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Installing updates on stock rom with unlocked bootloader and root

So, not 12 hours after getting my HTC one a few months ago, I unlocked the bootloader and rooted. I used this method: http://dottech.org/103429/how-to-ro...ader-and-install-clockworkmod-recovery-guide/
I knew I wouldn't get OTA updates, but figured I could flash updates via stock recovery. Apparently I can't. I get an error every time, so essentially I have no options to update. I have also noticed that there are a few little bugs that are quite annoying. So, my question is: Has anyone managed to either unroot and relock the bootloader in order to install updates? Or is there a method I can use to update my One with the latest HTC provided update? I made no changes to the phone aside from unlocking the bootloader and rooting. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this phone, but as we all know, having the latest update is a huge part of why we make changes to our phone. And with the 4.2.2 update arriving soon, I would really like to have an option of keeping my One always up to date.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Yes, after tampering the phone and even flashing the stock recovery gives a red triangle suring flashing ota updates.... I spent 2 days on it...
Get s off.... Flash the appropriate RUU for your phone, and let the OTA install itself by checking software updates in setting- about....
This will definitely work....
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Thanks Mathrania, but if you don't mind I have a few questions. 1. Is there any way to get s-off without using an adb shell? If so, can you point me to a link that has the instructions? 2. Where do I find the RUU for m7ul? No idea where to get that. I assume once i find it I can flash it using recovery? Your help appreciated man.
mathrania said:
Yes, after tampering the phone and even flashing the stock recovery gives a red triangle suring flashing ota updates.... I spent 2 days on it...
Get s off.... Flash the appropriate RUU for your phone, and let the OTA install itself by checking software updates in setting- about....
This will definitely work....
Sent from my HTC One using xda premium
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vijn said:
Thanks Mathrania, but if you don't mind I have a few questions. 1. Is there any way to get s-off without using an adb shell? If so, can you point me to a link that has the instructions? 2. Where do I find the RUU for m7ul? No idea where to get that. I assume once i find it I can flash it using recovery? Your help appreciated man.
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Yes there is, a saw somewhere... But i need to find it.... The title of the thread is s off without pc or something like that.... But i am outside rightnow.. Once i reach my place, i can point that out.... And why not abd????
Also, do fastboot getvar all, and post the screenshot here, just remove ur IMEI and serial from there(blackout that)... I will tell u about ur ruu too.
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Ok, I managed to get s-off using terminal emulator. Much easier. Now, I just gotta find the RUU. To be honest, I am not sure how to do the fastboot getvar all or what you need in a screenshot. Let me know and I'll provide it.
mathrania said:
Yes there is, a saw somewhere... But i need to find it.... The title of the thread is s off without pc or something like that.... But i am outside rightnow.. Once i reach my place, i can point that out.... And why not abd????
Also, do fastboot getvar all, and post the screenshot here, just remove ur IMEI and serial from there(blackout that)... I will tell u about ur ruu too.
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vijn said:
Ok, I managed to get s-off using terminal emulator. Much easier. Now, I just gotta find the RUU. To be honest, I am not sure how to do the fastboot getvar all or what you need in a screenshot. Let me know and I'll provide it.
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Boot into bootloader, connect usb cable, slect fastboot..... Now on ur PC, open the folder containing your fastboot files ( hope u have knowledge about that... You can find the fastboot files in the hasoon all in one toolkit as well.... In that folder, Shift + right click... Select open command window here...
Then in command window, type fastboot getvar all.... Copy paste the results to me.
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Here it is. Thanks again for your help.
mathrania said:
Boot into bootloader, connect usb cable, slect fastboot..... Now on ur PC, open the folder containing your fastboot files ( hope u have knowledge about that... You can find the fastboot files in the hasoon all in one toolkit as well.... In that folder, Shift + right click... Select open command window here...
Then in command window, type fastboot getvar all.... Copy paste the results to me.
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Thanks Agry English. Managed to get it done using the emulator method yesterday. Was much simpler. Not a fan of adb shells. Never was very good at cmd. All I need now is the RUU for my version and i should be good to go.
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vijn said:
Thanks Agry English. Managed to get it done using the emulator method yesterday. Was much simpler. Not a fan of adb shells. Never was very good at cmd. All I need now is the RUU for my version and i should be good to go.
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yeah i noticed when i read firther down the post, i did mine teh same way, but adb isnt all that bad to be honest, i used it to change the MID, looks daunting but as long as you do exactly was is in the guides it will be fine, no RUU for my version so had to make it something else

well my friend, i tried to find your original RUU, but what I am getting is the link to just an OTA...not the RUU which is required to revert you to stock...anyways..
Did you relock the bootloader??? Relock and try to flash the OTA ...it should work... you can do this while being s-off...no issues...

ALright, so I guess I need to relock the bootloader. I assume this will also mean unrooting? Not entirely sure what the easiest way to relock the bootloader is. Any suggestions?
Now, out of curiosity, is there a root method that I can use after updating that will allow me to continue getting updates without having to go through this every time?
mathrania said:
well my friend, i tried to find your original RUU, but what I am getting is the link to just an OTA...not the RUU which is required to revert you to stock...anyways..
Did you relock the bootloader??? Relock and try to flash the OTA ...it should work... you can do this while being s-off...no issues...
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vijn said:
ALright, so I guess I need to relock the bootloader. I assume this will also mean unrooting? Not entirely sure what the easiest way to relock the bootloader is. Any suggestions?
Now, out of curiosity, is there a root method that I can use after updating that will allow me to continue getting updates without having to go through this every time?
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While you are s-off, you can relock you bootloader via a simple command....and to be frank i dont remember it, but you can see that command in S-off Revone Thread...its very simple.....you will have to do that via terminal emulator as you are not an ADB guy ...also unrooting the phone, you can see some vidoe guides out there in the stickies...
but i am not sure, may be relocking itself will take away your root access... just try posting this question in the s-off thread to get an expert answer....

Alright! S-off, bootloader relocked. Gonna try the update. Wish me luck. And thanks so much for your help Math. I'll let everyone know how it went for future reference.
mathrania said:
While you are s-off, you can relock you bootloader via a simple command....and to be frank i dont remember it, but you can see that command in S-off Revone Thread...its very simple.....you will have to do that via terminal emulator as you are not an ADB guy ...also unrooting the phone, you can see some vidoe guides out there in the stickies...
but i am not sure, may be relocking itself will take away your root access... just try posting this question in the s-off thread to get an expert answer....
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Dammit. Still no luck. I'm getting the same error I used to get even before all this when i try to install an OTA. At first it won't verify the signature, but when i push it via CMW anyway, it starts and hangs on "running bug_fix_1" and that's it. No go. So all, this for nothing. Any chance anyone's come across this issue and has a solution? I'd love to get the update. There are a few bugs that really piss me off.

vijn said:
Dammit. Still no luck. I'm getting the same error I used to get even before all this when i try to install an OTA. At first it won't verify the signature, but when i push it via CMW anyway, it starts and hangs on "running bug_fix_1" and that's it. No go. So all, this for nothing. Any chance anyone's come across this issue and has a solution? I'd love to get the update. There are a few bugs that really piss me off.
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i heard you saying CWM..... you dont have stock recovery?????

No, I'm using CWM. I assume that's the issue? Not even sure where to get the stock recovery for my firmware. I downloaded one, but I'm not sure it's right and am hesitant about flashing it.
mathrania said:
i heard you saying CWM..... you dont have stock recovery?????
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vijn said:
No, I'm using CWM. I assume that's the issue? Not even sure where to get the stock recovery for my firmware. I downloaded one, but I'm not sure it's right and am hesitant about flashing it.
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YOu said you have stock recovery
.... well without stock recovery, forget about the OTA.....
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mathrania said:
YOu said you have stock recovery
.... well without stock recovery, forget about the OTA.....
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either find correct RUU, or make a thread asking for recovery for your mobile....

OK, that makes sense. Sorry about the confusion. Not sure why I said stock recovery. Didn't even realize I did until you mentioned it. So, I'll try to flash stock rec and try again, otherwise, I'll just unroot and see if I can factory reset and start over. THanks again for your help.
mathrania said:
YOu said you have stock recovery
.... well without stock recovery, forget about the OTA.....
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either find correct RUU, or make a thread asking for recovery for your mobile....
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vijn said:
OK, that makes sense. Sorry about the confusion. Not sure why I said stock recovery. Didn't even realize I did until you mentioned it. So, I'll try to flash stock rec and try again, otherwise, I'll just unroot and see if I can factory reset and start over. THanks again for your help.
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Factory reset will not give you stock recovery...
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[Q] Sprint HTC One m7_wls reboots and reboots

Ok guys this is my first(noob) root and flash..I have the Sprint HTC One(m7_wls)[/B]..i flashed custom rom VIPER..now phone boots up but its just a blank screen..I've been trying to figure this out for a while now..then it will eventually reboot on its on. I can go into my phone settings but that's all that's on the device apparently. I'm currently s-on as well..I REALLY NEED YOU GUYS HELP..THANKS IN ADVANCE!

DarkLight1 said:
Ok guys this is my first(noob) root and flash..I have the Sprint HTC One(m7_wls)[/B]..i flashed custom rom VIPER..now phone boots up but its just a blank screen..I've been trying to figure this out for a while now..then it will eventually reboot on its on. I can go into my phone settings but that's all that's on the device apparently. I'm currently s-on as well..I REALLY NEED YOU GUYS HELP..THANKS IN ADVANCE!
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Usually lurk but since i've been exactly where you are wanted to try and help you out
Flash Sprint Rom back onto the phone, I used stock 1.29 wipe then install a custom rom for that specific phone. Good luck
Also forgot to mention if you can't get a rom to install in TWRP or whatever recovery you're using try a adb sideload, or just follow the wizard. I used the sideload in Hasoons AIO toolkit. I know my phone wasn't staying on long enough to stay connected to the computer to install anything. Here's the RUU you need http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=22979706399752930. Let us know if you get it figured out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1706070

DarkLight1 said:
Ok guys this is my first(noob) root and flash..I have the Sprint HTC One(m7_wls)[/B]..i flashed custom rom VIPER..now phone boots up but its just a blank screen..I've been trying to figure this out for a while now..then it will eventually reboot on its on. I can go into my phone settings but that's all that's on the device apparently. I'm currently s-on as well..I REALLY NEED YOU GUYS HELP..THANKS IN ADVANCE!
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i m going thru same problem
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Unbourne said:
Usually lurk but since i've been exactly where you are wanted to try and help you out
Flash Sprint Rom back onto the phone, I used stock 1.29 wipe then install a custom rom for that specific phone. Good luck
Also forgot to mention if you can't get a rom to install in TWRP or whatever recovery you're using try a adb sideload, or just follow the wizard. I used the sideload in Hasoons AIO toolkit. I know my phone wasn't staying on long enough to stay connected to the computer to install anything. Here's the RUU you need http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=22979706399752930. Let us know if you get it figured out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1706070
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thanks a ton.....

Unbourne said:
Usually lurk but since i've been exactly where you are wanted to try and help you out
Flash Sprint Rom back onto the phone, I used stock 1.29 wipe then install a custom rom for that specific phone. Good luck
Also forgot to mention if you can't get a rom to install in TWRP or whatever recovery you're using try a adb sideload, or just follow the wizard. I used the sideload in Hasoons AIO toolkit. I know my phone wasn't staying on long enough to stay connected to the computer to install anything. Here's the RUU you need http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=22979706399752930. Let us know if you get it figured out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1706070
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I Am 1.31.651.2....will this one the 1.29 work?

DarkLight1 said:
I Am 1.31.651.2....will this one the 1.29 work?
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Is the Hasoon's AIO toolkit still available? Thanks

DarkLight1 said:
Ok guys this is my first(noob) root and flash..I have the Sprint HTC One(m7_wls)[/B]..i flashed custom rom VIPER..now phone boots up but its just a blank screen..I've been trying to figure this out for a while now..then it will eventually reboot on its on. I can go into my phone settings but that's all that's on the device apparently. I'm currently s-on as well..I REALLY NEED YOU GUYS HELP..THANKS IN ADVANCE!
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Hey there. Did you install ViperRom or ViperOne? Because there will be two different fixes depending on what you did.
If you flashed ViperRom the solution is easy you probably got a bad download or flash. Download the Rom again and follow this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317989
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If you flashed ViperOne then you will want to follow this guide assuming your on 1.31
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44243635
If by some chance your s-on and you flashed ViperOne and your on 4.3 well then your screwed until a 4.3 RUU comes out or maybe you could get it repaired at a Sprint corporate store.
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Now im back on stock rom but im getting the message "Process system isn't responding" and then after a few seconds it will reboot?

Konfuzion said:
Hey there. Did you install ViperRom or ViperOne? Because there will be two different fixes depending on what you did.
If you flashed ViperRom the solution is easy you probably got a bad download or flash. Download the Rom again and follow this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317989
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If you flashed ViperOne then you will want to follow this guide assuming your on 1.31
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44243635
If by some chance your s-on and you flashed ViperOne and your on 4.3 well then your screwed until a 4.3 RUU comes out or maybe you could get it repaired at a Sprint corporate store.
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Well i decided to go back to stock rom and start over..i was 4.1.2 before i rooted and all..now "process system isn't responding"

DarkLight1 said:
Now im back on stock rom but im getting the message "Process system isn't responding" and then after a few seconds it will reboot?
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If you answered my original question I could help you. I am guessing you flashed ViperOne and now your partitions are borked. You need to RUU.
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DarkLight1 said:
Ok guys this is my first(noob) root and flash..I have the Sprint HTC One(m7_wls)[/B]..i flashed custom rom VIPER..now phone boots up but its just a blank screen..I've been trying to figure this out for a while now..then it will eventually reboot on its on. I can go into my phone settings but that's all that's on the device apparently. I'm currently s-on as well..I REALLY NEED YOU GUYS HELP..THANKS IN ADVANCE!
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Did you eventually solve this problem? i'm having the same issue, my CID is UTSI_005 which means my phone is not the sprint version, but the model is the same m7_wls.

1983 said:
Did you eventually solve this problem? i'm having the same issue, my CID is UTSI_005 which means my phone is not the sprint version, but the model is the same m7_wls.
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I had this problem and I noticed that when the phone came on it would not connect to the mobile network for voice or data. Also when trying to connect to wifi it gave an error about poor quality. I went to this forum and got the latest radio and flashed my phone and that fixed the problem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2406330
Good luck

cleme1q said:
I had this problem and I noticed that when the phone came on it would not connect to the mobile network for voice or data. Also when trying to connect to wifi it gave an error about poor quality. I went to this forum and got the latest radio and flashed my phone and that fixed the problem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2406330
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This worked. Thank you.

[Q] bootloop/no service Sprint HTC One

Before I did anything I updated to the newest firmware. Then using twrp I created back ups and transfured them to my computer. I flash the Android Rev 4.3 not knowing it was GSM only. The phone never would go past the boot loader. So i restored from my twrp back up. All of my stuff came back but I had no service and after about a min the phone would reboot it self. So i did the factory wipe and have been trying to get a rom to flash since then. I was finally able to get one to load today but i still have the same no service/reboot issue, however now i can't access the menu. When i swipe up it just says HTC till it reboots it self.
I have resorted to using ADB to load roms I have even used super wipe with no changes. I'm out of ideas here.

You need to run an ruu
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Yes I know. There is no ruu available for the latest firmware.

Wyley87 said:
Yes I know. There is no ruu available for the latest firmware.
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Download any RUU and upgrade the firmware manually. There are flashable zips in the general forum I believe.
Here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2406330
Do that or install an old RUU and do the OTA upgrade.

atroph said:
Download any RUU and upgrade the firmware manually. There are flashable zips in the general forum I believe.
Here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2406330
Do that or install an old RUU and do the OTA upgrade.
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How do I install an old ruu? I took.the latest ota update.

Wyley87 said:
How do I install an old ruu? I took.the latest ota update.
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Please forgive me as my flashing back to stock experience goes back to my Motorola Photon days. If I soft-bricked my device I would SBF (Motorola's RUU) back. Any version would work. Once I had the device reloaded I would then re-unlock and try again with my favorite choice of ROM.
Honestly at this point what do you have to lose? I would try any and all RUU's to try and un-brick your phone.
Try here:
Q16
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277892

atroph said:
Honestly at this point what do you have to lose?
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A lot.
if you are s-on, flash the 4.3 full firmware http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23159073880933344
if you are s-off, flash the modified firmware http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23159073880933456

Sorry for not replying sooner. I ess able to flash the radio and now have signal. Every thing seems to be good now.
What are the benefits of turning s off?
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Wyley87 said:
Sorry for not replying sooner. I ess able to flash the radio and now have signal. Every thing seems to be good now.
What are the benefits of turning s off?
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S-OFF gives you access to all partitions on your phone.
One benefit would be you wouldn't have to go thru so much trouble as you have in the past few days. Just run an RUU and done

Oh ok. I think I saw a thread about s off. But Sprint is not supported yet.
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Sprint can easily do s_off. I'll see if I can dig up the thread.
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Found it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314642
Requires hboot 1.44
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Wyley87 said:
Oh ok. I think I saw a thread about s off. But Sprint is not supported yet.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2496687

Ok I am now s off. Now what?
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All you need is to flash a radio bro. If your phone comes on with no service it's missing a radio at boot. Just go to recovery, hit advanced, hit adb sideload with phone connected open command window with platform tools and type adb sideload (radio name) and hit enter. No parenthesis.

Asosaki said:
All you need is to flash a radio bro. If your phone comes on with no service it's missing a radio at boot. Just go to recovery, hit advanced, hit adb sideload with phone connected open command window with platform tools and type adb sideload (radio name) and hit enter. No parenthesis.
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Yea I got it. Lol been up and running fine since last Wednesday/Thursday.
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[Q] [SOLVED] Unlocked/Rooted with S-On want OTA

I would like to install the AT&T OTA of 4.4.2 but have a custom recovery and am unable to upgrade. I am rooted with the stock 4.3 ROM and have the twrp recovery installed. I have S-ON. I've searched around trying to find a way to get this to work but can't seem to figure it out. I've tried looking around for an AT&T 4.3 stock recovery to try and flash it but can't seem to find one. The one from the Dev sticky page is not available for download. Can someone detail the steps I have to perform to get the 4.4.2 OTA from AT&T. Thanks in advance.
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OK, problem fixed and 4.4.2 installed from OTA. I had relocked the bootloader on my phone so... start from scratch. Steps to resolve
1 - Unlock Bootloader
2 - Get S-Off on device (Makes everything easier). I used Firewater (http://firewater-soff.com)
3 - Flash the AT&T 3.17.502.3 (4.3) RUU from here (http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/ruu_m7_...3_10-38j-1157-04_release_334235_signed_2-exe/). You may need a different one if not on AT&T
4 - Start phone, check for update. Let it download. Cake.
Now off to redo all the settings on my phone. Hope this helps someone else.

You can extract recovery.IMG from the ATT 4.4.2 OTA update if you can't find anything else.
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SaHiLzZ said:
You can extract recovery.IMG from the ATT 4.4.2 OTA update if you can't find anything else.
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Awesome, that's what I wanted to hear. I'm going to give that a shot. Thank you

Stock recoveries here: http://d-h.st/users/guich/?fld_id=29380#files
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SaHiLzZ said:
Stock recoveries here: http://d-h.st/users/guich/?fld_id=29380#files
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I flashed my recovery but recovery now just gets a read triangle with the exclamation

Let the phone download OTA and apply it
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SaHiLzZ said:
Let the phone download OTA and apply it
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Doing now.

It downloaded and attempted to install, then failed half way. Anything else I have to do before I update? Do I have to lock my bootloader again or unroot?
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Yea lock bootloader
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No dice. Same deal.
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SaHiLzZ said:
Text/Photo of the error?
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It doesn't give me an error. The OTA downloads, reboots and gets to a triangle with the green arrows inside and starts installing, then about 25% of the way it stops and goes to a red triangle. I'm thinking the MD5 to one of my files may be failing. I installed an edit to the framework sometime ago to get the hotspot working (that's the only change to the stock rom I've made). It doesn't really give me an error message though.

It could be the issue. You will need to choose one of the few options:
1. Restore a stock ATT OS for the same version you have (4.3) and update again
2. S-OFF (Preferred to avoid future messy bricks) and reinstall old ATT RUU and then upgrade all the way without custom rom/rooting/firmware changes
3. Wait for someone to post a custom rom install of the new ATT 4.4 update and install that.

SaHiLzZ said:
It could be the issue. You will need to choose one of the few options:
1. Restore a stock ATT OS for the same version you have (4.3) and update again
2. S-OFF (Preferred to avoid future messy bricks) and reinstall old ATT RUU and then upgrade all the way without custom rom/rooting/firmware changes
3. Wait for someone to post a custom rom install of the new ATT 4.4 update and install that.
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Thanks, I appreciate your help. I think I'm gonna go with option 2, depending on how much time I have to do this, or 3 if time is an issue. Just one more question for you. Is firewater the best method to get S-Off or do you recommend a different one?

SMaximus7 said:
Thanks, I appreciate your help. I think I'm gonna go with option 2, depending on how much time I have to do this, or 3 if time is an issue. Just one more question for you. Is firewater the best method to get S-Off or do you recommend a different one?
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If the ota stops on the second half as you discribe I think you have the wrong stock recovery. Different version than your "version-main"

mb_guy said:
If the ota stops on the second half as you discribe I think you have the wrong stock recovery. Different version than your "version-main"
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I guess it can't hurt to try and reflash the recovery and retry. I'll give it a try.

SMaximus7 said:
I guess it can't hurt to try and reflash the recovery and retry. I'll give it a try.
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I had the exact same thing occur, had a newer recovery than "fastboot getvar all"

mb_guy said:
I had the exact same thing occur, had a newer recovery than "fastboot getvar all"
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It could be because I flashed the recovery that came with the OTA with fastboot and then after SaHiLzZ pointed me in the right direction was able to download the 4.3 recovery but flashed that one with flashify. I bet you the one I did with flashify didn't take. Funny thing is I also relocked my bootloader and now must unlock it again and that will probably wipe my device. What a mess, oh well, I hope that's all it is and at least I'm learning as I go.

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It could be because I flashed the recovery that came with the OTA with fastboot and then after SaHiLzZ pointed me in the right direction was able to download the 4.3 recovery but flashed that one with flashify. I bet you the one I did with flashify didn't take. Funny thing is I also relocked my bootloader and now must unlock it again and that will probably wipe my device. What a mess, oh well, I hope that's all it is and at least I'm learning as I go.
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Ya, I was lucky, had a nandroid . But you are right the recovery in the ota is too new.

Solved
OK, problem fixed and 4.4.2 installed from OTA. I had relocked the bootloader on my phone so... start from scratch. Steps to resolve
1 - Unlock Bootloader
2 - Get S-Off on device (Makes everything easier). I used Firewater (http://firewater-soff.com)
3 - Flash the AT&T 3.17.502.3 (4.3) RUU from here (http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/ruu_m7_...3_10-38j-1157-04_release_334235_signed_2-exe/). You may need a different one if not on AT&T
4 - Start phone, check for update. Let it download. Cake.
Now off to redo all the settings on my phone. Hope this helps someone else. Thanks everybody for chiming in.

Unroot HTC Vivid

Hey Guys,
I got an HTC Vivid a while ago. However, when I got , I looked into the software unlock method to unlock it. Doing so required for the phone to first be rooted. So I followed through some steps to root it. WORST DECISION EVER ! Since then, not only did the unlock not work, but the phone has gotten so slow and dysfunctional it is barely useful. I mean, everything else runs properly, except Calls and Text Message. i.e The phone isn't performing its right function.
Thus, I wanted to look into a way to 'unroot it' or at least just return COMPLETELY to factory settings. I want to be at least able to sell it and buy another. I've looked through and tried a couple of guides to remove the root. One seemed to work really well, until I restarted the phone, where the "Cleanup" window came back on, and the phone returned to its old rooted self.
Thanks in advance for your help !

How did you root it...
What 'unlock' are you trying to accomplish?
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rignfool said:
How did you root it...
What 'unlock' are you trying to accomplish?
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I rooted using a method I saw here, which was supposed to be one of the steps to software unlock.
However, it is not already uncooked using the regular IMEI, which is completely different.
So, now I just want to unroot, and bring the phone back to factory, with those "Android is Upgrading...Optimizing applications" message at every boot up.

Anyone ?!

If you revert to stock ROM using ruu, you will be unroofed.
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projectisaac said:
If you revert to stock ROM using ruu, you will be unroofed.
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I tried that once...It didn't seem to work for me. Is there a particular method I need to follow?
Also, it seems the "Deodex' method for my rom was supposed to work?
Thank you in advance.

joellecool said:
I tried that once...It didn't seem to work for me. Is there a particular method I need to follow?
Also, it seems the "Deodex' method for my rom was supposed to work?
Thank you in advance.
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In not familiar with the "deodex" method, but I did fish out a guide for the ruu:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34617117
In the meantime, I'll look up the deodex method and come back to this post.
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I have recently tried to revert my Velocity back to stock but ran into the same problem. Have relocked the device and tried to flash stock RUU but this didn't work. My device was s-on and I read in a post here that to be able to go back to stock RUU you need to be s-off. The part I haven't worked out yet is to be able to get s-off you have to be on stock RUU!

ph0n3n3rd said:
I have recently tried to revert my Velocity back to stock but ran into the same problem. Have relocked the device and tried to flash stock RUU but this didn't work. My device was s-on and I read in a post here that to be able to go back to stock RUU you need to be s-off. The part I haven't worked out yet is to be able to get s-off you have to be on stock RUU!
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You DO NOT need to be s-off to be on stock ruu. Do you mind going through the steps you followed?
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projectisaac said:
You DO NOT need to be s-off to be on stock ruu. Do you mind going through the steps you followed?
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No, sorry ,I meant to say that you have to be on stock RUU to be able to achieve s-off. The guide that I followed was "The HTC Superguide " in the development section of this device. Firstly, I did a full wipe, as in Dalvic cache, Cache, System, Boot and Factory Data Reset, also SD card, then I relocked the device with "fastboot oem lock", after that I tried to run the stock RUU ( The one the phone was originally on ), which started the initial flash but stopped at about 10% and came up with " ERROR 140 ". I tried 4 or 5 times and even tried another computer with the same result.

ph0n3n3rd said:
No, sorry ,I meant to say that you have to be on stock RUU to be able to achieve s-off. The guide that I followed was "The HTC Superguide " in the development section of this device. Firstly, I did a full wipe, as in Dalvic cache, Cache, System, Boot and Factory Data Reset, also SD card, then I relocked the device with "fastboot oem lock", after that I tried to run the stock RUU ( The one the phone was originally on ), which started the initial flash but stopped at about 10% and came up with " ERROR 140 ". I tried 4 or 5 times and even tried another computer with the same result.
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I found this thread with people that had the same problem, but I'm not sure if it will help you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1828491&page=3
You could try flashing an old gingerbread ROM and then try the RUU, as it seems to have something to do with the rom on the phone being newer than the RUU or something.

projectisaac said:
I found this thread with people that had the same problem, but I'm not sure if it will help you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1828491&page=3
You could try flashing an old gingerbread ROM and then try the RUU, as it seems to have something to do with the rom on the phone being newer than the RUU or something.
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I have tried flashing an old gingerbread rom ( 2.27.841.6 ) as well as the latest version I could find ( 3.25.841.4 ) but I keep getting "ERROR 140 WRONG BOOTLOADER" and it also says the current version is 3.44.841.3 which is why I can't upgrade because I'm really trying to downgrade. The update to 3.44.841.3 from 3.25.841.4 was only about 58Mb but I can't find that and I don't think it would be of much use.
I have also tried to s-off the device with a live Ubuntu 12.04 32bit CD using ControlBear instructions but hit a snag because the sudo ./ControlBear command does nothing. I think the permissions or password may be out of date. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated
I made a PH39IMG.zip from the 3.25.841.4 and tried flashing that but got the Wrong Image message too.