Hey guys
I'm preparing my N1 for 2.3.3 and since I had it repaired I'm now stuck with some weird Vodafone(?)-FW.
2.2.1
2.6.32.9-g6624e39htc-kernel [ät] and18-2
5.12.00.08
HBOOT 35.0017
Anyways, I tried to flash it back to stock 2.2.1 but when I apply the PASSIMG.zip it says "Main version is older. Update failed!"
Is there a workaround?
I read something about downgrading HBOOT to a lower version?
Thanks!
If FRG33 isn't flashing by PASSIMG method - then you can't use it. If you exercise your abilities to search the forum, you'll find a thread where people were trying to circumvent that - updating from Eclair to Froyo (just like now) - and those attempts failed.
If you have SLCD phone - and if recently repaired, you definitely have it - downgrading HBOOT will leave you with a nice brick.
Root your phone, install custom recovery, flash whatever you want from there.
I'll try that. Thank you very much.
Now running on Cyanogen.
Thanks again!
You're welcome
Hello!
So I am still using Froyo and MIUI roms on my N1!
I updated the radio to latest korean already, now I am tempted to try a CM7 or OTA Rom and I think they require the new Hboot right?
The risk of bricking my N1 while upgrading the Hboot still possible?
Flashing it with RA recovery is dangerous?
You do not need the new hboot for CM7...
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I thought you did need the latest one for ginger bread ROMs.
I recently updated my hboot to the latest hboot to prepare for ginger bread.
Most of the GB roms have made it so .33 works. I have been testing the new Desire S rom and it requires .35, so I updated.
Just flashed the zip thru recovery with usual precautions, esp Md5 verification.
On XDA CM7 Op page
I have been able to flash a variety of the latest Gingerbread ROMs without updating HBOOT.
I have an Incredible S running froyo. I used the alpha method to S-Off then I rooted the phone. Since I was rooted I decided to add a rooted gingerbread rom. I extracted the rom.zip from the gingerbread RUU for my phone and ran the rom.zip through the Rom Kitchen. Only option I picked was to root. (Kept it simple) The rom wouldn't flash. Kept getting stuck on the slash screen so I used recovery and went back to my working froyo backup. Then I decided to download CM7 rom and flash it. The same thing stuck on CM7 splash screen. Used recovery and went back to my working froyo backup. I figured maybe I need a gingerbread radio for the roms to boot. I installed eng hboot and flashed the gingerbread radio for my phone. I tried installing both my rom and the cm7 rom with no luck. Both roms get stuck on flash screen. So I used recovery to go back to my working froyo backup. Now I'm stuck with a Froyo rom and a Gingerbread radio.(No sound on calls) I tried flashing the original froyo radio but after flashing the froyo radio my phones go into a boot loop with the HTC splash screen. So I flash the gingerbread radio and phone boots up and works again except no sound on the calls because of the gingerbread radio.
So my question. How do I downgrade from a gingerbread radio to a froyo radio? The flash methods I used to originally flash my radio do not work.
Glad to know I'm not the only one that bricked it like that xD... I don't think you can
downgrade... I am thinking about maybe trying to flash Optus through fastboot, but I'm unsure if that will work... But another option is to use a ROM like Revolution or CM7 which are gingerbread.
Same here bro!!!
Same here bros
I got my IS with foryo 2.2, was working fine. I thought to update to gingerbread but was not aware then i will not be able to downgrade or S-OFF.
I just got Gingerbread OTA update of 83.3MB, just updated and now its working fine but
no S-OFF, no customer recovery, no Custom roms
dieing to Downgrade so that i can do S-OFF for rooting and custom rom installation
ANY BODY HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
charch said:
Glad to know I'm not the only one that bricked it like that xD... I don't think you can
downgrade... I am thinking about maybe trying to flash Optus through fastboot, but I'm unsure if that will work... But another option is to use a ROM like Revolution or CM7 which are gingerbread.
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I'm pretty sure there was others.
araheels said:
Same here bros
I got my IS with foryo 2.2, was working fine. I thought to update to gingerbread but was not aware then i will not be able to downgrade or S-OFF.
I just got Gingerbread OTA update of 83.3MB, just updated and now its working fine but
no S-OFF, no customer recovery, no Custom roms
dieing to Downgrade so that i can do S-OFF for rooting and custom rom installation
ANY BODY HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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First try the AlphaRevX method to S-Off. From there you should be able to install custom recovery, root, and install custom roms. If you can not S-Off with the AlphaRevX method then install a gingerbread rom on your phone from another region through gold card method then use the AlphaRevX method to S-Off. (Most people been using the Australia Optus Rom)
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NardVa said:
So my question. How do I downgrade from a gingerbread radio to a froyo radio? The flash methods I used to originally flash my radio do not work.
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Where you using this method to flash your radio ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15023458&postcount=6
jul644 said:
Where you using this method to flash your radio ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15023458&postcount=6
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Yeah that is the method I used. I thought with eng hboot I had the flexability to bounce between radios but for what ever reason once you go to a gingerbread you can't go back to a froyo radio.
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Bro thanks for a quick reply,
i did with both ROMS optus and WWE but AlphaREV is not working
just strucked on
WAITING FOR FASTBOOT
then nothing happens for ages..........
help........
THANKS BROTHER FOR UR HELP ATLAST I DID IT/MANAGED IT with VIRGIN/AU ROM
i flashed
RUU_Vivo_Gingerbread_S_Virgin_Mobile_AU_2.12.981.2_R_Radio_20.2803.30.085AU_3805.04.03.12_M_release_185029_signed.exe
with gold card inside IS
via PC running direct RUU
recently bought a HTC incredible S with 2.2.1 on it.
i want to put a custom ROM on at some point. but over the last couple of weeks it has been prompting me to accept an OTA update to 2.3.
interested to download it and see what the differences are, but not if it makes the phone harder to S-OFF and install a custom ROM later.
Can anyone advise please ?
With revolutionary it doesn't matter if its froyo or ginger its the same process. The only difference is the flashing of a radio. Obviously for gb you need a gb radio and froyo you need a froyo radio.
I am currently running the Bad Boy ROM v1.3. I want to upgrade to their latest ROM but im not sure how to go through the upgrade process. Do I need to do a backup move it to my computer then run a RUU for 4.3 then do the carrier upgrade then reflash recovery and then flash the new ROM? I could not seem to find an answer. Any guidance would be appreciated.