Hello!
I own a HTC oneX since 2 months and i decided to flash a JB rom, the ARHD 15 one. But i wonder if i have to update my Hboot. My current Hboot is 1.12 and its not rooted yet, also not a unlocked boot loader.
If i flash 1.33, because my cid is E11.. can i downgrade if needed or isnt that needed in the future when i want to have the official HTC Jellybean rom?
and from which point am i losing my date which is on the phone? ofcourse when flashing a new rom, but also when i use a custom kernel?
Thanks in advance!
It'll wipe the phone when you unlock.
You do need the updated hboot.
You cannot downgrade it, but that's not necessary to install the OTA.
unlocked boot loader and it lost its data.. still need to know what to do with hboot. and when i lose data again!
Search the forum mate, there are very good guides to do everything you are after
From personal experience I would use my phone a bit longer before messing with it. My first one didn't workout of the box and my second one was fine.... For 7 months then suddenly died, completely... No charge, no turn on, stuck in apx mode.... Was working when I left to take my dogs for a walk but when I got home (had left phone at home) it was dead
Is in for repair now but waiting to see how I go warranty wise
ah okej.. thing is , i really need the extended battery life that comes with jellybean and a custom kernel cause its annoying.. even with 3 hours screen on time.
You won't get much better than 3 hours screen time
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but only SENSE JB roms require updated hboot. (can flash AOSP JB roms on lower hboot)
Once you update your hboot, you can't go back. From what I understand, the main issue with that is that you can't flash AOSP roms on a JB hboot without using a special boot.img and even with that GPS may not work. Other than that, you can flash ICS rom while on a higher (JB) hboot.
FWIW, I wish I did not have an updated hboot (1.23).
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I have a Desire Bravo (A8181)
I installed Gingerbread 2.3.3 using the file from the HTC site.
I am not happy with it ( spontaneous reboots, drains battery, other crazy stuff)
I don't want to root so I'd just like to go back to 2.2
Can someone link to a procedure to get back to 2.2.
People are using Official 2.3.3 mostly as a troubleshooting tool or for warranty purpose.
However you cant downgrade it by RUU to lower version. The RUU will not proceed giving version problems.
The only way would be to SOFF using revolutionary and thereafter if you really want FROYO you can choose from many of the stock offerings available at Desire Development section.
My phone is not rooted
Is there anything else to do, besides SOFF and getting FROYO. Do I have to root the phone?
desirus said:
My phone is not rooted
Is there anything else to do, besides SOFF and getting FROYO. Do I have to root the phone?
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You dont have to root the phone if you use revolutionary. But definitely will have to go SOFF. If you are worried because of brick possibility then you must know that with Android 2.3.3 the way to root is via SOFF. Actually with revolutionary SOFF is the main thing. After that you can flash a rooted rom from recovery if you want which is a low risk activity.
I would personally recommend Mildwild 5.0 based on CM7.2 as one of the most stable rom.
OK thanks
Can I use this wiki?
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Desire_(GSM):_Full_Update_Guide
I think it is what you are talking about except it links to cyanogen mods, why is mildwild better than cyanogen?
Also I just went tinto bootloader and see I already have S-OFF
"BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF"
I don't know how this happened, do I still do S-OFF and install custom recovery image?
desirus said:
OK thanks
Can I use this wiki?
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Desire_(GSM):_Full_Update_Guide
I think it is what you are talking about except it links to cyanogen mods, why is mildwild better than cyanogen?
Also I just went tinto bootloader and see I already have S-OFF
"BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF"
I don't know how this happened, do I still do S-OFF and install custom recovery image?
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NO need to s-off if u r s-off, get 4ext recovery updater apk install it, run it, now u will have the latest recovery.
now u can pretty much put what ever rom u want on.
Just read instructions in the thread the rom came from and remember to NANDROID BACKUP as soon as u install the recovery.
I did manage to install Mildwild ( I couldn't get 4ext to install so I re did the s-off, rooted and installed Mildwild 5)
Thank you very much for the advice.
I still get spontaneous shutdown of my phone so I have to research this problem.
desirus said:
I still get spontaneous shutdown of my phone so I have to research this problem.
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I think that comes from your device being a PVT1. These type of desires are known to reboot when overheating due to a motherboard problem.
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unlock the bootloader, flash a clockworkmod recovery and flash an android 2.2 rom. i think that is the easiest way.
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huhu2207 said:
unlock the bootloader, flash a clockworkmod recovery and flash an android 2.2 rom. i think that is the easiest way.
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I just ordered an original battery from HTC, if I can't find a software fix to 2.3.7 and if the new battery doesn't work then I will go back to 2.2.
But I think that because I used the official RUU from HTC for 2.3, then I have to use a custom ROM for 2.2. If I am wrong then please tell me, after all these problems I would use an official 2.2 ROM if it would make my problems go away.
desirus said:
I did manage to install Mildwild
I still get spontaneous shutdown of my phone so I have to research this problem.
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abaaaabbbb63 said:
I think that comes from your device being a PVT1. These type of desires are known to reboot when overheating due to a motherboard problem.
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desirus said:
I just ordered an original battery from HTC, if I can't find a software fix to 2.3.7 and if the new battery doesn't work then I will go back to 2.2.
But I think that because I used the official RUU from HTC for 2.3, then I have to use a custom ROM for 2.2. If I am wrong then please tell me, after all these problems I would use an official 2.2 ROM if it would make my problems go away.
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The key is you still get spontaneous reboots. That means it is not related to ROM.
I agree with the assessment of abaa.... Your problem seems to be hardware related and nothing you can do other than replace motherboard. However if you want to rule out battery problems just keep it connected to charger and play a heavy game. If it reboots then your motherboard problem is confirmed.
The problem is shut down.
I haven't had rebooots
But I'll try heavy gaming while plugged in
I have a bit of good news, I think
I have made some changes to user options, according to some suggestions I found and have some good results.
After my changes, In 6 days I have had only one freeze ( where the phone was asleep and only a battery pull could fix the problem).
Before the changes I had 4-8 freezes each day, for a few weeks.
I will do some more testing but i think it is because of one of two reasons. Either because I swithced to "GSM only" from "GSM/WCDMA ( WCDMA prefered)" Or because I selected " Use only 2G networks"
I'll play around for a week or two but that is my interim result.
Hi All,
Jut looking for some general advice and opinons. I have a onex that i havent unlocked or obviously rooted yet, I know its CID is HTC_001 and
S-on. So my general question should I go ahead and unlock and root and take advantage of a JB sense 4+ rom, or wait and go for the OTA JB.
Regards
qball
Take the advantage . It's a big leap .
Start the show now here good tool "JB FW Easy Flasher & Fastboot Toolkit *Update 13-11* hboot 1.31 & 1.33" --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1924003
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I recommend rooting and flashing custom rom, I myself had some problems but it will be worth it.
Oh and I had this Htc desire Z, which wasn't exactly easy to root years ago.
just to give a heads up. You can't go back after upgrading your hboot version. Once you decided to use Jellybean sense rom with the latest versions of hboot, you have to use special boot img to boot non-sense ROM and as of now it will render your GPS useless. Unless you are among the lucky ones with S-OFF device
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Hi fellow members
I've been running revolution hd 9 mod for a long time now, and today i went back to stock rom and then upgraded to 4.1 JB cause i've heard all these good things about it. When i upgraded i was like, screw it i'm gonna root this phone and get some cyanogenmod. The problem is now after i rooted it it was stuck on boot screen. Been trying to get it back to stock, but i can't. I get this error 150 wrong bootloader version. I think it's because i'm on 1.39 hboot. and i've tried every ruu, like 5-6 and alot of recovery.img. But nothing works.
Can someone help me ?
Hi,
I have a Droid Incredible 2. It was given to me with a custom rom but chinese and a lot of chinese softwares but it was working fine and it's sim unlocked and was able to use it here in the Philippines with my carrier. so I decided to flash a stock rom and I reaalized that the stock rom would of course only work with Verizon. My mistake is I was not able to back up the previous rom. So I'm wondering if there's a rom that I can flash that will enable me to use it again with my network here in the Philippines? And also, I have been wondering how this phone got rooted. At first when I checked the Bootloader was locked but it has S-OFF. So I decided to unlock it. Now I wanted to try some other roms, but roms I liked is requiring blackrose hboot. This phone has hboot 0.98.0000, I want to know if I will be able to upgrade it to blackrose with this Hboot version.
I'm really confused now. I need this phone working again, I don't know what to do,
Attached is a picture of the HBOOT screen
...err you can only flash ROMs for this device and from my knowledge correct me if I'm wrong ..we don't use black rose ...if you used the search thingy it wouldn't come up here...(now it will) but yea high rant over.....find the latest radio update your recovery make a back up flash my ROMs :+D j/p there are a bunch of great ROMs out there for this phone its your preference
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Hello one and all!
So I have been playing with new ROM's for my EVO Supersonic. My Daily Driver is AlienwareMod Solar Flare Series V and LOVE it!
So I have been given an old EVO was going to play with it and explore new ROM's. I had rooted it about 2 years ago and she kept stock Sense on it so for some reason I left S-On. Although I am unlocked in the bootloader, and I have been reading on several forums that I dont need to have S Off anymore to load a rom, I seem to be having a common problem that I have been reading about. I can load custom ROM's on just fine, but when I fire up the WiFi the system slows down, and the WiFi cant lock on to a SSID. know the SSID sites are good and I have been trying to narrow donn the problem and have it down to these...
1. I need to achieve S-Off. Although I have many of files for when I did my personal root/unlock I dont have the all and MikMik's site dosnt have hem anymore.
2. I have partitiond a small 2G SD card with Ext3. The Kernel may not tolerate this? I have the stock Lionfish on but have tried others with no sccess on Ext2, Ext3 or Ext4 formatting.
3. I have not 'actvated' the phone on my Sprint Account. Is there maybe some files it would need to download?
4. Recovery. I am using ZZzRemove to really clean the phone... and use the 'Stock" ammon Ra to wipe x3. I prefer SmelMod but cant load a new recovery becuase it locks with a message PC360IMG Parcing.
5. HBOOT 2.18. I think i remember something about how this was locked??
I am thinking I will need to do a RUU to get an earlier version of HBOOT in order to get SOFF. But again, is that mission critical to getting the WiFi to work?
So I am stuck with a bit of a mental bootloop! Any thoughts would be welcome! Screenshots will be loaded of my Recovery and Bootloader upon request......
Thanks!
Your issue sounds like it could be hardware-related. Whether or not you're S-off should have no bearing on how well WiFi works. S-off simply means that the bootloader security is off and should not affect how or when WiFi works. As far as the files needed to gain S-off, shoot @Captain_Throwback a PM. He was the OP of the thread over on the MikMik page regarding rooting & S-off with the latest Hboot. As far as running a older RUU, you won't be able to since you're S-on.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
I recommend this site/guide: http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all...-rooting-gingerbread-2-3-5-dummies-guide.html
All the files you need should be there. As for the WiFi issue, that seems to be more device than software related. Being unlocked versus S-OFF won't affect your WiFi signal.
First of all it is an honor to have you reply Captain! I have been going over a lot of posts on here for a few years and have seen much of your handywork. I know the link you sent very well, that is what I used to Root/Rom my Daily Driver Evo with great success!
I will go back and revisit it again, but according to all the comments so far, I wont need S-Off since I wont be doing too many flashes. What is keeping me from just running the Revolutionary Utility is because it seems the S-Off utility requres HBOOT 2.16 or lower.
If I could, a few thoughts. I know that S-Off doesnt driectly affect the WiFi but I was curious if it was a Kernel issue and I have read that you cannot load a kernel successfully without a custorm, quality recovery and you cannot load a recovery without S-Off. I know when I had the phone at first I could jump on WiFi's easy-peasy... but when I loaded any ROMS (Sense, non Sense, JB variants etc etc.) the WiFi's just wont fire up or connect.
Ironicly, I was messing with the phone with a Odexed Sense Rom (rooted stock) it did connect today (after giving hassle for 2 days I just put it down and left it for a while). Maybe I am just being impatient? I have read that sometimes new ROM's and kernels take a few days to 'settle' in. Sorta like the Matrix!!
As an asside.. .and not part of this thread..... With Kit Kat using ART and not Devalk is there hope new life with these older phones?
Thanks to all!
Unidave199 said:
First of all it is an honor to have you reply Captain! I have been going over a lot of posts on here for a few years and have seen much of your handywork. I know the link you sent very well, that is what I used to Root/Rom my Daily Driver Evo with great success!
I will go back and revisit it again, but according to all the comments so far, I wont need S-Off since I wont be doing too many flashes. What is keeping me from just running the Revolutionary Utility is because it seems the S-Off utility requres HBOOT 2.16 or lower.
If I could, a few thoughts. I know that S-Off doesnt driectly affect the WiFi but I was curious if it was a Kernel issue and I have read that you cannot load a kernel successfully without a custorm, quality recovery and you cannot load a recovery without S-Off. I know when I had the phone at first I could jump on WiFi's easy-peasy... but when I loaded any ROMS (Sense, non Sense, JB variants etc etc.) the WiFi's just wont fire up or connect.
Ironicly, I was messing with the phone with a Odexed Sense Rom (rooted stock) it did connect today (after giving hassle for 2 days I just put it down and left it for a while). Maybe I am just being impatient? I have read that sometimes new ROM's and kernels take a few days to 'settle' in. Sorta like the Matrix!!
As an asside.. .and not part of this thread..... With Kit Kat using ART and not Devalk is there hope new life with these older phones?
Thanks to all!
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You can install a custom recovery without being S-off. You can install it from the SD card via the bootloader or by using fastboot commands. From there you can flash a custom kernel. You obviously have a custom recovery installed already if you are flashing ROM's. I never flashed any custom kernels on my EVO when I ran Sense, but it helps to read the OP of any ROM or kernel thread to make sure that there aren't any issues with Wifi functionality. Do you have issues with a particular router you're trying to connect to or just Wifi in general? Did you have issues with WiFi when the phone was totally stock?
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
FinZ28 said:
You can install a custom recovery without being S-off. You can install it from the SD card via the bootloader or by using fastboot commands. From there you can flash a custom kernel. You obviously have a custom recovery installed already if you are flashing ROM's. I never flashed any custom kernels on my EVO when I ran Sense, but it helps to read the OP of any ROM or kernel thread to make sure that there aren't any issues with Wifi functionality. Do you have issues with a particular router you're trying to connect to or just Wifi in general? Did you have issues with WiFi when the phone was totally stock?
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
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Great questions! Let me give you some answers!!
I rooted this phone about 2 years ago so dont remember all of my handywork. It is running
*****UNLOCKED******
HBoot- 2.18.0001
Radio - 2.15.00.12.19
Dec 21 2011
I probably used Revolution to do so. I did it with mine! When I got this phone a month ago, I factory reset it and Launched WiFi with no problems. I was using my home router which has had no problems with any other devices.
Only when I started to flash a ROM (I have tried team DIRT unofficial 4.2.2 as well as Thundershock, Nitro, and Jellybread) they all would load fine and be responsive until I tried to launch the WiFi and then it would either be stuck on scanning, or just drop out and then the operating system becomes unstable.
I then went back to a Sense Odexed Stock Gingerbread ROM and although I saw the WiFI launch and connect, it would drop out every few minutes.
I couldnt make a Nandroid since the recovery doesnt have that option. I am using RA-supersonice-v2.3 with ZZZVR_SUPERWIPE to flash.
I cant seem to load any other recoveries. I thought it was because I am still S-ON. It says Main Version is Older Update Fail! And that is using the RA-supersonic-v4.3-smelkusMOD
Any thoughts? I am willing to accept bad hardware, but seems like a weird coincidence that all of a sudden the WiFi would drop out.
Answered my own question
Update!
Well I have successfully ported my operating system to the new(er) EVO 4G that I got from my friend. Looks like I needed to contact Sprint and have them help me reset the PRL and MEID. The problem was I had to quick flash a Sense ROM in order to use the dial pad to input all the codes.
After that, I seems the ROM (Solar Flare Series V) is much more stable, and I think everyone else is right, the hardware may have issues since the Bluetooth and the WiFi seem to be dropping in and out.
And so... looks like I may load this up with a Media Based ROM to act as an entertainment device and looking to go jump on a Samsung Note 3.
If only I could somehow install a LTE receiver chip! Maybe I will post that question as a new thread.