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Change from Chinese ROM to WWE?

Hello there,
Before posting this, I`ve tried to find the solution on the forum, but with no success, as far as I could see. I have a Chinese One X with:
1.26.708.2 software
2.6.39.4-g6b459dc kernel
1.1204.90.13 baseband.
I want to flash RUU_ENDEAVOR_U_ICS_40_HTC_Europe_1.26.401.2_Radio_1.1204.90.13_release_251208_signed.exe, but it says error (wrong CID, of course). I`ve rooted the phone via htcdev, installed recovery and SU, tried again to flash the same official ROM, but still error. It seems that CID is not changed or set to SUPER CID with this root procedure. how can I flash this ROM, if it`s safe, of course. I need this particular ROM because of the language packs that has inside, and I don`t want to put a custom ROM.
is there any way to change CID, or to repack the RUU to a file that can be flashed thru recovery? as i could se , the baseband from the phone and the RUU is the same, if is of any use.
THX in advance!

You need "S-Off" for flashing any RUU. Without S-Off, no chance to flash this RUU.
So far, nothing available yet, to get "S-Off"...

post in general, mods move to Q%A thread please !

S2kT68m said:
You need "S-Off" for flashing any RUU. Without S-Off, no chance to flash this RUU.
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ok, I`ll try to find the way to S-Off One X, I didn`t search for that
but what about flashing this WWE to a Chinese One X? will it be a problem, as it is in fact a downgrade?

there's no solution to your problem yet, if you want you can search for your answer on bbs.qdppc.com .

mm.. first that might be a Taiwanese version since China ends with x.xx.1400. as for me it did.
Why dont you want to put a custom rom now that you have unlocked your phone anyways? Android revolution HD is like a stock one but it has some improvements to performance and languages for everybody. There is also a 1.26 stock rom from mike1986 just google it and you will find it. Install a custom rom with stock look and language for now, make a backup before and when there is S-OFF you can restore and do what ever you want

tont0 said:
mm.. first that might be a Taiwanese version since China ends with x.xx.1400. as for me it did.
Why dont you want to put a custom rom now that you have unlocked your phone anyways? Android revolution HD is like a stock one but it has some improvements to performance and languages for everybody. There is also a 1.26 stock rom from mike1986 just google it and you will find it. Install a custom rom with stock look and language for now, make a backup before and when there is S-OFF you can restore and do what ever you want
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i will try with custom rom, if that`s the only way for now
thx a lot!

I can confirm that Android Revolution HD ROM from mike1986 has solved the problem, it has all the languages from WWE file!!!
THX a lot!!!!

One X Brand Vodafone

Hi, someone would know tell me how to remove the brand(Vodafone) from my phone?
I have the software number 2.17.161.4. OS= 4.0.4
I want to install a ROM with Sense and JB 4 +.
Someone would know give me a help?

To debrand, all you have to do is unlock your bootloader (at htcdev.com), flash Clock Work Mod Touch Recovery, and then flash any custom ROM you like. There are plenty of them available in Android Development section of this Forum.
As far as JB installation, I'm afraid that - for the time being - you will have to wait that JB is pushed to European HOXs.

[email protected]|-|oR said:
To debrand, all you have to do is unlock your bootloader (at htcdev.com), flash Clock Work Mod Touch Recovery, and then flash any custom ROM you like. There are plenty of them available in Android Development section of this Forum.
As far as JB installation, I'm afraid that - for the time being - you will have to wait that JB is pushed to European HOXs.
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So, if you proceed with the removal of the brand, I will lose my warranty?
If so, how can I return it? Just install a ROM with the Vodafone brand?
Sorry for my bad English.

Debrand is not possible
To debrand your phone you need S-OFF, and that is not available for the HOX.
Because you have a branded phone, you cannot go to Jelly Bean Sense just yet, your CID does not match the one you need to install a JB Sense ROM.
You can unlock via HTCDev, flash a custom recovery and flash anything, where you don't need to flash a newer firmware (Hboot).
Edit: You probably cannot go back if there is no RUU available for your device and brand. You could try to make a nandroid backup after installing custom recovery, but I saw some people failing to restore the nandroid backup.

webpatrick said:
To debrand your phone you need S-OFF, and that is not available for the HOX.
Because you have a branded phone, you cannot go to Jelly Bean Sense just yet, your CID does not match the one you need to install a JB Sense ROM.
You can unlock via HTCDev, flash a custom recovery and flash anything, where you don't need to flash a newer firmware (Hboot).
Edit: You probably cannot go back if there is no RUU available for your device and brand. You could try to make a nandroid backup after installing custom recovery, but I saw some people failing to restore the nandroid backup.
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By debranding, I meant removing Voda's bloat and apps. I also guess that's what OP asked for. Of course he can't change his CID without S-OFF.
With the rest, I absolutely agree with you.
And, BTW, my HOX was also Voda branded (CID: VODAP102), but it runs a custom ROM for months already.
Lead666 said:
So, if you proceed with the removal of the brand, I will lose my warranty?
If so, how can I return it? Just install a ROM with the Vodafone brand?
Sorry for my bad English.
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You lose the warranty by the fact that you unlock your bootloader, and you can't return it, unless HTC service center can't tell the difference between "LOCKED" and "RELOCKED" bootloader (which they often can't )
To return to your stock you could either do nandroid backup, as said, or find proper RUU and flash it.

[Q] Backup before Rooting

Hi
I have an unbranded (unlocked) HTC One X (Bought in UK). I recently received 4.1.1 update but I have decided that I want to root my phone. I have never rooted any phone before so I am pretty much new to the whole process.
I would really like to back up my phone as it is. I am not sure if it is possible to create a ROM of the current state of the phone and restore it if I want to. This is because my phone is still under warranty and if it goes faulty I would like to send it back to HTC in its original state.
I can backup my contacts, messages, apps etc. separately. It is the actual original HTC software I am more worried about.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you

Anyone please?
I have been browsing through the forum and I have seen few people ask very similar questions but no one seem to have figured it out yet. I have also seen many topics where people are struggling to recover back to stock ROM because they did not make any proper backups.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks

So you need 3.14.401.27 RUU. You are on 2.17.401.x now?
Check htcruu.com, the UK ROM is widely available.

BenPope said:
So you need 3.14.401.27 RUU. You are on 2.17.401.x now?
Check htcruu.com, the UK ROM is widely available.
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Thanks for the reply.
I have official HTC 3.14.401.27 installed on my phone right now. I have never rooted it or anything. That is why I am asking if there is a way for me to save that as a ROM or save that ruu before I root my phone.

Make sure you make a nandroid backup of your stock rom after unlocking bootloader and installing clockworkmod recovery, and keep that backup in a safe place.

Cocktopus said:
Make sure you make a nandroid backup of your stock rom after unlocking bootloader and installing clockworkmod recovery, and keep that backup in a safe place.
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Okay thanks. Any other way to make a copy of stock kernel and recovery too?

i believe there are links to stock kernels and stock recoveries. there's also a thread to go back from custom rom to stock rom if ever you change your mind

jinogungon said:
i believe there are links to stock kernels and stock recoveries. there's also a thread to go back from custom rom to stock rom if ever you change your mind
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Yup I have been reading that.
But it says that:
These instructions require that you have one of the ICS hboot versions in order to work (1.12.0000 or lower). If you have one of the new JB hboots 1.28, 1.31 or 1.33 there is currently no way to return to stock until a JB ruu is released for your device.
After checking my phone, it seems like I have 1.33. It seems like there is no way for my phone to get back to stock at the minute. That is why I was asking if there is anything else I can do to make it possible before I actually root my phone.

[Q] Advice before installing custom ROM

Hi all,
Just moved over to the One X from a Desire HD where I had been running Leedroids custom ROMs.
Am loving the One X, but feel I should get another custom ROM on it to make the most of it. Was think of going with Android Revolution.
Anyway.....
I have forgotten the process involved and have tried unsucessfuly to find a 'how to' from scratch. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
At the moment my software info on the phone is as follows....
Android Version 4.1.1
HTC Sense Version 4+
Software number 3.14.401.31
HTC SDK API level 4.63
HTC Extension version HTCExtension_Sense45_1
Kernel Version
3.10-g9fb8f80
Baseband version 5.1204.162.29
Build number 3.14.401.31 C:128187 release-keys
I want to be sure I am ok to custom ROM and also can I backup what I have now, so I can restore back to stock should I need to send it back.
Its on the 02 network, but its unbranded and I think unlocked?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1809141
Try this out.
Before that , hold power button and volume down button ( dont leave) for about 15 secs until a white screen with small letters shows up.
On the top either unlocked or locked should be written. Only proceed to install rom if you are unlocked.
If you are locked try this tool to unlock first
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1604439

Check your hboot of its unlocked, hold the power button and the volume - button together until you are in the bootloader. It says on the top if its locked or unlocked. If its unlocked you can proceed
Then you need to learn fastboot commands, if you did not learn it already.
With the fastboot commands you have to flash a custom recovery and with that custom recovery you can make a nandroid backup of the stock rom. After that you can install custom roms.
Always keep in mind that you have to flash the boot.img (kernel) separate with fastboot commands to the phone and install the rom.zip from recovery

Cheers. It seems its locked. So, I will get it unlocked by 02 before I carry on.
On the tutorial link, I presume I follow the 'For Users Using Sense 4.1' instuctions?

Mate, SIM unlocking is not the case here. You need to unlock the bootloader.

TToivanen said:
Mate, SIM unlocking is not the case here. You need to unlock the bootloader.
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Ah, like S-OFF? Getting myself confused as I have four phones in front of me here and trying to sort them all out!
Thanks.

superdon said:
Ah, like S-OFF? Getting myself confused as I have four phones in front of me here and trying to sort them all out!
Thanks.
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There is currently no way for us to S-OFF our device. But unlocking the bootloader does a similar thing - it makes us capable of flashing stuff by allowing us to write some partitions that would otherwise be read only.

OK, so I folow the two links that {< r o N o $ provided.
At what point and how do I create a backup of the stock system? Is there a tutorial for that?

Listen:
NAND Backup straight away. (From Pure stock)
Goto HTCDev
Unlock Bootloader
Install SuperSU(this makes root)
Your now unlocked and rooted.
Find custom ROM.
Flash the custom ROM.
Flash the Boot.img
Wipe Cache/Dalvik.
Boot

Wilks3y said:
Listen:
NAND Backup straight away. (From Pure stock)
Goto HTCDev
Unlock Bootloader
Install SuperSU(this makes root)
Your now unlocked and rooted.
Find custom ROM.
Flash the custom ROM.
Flash the Boot.img
Wipe Cache/Dalvik.
Boot
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Eh, how does he do a nandroid backup without unlocking bootloader first??
And why would you root and then install a rooted custom ROM? LOL
More like this:
Goto HTCDev
Unlock Bootloader
Install a custom recovery (CWM or TWRP)
NAND Backup straight away. (From Pure stock)
COPY STOCK BACKUP TO PC
Find custom ROM.
WIPE
Flash the custom ROM.
Flash the Boot.img
Wipe Cache/Dalvik.

TToivanen said:
Eh, how does he do a nandroid backup without unlocking bootloader first??
And why would you root and then install a rooted custom ROM? LOL
More like this:
Goto HTCDev
Unlock Bootloader
Install a custom recovery (CWM or TWRP)
NAND Backup straight away. (From Pure stock)
COPY STOCK BACKUP TO PC
Find custom ROM.
WIPE
Flash the custom ROM.
Flash the Boot.img
Wipe Cache/Dalvik.
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Do this
Those that don't know,speak
Those that don't speak,know

TToivanen said:
Eh, how does he do a nandroid backup without unlocking bootloader first??
And why would you root and then install a rooted custom ROM? LOL
More like this:
Goto HTCDev
Unlock Bootloader
Install a custom recovery (CWM or TWRP)
NAND Backup straight away. (From Pure stock)
COPY STOCK BACKUP TO PC
Find custom ROM.
WIPE
Flash the custom ROM.
Flash the Boot.img
Wipe Cache/Dalvik.
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Good point
My bad

Thanks all. Will give it a try soon

Oke, feel free to ask here if you need help.

Going back to Stock - S-ON

Hello Guys,
Today I decided to install CyanogenMod 13 on my HTC One M8. Here is what I did:
- Unlocked the bootloader;
- Flashed TWRP Recovery;
- In recovery, I wiped everything I could;
- Installed CM13 and Gapps.
Now, the phone works good, but in case I want to go back to stock, what should I do? I still have S-ON.
Thanks for the help!
(also, info about where to download the stock ROM is welcome)

You should have made a nandroid backup right after flashing TWRP.
Oh and there are 2 threads with backups. 1 here in the Q&A and 1 in the general. Can't be missed !

Mr Hofs said:
You should have made a nandroid backup right after flashing TWRP.
Oh and there are 2 threads with backups. 1 here in the Q&A and 1 in the general. Can't be missed !
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So, I didn't do the backup. But my question is: is it possible to install stock ROM now?
Everyone says I have to use S-OFF to be able to install Stock again. Why is that?

andrewKode said:
So, I didn't do the backup. But my question is: is it possible to install stock ROM now?
Everyone says I have to use S-OFF to be able to install Stock again. Why is that?
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Because they are incorrect.
You can go back to stock by flashing a stock TWRP backup and stock recovery, but you can't set the flag to "locked" from "unlocked" without S-Off. You can only set it to "relocked".
But you can go back to the stock ROM and recovery easily.

xunholyx said:
Because they are incorrect.
You can go back to stock by flashing a stock TWRP backup and stock recovery, but you can't set the flag to "locked" from "unlocked" without S-Off. You can only set it to "relocked".
But you can go back to the stock ROM and recovery easily.
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I don't need to make exactly like before. All I need to know is if there is a way back to stock, and custom ROMs after that.
I'm not sure if this is correct, but some people said I can't install custom ROMs with S-ON and I can't make it S-OFF without stock ROM because SunShine requires it. That's it. Thanks for help!

andrewKode said:
I don't need to make exactly like before. All I need to know is if there is a way back to stock, and custom ROMs after that.
I'm not sure if this is correct, but some people said I can't install custom ROMs with S-ON and I can't make it S-OFF without stock ROM because SunShine requires it. That's it. Thanks for help!
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You don't need S-Off to install custom ROMs. You do need it to convert to GPE, if that's what you mean. The M8 and M8 GPe are different models with different partition locations and sizes.
You do need to be on a stock or close to stock ROM to gain S-Off.
ViperOneM8 works, and has been suggested by the developers of Sunshine S-Off.
MaximusHD is also known to work, and is what I usually suggest even though I work with Team Venom.
It's always worked because it is very near stock.
I imagine that it works with ViperOneM8 on a fresh install, before flashing the modifications that are available, or going through the Tweaks.

xunholyx said:
You don't need S-Off to install custom ROMs. You do need it to convert to GPE, if that's what you mean. The M8 and M8 GPe are different models with different partition locations and sizes.
You do need to be on a stock or close to stock ROM to gain S-Off.
ViperOneM8 works, and has been suggested by the developers of Sunshine S-Off.
MaximusHD is also known to work, and is what I usually suggest even though I work with Team Venom.
It's always worked because it is very near stock.
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Great info, thanks a lot.
Any idea if Android Revolution HD by Mike will do?
Anyway, if the Official CM recovery will be able to install CM13+ updates when they release them, I am totally fine with how the phone is right now.

andrewKode said:
Great info, thanks a lot.
Any idea if Android Revolution HD by Mike will do?
Anyway, if the Official CM recovery will be able to install CM13+ updates when they release them, I am totally fine with how the phone is right now.
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ARHD should work, yes.