I have stock tmobile uk hero on 2.73. No root, no custom recovery.
Can I flash radio without these? I'm trying to flash newest uk radio but I'm getting error like:
e:verification failed
is this problem with update.zip or do I simply need patched recovery to update that ( which would mean downgrading with goldcard, flashing recovery and upgrading to 2.73 and then radio... dont really want to do that all)
thanks
anyone? want to flash the radio asap...
I would think you would need an official t-mob update, like you do for the RUU, but i'm not certain
doesnt matter now anyway, took plunge and installed custom recovery and modaco 2.9 with root. Lets hope phone doesn't break and I don't need to go through hassle of restoring it to original tmobile software.
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Hi there
I had 2,17 and upgraded to the leak rom 3.16. I did not use any locker or unlocker when upgrading. I am having issues with mail2web that it sends the same sent email several times. I think there is an active sync bug with the leaked rom. Anyways, I am trying to downgrade back to the official 2.17 and I when try to flash after the intial reboot it tell me error 328 invaild command
can anyone please help??
I had that same problem on one of the other roms. My email issue was fixed by hard resetting and reflashing the same rom. AS far as getting back to a different rom, not sure. You might need to find the older unlocker program from oilpro and cokeman.
Good Luck
As a matter of fact I plan on doing this within the hour. I'm ging to use the Re-locker tool and ill back report back with progress.
*Update*: Re-locker tool worked perfect Find it here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=363556http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=363556
Anytime you want to flash an "Official" Sprint ROM, you will need to relock the device.
Also, to make sure the reflash completely overwrites everything, I usually flash a ROM multiple times...
trying to downgrade bricked my mogul
I was having issues with the leaked rom, and wanted to downgrad back to the sprint 2.17, I was also geting error 328. and here is the part that bricked my phone, since i couldn't get teh official 2.17 to load i tried to load a custom 2.17 rom which said it installed 100%. However when i reboot i am now stuck in the preboot screen that says for testing only.
I had pretty much the same issue - upgraded to a 3.16 custom to try it out. Didn't care for the flakiness of it.
To downgrade, you will need to use the relocker to go back. After that I flashed a stock Sprint 2.17. Then unlocked again to get a 2.17 custome ROM.
Hello all.
Im going to install the mrbang rom or mcr to my Hero, but I need to update the radio to 63.18.55.06JU_6.35.09.26 and atm Ive got 6.35.06.18.
Should i just name it update.zip and use recovery image to flash?
Will I ever need to downgrade?
Thanks!
OK, I've tried to look some more around
Im now certain that I will flash it like with any ROM. But Im still unsecure what the radio is really doing and how risky it is? Ill download this file:
http://www.romraid.com/paul/hero/update-hero-radio-63.18.55.06JU_6.35.09.26-signed.zip
From the Modaco page.
ATM I am running HTC Generic 2.73.405.66 pre-rooted and using RA-hero 1.6.2.
My hero is GSM no branded european model.
Going to install Villain, MCR or MrBang ROM
Hope for some answers, once again thank you
EDIT: .. I just did it, and successfully updated radio for my device. No problems there.
same pb here too!
trying to reflash radio hopin' it's gonna work again!
Hi, you can flash any Radio so long as it is for your type of phone i.e. GSM (in europe) and most likely CMDA if your in the usa.
Just flash it like a rom, and be prepared to wait a good few minutes on first reboot.
Also as another note the EU in the radio name does not mean Europe it is just some HTC internal coding and can just be ignored .
hello. i downloaded same radio but couldn't flash it. since i'm old wm user, can you please write down here how i can flash this radio. i unzipped the file but seems different...
The easiest way to flash things on android is to install a "custom recovery menu" from there your phone flashes the file straight from the zip, you don't need to unzip anything.
install a custom recovery image from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=561124
if you already have this, then its a simple matter of flashing the radio like and rom
I currently run BAMF 1.09 rom with the radio that goes along with it. I sold my phone and installed the original HTC Factory Rom but i forgot to install the radio to go along with it. the HTC Rom is about 6-7 months old so my question is what radio do i need for this? Also, i assume all i need to do is install the radio through bootloader and it should have a connection. Currently the verizon told the person i sold the phone to the radio was broken. thanks for your help in advance. I forgot to check but believe the ROM is FROYO.
Did you just restore from a nandroid or did you install a stock file? Your easiest bet is to install a stock file from the bootloader (JUST like a radio) to restore completely to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1310014
Just be careful.
I'm trying to return my HTC One back to being unrooted because I wanna update it and almost everywhere I read, you need to unroot to get over the air updates. So I got S-Off and I relocked my bootloader, but whenever I try running the RUU, it always fails. I tried flashing it and I tried running the exe file. Why does it keep failing? Also, is it true you can't get OTA updates while being rooted? The RUU I use is for Cingular (which from my understanding is the one AT&T uses) and I have Super CID. Lastly, if anyone knows an easier way to return my phone to being completely stock and unrooted that would be great. Thanks in advance!
Which RUU did you use? Apparently the last official one was JB 4.3 w/ Sense 5.0, ver. 3.17.502.3. The one for KK4.4.2 w/ Sense 5.0, ver. 4.18.502.7 was apparently not actually released by ATT and many people were having problems with it.
clsA said:
Well near as I can tell the RUU did not originate from HTC, someone was able to create it and sign it same as HTC would. But the files behave differently than the "Real" HTC RUU. The only solution I found was to use the True HTC RUU from 3.xx.502.x and OTA to 4.xx.502.x to 5.xx.502.x. It requires s-off to flash the OTA's so it's not the perfect solution for everyone.
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So if you tried with the KK4.4.2 RUU, download the JB4.3 RUU from http://www.htc1guru.com/. Since you're S-OFF, you can use either the .exe or the decrypted .zip. I used the decrypted .zip before and it worked fine. Once you get that flashed you can then take the OTAs to update to KK4.4.2 w/ Sense 6. You'll need to be on the AT&T network to get those OTA. Otherwise you'll need to manually flash the updates, as clsA states in his post that I quoted above.
As for not getting OTAs while being rooted....
It's not so much that being rooted prevents getting OTAs. It's the process of getting to root that modifies or deletes system files that need to be intact for the OTA to work. OTA need to be installed through stock recovery. If you're rooted, it's most likely that you have a custom recovery. Also, unlocking the bootloader deletes some files the OTA checks for. If those files not there, the OTA will not install.
Flashing an RUU is the easiest way to get completely stock. It resets the phone to an out-of-the-box state. Whereas a factory reset done from bootloader or recovery basically just wipes the data partition, which will remove any apps you installed and user data. But any modifications to the system partition that are done remain. You don't get back the files that are deleted when you unlocked the bootloader.
Also, since you are S-OFF, there's no need to relock your bootloader to run an RUU. That's only required if you're S-ON. And once you get S-OFF, there is no reason to go back to S-ON.
Since I just want to get the new OTA update, do you recommend I just flash the update as opposed to going back to stock recovery because I don't mind having a rooted phone? Also, my phones camera suddenly became blurry, is it possible that the rooting had something to do with it? If it did, would flashing the OTA update fix it or would I need to go back to stock recovery or would neither fix it? Sorry for so many questions.
First off, what version is currently on your phone? Depending on where you're currently at you may need to flash more than one update in order to get it to the latest version. And no matter what, you'll need to flash stock recovery in order for the updates to flash. OTA updates, whether taken OTA or flashed manually, require stock recovery, as I mentioned before. Also, again as I mentioned before, the process of rooting your phone (more specifically, the process of unlocking your bootloader) most likely deleted files from your system partition that need to be in place in order for the OTA updates to install. If they are not there, the update will fail. So to answer your question...No, I don't recommend "just flash the update as opposed to going back to stock recovery". It won't work.
Since you didn't answer my question and state which RUU you tried, I don't know if you tried a bad 4.4.2 RUU or if there are other issues with your device and/or computer that's preventing any RUU from installing. If you just don't want to flash the RUU, then you can try flashing the update in the phone's current state and when it fails, you can analyze the error report, try to track down stock versions of the files you're missing and restore them if you find them, then try the update again, hoping you found everything. That's a lot more of a hassle than just flashing the RUU, flashing the updates, rooting, and setting up your phone.
Another option is to just flash a custom ROM. Most of them will bring the phone up to the latest version. Some will even take it higher than what is officially available from AT&T.
As for your camera problem, can't see how just rooting would cause that, but maybe it did. Without knowing the cause of the issue, I can't say if just flashing the OTA would fix it. If it's a software issue, then possibly it would. If it's a hardware issue, then probably not. Focus on updating the phone and worry about the camera issue if it still persists once updated.
Sorry, I forgot about your question. First of all, I got it working using RUU Zip M7 UL JB43 SENSE50 MR Cingular US 3.17.502.3-decrypted. The one that didn't work for me is RUU Zip M7 UL JB 50 Cingular - 1.26.502.12. Second, I am running 4.4.2. Thats for anyone who comes across this and was wondering. Thanks for your help sharksfan7. Also, in case you were wondering, my camera is still blurry, but I'll start a different thread for that.
Ok so im not new to the rooting scene but am new to the flashing scene. I know a good jist of it but cant seam to figure out the whole firmware process.
I want to install this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699616
I am currently running 4.4.2 with 1.58.xx firmware unlocked S-OFF and rooted. and this ROM requires 2.22.1540.4
Now I have found the 2.22.1540.4 firmware and know that i have to relock my bootloader and such but my phone says my ID is CWS__001 and i cant find any with that.
Also if i flash the newest 2.23.xx firmware will i still be able to flash any rom using older firmware versions?
And last question say i am flashing a new firmware and it screws up, since my custom recovery gets removed how do i flash my nandroid backup.
also if successfully flash the new firmware am i able to flash my old backup to restore to a old firmware or do i need to reflash the old firmware first.
sorry for so many questions i just dont want to blow up my phone due to stupid mistakes.
EDIT: so I think i managed to update my firmware. In bootloader it shows 2.22.1540.3 under os but in the phone settings it still says 4.4.2 and 1.58.xxx. I am assuming all i need is a updated firmware to run the mods and not a updated software? correct me if im wrong.
What exactly did you flash (link it if you can)? I think you are confusing software (OS or ROM) with firmware. Firmware as its mostly commonly discussed here (updating to run 2.xx based ROMs) refers to the hboot, radio, recovery, and other modules (media, WiFi, Bluetooth and more) deployed with an RUU or OTA. You have only flashed firmware if you installed an RUU/OTA or manually flashed it with fastboot.
devonjerothe said:
Also if i flash the newest 2.23.xx firmware will i still be able to flash any rom using older firmware versions?
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Yes, 2.23 firmware will work as well. But again, make sure you are talking about the right thing (firmware versus software/OS).