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problem! update hasnt actually updated phone

hey
I have an orange phone which a while ago i flashed with a generic rom and rooted. because of this i was unable to install the OTA so i did a manual upgrade to this rom:
RUU_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.21.405.2_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2_release_126984_signed.exe
This installed fine (it seems), but as i am on orange, when i rebooted the phone it was network locked. I read that flashing an older radio solved this problem so i went and flashed this radio:
update-bravo-radio-32.30.00.28U_4.05.00.11-signed.zip
This now makes my phone boot and work fine with no lock, HOWEVER, the software version still says it is on 1.15.405.4 and not the updated version!!!!
I have tried testing one of the bugs that was fixed in the new ota (i sms'd myself from skype and it still says it was sent by a facebook contact) and so that fix clearly wasnt present and the upgrade just hasnt seemd to work. Can anyone shed any light on this? could it have anything to do with what is installed on my phone during step 1 of the root? the root package i am using is called r5-desire-root-alt
Thanks for anyone who can help on this

Rooting the phone puts the 1.15.405.4 ROM back on your device, if you want 1.21 you'll have to then buy an unlock code to free up the device...
There is an update ZIP in the ROM dev forum which updates the system but leaves the radio alone so might wanna try that...

thanks for this, but the only update i have been able to find in the dev forum is the one on this page:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695667
but there is a note at the top saying they all contain radio updates
do you have a link to one without the radio update?

Didn't look hard did you??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=694564

thank you sooo much, this has finally sorted out my problem

[Q] E973 FOTA V20h ?

Hi,
Searched the forums & Google and found nothing on this..
I got this Software Update notification on my Bell E973 : V20H-MAR-08-2013 (428.33MB)
I was wondering which Android version this was (ICS, JB) ?
If it's still rootable, if anyone tried it, etc.
I am still on stock (although rooted) on version 10h which is Android 4.0.4.
If I ever want to try it, should I unroot first ? should I get OTA rootkeeper ?
Thanks,

I won't be able to answer all the questions, but I guess someone else will also contribute.
Its Jelly Bean 4.1.2.
I have tried, but I installed the KDZ file which should be basically the same.. I think. I couldnt rooted it using ZV9 (CurrentRoot.bat). But maybe there is a difference in installing from the KDZ (not OTA). Because the file is 1gb+ so the image starts from scratch.
I liked more the houstonn's stock version. Reason: there are QSlide application, which you can have as windows on your phone (although I don't like them to be in the notification bar all the time)

This is interesting: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2198258

Thanks for the info and the link to the other thread.
I tried updating it, but it brings up an error saying the phone is suspected of rooting then stops.
Makes sense because I was rooted, with busybox and Superuser apk (SuperSu) also installed.
Full Unroot, uninstall, etc.
...
Right now my phone has neither the su binary, nor the superuser apk, nor busybox, etc.
and it still gives off the error when I try the FOTA update.
I never unlocked the bootloader until now, but might as well and just flash the last update directly.
(the FOTA makes you re-download the whole 400+MB each time you try it..)

[Q] Need to unroot my phone.

So, I recently "rooted" my phone. With the aid of KingoRoot. Which was a bit troublesome at first cause I didn't exactly know how to handle the forever boot loop but it didn't take me long. Anyways.
After I rooted I couldn't use Samsung's Screen Mirror feature. After a couple of quick searches, I learned that I couldn't use the feature because I rooted my phone. It displayed an error which says something about a hardware issue. I want the feature back.
So I decided to unroot. I thought I did. Using, again, KingoRoot. But the error was still there and I couldn't use the feature.
I misread my android version number As 4.2.2 so I decided to update my phone as well (It was actually 4.2.2.). When I went to the software update menu and pressed update now and pressed okay, it says "The operating system on your device has been modified in an unauthorized way. Try downloading software updates using Samsung Kies on your PC, or visit a customer service center."
So I thought the root wasn't fully removed. Once again, I rooted my phone using KingoRoot. but this time used SuperSU to unroot. This also produced the same result and I still have not been able to use the feature.
I tried to use Kies. Tried Firmware upgrade and initialization. Didn't work. Tried several times. It always "fails",
My friend suggested that I use Odin to flash the stock firmware. So I went to Sammobile. Entered my model number and found lots of firmware and was confused cause I couldnt find matching firmware. Anyone know how I could get the right firmware? Or a better way to unroot?
I used "*#1234#" To get this information: AP: N7100XXUFNE1, CP: N7100XXUFND3, CSC: N7100XAFNE1.

[Q] Difficulties Upgrading to Lollipop

Hi, first of all I want to say that I am relatively new to android and therefore only have a basic understanding of everything. My desire EYE is currently on 4.4.4 rooted and have been having problems upgrading it to 5.0, I know I have to unroot and return to stock in order to be able to flash the stock recovery and be able to then flash lollipop on there. Problem is whenever I flash one of the stock 4.4.4's found on here superuser installer is still there (even when I tell to TWRP to not install it) and when I got to the bootloader is still says that the software is Modified so am still unable to flash the stock recovery and get lollipop.
Can anybody help shed some light on this problem and possibly help me fix it?

Hi there,
I have found I was able to update using the procedure written in this topic. Could you see if that helps you?

LaPaca said:
Hi there,
I have found I was able to update using the procedure written in this topic. Could you see if that helps you?
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Thanks for your reply but have already tried this and when I tried booting into the recovery menu it gave me the red triangle because I have modified system partition, and all my efforts so far to change it to official have so far been unsuccessful
In fact tried it again and it worked this time, however when I try and download the update on my phone a message pop's up saying my phone can't be updated because the software is modified and not official HTC firmware

Question related to "After updating, you will not be able to downgrade..." message

Question related to "After updating, you will not be able to downgrade..." message
Hope you guys are safe and well.
Currently my A50 on August update. I have no problems with this update but I like to update to Android 10 for additional features. I'm reluctant to update because of this message. I'm afraid that if I had problems or something wrong with the new update, I won't be able to go downgrade to August update.
So, Is it really impossible to downgrade using Odin with an official firmware?
I'm coming from iOS and hence the fear of updating. As you may know, iOS downgrade is impossible when Apple sign-out the old software.
Thanks in advance.

Most major OS updates (i.e. from Android 9 to 10) also update the 'bootloader', which is a little piece of software that initializes your device, and runs before the system can even start (when you turn your phone on).
Once the bootloader is updated, it's often impossible and certainly not recommended to downgrade the OS, since you may permanently brick your device.
If Android 10 is out for your device model (eg. A505G in my case), just go ahead and update. I don't have any issues with it whatsoever, in fact it has fixed quite a few bugs (wifi connection would frequently drop for me in Pie with February/March updates, and now it doesn't anymore).
Greetings.

pripyaat said:
Most major OS updates (i.e. from Android 9 to 10) also update the 'bootloader', which is a little piece of software that initializes your device, and runs before the system can even start (when you turn your phone on).
Once the bootloader is updated, it's often impossible and certainly not recommended to downgrade the OS, since you may permanently brick your device.
If Android 10 is out for your device model (eg. A505G in my case), just go ahead and update. I don't have any issues with it whatsoever, in fact it has fixed quite a few bugs (wifi connection would frequently drop for me in Pie with February/March updates, and now it doesn't anymore).
Greetings.
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But can't I backup the boot loader too? Also, I heard that the official firmware includes the boot loader and therefore I won't have problems downgrading. I'm confused.

Screen not responding after update
Hi. I updated to the new Android 10 which my phone prompt me to install. But after updating, my screen is not responding anymore. I already tried to restart and factory reset. What can i do regarding this? Thank you very much!

sheidyly said:
Hi. I updated to the new Android 10 which my phone prompt me to install. But after updating, my screen is not responding anymore. I already tried to restart and factory reset. What can i do regarding this? Thank you very much!
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Try to flash the ROM manually using ODIN

redymedan said:
Try to flash the ROM manually using ODIN
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I'm sorry but I'm new to all of this and I seem to read some comments saying the phone was bricked after flashing.
And if I will try flashing, do I use the old firmware or the new one?
Thank you so much!

mistpsn said:
But can't I backup the boot loader too? Also, I heard that the official firmware includes the boot loader and therefore I won't have problems downgrading. I'm confused.
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I think... and I could be completely wrong, but it keeps track of the highest version of bootloader you installed. So it will not allow you to boot if you flash the older one. However, I am not sure how it behaves if the bootloader is unlocked.

If anyone have the same concerns I had. I found out that only security updates seems to have this message and risk bricking your phone in case you downgrade to lower version. Some people confirms that they were able to downgrade without any problems from android 10 to android 9 on their A50.
It also made sense that there are no problems since the warning message only included with security updates. The android 10 Update change list have no warnings related to downgrading to older versions.
March security update had the warning message. And I had to do the security upgrade before the android 10 update was available OTA.