[Q] UnRooting My Hero - Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Quick question for my awesome XDA'ers. I am upgrading to a HTC Evo tomorrow.....yeah ....yeah....finally. As a result I need to unroot my phone so that I can sell it on EBay. I tried once before to unroot by using the latest RUU and recieved a Bootloader Error 140. Further reading explained that this is due to my HBoot being 1.47. My question to you all is, I came accross this link for changing to S-Off in HBoot. If I do this, should I be able to install the latest RUU. Once installed, should I be able to change back to S-On and thus the phone is unrooted?? Any and All help is appreciated.
Side note - the people on the CDMA Hero XDA forums have been awesome people. I thank all of you and hopefully the Evo people are just as cool!!!
Thanks
***Thanks to you all - the unrooting worked like a charm - for anyone that wants to unroot, I believe this is the easiest process - less than 20 minutes
My process was as follows
** Go to http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever and download zip (place on SD card)
** Got to http://geekfor.me/hero/radios/radio-242010427/ and downgrade radio from .29 (place on SD card)
** Go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Hero_CDMA&oldid=9386#2.1_Sense_Based_ROMs and find a 2.1 Rom to download (I chose NFX Sprint - first one)
From here all you do in flash, flash, flash. First flash the Rom and allow it to get up and running (no need to sign in). Once it has settled -remove battery and flash the downloaded radio (go to http://geekfor.me/faq/flash-radio/ if you have questions). Once completed, reboot phone and allow to settle in. Remove battery and in bootloader screen you should see that the battery has been downgraded to .27. Now you can flash the unrevoked forever (just like any ROM). Once flashing is complete, go back to bootloader screes and you will notice it says S-Off. Reboot phone and allow to settle in. From here all you need is a HTC/Sprint authorized RUU ( you can find one on the WIKI above) and follow the directions. Now things will appear to be going as normal and then you will recieve a 155 Error on your computer, never mind it, look at your phone and you will see that it is still downloading. Wait till everything has downloaded and all you see is RUU in Red. Remove battery and press power and allow to boot up. Your phone is now unrooted. You can tell my looking at the Kernel which is now a HTC kernal and you can try to do a HTC Update. IN NO WAY DO I TAKE ANY CREDIT FOR ANY OF THIS. I just know how to google my ass off and the people on XDA have been awesome in answering questions. This is my first time creating directions, so bare with me. I don't know much, so keep the questions basic. Like I said before, this was my process and it worked...now on to sell the phone on EBay. FYI, the Hero was awesome, but this damn EVO is crazy!!!
Happy Unrooting!!!

the12nv said:
Quick question for my awesome XDA'ers. I am upgrading to a HTC Evo tomorrow.....yeah ....yeah....finally. As a result I need to unroot my phone so that I can sell it on EBay. I tried once before to unroot by using the latest RUU and recieved a Bootloader Error 140. Further reading explained that this is due to my HBoot being 1.47. My question to you all is, I came accross this link for changing to S-Off in HBoot. If I do this, should I be able to install the latest RUU. Once installed, should I be able to change back to S-On and thus the phone is unrooted?? Any and All help is appreciated.
Side note - the people on the CDMA Hero XDA forums have been awesome people. I thank all of you and hopefully the Evo people are just as cool!!!
Thanks
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Unrevoked forever has an s-on zip to fix your bootloader issue. From there you can run RUU. I never had a problem unrooting with s-off and I'm the same version. You can try super one click. It has an unroot option.
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Super 1 click???...ill look for it...and I will try the s-off...thanks for the response
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No prob. Let me know how that works for you. You will need android sdk installed if you don't already. Easy to run though.
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I haven't checked in a while, but last time I did... an s-off hero cannot return to s-on status.
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theSlack said:
I haven't checked in a while, but last time I did... an s-off hero cannot return to s-on status.
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If you run the ruu in zip format it will return you to s-on if you were s-off
Yea Its Me Again With The
Modified Hero

laie1472 said:
If you run the ruu in zip format it will return you to s-on if you were s-off
Yea Its Me Again With The
Modified Hero
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Only the eng-spl darch put up, regaws method is forever, like a diamond.
sent from a series of tubes

If you used unrevoked forever there is an s-on zip. I have used it before and it works. You do need to change your radio to .27 or lower to flash however.

I hope you ate buying that Evo off contract or from ebay and not using an upgrade. Come June or so it will be on like Donkey Kong with the 3d!
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Sent from my CDMA Hero. I got some hot Gingerbread-on-Hero action here!

Bought off Craigslist....$200...now if I can sell my hero for $100-$150...I will be all set....I must day the Evo is dope....time for rooting it...thanks to you all for your help....
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So this restored your hboot back to 1.41?

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s-on cdma hero?

I have a cdma hero and i managed to get S-OFF!! now when i try to get S-ON via unrevoked i get device is not supported at this time. How can i get the S-ON so i can bring this bad boy into sprint to get it looked at?
You can't go back s-on afaik unless you did the dev method. I think with it a ruu will undo it, but the unrevoked method is permanent.
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weirdfate said:
I have a cdma hero and i managed to get S-OFF!! now when i try to get S-ON via unrevoked i get device is not supported at this time. How can i get the S-ON so i can bring this bad boy into sprint to get it looked at?
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If I were you I'd just bring it in! To tell you the truth More than Half of the Technicians Don't even Notice, Know, or just Care! At least from my personal experiences! Worst case just play Stupid... That's my Method! Lol! Also I believe that the Only way the phone gets S-On is if you Except the OTA, just say you Didn't know what it was so you Never Excepted it! And that's how it was since you got the phone! But Honestly I Doubt you'll even have to Explain Anything!
If you used Regaw's method, that is permanent...darch's is temporary. I doubt that they will look or care. Three ones that do probably are rooted themselves. Maybe you got a refurbished tester's phone? Lol
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dpeeps74 said:
You can't go back s-on afaik unless you did the dev method. I think with it a ruu will undo it, but the unrevoked method is permanent.
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An ruu does undo darch's method. That's how I was able to reroot and then get Regaw's since I was back to the 1.47 boatloader, then do darch's as well. S-off has saved me many times and time itself.
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[GUIDE]Downgrade from latest ruu/2.3.4 with radio 2.15.10 to 2.1 with ROOT

me a while, I tried all of the tutoials and guides for downgrading and one almost did it but I would lose adb every time. So here is a fully working method to go from the latest ruu 2.3.4 with radio 2.15.10 back to 2.1 with radio 2.10.00 and full root!!! Works perfectly.
Start off by following this guide... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=768295&highlight=ota
When you get to the point after you run the ./rageagainstthecage-arm5.img command and it kicks you out of adb and you can't get back into adb that's ok, reboot your phone, normal reboot, not full power down, then run the ruu from here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829783&highlight=3.26.605.1
then run the newest unrevoked, and when it reboots the phone into hboot, you have to manually run the update. Then reboot, if the phone only boots to hboot/fastboot, unplug the usb cable, pull battery, power back up, and run the update again, reboot to full boot and you will be at 2.1-update1. Delete the PB31IMG.zip from your sdcard. Re-run unrevoked, and You are ROOTED!!! Man that was quite a run, enjoy your rooted(again) phones.
UPDATE: instead of running the latest unrevoked, as it didn't work out for me, I just popped the new CWM PB31IMG.zip on the sdcard, rebooted to hboot and installed. I just went from Android 2.3.4 RUU / radio 2.15.10 to fully rooted 2.1 update1. So I know it works. Happy Flashing all
Why in the world would you.... UGH YOU HAD THE ANDROID SDK INSTALLED INCORRECTLY SO ADB WASNT WORKING
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Smokeey said:
Why in the world would you.... UGH YOU HAD THE ANDROID SDK INSTALLED INCORRECTLY SO ADB WASNT WORKING
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Nope it was installed right, even in that guide there are a lot of people that have that problem, because it doesn't work on 2.3.4 with radio 2.15.10
OK how about this for a question ... do you think this method could be use to root an EVO that is s-on w/ 2.3.3? Using the appropriate files of course.
jumperalex said:
OK how about this for a question ... do you think this method could be use to root an EVO that is s-on w/ 2.3.3? Using the appropriate files of course.
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it should work with s-on, just make sure you run unrevoked-forever after to turn s-off again, assuming that's what you want
actually looks like this is my solution http://revolutionary.io/ ... just found it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865204 but sadly no DINC support
I'm a little confused. Isn't that a Froyo Rom.zip (November, 2010) you posted? But you somehow downgraded to 2.1? Did you start out with s-on then?
iowabowtech said:
I'm a little confused. Isn't that a Froyo Rom.zip (November, 2010) you posted? But you somehow downgraded to 2.1? Did you start out with s-on then?
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No I started with s-off, and ya, I went from 2.3.4 to 2.1. It is an ruu exe. You should be able to run any ruu you want to, as long as its a rootable version.
danwguy said:
No I started with s-off, and ya, I went from 2.3.4 to 2.1. It is an ruu exe. You should be able to run any ruu you want to, as long as its a rootable version.
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But you typically can't go backward with the RUU's due to the "main version is older" roadblock. However, s-off aside, if you were able to revert backward (to either 2.1 or 2.2), then those are rootable. I'm just having issues here because you were s-off to start with which means you could have just shortcutted straight to the part of flashing the CWM PB31IMG and been done with it. But the fact you went backward to a rootable OS seemingly without utilizing s-off to do so leads me to believe you did this for an experiment to benefit others?
Bottom line, if you were able to revert to an older OS, the accidental s-on crowd should be able to follow in those footsteps and root from a prior OS.
I couldn't flash cwm because I ran an official ruu that removed root and everything and upgraded me to 2.3.4 that couldn't be rooted yet. But yes this was kind of an experiment to see of I could downgrade to an older OS without utilizing s-off. I really do hope this will help others who did the dumb thing like I did and do an official update, or anyone looking to downgrade to an older official OS.
The problem most people have is that they unrooted to s-on and then upgraded. If you were s-off and then upgraded with the OTA files posted, then all that would happen is you lose root and you woukd have to reflash a custom recovery. It seems that most people's issue is that they weren't s-off to begin with before they upgraded.
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Has anyone tried this on an S-ON, 2.3.4 Incredible? If not, I'm taking the plunge tonight and will post results.
One other user in the general forum isn't having luck as s-on but it shouldn't matter. The OP didn't use his s-off until the very end and was able to get back to 2.1 without using s-off to do so. That's the key here, getting back to a rootable OS so you CAN get root and s-off. I'm GUESSING the reason unrevoked failed at the end was because it was updated for Froyo. Perhaps if he'd have either went straight to 2.2 or upgraded from 2.1 to 2.2 and then tried unrevoked, it may have worked.
Just a thought...remember that slcd's on 2.1 = black screen. There's a lot of slcd's out there these days so 2.2 might be preferred if possible.
iowabowtech said:
One other user in the general forum isn't having luck as s-on but it shouldn't matter. The OP didn't use his s-off until the very end and was able to get back to 2.1 without using s-off to do so. That's the key here, getting back to a rootable OS so you CAN get root and s-off. I'm GUESSING the reason unrevoked failed at the end was because it was updated for Froyo. Perhaps if he'd have either went straight to 2.2 or upgraded from 2.1 to 2.2 and then tried unrevoked, it may have worked.
Just a thought...remember that slcd's on 2.1 = black screen. There's a lot of slcd's out there these days so 2.2 might be preferred if possible.
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He said he started s-off, 8th post first page.
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deadsoulboy said:
Has anyone tried this on an S-ON, 2.3.4 Incredible? If not, I'm taking the plunge tonight and will post results.
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It probably won't work because this guy started s-off and did a bunch of extra steps when he lost root after updating. Since he was s-off to begin with, all he had to do was reflash a custom recovery and superuser. It probably wont hurt for you to try, but I'm just saying most people don't get the difference between being rooted and s-off.
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AJGO23 said:
He said he started s-off, 8th post first page.
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I know he started s-off but he only used s-off after he had successfully downgraded his OS to Eclair the way I read it. So he was already on an android OS that is rootable by way of Unrevoked and instead of dicking with Unrevoked any longer b/c it was failing on 2.1, he just decided to load CWM by utilizing Unrevoked instead. I think if he'd have been on 2.2, it may have worked.
If he did utilize s-off somewhere in between, I'm not seeing where it would have been?
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I know he started s-off but he only used s-off after he had successfully downgraded his OS to Eclair the way I read it. So he was already on an android OS that is rootable by way of Unrevoked and instead of dicking with Unrevoked any longer b/c it was failing on 2.1, he just decided to load CWM by utilizing Unrevoked instead. I think if he'd have been on 2.2, it may have worked.
If he did utilize s-off somewhere in between, I'm not seeing where it would have been?
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2.3.4 is rootable if you have s-off. The only reason all of this worked for him is because he was s-off from the beginning allowing him to downgrade all the way down to 2.1. If he were s-on from the very beginning he couldn't have downgraded, thus everything else wouldn't have worked. Like I said in my last post, since he was s-off when he upgraded to 2.3.4, all he had to do was flash a custom recovery and superuser to regain root instead of going through that whole process. He was pretty vague in his posts though.
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AJGO23 said:
2.3.4 is rootable if you have s-off. The only reason all of this worked for him is because he was s-off from the beginning allowing him to downgrade all the way down to 2.1.
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Absolutely agree anything is rootable with s-off.
However, s-off does not allow you to downgrade back to 2.1, nothing but a hack allows that, specifically the flash_image. And that's the thing, I'm not seeing where anyone would need s-off to make that portion of things happen. If it did, it blows the theory I admit but what step precisely would require s-off? He's not flashing any zips in the bootloader until the PB31IMG that was the official signed 2.1 zip that doesn't even require s-off in the first place, it can be flashed with s-on.
Anyway, I admit I'm still a little shaky on this but IMO we are looking a different scenario than those false positives posted in other threads. Those people didn't know they had s-off and were able to flash clockwork back, that's a given. But the key here was being able to revert to a former OS which is not an easy task and in my mind, does NOT involve the presence or absence of s-off to do so. If that can be repeated, root and s-off can both be acquired on Froyo with Unrevoked 3.
Alright guys, wish me luck.. I'm installing adb now, will post results.
I'm using a non-rooted, S-ON Droid Incredible, 2.3.4.. AMOLED.
Fingers are crossed.
iowabowtech said:
Absolutely agree anything is rootable with s-off.
However, s-off does not allow you to downgrade back to 2.1, nothing but a hack allows that, specifically the flash_image. And that's the thing, I'm not seeing where anyone would need s-off to make that portion of things happen. If it did, it blows the theory I admit but what step precisely would require s-off? He's not flashing any zips in the bootloader until the PB31IMG that was the official signed 2.1 zip that doesn't even require s-off in the first place, it can be flashed with s-on.
Anyway, I admit I'm still a little shaky on this but IMO we are looking a different scenario than those false positives posted in other threads. Those people didn't know they had s-off and were able to flash clockwork back, that's a given. But the key here was being able to revert to a former OS which is not an easy task and in my mind, does NOT involve the presence or absence of s-off to do so. If that can be repeated, root and s-off can both be acquired on Froyo with Unrevoked 3.
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You can downgrade as long as you have the right radio before using the RUU. Since you can use the Froyo RUU to return completely to stock, I don't see why you couldn't use the official Eclair RUU to downgrade even further as well.
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Bricked again?

So got the Incredible S in the beginning of July and was very happy with it, beat the hell out of my old HD2 who got bricked Desided not to root this one cause it was already android and i didnt want to break the warranty. But then the 2.3.3 update came and i didnt recieve text and calls was dismissed. (it is an own thread about this issue on the forums) so i desided to try a rom from XDA to see if this could help solve the issue. It did not but i rooted the phone (S-off right?) and used it with GSM only.. today i talked with HTC support and got a hold of the RUU_Vivo_HTC_WWE_1.36.405.1_Radio_Radio_20.23.30.0 802U_38.02.01.11_M_release_172670_signed.. the cusomter support guy uploaded it and i installed it with the USB cable.. the installer said everything went fine.. the phone reebots.. boots to the HTC logo screen and turns off again.. and keeps on going in the same cycle..
I can get into bootloader, but when i press "power" to choose recovery it goes straight to the white htc screen again and reebots.. what to do now? Is this one dead also?
Tried rename RUU to PG32IMG and put it on the memory card.. still no luck it says "Bootloader - Bypasses"
"TP - Bypassed"
"TP - Bypassed"
Why? And still no luck tried with two signed RUU's now.. The bootloader says
Vivo PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT 6.13.1002
At least i want all the Revolutionary stuff gone.. Any idea? Im out of ideas right now.. Oh geez, it booted the 2.1.3 RUU.. nice.
But why would not the other room work? This is the one i have to get workin.. Any ideas?
Does the RUU got a radio in it? Please share this RUU cause I believe this is not avaible anywhere. I would give it a try then and report if I have issues.
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Yes I think it can be a radio conflict too, perhaps you downgraded it.
Here you go Please give a report if it work on your device
I also want to gain S-ON on my Incredible, used AlphaRevX Beta to get the S-OFF but i need it to be S-ON again, and i cant really fint the information on how to do it. These forums are amazing but very hard to navigate true, and find the information you are looking for.
Was thinking... You said you are S-OFF and then installed the 1.36 RUU. Possibly this RUU or ROM needs an older bootloader. Cause the bootloader cannot be overwritten (I assume you used Alpharev), the installation is aborted.
The newer RUU accepts the current bootloader and therefore is being installed.
I think, when you first downgrade your Hboot to the one that can be overwritten, the RUU should work and you can enjoy Froyo again!
So did it work ?
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wallytax said:
Was thinking... You said you are S-OFF and then installed the 1.36 RUU. Possibly this RUU or ROM needs an older bootloader. Cause the bootloader cannot be overwritten (I assume you used Alpharev), the installation is aborted.
The newer RUU accepts the current bootloader and therefore is being installed.
I think, when you first downgrade your Hboot to the one that can be overwritten, the RUU should work and you can enjoy Froyo again!
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How to do this? Do i need to S-ON first? Or?

[Guide] ICS for All htc holiday

[Guide] to install ICS (from vivid or telstra) on any htc holiday
"I am not responsible for any bricked devices, please understand the risk of what you are doing."
Requirements and steps:
1) S-OFF bootloader (http://unlimited.io/) thanks for Fuses
2)enter the command "fastboot oem writecid 11111111"
2.1)enter the command "fastboot reboot-bootloader (Wait for it to reboot the bootloader)
2.2) enter the command "fastboot getvar cid" [it should confirm your CID is 11111111]
3) Run this RUU - http://www.multiupload.nl/6O33AK7SM2 mirror ( http://www.4shared.com/file/MhHL09yi/RUU_Holiday_Cingular_US_163502.html )
4) when it is done. wipe the data and cache in the stock recovery or restore factory settings.
5) Enter to the fastboot and install ICS (from vivid or telstra)(Here is from vivid - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1564776)
6) Unlock the bootloader via HTCdev website - http://htcdev.com/bootloader
7) install the custom recovery - (http://www.multiupload.nl/JRQA22KXK5)
8) Root your phone - (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416836 ) or flash a custom rom
You are done. Enjoy
Do I have to relock bootloader prior to running this procedure?
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No, there is no need, it must be unlocked while doing s-off
I am S-OFF
I confirm that this procedure works with Bell HTC Raider 4G LTE! I am now S-OFF/ICS!
After doing this we can flash any of the ics roms? Or since its using the att ruu do we need to stick to the att roms?
you can flash any ICS rom and it`s boot (which is inside it)
citsong said:
After doing this we can flash any of the ics roms? Or since its using the att ruu do we need to stick to the att roms?
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The updated hboot is what matters for the kernel purpose if the Rom runs a 3.0 or higher kernel you would need this ICS hboot ..
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Pps.. author do you know if s off persists through this process? If yes why do you have to unlock the bootloader AGAIN s off should accomplish read write status regardless of wether or not your bootloader is locked
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i didn`t try without unlock the bootloader again, so i am not sure that you will be able to flash the recovery without unlock.
I wrote what i am sure off and tried it my self.
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i didn`t try without unlock the bootloader again, so i am not sure that you will be able to flash the recovery without unlock.
I wrote what i am sure off and tried it my self.
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I was just curious
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I didn't do this 1111111 stuff and I had the HTC vivid
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Just curious..
Wondering why the need to flash the cingular ruu before flashing the att ruu? If they're both ics, and if we've got s-off, wouldn't we just need to flash the att official ruu from htc? I'm just curious.. if I'm missing something really obvious I'm sorry.
cingular is att
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Wondering why the need to flash the cingular ruu before flashing the att ruu? If they're both ics, and if we've got s-off, wouldn't we just need to flash the att official ruu from htc? I'm just curious.. if I'm missing something really obvious I'm sorry.
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without flash first GB from vivid, ICS att will not be flash....
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I didn't do this 1111111 stuff and I had the HTC vivid
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And if you read the first line of the op this is to get the ics from vivid on the other versions of the phone
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First off, THanks!
Secondly, The link is not working for step 3.
Also if I am already s-off I can skip step 1 correct?
And when I unlock bootloader thru HTC dev, I select HTC Vivid?
THanks again!
Worked great!
Followed the directions and am now running ICS - flashed to the dark raider 1.1 rom from another thread after and it works great.. was going to try wc's illuminati rom but the link on his site starts out downloading at about 30k/sec and then steadily drops to zero before i get over 60mb.. anyone have a copy they want to mirror or know of another mirror hosting that rom? I know he's not on xda anymore..that's a shame tho he's a good dev.
Anyway thanks for the guide to get ics for us raider users! Worked perfectly!
Sorry for the dumb question about flasing the cingular ruu first, i didn't realize the first ruu it points to was a gb vivid ruu. makes perfect sense now.. lol...sense.. no pun intended..lol
n4v1n said:
First off, THanks!
Secondly, The link is not working for step 3.
Also if I am already s-off I can skip step 1 correct?
And when I unlock bootloader thru HTC dev, I select HTC Vivid?
THanks again!
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I link for step 3 is working just download from one of the servers provided.
Unlock as you unlocked before doing any changes. If your not having HTC vivid then don't select HTC vivid. If you have raider the simple select others.
bproulx said:
Followed the directions and am now running ICS - flashed to the dark raider 1.1 rom from another thread after and it works great.. was going to try wc's illuminati rom but the link on his site starts out downloading at about 30k/sec and then steadily drops to zero before i get over 60mb.. anyone have a copy they want to mirror or know of another mirror hosting that rom? I know he's not on xda anymore..that's a shame tho he's a good dev.
Anyway thanks for the guide to get ics for us raider users! Worked perfectly!
Sorry for the dumb question about flasing the cingular ruu first, i didn't realize the first ruu it points to was a gb vivid ruu. makes perfect sense now.. lol...sense.. no pun intended..lol
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No problem, have fun
When I run the ruu's im in fastboot correct? Searching around I've seen different methods. Just trying to confirm. From the instructions it looks like everythings pretty much done while in the bootloader.
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Trying to unlock the bootloader with my old token isn't working. Getting a remote unlocktoken check fail. Do I need to redo htc dev as a vivid? Sorry for the questions, after spending all that time trying to get s-off my brain is tired lol
Ok so I ran the ruu's while in fastboot and I had to redo the unlock as if the phone was a vivid and get a new token and now all is well. At least if anyone has a dead brain moment like me they will see this and know

Help with s-off

I have tried both moonshine and revone and cant seem to get s-off on my HTC One M7. When I try on Moonshine it gets to the adb part and times out and says for me to fix it. When I try revone, I get an error code -6. Any suggestions on what I can do to fix this?
DevinM7 said:
I have tried both moonshine and revone and cant seem to get s-off on my HTC One M7. When I try on Moonshine it gets to the adb part and times out and says for me to fix it. When I try revone, I get an error code -6. Any suggestions on what I can do to fix this?
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Need more info. Specifically, what is your Hboot version?
I'm a complete noob man. I recently moved over from iphone to android. Where do I find out my HBoot version?
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Complete noobs shouldn't S-off
#justsayin
adb reboot bootloader
look at the top for hboot version.
If it says 1.54 you can't S-off
DevinM7 said:
I'm a complete noob man. I recently moved over from iphone to android. Where do I find out my HBoot version?
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That's cool bro, me too not that long ago. HTC One is my first Android, and I love it. Reboot into bootloader (hold down volume and power simultaneously, phone will reboot into bootloader mode). You'll see your Hboot version there. S-off only works on Hboot 1.44.
A word of caution from one noob to another. S-off is serious stuff, and not really needed for 90% of the mods here at xda. You can flash custom roms and recoveries, and radios, all without S-off. Just be careful, and read Everything. I mean it, I have spent countless hours here at xda reading before I did anything. The community here is very willing to help, as am I.
What have you done to your phone thus far? Unlocked? Rooted? Custom recovery or ROM?
Appreciate it guys. Yea I'm running HBoot 1.44, so I guess that solves that, lol. Yea I have rooted my phone with TWRP recovery. I was really hoping to turn s-off so I could switch over to Google play edition. Any suggestions on roms and other stuff to try out? And Thanks for being helpful and patient with me. Unfortunately I'm used to dealing with jailbroken iPhones.
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DevinM7 said:
Appreciate it guys. Yea I'm running HBoot 1.44, so I guess that solves that, lol. Yea I have rooted my phone with TWRP recovery. I was really hoping to turn s-off so I could switch over to Google play edition. Any suggestions on roms and other stuff to try out? And Thanks for being helpful and patient with me. Unfortunately I'm used to dealing with jailbroken iPhones.
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1.44 CAN be S-off'ed
DevinM7 said:
Appreciate it guys. Yea I'm running HBoot 1.44, so I guess that solves that, lol. Yea I have rooted my phone with TWRP recovery. I was really hoping to turn s-off so I could switch over to Google play edition. Any suggestions on time and other stuff to try out? And Thanks for being helpful and patient with me. Unfortunately I'm used to dealing with jailbroken iPhones.
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The fact that you're coming from the jailbreak community is good, imo. Thing is, it's practically impossible to brick an iPhone, even a jail broken one, as you could always just restore the iPhone. S-off definitely gives you the opportunity (possible but not probable, depends on what you do) to brick your phone permanently. That being said, I used Revone and it worked well and easily. Read and follow the instructions in the OP for Revone to a T. I recommend reading about the first 50 pages in that thread before you try anything also (ignore the last half of the Revone thread for the most part, just page after page of people shocked and complaining the can't S-off Hboot 1.54). Some people get Revone to work pretty easily, some try 20 times and then it just works.
Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2390346 is a rom for GpE 4.3 that you could flash right now as you are, but yeah, you have to be S-off to fully convert.
From spending so much time here lately, some observations one noob to another:
-Either stay stock or go custom (I recommend custom), and stick to it. A lot of people here went custom (including S-off), and f'd up their Ones trying frantically to get back to stock for an OTA. Forums were littered with people who messed that up.
-Careful with TWRP. I use it and like it, but be very careful when you are wiping Dalvik/cache. Ton of people here blaze through the wipe options, then all it takes is a swipe, and suddenly they've erased everything and can't boot their phone. Just always triple check before that final swipe.
-if you modify your Hboot in any way, never ever go S-on until you flash a stock Hboot. Doing so will permanently brick your phone. I can't think of a reason to ever go S-on, but that was part if the whole return to stock for OTA scenario.
Hope this all helps!
Thanks so much for your help man. You have been a great help. So let me make sure I have this right. I have to change my HBoot version to be able to s-off at this point?
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DevinM7 said:
Thanks so much for your help man. You have been a great help. So let me make sure I have this right. I have to change my HBoot version to be able to s-off at this point?
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You're welcome, happy to help!
No! If you are n Hboot 1.44, you should be able to go S-off fine. I recommend Revone, only because that's what I used. Just read, read, read, and follow the instructions to the letter.
Thanks! Do you know the URL to the OP for revone?
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Thanks! Do you know the URL to the OP for revone?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314582
Here yah go, no problem

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