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[Q] Incredible S latest ROM, Sense

Hi all,
I have Incredible S, all from the factory (software, Sense..etc)
I would like to know step by step how to :
1- Install a new ROM.
2- Having the news HTC Sense 3.5 on it and also if that have any negatives or if something might not work.
3- The latest ROM I can install.
4- Any additional info you think I should know as I am new to Android and HTC world.
Thank you,
Michel

The best bit of advice I can give you is search, search, search! All the info you need dude has already been asked and answered so hit that search button and spend a bit of time finding it out for yourself. Best place to start is the development forum where you can learn and download many different ROMs and find out which is the best one for you. Good luck...and welcome!

yep, you are right,
but sometimes when you are totally new to something you need some help at least with knowing the name of the best ROM as I've found many of them with different issues.

micho119 said:
yep, you are right,
but sometimes when you are totally new to something you need some help at least with knowing the name of the best ROM as I've found many of them with different issues.
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Go read the sticky threads in the Dev section. You have some work ahead of you before you can flash a custom Rom.

Yes, I went, and all is ready, my PC and my mobile,
the only thing I need is a ROM which doesn't have problems and won't effect my device plus a new version of Sense.

micho119 said:
Yes, I went, and all is ready, my PC and my mobile,
the only thing I need is a ROM which doesn't have problems and won't effect my device plus a new version of Sense.
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Ok, then nandroid backup and start flashing Roms then. Only you will be able to determine which Rom will fit your criteria. What you may think is a 'problem' on one Rom may not be that big of deal to someone else, so just start trying them yourself.

Problems like WiFi, Camera, SD Card, Backlight, Bluetooth.. all these are problems which I think might be issue for all users .
only a starting name would be enough to me

micho119 said:
Problems like WiFi, Camera, SD Card, Backlight, Bluetooth.. all these are problems which I think might be issue for all users .
only a starting name would be enough to me
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I would agree totally with all of those which is why I personally have not even tried any of the Sense 3.0 Roms. IMHO the current GB 2.3.3 Rom with Sense 2.1 runs just fine on my IncS so I won't be able to offer you any suggestions.

Revolution HD has no known issues download that and stop complaining. There is no "best ROM" try them all, the only thing you have to lose is bandwidth and time.

I use Newt pyramid beta 3 sense 3.0 gb 2.3.4 its stable, crazy fast, as current as you can get, and if you check the last of the comments almost all of the bugs have been fixed.

tpbklake said:
I would agree totally with all of those which is why I personally have not even tried any of the Sense 3.0 Roms. IMHO the current GB 2.3.3 Rom with Sense 2.1 runs just fine on my IncS so I won't be able to offer you any suggestions.
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My thoughts too, the only glitch that bugs me is that I sometimes lose my gsm signal here at home. I don't think there's a fix.
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using xda premium

UKseagull said:
My thoughts too, the only glitch that bugs me is that I sometimes lose my gsm signal here at home. I don't think there's a fix.
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using xda premium
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try a new radio...
I find the 20.2810 one has great signal

Is that a newer one than I have now? I received a 30mb update recently. Any negatives effects with it, battery life?
My current radio is 20.208.30.085AU_3805.06.03_M

UKseagull said:
Is that a newer one than I have now? I received a 30mb update recently. Any negatives effects with it, battery life?
My current radio is 20.208.30.085AU_3805.06.03_M
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yeah it's the newest. I think it works perfectly and has the best signal of all the radios I've tried

Right, I might have to look into that, just hopes it improves things for me.
I'm still considering returning the phone though due to the signal drop outs, I'm a bit reluctant to root or do anything that'll stop me from being able to return it. Can I take it that running an RUU will put everything back to stock, including radio and S Off?

Yes. If you root using AlpaharevX and not a permanent root using a gold card then flashing a stock RUU will bring you back to S-on. Give it a go, I did, happy so far and have the stock RUU downloaded and ready to go if need be.

I don't think I need a Gold Card with it being a sim free unit? So it should be just a case of following this guide http://is.gd/5wKZRZ and then flashing a different radio?
If I don't like the results then I should be able to run an RUU to get me back to stock?

micho119 said:
Problems like WiFi, Camera, SD Card, Backlight, Bluetooth.. all these are problems which I think might be issue for all users .
only a starting name would be enough to me
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Back up your current ROM just incase you f*ck up and get going flashing some ROMs I only flashed Android Revolution HD yesterday after asking the community a few questions and look forward to seeing how it goes, check out some of my posts for some of those questions if you want. If not happy will try something else and always have a carbon copy of my original stock ROM to restore if need be....simple

[Q] How to get back to stock rom and s-on

hi guys
Im usin HTC Incredible S
My usb port is back on...im on situation to claim warranty so i need to get s-on and unroot it and to get Stock rom

Stock RUU is available from the development section. Flash that and ull be back to S_ON.
Sorry. Is ur USB port broken, cos this may be a problem if trying to install a stock RUU if u havnt already!
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using XDA App

hi vader XI
my usb port works randomly i hav to keep on press them on upward direction
thnks anyway
can u pls send the link of the stock ruu which u mentioned..
Thanks

hey vader xI
wat abt the stock rom?

santhoshpirate said:
hey vader xI
wat abt the stock rom?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1033922

VaderXI said:
Stock RUU is available from the development section. Flash that and ull be back to S_ON.
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I am flashing my IS soon.. but regarding this I wanna clear..
Can we get back warranty by flashing the stock RUU??? I mean the customer care wouldn know a thing??
I just need to make it clear before I take ant drastic step..

Rah0ol said:
I am flashing my IS soon.. but regarding this I wanna clear..
Can we get back warranty by flashing the stock RUU??? I mean the customer care wouldn know a thing??
I just need to make it clear before I take ant drastic step..
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Come on dude...do a search and u'll find everything you need! Simple answer should be yes, but I'm no expert as have never done it myself, but all of the people on following links seem to say you can:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1169986&highlight=back+to+S-ON&page=3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1152281&highlight=back+to+S-ON
You can always go back to S-OFF with alpharevx again

VaderXI said:
Come on dude...do a search and u'll find everything you need! Simple answer should be yes, but I'm no expert as have never done it myself, but all of the people on following links seem to say you can:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1169986&highlight=back+to+S-ON&page=3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1152281&highlight=back+to+S-ON
You can always go back to S-OFF with alpharevx again
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Thnx dude..Wil try tat soon

VaderXI said:
Stock RUU is available from the development section. Flash that and ull be back to S_ON.
Sorry. Is ur USB port broken, cos this may be a problem if trying to install a stock RUU if u havnt already!
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using XDA App
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i hav tried it didnt work it has installed the stock rom
but it shows relutionary S-OFF as always it has been!!

santhoshpirate said:
i hav tried it didnt work it has installed the stock rom
but it shows relutionary S-OFF as always it has been!!
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Thats where my knowledge on this issue runs out my friend. Have you searched every thread to do with gaining back S-ON? It may be worth traulling through in case there's something in there which may help you. Even googling it or having a look on you tube...there's loads about gaining S-OFF so there might be something in there about S-ON.

How to revert back to HTC Sense for Incredible S ?
Hello,
As testing, I installed the latest CyanogenMod ROM on my Incredible S. But I am not at all liking the interface. Are there any ways to revert back to the custom HTC Sense ?
I saw the thread "Incredible S shipped ROMs collection" at 'http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1033922'. But I'm not sure on how to do this and which ROM I need to install.
Can you please help me on this ? I miss HTC Sense a lot
Thank you,

VaderXI said:
Thats where my knowledge on this issue runs out my friend. Have you searched every thread to do with gaining back S-ON? It may be worth traulling through in case there's something in there which may help you. Even googling it or having a look on you tube...there's loads about gaining S-OFF so there might be something in there about S-ON.
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k dude
tnx

pybliss said:
Hello,
As testing, I installed the latest CyanogenMod ROM on my Incredible S. But I am not at all liking the interface. Are there any ways to revert back to the custom HTC Sense ?
I saw the thread "Incredible S shipped ROMs collection" at 'http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1033922'. But I'm not sure on how to do this and which ROM I need to install.
Can you please help me on this ? I miss HTC Sense a lot
Thank you,
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I know your pain my friend as I am a fan of Sense, but fear not! There are a number of ROMs using both Sense 3.0 and Sense 3.5 out there at the moment all located in the development section, or nicely packaged in one place here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136463. You would install these the same way you installed CyanogenMod. I am currently running Nikhil - TriNity Sense 3.5 which is currently in the process of being updated, so you may want to wait for that if you fancy giving 3.5 a go, if not then Virtuous Unity is also very good, although again expecting an update. Bslim's ROM is also sporting 3.5 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1265980
If you want to go back to your original stock ROM and did not do a Nandroid backup of it before flashing Cyanogen, then you can download the stock RUU that relates to your version of android and the radio you currently have. Look at your phone info if your are unsure of this. You then download it to your sd card and flash it the same way as all the others. If you did do a backup just restore this and hay presto!
Hope this helps.

Hello VaderXI,
Thanks a lot for replying...
I had done a backup of sense prior flashing cyanogenmod. But while trying to restore from revolutionary, its says md5sum mismatch. Not sure what happened.
I'm planning to use the ROM at 'http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1275609' but the problem is its in Arabic. I hope i can change it when the phone is booted up and it asks for the settings.
How can I get the radio version from my phone ? IIRC, mine was using android 2.3.3 which was the latest version for HTC Incredible S. Why does the available Incredible S roms show up as .exe files ? Are these flashed as the same way as other ROMs ?
To be frank, I'm having trouble detecting the rom versions from the list in 'http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1033922'. How can i find something for android 2.3.3 Incredible S which i bought in India.
If the ROM you are using is in english, can you please send me the link for that please.
Thank you,

pybliss said:
Hello VaderXI,
Thanks a lot for replying...
I had done a backup of sense prior flashing cyanogenmod. But while trying to restore from revolutionary, its says md5sum mismatch. Not sure what happened.
I'm planning to use the ROM at 'http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1275609' but the problem is its in Arabic. I hope i can change it when the phone is booted up and it asks for the settings.
How can I get the radio version from my phone ? IIRC, mine was using android 2.3.3 which was the latest version for HTC Incredible S. Why does the available Incredible S roms show up as .exe files ? Are these flashed as the same way as other ROMs ?
To be frank, I'm having trouble detecting the rom versions from the list in 'http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1033922'. How can i find something for android 2.3.3 Incredible S which i bought in India.
If the ROM you are using is in english, can you please send me the link for that please.
Thank you,
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Cant help with the md5sum mismatch I'm afraid. Did you wipe all your data before flashing i.e. cache and dalvik cache ect?
The ROM u want to use is available in English, like u said just select it in when u first reboot.
U can find ur radio version under settings-about phone-software info-more-baseband version. Match this with the RUU in the thread and ur sorted...it will obviously be a gingerbread version. Yes they are flashed the same way as other ROMS.
All the ROMs are available in English. If they say "full Arabic", that's because Arabic is not always available on ROMs and the developer wants you to know that it is in theirs. The ROM i am currently using is this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1301785, but it is currently being updated and the download is not available.
All the best.

[Q] Need urgent help

I flashed my rom today using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631499. Installed it in recovery via ssd then i read somewhere i needed to flash the kernel to i used boot.img and flashed it. Now its stuck on the boot logo. Please tell me i didn't just completely mess up my phone.

Need more info like what kernel how did you flash with fastboot now too get back to stock you need to relock your bootloader and run your phones ruu which you can download from htc
Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

Somehow i managed to fix it and i got that custom rom to work. So far so good, can use the phone perfectly. That scared the well yeah out of me. I don't really enjoy the current rom but for the scare i had for about a hour or two. I will be keeping it as punishment for doing something stupid lol.

Glad you got it running if you want a great set of instructions google the Rom in my signature you have to join the site to see the vivid section and have 11 posts to see the downloads make sure to read the rules and follow them if you can't find it pm me and I will send you the link
Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

awesome man thanks, thought i was going to get flamed for messing with something i had no idea about. Thanks for the friendly comments.

katsumex said:
awesome man thanks, thought i was going to get flamed for messing with something i had no idea about. Thanks for the friendly comments.
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your welcome

This happens to me sometimes. For me most of the time, it's just a bad flash and all you need to do is reflash the ROM and kernel.

[Q] Htc Vivid/Holiday/Velocity/Raider/ Wifi Problema.

I've had a HTC Vivid for quite a while, but recently decided to change the Rom, Rom've tried several, but all encounter the same problem and that is that the Wifi does not work
I've done all Wipes, I have the Bootlouder Desblock, and everything, but still I do not find anything, and I get all the Roms
I wonder if someone is kind enough to explain what might happen in my case and if you have some sort of solution.
Sorry if I wrote something wrong even mishandled my English!
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Flash the kernel through fastboot
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ZeRo2o9 said:
Flash the kernel through fastboot
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If you give me some guidelines on how to do I'd appreciate it!

Just download the toolkit and take the boot.img from the Rom you are using and place it in the kernel folder of the toolkit and open the program and choose flash kernel
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Sidius02 said:
I've had a HTC Vivid for quite a while, but recently decided to change the Rom, Rom've tried several, but all encounter the same problem and that is that the Wifi does not work
I've done all Wipes, I have the Bootlouder Desblock, and everything, but still I do not find anything, and I get all the Roms
I wonder if someone is kind enough to explain what might happen in my case and if you have some sort of solution.
Sorry if I wrote something wrong even mishandled my English!
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This problem was solved by getting the s-off to your phone if you are installing some cook roms that recommended only for s-off phone

vanchan84 said:
This problem was solved by getting the s-off to your phone if you are installing some cook roms that recommended only for s-off phone
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So far, what I see is more convenient because you've flashed the Kernel and I have nothing I will try that! thanks
I've seen it done to other phones, even for other HTC but do not see how he does this and want to make sure, if you give me a brief explanation of how to do it I'd appreciate it!

Sidius02 said:
So far, what I see is more convenient because you've flashed the Kernel and I have nothing I will try that! thanks
I've seen it done to other phones, even for other HTC but do not see how he does this and want to make sure, if you give me a brief explanation of how to do it I'd appreciate it!
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any detail solutions must be based on detail information ( for exsample: your current rom, kernel and your phone is s-on or s-off). have so many way to fix your phone problems that depend on status of your phone)

[Q] Htc Vivid/Holiday/Velocity/Raider/ Wifi Problema
Many thanks friend was all I needed, and I did and installed all Roms I wanted without problem.

Noob question

Hi all,
Just got my HTC One, new to Android from iphone 5, I have just rooted my phone and was watching this video
HTC One - HTC Logo Button Hack & How To
I cant post the link as it wont let me, which I find really stupid!
This chap talks about flashing a kernel, how does one do this? and would this be ok on a UK phone?
Thanks for your help

You have to unlock the bootloader, flash a custom recovery, and flash a kernel that support this mod...
If you don't know how to, is better do anything...

Better flash a 4.2.2 Sense 5 rom.
Sent From The One

LarsAussems said:
Better flash a 4.2.2 Sense 5 rom.
Sent From The One
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Is better do anything if he don't know that we're talking

Guich said:
Is better do anything if he don't know that we're talking
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I have unlocked boot loader and rooted I just don't understand the meaning of flashing and how one does it, I want to install the kernel that makes the htc logo into a button.
I notice in google play there is a rom manager app, would that make things easier ?

germinus said:
I have unlocked boot loader and rooted I just don't understand the meaning of flashing and how one does it, I want to install the kernel that makes the htc logo into a button.
I notice in google play there is a rom manager app, would that make things easier ?
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anyone?

Hey man if you go into development section you will see ElementalX kernal thats whst your looking for. I suggest you go on YouTube and watch a few vids about flashing ROMs etc and remember to always backup before flashing anything. I also suggest you flash a ROM such as TrickDroid as that is compatible with said Kernal
Sent from my HTC One using xda app-developers app

snowwhite007 said:
Hey man if you go into development section you will see ElementalX kernal thats whst your looking for. I suggest you go on YouTube and watch a few vids about flashing ROMs etc and remember to always backup before flashing anything. I also suggest you flash a ROM such as TrickDroid as that is compatible with said Kernal
Sent from my HTC One using xda app-developers app
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Thanks, I decided to grow a pair and just try it and it was very easy, but i do have a couple of questions, every time you flash a new kernel you have to setup the phone from scratch and re install all apps again? No easier way of doing this?
I was also hoping that this was going to remove the branding on the bootup of the phone but it didnt, and tips on how to remove the branding?

If you're only flashing a kernel it shouldn't let you setup the phone from scratch. Unless of course you're flashing a whole ROM in which should address your other concern about removing the branding.
germinus said:
Thanks, I decided to grow a pair and just try it and it was very easy, but i do have a couple of questions, every time you flash a new kernel you have to setup the phone from scratch and re install all apps again? No easier way of doing this?
I was also hoping that this was going to remove the branding on the bootup of the phone but it didnt, and tips on how to remove the branding?
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Riyal said:
If you're only flashing a kernel it shouldn't let you setup the phone from scratch. Unless of course you're flashing a whole ROM in which should address your other concern about removing the branding.
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Well I assume its a kernel that I have flashed as I still have the branding, but I also get asked to do a complete setup as if I has just got it out of the box

germinus said:
Well I assume its a kernel that I have flashed as I still have the branding, but I also get asked to do a complete setup as if I has just got it out of the box
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You must have clicked the factory reset button or any wipe buttons in the recovery. Or the kernel developer must have badly coded the updater-script and enforced a factory reset everytime anyone installs his kernel. Which is not necessary really.

should the branding still be there tho?

Can somebody share the link of the latest RUU 2.17.401.1 please..
Sent from my HTC One using xda premium

Guess not then! Can someone tell me how to remove the branding from the bootup?
Many thanks

germinus said:
Guess not then! Can someone tell me how to remove the branding from the bootup?
Many thanks
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That one requires S-Off. We may have it soon.