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help updating hboot

I want to upgrade my hboot so i can run a jb rom. How do i go about doing this? My current hboot is 0.43.00000 and cid is H3G__001. It is also S-ON but unlocked.

First : are you on a custom rom now and do you know how the recovery and fastboot commands work ?
And did you make a nandroid backup of the stock original rom ?

I am on stock 4.0.3 and yes I know how the fastboot commands work. I know how to use clockwork recovery if that counts too.

Oke maybe an easy one, is the rom full stock as in no removed bloatware apps or any other stuff ?

Mr Hofs said:
Oke maybe an easy one, is the rom full stock as in no removed bloatware apps or any other stuff ?
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I'm not sure what you mean. It has all my apps on but nothing is custom on it. And i also have a backup of this rom.

Oke lets test it !
Flash back this recovery and start updating
http://db.tt/W5IJ8asG
You will loose root when its updated but you re-root very easily after the update !

It all flashed ok and nothing seems to be different.

No that's correct but to be able to update the phone you have to be on stock recovery, stock Rom and kernel .... Now go into settings - info - software updates (or a similar menu) and start checking for updates. At least an update to android 4.04 sense 4.1 should pop up !

Yup an update came up. Should I install it?

Yes please, then we know if all is stock enough to update

Ok it updated to android 4.0.4 and sense 4.1 what now?

Depends if your carrier has rolled out the JB update yet, but i think not .....

Nope they havent. I'm on three uk btw.

Then you have to options
1 stay on stock untill JB is available
2 flash the custom recovery and perform a new NANDROID BACKUP, and flash a custom rom. Or root this one again

but i need a better hboot for a jb rom. My hboot has changed to 1.12.0000 now.

Yes that's correct, you can't go to JB at this moment. The unofficial firmware is also not released for you .....so you must have patience

Okie, thanks for the help! ^^

No problem
CASE CLOSED

[Q] Downgrade

My HOX is currently running ARHD 18.2 and i have a hboot 1.39 and i want to go back to stock
1)i can't find JB ruu for j_15
2)do i need to downgrade my hboot in order to flash a ICS ruu
3)how to downgrade

You cant downgrade in any way unless you have an s-off device. You need a stock nandroid backup !
Just checked ... there is a nandroid backup available for you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975140
Restore it including the boot.img and you are back on stock

i have a nandroid backup i made i when i first rooted my device.

I can only go to the stock JB now or i can never go to stock again??

abdussamad said:
I can only go to the stock JB now or i can never go to stock again??
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What do you mean exactly. If you have a stock nandroid backup you are actually going back to stock ....

does other numbers matters apart from 415 because it has to backups 3.16.415.4|1.29.415.x.and i have a stock ruu rom that i installed once has no's 2.17.415.2

Mr Hofs said:
What do you mean exactly. If you have a stock nandroid backup you are actually going back to stock ....
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i get it

Depends on what you really want. The nandroid backup 3.16.415 is the stock JB......the ruu with 2.17 won't work anymore because of the updated hboot.

Mr Hofs said:
Depends on what you really want. The nandroid backup 3.16.415 is the stock JB......the ruu with 2.17 won't work anymore because of the updated hboot.
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i just want to get back to stock cuz my phone is acting crazy like all of a sudden preparing sim,heating up in normal use etc

Ah like that. According to your hboot (1.39) you have to restore the 3.16 nandroid backup. That's the stock one matching your hboot number

Mr Hofs said:
Ah like that. According to your hboot (1.39) you have to restore the 3.16 nandroid backup. That's the stock one matching your hboot number
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is there anything else i should knw

You need to flash the boot.img, do a full wipe in the custom recovery and restore the nandroid. Then you will have the stock software back on the phone :thumbup:

Mr Hofs said:
You need to flash the boot.img, do a full wipe in the custom recovery and restore the nandroid. Then you will have the stock software back on the phone :thumbup:
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THANKS

one more thing can i keep custom recovery with my stock rom or i have to flash stock recovery in any case

No you can run the rom fine with a custom recovery.....the only thing you can't do is update the phone with official ota

Is it possible to downgrade hboot from 1.39?
I think my hox failed when i upgraded to 1.39. I have tried all diffrent kind of roms and RUU.
The symtoms: The desk freeze up and I have to use powerbutton to get the panel to work again. And it sometimes start flickering and I have to use powerbutton to get it straight. The wifi don't work when i wakeup the phone, I have to restart wifi to get in running.

No not possible unless your phone is S-Off but that's very unlikely.....
You cab however flash the standalone firmware again to make sure your bootloader/hboot is without errors
You can check this thread for that .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957376

Mr Hofs said:
No not possible unless your phone is S-Off but that's very unlikely.....
You cab however flash the standalone firmware again to make sure your bootloader/hboot is without errors
You can check this thread for that .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957376
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If I really really want to do a super duper factory reset. What should I do? I'm on ARDH 18.2 and hboot 1.39.
Back to basic as far as i can...
Thanks for assisting.

[Q] Looking for RUU for VODAP019 (Ireland)

Hi, where can I find an RUU for Vodafone Ireland. Help much appreciated.

Depends on your main version
Fastboot getvar version-main
Please post the outcome ! :thumbup:

Mr Hofs said:
Depends on your main version
Fastboot getvar version-main
Please post the outcome ! :thumbup:
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3.14.161.27
Thanks

There is no ruu for that, but there is a nandroid backup of the stock rom you can use
http://bugsylawson.com/index.php/files/file/214-cwm-nandroid-backup-cid-vodap102-31416127/

Mr Hofs said:
There is no ruu for that, but there is a nandroid backup of the stock rom you can use
Thanks mate. the restore worked and I was able to get the phone back working. Now to do some backups
I had previously been trying to restore to stock in order to bring it back to the shop under warranty (yellow/brown patch on screen on top right).
Thanks
Mick
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Cool, did you flash back the stock recovery too ?

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Cool, did you flash back the stock recovery too ?
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Just trid that to version 1-28 I think and I'm getting the dreaded red triangle
I thought that was a clean versio so maybe something else is wrong. Any ideas?

Uhm wait .... You flashed back a 1.28 stock recovery on a 3.14 rom. That's not going to work.
And what is your goal now actually after the restore ?
And where do you get a red triangle ? When you boot up the phone or when you try to enter the stock recovery ?
When you enter a stock recovery there will always be a warning sign like you describe, we are not supposed to go in there
This is a stock 3.14 recovery
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ms7vd18vb9watr8/stock recovery 3.14.img

Mr Hofs said:
Uhm wait .... You flashed back a 1.28 stock recovery on a 3.14 rom. That's not going to work.
And what is your goal now actually after the restore ?
And where do you get a red triangle ? When you boot up the phone or when you try to enter the stock recovery ?
When you enter a stock recovery there will always be a warning sign like you describe, we are not supposed to go in there
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OK, I have now flashed 3.14 and booted into it. first time around it showed the normal icon for a while and then restored my system. Second time around when I booted into recovery is shows the red triangle over the image of a screen. Flashing CWM seems to be ok.
bootloader version: 1.36.0000
version-main: 3.14.161.27
cid: has changed to VODAP001
Should I startt again from the nandroid?
My aim is to fully restore the phone to stock and then lock it before I bring it back to the shop for hardware repair on the yellow/brown patch.

Does the phone boot up properly ?
I don't know if there is a nandroid that also matches your cid ?
Fastboot oem readcid
Will tell the real cid.
Do that and we check if there is one actually available.

Mr Hofs said:
Does the phone boot up properly ?
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yep, it boots ok into wwm (after reflash) and into the main system but not into recovery if I flash stock.
I can make calls etc and everything seems normal.
Only software issue now seems to be that I can't flash stock recovery successfully

So when you flash the stock recovery the phone does not boot ?
Oke give the cid with the command, lets check that out
Crap....you wrote it in the title....overread it all the way !!!
I have an idea that might work !
Get the nandroid 2.17.161 vodap 001 and restore that one completely !
Then flash back this recovery
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wbav46spkbznovp/stock recovery 2.17.img
Then boot up the phone and update with official ota.
It worked before with and O2 nandroid .... Its worth a shot mate

Mr Hofs said:
So when you flash the stock recovery the phone does not boot ?
Oke give the cid with the command, lets check that out
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Phone itself works with stock recovery but it won't boot into stock recovery itself without red triangle.
I've just been trying to change the cid with "fastboot oem writecid VODAP019" but I keep gettin either "too many links" or "unknow error". Itried tried but with the phone locked and unlocked :crying:
I'll keep trying to see if that will let me flash the stock recovery successfully and boot into it.
Mick

Hahaha that's the trick, the stock recovery is supposed to give you that warning sign ! That is absolutely normal. When you see that triangle screen you press volume - and power and it should enter the stock recovery. (Could also be volume +, can't recall it in my mind atm)
And you can't write a cid, we need S-OFF to do that .....

Mr Hofs said:
Hahaha that's the trick, the stock recovery is supposed to give you that warning sign ! That is absolutely normal. When you see that triangle screen you press volume - and power and it should enter the stock recovery. (Could also be volume +, can't recall it in my mind atm)
And you can't write a cid, we need S-OFF to do that .....
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Ok I,m into stock recovery with 2.17
the standard blue options are at the top but I also have failed to mount /sdcard in yellow below that 3 times !! (no such directory).
rebooted and now I am downloading software updates v4.0.475679

mccmick said:
Ok I,m into stock recovery with 2.17
the standard blue options are at the top but I also have failed to mount /sdcard in yellow below that 3 times !! (no such directory).
rebooted and now I am downloading software updates v4.0.475679
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immediately follwed by the main system update as expected

Yeah that's because the stock recovery can't mount it, the error is also normal. There is not much to do with the stock recovery.....
If the updates go well you het back the original stock JB rom and cid back !
Is it working .... the updates ?

Mr Hofs said:
Yeah that's because the stock recovery can't mount it, the error is also normal. There is not much to do with the stock recovery.....
If the updates go well you het back the original stock JB rom and cid back !
Is it working .... the updates ?
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Hi, the updates took a long time to download. Everything is now working and back to stock.
Thanks for all your help and patience.
Mick

Good ! Hope you get the fix sorted too :thumbup:
CASE CLOSED !

Sorry for reviving an old thread. But this one seems closest to what I'm stuck on, so hopefully someone can help.
I was running a viperX rom on my htc one X for quite sometime, after updating the rom it was working fine but all of a sudden it stopped picking up any mobile network. Stupidly I deleted everything from recovery (cache, data on the sd card, the android OS, everything!). - No backup unfortunately.
I read about going back to stock, re-locked the bootloader and attempted to install via an RUU. My HTC One X is exactly the same as the one by mccmick, running 3.14.161.27 of the HTC software. Can't find an RUU for it anywhere.
But what do I do now? It ran out of battery, so I used command prompt to get the phone to change a little bit, then re unlocked the bootloader using hasoon2000's tool kit and installed the lastest version of CWM recovery so the phone can charge via mains.
There is no root access on the phone at the moment, can't access the internal sd card to put any ROM or superSU files on there. Mounting the sdcard for usb use via recovery does not work.
How do I resolve? I can't put a nondroid backup to the phone. Ideally I would like to go back to stock, but even if I can just install a rom and get everything working again, I'd be very happy.
Is there any command prompts I can use to send files over to the phone? Send a kernel, rom and root files over?
Should mention my phones cid is VODAP001 and running 3.14.161.27.

directory for HOX official updates

i have HTC one x which is rooted and unlocked boot loader but i checked for updates after i got it unlocked and rooted , there was a new update i downloaded it and tried to install when i restart the update should be installed but every time i click restart to update the device restarts but dose not install the updates instead the device boot into TWRP recovery screen, so my question is how can i install the official updates? or is there is a way to install them manually using TWRP Recovery screen?

Is your rom still stock ? (No apps deleted) then you need the stock recovery.
What software number are you on now
2.17, 3.14 or even higher ?

Mr Hofs said:
Is your rom still stock ? (No apps deleted) then you need the stock recovery.
What software number are you on now
2.17, 3.14 or even higher ?
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Yes im still on stock rom
my software numb is 3.14.401.31

Flash this recovery back and try to update again
http://db.tt/C1SWP2ZJ

what would this file do exactly? will it relock the boot or unroot
sorry im new in all of this so basically i know nothing

No you need the stock recovery (HTC) because the custom recovery that we use to flash roms is not capable of handling official update files from htc.
This will not lock the bootloader, it will only replace the custom recovery so that you are able to install the OTA update.

worked and updated thanks for the help

No problem ! :thumbup:
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BUT it unrooted the phone so i had to root it again, no biggie

Yeah thats normal ! But indeed no biggie....enjoy the day

[Q] Problems I face while going back to Stock, And Still not on Stock

Hello Everyone,
I am avid user of xda. I am using a HOX which i rooted 2 years back.
The Specs of the phone are as follows,
It was running on 4.2.2, HTC_038 [INDIA] ,3.14.720.24, HBoot 1.36
It was running InsertCoin Rom 19.0.1.
It was running awesome.
But lately i decided to go on Stock to give it to HTC Service Center to replace the battery
So here it began,
I began searching for RUU's since a month. I knew it is a pain to get this phone back to Stock.
So did a little research and found that we dont have a RUU for 3.14.720.24
Then i began searching for Nandroid and Voila :angel: I found one.
After having an extensive research, i decided to give it a shot.
So i restored the Nandroid. and returned to 4.1.1 and Sense 4
Flashed Stock Recovery, Relocked the BootLoader.
and it was working fine.
I then checked for Updates as there was obviously going to be one for 4.2.2 and Sense 5
Downloaded the OTA, Tried to install it. When i clicked on Install the phone went to Stock recovery and in less than 5 sec booted up again.
I knew it dint go well. It just did a hard reset. Lost all my data. (I was not upset even though)
I was determined to go to stock.
So now i decided to downloaded the OTA again. Downloaded again. Installed the OTA and Voila I was on 4.2.2 with Sense 5.
I couldn't believe it. I was thinking it is so easy. ( Believe me, it wasnt )
Now i was running 4.2.2, Sense 5, HBoot 1.73(Culprit) 4.18.401.2
Now the real problem started.
I couldnt update apps from Play Store, Couldnt install new apps from Play Store. It was a mess.
"Package File Invalid". I read many threads and tried many methods (Clearing Cache, Hard Reset, Naming your device under Play Store etc)
But No luck. I couldnt get that working. I decided to do it again.
And i unlocked the bootloader and installed the CWM Recovery 5.8.4.0 again.
And then the Hboot 1.73 came to picture.
I restored the 4.1.1 Nandroid again.
Touch Screen wasnt working. MG: I am sweating.
Googled the Problem.
Found that 4.1.1 is too old for Hboot 1.73
Then i tried installing InsertCoin 19.0.4 (Aroma installer dint work, Touch wasnt working, Powered Down and kept the phone aside).
Relaxed Myself.
Found that Philz Recovery would work to install the ROM atleast.
Flashed Philz Recovery and now I have installed InsertCoin 19.0.4
Now People, I believe i am not the only one who is facing such a hardship to go to STOCK.
Can someone please help me going back to Stock again?
Things i have
1. HTC One X (Device)
2. 4.1.1 Nandroid
3. HBoot 1.73
4. Good Working Brain and Patience
Also, Can someone provide me a link of OTA.Zip of (4.2.2 - 4.18.401.2 for HTC_038) which can be flashed from Recovery so that i can revert to Stock?(May Be) - I googled and searched everywhere but couldnt find one.
Waiting for a Reply.?

Flash philz touch recovery and install a new sense 5 custom rom from scratch. At least a working phone then.....
You need a higher nandroid backup. The hboot is updated so the lower one don't work anymore. Touch drivers are updated so you need a nand that matches the outcome of
Fastboot getvar version-main

For Those who are reading this thread. Found Something
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2466294
Might be Helpful

Good luck @Mr Hofs

Mr Hofs said:
Flash philz touch recovery and install a new sense 5 custom rom from scratch. At least a working phone then.....
You need a higher nandroid backup. The hboot is updated so the lower one don't work anymore. Touch drivers are updated so you need a nand that matches the outcome of
Fastboot getvar version-main
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Mr hofs just a random question Whn u flash boot.img of ny Rom which u extract from the Rom.zip do u delete the boot.img from the Rom.zip or just flash root with boot.img from recovery and then again flash it from computer
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UplandCypress said:
For Those who are reading this thread. Found Something
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2466294
Might be Helpful
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The ota is of no use !
ruffain said:
Mr hofs just a random question Whn u flash boot.img of ny Rom which u extract from the Rom.zip do u delete the boot.img from the Rom.zip or just flash root with boot.img from recovery and then again flash it from computer
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Flash the boot.img via fastboot and install the rom via recovery. Just leave the boot.img in the rom.zip. copy it from the rom.....