I had turned my Incredible S to S off and rooted. Will I lose them if I upgrade to official 2.3.6?
bikermok said:
I had turned my Incredible S to S off and rooted. Will I lose them if I upgrade to official 2.3.6?
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1. This question should have been posted in the General section. This is not a development topic.
2. The latest upgrade is Android 2.3.5/Sense 3.0, not Android 2.3.6
3. How did you gain S-OFF on your IncS? Did you use the Revolutionary tool? If so then yes you will root if you attempt to apply the update.
Since you are S-OFF, why don't you just flash one of the custom Sense 3.0/3.5 ROMs?
Thanks very much. I do not remember how I root and S off it because I tried many ways and at one point it just did. Which rom you recomand?
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bikermok said:
Thanks very much. I do not remember how I root and S off it because I tried many ways and at one point it just did. Which rom you recomand?
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I don't use a custom ROM, so I won't recommend one. I am running the latest 2.3.5/Sense 3.0 rooted.
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I have an Incredible S with Froyo. I just used the Alpha method to S-Off, I installed clockworkmod, and I rooted the phone. If I install the Gingerbread OTA what will I have to do to get root back? Will I have to start from the beginning with the Alpha S-Off method? I just wanna go to a regular Gingerbread Rom until Cyanogen Mod is ready.
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NardVa said:
I have an Incredible S with Froyo. I just used the Alpha method to S-Off, I installed clockworkmod, and I rooted the phone. If I install the Gingerbread OTA what will I have to do to get root back? Will I have to start from the beginning with the Alpha S-Off method? I just wanna go to a regular Gingerbread Rom until Cyanogen Mod is ready.
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Taking a GB OTA will definitely cause you to lose S-OFF and root, but according to the AlphaRevX beta thread, it has been verified on both Froyo and GB Roms.
If I were you I would just flash a rooted GB ROM and not take a chance that AlphaRevX would on the OTA GB Rom.
I have a Bell Incredible S. Rooted and installed Cyanogen last week. I've used Cyanogen on about 4 different devices now and have never really played with any stock roms. Main reason for not doing that is the crap/bloatware the carriers install.
So my question is, are there any Stock roms available with carrier software removed that you can suggest for my Bell model?
TIA
Once you have rooted your phone, you can use titanium backup to remove any & all of the bloatware/crapware you want. on any stock rom as well
Arhd is like an optimized stock ROM..
It's really awesome
dr_pepper said:
I have a Bell Incredible S. Rooted and installed Cyanogen last week. I've used Cyanogen on about 4 different devices now and have never really played with any stock roms. Main reason for not doing that is the crap/bloatware the carriers install.
So my question is, are there any Stock roms available with carrier software removed that you can suggest for my Bell model?
TIA
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Here is a rooted, stock version of WWE 2.3.3 GB ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1168796
Sorry what is wwe and can i safely use ig on my bell?
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tpbklake said:
Here is a rooted, stock version of WWE 2.3.3 GB ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1168796
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dr_pepper said:
Sorry what is wwe and can i safely use ig on my bell?
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World wide English. It is stock, unbranded. I've been running it on my Bell IncS since it came out this summer.
Thanks!
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Hi guys
Will upgrading my IS via OTA remove S-OFF, root and CWM?
I'm on stock 2.3.3 and going to upgrade to 2.3.5 with sense 3.
Plz help!!!
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sharawy1 said:
Hi guys
Will upgrading my IS via OTA remove S-OFF, root and CWM?
I'm on stock 2.3.3 and going to upgrade to 2.3.5 with sense 3.
Plz help!!!
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If you are S-OFF with CWM and you try to apply the Sense 3.0 OTA then it will fail. If you want Sense 3.0 then check out the Development section stickies. There are plenty of Sense 3.x ROMs to choose from. There is even a stock, rooted 2.3.5/Sense 3.0 ROM built from the official RUU/OTA.
You are better off keeping S-OFF at this point instead of trying to get the official OTA.
Thanks but could you give a link for the Rom you mentioned
P.S. I need a WWE one
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sharawy1 said:
Thanks but could you give a link for the Rom you mentioned
P.S. I need a WWE one
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If you would go to the Development section you could have looked at this sticky thread and seen all of the different ROMs that are available:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136463
Inside that thread is the ROM you are asking about:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430535
Please be more considerate of the users of this forum and learn how to SEARCH.
So I've had my phone for over a year now, am s-off and flashed numerous ROMs, but not quite sure what the hboot is? I am s-off via alpha rev and currently running 4ext recovery touch. I have hboot 1.09.1000, but some new ROMs are saying I need blackrose to flash, especially tpblake's new ROMs. Is this the case as not really keen on changing my hboot, considering I don't even know what it is!
Thanks in advance from a rather sheepish member
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VaderXI said:
So I've had my phone for over a year now, am s-off and flashed numerous ROMs, but not quite sure what the hboot is? I am s-off via alpha rev and currently running 4ext recovery touch. I have hboot 1.09.1000, but some new ROMs are saying I need blackrose to flash, especially tpblake's new ROMs. Is this the case as not really keen on changing my hboot, considering I don't even know what it is!
Thanks in advance from a rather sheepish member
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In your case, the AlphaRevX HBOOT 1.09.1000 is what is allowing your phone to be S-OFF. Another term for HBOOT is the bootloader.
In your case, you are running a modified bootloader that has the SECURITY_FLAG turned OFF, thus the acronym S-OFF.
Can I flash with this or should I update to blackrose as you say in your ROM thread
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VaderXI said:
Can I flash with this or should I update to blackrose as you say in your ROM thread
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You can flash most of the custom ROMs with your current HBOOT just fine. You could easily upgrade to BlackRose just fine without losing anything. It is really up to you. What do you want to flash?
Yours!
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tpbklake said:
You can flash most of the custom ROMs with your current HBOOT just fine. You could easily upgrade to BlackRose just fine without losing anything. It is really up to you. What do you want to flash?
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VaderXI said:
Yours!
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Yes then you will need to upgrade your HBOOT to BlackRose in order to flash the stock, rooted ICS ROMs I have posted.
Go read the BlackRose link I posted on the stock, rooted ICS ROM thread.
tpbklake said:
Yes then you will need to upgrade your HBOOT to BlackRose in order to flash the stock, rooted ICS ROMs I have posted.
Go read the BlackRose link I posted on the stock, rooted ICS ROM thread.
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Yep all installing blackrose involves, provided that you have set up for it is for you to click on the .exe and it does it all for you. I for one was amazed by the simplicity when I finally flashed it yesterday. Not much to be scared of (I was a bit scared of playing with partitions and hboots)
#my2cents
Ok what's the risk... I'm running Android revolution ver 31. I haven't updated my firmware. I'd prefer not to have to flash a whole different ROM to gain S-off if in can avoid it. I know it's recommended to be on same firmware and ROM base, but what's the risk of just S-offing like I am?
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But, wait, you have the s-off or not?
And what do you want do?
Guich said:
But, wait, you have the s-off or not?
And what do you want do?
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No I don't have it yet but I'm running a ROM based on 3.62xxxx firmware but haven't updated my firmware to that yet because I don't have soff.
Wondering if I'm running a risk with ROM and firmware not matching when I attempt to soff.
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joho5 said:
No I don't have it yet but I'm running a ROM based on 3.62xxxx firmware but haven't updated my firmware to that yet because I don't have soff.
Wondering if I'm running a risk with ROM and firmware not matching when I attempt to soff.
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Yep, you need to be on the same base, and the closest possible to your own rom. Just restore your stock nandroid and you'll be good to go
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