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Different HBOOT TYPES.

Hi all. I'm new to this world so asking a, may be silly, question.
I play with roms every now and then. Change my rom from one to another in couple of weeks. I found STOCK HBOOT OFFERS LESS INTERNAL SPACE THAN CM7 OR CM7r2 hboots for custom roms.
I haven't experimented yet with these things. Can someone tell me how to convert my hboot to cm7 or cm7r2? I haven't done anything with my hboot so I suppose I'm on stock hboot. Difference between cm7 and cm7r2?
Any drawbacks of doing this? And will be able to flash app2sd and data2ext normally as I do now?
Any help would be highly appreciated.
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The difference is that the hboot versions offer you a diffrent internal partition layout
you can look them up http://alpharev.nl/ <-- there
also you can download it from there
You can flash it via fastboot or via the PB99IMG.zip method or you simply use android flasher(recommanded, it´s selfexplaining)

Is there any chance of bricking my phone?
When I switch between roms sometimes I get stuck in boot loops. *no worries*
I just pull out the battery. Reboot in recovery and restore nandroid backup.
In this case I'm cautious because if I'm stuck where would I go because I'm playing with hboot. I think I won't be able to access recovery in that case, right?
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You can brick it if your downloaded hboot.img is not downloaded correcly
If you are in a bootloop you simply go into fastboot and flash the correct table(hboot) and flash your ROM
and yes you will be able to boot into recovery(if youre in a bootloop)

mohsinraza said:
Is there any chance of bricking my phone?
When I switch between roms sometimes I get stuck in boot loops. *no worries*
I just pull out the battery. Reboot in recovery and restore nandroid backup.
In this case I'm cautious because if I'm stuck where would I go because I'm playing with hboot. I think I won't be able to access recovery in that case, right?
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If your download was corrupt or you pulled the cable in the seconds during the flashing period then you'd most probably brick your phone, but during my time on this forum I have never heard of any such misfortunes occurring..
By the way instead of posting try searching... this is just common knowledge info and can be found with a quick google search or a visit to alpharev.. it really isn't hard and not really worth posting a new thread about.

bortak said:
If your download was corrupt or you pulled the cable in the seconds during the flashing period then you'd most probably brick your phone, but during my time on this forum I have never heard of any such misfortunes occurring..
By the way instead of posting try searching... this is just common knowledge info and can be found with a quick google search or a visit to alpharev.. it really isn't hard and not really worth posting a new thread about.
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I've already gone through alpharev but this question of mine about bricking the phone was never answered
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loler90 said:
You can brick it if your downloaded hboot.img is not downloaded correcly
If you are in a bootloop you simply go into fastboot and flash the correct table(hboot) and flash your ROM
and yes you will be able to boot into recovery(if youre in a bootloop)
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Thanks a million. Now this means I take a nandroid backup and download cm7r2 hboot from alpharev. Flash it and then flash a compatible rom.
Do I need a complete wipe before flashing hboot?
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One more question:
I'm on stock hboot. Will I be able to restore nandroid backup when I switch to cm7r2?
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mohsinraza said:
One more question:
I'm on stock hboot. Will I be able to restore nandroid backup when I switch to cm7r2?
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if your ROM fits

bortak said:
if your ROM fits
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Fit where and in what?
Just asking for information. I'll definitely flash a clean new rom.
I'm using Aurora for Desire. It supports both stock and cm7r2.
Will flash that rom again but then I'll have way more internal memory as compared to what I'm getting now.
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I know I'm going to ask a silly question. Sorry in advance
It's written on alpharev that check MD5SUM after downloading the hboot.
How do I check whether it's correct or not?
Don't wanna brick my phone :-(
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The nandroid needs to have the HBOOT you had, when you made that nandroid.
So if U had STOCK HBOOT when making a nandroid wich U like to go back to, then flash STOCK HBOOT - BEFORE - U nandroid back.
So for now... flash the HBOOT U want, and then right after the ROM.
And if U wanna restore your nandroid, then flash STOCK HBOOT, and then restore nandroid.
AND remember... U CAN NOT FLASH RADIO IF U ARE ON CM7R2 HBOOT,
that will brick your phone.
So flash RADIO before, OR do the procedure with ADB if U are already on CM7R2.
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MD5 checksum program: hashcalc (google it)

Jakedude2011 said:
The nandroid needs to have the HBOOT you had, when you made that nandroid.
So if U had STOCK HBOOT when making a nandroid wich U like to go back to, then flash STOCK HBOOT - BEFORE - U nandroid back.
So for now... flash the HBOOT U want, and then right after the ROM.
And if U wanna restore your nandroid, then flash STOCK HBOOT, and then restore nandroid.
AND remember... U CAN NOT FLASH RADIO IF U ARE ON CM7R2 HBOOT,
that will brick your phone.
So flash RADIO before, OR do the procedure with ADB if U are already on CM7R2.
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MD5 checksum program: hashcalc (google it)
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Thanks a lot for your detailed answer. Will flash cm7r2 and new rom as soon as I get to my PC.
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No problem. Good Luck.

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bortak said:
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Thanks buddy. I'm a hostellite. Plan to go home on this weekend.
Will give it a try then.
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MD5 SUM check
Alright so I read about the md5sum check got the software to check it as well, even though it didnt match, I still managed to get the cm7/r2 hboot & flash insertcoin. I want to know how exactly we know if md5sums have matched cos i want to change my rom & i want to know how i can check if the rom is compatible with the cm7/r2 hboot.
Insertcoin freezes a lot on my phone I have no idea why.
Lots of questions on this post from me, someone please answer. need help

gyak88 said:
Alright so I read about the md5sum check got the software to check it as well, even though it didnt match, I still managed to get the cm7/r2 hboot & flash insertcoin. I want to know how exactly we know if md5sums have matched cos i want to change my rom & i want to know how i can check if the rom is compatible with the cm7/r2 hboot.
Insertcoin freezes a lot on my phone I have no idea why.
Lots of questions on this post from me, someone please answer. need help
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This is very awkward if you still managed to flash cm7r2 even though md5sum didn't match.
I haven't tried it yet. Will give a try tomorrow.
Every rom has mentioned which hboots are compatible. You can check it from there.
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gyak88 said:
Alright so I read about the md5sum check got the software to check it as well, even though it didnt match, I still managed to get the cm7/r2 hboot & flash insertcoin. I want to know how exactly we know if md5sums have matched cos i want to change my rom & i want to know how i can check if the rom is compatible with the cm7/r2 hboot.
Insertcoin freezes a lot on my phone I have no idea why.
Lots of questions on this post from me, someone please answer. need help
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You do realise... the point of an md5 match is so that you know the thing that is uploaded.. is exactly the same thing that you downloaded... so... when it matches "hooray lets flash away"... when it doesn't "holy mother of god get the hell of my computer"... you sure you used it right?

mohsinraza said:
This is very awkward if you still managed to flash cm7r2 even though md5sum didn't match.
I haven't tried it yet. Will give a try tomorrow.
Every rom has mentioned which hboots are compatible. You can check it from there.
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if you are using cm7r2 hboot, make sure to flash market cache fix else you will face issue when you download large size apps from market.

[Q] Question about HBOOT

Hi guys.
Quick question.
I've been successfully flashing my HOX for a while now and I seem to be running 1.12 HBOOT.
I've noticed on the forums that this seems to be quite old. Is there any issues with running an older HBOOT?
I am currently waiting on a way to upgrade to a Jelly Bean sense ROM but I'm stuck due to my CID (VODAP002) not being compatible.
Is it an easy process to upgrade the HBOOT? Would you recommend it ?
Thanks

1.12 isn't old, its the HBOOT for ICS 4.0.4
You cannot install JB HBOOTs like 1.33, 1.36 because you are carrier branded and need to wait for your carrier to update.
Sent from my faster than SGS3 HOX.

XxVcVxX said:
1.12 isn't old, its the HBOOT for ICS 4.0.4
You cannot install JB HBOOTs like 1.33, 1.36 because you are carrier branded and need to wait for your carrier to update.
Sent from my faster than SGS3 HOX.
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My cid is also vodap102 Bt.my hboot version is vodap102. How come u have a higher hboot?
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muid02 said:
My cid is also vodap102 Bt.my hboot version is vodap102. How come u have a higher hboot?
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If you flashed 2.17 OTA it would come with 1.21 hboot

I am using numero ics rom. So I am on 2.17. I dint flash the Ota. I was on custom Rom then. Anyway what are the advantages of.this hboot.version?
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muid02 said:
I am using numero ics rom. So I am on 2.17. I dint flash the Ota. I was on custom Rom then. Anyway what are the advantages of.this hboot.version?
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You have 0.96 because you were on base 1.29 or earlier and flashed custom ROM. Don't see any advantages besides bigger writing in bootloader screen

since there is a thread here about pretty much a similar topic to what im wanting to know:
should I update my hboot from 0.43 to 1.12 or 1.21? what advantages would i get in doing so? better battery life? better performance? updating Hboot seems like a rather lengthy proceedure and i cant find any info on what i would even get from doing so anyway so i havent bothered until now.
any info be appreciated

rjwdon said:
since there is a thread here about pretty much a similar topic to what im wanting to know:
should I update my hboot from 0.43 to 1.12 or 1.21? what advantages would i get in doing so? better battery life? better performance? updating Hboot seems like a rather lengthy proceedure and i cant find any info on what i would even get from doing so anyway so i havent bothered until now.
any info be appreciated
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No known advantages until you get to 1.36 which is required for the JB OTA.

BenPope said:
No known advantages until you get to 1.36 which is required for the JB OTA.
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heh ive been using CM10 for months anyway, and currently using IceColdJelly aokp, and loving it
cheers for the quick reply btw

What are the steps I'll need to take when my CID becomes JB compatible?
If I'd of known there would of been an issue with certain CIDs I would of waited for Jelly Bean via OTA and not flashed my phone

what is d latest hboot version?

clarkey02 said:
What are the steps I'll need to take when my CID becomes JB compatible?
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The steps for what?
To install OTA:
Return to stock ROM and boot.img from a backup, flash stock recovery, let OTA install.
To update bootloader:
Nandroud backup
Titanium backup
fastboot oem lock
fastboot oem rebootRUU # check spelling
fastboot flash recovery recovery.zip
Unlock bootloader # wipes phone
restore apps and app data with Titanium
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hhshatimsaifee said:
what is d latest hboot version?
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1.36 but it's not released for all CIDs.

Which RUU ROM to use?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

And then my phone will become s-on also?
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ORANG001 HTC One X RUU needed

Hi, I need the RUU file which has the CID ORANG001. Does anybody know where I can download it?
Thanks guys!:good

Wich main version number ?

Mr Hofs said:
Wich main version number ?
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2.17.61.3
I'm pretty sure it's this one.

There is no RUU available, but you can go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975140
And download the matching nandroid backup ! Restore it including the boot.img and the stock 2.17 recovery. After that you can update

Mr Hofs said:
There is no RUU available, but you can go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975140
And download the matching nandroid backup ! Restore it including the boot.img and the stock 2.17 recovery. After that you can update
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The 2.17 appears to be a broken link, would the higher version work if i downloaded it? It's this one;
Nandroid Backup 3.16.61.6 CID ORANG001 thanks to billd2439

Depends on your hboot. Did you already updated the phone to JB ? If not then you can not use it because that's the JB version.

Mr Hofs said:
Depends on your hboot. Did you already updated the phone to JB ? If not then you can not use it because that's the JB version.
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I updated my phone to a Cyanogen 10 Mod which is running Jellybean.

Well that's no guarantee because those roms also run on the lower hboots, check the top of the bootloader and read what hboot number you have

Mr Hofs said:
Well that's no guarantee because those roms also run on the lower hboots, check the top of the bootloader and read what hboot number you have
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My HBoot is: 1.12.0000

Then you need the 2.17 nandroid backup or a lower one. I contacted the owner of the nandroid backup already so i hope to hear something soon.
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Thanks man, that's really appreciated

Its your only option, a lower ruu will not work because we dont have s-off. A lower nandroid backup would work but that is also missing in the list....
I will let you know when i have news about the backup :thumbup:
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There is another way to get a JB hboot and flash a JB rom ! Check this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957376
You can download the matching firmware package for your cid !
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Thanks man, downloading the now! Will let you know how it goes

Will this work even if I have done most of the steps for unrooting? All i had left to do was run the ruu file as administrator (thought i had the right one earlier) and then follow the steps. I haven't tried to reboot my phone but I have relocked it.

chriscowley said:
Will this work even if I have done most of the steps for unrooting? All i had left to do was run the ruu file as administrator (thought i had the right one earlier) and then follow the steps. I haven't tried to reboot my phone but I have relocked it.
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Yeah whats on the phone is not important, the trick is to enter the bootloader and lock the bootloader (as you said you already did) then perform the commands gien in the thread and flash the firmware. It will lift your hboot to 1.36. After that you unlock th bootloader again and flash a custom recovery and perform a full wipe and then install the desired JB rom
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Oke update, got rid of some issues by using teamviewer....phone is up and running on JB !

heya, i tried to get back to stock on a thread before and it never worked. my hboot is 1.36. and im also locked to orange. help?

LiamKenny said:
heya, i tried to get back to stock on a thread before and it never worked. my hboot is 1.36. and im also locked to orange. help?
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if you follow the instructions in this thread>>>>>http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975140 you will get you back to stock, and it does work, I have gone back to stock many times with the method posted here. so if it doesnt work for you then you are doing something wrong

thank you man!! cant believe it was that easy in the end

[Q] No network

Hello, im having an issue with this HOX. Im runing hboot 1.39 (HTC_304) with skydragon v8.1 rom and kernel KozmiKKernel 008.
The issue is, i have no network access, (gsm/3g, wireless, bluetooth)
This happened after chaning the hboot, guess this is the last one, can i downgrade it?
Tested already with another roms and kernels..
Help?

Sonium said:
Hello, im having an issue with this HOX. Im runing hboot 1.39 (HTC_304) with skydragon v8.1 rom and kernel KozmiKKernel 008.
The issue is, i have no network access, (gsm/3g, wireless, bluetooth)
This happened after chaning the hboot, guess this is the last one, can i downgrade it?
Tested already with another roms and kernels..
Help?
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If you flashed custom kernel, did you flash also modules with the kernel ?

Maybe you need to repack the kernel

AW: [Q] No network
Check wether your baseband and rill matches. There's an app called get rill.
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Yes i did install modules. And i guess this is already a repacked kernel..
About RIL, GetRIL gives me Unknown RIL and Baseband.
Mind helping me out with RIL thing? This is an European Shipped S-ON HOX.
Do i need the RIL for my network? (Vodafone Portugal) Couldnt find anything for it till now.
Help

Sonium said:
Yes i did install modules. And i guess this is already a repacked kernel..
About RIL, GetRIL gives me Unknown RIL and Baseband.
Mind helping me out with RIL thing? This is an European Shipped S-ON HOX.
Do i need the RIL for my network? (Vodafone Portugal) Couldnt find anything for it till now.
Help
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Well, its like this:
The Ril is some kind of connection between your Android OS and your phone's drivers ( camera, sound, network etc. )
The Baseband is mostly the level on which ril and OS communicate with eachother.
If RIL and Baseband don't fit together you might encouter problems like no network or some malfunctioning of phone's hardware.
I'd recommend to reinstall the baseband and check get ril again, or full wipe your phone, deletre all cache and reinstall your custom rom, including boot.img....
Hope I could help you.

Thanks alot for your help. Tell me something, i need to relock bootloader to do that right? Even if its an official RUU .exe ?
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Do you have the right ruu ?
Install a ruu :
1: charge the battery
2: relock the bootloader
- fastboot oem lock
3: keep the phone in the bootloader
4: execute the ruu.exe by clicking on it with the right mousebutton and select - run as administrator
If you are not sure about the ruu, do fastboot getvar version-main. The number that rolls out has to be equal or lower then the ruu version

I think the right RUU is
RUU_ENDEAVOR_U_JB_45_S_HTC_Europe_3.14.401.27_Radio_5.1204.162.29_release_298897_signed.exe
Im am not sure cuz i let it at home charging, last time i had to lock the bootloader, i had to run the battery charger script to do anything with.
Ill test it in 2h30.
Thanks alot for your help. HTC is so hard, no idea why. Im used to my Nexus..
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According to your cid its correct. Just do the getvar version-main command ..... just to be sure
There is also one out that is slightly newer. It lifts the hboot to 1.39.
http://androidfiles.org/ruu/securek...Radio_5.1204.162.29_release_302015_signed.exe

Reading the RUU file name, i guess this is not the right one, guess this one is for hboot 3.14? Where do i get the latest RUUs? htcruu.com seems dead?
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This is latest ruu available. Did you updated to 3.18.401.1 ? There is no ruu for 3.18
The above ruu (3.14.401.31) is for the 1.39 hboot.
But if the fastboot getvar version-main comes out as 3.18.401 you can't use any of the ruu's

Ok thanks, when i get home ill check it and with some luck get it working. What can i do if its 3.18? I dont think it is, ive updated it to 3.19 using a tool that theres on the forum.
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Afaik there is no 3.19 software number. The latest is 3.18. If you have 3.18.401 as a outcome you can restore a 3.18.401 nandroid backup. There are many of them in the general section-collection of nandroid backups :thumbup:

But none of them is for my cid :/
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That's oke ! No problem. Just use it. That's the easy thing of a unbranded wwe phone
Just hold on until you are at home and perform the fastboot command. It will all be oke

Mr Hofs said:
That's oke ! No problem. Just use it. That's the easy thing of a unbranded wwe phone
Just hold on until you are at home and perform the fastboot command. It will all be oke
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So, using that RUU i got error 155 (unknown error)
the version-main is 3.14.401.31 and the RUU is trying to install 3.14.401.27, guess thats the reason?

I linked you the 3.14.401.31
Locked the bootloader ?

Mr Hofs said:
I linked you the 3.14.401.31
Locked the bootloader ?
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Thanks alot dude, the one you linked worked! Ive donated the money i had on paypal lol its not much but its something!

Thanks mate ! That is highly appreciated :thumbup:
Glad it worked !!!
CASE CLOSED !