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[Q] flashing ruu on branded phones

Can I flash the unbranded ruu on a branded 3 UK phone, will I lose recovery and superuser?
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newcastle9 said:
Can I flash the unbranded ruu on a branded 3 UK phone, will I lose recovery and superuser?
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If you have unlocked via HTCDev the this would have removed your CID in which case yes you should be able to flash the WWE RUU on a branded device.
If you have not unlocked and are still running stock then no it wont work.

Does HTCDev unlock remove CID? Unless it changed to 11111111 you still won't be able to flash an RUU AFAIK

EddyOS said:
Does HTCDev unlock remove CID? Unless it changed to 11111111 you still won't be able to flash an RUU AFAIK
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It does indeed. It doesn't change it to 1111111 it completely removes it altogether.
I re locked the bootloader the other day and re-flashed the WWE RUU as im sending it back (screen flickering problem) and it worked with no issues.

Vodafone Australia
I am Vodafone Australia and unlocked my phone via HTCdev. I am also facing the same problem (screen flickering)and need to send it back. I have re-locked it. As you just said "I re locked the bootloader the other day and re-flashed the WWE RUU as im sending it back" can you please explain how did you re-flash the WWE RUU? steps or link?

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gilbert_ac said:
I am Vodafone Australia and unlocked my phone via HTCdev. I am also facing the same problem (screen flickering)and need to send it back. I have re-locked it. As you just said "I re locked the bootloader the other day and re-flashed the WWE RUU as im sending it back" can you please explain how did you re-flash the WWE RUU? steps or link?
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You need to get the vodafone au ruu. General wwe releases will not work for you. Pretty sure the correct ruu is available in the dev section.
Can't link, posting from phone.
M.
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Stock RUU for 1.28 needed
Hi there
I have effectively killed my HTC one - I unlocked via htcdev and upgraded the recovery - fastboot shows the device id when running the command fastboot devices.
However I am now stuck in a boot loop where the phone only boots to hboot (following a failed boot.img flash) I have downgraded back to stock recovery and re locked but cant find the 1.28 RUU to recover the device (and I did try the RUU for 1.26 but it wouldnt install)
Once I updated te recovery i ran the fastboot boot boot.img command
This failed to progress past the 'htc quietly brilliant' flash screen.
I dont have the rom .zip saved on my internal memory on the phone - I was hoping to be able to push it to the /data/ partition however when I try this sdb returns no connected device.
Wonder if anyone can assist in either
a - returning to stock with a RUU for 1.28
or
b - advise how to flash the files I need onto the phone (it seems that the ROM isnt booting so I assume its from the point I install boot.img and beyond I need so help)
Unfortunately I cant get the phone to boot to copy files to the memory so need to work entirely in fastboot and adb (assuming adb wil recognise the handset)
Many thanks
Gurry

dr9722 said:
It does indeed. It doesn't change it to 1111111 it completely removes it altogether.
I re locked the bootloader the other day and re-flashed the WWE RUU as im sending it back (screen flickering problem) and it worked with no issues.
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But relocking it puts it back so unless you were on HTC__001 you'd be back on the VODAP001 CID

Gold card - is it possible on the One-X?

I downloaded an app called Goldcard Helper and I'd detects and generated a reversible hex Buber for the One-X virtual sdcard my question is would it work to take the next step and flash the resultant Goldcard img?
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angusc said:
I downloaded an app called Goldcard Helper and I'd detects and generated a reversible hex Buber for the One-X virtual sdcard my question is would it work to take the next step and flash the resultant Goldcard img?
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If you unlock your bootloader via HTC Dev this removes the CID and allows you to flash any RUU. Essentially exactly the same as the Goldcard tool does.

dr9722 said:
If you unlock your bootloader via HTC Dev this removes the CID and allows you to flash any RUU. Essentially exactly the same as the Goldcard tool does.
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Mmmmm no i don't think that is the case, just look in the shipped ROM thread and see all the people with branded phones that can't flash different regions ruu.
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dr9722 said:
If you unlock your bootloader via HTC Dev this removes the CID and allows you to flash any RUU. Essentially exactly the same as the Goldcard tool does.
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Wrong

angusc said:
Mmmmm no i don't think that is the case, just look in the shipped ROM thread and see all the people with branded phones that can't flash different regions ruu.
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Only speaking from experience. Mine was T-Mob branded, unlocked with HTCDev, CID showed as "None" then was able to flash the WWE RUU.

dr9722 said:
Only speaking from experience. Mine was T-Mob branded, unlocked with HTCDev, CID showed as "None" then was able to flash the WWE RUU.
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How did you know it was branded ? When it booted did have a tmobile logo ? Did you get the phone from T-Mobile or CPW ?
Si

BigladUK said:
How did you know it was branded ? When it booted did have a tmobile logo ? Did you get the phone from T-Mobile or CPW ?
Si
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It had a T-Mob splash screen. And before you ask it's S-On.

dr9722 said:
It had a T-Mob splash screen. And before you ask it's S-On.
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Interesting, don't suppose you know what software version you were on before do you ? 401 is the WWE, mine is 206.
I tried flashing the WWE on my o2 branded phone after I had relocked my boot loader but obviously didn't work....I'm just trying it now after re unlocking it
Si
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Rubbish As expected that didn't work for me
I wonder why yours worked...

Could you have a look ( or post ) the ruu logs from the folder in the root of c ( on your computer ) as mine show in the install failing due to cid not matchinf
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I used CID getter on my T-Mobile and it told me that the CID was T-MOB005. Even though it was seemingly not there looking normally.

monkeyphonix said:
I used CID getter on my T-Mobile and it told me that the CID was T-MOB005. Even though it was seemingly not there looking normally.
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The fastboot command to query it doesn't work for some reason and will always return None even if there is a CID set.

Tiersten said:
The fastboot command to query it doesn't work for some reason and will always return None even if there is a CID set.
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I think it's because the bootloader is unlocked.

Cid getter reports mine as o2__01
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shadowboy23 said:
I think it's because the bootloader is unlocked.
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fastboot shows None as the CID for my One X which is still S-ON LOCKED and I know it has a CID because its a Orange UK branded handset. It just doesn't work for some reason. It isn't related to the security mode or whether it is locked, unlocked or relocked.

Tiersten said:
It shows None for my One X which is still S-ON LOCKED and I know it has a CID because its a Orange UK branded handset.
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S-ON is different. I have unlocked my bootloader and I still have S-ON. Whenever you unlock the bootloader your CID is gone. I have read many owners of the One X that has the same result when they unlock the bootloader.

shadowboy23 said:
S-ON is different. I have unlocked my bootloader and I still have S-ON. Whenever you unlock the bootloader your CID is gone. I have read many owners of the One X that has the same result when they unlock the bootloader.
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I know. My post was a reply to monkeyphonix who said they couldn't see the CID normally but could see it with CID getter. It is because getting the CID using fastboot doesn't work for some reason.

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shadowboy23 said:
I think it's because the bootloader is unlocked.
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No, my bootloader is still locked and i also can't get cid from FASTBOOT but CID Getter gives me HTC_001
My device is a European unlocked version purchased from Expansys.
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Regardless of the 'None' response from an htcdev.com unlock, you can get the CID of your device by using the following command:
fastboot oem readcid
This will show the OEM CID number - which is the one that controls which RUU can be flashed to your phone.
Hope this helps someone.

visor said:
Regardless of the 'None' response from an htcdev.com unlock, you can get the CID of your device by using the following command:
fastboot oem readcid
This will show the OEM CID number - which is the one that controls which RUU can be flashed to your phone.
Hope this helps someone.
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Ahh. So that is how you get the CID via fastboot.
I knew what my CID was anyway but here is what it should look like:
fastboot oem readcid
...
(bootloader) DEBUG: cid: ORANG001
OKAY [ 0.051s]
finished. total time: 0.052s

Obviously, once we get S-OFF the following command will grant SuperCID status.
fastboot oem writecid 11111111
I'm waiting on a couple of cables to arrive that will allow me to try out the Gold Card approach used on the HTC Mango devices - hopefully the One X will go into USB host mode?

bootloader downgrade and cid change

I have unlocked my phone via htc dev, and i installed the 2.17 RUU and i have problems with my phone and i would like to change the cid to super cid (mine is ht_j15 at the moment), i would like to revert to 1.29 firmware via ruu but it gives me an error because my bootloader is an updated version, so is it possible to downgrade to the old bootloader version as well as get super cid, please help
cheers

The short answers for the three questions is no, no, and no.

but i have s-off :s, and will these no's ever change to yes ???
XD XD

Have you tried the fastboot command (In fastboot):
fastboot oem writecid 11111111
If thats succesfull then you should be able to flash any rom.
Note down your original CID for warranty by issueing the following command in bootloader:
fastboot getvar cid

Why would you use HTCdev if you're s-off?
It's useless
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MarylandCookie said:
Have you tried the fastboot command (In fastboot):
fastboot oem writecid 11111111
If thats succesfull then you should be able to flash any rom.
Note down your original CID for warranty by issueing the following command in bootloader:
fastboot getvar cid
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I get none when I issue fastboot getvar cid, is this equivalent as having the 11111111 set ?

Have you actually got s-off or have you just unlocked with htcdev? There 2 different things
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P00r said:
I get none when I issue fastboot getvar cid, is this equivalent as having the 11111111 set ?
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No this is what happens when you have the bootloader unlocked,
Try fastboot oem readcid
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thunder07 said:
Why would you use HTCdev if you're s-off?
It's useless
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Huh~ never mentioned OP singanture's stating s-off.
Yes, I think he is mistaking he had s-off device through htcdev.

holy s***, am sorry guys i didn't see that its still s-on, but i sent a message to htc dev about not getting s-off and some harsh words as well. hope they will reply.
sorry guys am such an idiot

viper619 said:
holy s***, am sorry guys i didn't see that its still s-on, but i sent a message to htc dev about not getting s-off and some harsh words as well. hope they will reply.
sorry guys am such an idiot
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You had mistaken some facts, HTC never providings any official s-off. The htcdev.com offers you to unlock bootloader, it had limitations and you're not getting s-off through it.

ya sry about that . btw I contacted htc dev and to my surprise they told me to check the internet forums for ways to s-off the device (i did mention to them that the device s-off ed now is the snapdragon varient) and they said they have no intentions of releasing the s-off :S.

[Q] Back to basic?

If I really really want to do a super duper factory reset. What should I do? I'm on ARHD 18.2 and hboot 1.39. 3.14.401.31 5.1204.162.29
Back to basic as far as i can...
I have issues with my wifi, I have to restart the wifi after awhile. My screen behave strange and in non responsive from time to time. The battery drains in like 8 hours, earlier it was ok for like 36 hours, that was i think when I used hboot 1.31. All this errors appeared when I went for hboot 1.39 I think.
I understand that downgrading hboot is not possible. But everything else?!?
Thanks for assisting.

Run a RUU for a super duper factory reset ruu.androidfiles.org

I guess you need to do the fastboot command
Fastboot getvar version-main
I think that the main version posted by henrik is from the custom rom that is based on 3.14.401.....

RUU failed.
Shoud I do anything pre RUU?
Fastboot something? Relock?

Yes the bootloader needs to be relocked. And you have to run the ruu with administrator rights. And keep the phone in the bootloader/fastboot usb mode
Are you sure you got the right ruu. Did you do
Fastboot getvar version-main
And did it came up with the same number you posted in the first post ?

Mr Hofs said:
Yes the bootloader needs to be relocked. And you have to run the ruu with administrator rights. And keep the phone in the bootloader/fastboot usb mode
Are you sure you got the right ruu. Did you do
Fastboot getvar version-main
And did it came up with the same number you posted in the first post ?
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Yes same number.
When i lock it it will only boot to bootloader. To run RUU I need to get in to the phone.
Should I do anyting else in fastboot?
Regards
/Henrik

You can run the ruu in fastboot mode too.

Yeah like i said in my previous post

Thanks allot, now i'm back to scratch. The issues with the touchpanel is still there, the top part is not consistent sometime it works and sometime it doesn't. We will see if the batterylife is better.
Thanks again.
/Henrik

No problem mate, i hope it Works out fine for you in the end :thumbup:
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[SOLVED]How to get official updates after relocking bootloader?

Hello to everyone!
I have HTC M8(second hand...) I check the IMEI and i see is from Australia - Sold to Singapore. I don't know if it means something.
It was unlocked bootloader and modified software(Custom ROM-android 6), S-OFF and CID was 11111111(I don't know what was the original CID, because this is how i bought the phone)
I decided to get it back to stock. I found a few threads about how to get the HTC M8 fully stock, but nothing works for now. l have the the stock recovery, stock boot.img and locked the bootloader.
When i installed/restored from the RUU file it was ok. When i check for updates it's downloading, but cannot install.
There is a message:
'Variant system version - We have determined that your phone may be running a modified version of its system software. For your protection, we cannot update your phone. Please revert your phone to the official HTC system software to update your phone. If you did not modify your system software or would like help reverting your system please contact us via the support section at HTC - Mobile Phones, Smartphones, Cell Phones, Tablets'
I'm sure i have official software, stock recovery and boot.img, but i have no idea why this message appears.
Right now i am using InsertCoin ROM and i have noticed the message, that tells "Software status: Modified or Official" Mine tells always OFFICIAL. No matter if i have installed insertcoin or stock rom.
Here is the infor from my bootloader:
***Software status: Official*** (Just to remind... I'm with insertcoin rom)
***UNLOCKED***
M8_UL PVT SHIP S-OFF
CID - 11111111
HBOOT-3.19.0.0000
RADIO-1.25.214500021.06G
OpenDSP-v48.2.2-00564-M8974_FO.1211
OS-4.16.401.10
eMMC-boot 2048MB
Jan 15 2015, 22:51:08.0
Can anyone tell me how to download the official updates?
(sorry for my english)

No one can help with this ?

Jared89 said:
I decided to get it back to stock. I found a few threads about how to get the HTC M8 fully stock, but nothing works for now. l have the the stock recovery, stock boot.img and locked the bootloader.
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None of that includes an actual stock ROM, which is required to OTA.
Jared89 said:
When i installed/restored from the RUU file it was ok. When i check for updates it's downloading, but cannot install.
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You're sure the RUU installed correctly, with no errors?
Did you try to update immediately after RUU, with not mods at all (unlocking the bootloader, root, custom ROM)?

redpoint73 said:
None of that includes an actual stock ROM, which is required to OTA.
You're sure the RUU installed correctly, with no errors?
Did you try to update immediately after RUU, with not mods at all (unlocking the bootloader, root, custom ROM)?
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Yes. I have no errors during the installing process and after that...
And yes... I try to update immediately after the phone boot to the home screen. I have no idea how to fix this. With my previous HTC M8 i was using the same custom rom(InsertCoin) and when i decidet to go back to stock, all i was doing is to lock the bootloader and install the RUU. Then i'm able to get the updates with no problems.

Jared89 said:
when i decidet to go back to stock, all i was doing is to lock the bootloader and install the RUU. Then i'm able to get the updates with no problems.
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Yes, its strange. RUU by definition should put you on a fully stock image, and therefore allow OTA updates.
You can try to RUU straight to 6.12.401: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64926626&postcount=6
Curious to see if you get the same error with that RUU.

redpoint73 said:
Yes, its strange. RUU by definition should put you on a fully stock image, and therefore allow OTA updates.
You can try to RUU straight to 6.12.401: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64926626&postcount=6
Curious to see if you get the same error with that RUU.
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I was trying this a few times. It says there is not enough space or something. C

I'm still looking for solution. Any suggestion is welcome!

Are you still S-OFF? On the M9 one hast to change the CID from SuperCID (11111111) back to a WWE CID to take the update to MM, as HTC uses a new routine to check the state of the phone.
In your case you'd have to reboot to fastboot mode, open a command prompt and change the CID to HTC__001 (8 digits!!) by using the command "fastboot oem writecid HTC__001"
Send by the swarm intelligence of my coffee machine ?.

Yes, i'm still S-OFF.
Thanks! I will try it and i will let you know if it works.

HTCNerdYoda said:
Are you still S-OFF? On the M9 one hast to change the CID from SuperCID (11111111) back to a WWE CID to take the update to MM, as HTC uses a new routine to check the state of the phone.
In your case you'd have to reboot to fastboot mode, open a command prompt and change the CID to HTC__001 (8 digits!!) by using the command "fastboot oem writecid HTC__001"
Send by the swarm intelligence of my coffee machine .
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I just try your method, but when i try to get it back to stock with RUU.exe i get Error 130, which means is a wrong device. I gues i will have to get back the super CID?

Jared89 said:
I just try your method, but when i try to get it back to stock with RUU.exe i get Error 130, which means is a wrong device. I gues i will have to get back the super CID?
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Which RUU are you using? In case of an x.xx.401.x RUU it is indeed WWE. Thus the CID should be HTC__001 or HTC__102.
maybe you should tray to RUU with the later one and if it doesn't work go back to SuperCID.
Send by the swarm intelligence of my coffee machine ?.

HTCNerdYoda said:
Which RUU are you using? In case of an x.xx.401.x RUU it is indeed WWE. Thus the CID should be HTC__001 or HTC__102.
maybe you should tray to RUU with the later one and if it doesn't work go back to SuperCID.
Send by the swarm intelligence of my coffee machine .
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4.16.401.10 Europe.
I can't use the latest RUU, because is only on ZIP file. When i try to install it with fastboot it says there is no space or something.

You could rename the RUU zip to 0P6BIMG.zip and copy it to the root direction of a - at max - 32GB microSD card that has been formatted to fat32.
Insert this SD into your M8 and reboot to bootloader. It will then recognize the RUU and start to flash it automatically.
After a full flash you got to take the SD Card out again, to prevent it to start again during the next reboot
Send by the swarm intelligence of my coffee machine ?.

HTCNerdYoda said:
You could rename the RUU zip to 0P6BIMG.zip and copy it to the root direction of a - at max - 32GB microSD card that has been formatted to fat32.
Insert this SD into your M8 and reboot to bootloader. It will then recognize the RUU and start to flash it automatically.
After a full flash you got to take the SD Card out again, to prevent it to start again during the next reboot
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I'll try this later. Just flashed the RUU(4.16.401.10_Europe), but even with CID HTC__02 i get "Variant system version" message...

Jared89 said:
I'll try this later. Just flashed the RUU(4.16.401.10_Europe), but even with CID HTC__02 i get "Variant system version" message...
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Sure you took HTC__02, as it hast to have 8 digits and thus HTC__102. In case it doesn't help return to SuperCID 11111111.
Send by the swarm intelligence of my coffee machine ?.

HTCNerdYoda said:
Sure you took HTC__02, as it hast to have 8 digits and thus HTC__102. In case it doesn't help return to SuperCID 11111111.
Send by the swarm intelligence of my coffee machine .
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Nothing works for now. I bring it back to InsertCoin rom.
My phone is from Singapore, so i might need the correct RUU for it. I have no idea!

Jared89 said:
Nothing works for now. I bring it back to InsertCoin rom.
My phone is from Singapore, so i might need the correct RUU for it. I have no idea!
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Your problem is not the SuperCID 11111111 but wrong MID for the ROM that you installed.
To run a EU RUU x.xx.401.x, the MID must be 0P6B10000
You said your device is from Singapore, most probably the MID is 0P6B11000 and that's the reason for your "Variant System Version" error.
You can check your current MID by running command fastboot getvar mid
And for S-Off, there is no need to relock bootloader for OTA or running a RUU.

ckpv5 said:
Your problem is not the SuperCID 11111111 but wrong MID for the ROM that you installed.
To run a EU RUU x.xx.401.x, the MID must be 0P6B10000
You said your device is from Singapore, most probably the MID is 0P6B11000 and that's the reason for your "Variant System Version" error.
You can check your current MID by running command fastboot getvar mid
And for S-Off, there is no need to relock bootloader for OTA or running a RUU.
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Didn't think about that. MID is 0P6B11000, as you said. I have changed it to 0P6B10000. I'll try later if i get the updates. Thanks a lot for the info!

Ok, when i changed MID the problem was solved! Now i get all the updates! Thanks a lot!
I followed instructions from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708581