recovery then restore the backup and relock the bootloader.
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Thanks,
Once i've got the nandroid backup done do i flash the stock recovery, then relock the bootloader?
So once thats done no one will be able to know anything has been done to it, correct?
ahmadcentral said:
Thanks,
Once i've got the nandroid backup done do i flash the stock recovery, then relock the bootloader?
So once thats done no one will be able to know anything has been done to it, correct?
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They can still tell that you have unlocked the bootloader because it will say "RELOCKED" and not even flashing the RUU for the carrier of your phone will do anything because it will still say "RELOCKED"
Would that stop a UK company from exchanging my phone for hardware defects?
ahmadcentral said:
Would that stop a UK company from exchanging my phone for hardware defects?
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I am not sure. HTC reckons we void the warranty by unlocking the bootloader. But if you have bought it from a shop they tend to just turn the phone ON and look at the problem and they should swap it for another handset or give you a refund. Sales person normally don't get into the bootloader to check out anything. They more than likely have a look at the problem with the software or hardware defects. But if they decide to send it back to HTC then you might not get it replaced.
Ok,
Thanks for your help mate
Hope it gets replaced with one with no issues!
Also forgot to mention once you have restored your nandroid backup, flash the stock recovery and then relock the bootloader.
If you have a nandroid backup when you flashed custom recovery then restore the backup and relock the bootloader.
And if one happens to be the sort of complete fool that forgets the nandroid backup because they were too interested/ wrapped up in all the adb stuff to have remembered this what does one do with a 3 phone? Are there no 3 ruus in the wild at all? None listed on the file forum place.
oisindubh said:
If you have a nandroid backup when you flashed custom recovery then restore the backup and relock the bootloader.
And if one happens to be the sort of complete fool that forgets the nandroid backup because they were too interested/ wrapped up in all the adb stuff to have remembered this what does one do with a 3 phone? Are there no 3 ruus in the wild at all? None listed on the file forum place.
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I have to admit I am such a fool. But lucky for me my phone is unbranded and has the HK 1.26.708.2 ROM which is in the list so that saved my ass. But for 3UK you might have to wait a bit until someone uploads it. I'm pretty sure it will appear sometime just don't know when.
im in a similar situation apart from i installed ARHD rom and i do have a backup of stock rom from when i installed cwm but my problem is, i flash backup and then flashed stock recovery but when i lock the bootloader and reboot i get greeted by the 1st htc logo then the screen flashes and the same logo appears but under it is some red writing that says something about being a development build and then it boots its self into fastboot but then if i unlock bootloader again the phone boots backed up stock rom fine!?
mines getting picked up on tuesday but i suppose on a plus side a courier is dropping me a replacement and taking my old one away at the same time, so unless the courier starts booting into hboot i should be ok lol
Give me half an hour and I can upload it for you.
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
http://db.tt/gWPc1RMq
It's still uploading at the moment but shouldn't take long.
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
daz1uk said:
http://db.tt/gWPc1RMq
It's still uploading at the moment but shouldn't take long.
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
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Link doesn't work mate?
What's it supposed to be?
Ok guys, so today i flashed the nandroid backup but now i'm just stuck at the white HTC boot screen.
No idea what to do next?
Is it because i was on 1.28 firmware and restored down to a nandroid with 1.26? Is it because i haven't flashed stock recovery yet?
Really need help as i need this done before tomorrow UK time.
Thank You
bump.
I really need help now.
I have nothing on the root of SD card so i can't even flash a custom rom. What do i need to do to get my phone working?
Hi,
I have been trying out a couple of custom roms and want to revert back to my backed up 3 rom. Problem is it wont boot after restoring, I'm assuming this is because I overwrote the boot.img to use the custom roms, is there anywhere I can get the stock boot.img for 3 branded phone please?
You can get it from the RUU
Anyone know where I can download a 3 ruu?
daz1uk said:
Anyone know where I can download a 3 ruu?
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i reverted back to my backup 3 rom that came with the phone. but the problem was i needed the right boot.img. since i was on 1.26 firmware i flashed the 1.26 boot.img which i got from here
so what i did i flashed the boot.img then restored my backup and it worked. or you can restore then if it gives you bootloops then just go back into bootloader, fastboot and then just flash the boot.img from that thread and that is it.
worked for me so try it out..make sure you are on fully charged though
Can any of you please upload a full backup so I can restore to stock??
Can I still do this even if I have the latest hboot after a 1.28 OTA?
You need the 1.28 RUU (which doesn't exist) or a nandroid backup from someone on 1.28 (which isn't advisable)
You may have to stick with custom for now
EddyOS said:
You need the 1.28 RUU (which doesn't exist) or a nandroid backup from someone on 1.28 (which isn't advisable)
You may have to stick with custom for now
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What could be the issues if I got a nandroid backup from someone on 1.28?
I'm assuming it could brick my device?
bleary said:
What could be the issues if I got a nandroid backup from someone on 1.28?
I'm assuming it could brick my device?
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the best thing you could of done is make a backup of your own stock rom that came with the phone. that is what i did. i got my stock rom back up which is 3 branded and all i did was restored back and flashed the OTA update. when i restored it did not reboot. all it needed was the stock boot.img and stock recovery. and that was it it worked perfectly. so do not know what the RUU business and what it does but if you have a backup and flash the correct stock recovery and boot.img depending on what firmware your backup was you would be fine
NoobTerminator said:
the best thing you could of done is make a backup of your own stock rom that came with the phone. that is what i did. i got my stock rom back up which is 3 branded and all i did was restored back and flashed the OTA update. when i restored it did not reboot. all it needed was the stock boot.img and stock recovery. and that was it it worked perfectly. so do not know what the RUU business and what it does but if you have a backup and flash the correct stock recovery and boot.img depending on what firmware your backup was you would be fine
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I kicked myself when I done it as I jumped straight in completely forgot to backup my device first, which I always have in the past...frustrating!
Just want to get back to Three UK stock now, as sick of flashing every custom rom that is released lol
So as I have no backup and HTC/Three seem uninterested...I am screwed.
bleary said:
I kicked myself when I done it as I jumped straight in completely forgot to backup my device first, which I always have in the past...frustrating!
Just want to get back to Three UK stock now, as sick of flashing every custom rom that is released lol
So as I have no backup and HTC/Three seem uninterested...I am screwed.
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you are not screwed mate..just do as Eddy said..apologies i do not know the procedure regarding how to flash RUU but i am sure there are guides in the development section for that
NoobTerminator said:
you are not screwed mate..just do as Eddy said..apologies i do not know the procedure regarding how to flash RUU but i am sure there are guides in the development section for that
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Three/HTC have not released the 1.28 RUU mate, so if I try and use all there is (1.26 RUU) it fails as my hboot is now a newer version after the 1.28 OTA from three.
And I have no nandroid backup.
Oops.
bleary said:
Three/HTC have not released the 1.28 RUU mate, so if I try and use all there is (1.26 RUU) it fails as my hboot is now a newer version after the 1.28 OTA from three.
And I have no nandroid backup.
Oops.
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ahh then i do not know then buddy sorry
You need to wait for the 1.28 RUU mate.
Don't use a nandroid backup from someone else as all info from that nandroid backup will be for the owners device and not yours. So if you send it to HTC they'll see the serial numbers don't match up. Plus the nandroid will have personal data from the owner on most of the time.
ahmadcentral said:
You need to wait for the 1.28 RUU mate.
Don't use a nandroid backup from someone else as all info from that nandroid backup will be for the owners device and not yours. So if you send it to HTC they'll see the serial numbers don't match up. Plus the nandroid will have personal data from the owner on most of the time.
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Ah so it has as much detailed info as that, not just purely software. Thanks for the head sup mate. I will wait for the 1.28 RUU.
Do you know who is responsible for releasing them btw...network or HTC?
bleary said:
Ah so it has as much detailed info as that, not just purely software. Thanks for the head sup mate. I will wait for the 1.28 RUU.
Do you know who is responsible for releasing them btw...network or HTC?
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HTC releases them and it is up to the network to decide really when to release it due to the software i would presume that goes onto the branded handsets. which sucks really. just like say ICS when it came out. really it should of been a global release like ios for apple but due to OEM's like Samsung and htc we have to wait till they decide when to release it due to the customization they do to the updates..similar to the updates we should be getting but we have to wait for 3 to get their asses in check
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HTC releases them and it is up to the network to decide really when to release it due to the software i would presume that goes onto the branded handsets. which sucks really. just like say ICS when it came out. really it should of been a global release like ios for apple but due to OEM's like Samsung and htc we have to wait till they decide when to release it due to the customization they do to the updates..similar to the updates we should be getting but we have to wait for 3 to get their asses in check
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It really does suck being at the mercy of networks for these updates.
As you say with iOS for example, there is one version from Apple - keeps it simple!
Hi
I have an unbranded (unlocked) HTC One X (Bought in UK). I recently received 4.1.1 update but I have decided that I want to root my phone. I have never rooted any phone before so I am pretty much new to the whole process.
I would really like to back up my phone as it is. I am not sure if it is possible to create a ROM of the current state of the phone and restore it if I want to. This is because my phone is still under warranty and if it goes faulty I would like to send it back to HTC in its original state.
I can backup my contacts, messages, apps etc. separately. It is the actual original HTC software I am more worried about.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you
Anyone please?
I have been browsing through the forum and I have seen few people ask very similar questions but no one seem to have figured it out yet. I have also seen many topics where people are struggling to recover back to stock ROM because they did not make any proper backups.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks
So you need 3.14.401.27 RUU. You are on 2.17.401.x now?
Check htcruu.com, the UK ROM is widely available.
BenPope said:
So you need 3.14.401.27 RUU. You are on 2.17.401.x now?
Check htcruu.com, the UK ROM is widely available.
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Thanks for the reply.
I have official HTC 3.14.401.27 installed on my phone right now. I have never rooted it or anything. That is why I am asking if there is a way for me to save that as a ROM or save that ruu before I root my phone.
Make sure you make a nandroid backup of your stock rom after unlocking bootloader and installing clockworkmod recovery, and keep that backup in a safe place.
Cocktopus said:
Make sure you make a nandroid backup of your stock rom after unlocking bootloader and installing clockworkmod recovery, and keep that backup in a safe place.
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Okay thanks. Any other way to make a copy of stock kernel and recovery too?
i believe there are links to stock kernels and stock recoveries. there's also a thread to go back from custom rom to stock rom if ever you change your mind
jinogungon said:
i believe there are links to stock kernels and stock recoveries. there's also a thread to go back from custom rom to stock rom if ever you change your mind
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Yup I have been reading that.
But it says that:
These instructions require that you have one of the ICS hboot versions in order to work (1.12.0000 or lower). If you have one of the new JB hboots 1.28, 1.31 or 1.33 there is currently no way to return to stock until a JB ruu is released for your device.
After checking my phone, it seems like I have 1.33. It seems like there is no way for my phone to get back to stock at the minute. That is why I was asking if there is anything else I can do to make it possible before I actually root my phone.
Sorry for silly question, im new to htc m8. I already unlock through dev unlock. Now i already installed mike custom rom.
Unfortunately i cannot s-off my m8. How do i restore my m8 to stock so that i can receive ota like 4.4.3 officially!
Hope some one can help me!
fizfaka said:
Sorry for silly question, im new to htc m8. I already unlock through dev unlock. Now i already installed mike custom rom.
Unfortunately i cannot s-off my m8. How do i restore my m8 to stock so that i can receive ota like 4.4.3 officially!
Hope some one can help me!
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You can S-OFF with Sunshine if you're willing to pay $25
http://theroot.ninja/
Although, if you're S-ON, you'll be on the right FW already. You just need to restore your backup
What you mean by restore backup? I didn not perform any backup
fizfaka said:
What you mean by restore backup? I didn not perform any backup
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And that's the reason you're having issues - did you not even thread anything telling you to make a backup before flashing anything?
See if there's a backup that matches your CID posted by someone else in the backup thread. If there is, restore that
I will try to understand and look for it. Btw what backup u mean by? It is a firmware update profile thing?
fizfaka said:
I will try to understand and look for it. Btw what backup u mean by? It is a firmware update profile thing?
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I think before you do anything else you need to do some serious reading. The backup is a nandroid of the phones complete rom.
I need to send my device for repair and previously for my M7, I could get the URL to revert before sending the device for repair. Antineoplastic able to advise me how to do this? My M8 is currently s-off. Thanks
mobileman88 said:
I need to send my device for repair and previously for my M7, I could get the URL to revert before sending the device for repair. Antineoplastic able to advise me how to do this? My M8 is currently s-off. Thanks
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Just get yourself a stock rom, flash stock recovery. Get rid of Tampered banner and then send it off.
There is no need to set the security flag back to On state.
anddiiss said:
Just get yourself a stock rom, flash stock recovery. Get rid of Tampered banner and then send it off.
There is no need to set the security flag back to On state.
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So any of the stock ROM backups will do? I do not need to choose HTC_044 CID RUU? Thanks.
mobileman88 said:
So any of the stock ROM backups will do? I do not need to choose HTC_044 CID RUU? Thanks.
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read the first post in my backups collection thread. The backup for your CID is there.
There aren't many RUUs about these days so backups are the way
Precisely! In the future, remember to always have a nice little nandroid backup for your device, you never know when it could come in handy.
exocetdj said:
read the first post in my backups collection thread. The backup for your CID is there.
There aren't many RUUs about these days so backups are the way
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Thanks. Much appreciated
anddiiss said:
Precisely! In the future, remember to always have a nice little nandroid backup for your device, you never know when it could come in handy.
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nandroid+fw+recovery to be exact.
anddiiss said:
Precisely! In the future, remember to always have a nice little nandroid backup for your device, you never know when it could come in handy.
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It got accepted by the service personnel without a whisper