A few weeks ago, I grabbed my HD7 out of the junk drawer and decided to grab one of the Mango releases in the Dev forum. I went through and performed all the recommended steps, and got it up and running. After an hour, I threw it in the junk drawer again as it had a ton of problems including:
- Random reboots during certain apps
- Lockups
- Sound cutting in and out
I figured that the ROM I grabbed had some major issues and decided to shelf it for awhile till some more stable releases came out.
Now, this morning .. I'm getting out of my car and I drop my HTC Sensation to the concrete which shatters the Gorilla Glass. So, when I get home today, I'm going to need to dig out the HD7 and get it up and running ASAP.
So, I need advice ... how do I get it from it's current Mango release to a more stable release, and does anyone have a recommended one?
Notes/Thoughts:
- I'm on T-Mobile if that matters.
- I don't mind going to retail Mango versus an unlocked one. It's about ease .. if I can force the Mango retail and not have to downgrade, then great. If I can do either without downgrading, then I would probably just grab a dev unlocked one and play a bit =)
- I can't afford to brick it since this is my only spare phone, so I prefer *less* risky steps to *quick but risky* methods.
Thank you for any advice you can offer!!
Update ... after reading a bit more, I still don't know what the right process is. I installed the RSPL/HSPL as a part of the additional update. I did that about 3-4 weeks ago when there were 2-3 Mango releases up on the forums here. I see a few posts that say that as of 9-30-11, you have to downgrade before upgrading and there are certain releases you can't upgrade beyond. Could someone elaborate by giving me a version of some sort and make it simple, such as
"If you are at X.XXXX HSPL or above, then you can't straight upgrade or it will brick, you will need to downgrade. Here is a link to the easiest way to downgrade first. "
Thanks!
spinaldex said:
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Could someone elaborate by giving me a version of some sort and make it simple, such as
"If you are at X.XXXX HSPL or above, then you can't straight upgrade or it will brick, you will need to downgrade. Here is a link to the easiest way to downgrade first. "
Thanks!
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keeping it simple -> here.
sh4d0w86.
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i updated my phone with the leaked 2.1 ruu it hasent been working good for me now im trying to restore back to stock when i run the ruu it gives me an error message saying bootloader error version too new or something like that.
iv looked all over the forums i couldnt find an answer can anyone please tell me if its posible to restore it back to stock 1.5
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i updated my phone with the leaked 2.1 ruu it hasent been working good for me now im trying to restore back to stock when i run the ruu it gives me an error message saying bootloader error version too new or something like that.
iv looked all over the forums i couldnt find an answer can anyone please tell me if its posible to restore it back to stock 1.5
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two days ago same question was asked. at least look at search results if you do.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=669930&highlight=bootloader
there is the thread...number 10 or so if you searched for "bootloader".
it might take some time when searching but it will help you learn more if you dot he searching yourself.
Gthirty7s said:
i updated my phone with the leaked 2.1 ruu it hasent been working good for me now im trying to restore back to stock when i run the ruu it gives me an error message saying bootloader error version too new or something like that.
iv looked all over the forums i couldnt find an answer can anyone please tell me if its posible to restore it back to stock 1.5
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You can't downgrade the bootloader (hboot) version, period. End of story. This is NOT the end of the world though! The 2.1 leaked RUU that you used should have been a rooted developers ROM so you can use that to restore your phone, install the custom recovery, then use whatever ROM you want.
sandboxlove said:
does the bootloader stopper you from using a 1.5 ROM? does it stop you from completely unrooting? i guess what im asking is, can you still flash a stock nandroid and stock recovery, would sprint notice?
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If they need/want to reflash, then they will notice. You can just wait 1-? weeks for the official 2.1 Ruu, which likely will use the new bootloader.
Look, the just posted a release signed with Release keys instead of test keys. Once this is put into a proper RUU with Root it MAY fix your issue, give it 24 hours.
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Look, the just posted a release signed with Release keys instead of test keys. Once this is put into a proper RUU with Root it MAY fix your issue, give it 24 hours.
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Did I miss something while out shopping today? They, Sprint?, posted a new release for Hero?
jlem26 said:
Did I miss something while out shopping today? They, Sprint?, posted a new release for Hero?
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They leaked.
@ jlem26
I read this from the sprint community forum:
From Android Central When it rains, it pours. Just got word of a new leak for the HTC Sprint Hero. No way of knowing if this is the final 2.1 version, but this one is signed with release keys so you will lose your root for sure if you're into that sort of thing. Anyone who feels brave and wants to try for themselves you can find it here. Remember, this is not official software from any carrier. Using this is at your own risk, and nobody here at Android Central is suggesting you try it, though we're more than happy to show you where it is. Thanks Beezy420! http://www.4shared.com/file/gfPzbRcS/RUU_Hero_C_Sprint_2276515_R_si.html Haven't tried it myself...But I figured I'd post it..
I downloaded it, but I'm scared to try it.......
The new 2.1 leak is almost certainly the final, so the official Sprint update will prob. be out next week.
WARNING: the new leak is NOT ROOTED, and the old rooting methods will NOT work. (Someone took one for the team and already RUU'ed the new leak, and confirmed he could not root afterwords.)
Presumably someone somewhere is already trying new ways to root this upgrade.
I've attempted root three ways now. NO GO!
Yes, I took one for the TEAM and went ahead and ran the RUU, it's fast clean and works fine so far.
BUT.....it closes the ability to ROOT....you've been warned!
Thanks,
Bubba.
thanks for being brave! Have you had any problems so far.
No problems at all.
Phone runs smooth and fast.
Only issue is that I have NO root now. But I knew the choices going into this option.
Having said that, and being able to officially tell everyone that it in fact breaks the root abilities.....is there anyone attempting to get root with this version or will we just ignore it?
Thanks,
Bubba.
I don't see it getting ignored. I wouldn't be surprised if someone somewhere was already working on trying to figure it out.
Is the 2.1 Droid rootable?
Right guys, new to the phone and forum, not ROMs and flashing as I have moved from a Symbian operated Samsung, but new to the whole rooting and S-OFF stuff. Had a real good look around the forum, but can someone just tell me whether or not we can root and/or S-OFF the IS Seem to be getting conflicting info. Keen to get onto Gingerbread. If this can be done is there a definitive step-by-step guide? Tried the superoneclick method last night, but at 2am decided to give up!
Vader
VaderXI said:
Right guys, new to the phone and forum, not ROMs and flashing as I have moved from a Symbian operated Samsung, but new to the whole rooting and S-OFF stuff. Had a real good look around the forum, but can someone just tell me whether or not we can root and/or S-OFF the IS Seem to be getting conflicting info. Keen to get onto Gingerbread. If this can be done is there a definitive step-by-step guide? Tried the superoneclick method last night, but at 2am decided to give up!
Vader
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The first step is to S-OFF the phone using AlphaRevX. There are several threads detailing the steps needed. Depending on which carrier ROM you currently have installed, you may need to create a goldcard so that you can flash a 'support' ROM that works with AlphaRevX.
After you gain S-OFF and the fact that you want to run a GB ROM, you will need to flash a custom recovery such as ClockworkMod. Here is a thread that details the steps:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122694
There are enough posts and threads in the Development section to get you going. Just remember that the search button is your friend.
You're probably getting conflicting info, due to the timing.
AlpharevX was just released over the weekend. Any site or thread posted prior to that will probably say that you can't S-OFF.
As far as actually doing the S-OFF, I found the info in the link below to be quite helpful.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1130346
Thanks guys. I'm no stranger to the search function, but it was a bit confusing and just wanted to hear someone say it can be done!
Waiting to get a 16gb sd card and will give it a go then.
Brought the phone a couple of days ago....when can I expect the Gingerbread OTA?
im in uk and have had the update for some time now (id guess a month?)
a flashed rom is MUCH better
Have checked for updates and still nothing? Will wait for my 16gb card and give s-off and flashing a go. Came from a Samsung Symbian S60 phone so have had my fair share of experiance with flashing and custom ROMs. I would tend to recommend them also...made my life with Symbian almost barable. Cant go online with it now as battery nearly dead, which is pretty surprising as had it nearly 3 days now fully charging it every night
UPDATE:
Downloading the GB OTA now....woohoo. Maybe a silly question, but does it save to the sd card. Reason I ask is looking to upgrade to a 16gb card soon.
Also found a really good tutorial on how to improve battery performance.
http://www.youmobile.org/blogs/entry/How-to-Improve-the-Battery-Life-of-Your-Android-Phone
VaderXI said:
Brought the phone a couple of days ago....when can I expect the Gingerbread OTA?
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Once u update fota. To gain s-off will need more tricky. Stick on the rom from first unboxing. Gain s-off and you will have a lot of choice
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using XDA App
Hello guys.
This is my first time posting on XDA. Although I have been going to XDA alot of times because I usually find help regarding my phone here. I hope any mistakes I made in this thread is forgiven. xD
Anyway, my problem is that I cannot update my phone to the latest gingerbread version which is the 2.3.5.
But here is the weird part. I did get an update notification that asked me to update. This notification came a few days ago. However, I could not update the phone at that time since I was not at home.
Then when I was finally ready to update, I pressed the 'check now' button at Settings > About Phone > Software Updates. However, the phone said that my phone is already up to date. But it is weird since when I check it, it still says that my phone is currently on 2.3.3. Soo, can anyone please help me?
Thanks for reading. Any replies is greatly appreciated.
Keep checking..
Or you could look in the ruu thread for an update for your region/carrier.
Just make sure that you have researched enough about the subject before you do the update as many users get problems with it, especially if they have unlocked hboot.
Thanks for replying.
About the RUU, isn't the RUU is for those who rooted their phones and wanted to return to stock so they can update? Or something like that?
And the reason I'm wondering is because my phone is not rooted, or unlocked in any way. Still a virgin phone. lol.
ruu's are official updates from htc, although many users with rooted,unlocked,custom roms use them.
will be much easier for someone with a virgin phone to use ruu update but you must be very sure that its for your phones carrier
the best way for you is to keep checking for an update through your phone many many times until you get tired from it but failing that, the ruu option comes a close second
Hi Buddy!, Why don't you update your device via the downloaded RUU file but not the OTA? Have a try!
Really? My bad then. Since I never got interested in rooting, I never really researched more about ROMs so when I did a quick google search of RUU I thought it is related to rooting. xD
If RUU is more suitable for a phone that is still unrooted, how may I do the update? Would it be possible for you to provide a guide, link, reference or anything that might help?
Another thing, if I do this RUU update, will the contents of my phone stay in there? Or are they going to be wiped clean?
Thanks again.
heres a list of the ruu's
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1033922
Your phones contents will be wiped
Hello All,
I've read a lot of forums as to installing custom roms and I'm still lost. I haven't tried anything yet cause I'm too chicken to experiment and possibly kill my phone. Long story short, I still would like to install a custom rom to mainly get free wifi tethering.
I noticed in most of the forums that the only way to even begin the process is to downgrade to SPL 4.xxx. I don't have a restore point in Zuncee cause my pc crashed a month ago. Is the only way for me to downgrade from 5.xxx to 4.xxx, is by the goldcard method or is there a work around? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Hello All,
I've read a lot of forums as to installing custom roms and I'm still lost. I haven't tried anything yet cause I'm too chicken to experiment and possibly kill my phone. Long story short, I still would like to install a custom rom to mainly get free wifi tethering.
I noticed in most of the forums that the only way to even begin the process is to downgrade to SPL 4.xxx. I don't have a restore point in Zuncee cause my pc crashed a month ago. Is the only way for me to downgrade from 5.xxx to 4.xxx, is by the goldcard method or is there a work around? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Hi there,
I was in the same situation you are now! Last week on Tuesday I brought a HD7 from ebay and thought it would be as easy to install custom rom as my HD2.....after reading the forums here it was anything else! But still by Wednesday I had custom ROM on my phone (im using deepshining). The only method I tried and what worked was the Goldcard method. I made my own Y cable and followed the instructions on the Goldcard thread. I found this video on youtube quite useful as well!
Any questions just ask me ill try to help as much as I can. I did find it tough to work out at first but when you have a custom ROM installed its like a new phone!
Viper08
dcscorpio76 said:
Hello All,
I've read a lot of forums as to installing custom roms and I'm still lost. I haven't tried anything yet cause I'm too chicken to experiment and possibly kill my phone. Long story short, I still would like to install a custom rom to mainly get free wifi tethering.
I noticed in most of the forums that the only way to even begin the process is to downgrade to SPL 4.xxx. I don't have a restore point in Zuncee cause my pc crashed a month ago. Is the only way for me to downgrade from 5.xxx to 4.xxx, is by the goldcard method or is there a work around? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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There's nothing you can do, except gold card, it's safe and easy, no need to be afraid
Hi dcscorpio76,
I am currently also in the same boat as you.
I have SPL 5.12... and also want to downgrade.
I have no backup to revert to as i recently wiped my PC and never kept my old WP backups.
After lots of reading (and im still not 100% on the process so will likely read some more) I intend to downgrade my SPL and then flash an 'unlocked' version of UK trophy rom. From what i have read i think im going to have to use the 'gold card' method so i will be buying a few bits (cables, usb gender changer etc.) When i have all the things (i believe) i need i will write back here on what i do and where it gets me.
I have a £10 nokia that i still love and i wouldn't be all that bothered if i had to use it. Why not wait until i have flashed mine (over the next couple of days i think) so that you dont risk bricking your device that you may still rely on?
I dont totally dislike my WP, its just that i want to breathe a new lease of life into it. I would like to customise the UI and play with some homebrew apps.
One thing i dont really intent to explore is running apps that should be paid for in the marketplace as im a believer in paying a good price for good apps. So i wont be answering any questions on that.
If you have already gone ahead and tinkered i'd be interested in any info you may have.
Thanks
cp13
Complete
Went fairly well have got HSPL (thanks to DFT) & custom ROM installed which seems well built to me (thanks to ansar)
Im far too tired to explain issues etc now so will do a write up tomorrow
cp13
Alright guys,
So I am pretty much on the same scenario you guys are, I am coming from several rooted Android devices and expected this to be much easier
Here's my HTC info:
Name: HTC HD7
Model: HTC HD7
Carrier: T-Mobile
Software: Windows ® Phone 7.5
OS Version: 7.10.8107.79
Radio SW: 5.71.09.02a_22.51.50.21U
Radio HW: A.12.0.D4
Bootloader: 5.12.2250.0(135916)
I was reading this Thread but apparently I need to use a Y USB cable, in order to flash a Goldcard ROM since I first need to DOWNGRADE my Bootloader version. I am a bit more than lost when it comes to figuring out where to start. Just BTW: It is a stock build, the phone got the OTA update.
Ultimately I need to have a Custom ROM that supports Multiple Languages, as well as no carrier branding
Any suggestions, in plain english?
Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda premium
I am waiting for my HD7 replacement so might be in the same situation. Would it not be possible to enter bootloader and them flash pre nodo original rom?
Goldcard by viperbjk is the easiest and the safest method so far to downgrade our bootloaders....i was on 5.11 and I did the goldcard method and it went on smooth like butter!! I'm currently on bootloader 3.1(HSPL) and flashed the deepshinig v7.6 and I'm loving my phone right now
Just follow the guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893152
Good luck! And happy flashing!!
OK, after following the well worn mantra of "If it ain't broke, fix it until it is", I have found myself in an odd position.
My phone only lasted in stock format for around 45 minutes when I bought it about 8 months ago. It was rooted and flashed straight away and has been working well ever since. However, last night I decided to fiddle about with a few things and found myself in a bit of a pickle where I was S-On with the **security warning** error at boot. After a few heart stopping moments and 5 minutes of reading I was able to resolve this and revert my phone back to stock running 2.3.3 and Sense 2.1. To be honest, this had been where I'd been planning to get to but not quite by the route I took but hey-ho, I got there in the end.
Anyway, I know I can simply re-root my phone etc and flash a new rom etc but I wanted to play with the phone in stock format for a while so I could get some comparisons against what I was familiar with in custom roms.
After the usual boot up and adding in gmail account details etc, everything was up and running. I launched Market and expected things to start happening but other than getting a handful of updates to stock items nothing else happened - more specifically, Market did not update to Google Play. No matter how many times I went in and out it stayed as the very old Market.
I then tried to get any OTA updates (of which I know for a fact there is at least one) but my phone reports that it is up to date and no updates are available.
So, while I know I can go back to custom roms I still want to have a play with a truly stock phone - but not quite such an old one. Does anybody have any suggestions about how I can kickstart my phone to get it to the state it 'should' be in with the latest version of GB and Play?
mr nick said:
OK, after following the well worn mantra of "If it ain't broke, fix it until it is", I have found myself in an odd position.
My phone only lasted in stock format for around 45 minutes when I bought it about 8 months ago. It was rooted and flashed straight away and has been working well ever since. However, last night I decided to fiddle about with a few things and found myself in a bit of a pickle where I was S-On with the **security warning** error at boot. After a few heart stopping moments and 5 minutes of reading I was able to resolve this and revert my phone back to stock running 2.3.3 and Sense 2.1. To be honest, this had been where I'd been planning to get to but not quite by the route I took but hey-ho, I got there in the end.
Anyway, I know I can simply re-root my phone etc and flash a new rom etc but I wanted to play with the phone in stock format for a while so I could get some comparisons against what I was familiar with in custom roms.
After the usual boot up and adding in gmail account details etc, everything was up and running. I launched Market and expected things to start happening but other than getting a handful of updates to stock items nothing else happened - more specifically, Market did not update to Google Play. No matter how many times I went in and out it stayed as the very old Market.
I then tried to get any OTA updates (of which I know for a fact there is at least one) but my phone reports that it is up to date and no updates are available.
So, while I know I can go back to custom roms I still want to have a play with a truly stock phone - but not quite such an old one. Does anybody have any suggestions about how I can kickstart my phone to get it to the state it 'should' be in with the latest version of GB and Play?
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Here is the latest WWE GB 2.3.5/Sense 3.0 RUU
http://bit.ly/HlnQ0J
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Here is the latest WWE GB 2.3.5/Sense 3.0 RUU
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OK, I'm downloading this now and will give it a whirl. I'd still like to try and figure out why my phone won't update from its current state. It is a Virgin AU phone and I used their RUU to flash it so it is essentially back to the state I got it out of the box.