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Hi all,
I am newbie in this foruma nd new in Android. I am going to get the Incredible S later this week. I would like to try to root the Incredible S. I read some of the treads, but I am a bit confuse here, hope someone can help me out. Here are my questions.
1) Can I root my phone with Unrevoked3 ? If so can I use the S-On tools to put it back to s-on for warranty ?
2) Before I do the root, I would like to backup my Rom. All I need to do is go to Hboot and choose backup. It will save my rom image right? If any bad thing happen, I can S-On than put it back my rom and everything will back to the factory setting ?
3)How would I know if my phone been rooted? I saw a thread said if there is an Icon (superuser) in the menu it means I am rooted?
I know these are stupid questions, hope someone can help me out in here.
Thanks in advance
wilson0917 said:
Hi all,
I am newbie in this foruma nd new in Android. I am going to get the Incredible S later this week. I would like to try to root the Incredible S. I read some of the treads, but I am a bit confuse here, hope someone can help me out. Here are my questions.
1) Can I root my phone with Unrevoked3 ? If so can I use the S-On tools to put it back to s-on for warranty ?
2) Before I do the root, I would like to backup my Rom. All I need to do is go to Hboot and choose backup. It will save my rom image right? If any bad thing happen, I can S-On than put it back my rom and everything will back to the factory setting ?
3)How would I know if my phone been rooted? I saw a thread said if there is an Icon (superuser) in the menu it means I am rooted?
I know these are stupid questions, hope someone can help me out in here.
Thanks in advance
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1. No, Unrevoked3 does not work on the Incredible S. You need to use AlphaRev/Unrevoked Revolutionary (http://revolutionary.io/)
2. You need to have a custom recovery in place such as ClockworkMod to backup image of your ROM. Revolutionary has an option to install ClockworkMod during it's procedure. In order to restore the phone to factory settings, you need to make sure you have a RUU (Rom Update Utility) that matches your phone's version.
3. After you install ClockworkMod, you will need to manually root and add superuser to your phone. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122694
Thank you very much for the reply. I will definately giong to give it a try. Another question here, after I applied Revolutionary and the phone will become S-off. And I want to put back the factory image back, will the phone switch back to S-ON ?? From other threads, I think it will void the warranty if the phone is S-ON
Thank you very much
You can put your phone back to S-ON yes. Make sure you haven't updated your phone to 2.30.405.1 or you can't root or S-OFF your device.
Great thanks. So here is my steps for turn the IncS to S-Off and backup right ?
First I will have to use Revolutionary to turn the S-OFF
than I will use ClockworkMOd to backup my factory ROM (just in case i need to turn it back to S-ON and factory setting for warranty)
Once I am S-OFF i will be able to use one of the image for Root
Thank you very much for all the helps guys. I will give it a try and see how it goes.
wilson0917 said:
Thank you very much for the reply. I will definately giong to give it a try. Another question here, after I applied Revolutionary and the phone will become S-off. And I want to put back the factory image back, will the phone switch back to S-ON ?? From other threads, I think it will void the warranty if the phone is S-ON
Thank you very much
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You have to flash RUU according to your IS version. It does full restore your device to factory state. So yes it includes S-on and Htc official Rom so it would be just like when it came out of the box.
Edit: What's your software number? You may check at Settings / About phone. You need that to flash properly RUU to your device.
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using XDA App
Hi thiagofbrito, thanks for the reply. Sorry I don't have my INcS yet, still waiting for it, but I will check the software #.
By the way , if I used clockworkmod. I can backup my ROM right? So if anything happen can I use that backup and rest it as Factory Setting with S-ON ?
Don't really undersatnd what is the RUU use for?
Thanks
wilson0917 said:
Hi thiagofbrito, thanks for the reply. Sorry I don't have my INcS yet, still waiting for it, but I will check the software #.
By the way , if I used clockworkmod. I can backup my ROM right? So if anything happen can I use that backup and rest it as Factory Setting with S-ON ?
Don't really undersatnd what is the RUU use for?
Thanks
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Not exactly. ClockworkMod backup and restore only saves and restores the whole ROM image, but not the SecurityFlag setting (S-OFF/S-ON), so restoring a CWM backup will not return you to S-ON state.
This is where the RUU comes into play. As long as you have the RUU for your particular phone and carrier, that is what you would use to return the phone to a full Factory Setting complete with S-ON. In the Development section there is a thread that has alot of the shipped RUUs for the IncS.
Sorry to tag onto this thread but 1 more question.....if the IS is already set up and now would like to get it rooted, following the procedure won't reset the device and clearing out the data right? I know using Unrevoked won't clear the data but not sure about this one. Kindly confirm
Scann69 said:
Sorry to tag onto this thread but 1 more question.....if the IS is already set up and now would like to get it rooted, following the procedure won't reset the device and clearing out the data right? I know using Unrevoked won't clear the data but not sure about this one. Kindly confirm
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No, the S-OFF and rooting process will not wipe out your existing apps or data.
Hi, I just received my IS, the phone already S-OFF , android version 2.3.3 , but it has some app I don't want. I know that I need to rooted before I remove those, can I root this phone ? Or I need to follow the unrevoked 3 proceduce and flash the custom rom ?
Thanks
wilson0917 said:
Hi, I just received my IS, the phone already S-OFF , android version 2.3.3 , but it has some app I don't want. I know that I need to rooted before I remove those, can I root this phone ? Or I need to follow the unrevoked 3 proceduce and flash the custom rom ?
Thanks
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Here is the procedure you should follow since you already have S-Off.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122694
Thanks tpbklake , I also download the RUU. which is 20.2805.30. Just incase I need the factory reset and I need to put back the RUU right, will it still S-OFF ?? Since my IS already S-OFF
Thanks
I read the forum, i am in HBOOT menu, but I don't see Fastboot USB
i saw Fastboot, than it load the SD image, i connect my phone to USB , but i don't see Fastboot USB mode , can someone help please ?
Thanks
wilson0917 said:
I read the forum, i am in HBOOT menu, but I don't see Fastboot USB
i saw Fastboot, than it load the SD image, i connect my phone to USB , but i don't see Fastboot USB mode , can someone help please ?
Thanks
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You need to have the HTC drivers installed.
http://downloads.unrevoked.com/HTCDriver3.0.0.007.exe
I already did have the HTC driver installed. But when I boot the device in HBOOT, my PC wouldn't detect it right? or it suppose to detect it ? thanks
just tried again, now I can see the Fastboot USB, and when I do fastboot recovery (image) it showed writing recovery failed (remote not allowed)
is there something I missed ?
Thanks
wilson0917 said:
just tried again, now I can see the Fastboot USB, and when I do fastboot recovery (image) it showed writing recovery failed (remote not allowed)
is there something I missed ?
Thanks
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No you haven't missed anything. The procedure instructions were for gaining S-Off using Revolutionary which installs a modified hboot that contains additional fast boot commands. So you must have a XTC clipped S-Off, so you simply need to install ClockworkMod by copying a PG32IMG.zip file to your SD card and letting the boot loader install it.
Shouldn't this be more like..
1. Download CMW's zip file (Available in this thread here)
2. Make sure the file is named "PG32IMG.zip" without quotes.
3. Put file in your SD card
4. Switch off phone
5. Pull out the battery and wait 5 seconds. Put the battery back in again. (This step is needed in case fast boot is enabled..)
6. Press vol down+power. HBoot (white screen with 3 android logos at the bottom) should load.
7. Wait a while.. it should pick up on your PG32IMG.zip automatically and install your custom recovery
8. Reboot into your OS and remove the zip
9. Go back into HBoot and then recovery. Use as you please (I suggest you take a backup first then proceed to flashing or doing anything else you might fancy )
Thanks for the reply. My HTC is not XTC cliped. I bought this at a retail store. When I checked the HBOOT is already S-OFF. So as you said, all I need to do is download the ClockMod and rename is as the zip file
Thanks
Hi tpbklake ,
Ok I tried to the instruction you provide earlier. I got the zip file, renamed and placed it on the SD card. HBOOT than I can see the HTC is saying Parsing the zip file, than i turn off the device and remove the Zip file from the SD card. And go back to HBOOT again choose recovery , and it show the red exclaimation mark . .. I don't know what happen in here, can someoen please help ?
Thanks
Hi, I tried to update the system on my phone and when it did a reboot after updating and installing, it is freezing on the white/logo startup screen. how can i proceed...?
Remove the battery to turn the phone off, and when turning back on, hold down the power+volume up buttons. This will put your phone in hboot mode and allow you to reflash your ROM from there.
Good luck.
Sent from my Incredible S using xda premium
thanks. Yes i did make it to that step. now i need to flash the official rom for my model which is S710e, but i found so many links that i'm confused which one is the official...can i have some indication...
thanks in advance
If you flashed a custom rom and it is stuck in white screen with logo, your boot partition is messed up. But no worries you can fix it.
Extract the boot.img file out of your custom rom (zip-file).
download the SDK files
put the boot.img in the same folder as the files
Boot phone in fast boot
connect phone through usb with a computer
open command prompt on the pc an go to folder
use command fastboot flash boot boot.img
wait 2 secs
reboot
whole proces takes maybe 10 min, very easy to do.
no i did not flash a custom rom. i just did a system update which was prompted to me on the phone itself; when i did this it got stuck on reboot. then i did a factory reset but it was in vain.
at this point what i want is to have my phone back as it was in the beginning...so I wish to know how i can flash a stock rom so that it will become like brand new. thanks.
atlam83 said:
... I wish to know how i can flash a stock rom so that it will become like brand new. thanks.
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First, you have to know what your mainver is:
Boot into fastboot, open a cmd window in windows and type this:
Code:
fastboot getvar mainver
This will give you your mainver (e.g. 2.12.708.4)
And go here: http://www.filefactory.com/f/e45d6fe3dcf51228/
You'll find shipped rom list. The filenames are in format like this: RUU_[name][mainver][radio_version]_signed.exe You must select ones with WWE prefixes (for multi-language support) and higher mainvers than yours! For example, if your mainver is 2.12.708.4, then you can select RUU_Vivo_Gingerbread_S_Sasktel_Canada_WWE_2.33.669.2_Radio_20.2810.30.085AU_3805.06.03.16_M_release_203211_signed (this one's mainver is 2.33.669.2) in the shipped rom list.
Once you've downloaded, you'll face another problem: Flashing.
Flashing is not a real problem but needs some trickies.
The question: Have you rooted your phone?
If yes, this thread is your flashlight to enlighten your way..
If no, you have to obtain a goldcard. A goldcard is a special microSD which prevents the phone to check cid (Customer ID) while trying to flash an original rom. If you haven't created a goldcard yet and cannot boot your phone properly, find another Android based phone and insert your microSD card into it. Then read this thread to create your gold card. Once you've created your goldcard, then it's so easy for you to flash your original rom. Follow the steps in the link above (explaining how to flash).
hth.
-R
i downloaded and flashed a stock rom on my phone by placing the PG32IMG.zip file in my sd card . the update was completed successfully however the phone still got stuck in the htc startup screen. any ideas what the problem might be?
I haven't tried the goldcard yet however.
atlam83 said:
i downloaded and flashed a stock rom on my phone by placing the PG32IMG.zip file in my sd card . the update was completed successfully however the phone still got stuck in the htc startup screen. any ideas what the problem might be?
I haven't tried the goldcard yet however.
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Did you previously use Revolutionary to gain S-Off on your phone. If so by trying to install the OTA update, you now have a HBOOT ROM mismatch. The OTA update requires that the HTC HBOOT 2.00.0000 be installed, but the Revolutionary S-Off HBOOT prevented the OTA from overwriting the hboot, thus creating the situation you are in.
Follow steps 1 - 2c on this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15732727&postcount=14
The find the OTA file on your SD card and extract the file firmware.zip.
Copy this to the root of your SD card and rename it PG32IMG.zip and then reboot into bootloader and it should reflash the correct HBOOT and you should be good to go.
Thanks very much tpbklake, I managed to solve my issue following the thread you indicated. its been 3 weeks since last i used my mobile. Send it to various ppl including HTC (which did not want to fix my mobile) and no one fixed it. have tried that thread and now its fine working again )
HTC freezing on thie logo startup screen
Hi
Im new here I had read the all similar threads that the forum found but no one could help me to solve my problem.
Im using Android 2.3.3 and
Sense 2.1,
HBOOT : 6.13.1002
My baseband version is 3822.10.08.28_M
I recived an OTA update with Android 2.3.5 and Sense 3.0 and I proceeded with it, everything goes well until the phone restarts and stay freeze in the green HTC logo. Nothing else happens.
plz give me a link for the official ROM for Incredible S 710e.I tried the links but it didnt work for me...
hope someone could help me.. :'(
Aniok said:
Hi
Im new here I had read the all similar threads that the forum found but no one could help me to solve my problem.
Im using Android 2.3.3 and
Sense 2.1,
HBOOT : 6.13.1002
My baseband version is 3822.10.08.28_M
I recived an OTA update with Android 2.3.5 and Sense 3.0 and I proceeded with it, everything goes well until the phone restarts and stay freeze in the green HTC logo. Nothing else happens.
plz give me a link for the official ROM for Incredible S 710e.I tried the links but it didnt work for me...
hope someone could help me.. :'(
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All you need to do is go to the Development section and upgrade from Revolutionary HBOOT 6.13.1002 to BlackRose 2.02.0002. That will allow your phone to boot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1509236
Thanx
..
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
Hello,
About a week ago, i tried to flash a custom recovery to my dads Incredible S. Everything went well untill the next step: Downgrading the HBOOT to 1.13.0.x.x.x
I followed the steps to do this. Relocked the bootloader again (this was nessecary to make sure the ruu from the HTC rom could be installed) After I processed the update, it went stuck while downgrading. And now the phone wont start up I still can acces the phone via the recovery with a downgraded HBOOT. However, fastboot is not reconized anymore.
Is there a way that this phone could be alive again? I read on the forums that you can extra a P89IMG.zip from a ruu ? Is it possible to extra the files and put the files on a SD card so the Bootloader reconpized the files after you changed the names of them?
Regards,
Elroy
Possible said:
Hello,
About a week ago, i tried to flash a custom recovery to my dads Incredible S. Everything went well untill the next step: Downgrading the HBOOT to 1.13.0.x.x.x
I followed the steps to do this. Relocked the bootloader again (this was nessecary to make sure the ruu from the HTC rom could be installed) After I processed the update, it went stuck while downgrading. And now the phone wont start up I still can acces the phone via the recovery with a downgraded HBOOT. However, fastboot is not reconized anymore.
Is there a way that this phone could be alive again? I read on the forums that you can extra a P89IMG.zip from a ruu ? Is it possible to extra the files and put the files on a SD card so the Bootloader reconpized the files after you changed the names of them?
Regards,
Elroy
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Well, 1st of all, HERE!! is the development section so you have to ask general questions in general forum
Then, Yes you can extract the zip file of an RUU. Just run the RUU app and after it took some time to launch then use search to find a file called ROM.ZIP in the drive you've installed your windows on. Then rename it to PG32IMG and place it in the root of your SD-card, Though be careful cause I'm not sure what has happened to your device. I just told you how to install an RUU without a PC...
Please do not post questions in the dev sections.
Moved to general
I'm currently running ViperRom which is pretty nice, but I've been wanting to flash a modified kernel. I need to update radio before flashing a new kernel tho. And I think I need S-Off in order to update radio. I also read new recovery is needed for new firmware, but not sure if I need new firmware. If I need new firmware, should I use full firmware or w/o hboot, boot, recovery?
I don't fully understand the purpose of each part, so not sure what order to update things in. My plan is to do the following in order: S-Off first with firewater, update firmware (not sure which one tho), then update radio, then recovery, then kernel. Should that work?
zaner123 said:
I'm currently running ViperRom which is pretty nice, but I've been wanting to flash a modified kernel. I need to update radio before flashing a new kernel tho. And I think I need S-Off in order to update radio. I also read new recovery is needed for new firmware, but not sure if I need new firmware. If I need new firmware, should I use full firmware or w/o hboot, boot, recovery?
I don't fully understand the purpose of each part, so not sure what order to update things in. My plan is to do the following in order: S-Off first with firewater, update firmware (not sure which one tho), then update radio, then recovery, then kernel. Should that work?
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That should work (same procedure as you described worked for me)
I used the firmware.zip from this thread (the modified one, with removed hboot etc.): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53007098&postcount=2
and the latest radio from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44634436&postcount=1
I was able to S-Off fairly easily, but having issues updating firmware now. Getting a "Device Failed Enumeration" error since I'm on ****ty Windows 8.1. No USB 3.0 so no easy solutions.
Is there any benefit to installing updated firmware? Can I just skip that and install radio/kernel/etc?
zaner123 said:
I was able to S-Off fairly easily, but having issues updating firmware now. Getting a "Device Failed Enumeration" error since I'm on ****ty Windows 8.1. No USB 3.0 so no easy solutions.
Is there any benefit to installing updated firmware? Can I just skip that and install radio/kernel/etc?
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Try looking at this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2646453 and if that doesn't work then try borrowing a windows 7 PC.
I found a Windows 7 PC to use, so now I can use fastboot fine. Now I'm running into new issue:
After performing "fastboot rebootRUU" I try command "fastboot flash zip firmware.zip" and I get error "error: cannot open 'firmware.zip' "
The command window is open from within the folder containing ADB/fastboot/firmware.zip so I cannot figure out what the problem is.
zaner123 said:
I found a Windows 7 PC to use, so now I can use fastboot fine. Now I'm running into new issue:
After performing "fastboot rebootRUU" I try command "fastboot flash zip firmware.zip" and I get error "error: cannot open 'firmware.zip' "
The command window is open from within the folder containing ADB/fastboot/firmware.zip so I cannot figure out what the problem is.
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Make sure it named firmware.zip and not .zip.zip
BD619 said:
Make sure it named firmware.zip and not .zip.zip
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That was the problem! Finally got it to work.
zaner123 said:
That was the problem! Finally got it to work.
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Cool enjoy
Please read and understand the guide and accompanying links in their entirety before beginning.XDA and I am not responsible for anything you do to your phone.
This guide should work for anyone trying to RUU their phone, but let me give you my background on this first.
While trying to run an RUU to reset my phone, I kept running into an issue: "htc_fastboot.exe has stopped working". I could get my phone to restart, but the RUU would not run successfully. I searched this site and the internet for an answer, but could not find anything that worked for me. Also, a lot of people in Q&A tend to have issues getting the RUU to work. That's why I'm writing this guide. Hopefully someone who is having trouble will search and stumble across it. I tried everything I could find - Windows 7, 8.1, different RUUs, etc and this is how I finally fixed it. I am s-off by the way and did this in Windows 8.1 Update so the guide is written from that perspective.
Steps:
1. Make sure that your computer can see your phone when you boot into fastboot. It should say Fastboot in red that changes to Fastboot USB when plugged into your computer. There are guides that help with this, so I'm not going to go into much detail. Basically you install HTC Sync to your computer and then uninstall it but leave the drivers.
2. Get a copy of fastboot and ADB. The easiest way is to get the SDK from Google (tools only) as it also includes drivers, but you can get just fastboot and adb from here (I did not use this tool personally).
3. To verify that your phone and computer are talking, open a command prompt window (I always open as administrator) and go to the folder that contains fastboot. Type "fastboot devices" (no quotes) and it should list your phone. If it does not, something did not work right with steps 1 and 2.
4. If you are s-off, you do not need to lock the bootloader. If you are s-on, then you need to lock the bootloader by typing "fastboot oem lock" (again, no quotes).
5. Download the Full Firmware from RUU here. While you're there, get the RUU as well. Make sure to get the one that is not decrypted (first link). Copy both into the folder with fastboot.
6. Flash the firmware file using fastboot following the directions in the OP from where you got it. To summarize, rename the firmware zip file to firmware.zip. Then at a command prompt, type "fastboot oem rebootRUU". When the phone shows a black screen that says HTC, type "fastboot flash zip firmware.zip". The command prompt window will show a bunch of stuff as it does its thing. When you get back to the command prompt, it's finished. At this point, type "fastboot reboot-bootloader" to restart back into the (hopefully now stock) bootloader. Personally, I had to repeat the last command again because it failed the first time.
7. At this point, you should be in the stock hboot. It should say fastboot USB in red. Now time to RUU.
8. The current RUU is an exe so run the RUU you download before (if you have a zip file, unzip the RUU and run ARUWizard.exe). I personally ran it as an administrator just to make sure limited privileges didn't cause an issue. Read each screen and keep clicking next. Eventually it will do its thing. It takes about ten minutes and sometimes seems to be frozen. Have patience grasshopper.
And that's it. I'm now running pure stock (not for long I'm sure), still s-off. If you are s-on, you will have to unlock your bootloader again.
Good luck!
I'll be the first to troll post in this guide
Nice work brother.
I've noticed the newer RUU's (M7 and M8) require you to have the matching hboot to run correctly even if your device is s-off.
I didn't know what it meant in step 8 to "unzip the RUU" since my RUU was an EXE file that could not be unzipped. After step 7, I just ran the RUU executable and it ran as expected. I was able to run everything else just like the steps say, but for step 8 I just ran the RUU executable I had downloaded for my Sprint HTC One.
Thanks for the guide!
kushanson said:
I didn't know what it meant in step 8 to "unzip the RUU" since my RUU was an EXE file that could not be unzipped. After step 7, I just ran the RUU executable and it ran as expected. I was able to run everything else just like the steps say, but for step 8 I just ran the RUU executable I had downloaded for my Sprint HTC One.
Thanks for the guide!
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You're welcome. Glad it helped. Also, thank you for the heads up about the RUU being an exe now. It was a zip file when I wrote the guide. I've fixed the guide to reflect the change.
Dude...
I was soft bricked for about an hour until I found this. It seems fairly obvious to me now, but for some reason I had thought that only flashing the full_firmware zip in fastboot would suffice. I guess the tiny file size (80MB unzipped???) should have tipped me off.
Regardless, I'm back up and running. Thanks, coal.
i am getting error bootloader signature failed how to fix please
rajnshubham said:
i am getting error bootloader signature failed how to fix please
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I'm guessing you are s-on. If so, you cannot flash the firmware file (I'm s-off and wrote the guide from that perspective). You most likely can just skip that step and run the ruu.exe.
coal686 said:
This guide should work for anyone trying to RUU their phone, but let me give you my background on this first.
Good luck!
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Thanks for your guided I was able to fix an old One that I had laying around, thanks again
coal686 said:
I'm guessing you are s-on. If so, you cannot flash the firmware file (I'm s-off and wrote the guide from that perspective). You most likely can just skip that step and run the ruu.exe.
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i think the problem was due to same hboot error. i get to know this thing few days back. anyway thanks coal686. now i updated with the ruu having hboot 1.56 and now i m on kitkat 4.4.2 stock. i can update now to higher ones. thanks buddy
I want to make sure I understand something in the steps. I know the first step is to fastboot the full firmware ruu but then comes something I'm not sure about. Do I follow that up with the. exe file?
I am s-off with 1.60.
Sent from my HTCONE using XDA Free mobile app
biker57 said:
I want to make sure I understand something in the steps. I know the first step is to fastboot the full firmware ruu but then comes something I'm not sure about. Do I follow that up with the. exe file?
I am s-off with 1.60.
Sent from my HTCONE using XDA Free mobile app
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Thanks for using my guide!
The first step is to flash the "full firmware from RUU" (it's actually labelled that way in the OP of the linked post). It's only the firmware, not the full RUU. Then, follow that up with the .exe file which is the entire RUU. For some reason, the RUU wouldn't run for me without flashing the firmware first.
Since you are already on hboot 1.6, you probably don't have to flash the firmware first, but I'd do it just to be safe.
I normally think of a. exe file as executable. Is this something I can run or need to fastboot?
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biker57 said:
I normally think of a. exe file as executable. Is this something I can run or need to fastboot?
Sent from my HTCONE using XDA Free mobile app
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Just run it. Fastboot flash the firmware then just run the RUU exe.
Just wanted to report that I had the same problem with htc_fastboot.exe stopped working error and I was stuck on 3.22.1540.1 JB and there was no way on upgrading my software because OTAs would download but I would get a red mark when installing. So I skkipped most of your steps because I was not rooted or unlocked, I was all stock but reflashed the same software I was on, 3.22.1540.1 zip and did it twice since first time I got FAILED message in ADB. Once my phone restarted I tried flashing a newer RUU and still got htc_fastboot.exe error on KK and LP RUUs so just for luck tried downloading OTA from the phone but this time it DID install. So I upgraded to 4.15.1540.9 and currently downloading 4.19.1540.4. Hopefully everything goes right and I can get LP running on my phone.
cowboysgz said:
Just wanted to report that I had the same problem with htc_fastboot.exe stopped working error and I was stuck on 3.22.1540.1 JB and there was no way on upgrading my software because OTAs would download but I would get a red mark when installing. So I skkipped most of your steps because I was not rooted or unlocked, I was all stock but reflashed the same software I was on, 3.22.1540.1 zip and did it twice since first time I got FAILED message in ADB. Once my phone restarted I tried flashing a newer RUU and still got htc_fastboot.exe error on KK and LP RUUs so just for luck tried downloading OTA from the phone but this time it DID install. So I upgraded to 4.15.1540.9 and currently downloading 4.19.1540.4. Hopefully everything goes right and I can get LP running on my phone.
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Device not recognized
Whenever I plug in my device and go to fastboot, my computer tells me "USB Device not recognized". I've installed the drivers from HTC, I even went to Decide manager on my PC to see if the device appears at all. It shows on the top under "Android USB Device" and it's labeled "My HTC" but it has the error symbol on it, so o deviced to unistall the driver and install it manually. It said that I already had the correct driver.
The reason I'm trying to do all this is, back in 2013 I had put Viper ROM on my device, it worked great, I also installed cyanogen mod as well and that worked great, at the time I wanted to have the double tap to wake feature, so I installed a custom Kernel to allow that. When I had booted up my phone the HTC logo didn t go away, then the lock screen showed up, I unlocked my phone, the HTC logo was still there, then my home screen finally opened and some apps wouldn't open. Then it would restart, so I rebooted it and it would do the same thing, turn on, show the HTC, start then restart. I could go into recovery fine, Install updated version of rom, and the same problem persists
Is there any reason the RUU exe file would stop working only two screens in? I basically run it, accept the terms, click next... then nothing....... what SHOULD it be doing? Best, Rich
krakora said:
Is there any reason the RUU exe file would stop working only two screens in? I basically run it, accept the terms, click next... then nothing....... what SHOULD it be doing? Best, Rich
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I meant to add this to my guide and didn't get around to it. You're missing a Visual C++ 2008 runtime. See this thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-htc-one/help/solved-ruu-starts-disappears-accepting-t3224469
coal686 said:
I meant to add this to my guide and didn't get around to it. You're missing a Visual C++ 2008 runtime. See this thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-htc-one/help/solved-ruu-starts-disappears-accepting-t3224469
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Thanks so much Coal, that absolutely worked. The RUU exe runs for me, but getting 155 unknown error. Evidently its not the right RUU for my device. My bootloader is "relocked" already, S-on. So confusing. When I was following the directions on the guide, when flashing the firmware, I was getting the 12 missing signatures error also, I'm assuming its not reading it as an HTC signed firmware. Any ideas on my next direction? Best, Rich