Why is it, to flash anything on a rooted Vivid, you have to flash a boot.IMG? Does that have to do with a not 100% complete unlocking of the bootloader? Or is this just how this device's software is written. Do you think we'll get to a point where it is not needed to flash any ROMs?
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ZeroRilix said:
Why is it, to flash anything on a rooted Vivid, you have to flash a boot.IMG? Does that have to do with a not 100% complete unlocking of the bootloader? Or is this just how this device's software is written. Do you think we'll get to a point where it is not needed to flash any ROMs?
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You have to flash the boot.img because we dont have s-off. You cant write to the boot partition with s-on. At least thats how I understand it.
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That's actually what I thought at first. Just had to double check. Thanks
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Hi,
I'd like to know if I must have a rooted nexus one to update my radio version.
thanks!
Depends how you do it...
Some of the official Google updates include an updated radio also, so if you can install them, you will get the radio update with them.
The biggest factor is probably which version of Android you are currently on, which radio you currently have, and which radio you want, etc...?
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You do not to be rooted. Flash radios via fastboot.
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You do not to be rooted. Flash radios via fastboot.
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Which requires an unlocked bootloader...
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Yes, It's not the only way but the easiest way. Not so easy if you're on gingerbread though because gingerbread root right now still under construction. You'll need to downgrade and root it. Or unlock the boot loader and flash custom rom to acquire root. You can easily flash radio via recovery. Easiest way.
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What is the best radio rom (long-life battery)
I don't want to mess this up and I know HTC has different names in different regions so i want to be 100% sure. After i unlock the bootloader do i just use this to get root?
I have the Bell Canada HTC Raider 4G LTE. Want to be 100% sure i got the right thread.
Yep, that will give you root. It will also give you a custom recovery and rom if you want.
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There is actually a thread under development that is for rooting the Bell RAIDER with instructions. I would use that post as your guide.
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Yeah that is outdated, I ended up following those steps but the new recovery image from thecubed thread and the new root from Pirateghost.
Seems to be good, now i just need to figure out how to remove the bloatware.
jebise101 said:
Yeah that is outdated, I ended up following those steps but the new recovery image from thecubed thread and the new root from Pirateghost.
Seems to be good, now i just need to figure out how to remove the bloatware.
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If you want to remove bloatware it is very easy. Download a program like titanium backup or no bloat. They will allow you to freeze/remove apps that you don't want. Real easy to use both.
hehe thanks that's what i ended up doing
Glad to hear it!
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1. Can I leave hboot off unrooted
2. Can I lock hboot without a PC
3. Some tutorials say to lock hboot before flashing back to stock. I was aware u needed hboot unlocked to do this.
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2. To unlock bootloader you need a pc
3. You need to unlock your bootloader, as for hboot depends on if you are flashing ics etc
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Flashing stock ginger upgrading to stock ics
I have no clue why I am having so many issues going from rumraider beta 12 to unroot. But nonetheless I am. I will just have to sit down and read. I emailed the dev if that rom hopefully he is available
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Ok so here is where I run into my issues. I am a gamer on my phone. At some point everyone is. But I play perblues games parallelmafia and parallel kingdom. On ics on the vivid I am getting some kind of skipping lag. And its only on that game. Maybe someone can help and try to figure the issue. I also called HTC support they attempted with same issue.
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Hello. I have an HTC Vivid. I did the Hansoon all in in one root kit with no trouble but then when I put a custom Rom on my sd card and tried to flash it, it gets stuck at the boot screen.
My question is do I have to be S-off in order to flash New Roms? Because I am having trouble reading these guides. I don't fully understand without a video of some sort.
I rooted my Inspire without a problem and had that for quite some time. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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You don't have to be s-off to flash ROMs, but if you're s-on you will need to fastboot flash the kernel when you flash the ROM to get it to work right. That's all s-off really does. Allows kernels to be flashed in recovery.
There are plenty of tutorials out there for everything to do with flashing this stuff. Search around and do a whole lot of reading.
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You don't have to be s-off to flash ROMs, but if you're s-on you will need to fastboot flash the kernel when you flash the ROM to get it to work right. That's all s-off really does. Allows kernels to be flashed in recovery.
There are plenty of tutorials out there for everything to do with flashing this stuff. Search around and do a whole lot of reading.
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Now when you say fast boot the kernel you mean flash it from the boot loader screen? I will try and read more. Inspire we're not this hard. One program got s-off and rooted. Vivid too many different steps.
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Now when you say fast boot the kernel you mean flash it from the boot loader screen?
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Correct
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Now when you say fast boot the kernel you mean flash it from the boot loader screen? I will try and read more. Inspire we're not this hard. One program got s-off and rooted. Vivid too many different steps.
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Yes. and one program simplified it so much that people who had no business modifying their phone drove attn1 almost to insanity. This way, you have to read, and read some more. And actually understand what you're doing.
I loved attn1's tool, it was AMAZING! I just felt so bad for the support he had to give...
Well I figured it out and got the Pac man Rom on my Vivid. This thing runs smooth. I'm so happy to have figured this out.
Thanks to everyone who made this possible.
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Now I just bought an Incredible S and I want to root it and install a custom ROM but it seems as though HTC seems to hate devs and there are tons of crap blocking it so I was wondering how exactly do I root it?
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Now I just bought an Incredible S and I want to root it and install a custom ROM but it seems as though HTC seems to hate devs and there are tons of crap blocking it so I was wondering how exactly do I root it?
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There are multiple guides on XDA. I made one myself its in my sig
Compared to other phones, this phone is actually quite the headache to root and achieve S-OFF
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Now I just bought an Incredible S and I want to root it and install a custom ROM but it seems as though HTC seems to hate devs and there are tons of crap blocking it so I was wondering how exactly do I root it?
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please give us more info. hboot version? ics or gb? s on or off?
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please give us more info. hboot version? ics or gb? s on or off?
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I have no idea what is the hboot version. But it's stock ics and s on
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I have no idea what is the hboot version. But it's stock ics and s on
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Wait sorry I forgot how do you check the hboot version
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And this was upgraded to ics, it was originally gb
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Wait sorry I forgot how do you check the hboot version
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Power off the phone and then hold the Volume Down key while pressing the Power button. This will boot you into the bootloader screen which lists the HBOOT version, the lock status and the radio version.
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Now I just bought an Incredible S and I want to root it and install a custom ROM but it seems as though HTC seems to hate devs and there are tons of crap blocking it so I was wondering how exactly do I root it?
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here is the link to the guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337105
it's a very useful link with quite details...
srv.abhishek said:
here is the link to the guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337105
it's a very useful link with quite details...
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This is a very reliable guide. I used it first before achieving S-OFF. I would recommend S-OFF over just root though. Allows you to flash kernels, radios, splash screen, anything.
S-off -> root -> custom rom
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S-off -> root -> custom rom
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errr... root and s-off are entirely different things. I looked at this thread in phandroid forums, and according to it, root just gives you superuser permissions. It gives you the ability to flash things to your phone, custom ROMs. However, when you root your phone, the Radio NVRAM section of the phone prevents you from completely overwriting system partition or at least from changing it. With S-OFF, you flash a custom HBOOT which gives you the ability to overwrite this system partition or in other words, literally do whatever you want to your phone.
I know. Not all of the custom rom require s-off. I suggest to him to s-off -> root -> the install custom rom. Forgot to put i suggest
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