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[Q] I've rooted my Hero with Universal Androot with Superuser, now what?

I've been looking around different forums but haven't found a dedicated guide for installing a custom rom after using the relatively new Universal Androot the Sprint CDMA Hero.
I'm wanting to install the new CyanogenMod on my Hero since Sprint has made my phone obsolete and hardly usable.
I think the next step is doing a nandroid backup or disabling OTA updates but have been a bit cautious as to I'm new with the Android OS. Can anybody point me to a guide or suggest where I can pick up next? Also can anyone point me to an up-to-date nandroid backup guide?
Thanks.

Make sure you have a custom recovery image flashed on your phone. From there, making nandroid backups and flashing new ROMs is as easy as reading the menu prompts in your recovery image.
You are already rooted so not all these steps will apply to you, but this post here should help get you further along: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=694572
Also, the "Take Control..." link in my signature will be very helpful for you.

redthehaze said:
I've been looking around different forums but haven't found a dedicated guide for installing a custom rom after using the relatively new Universal Androot the Sprint CDMA Hero.
I'm wanting to install the new CyanogenMod on my Hero since Sprint has made my phone obsolete and hardly usable.
I think the next step is doing a nandroid backup or disabling OTA updates but have been a bit cautious as to I'm new with the Android OS. Can anybody point me to a guide or suggest where I can pick up next? Also can anyone point me to an up-to-date nandroid backup guide?
Thanks.
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Once you've installed a Custom Recovery Image, just boot to recovery (Hold the home button and press power ... hold home until it vibrates). It will boot to recovery, then you can select "Backup/Restore" and "Backup Nandroid". It will ask you to press Home to confirm, and once you do it will create the backup. Once finished, you can install custom roms.
To do this, download the zip for the rom from the forums for that rom, and save it to the root of your SD card. Boot into recovery, and wipe all traces of the current rom. To do this, select "Wipe", then select ext partition, dalvik-cache, and data (wipe each individually in that order). Then, press back button to return to the main screen. Then choose flash zip, and choose the rom zip you saved. Press home to confirm, and it will install. Reboot, and you have a new rom!

Thanks for the great newbie "how to" below, I just finished rooting, want to go to cm6. I know I can do this, have messed with Windows and Pre, but have one question -
how do I get the zip rom to the card? I have been on Treos too long without using card, can see no way to read, see access, to see what goes on it. With this information, I will try immediately - my goal was tethering, increased speed, and flexibility.

nmoreman said:
how do I get the zip rom to the card? I have been on Treos too long without using card, can see no way to read, see access, to see what goes on it...
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Plug your USB cable/charger into your phone and PC. After a second or two, you should see a little USB icon show up in your taskbar. Slide your taskbar down and touch that notification -- it will pull up a little menu with 3 or 4 options -- choose Disk Drive mode. That lets you mount the SD card to your PC, just like a flash drive or memory stick would mount. From there you can put files on, remove files, create new folders, etc.
Put the ROM .zip in the root (main) directory of the sd card to be able to flash the ROM from recovery.

Here's another noob question, I just want to make sure since I've only one phone right now and depend on it for work: What exactly is a Custom Recovery Image?

redthehaze said:
Here's another noob question, I just want to make sure since I've only one phone right now and depend on it for work: What exactly is a Custom Recovery Image?
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The custom recovery allows you to do all sorts of things that you can't do otherwise to your phone,such as installing and using all the cool Custom ROM and update zips,installing different kernals for the processor in your phone to set the CPU to what ever you want it to run, wiping various parts of the device it self or on the sd card with all of the the different types of caches and different partitions after changing to a custom rom and being able to make a different partitions and such that you will need to do this to begin with, being able to back up your data and restoring the phone to it's original state or to a state where it was working with a custom rom before having trouble,like if something you have installed is making it crash or force closed.
In other words it is something you need if you want to do anything with your phone to change it from a paper weight like it is to you in stock form to what they can be once it's unlocked...
Mac

And that's it for todays lesson. Tomorrow we will be discussing "apple" and why they suck so bad.
Sent from my HERO, NOT the HTC E(sucks)VO using XDA App

This is the easyest way to root...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682

Theres a ROM For The "Hero" That I'm Currently Using, Fresh 2.4!! Works Great, Won't Change Much, But A lot Smoother, With More Features The "Hero" Should of Came With Stock, Try That ROM!!
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App

cp0020 said:
And that's it for todays lesson. Tomorrow we will be discussing "apple" and why they suck so bad.
Sent from my HERO, NOT the HTC E(sucks)VO using XDA App
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LMAO LMAO
Root-Hack-Mod-Always™

dude do u have any idea how old this thread is.....
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epic fail!

Locked Bootloader rooted with 3.1

I have just installed 3.1 and have gotten root on my white 16gb retail verison, I will post instructions hopefully tonight.
*bootloader is still locked =/
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Update*
I found this work for me and these are the steps that I have taken.
First:
Go to this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1119492
Follow the instructions there, once you reboot your tab you will get alot of FC, it is because of the stock android keyboard dictionary. You can curb the FC by switching the keyboard to Samsung keyboard.
Once this step is complete, download this
Root exploit
Place in on the root of your SD card
Turn off your tab
-press and hold the power button
-once the samsung galaxy 10.1 comes up push the volume down button
-release the buttons, this will display two icons
-push the volume down once to select the left icon, then press volume up to enter
-this will load up the stock recovery
-select the option to install update from SD card
-install the root/SU file you just downloaded and put on your SD card
-reboot into android
once rebooted, you should have root. but you still have a little bit of system instability.
-download this
http://droidbasement.com/galaxy/sys-backup/hc_31/hc-3.1_ota-full_sam_tab_10.1.zip
-put it on the root of your SD card
-download the free verison of rom manager
-open it, select the top option, flash clockworkmod recovery, select samsung galaxy tab 10.1
-you should now have CWM flashed
Turn off your tab
-press and hold the power button
-once the samsung galaxy 10.1 comes up push the volume down button
-release the buttons, this will display two icons
-push the volume down once to select the left icon, then press volume up to enter
-this will load up the clockwork recovery
*******DONT WIPE*******
-select the option to install update from SD card
-install the hc-3.1_ota-full_sam_tab_10.1.zip
it will take a little while to install, give it a few.
-Reboot
it will take a while on the samsung screen, give it a few.
once the tab is booted back up, check the version. 3.1
you can go back to using the stock android keyboard as well now.
You also might notice that you have lost root now.
Just reflash the root/su file that we did through the stock. reboot and you have a locked 3.1 with root tab =)
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SS2006
pershoot
oxeneers
more people I am sure! Thanks
If you like the research I did please donate to [email protected] through www.paypal.com

Updated! let me know if it works for you. will try adding screenshots of mine as well

Worked perfectly on a 16 gb retail gray with locked boot loader.
I followed the instructions to the letter. For good measure, i then did a factory reset, followed by a re-root. Boot loader is still locked (as was expected) but considering the speed this was done in, I'm sure it's only a matter of time.
Looks like those two failed exchanges today looking for an unlocked tab were a big waste of time.
Only clarification I want to make is there is no need to check for the OTA (credit for this also to Riztnack)
Absolutely brilliant work.

What do we need a unlocked bootloader for if we have root and CWM?

DroidHam said:
What do we need a unlocked bootloader for if we have root and CWM?
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No reason other than why not. It's nice to have something as open as possible if there's little risk in doing it. I don't really care, I'm already happy.

i take it this method would also work on a retail 10.1 with a unlocked bootloader ??

Framedtrash said:
i take it this method would also work on a retail 10.1 with a unlocked bootloader ??
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yes it should

DroidHam said:
What do we need a unlocked bootloader for if we have root and CWM?
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For a kernel later on, someone might OC the Tab soon.

How do you get into download mode for Odin? I'm trying Power + Vol down, then VOl up. I get a screen with Android icon saying downloading and it goes off immediately.
How do i make it stay on the downloading screen, so that i can flash the file thu Odin as per Step 1?
EDIT : Nevermind got into download mode...was doing it wrong

Can someone please post a mirror or dropbox link for hc-3.1_ota-full_sam_tab_10.1.zip file?
I'm having trouble downloading the file from the server posted in the OP

kirdroid said:
Can someone please post a mirror or dropbox link for hc-3.1_ota-full_sam_tab_10.1.zip file?
I'm having trouble downloading the file from the server posted in the OP
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Never mind looks like the download link is down for the 3.1 update.
I will try that tomorrow morning, but im now rooted
Thanks a bunch OP.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA Premium App

Framedtrash said:
i take it this method would also work on a retail 10.1 with a unlocked bootloader ??
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Does anyones's retail model show a lock on the bootscreen similar to the nexus phones? I picked mine up today and I was wondering did I have a happy accident.
here's a pic.
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Lou2serious said:
Does anyones's retail model show a lock on the bootscreen similar to the nexus phones? I picked mine up today and I was wondering did I have a happy accident.
here's a pic.
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Your boot loader is unlocked (many people's are). Check the other root thread for other people with your situation(even though apparently this method should work as well).

Worked like a charm! Thanks!

how do you tell if your bootloader is unlocked? is it possible before buying?

DroidHam said:
how do you tell if your bootloader is unlocked? is it possible before buying?
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you would have to boot the tab up to check if the bootloader is unlocked
at the moment it doesn't matter as we can get root on both the unlocked and locked bootloaders
you only need a unlocked bootloader for flashing new kernals and at the moment we dont have any
the guys got root access in only a few days im sure they will work out how to crack the bootloader soon enough

worked for me, i am getting a few fc(acore,gapps are a cpl processes i noticed) here and there but otherwise it seems good

any diff between this 3.1 and the retail 3.1 in general and specifically regarding the future updates like touchwiz etc ??

Lou2serious said:
Does anyones's retail model show a lock on the bootscreen similar to the nexus phones? I picked mine up today and I was wondering did I have a happy accident.
here's a pic.
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Where did you get it from?

Yay rooted! Kinda Painless....
although when I was flashing cwm it didnt ask for su permissions and it forceclosed. I needed a reboot and that did it
Thanks bud you're the best.

[HOW-TO]VERY EASY 4.1.2 to 4.2 update

One super easy way to go to 4.2 from 4.1.2, IMO. This keeps root and current recovery (TWRP). I did it last night. No adb, no PC, all done on device.
I had no issues doing this, but....if you do it's not my fault. You decided to to do it to your device...not me. I doubt you'll have an issue if you follow this to the "T". But by doing this, you agree that I am not responsible for any problems you may have.
1. Download the update via OTA or HERE
2. Must have TWRP recovery! May work on CWM, but I haven't tested it and don't know if it will.
3. If you have flashed a kernel, done the 720p camera mod, altered the build.prop, etc.... you will get an error when trying to flash. I managed to copy most files from a stock rom to get rid of most errors. But the last error was a partition error which I was not to sure how to fix. Best and easiest way is to backup apps with Titanium Backup, then backup the whole sha-bang in recovery. Then download and flash THIS. Make sure you check the root in Aroma....believe it's checked by default.
4.Set it up, then re-install apps with Titanium Backup. DO NOT DELETE, MOD, OR FLASH ANYTHING ELSE!
5. Download and use THIS. You should show "Device rooted", "Root permission granted", and "/system supports root protection" checked.
****Images below are generic from Google Images, may look different on your device****
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Click the "Protect root" button, then "Protected su copy available" should be checked. All boxes now should be checked.
6. Boot into TWRP. Flash the update. (If you did the OTA download and cannot find it, it's in the /cache file. You may need to check mount system in TWRP to access it. You will need to mount system later anyway.)
7. It should flash without any issues if you followed the directions so far.
8. DO NOT REBOOT! STAY IN RECOVERY OR YOU'LL LOSE CUSTOM RECOVERY (TWRP)
9.Make sure system is mounted. Then go to Advanced>File Manager. Go to /system/recovery-from-boot.p and delete or rename the file (recovery-from-boot.p.bak).
10. Reboot to system. Then go back to Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper and click "Restore root".
11. You should be good to go. Doing everything mentioned updated me from 4.1.2 to 4.2, kept root and TWRP.
12. If it worked, and it should have.....please hit the thanks button.:good:

I'm trying this method now . don't know if it 'll be passed or not but Good Work :laugh: Thanks :good:
edit : i put file update .tar into my nexus but i can't find any way to install it in TWRP mode ? Help

gokart2 said:
Super easy for all you noobs who are clueless and having issues.
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Ya know.. If you're going to try to help new people it's best that you don't insult them as part of your introduction
.please hit the thanks button.:good:
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It's quite ironic the same people you called noobs and clueless you are also expecting them to reward you back.. You think people here have Stockholm syndrome or something?

styckx said:
Ya know.. If you're going to try to help new people it's best that you don't insult them as part of your introduction
It's quite ironic the same people you called noobs and clueless you are also expecting them to reward you back.. You think people here have Stockholm syndrome or something?
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You know.....your probably right. Was just stating the amount of people having problems and not knowing a whole lot about what they are doing. Guess I could have done it more professional. I apologize if this offended anyone, I didn't mean it to.:highfive:

trung674 said:
I'm trying this method now . don't know if it 'll be passed or not but Good Work :laugh: Thanks :good:
edit : i put file update .tar into my nexus but i can't find any way to install it in TWRP mode ? Help
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Uploading the OTA.zip......will be up in a few min.

gokart2 said:
You know.....your probably right. Was just stating the amount of people having problems and not knowing a whole lot about what they are doing. Guess I could have done it more professional. I apologize if this offended anyone, I didn't mean it to.:highfive:
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I understand.. I just try to help out and be nice to the new people who are legit struggling. We've all been there and it can be pretty confusing.. Now, don't get me wrong there are also new folks who use it as an excuse to be lazy and not actually do anything.. Those types are hard to nail down though.

Having issues myself.....try this for the OTA update. Haven't checked, but should be like an 80mb file IIRC.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1989158

You can call me whatever you want if you're going to post stuff like this that works. :good: Thanks. I used CWM Recovery and it worked fine. I backed everything up, but didn't lose anything. I was Rooted and Unlocked. I was stock except I added beat audio and this resolved my problem.
Leif

I just flashed one of the rooted stock 4.2 Roms. Took a few minutes to download, reboot to recovery, complete wipe, and install. Took a couple of minutes to do the setup, restore apps with titanium.

I cant understand the problem.

allright, i have once posted for help on xda and i got tons of info and got my phone working. here's second round. Only thing i can do is go to download mode, everything else i try, including recovery mode gets me this screen :
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I want to know is this fixable? and if so then how?

orizont said:
allright, i have once posted for help on xda and i got tons of info and got my phone working. here's second round. Only thing i can do is go to download mode, everything else i try, including recovery mode gets me this screen :
I want to know is this fixable? and if so then how?
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Maybe your USB connection pins are damaged and therefore appears as if connected to PC
Did you try yo flash a stock rom using Odin in case a problem of the software?

thank you for your reply, i have tried odin with ops and pda selected but it gets stuck at setup connection. And i really need an idiots guide (since its hard to understand what you guys are talking about, im not so advanced) on how to format/wipe phone and install new android with rooting.

orizont said:
thank you for your reply, i have tried odin with ops and pda selected but it gets stuck at setup connection. And i really need an idiots guide (since its hard to understand what you guys are talking about, im not so advanced) on how to format/wipe phone and install new android with rooting.
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You can do it but you need to access to recovery mode to get root and flash custom roms...so
Check that your USB pins are not broken
A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION: Is your device the GT-S5830 model?
Follow this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1034145
1. Install Samsung drivers
2. Download a fiwmware from here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=GT-S5830&pcode=0#firmware
3. Follow the prompt C
Try it to avoid your problem, then if you succeed, you could flash a custom recovery and root your device to get a custom rom.

Yes, it is gt-s5830, my usb cabel maybe a little damaged, since it seems i have rolled over it with my office chair, going to buy a new one today. Phones usb seems fine to me.

Thank you for your help. I managed to get my phone working again. I've decided not to root it. Thanks again!

orizont said:
Thank you for your help. I managed to get my phone working again. I've decided not to root it. Thanks again!
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well you can do it whenever you want
Use this tutorial to do it ROOT + CWM 5.0.2.6 FIXED
I don't use my USB, even I created a tutorial "TUTORIAL HOW TO TRANSFER FILES WITHOUT AN USB CABLE" (via WIFI) (forget USB cable and extract/insert your sdcard)... about using Odin... It's NO NECCESSARY if you have a backup of your fresh rom or favourite custom rom (CWM)

use 2.3.3 XXKPH whit multiple files.. i finished this problem whit this package

I've changed my mind, im going to try and root it, so afterwards i can insatll jb on it.

orizont said:
I've changed my mind, im going to try and root it, so afterwards i can insatll jb on it.
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The best advice: do a BACKUP using CWM ... if something go wrong when you flash a patch or a custom rom, you always can restore your backup

Viper The Ripper said:
The best advice: do a BACKUP using CWM ... if something go wrong when you flash a patch or a custom rom, you always can restore your backup
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okay, will do, thank you again.

So i managed to flash the cm 10.1 like you had recomended to someone in another topic. its great, only thing is, the home button doesnt work

orizont said:
So i managed to flash the cm 10.1 like you had recomended to someone in another topic. its great, only thing is, the home button doesnt work
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It should work
Which buid did you try? Mardon's build?

To be honest, i dont know, just downloaded from here http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Cooper_Info
But i got that button working by just rebooting.

orizont said:
To be honest, i dont know, just downloaded from here http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Cooper_Info
But i got that button working by just rebooting.
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Let me advise you something more xD
We have a GREAT ANDROID DEVELOPMENT SECTION with the latest UPDATES and LOTS of ROMS from awesome dev's:
HERE
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1167
AND HERE
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1725
Android 4.0.4 (CM9), 4.2.2 (CM10.1) and 4.3 (CM10.2) are available for us thank to dev's
If you follow dev's instructions to install his rom you won't face any problem

I'd just like to highlight what just happened to your phone as per the pic posted in the op, so that if some newbie with the same problem happens to go by this thread doesn't panic.
Such a problem is usually caused when your phone is disconnected from the computer when it is halfway through the flashing via odin. In this case, your phone gets stuck up at the screen shown in op. But the downloading mode is still accessible. Just reflash stock by getting into the downloading mode via odin & you are good to go.
Sent from my GT-S5830 using xda app-developers app

[Q] Need Help getting Kit Kat on my AT&T HTC ONE M7 please

Ok, long story short - got a used M7 that was running 4.1.2 and OTA failed. Found the phone was rooted and with the help of this forum, I was able to unroot and get to 4.3. Then came the bigger problem of camera going pink/purple all over during low lights. Also, the OTA still failed.
Attempted the manual RUU update to KK using the file below:
http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/ruu_m7_...9_10-26-1718-01l_release_356565_signed_2-exe/
Verified the MD5 and downloaded fresh set of adb/fasboot.exe. I am running Window 7 64bit but the ruu update keep stuck at the following screen:
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I reinstalled the sdk, rebooted several times, cleaned registry, temp files with no success...
Following is my current bootloader information:
Can somebody please help me get to KK as am sure the pinky hue on camera is something to do with s/w.
Thanks in advance.

jsknair said:
Can somebody please help me get to KK as am sure the pinky hue on camera is something to do with s/w.
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No, it's hardware problem... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317507
changing certain settings in camera can help reduce it, but not make it go away.

That is sad. Very sad...
Regardless, how I can get my phone to KK?
Any fix please?
Thanks.

jsknair said:
That is sad. Very sad...
Regardless, how I can get my phone to KK?
Any fix please?
Thanks.
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There seems to be some issues with the KK RUU for some users. So use the JB 3.17.502.3 RUU instead then use the OTA to get it to KK. I just did this two days ago & it works without issue.

sharksfan7 said:
There seems to be some issues with the KK RUU for some users. So use the JB 3.17.502.3 RUU instead then use the OTA to get it to KK. I just did this two days ago & it works without issue.
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I believe that is the one I installed when I unrooted but the OTA still fails.... let me give it a try again...Thanks.

OK, I confirmed that is the RUU I downloaded and installed but the OTA fails. See below my earlier thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2725383
Any other way around? Thanks.

jsknair said:
I believe that is the one I installed when I unrooted but the OTA still fails.... let me give it a try again...Thanks.
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Have you tried to S-OFF yet? With HBOOT 1.55, you may be able to with Firewater. That's the setup I originally had (1.55 & 3.17.502.3) & Firewater worked with the temproot method on my first attempt. With S-OFF you have more options for updating. I used a decrypted RUU, which you can only use when S-OFF.
You may want to try that first. If you're successful at updating to KK, it'll update your HBOOT to 1.56 and then you may not be able to S-OFF.

Thank you, I'll give it a shot later today as it needs a lot of reading. I have never done that before...

jsknair said:
Thank you, I'll give it a shot later today as it needs a lot of reading. I have never done that before...
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I know it seems daunting at first. The instructions on how to use Firewater are very clear. Just read through them carefully (including the Prerequisites) and follow them exactly. The steps aren't hard.
If Firewater works and you get S-OFF, download this decrypted JB4.3 RUU http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/ruu-zip-m7_ul_jb43_sense50_mr_cingular_us_3-17-502-3-decrypted-zip/ Be sure to verify the md5. I've had some issues with downloads from this site stopping before it's complete. May take a few attempts to get it.
The instructions on how to flash it is at the bottom of this page, http://www.htc1guru.com/downloads/ruu-zip-downloads/
Then try the OTA. Are you on the AT&T network? I am & was able to get the OTA by just checking for updates on the phone. If you're not on AT&T you'll need to flash it manually. Here's the thread on how to do that.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2659374
Good luck.