Hello there
A few ago I used revone's guide in order to go S-OFF and it worked. I have a few questions regarding RUUs and OTAs:
1) If there's an RUU that is NOT for my device (say my device is international and the RUU is for Asia or Europe, for instance) and my device is S-OFF, can I still install it and would it work properly?
2) My CID is HTC__J15 and we always receive OTA updates LAST (at least that's how it was on my HTC One X), if I change the CID to HTC__001, for instance, which is Europe, will I be able to receive the updates just as they do over there? And if I do change the CID, which RUU should I install in order to be stock? And would I have to change to S-OFF and be unrooted?
3) If my device is S-OFF, CID HTC__001 and I am running TrickDroid 7.5.0 and I hear of an OTA update available for HTC__001, for instance 4.2.2 JellyBean, would I have to install stock ROM and stock recovery, which is basically what an RUU does?
4) What is the benefit of SuperCID? If you can install any RUU with being S-OFF only.
Thank you very much.
Hey there
For some reason the OTA (1.29.401) failed and told me that I may be running modified software, however I tried the OTA update AFTER relocking the bootloader and flashing a RUU so then everything is stock! I am S-OFF, however, could that be the issue? The CID is HTC__001. Originally it was HTC__J15 but I changed it because J15 doesn't receive OTA updates except like three months after everyone else.
Thanks!
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TarekElsakka said:
Hey there
For some reason the OTA (1.29.401) failed and told me that I may be running modified software, however I tried the OTA update AFTER relocking the bootloader and flashing a RUU so then everything is stock! I am S-OFF, however, could that be the issue? The CID is HTC__001. Originally it was HTC__J15 but I changed it because J15 doesn't receive OTA updates except like three months after everyone else.
Thanks!
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Not sure, but I think both you're CID and MID have to match what is in the OTA for it to work.
And you need stock recovery for OTAs to install.
I do have stock recovery, however I believe that yes, my CID and MID don't match since my device came with CID HTC__J15 and MID PN071100 whereas European devices come with HTC__001 and MID PN071000. That's definitely it, right?
sorry but did you fix this ?? I'm facing the same problem here!
Ok so I bought my phone from O2 so it was completely stock and CID was O2___001. I s-off'd using rumrunner, then downgraded my hboot to stock 1.44 and ran revone to remove tampered and 're lock boot loader. I changed my CID to HTC__032 and flashed a RUU to subsequently update to sense 5.5 and the latest firmware. The hboot has not been flashed with a modified version as I didn't get the red text after downgrading and then running revone and RUU
My question is if I send my phone into HTC for repairs in the future should I keep the phone as is or try and revert to stock O2? The phone is now purely stock and unbranded. I prefer HTC repair to O2 anyway. The bootloader reads locked and it's s-off
Thanks!
Anyone ? Better to stay unbranded and full stock or carrier branded full stock for repairs? Can HTC know my phone was carrier branded originally?
Hi all, I was on cid HTC__332 but then i got SuperCID since HTC__332 was slow on updates, now i want to go back to stock, can i get Taiwan CID instead of my original CID since Taiwan is fast on updates, so can i write Taiwanese CID HTC__621 instead of my original stock CID? any help will be much appreciated , thanks
muhammad.uzi1994 said:
Hi all, I was on cid HTC__332 but then i got SuperCID since HTC__332 was slow on updates, now i want to go back to stock, can i get Taiwan CID instead of my original CID since Taiwan is fast on updates, so can i write Taiwanese CID HTC__621 instead of my original stock CID? any help will be much appreciated , thanks
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You can change to whatever CID you have but you MUST have same software version as your CID to receive OTA...
That means:
fastboot getvar cid = adb shell getprop ro.cid
kotag82 said:
You can change to whatever CID you have but you MUST have same software version as your CID to receive OTA...
That means:
fastboot getvar cid = adb shell getprop ro.cid
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ok so i have one question, im on CID HTC__621 (CID for Taiwan) and MID PNO711000 (also for Taiwan/Asia region) , i'm planning to flash stock recovery, and relock my bootloader after installing Stock Taiwanese ROM, will i be able to get OTA's then? i downgraded my Hboot too , to match the stock rom base, will i get OTA's by relocking bootloader after installing stock rom? Please note that HTC__621 is not my original CID, my original was HTC__332, thanks
muhammad.uzi1994 said:
ok so i have one question, im on CID HTC__621 (CID for Taiwan) and MID PNO711000 (also for Taiwan/Asia region) , i'm planning to flash stock recovery, and relock my bootloader after installing Stock Taiwanese ROM, will i be able to get OTA's then? i downgraded my Hboot too , to match the stock rom base, will i get OTA's by relocking bootloader after installing stock rom? Please note that HTC__621 is not my original CID, my original was HTC__332, thanks
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you don't need to relock bootloader as you S-OFF to receive/apply OTA but completely stock is a MUST including stock recovery
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you don't need to relock bootloader as you S-OFF to receive/apply OTA but completely stock is a MUST including stock recovery
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ok so the fact that HTC__621 isnt my ORIGINAL cid and that i changed to it from HTC__332 wont cause any trouble with the OTA and firmware, right?
muhammad.uzi1994 said:
ok so the fact that HTC__621 isnt my ORIGINAL cid and that i changed to it from HTC__332 wont cause any trouble with the OTA and firmware, right?
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It should not be any problem, if any I will help you. What CID you have now? if possible stay with supercid
kotag82 said:
It should not be any problem, if any I will help you. What CID you have now? if possible stay with supercid
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i have HTC__621 now, i had SuperCID before but i'm returning to Taiwanese stock ROM as i had some issues with the custom ROM's , i'll holla at you in this thread if i need any help, thanks and i have model id PN0711000 , and i downgraded my hboot, now i'm downloading Guru's stock Reset ROM 2.24.709.1 , after installing this ROM , i'll update to the corresponding firmware , then relock my bootloader, i will however keep s off
muhammad.uzi1994 said:
i have HTC__621 now, i had SuperCID before but i'm returning to Taiwanese stock ROM as i had some issues with the custom ROM's , i'll holla at you in this thread if i need any help, thanks and i have model id PN0711000 , and i downgraded my hboot, now i'm downloading Guru's stock Reset ROM 2.24.709.1 , after installing this ROM , i'll update to the corresponding firmware , then relock my bootloader, i will however keep s off
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bear in mind you need to downgradeto unlock bootloader again via revone, locked/unlocked bootloader check are skipped as you s-off, I'm receiving and applying OTA with unlocked bootloader without any problems
kotag82 said:
bear in mind you need to downgradeto unlock bootloader again via revone, locked/unlocked bootloader check are skipped as you s-off, I'm receiving and applying OTA with unlocked bootloader without any problems
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so you mean that if i have s off, i can receive OTA without locking bootloader?
EDIT: i am now on OS 2.24.709.1 with hboot 1.54, unlocked and s off , running stock taiwanese 4.2.2 ROM, i receive OTA update to 4.3 and it downloads fine too, but when i choose to install it , the phone boots up into recovery, the progress bar goes halfway and then i get a red exclamation mark icon and i have to restart my phone, can you tell me what i'm doing wrong?when i press power button and volume up and down simultaneously to get the menu in recovery, i see error "cannot mount sd card, fail 1 times" upto 4 times and also there is a Tamper flag on the recovery menu , my bootloader is unlocked but Tampered and i'm on hboot 1.54
muhammad.uzi1994 said:
so you mean that if i have s off, i can receive OTA without locking bootloader?
EDIT: i am now on OS 2.24.709.1 with hboot 1.54, unlocked and s off , running stock taiwanese 4.2.2 ROM, i receive OTA update to 4.3 and it downloads fine too, but when i choose to install it , the phone boots up into recovery, the progress bar goes halfway and then i get a red exclamation mark icon and i have to restart my phone, can you tell me what i'm doing wrong?when i press power button and volume up and down simultaneously to get the menu in recovery, i see error "cannot mount sd card, fail 1 times" upto 4 times and also there is a Tamper flag on the recovery menu , my bootloader is unlocked but Tampered and i'm on hboot 1.54
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did you run RUU? how come you have Tampered? Did you flash custom 2.24.709.1 firmware or original signed one? Can you attach updater-script from OTA (META-INF\com\google\android)
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did you run RUU? how come you have Tampered? Did you flash custom 2.24.709.1 firmware or original signed one? Can you attach updater-script from OTA (META-INF\com\google\android)
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i flashed the original signed one https://www.dropbox.com/s/u57lqm3alw05h3q/updater-script.rar and here it is
Hello all,
Currently on Lollipop 5.0.1 stock, flash via the OTA update as I had previously converted to GPE.
I am s-off and have super cid.
I wish to go back to Sense 4.4.3 which I believe was the last release? As I am super cid I can flash an ruu from any region, whichever rom offers me Sense 6/KK 4.4.3?
If so, can anyone point me to a reliable ruu that is know to work as I have tried one or two executable ruus which have caused errors during the process, where as running a JB exe works fine. Problem then is I have to manually update the JB rom to KK which takes forver.
THanks.
maritimesbob said:
Hello all,
Currently on Lollipop 5.0.1 stock, flash via the OTA update as I had previously converted to GPE.
I am s-off and have super cid.
I wish to go back to Sense 4.4.3 which I believe was the last release? As I am super cid I can flash an ruu from any region, whichever rom offers me Sense 6/KK 4.4.3?
If so, can anyone point me to a reliable ruu that is know to work as I have tried one or two executable ruus which have caused errors during the process, where as running a JB exe works fine. Problem then is I have to manually update the JB rom to KK which takes forver.
THanks.
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Convert your phone to the developers edition >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52704273&postcount=936
you'll need
cid: BS_US001
mid: PN0712000
fastboot oem writecid BS_US001
MID_Change_1.01.zip
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23501681358538634