I have a HTC Inc S with CID 038.
I upgraded to ICS stock with the goldcard method. I want to downgrade to GB or froyo.
How can I do so?
My phone is compleatly stock with no root or custom recovery. It is S-on locked bootloader.
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abhijay.jagini said:
I have a HTC Inc S with CID 038.
I upgraded to ICS stock with the goldcard method. I want to downgrade to GB or froyo.
How can I do so?
My phone is compleatly stock with no root or custom recovery. It is S-on locked bootloader.
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Why would you want to revert back to froyo? There is a high chance in bricking your phone.
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Ok maybe not froyo but is gingerbread possible. I have a horrible battery life and face wakelocks all the time.
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I guess it would be pretty hard to revert back. The easiest way would be to root your phone and either install a GB-ROM or revert back to stock, because than you get to GB using an RUU.
Can you give me a detailed process. Right now I have ics 4:0:4 stock with sense 3.6 . No root. S-on. How to install stock gingerbread. Cid 038
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Which H-Boot are you using currently?
WILLI120 said:
Which H-Boot are you using currently?
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Since he installed the official ICS from a RUU, he has HBOOT 2.02.0002, which currently doesn't work with the tacoroot exploit that the downgrade script uses.
ah okay. Didn't know because I rooted mine before ICS-update... I'm sorry but I guess without Tacoroot there is no way to downgrade your hboot...
WILLI120 said:
ah okay. Didn't know because I rooted mine before ICS-update... I'm sorry but I guess without Tacoroot there is no way to downgrade your hboot...
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Well there is if he unlocks the bootloader and roots the ROM, then you could run the misc_version app to change the mainver to 2.00.0000 (that is the key to the downgrade script) and then he could flash an older RUU with HBOOT 1.13.
It defeats the true purpose of the downgrade script which is an alternative to unlocking the bootloader via HTCDEV.com, but it is a solution if you truly want S-OFF.
tpbklake said:
Well there is if he unlocks the bootloader and roots the ROM, then you could run the misc_version app to change the mainver to 2.00.0000 (that is the key to the downgrade script) and then he could flash an older RUU with HBOOT 1.13.
It defeats the true purpose of the downgrade script which is an alternative to unlocking the bootloader via HTCDEV.com, but it is a solution if you truly want S-OFF.
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Sounds pretty difficult for just downgrading... If he would like to stay S-Off I would do so though. As often, root is the solution.
Well it seems to be hard work just to downgrade. I'll just wait for HTC to give us an update to fix these issues hopefully.
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abhijay.jagini said:
Well it seems to be hard work just to downgrade. I'll just wait for HTC to give us an update to fix these issues hopefully.
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You can write to HTC's costumer service. Maybe they can tell the guys to fix it. Maybe... Good luck!
abhijay.jagini said:
Well it seems to be hard work just to downgrade. I'll just wait for HTC to give us an update to fix these issues hopefully.
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Have you tried doing a Wipe Data/System Reset to see if that fixes your issues?
tpbklake said:
Well there is if he unlocks the bootloader and roots the ROM, then you could run the misc_version app to change the mainver to 2.00.0000 (that is the key to the downgrade script) and then he could flash an older RUU with HBOOT 1.13.
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Can you link to me the misc_version tool to downgrade mainver to 2.00.0000?
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zukri90 said:
Can you link to me the misc_version tool to downgrade mainver to 2.00.0000?
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It is in the downgrade tool zip file. Just download it.
tpbklake said:
It is in the downgrade tool zip file. Just download it.
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What is the cmd command to downgrade misc_version 2.00.0000?
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zukri90 said:
What is the cmd command to downgrade misc_version 2.00.0000?
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The command syntax can be found by reading the script:
echo Waiting for device to connect
files\adb wait-for-device
echo Device found
echo Pushing misc_version
files\adb push files\misc_version /data/local/tmp/
echo Correcting permissions
files\adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/misc_version
echo Downgrading main version
files\adb shell /data/local/tmp/misc_version -s 2.00.000.0
Stock HTC ICS ROM downgrade/revert back to Gingerbread
I had a similar problem this week-end.
I was originally running on the stock HTC rom, but with unlocked bootloader via htcdev, clockworkmod recovery and superuser root (but still S-On).
I then received the ICS upgrade (for which I had to revert to standard recovery and system by flashing with fastboot in order to apply it)
ICS was awful (for me bluetooth really unstable, kept not disconnecting after target device was powered down, and then just opening the bluetooth settings would crash the phone - even after I factory re-set it, it was the same), so I wanted to go back to gingerbread which was rock solid.
So for me the process after a lot of trial and error was (from memory) to get back from standard HTC ICS (which was hboot 2.02.002, software version 4.10.xxx) to standard HTC Gingerbread (hboot 2.01.xx software number 3.11.405.2):
- unlock bootloader (from htcdev.com) (I ended up being given the same unlock_code.bin file that I had from the last time I unlocked the phone, even though the 'token' text was different. This is the third time I have unlocked the phone (I re-locked then re-unlocked during an earlier OTA sw ugrade) and each time the unlock file is identical (binary compare equal). Even so for the sake of it since it's a binary file flashed directly I think I'd be safe and still use htcdev to generate a new file 'next time' just to be safe.
- flash custom recovery (i used 4ext) using fastboot
- root by installing superuser using 4ext (making sure to use newest version of superuser = version 3.13(? _signed arm v7). The previous version of superuser that I had used to root the Gingerbread HTC ROM (v3.0?) didn't work with ICS, it flashed OK but still had no root when the phone was running as I noticed by trying to upgrade busybox from within it's app.)
- run the misc_version tool from adb shell and set version to back 1.00.00
- re-lock the bootloader (I think the command was "fastboot oem lock"). This is necessary in order to allow the RUU to run. Took me a while to figure this out as none of the posts I had read mentioned this was necessary.
- apply the RUU for Gingerbread - I originally ran a very early version with hboot 1.13 in) then ran the later ones to bring me back to the last gingerbread version before the ICS upgrade. I don't know if that was strictly necessary, perhaps I could have just gone straight to the one I wanted.
- re-unlock via htcdev (same unlock_code.bin)
- flash custom recovery
- then I could have re-rooted as before but I actually restored an earlier nandroid backup of my rooted HTC gingerbread system so got root that way
Sorry for the lack of specific detail and file name/versions, I'm not a home where all my files are so I can't be sure.
abhijay.jagini said:
I have a HTC Inc S with CID 038.
I upgraded to ICS stock with the goldcard method. I want to downgrade to GB or froyo.
How can I do so?
My phone is compleatly stock with no root or custom recovery. It is S-on locked bootloader.
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Hi abhijay,
i am on custom rom , how can i go back to stock using gold card, can you please share the steps
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Hi guys, not that I want to but, how to uninstall BlackRose if someone wanted to for warranty reasons? Because I've heard that the Uninstall.bat doesn't work.
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Any1?
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Overwrite it with revolutionary hboot andrun the vivo downgrade on that?
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And how would I overwrite it with revolutionary hboot? Just install revolutionary?
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You can make the uninstall.bat work if you replace this line :
Code:
fastboot flash hboot_1.13.0000_CRC_8a731c6e_0401.img
with
Code:
fastboot flash hboot hboot_1.13.0000_CRC_8a731c6e_0401.img
If you can't boot to a ROM, you can just uninstall via fastboot :
Code:
fastboot oem mb 469010a0 16 0
fastboot oem mb 8d09fa58 1 30
fastboot flash hboot <path to any hboot.img>
fastboot reboot-bootloader
I would also recommend to use another new hboot because the one that is used when uninstalling is 1.13.0000 S-ON. Inferi0r posted some There. You can extract hboot.img from PG32IMG.zip
I haven't found how to uninstall directly the new version of BlackRose but I found that old version can overwrite new version.
So if you want to uninstall new version, install old version and then uninstall like explained before
nonverbose wrote a short guide for it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26909973&postcount=13
Files here.
You can overwrite HBOOT-2.00.0000 S-OFF Blackrose and HBOOT-2.02.0002 S-OFF Blackrose with HBOOT-6.13.1002 S-OFF Revolutionary. You can overwrite that HBOOT with HBOOT-6.13.1002 Revolutionary [Overwrite Protection REMOVAL] and then you can flash any stock HBOOT you want.
So there is always a way back.
Why are there threads everywhere of people wanting to uninstall it? I installed it a few days ago and everything seems to work just like it did previously with 6.13.1002. Am I missing something??
markj338 said:
nonverbose wrote a short guide for it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26909973&postcount=13
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This is the best method. I have tried it and it works.
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Bricked after uninstall?
Hi!
After uninstalling the Blackrose I got hboot 1.13 s-on.
The fact is that I can't launch the recovery and boot into the ROM.
Not sure what's happened. Everything was fine before that (4ext, s-off, custom rom).
Most of methods require adb (so the phone has to be booted to ROM).
Fastboot also fails to flash anything, obviously, cause it's s-on now.
Let me know if I can provide any useful info.
Any advice? Do I really own a brick now?
kohowski said:
Hi!
After uninstalling the Blackrose I got hboot 1.13 s-on.
The fact is that I can't launch the recovery and boot into the ROM.
Not sure what's happened. Everything was fine before that (4ext, s-off, custom rom).
Most of methods require adb (so the phone has to be booted to ROM).
Fastboot also fails to flash anything, obviously, cause it's s-on now.
Let me know if I can provide any useful info.
Any advice? Do I really own a brick now?
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Now that you are back to HBOOT 1.13, you should be able to use Revolutionary to get S-OFF back and then you should be able to get a custom recovery reinstalled.
tpbklake said:
you should be able to use Revolutionary
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Uhmm.. Can Revolutionary operate in fastboot mode? It says 'waiting for device'.
First time I used it I was booted to ROM, afair.
kohowski said:
Uhmm.. Can Revolutionary operate in fastboot mode? It says 'waiting for device'.
First time I used it I was booted to ROM, afair.
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OK then grab a RUU and run it so you can then use Revolutionary.
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grab a RUU
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My bad, forgot to say, my mainver is 4.10... which is too high. I tried a couple of RUUs. They say error 140, as expected.
Install a radio and in the android- text file make mainversion 2.00,
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FallenSuisydal said:
Install a radio and in the android- text file make mainversion 2.00,
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Can you please advice, which radio should I try to install? I tried some new radios, they fail to install because of signature check or something like this.
FallenSuisydal said:
Install a radio and in the android- text file make mainversion 2.00,
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kohowski said:
Can you please advice, which radio should I try to install? I tried some new radios, they fail to install because of signature check or something like this.
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Now that you have lost S-OFF, you will not be able to use an unsigned PG32IMG.zip to update the radio and mainver.
You will have to wait until the official 4.10.405.x RUU for ICS/Sense 3.6 is available to download. At this point you will only be able to flash an official, signed HTC RUU/ROM and it needs to be version 4.10 or higher.
Thank you guys!
I was thinking about the same.. an upcoming RUU
kohowski said:
Thank you guys!
I was thinking about the same.. an upcoming RUU
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Just a question kohowski,what method did you use to remove blackrose that got you into this situation,cause knowing it could keep someone from doing the same.Thanks. And as gm6046 asked can anyone say what are the reasons for wanting to uninstall it as it works well.Thanks
ragzdincs said:
Just a question kohowski,what method did you use to remove blackrose that got you into this situation,cause knowing it could keep someone from doing the same.Thanks. And as gm6046 asked can anyone say what are the reasons for wanting to uninstall it as it works well.Thanks
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Nothing special. Please find details below.
I got Nik Aura Rebitth 3.0, 4ext recovery classic 2.2.7 rc5, s-off via Revolutionary (had to downgrade).
Then God knows why I decided to install blackrose (was not really going to install official ROM). Installed with no errors in log. After the reboot the phone displayed 4ext, and it was reinitializing again and again, weird. Then I hit blackrose_IS.exe /uninstall. And that's all. No ROM, no Recovery, hboot 1.13 s-on, mainver 4.10....
Hi guys, Im running the stock ICS with sense 3.6 with s-on and hboot 2.02.0002. Is there anyway i can get it to be s-offed so i may flash it to other roms in the future?
Use my guide in the development section, its called All in One guide for noobs
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FallenSuisydal said:
Use my guide in the development section, its called All in One guide for noobs
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Worked a charm for me, follow all the steps carefully and you shouldn't have a problem!
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brokenlovez said:
Hi guys, Im running the stock ICS with sense 3.6 with s-on and hboot 2.02.0002. Is there anyway i can get it to be s-offed so i may flash it to other roms in the future?
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me too .... Some body help me (
lorian123 said:
me too .... Some body help me (
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Did you read posts 2 & 3 in this thread?
Post 2 tells you where to find the procedure to use. Search in the Development section and also check out the sticky posts that are in this General section.
Downgrade from 2.02.0002 not 2.00
brokenlovez said:
Hi guys, Im running the stock ICS with sense 3.6 with s-on and hboot 2.02.0002. Is there anyway i can get it to be s-offed so i may flash it to other roms in the future?
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Original poster, did you get this to work ?
I am trying to downgrade from 2.02.0002 and get the following when running the RUU process:-
"THE ROM UPDATE UTILITY CANNOT UPDATE YOUR ANDROID PHONE"
"PLEASE GET THE CORRECT ROM UPDATE UTILITY AND TRY AGAIN"
I notice you are on 2.02.0002 the same, but the link to 'All in One Noob Guide For Downgrade and S Off' actually says 2.00 and not 2.02.
Just wondering if you got the same issue as me and the poster who mentioned the link didnt see you said 2.02.
Thanks
Regards
Nigel
nigie said:
Original poster, did you get this to work ?
I am trying to downgrade from 2.02.0002 and get the following when running the RUU process:-
"THE ROM UPDATE UTILITY CANNOT UPDATE YOUR ANDROID PHONE"
"PLEASE GET THE CORRECT ROM UPDATE UTILITY AND TRY AGAIN"
I notice you are on 2.02.0002 the same, but the link to 'All in One Noob Guide For Downgrade and S Off' actually says 2.00 and not 2.02.
Just wondering if you got the same issue as me and the poster who mentioned the link didnt see you said 2.02.
Thanks
Regards
Nigel
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I was working with a user this week that was trying to use the script to downgrade HBOOT 2.02.0002 and it appears that the tacoroot exploit to get temp root does not work on HBOOT 2.02.0002, so the script is unable to run misc_version to change the mainver value to 2.00.0000, so therefore it will not work at the moment for a stock, unrooted phone.
You would have to resort to unlocking the bootloader at HTCDEV.com, install a custom recovery and then root the ROM in order to use the downgrade and gain S-OFF.
tpbklake said:
You would have to resort to unlocking the bootloader at HTCDEV.com, install a custom recovery and then root the ROM in order to use the downgrade and gain S-OFF.
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I have used HTCDEV.com to unlock the bootloader, but how can I flash the recovery without root privileges? I have try unsucessfully with 4EXT Recovery Control
tpbklake said:
I was working with a user this week that was trying to use the script to downgrade HBOOT 2.02.0002 and it appears that the tacoroot exploit to get temp root does not work on HBOOT 2.02.0002, so the script is unable to run misc_version to change the mainver value to 2.00.0000, so therefore it will not work at the moment for a stock, unrooted phone.
You would have to resort to unlocking the bootloader at HTCDEV.com, install a custom recovery and then root the ROM in order to use the downgrade and gain S-OFF.
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gialandra said:
I have used HTCDEV.com to unlock the bootloader, but how can I flash the recovery without root privileges? I have try unsucessfully with 4EXT Recovery Control
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Next step: I have used this post to flash the recovery and install the
su-3.0-efgh-signed.zip to gain the root access but S- remains ON
gialandra said:
I have used HTCDEV.com to unlock the bootloader, but how can I flash the recovery without root privileges? I have try unsucessfully with 4EXT Recovery Control
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To flash recovery from 4ext recovery control, you need s-off. You will have to do the manual way, by entering this command 'fastboot flash recovery recovery.img'.
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gialandra said:
Next step: I have used this post to flash the recovery and install the
su-3.0-efgh-signed.zip to gain the root access but S- remains ON
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Root doesn't change s-on/off status.
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zukri90 said:
Root doesn't change s-on/off status.
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Really, this modding is like to exit from a maze ... have you suggestions?
gialandra said:
Really, this modding is like to exit from a maze ... have you suggestions?
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If you have HBOOT 2.02.0002 and you unlock using HTCDEV.com you will be able to:
1. Flash a custom recovery.
2. Once you have a custom recovery you will be able to:
A. Root your current ROM by installing SU-3.1.3.zip
B. Flash a custom, rooted ROM.
So I believe that should answer your questions. You may now exit the maze.
tpbklake said:
If you have HBOOT 2.02.0002 and you unlock using HTCDEV.com you will be able to:
1. Flash a custom recovery.
2. Once you have a custom recovery you will be able to:
A. Root your current ROM by installing SU-3.1.3.zip
B. Flash a custom, rooted ROM.
So I believe that should answer your questions. You may now exit the maze.
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Yes, I install the WE WANT ICS v4 ROM and now I have the root permission
At this point, what mean S-ON / S-OFF and what permits?
gialandra said:
Yes, I install the WE WANT ICS v4 ROM and now I have the root permission
At this point, what mean S-ON / S-OFF and what permits?
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S-ON/S-OFF is used to reference the Security flag setting in the phone. If you have Security Off, then you can flash almost everything to your phone, including a new radio.
With an unlocked bootloader like you have, you can flash some of the same items as S-OFF with the 2 biggest exceptions being:
1. You cannot flash a new radio.
2. The boot partition is not mounted as R/W when in Recovery mode, thus the reason you manually have to flash the boot.img while in FASTBOOT USB mode.
Can someone tell the definitive way to flash a rom on my phone? http://forum.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/confused.gif
Should I unlock my phone via htcdev.com and flash custom ROM's? (what exactly is the difference between S-OFF and S-ON?)
OR
Should I follow this guide - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1705913
but the problem is that the Asian version has problems getting root access using alpharevx's method.
Can someone confirm if the Revolutionary method works on the Indian Incredible S?
Also what is a gold card?
Depends on your hboot version.
the link you posted gives you most of the information required.
s-off means security off and s-on is security on..
s-off gives you easier ability to flash roms and recoverys.
do a bit of reading around in the forum and you'll find almost all the answers you need
No offense but I read a lot but the only thing I'm confused about is the Indian version not being able to root as stated in the OP.
My hboot version is 2.00
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TheDareDevil said:
No offense but I read a lot but the only thing I'm confused about is the Indian version not being able to root as stated in the OP.
My hboot version is 2.00
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With HBOOT 2.00, you have 2 options.
Option 1 is to downgrade your mainver and then install a GB RUU that has HBOOT 1.13 and then you can use Revolutionary to gain true S-OFF. This is the best option IMO.
Option 2 is to unlock your bootloader using HTCDEV.com and admit to HTC that you are modding your phone. Once you are unlocked, you can flash a custom recovery that will allow you to flash custom, rooted ROMs.
If I use the second method, will I be able to flash all custom RIMs?
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If I use the second method, will I be able to flash all custom RIMs?
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Yes but every time you flash a ROM, you will manually have to extract the boot.img file from the ROM's zip file and then flash it in FASTBBOT USB mode using the command fastboot flash boot [boot.img]
That is why I prefer Option 1 and true S-OFF. You won't have to do that extra step each time.
If you decide to unlock your bootloader from HTC Dev then you must use the custom roms boot.img to install custom roms.
(From what i have read, please correct me if im wrong)
If you decide to S-OFF your device you do not need to obtain the boot.img if you want to flash that rom.
I decided to go the S-OFF route because not all the roms that are developed support S-ON.
If you have HBOOT 2.0 then you will need to (like tpbklake said)
downgrade your mainver and then install a GB RUU that has HBOOT 1.13 and then you can use Revolutionary to gain true S-OFF.
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I agreed this is my preferred option.
Hi. I was trying to get s-off my phone using this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1373697
The ROM provided there was RUU_Vivo_Gingerbread_S_HTC_WWE_2.30.405.1_Radio_20.2808.30.085AU_3805.06.03.03_M_release_199308_signed when I tried to install it I got an error on my PC that "the ROM is not compatible'(or something like that). I think it's because phone is a TWM (Taiwan mobile version) not WWE. However there aren't TWM version at VIVO shipped ROMs thread.
Anyway, what do I do know?
Did you create a goldcard before running the ruu?
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yes, I did, using runme.cmd
However I'mot sure about one step. When running runme.cmd there was a text :
Checking version-main
< waiting for device >
version-main: 4.10.921.1
finished. total time: 0.002s
If the version-main returns 2.00.000.0 you should be
able to run the RUU downgrade. If it does not, answer n to the
unlocked bootloader prompt no matter what.
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I'm not sure weather main-version is 2.00.000.0, where can I check that?
tripleJohn said:
yes, I did, using runme.cmd
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Are you sure it worked?
Because when I did it, the script didn't make one for some reason, I used one I made manually beforehand
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markj338 said:
Are you sure it worked?
Because when I did it, the script didn't make one for some reason, I used one I made manually beforehand
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Ohh... I googled "goldcard" and I think I understand what's happening.
I'll try creating it manually.
tripleJohn said:
Ohh... I googled "goldcard" and I think I understand what's happening.
I'll try creating it manually.
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Just make sure on the IncS you use MMC2 not MMC0 or MMC1.
I just manually created goldcard and ran RUU again.
I got an error
ERROR [140]: BOOTLOADER VERSION ERROR
PLEASE GET THE CORRECT ROM UPDATE UTILITY AND TRY AGAIN
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Tried using different WWE versions from VIVO Shipped ROMs thread get the same ERROR 140. Am I doing something wrong?
BTW do I have to use runme.cmd every time before I run different RUU ?
Tried using different SD card. Now I got this:
ERROR [131]: CUSTOMER ID ERROR
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after examination, seems the problem is in downgrade toolkit. Looks like it can't perm root the phone
Is the device rooted?
y OR n:n
Waiting for device to connect
Device found
Pushing tacoroot
failed to copy 'files\tacoroot.bin' to '/data/local//tacoroot.bin': Permission Denied
Correcting permissions
Unable to chmod /data/local/tacoroot.bin: No such file or directory
tacoroot rebooting phone to recovery
/system/bin/sh: /data/local/tacoroot.bin: not found
Waiting for device to connect
Device found
tacoroot starting adbD as root
/system/bin/sh: /data/local/tacoroot.bin: not found
Waiting for device to connect
Device found
Pushing misc_version
2938 KB/s (367096 bytes in 0.122s)
Correcting permissions
Downgrading main version
--set_version set. VERSION will be changed to: 2.00.000.0
Patching and backing up misc partition...
Error opening input file.
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ahh....
just found hat
The tacoroot exploit in the script does not work on HBOOT 2.02.0002.
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SO does that mean there's no way to downgrade from ICS???
hi all,
i think your problems same as me here my link and need help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1791056
i ve make goldcard and do all until format sdcard and enter again and run RUU WWE pls see attached on that link ERROR CID too.
help Us
tripleJohn said:
yes, I did, using runme.cmd
However I'mot sure about one step. When running runme.cmd there was a text :
I'm not sure weather main-version is 2.00.000.0, where can I check that?
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The script showed you what the main-version was. Look closely at the line:
version-main: 4.10.921.1
Which means the script didn't work. Since your main-version is 4.10.921.1, it appears that you have upgraded to the latest HTC ICS ROM, thus your HBOOT is now version 2.02.0002. The downgrade script cannot use the tacoroot exploit to get temproot and change the main-version value. That is why your script failed.
Hi guys, i had problms with it too.
I unlocked my phone with htcdev.com flashed custom recovery installed superuser then ran runme.bat and it worked!
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Jbele said:
Hi guys, i had problms with it too.
I unlocked my phone with htcdev.com flashed custom recovery installed superuser then ran runme.bat and it worked!
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Which ROM and HBOOT were you running? Was it GB 2.3.5/Sense 3.0 w/ HBOOT 2.00 or the latest ICS w/ Sense 3.6?
tpbklake said:
Which ROM and HBOOT were you running? Was it GB 2.3.5/Sense 3.0 w/ HBOOT 2.00 or the latest ICS w/ Sense 3.6?
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I frist relocked bootloader, upgraded to with the latest ruu. I unlocked ut with htcdev.com again and installed clockworkmod, installed Project X V3 then ran runme.bat
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Hello,
I have been researching here to find a way to downgrade to a previous version of a firmware so that I can S-Off, and to no avail unsure how to do it myself using either use Moonshine or revone.
The reason I wish to do this is that I want to install Google Play edition and of course the necessary info to install it.
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EvilSpants said:
Hello,
I have been researching here to find a way to downgrade to a previous version of a firmware so that I can S-Off, and to no avail unsure how to do it myself using either use Moonshine or revone.
The reason I wish to do this is that I want to install Google Play edition and of course the necessary info to install it.
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If I'm not mistaken the ROM firmware is irrelevant as to if you can root or not, or get-S-OFF. The most important factor for S-OFF is the bootloader version. I haven't seen any threads about getting S-OFF on bootloader 1.54.
Reboot to your bootloader (turn device off, hold volume down and turn device on). Check your HBOOT version there. If it says 1.54, then the only possible solution is to search for an official HTC RUU with a lower HBOOT version. However I do not know if this will actually work.
RadiatorRXD said:
If I'm not mistaken the ROM firmware is irrelevant as to if you can root or not, or get-S-OFF. The most important factor for S-OFF is the bootloader version. I haven't seen any threads about getting S-OFF on bootloader 1.54.
Reboot to your bootloader (turn device off, hold volume down and turn device on). Check your HBOOT version there. If it says 1.54, then the only possible solution is to search for an official HTC RUU with a lower HBOOT version. However I do not know if this will actually work.
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Alright. Assuming that works, is there a way to reflash?
[Edit] Just checked my bootloader it says that I have 1.44. However I have tried both Revone and S-off with no success
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EvilSpants said:
Alright. Assuming that works, is there a way to reflash?
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Don't really know what you mean by reflash? Returning to the newer HBOOT (1.54)?
If that's the case, once you're S-OFF you can update the HBOOT to 1.54 and S-OFF will still be there. There are some threads in the development section about upgrading the HBOOT. I used these myself without issues.
As for the official RUU, this will probably be a Google search. I haven't seen a thread around with these files.
Keep in mind that flashing an original RUU will result in loss of root and custom recovery. You will need to re-root after flashing the RUU and reflash a custom recovery.
RadiatorRXD said:
Don't really know what you mean by reflash? Returning to the newer HBOOT (1.54)?
If that's the case, once you're S-OFF you can update the HBOOT to 1.54 and S-OFF will still be there. There are some threads in the development section about upgrading the HBOOT. I used these myself without issues.
As for the official RUU, this will probably be a Google search. I haven't seen a thread around with these files.
Keep in mind that flashing an original RUU will result in loss of root and custom recovery. You will need to re-root after flashing the RUU and reflash a custom recovery.
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A little bit off topic here but ..if I am s- off already and I were to use a stock ruu on my phone all that I will I loose is the recovery and root?... So after I run ruu my device will still be s-off ?
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NORCALkID said:
A little bit off topic here but ..if I am s- off already and I were to use a stock ruu on my phone all that I will I loose is the recovery and root?... So after I run ruu my device will still be s-off ?
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I think so yes, but I'm not 100% sure. You may find the answer, or ask the question in the hboot update threads or s-off threads. I haven't flashed a RUU myself in years.
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RadiatorRXD said:
Don't really know what you mean by reflash? Returning to the newer HBOOT (1.54)?
If that's the case, once you're S-OFF you can update the HBOOT to 1.54 and S-OFF will still be there. There are some threads in the development section about upgrading the HBOOT. I used these myself without issues.
As for the official RUU, this will probably be a Google search. I haven't seen a thread around with these files.
Keep in mind that flashing an original RUU will result in loss of root and custom recovery. You will need to re-root after flashing the RUU and reflash a custom recovery.
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What I mean to say is that once I have found one with an older HBoot, how do I go about flashing that so that I can do one of the two S-Off procedures?
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EvilSpants said:
What I mean to say is that once I have found one with an older HBoot, how do I go about flashing that so that I can do one of the two S-Off procedures?
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Ah ok. The RUU should be a windows executable. Just hook up the phone to computer, start the RUU and follow the on-screen instructions.
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RadiatorRXD said:
Ah ok. The RUU should be a windows executable. Just hook up the phone to computer, start the RUU and follow the on-screen instructions.
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I assume the RUUs can be pulled from HTCdev?
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EvilSpants said:
I assume the RUUs can be pulled from HTCdev?
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Here's an article about flashing a RUU: Flash RUU
It has a link to a website which contains several RUU files to download: HERE
RadiatorRXD said:
If I'm not mistaken the ROM firmware is irrelevant as to if you can root or not, or get-S-OFF. The most important factor for S-OFF is the bootloader version. I haven't seen any threads about getting S-OFF on bootloader 1.54.
Reboot to your bootloader (turn device off, hold volume down and turn device on). Check your HBOOT version there. If it says 1.54, then the only possible solution is to search for an official HTC RUU with a lower HBOOT version. However I do not know if this will actually work.
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I was s-off with stock unrooted locked 2.24.401.1 firmware (ruu'ed by repair center)and tried to use revone to unlock again but it would fail, then I downgraded to hboot 1.44 (I could still do this because I was s-off already) but revone would still fail, then I decided to properly downgrade to 1.28(or was that 29).401.?? with an ruu and was able to use revone again to unlock my bootloader, so hboot is not the only factor for revone to be succesful...
downgrading hboot and other system partitions, except kernel rom radio and recovery, is not possible if you are not s-off already....
RadiatorRXD said:
Ah ok. The RUU should be a windows executable. Just hook up the phone to computer, start the RUU and follow the on-screen instructions.
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My downgrade attempt failed with one of the executables. I am not sure what to try next.
EvilSpants said:
My downgrade attempt failed with one of the executables. I am not sure what to try next.
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I'm at a loss here, sorry.
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RadiatorRXD said:
I'm at a loss here, sorry.
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I should note that I did not retry, however I figure that if it fails the first time, then it wouldn't succeed a second?
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EvilSpants said:
I should note that I did not retry, however I figure that if it fails the first time, then it wouldn't succeed a second?
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You could always try a second time. Maybe also post a screenshot of the failure.
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RadiatorRXD said:
You could always try a second time. Maybe also post a screenshot of the failure.
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At this point I am looking at installing a custom recovery, though from what I am reading I may not be able to do that without S-OFF, so I am stuck if this is true.
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EvilSpants said:
At this point I am looking at installing a custom recovery, though from what I am reading I may not be able to do that without S-OFF, so I am stuck if this is true.
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S-OFF is not needed for root or custom recovery. You do need an unlocked bootloader though. On other devices S-OFF was needed to flash radio's or kernels through recovery, but from what I have read the One can flash kernels in recovery without S-OFF
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RadiatorRXD said:
S-OFF is not needed for root or custom recovery. You do need an unlocked bootloader though. On other devices S-OFF was needed to flash radio's or kernels through recovery, but from what I have read the One can flash kernels in recovery without S-OFF
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So I have gotten TWRP on there, however I have been unable to flash a previous firmware, to downgrade, getting the error message, Unable to open zip. My guess is that S-On is stopping this process even in a custom recovery. Is there a recommendation as to how I can achieve S-Off?
Also There is something I have been thinking about it, and if I were to follow the steps here, with execption of the flashing the RUU through fasboot, could I flash the RUU through TWRP instead?
[Edit] Could I install a custom ROM, S-Off through the ROM, then follow the steps in the link to flash the RUU?