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2.1 unrevoked-rooted tmo -> unchanged 2.2 HOW?

this is my second thread about this issue, and PLEASE don't answer if you don't know how i could do this. i DON'T want a rooted/modded whatsoever 2.2, just the update that came today.
i guess my best bet would be flashing a htc europe generic rom and get the OTA, but how do i do that?

If your phone is from a network provider then it will more than likely need rooting even if you just want to flash it with a generic HTC ROM.
If it was purchased SIM free then it should already have a generic ROM and it will just be a matter of time before you get the OTA update.
Have you tried manually chacking for an update on the phone?

maxupp said:
this is my second thread about this issue, and PLEASE don't answer if you don't know how i could do this. i DON'T want a rooted/modded whatsoever 2.2, just the update that came today.
i guess my best bet would be flashing a htc europe generic rom and get the OTA, but how do i do that?
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Here's how
I'm Rooted and I still want the official update after reading the warning.
1) Make a goldcard using this guide (For Desire too)
2) Download this
3) Double click it and follow the instructions.
4) When the update is ready to be pushed out, you will get a notification.
(taken from the Official foyo update thread....please search or read before making threads like this)
Also consider looking at this
http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-desire-desire-modaco-com/307683/howto-unroot-your-htc-desire/
BTW, if you do this you will not be able to unroot again untill a new root is found which could take weeks, or could never happen. You loose the ability to install custom roms, or non sense roms.

@ shetlander: it IS rooted, but i'm not able to flash generic, it simply doesn't work
@jedipottsy: i don't have a micro SD card available, but as i said, the phone IS rooted, so i there any way to do it without one? maybe a dump of a generic firmware instead of a ruu.exe?
edit: i forgot to mention, i had a leaked 2.2 build flashed before, but then flashed back to t-mobile rom. what doesn't work ist the flash to htc europe generic

maxupp said:
@ shetlander: it IS rooted, but i'm not able to flash generic, it simply doesn't work
@jedipottsy: i don't have a micro SD card available, but as i said, the phone IS rooted, so i there any way to do it without one? maybe a dump of a generic firmware instead of a ruu.exe?
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nope, need an sdcard, can't flash an official over an unofficial, you need sd to restore to an older official.

Jedipottsy said:
nope, need an sdcard, can't flash an official over an unofficial, you need sd to restore to an older official.
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well i was able to got to a defrost build and back to stock without goldcard, i don't see why a htc generic can't function (

cant see the advantage of using the official, you loose too much for little gain
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=741663 or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=741755
there is full 2.2 with extras, or plain with root, much easier to install and you dont loose root

thx jedi, i am actually flahshing the thingy with busybox(whatever that does), there's no way i'm gonna miss teeter ^^

maxupp said:
this is my second thread about this issue, and PLEASE don't answer if you don't know how i could do this. i DON'T want a rooted/modded whatsoever 2.2, just the update that came today.
i guess my best bet would be flashing a htc europe generic rom and get the OTA, but how do i do that?
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Download this rom:
http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Bra...00.28U_4.06.00.02_2_release_126984_signed.zip
change the name to PB99IMG and put it on your gold card, boot into recovery and select fastboot, it will install the generic 1.21 rom, then when you check for updates the froyo update will be there, btw doing this wipes everything on your phone. Worked for me although I didn't install the froyo update as I am scared of the bootloader.

[Q] Advice: Rooted 2.3.2 or upgrade 2.3.3 :-(

Hi all - glad to find a decent size community of Arc owners even if it isn't huge like other devices have. Because the Arc is a bit "limited" at this time, it makes me especially appreciate the advice and support here even more.
I need your advice and maybe this discussion will help some others facing a similar dilemma.
OK - I've had my Arc a few days and I'm getting itchy feet - I want to set-up my Arc but I'm having trouble having to compromise on one thing or the other.
So, as I have a branded model and can't unlock the bootloader, I only have 3 options for now:
1. Stay with 2.3.2 and have root - I do miss apps that require root, and of course, I really want to get rid of the bloatware. Even more than that, I HATE the Orange branding (how the hell do they manage to make a screen so ugly with the black and orange crap )
2. Update to 2.3.3 - of course, I want the benefits of the updates, even though I haven't run in to the camera bug and other issues yet (have to do some reading to find out about those). But then I'd have NO root. On the other hand, I have read of problems with Gingerbreak anyway.
3. Sell my branded Arc and buy a sim-free one (bit of hassle and not sure I'd unlock the bootloader at this stage anyway (until we see whether we will get custom roms with locked bootloader, etc).
4. Drastic option - sell the phone and buy a Desire HD. I have never touched a Desire HD but was considering this because I really want the 4.2" or 4.3" screen. I chose the Arc because it looks great, is feather light (can't believe the weight of it still), screen quality compared to Desire HD and of course, because of the camera/video. I won't pay Galaxy S2 money and there isn't anything else with the Arc screen size so I think the Desire HD would be my only choice (but I don't really want to change phones).
So, what have others chosen to do and why ?? And, I'd be interested to know what peoples view on the future of the Arc is -- if I'm stuck with the choice of only rooting phone or having updates, I think I'd probably switch now. But, I am an optimist and I love the Arcs hardware so I'm hoping its worth sticking with it.
Look forward to hearing your views about which way to go NOW and the likely FUTURE of the Arc.

You should have updated SE Arc to 2.3.3. After Arc was updated, it works better, no battery drain, all softwares run stable.
Arc is better than Desire HD a lot of things such as Desire HD has radio non stable, can not use camera at night and more .

minhsu said:
You should have updated SE Arc to 2.3.3. After Arc was updated, it works better, no battery drain, all softwares run stable.
Arc is better than Desire HD a lot of things such as Desire HD has radio non stable, can not use camera at night and more .
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Yes - I agree with you based on what I have read about Desire HD. But the flexibility of custom roms, overclocking, root, etc is of some value too - and I could buy the Desire HD for about €100 less, therefore, giving me some cash to buy a compact camera.
Right now - my choice is about whether I have the update to 2.3.3 or stick with 2.3.2. and root. I read that some users on XDA forums have decided not to update because they want to stay rooted. I suppose I'm interested in why, and what are the pros and cons.
On the issues about the future for the Arc, I'm interested in speculation or peoples views about what might happen.

Frenchdroid said:
I read that some users on XDA forums have decided not to update because they want to stay rooted. I suppose I'm interested in why, and what are the pros and cons.
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I updated but have reverted back to 2.3.2 because some phones cant be boot unlocked, and while I would rather be up to date the need to be rooted outweighs it. I used 2.3.3 since last Tuesday and have only just reverted back last night so couldn't really comment on the differences.
I'm just about to reflash too and reroot because I've messed something up while removing stuff lol, I just wish we had xRecovery to make this process simpler.

i will recommend going to 2.3.3 by updating via SEUS or PC Companion...and then unlock your bootloader and then root u r arc because 2.3.3 is better firmware and also i have heard that custom rom's are being developed for arc

Hi - You can use flashtool to put the UK Generic 2.3.3. ROM onto your phone.. avoids all the Orange bloatware.. Won't be rooted of course, but actually runs extremely well..
I have a bootloader unlocked one so I've installed the pre rooted UK Generic, but have only used it to mod the battery icon in the notification bar and the screen off CRT animation.. haven't actually removed anything at all...

im_iceman said:
Hi - You can use flashtool to put the UK Generic 2.3.3. ROM onto your phone.. avoids all the Orange bloatware.. Won't be rooted of course, but actually runs extremely well..
I have a bootloader unlocked one so I've installed the pre rooted UK Generic, but have only used it to mod the battery icon in the notification bar and the screen off CRT animation.. haven't actually removed anything at all...
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Thanks Iceman (and all).
Just another quick question (I have searched but no answers found) - what is the difference between global and UK generic ?? The main thing is that I remove the Orange branding but would be nice to know the difference anyway.

global has more language options the uk genric

Iceman,
You said these.
a. "use flashtool to put the UK Generic 2.3.3. ROM onto your phone"
b. "I have a bootloader unlocked one so I've installed the pre rooted UK Generic"
Just want to confirm some details to what you said and mean --
a. means that you used flashtool to put the Generic 2.3.3 ROM (which is an .ftf file) onto your phone. This is a non-rooted (ie Generic 2.3.3 ROM)
but then in order to have your phone rooted, you had your bootloader unlocked then - b. installed the pre rooted UK Generic - meaning which downloaded the .IMG file and on top of using flashtool (mention in a.) you used fastboot to flahs this pre-rooted .IMG file onto your phone.
Are those basically correct?
Thanks anyway!

Sorry to interrupt here but I have a 3 branded arc which I got today. I flashed the uk generic rom to get rid of the bloatware and it worked a treat.
Ok, its not rooted but it boots quicker and seems to run better.

Don't bother about desire HD.
2.3.2 for me has random reboot and camera video/audio out of sync. So I will not go back to 2.3.2 just for the root.
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is there a way to get back to original se 2.3.2 once i upgraded to 2.3.3?
thank you

loryb84 said:
is there a way to get back to original se 2.3.2 once i upgraded to 2.3.3?
thank you
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Run the flashtool, it's what I did.

XperienceD said:
Run the flashtool, it's what I did.
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Ok, where did you find the original se rom to flash?thank you

loryb84 said:
Ok, where did you find the original se rom to flash?thank you
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Have a browse of the dev section.

ricstc said:
Iceman,
You said these.
a. "use flashtool to put the UK Generic 2.3.3. ROM onto your phone"
b. "I have a bootloader unlocked one so I've installed the pre rooted UK Generic"
Just want to confirm some details to what you said and mean --
a. means that you used flashtool to put the Generic 2.3.3 ROM (which is an .ftf file) onto your phone. This is a non-rooted (ie Generic 2.3.3 ROM)
but then in order to have your phone rooted, you had your bootloader unlocked then - b. installed the pre rooted UK Generic - meaning which downloaded the .IMG file and on top of using flashtool (mention in a.) you used fastboot to flahs this pre-rooted .IMG file onto your phone.
Are those basically correct?
Thanks anyway!
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Hi - Yes - I flashed UK generic using flashtool, then fastboot flashed the rooted .img over the top - did it this way to ensure that I get the right kernel and baseband etc..

Thanks and keep up the good work and info flow

[Q] no update

so since we xplay users got left out by sony and wont be getting ICS update should u guys think that i should flash a custom rom + kernel or wait a little longer n see what comes up ?????

Nothing is coming up but custom roms/kernel updates. Flash away.
Sent from my Lumia 900

aight i agree with you
jus need to get a lil more info on flashing and unlocking and re-locking bootloader

Gin2Ics
Try Gin2Ics, it's fast smooth and amazingly stable. It's updated constantly and it gives your phone the look and feel of ICS when infact its Gingerbread 2.3.4!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631144
Installation works on both locked and unlocked bootloaders and the instructions are fairly easy. PM me if you need any help installing. This Rom is amazing my Play actually feels new! Trust me it is worth it and if you don't like it just flash back to your stock firmware or restore from a nandroid backup made beforehand. What have you got to lose?
-fareeed

Simple question - OTA upgrade

This will probably be really easy to answer:
I've just downgraded my friend's Arc from .62 to .42 standard ROM, and rooted it.
I read that I could then OTA upgrade back to .62 and keep root. OTA upgrade with sim card inserted tells me I have the latest software.
PC Companion is offering me 4.1.B.0.431, which is ICS - correct?
Is there any way I can upgrade this phone back to .62 GB, whilst keeping root? Can I flash a .62 ROM with Flashtools, or will that lose my root?
Any other suggestions?
If this isn't possible, then can someone tell me the positives and negatives of going to ICS on this phone, vs .42?
It's not mine, and I don't want to give back a phone with any (worse!) bugs than it already has. Also I don't want to unlock the bootloader. The reason for the root in the first place is purely because the owner wants rid of the camera sounds. The ROM it had before did not have the option to turn off the shutter sound.

Ah, don't worry - the phone has offered me 4.0.2.A.0.62 OTA now, problem solved!
Incidentally, I just want to get my facts straight - if I now delete some bloatware, that means that if this phone (rooted, but locked bootloader) ever needs to be updated again (to ICS), then it will have to be done by flashing a clean .ftf rather updating OTA/via PC Companion. Is this correct?
If my friend inadvertently tried to update it herself then the update would just fail - it wouldn't brick, since it still has a locked bootloader - correct?

btw its not .62 ROM its a firmware on GB... flashing .62 on flashtool will make you lose your root so you have to do an OTA update on your phone to .62
.62 and .42 are practically the same, on the other hand upgrading to ICS is not any better... scrolling is laggy, the OS itself is not smooth (ICS) unless you wanna use MooDeD 90.5 on your phone
which is fast and not laggy and this ROM doesnt require a unlocked bootloader because its based on stock ICS
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Well if you have a locked bootloader and no custom ROM flashed on your phone, you can use PCC to upgrade to ICS but i always flash through flashtool

Once you have got root suggest you install cwm and do. A complete backup before removing any bloatware.
This way if something goes wrong you have a clean system to go Back to.
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[Q] Arc S android update suggestions (for backup and space issues?) - noob :$

Hi,
I'm having problems with space and the general speed of my Xperia Arc S so the time has come to finally upgrade from Sony's version of Android 2.3 in hope that it will improve things.
I've kind of avoided this so far as I don't really know the best way to back-up things.
I want to back up to my computer - not to the internet.
I am guessing that for the applications that I would like to back up I would need to back up both their APK files and whatever their setting files are. I guess there are also some system settings to back up (but then these are less important).
A problem I have always had is space on the phone - it has very little storage space and although I try and move everything to the SD card, a lot of it doesn't seem to be able to be moved.
Things like simply the Google Play services take up loads of space! I don't even really have that much on there - mainly just whatsapp.
The phone is stock although I have checked in the service menu and it says that I can unlock the bootloader. Part of the reason I didn't upgrade to Sony's version of Android 4 was because I heard that it locks the bootloader and I didn't know if this was bad.
What is the bootloader unlock for? Is it for loading custom roms? As i thought you could do this even if it was locked? Or is it for rooting?
So yer, I guess I am looking for recommendations for a CFW to suit my needs. Priorities are that it works and i'm guessing the latest android version possible would be best as this will help with performance etc. Or is that a misnomer as newer android releases are generally geared for phones with higher specs? I've heard that some CFWs have problems with wifi etc so i'd like to avoid those as I certainly need that.
Overall there seem to be so many even on this forum that I don't really know which would be a best fit for my needs or this phone.
I also have an original San Francisco (zte blade) to update but will save that 'till I've done this one.
Hopefully I can get an understanding as to how all this CFW / Rooting / whatever business works and the best / latest way to do things, as as with everything, it all rapidly changes and you can find yourself looking out lots of outdated and now incorrect or superseeded information.
All a bit overwhelming really, which is why i've put it off so long!
Thanks for your time and help!

1. Q : For backup on ICS 4.0.4, right?
A : Unlock bootloader first -> root -> flash cwm - now u can backup everything from ur phone.
2. Q : Little storage, right?
A : After backup, reboot system.
Partition ur sdcard -> install link2sd. (google it for how to)
Link what do u want to link (google it for how to)
3. Q : Unlockbootloader, right?
A : It's for using custom kernel (google it for how to)
There's too many tutorial from all your question.
Read it again and again :good:

Abigail said:
1. Q : For backup on ICS 4.0.4, right?
A : Unlock bootloader first -> root -> flash cwm - now u can backup everything from ur phone.
2. Q : Little storage, right?
A : After backup, reboot system.
Partition ur sdcard -> install link2sd. (google it for how to)
Link what do u want to link (google it for how to)
3. Q : Unlockbootloader, right?
A : It's for using custom kernel (google it for how to)
There's too many tutorial from all your question.
Read it again and again :good:
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I have android 2.3 - is this a problem?
I thought that the Sony ICS 4.0 update made it so you could not unlock your bootloader?
Hmm if you unlock your bootloader, it will also root the phone, correct?
But it seems that using the Sony tool will wipe my phone developer.sonymobile.com/unlockbootloader/unlock-yourboot-loader/
So i saw there is the S1tool but then people said that it does not work with the Arc S.
Is this still the case? What is the reason? is it impossible?
So, you say that in order to back up my applications and things, i need to unlock my bootloader. The official way seems to wipe my phone though - so then i can't back up :S
Hmm, see, i am confused about the order i should do things. Also i've heard that if you use the Sony tool then you cannot use OTA updates which seems like it could be problematic? Mind you i guess CFW cannot use OTA either - so how do you update? You must check for updates on your PC and reflash your phone regularly? Or are there ways for Stock android CFW to support OTA updates?
So, does the Sony ICS update stop you unlocking the bootloader?
I guess there are 2 options. Update using that and then install helium OR root and then use titanium backup.
Not sure which to try.
Thanks!

1. Unlock bootloader is only affected by the phone manufacture date, check the battery compartment and see if the date is before 12W11. Any date after this means the phone can't be unlocked.
2. Software does not affect the unlocking of bootloader, like I mentioned earlier check the battery compartment.
3. Unlocking your bootloader does not mean you have rooted your phone. It just means you can flash custom kernels onto your phone.
4. It's not that S1tool doesn't work, if I told you the entire process of doing it you wouldn't want to do it either.
5. Sony last stopped the update at 4.0.4, no need to concern yourself with future updates.
6. If you use CFW, refer to the thread for instructions on how to install updates.
7. Like I mentioned, ICS update does not affect bootloader unlock, only the manufacture date does. Furthermore, if you update from stock to a CFW, you will not be able to restore your data from the old software. You will have no choice but to start with a clean slate.

I am on Sonys 2.3, build 4.0.2.A.0.62 and i read that i cannot root this version.
I can't use backup software as i can't root to use titanium and helium doesn't support 2.3.
Sony back also apparently doesn't support my phone.
Basically, my apps are outdated due to me not having enough space to update them.
I think that updating to Sony's ICS update might enable me to use these programs and root so that i can backup, then unlock the bootloader and use cfw. (i checked and my s# is older than 12W11 so that's fine).
However, i am worried that if i try to update to Sony's ICS update that i will either lose my applications or the data that is stored with them (whatsapp history, game saves, app config etc etc) - particularly as they are not up to date.
Is this the case? Is there anything i can do?
Thanks

oneNight1 said:
I am on Sonys 2.3, build 4.0.2.A.0.62 and i read that i cannot root this version.
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Take a look at the tool namend one click root (this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2219781), your build should be root-able, just read carefully and decide if you wanna try...
I used this tool on stock sony ics 4.0.4 build and it worked nicely, haven't tried it on stock sony gb 2.3 build though.
Good luck! :good:

BadGround said:
Take a look at the tool namend one click root (this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2219781), your build should be root-able, just read carefully and decide if you wanna try...
I used this tool on stock sony ics 4.0.4 build and it worked nicely, haven't tried it on stock sony gb 2.3 build though.
Good luck! :good:
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Thanks for the tip! It worked!
If you do it twice it relocks your phone. Took some google translate to find out what the chinese was saying hehe.
I'm now on stock 4.0.3 (4.1.A.0.562).
Doesn't seem a great deal better than 2.3, i guess i need to find out what a good lightweight CFW is really. Firefox for android constantly crashes so i tried naked browser and that does too. Wish there was a good selective script blocker for mobile browsers - that would help a lot. Noscript for firefox would be a possibility but the problem is it crashes a lot even with javascript disabled.
So yer not sure where the problems are coming from, maybe due to the low RAM in this phone. That's why i was thinking a lightweight CFW might help matters but not sure if it's best to go with a 5.1 one that breaks 720p recording and has issues with things like turning off GPS.
Or it might be better to go with the latest type that doesn't break anything. I'm guessing that is a 4.0.4 CFW? Or maybe 4.4? I know stock only goes up to 4.0.4 but i think i read something about being able to get CFW based on stock so HDMI, FM radio, 720p recording etc etc won't be broken?
Thanks anyway!

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Or it might be better to go with the latest type that doesn't break anything. I'm guessing that is a 4.0.4 CFW? Or maybe 4.4? I know stock only goes up to 4.0.4 but i think i read something about being able to get CFW based on stock so HDMI, FM radio, 720p recording etc etc won't be broken?
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Well, I haven't tried 5.1 so far, only following the 5.1-threads to see how it's going on.
HDMI is only working up to 4.0.4 roms, FM radio is working in 4.1 roms too, and you'll get 720p recording also in 4.4.4 roms. If you want all things working your phone is able to you will have to use roms based on stock GB or ICS. Therefore I'm using a stock based ICS rom most of the time (T-Rom).

By T-Rom for Arc S, i assume that you mean this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746508
Or if not then this port of it? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2239187
Sounds like something worth trying to see if it helps!
Thanks!

oneNight1 said:
By T-Rom for Arc S, i assume that you mean this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746508
Or if not then this port of it? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2239187
Sounds like something worth trying to see if it helps!
Thanks!
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For Arc S the first link is the matching one. I think it's the most recently updated ICS rom for our device :good: