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Hello all,
I've got an Optus branded incrdible s. I'm looking to flash another Rom to it so I can be rig if all the crap boatware that is installed. From what I have read the virgin Rom is clean and since virgin is owned by Optus it should be fine.
I was wondering if this is possible to do with a gold card. I check my phone and it is vivo pvt ship s-on. Will this be a prblem.
Also will I loose all of my pre installed Australian maps?
I hope you can help. I have been reading for days and keep reading different things. Sine say yes some say no and I want to be sure before I go and brink my phone.
Cheers
Par
Just try it
If you have the optus ruu (dont know it out of my head if its available) you can always restore things like that.
I dont know if the goldcard method is working for an optus, but you can try: if it wont flash, no problem nothing happens, you wont lose any of your data if it wont flash.
However: when it does flash you will lose all your data, you have to put everything in again. So probably you also lose the Australian maps since your flashing a rom which probably doesnt have that in it.
Its quite fail-safe, a brick of your phone is not very likely to happen....
Ive tried to flash the virgin rom but I keep getting an error saying its not compatible with my phone.
I used the easy goldcard creator and the app to get my CID in my phone. Not sure if the goldcard was made correctly. The app says it was successful. Perhaps you cant do it to an Optus branded phone.
If anyone else has an optus incredible S and has de branded it please tell me how.
Cheers
Pat
OK I can confirm that the Optus branded phones can be flashed by using a goldcard. I have flashed the virgin rom and it is now set up for Optus as there was an option to do so.
What I had to do to get it to work was download simple goldcard and got the CID from the MMC2 (HTC inspire) option. All other forms of gold cards would fail.
I can confirm that the bloatware is removed and it is clean of all the Optus **** and boot images.
I will check google maps and make sure the maps are still all there, which I would asume since virgin is owned by optus and this is an Australian Rom.
I hope this helps some other Optus users out there.
Cheers
Pat
Filipiak.
Apparently there was an update sent out to Optus phones with a fix for delayed sms, can you confirm you received this update? If so, what's the software number?
Kind Regards
Filipiak said:
OK I can confirm that the Optus branded phones can be flashed by using a goldcard. I have flashed the virgin rom and it is now set up for Optus as there was an option to do so.
What I had to do to get it to work was download simple goldcard and got the CID from the MMC2 (HTC inspire) option. All other forms of gold cards would fail.
I can confirm that the bloatware is removed and it is clean of all the Optus **** and boot images.
I will check google maps and make sure the maps are still all there, which I would asume since virgin is owned by optus and this is an Australian Rom.
I hope this helps some other Optus users out there.
Cheers
Pat
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hey, i've also got an Optus Incredible S. its a great phone, but its got optus all over it and the bloatware is killing my battery.
btw, where did you download the goldcard?? im also thinking of flashing a non branded ROM.
I updated to the version with 1.16.0000 HBOOT, and I used a goldcard to downgrade it so I could S-off.
Currently running Virtuous Affinity with no problems at all. In fact, using the latest radio I get faster downloads in more places on the Optus 3G network Im very happy I did it.
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Oh, and here is the guide to create a goldcard
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1373697
mine is already 1.60 with S-ON, right now im waiting on the Official 2.3.5 update with sense 3.0, but i'll still probably have the optus bloatware everywhere.
what version did you downgrade to to make the goldcard and turn S-OFF?? Optus ROM also??
You mean 1.16?
Im not sure what its name was, but the version I downgraded to was a sense 2.1 stock rom, as in a HTC rom not an optus one. i.e, it had no optus bloat. The HBOOT was 1.13.0000 which I s-offed with revolutionary.
I think youre a bit mixed up, you create a goldcard so you can downgrade, otherwise it will refuse to 'update' to an older version.
So you create a goldcard, then you s-off, then you can root, then you can flash.
I hope I helped
If you want the official 3.0, why don't you flash ARHD??
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You mean 1.16?
Im not sure what its name was, but the version I downgraded to was a sense 2.1 stock rom, as in a HTC rom not an optus one. i.e, it had no optus bloat. The HBOOT was 1.13.0000 which I s-offed with revolutionary.
I think youre a bit mixed up, you create a goldcard so you can downgrade, otherwise it will refuse to 'update' to an older version.
So you create a goldcard, then you s-off, then you can root, then you can flash.
I hope I helped
If you want the official 3.0, why don't you flash ARHD??
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yeah, that
lol im definitely mixed up with all this. so a gold card is like an image of your android software you can use to flash your device? so if i want a custom rom ill need to s-off. and to s-off i need to downgrade to a htc 2.1 rom? but wont i need to flash a 2.1 rom in order to downgrade? i thought you couldnt flash with s-on and 1.16? LOL yeah im lost with all this, i understood flashing with Windows Mobile and iPhone a lot better.
I have an (originally) Optus branded Incredible S, HBOOT 1.16.0000, and was able to flash CM7 without using a goldcard by following this guide
If my understanding is correct, you need a goldcard to downgrade to a previous version, a goldcard is not a rom or anything, it is a modification to your sd card.
You could also 'unlock' via HTC dev, but you will remain 1.16 s-on, and you can't do all the things we can on 1.13. I don't think flashing new radios is possible. Correct me if I'm wrong?
This is why I spent my time downgrading instead of using htcdev. Also, using htcdev signs away some of your warranty.
I don't know about flashing radios with S-ON, I just wanted to confirm in this thread that it is possible to flash a custom ROM in this way to remove Optus crapware.
fair enough. the guide to unlock the bootloader doesn't look too difficult. all i want with this phone is to flash a clean rom with htc sense. looks like a hastle though.
Hi guys.
A friend has asked me to take a look at his HTC One, I'm not sure what on earth he tried to do after rooting his device, but now it will not receive any signal or WiFi. It'll accept that there is a SIM card inside of it, but that's about it. Zero connectivity.
It's on O2 UK, Android 4.1.2 - 1.29.206.16
He's managed to relock the bootloader and reflash a stock image, I'm assuming he was going to try and set it off on repair, but that wouldn't work as he's rooted it.
Any ideas on what I could try?
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Hi guys.
A friend has asked me to take a look at his HTC One, I'm not sure what on earth he tried to do after rooting his device, but now it will not receive any signal or WiFi. It'll accept that there is a SIM card inside of it, but that's about it. Zero connectivity.
It's on O2 UK, Android 4.1.2 - 1.29.206.16
He's managed to relock the bootloader and reflash a stock image, I'm assuming he was going to try and set it off on repair, but that wouldn't work as he's rooted it.
Any ideas on what I could try?
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you could try to flash a new radio or the same radio again (just in custom recovery via zip) here you go: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2342544
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Phone information. Check it.
Alright, so I've tried everything, everything I can, to get the LTE back working on the HTC one. And i mean everything, I've updated the Firmware to the current firmware, flashed, and reflashed the ARHD Rom that I use, clean, and dirty installs, over and over again, and i just can't seem to get it to recognize that we are in LTE, it insists on using H.
I've gone into the dialer code, and checked it displays HSPAP, and when i switched it to LTE Only, it refused to find a signal at all. I don't know what i need to do, the oddest thing was, i hadn't made any changes! It was working on LTE before i gave it to my girlfriend, when i did, I did the 4.2 fix, to clear up the internal memory by wiping it, then ADP pushing ARHD to the phone. Low and behold week or two later i notice that it's saying H, when i know we are in LTE coverage, because well its where we live, and it had been before, and because my phone right next to it, has 5 bars of LTE glory.
Any tips, suggestions, anything, would be GREATLY appreciated, cause I'm stumped. I've never played with radios, aside from updating the firmware with whatever those come with, and as i said, it was working fine before doing the memory fix to clear it for my girlfriend to take over. Please please, someone have a suggestion, i want her phone to run the LTE it should when she's not one wifi.
Reflash official ruu back?
check the APN.
Can't find the official RUU, and the APN settings seem to be fine, alongside what everything says it should be.
S-OFF ?
What's your CID?
The loss of LTE is certainly interesting, It shouldn't be firmware or rom dependent. Can't be a frequency issue since this phone was working on the carrier's network prior. Have you tried putting your sim card in the phone ? Her sim card in your phone? There is always the chance of carrier error.
ZeroAlphawolf said:
Can't find the official RUU, and the APN settings seem to be fine, alongside what everything says it should be.
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ipfreelytech said:
S-OFF ?
What's your CID?
The loss of LTE is certainly interesting, It shouldn't be firmware or rom dependent. Can't be a frequency issue since this phone was working on the carrier's network prior. Have you tried putting your sim card in the phone ? Her sim card in your phone? There is always the chance of carrier error.
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I'll have to look when I get home, I have it set to super cid right now. As for the sims, I had briefly, but not for an extended test, it displayed the same h for my Sim.
If it's super CID then that also likely means your S-OFF.
You can flash any RUU, but might want to start with one from your carrier if available.
lots of stock roms/ruu here:
http://www.htc1guru.com/
So I just clicked the more info tab on your profile. I saw vancouver and thought Canada but your profile shows USA and ATT. you're using the apn "phone" ?
For ATT here's what you want:
http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/ruu-zip-m7_ul_jb43_sense50_mr_cingular_us_3-17-502-3-decrypted-zip/
ZeroAlphawolf said:
I'll have to look when I get home, I have it set to super cid right now. As for the sims, I had briefly, but not for an extended test, it displayed the same h for my Sim.
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ipfreelytech said:
If it's super CID then that also likely means your S-OFF.
You can flash any RUU, but might want to start with one from your carrier if available.
lots of stock roms/ruu here:
http://www.htc1guru.com/
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What's the difference between flashing RUU and flashing firmware? Plus I've seen very small mention of my CID being responsible possibly, that going back to S-on improves speed. I don't personally believe it cause I had s-off with my Sim working fine.
S-On improve speed? That's completely illogical.
The CID has nothing to do with network connectivity; it's just there for identifying which RUU or OTA should be applied to your phone. Essentially version control for the various carrier models.
An RUU will wipe all data from the phone and rewrite all the firmware, recovery, and system. You can absolutely try extracting the firmware.zip from the RUU I linked and flashing that by itself in RUU mode via fastboot.
FWIW, I'm using an ATT branded One that's S-OFF and super CID on ATT Gophone. I've never had an issue with LTE connectivity. I also have three friends/relatives with s-off/super CID ATT branded One's using Net 10 [ATT] and they also have never had any LTE issues. All the devices I speak of are running full GPE conversions but I don't believe that to be relevant.
ZeroAlphawolf said:
What's the difference between flashing RUU and flashing firmware? Plus I've seen very small mention of my CID being responsible possibly, that going back to S-on improves speed. I don't personally believe it cause I had s-off with my Sim working fine.
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ipfreelytech said:
S-On improve speed? That's completely illogical.
The CID has nothing to do with network connectivity; it's just there for identifying which RUU or OTA should be applied to your phone. Essentially version control for the various carrier models.
An RUU will wipe all data from the phone and rewrite all the firmware, recovery, and system. You can absolutely try extracting the firmware.zip from the RUU I linked and flashing that by itself in RUU mode via fastboot.
FWIW, I'm using an ATT branded One that's S-OFF and super CID on ATT Gophone. I've never had an issue with LTE connectivity. I also have three friends/relatives with s-off/super CID ATT branded One's using Net 10 [ATT] and they also have never had any LTE issues. All the devices I speak of are running full GPE conversions but I don't believe that to be relevant.
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Alright, I just did a firmware update last night, to the current 3.62 whatever, official HTC one firmware, but I'll give it a try. Can I restore data from a nandroid backup, without it returning my firmware, or do I just need to long reinstall everything?
Nandroid doesn't backup firmware. It grabs /system /data /cache, boot and recovery.
you can RUU and then test LTE, when you get LTE working flash your favorite recovery and then restore your nandroid. LTE should continue working.
ZeroAlphawolf said:
Alright, I just did a firmware update last night, to the current 3.62 whatever, official HTC one firmware, but I'll give it a try. Can I restore data from a nandroid backup, without it returning my firmware, or do I just need to long reinstall everything?
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ipfreelytech said:
Nandroid doesn't backup firmware. It grabs /system /data /cache, boot and recovery.
you can RUU and then test LTE, when you get LTE working flash your favorite recovery and then restore your nandroid. LTE should continue working.
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Thanks, I just tested hers with my Sim, went into *#*#4635#*#* and forced LTE and it worked! So now I'm trying to do the same with her Sim and if the problem continues we will be making a stop at ATT today.
Hello XDA,
Before I came to this subforum I was under the impression I had a regular HTC One, I got the same error message and then figured out I had a Sprint HTC One.
Now I had the issue where I had no service at all, my Sim card seemed to be detected but I ofcourse had the wrong firmware on it likely causing the issue.
So I got new firmware and a cm 12 (also tried stock rom) rom, but comming up to the same error message. The Sim card is detected and I am asked to fill in the pin for it which I was not when I had the wrong rom/firmware. I am not sure what is going wrong and I hope you guys can help me.
I am in The Netherlands and I am using radio Baseband - 1.01.20.0515
Thanks
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Tried:
RUU's:
I tried flashing this ruu, no success.
I flashed 3.04.651.2 RUU and 5.05.651.2 RUU after that to be sure to have a radio (according to this thread) but with no success. I also tried flashing the radio Baseband - 1.01.20.0515 again after it dit not work.
Radio's:
Baseband - 1.01.20.0515
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I wish I could help. My only suggestion is to try to run the Sprint RUU to reset the phone back to stock with the latest firmware to see if that helps. Unless I'm mistaken, the issue is that Europe uses GSM and Sprint is a CDMA carrier. So, you may not even have the right radios in the phone. The only saving grace is that it is a worldphone that uses LTE bands so you might be able to access those. But, you may have to unlock the SIM card first. At this point, I'm pretty much just throwing out ideas I've seen on the site since I've never been in the situation myself.
coal686 said:
I wish I could help. My only suggestion is to try to run the Sprint RUU to reset the phone back to stock with the latest firmware to see if that helps. Unless I'm mistaken, the issue is that Europe uses GSM and Sprint is a CDMA carrier. So, you may not even have the right radios in the phone. The only saving grace is that it is a worldphone that uses LTE bands so you might be able to access those. But, you may have to unlock the SIM card first. At this point, I'm pretty much just throwing out ideas I've seen on the site since I've never been in the situation myself.
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The hardware is capable of doing it. Before I started flashing it worked fine. I've tried going back to the stock rom but with no success.
rolts said:
The hardware is capable of doing it. Before I started flashing it worked fine. I've tried going back to the stock rom but with no success.
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sounds like you flashed a gsm rom on a cdma phone, and now the partitions are messed up, only way out of that that I know of is running the RUU for the sprint phone.
I've tried that no success
i am using a htc One m8 that i recently updated to android 6.0 marshmallow and everything seems to be working fine till i woke up this morning and realised the phone was off. turned it on and realised the phone said invalid sim.
in upadting the phone I used the RUU and initially the phone said invalid sim , then i went through the process by writing the OEM CID to 11111111 and the network started working. Tried that this time and its not working , any suggestions?
The phone runs with 6.20.651.3 marshmallow.
Thinking of running the RUU and going through the process again but dont wanna lose my stuff.
Update: i set the CID to 11111111 through fastboot but i boot the phone and went to dailer and dailed *#*#4636#*#*, went into phone info but the CID there was bb89557. any ideas why it different.
Hi
Had the same issue. Running the RUU wont help even. As of now, am trying downgrading to 4.20.651.1 and then updating the radio thru terminal emulator. Will update if it works.
ursnava said:
Hi
Had the same issue. Running the RUU wont help even. As of now, am trying downgrading to 4.20.651.1 and then updating the radio thru terminal emulator. Will update if it works.
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been stack there and am also tryna downgrade, been doing that all morning to no avail, will also update u
Finally done
ursnava said:
Hi
Had the same issue. Running the RUU wont help even. As of now, am trying downgrading to 4.20.651.1 and then updating the radio thru terminal emulator. Will update if it works.
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Well an Update:
i managed to downgrade the phone to 5.0.1 firmware (lollipop) and found a thread on Sim Unlock and used it to make the network work. Finally the networks working fine and i get mobile data connection but its GSM, dont think that can be changed so am keeping it like that.
qwaiks said:
Well an Update:
i managed to downgrade the phone to 5.0.1 firmware (lollipop) and found a thread on Sim Unlock and used it to make the network work. Finally the networks working fine and i get mobile data connection but its GSM, dont think that can be changed so am keeping it like that.
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I just switched to Project Fi (I love my Pixel XL) and wanted to use my HTC One M8 as a data only device. The only issue is I am having problems getting the GSM Sim to work. would you mind posting what method you were able to get it working?
Thanks
I faced the a similar problem when i tried to convert mine to GPe, the phone never booted so i decided to put sense back, but my sim was not detected after that,i was looking around for a few hours i finally fixed the problem, i made a flasheable zip mixed with firmware 3.28.401.9 with the Sprint Radio and bingo its working aagain, i flashed it with RUU method, and my phone is S-OFF
Darkzide86 said:
I faced the a similar problem when i tried to convert mine to GPe, the phone never booted so i decided to put sense back, but my sim was not detected after that,i was looking around for a few hours i finally fixed the problem, i made a flasheable zip mixed with firmware 3.28.401.9 with the Sprint Radio and bingo its working aagain, i flashed it with RUU method, and my phone is S-OFF
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Would you mind sharing this zip file? I am absolutely stuck trying to figure this out being in the same situation.
qwaiks said:
Well an Update:
i managed to downgrade the phone to 5.0.1 firmware (lollipop) and found a thread on Sim Unlock and used it to make the network work. Finally the networks working fine and i get mobile data connection but its GSM, dont think that can be changed so am keeping it like that.
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Hi, please explain me this. I solve it. I flash lollipop firmware and install lollipop ruu, but dont change anything. Please, help me.
Darkzide86 said:
I faced the a similar problem when i tried to convert mine to GPe, the phone never booted so i decided to put sense back, but my sim was not detected after that,i was looking around for a few hours i finally fixed the problem, i made a flasheable zip mixed with firmware 3.28.401.9 with the Sprint Radio and bingo its working aagain, i flashed it with RUU method, and my phone is S-OFF
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can u please share the zip file u used. some of us need it