hi guys,
I'm new here, just came from htc one x which doesn't have s-off so there are stuff about s-off which i don't understand,,
first of all in htc one x in order to flash a rom, i had to flash the boot.img via fastboot, is it the same with s-on here?
and about flashing just the kernel with s-on, its though fastboot too?
how does s-off works with flashing firmware and cid?
and if you can explain the advantages s-off gives us?
thanks for the help,
Lior
P.S. i searched the net for over 2 hours and could not find an answer to these quesions..
liorderei said:
hi guys,
I'm new here, just came from htc one x which doesn't have s-off so there are stuff about s-off which i don't understand,,
first of all in htc one x in order to flash a rom, i had to flash the boot.img via fastboot, is it the same with s-on here?
and about flashing just the kernel with s-on, its though fastboot too?
how does s-off works with flashing firmware and cid?
and if you can explain the advantages s-off gives us?
thanks for the help,
Lior
P.S. i searched the net for over 2 hours and could not find an answer to these quesions..
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No you don't have to flash the boot.img anymore the phone does it when you are installing a rom. You can flash a kernel just by uploading the zip to your internal memory and installing it like you would install a rom.
With s-off you can access more system permissions so you can apply mods such as Harman/Kardon speakers. To S-OFF you will need Firewater S-OFF if firewater doesn't work your only choice is using Sunshine S-OFF
Kahun said:
No you don't have to flash the boot.img anymore the phone does it when you are installing a rom. You can flash a kernel just by uploading the zip to your internal memory and installing it like you would install a rom.
With s-off you can access more system permissions so you can apply mods such as Harman/Kardon speakers. To S-OFF you will need Firewater S-OFF if firewater doesn't work your only choice is using Sunshine S-OFF
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hi, thanks for the replay, just out of curiosity, how come with the one x we had to flash the boot image separately and on the m8 we don't?
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Hi everyone,
I want to S-off my device again, so I don't need to reflash the Boot.img of every custom rom over and over again.
I've tried to flash my device with the DHD Stock 1.32 Rom to use jkoljo's method for S-off'ing my device.
So I put the PD98IMG.zip on my SDcard and let the HBoot flash it. After the reboot I got stuck at HTC Logo and this happens too after flashing PD98IMG.zip's boot.img
So is there another way to S-off my device while I'm HTCDevUnlocked or is it game over for S-off?
I've googled for some time on the net, but I couldn't find a DHD specific result.
Thanks in advance!
****head said:
Hi everyone,
I want to S-off my device again, so I don't need to reflash the Boot.img of every custom rom over and over again.
I've tried to flash my device with the DHD Stock 1.32 Rom to use jkoljo's method for S-off'ing my device.
So I put the PD98IMG.zip on my SDcard and let the HBoot flash it. After the reboot I got stuck at HTC Logo and this happens too after flashing PD98IMG.zip's boot.img
So is there another way to S-off my device while I'm HTCDevUnlocked or is it game over for S-off?
I've googled for some time on the net, but I couldn't find a DHD specific result.
Thanks in advance!
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No need to google around lol when you have xda forums
Try this tool here
shad0wboss said:
No need to google around lol when you have xda forums
Try this tool here
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Thanks, will try it when I got the time
I guess, I need to be on an original rom or a Sense-rom
Do you know how I can flash an original rom from HTC itself? I thought it was like putting P98IMG.zip on the sd and let HBoot find it and flash it.
But after that I got stuck at HTC-logo, and flashing the boot.img doesn't work neither :s
I really don't know how to flash DHD's Froyo rom after (HTCDev) unlocking my device
Run the RUU of the OS you were last on, so if you were on WWE 2.50 run that RUU, or if you were on 3.12 Sense 3.0 then run that, relock the bootloader, and run attn1's Ace Hack Kit, it will automatically do the downgrade for you so you get S-OFF.
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Run the RUU of the OS you were last on, so if you were on WWE 2.50 run that RUU, or if you were on 3.12 Sense 3.0 then run that, relock the bootloader, and run attn1's Ace Hack Kit, it will automatically do the downgrade for you so you get S-OFF.
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So I need to relock it before I can run that RUU?
Ok, I will try it when I have the time to do it.
Thanks everyone!
Hi guys just some help regarding wanting the new CM 10 rom but it won't let me flash as I have hboot 1.28 and yes I have heard some people haven't made it to work and some have. It is because I used the new Android Revolution HD 1.11 and I know that hboot 1.28 was required so anyways I wanna switch to CM 10 and previously it worked because I had hboot version 1.12. Now when I flash the boot.img given my CM 10 developers it will just keep restarting or stay in the HTC Quietly Brilliant screen. I downloaded a boot image for hboot 1.28 that was in the forums for CM 10 but still no luck. Am I missing something or what. Also a Final question if I put my phone back to the stock RUU which is given by Football will my hboot be restored to the previous version and NOT 1.28. I'm sorry I'm such a noob I haven't checked yet but don't want to waste my time doing it if it doesn't. Thanks a lot of help will be appreciated
HBoot downgrade is not possible unless you have s-off. Older RUU's won't work
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I guess the new boot.img you mentioned is this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32486421&postcount=7308
That does work with CM10 and hboot 1.28. Did you erase the cache after you flashed the boot.img? fastboot erase cache
Marc199 said:
HBoot downgrade is not possible unless you have s-off. Older RUU's won't work
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I have checked everywhere in bootloader to see if I have s-off but cant find it. Where is it?
And I believe i did erase the cache in fastboot but ill give it another whirl to see if will work.
kilp12 said:
I have checked everywhere in bootloader to see if I have s-off but cant find it. Where is it?
And I believe i did erase the cache in fastboot but ill give it another whirl to see if will work.
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It's unlikely that you have S-OFF, but go into the bootloader screen and the you will see either SHIP S-ON or SHIP S-OFF.
Thanks guys for your help. Man I'm such a nut. And yes fastboot erase cache worked and I have S-ON. Why is it so important for people to have S-OFF can someone explain me. :victory:
kilp12 said:
Thanks guys for your help. Man I'm such a nut. And yes fastboot erase cache worked and I have S-ON. Why is it so important for people to have S-OFF can someone explain me. :victory:
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Well, for one thing you would just be able to flash the entire ROM including boot.img just by flashing the ROM .zip file from recovery. But with S-ON, recovery is not able to write the boot.img, that can only be done from the bootloader.
Also, if you have S-OFF you can downgrade your hboot. Currently there is a big to do about hboot 1.28, but if you install that and do not have S-OFF you can not go back to a lower numbered hboot.
And people don't agree with the warranty terms of HTC and unlocking, so would like to install custom ROMs and then hide that from HTC when it's convenient (warranty claim).
That's what i was looking for! Finally found it
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I had the same problem. Boot.img is not being flashed correctly when you are installing your rom. I found boot.img inside the rom .zip file and just extracted it separately.
Instructions on how to flash boot.img are here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752270
Hi All
I'm not a complete noob but so much to learn
I've successfully rooted and s-off and custom rom a sensation and a couple of tablets.
However regarding my Desire HD 2.35 GB HBoot 2.00.0029
I have managed to Boot unlock, Root and CWM
So far though I can't s-off
Can I still flash a custom rom or do I have to have s-off ?
Which roms can i flash now?
If not is there an s-off tut for 2.35GB
Thanks
Stu
If you want S-Off you need to do it manually. The automated tool for it, AAHK, has been retired. There's a thread around here with manual instructions, but it's not for noobs. You can flash a custom ROM from recovery if you leave your phone the way it is (as far as I'm understanding, S-On, bootloader unlocked, rooted), but you need to fastboot flash the ROM zip's boot.img each time you flash a new ROM.
bananagranola said:
If you want S-Off you need to do it manually. The automated tool for it, AAHK, has been retired. There's a thread around here with manual instructions, but it's not for noobs. You can flash a custom ROM from recovery if you leave your phone the way it is (as far as I'm understanding, S-On, bootloader unlocked, rooted), but you need to fastboot flash the ROM zip's boot.img each time you flash a new ROM.
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best current rom for DHD is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1778202
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best current rom for DHD is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1778202
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Hi,
I recently got a HTC desire HD. I unlocked the bootloader through HTC dev and then put on CWM. After I loaded on a custom rom it now only boots to the HTC screen. After searching around I figured that the problem is that I don't have S-Off. I have searched around to see how to get S-Off but all methods seem to require a working rom. I can however boot into Hboot successfully. Is there any way to get S-Off on the DHD using only hboot; and would this actually solve my problem?
Any help is appreciated,
Thanks.
The problem is not that you don't have S-Off. The problem is that you didn't flash the boot.img of the ROM zip from fastboot.
Thanks for the quick response, I'll try that now.
Yep it works fine now, thanks for the help.
bananagranola said:
The problem is not that you don't have S-Off. The problem is that you didn't flash the boot.img of the ROM zip from fastboot.
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hello all
i have s-off and i would like to install a custom rom
but i cant find guide to s-off phones
thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2140308
Installing a custom rom is for a s-on and s-off device exactly the same !
Mr Hofs said:
Installing a custom rom is for a s-on and s-off device exactly the same !
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Thanks
But do i need to unlock the device ?
yaronler said:
hello all
i have s-off and i would like to install a custom rom
but i cant find guide to s-off phones
thanks
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Why you are asking for S-OFF guide if you are already S-OFFed ??
S-OFF for One X is not available yet so there isn't any guide for it. And if you have an S-OFF device, you probably are among those lucky people who've got a factory S-OFF phone.
yaronler said:
Thanks
But do i need to unlock the device ?
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You must unlock your bootloader if you want to flash a custom ROM.
See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2069904
Beamed from my HTC One X using xda premium
Thanks
But i didn't know if it is the same guide
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Mr Hofs said:
Installing a custom rom is for a s-on and s-off device exactly the same !
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^^
That means including of unlocking the bootloader
The Installation for s-on and s-off is the same?
I thought S-OFF don't need to flash the boot.img
So S-OFF devices only need an unlock, custom recovery.
They only need to flash the ROM but S-ON need to flash boot.img separate .
Isn't it right?
Thanks for your help
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D4rk_nVidia said:
The Installation for s-on and s-off is the same?
I thought S-OFF don't need to flash the boot.img
So S-OFF devices only need an unlock, custom recovery.
They only need to flash the ROM but S-ON need to flash boot.img separate .
Isn't it right?
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Its exactly the same as hofs said. Most Rom zips don't attempt to flash the boot.img in the installer script even though it would work with an s off phone.
Best off flashing the boot.img with fastboot if you don't know.
Restoring a nandroid will flash a boot though which is handy.
I put this together sometime ago which may be usefull to you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39962195
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Just lock up in HBOOT if your device is already unlocked...
If not then unlock your bootloader.