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[G2 and Desire Z General] theebest:
Sigh alright guys i just flashed the update.zip and i have been stuck at the white htc logo for 10 minutes :/. I had stock recovery and stock g2 (which is rooted) rom i had when i used gfree. BUT i have desireZ ENG HBOOT. do you think that might have caused a problem?

What should i do from here?

Edit:Now my Hboot is DesireZHboot with S-On i can still get into stock recovery BUT when i go in

i get the following error

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command

Edit2:Will flashing the stock pc10img.zip from tmo give me stock Hboot s-on and maybe make me pass the white HTC screen??
[G2 and Desire Z General] [hfm]:
I just noticed I can turn it off by going into display and turning off screen animations. Guessing this isn't the problem though. My wife is going to be somewhat upset she likes that on my nexus s.
[G2 and Desire Z General] HTC HD2 MAN:
ohh i opened my astro manager and i went to "update.zip" then i went on rename and it was currently saying "update.zip.zip" so i took out the extra ".zip"

will try again now :) thanks
[G2 and Desire Z General] inspacenyc:
I have it set to show all animations, but the CRT style animation it's supposed to show when turning the screen off just isn't showing, so i'm guessing it's not in this update :mad:
[G2 and Desire Z General] slimjim27:
awesome that worked! I'm now running gingerbread :D finally!
[G2 and Desire Z General] HTC HD2 MAN:
Okay it fianlly worked and now im on 2.3.4! :) thank you everyone for helping.
[G2 and Desire Z General] zkid2010:
I would suggest that only people that are currently running stock 1.22 (or stock 1.22 and previously gfree'd with now false s-off) try applying this, and then only if you don't mind the hassle of having to reflash 1.19 to be able reroot again if you desire.

I have no experience with the rage util my brutha and so therefore can't, with a clear conscience, suggest you do anything which might mess up your phone.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Lockedown:
This may have already been answered, but here goes: Should I stay on 2.2 and wait for a rooted version of this, or will there be a root for 2.3.4 as soon as there is a rooted version of this OTA update?

I want to upgrade, but not if I have to downgrade to root *later*.
[G2 and Desire Z General] HTC HD2 MAN:
highfive my fellow brethren!
[G2 and Desire Z General] Kilroy672:
Got it!! A few things I've noticed right way that I don't like. There is no am/pm indicator like on 2.2 and on my wife's my touch 4g. The time is in white instead of green, which I like better. I can't turn on/off the wifi thru the notifications bar. Still can't wake the phone with trackpad, like I did with CM7. Not sure yet but I'm pretty sure there is still no flashing green lights for messages like from CM7. I'll give it a few days and see how I like it. Anyone else noticed the same things? Can I do a factory reset and go back to 2.2 and root and go back with CM7 or wait and see if this can be rooted?
[G2 and Desire Z General] starfcker69:
I got the same message - "E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command" - I just continued to follow the menu with no problems. Like I said I the update was applied just fine. Some of the steps took a long time - as in maybe 5+ minutes.
[G2 and Desire Z General] leech1980:
I have stock 2.2 with s-off and clockwork recovery. When I try to update from the sdcard I get an error. Anyone else seeing the same thing?
[G2 and Desire Z General] RebelScum75:
Currently, I'd say wait, if you care at all about being able to root, since nobody has posted if they are able to successfully gain root on this update.

I am currently waiting on the same thing.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Brazildiogo732:
Failed update?

-- Install from sdcard ...

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Verifying update package...

E:failed to seek in /sdcard/update.zip (Invalid argument)

E:signature verification failed

Installation aborted.

WHAT THE?! Can anybody tell me whats wrong?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Kilroy672:
Same thing happened to me. I had to make sure that the update was not update.zip.zip.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Brazildiogo732:
yay

Yeah, IDK, I'm running Osx and it screws with my files all the time, downloaded it again and now currently updating... It works :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] Muirtach:
I was getting that with the URL download. picked up the media fire file instead and it worked perfectly
[G2 and Desire Z General] Kilroy672:
Another thing I just noticed, there is no option to reboot, only power off :(. Its the little things that T-mobile/HTC failed to add on. I just did a test call to my phone...no green lights or track pad lights flashing.. How in the hell am I supossed to know that I missed a call or a text message? So far a big fail.
[G2 and Desire Z General] RebelScum75:
Those of you coming off of CM7, please realize that all those things are custom things that CM put into their ROM; no standard Gingerbread phone has them.

Just curious; if you've been running CM7, why even bother with this OTA? Sounds like it has less features.
[G2 and Desire Z General] leech1980:
I'm getting the error:

E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip

(Status 7)

Installation aborted.

From ClockworkMod Recovery.
[G2 and Desire Z General] gee one:
Anyone know what fotaBoot is all about? Is it some boot time signal to flash the firmware?
[G2 and Desire Z General] konoplya:
just to be clear, the OTA will not erase any apps currently installed on the phone or will it?
[G2 and Desire Z General] zkid2010:
Didn't on mine. Was pretty seamless and alot like the 1.19-1.22 OTA. Only difference was this one booted back up GB :D
[G2 and Desire Z General] Kilroy672:
No. It will leave everything intact just as they are.
[G2 and Desire Z General] [hfm]:
That sucks I've gotten used to no indicators on the ns though.

And if you can't tell if it's am or pm you have bigger issues. :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] gee one:
Anyone notice anything with the new radio or GPS issues?
[G2 and Desire Z General] konoplya:
ok. what about stuff like baconbitz (or however you spell that).. that would go away since the phone would unroot itself in the process of updating.. correct?

and what about clockwork recovery?

thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z General] zkid2010:
That's all rooted stuff. I can't speak to that I was all stock when the update arrived and when I applied it. I think people have been saying it's not working so well with root/cwm/cm7/leak gb...
[G2 and Desire Z General] konoplya:
ok thanks man
[G2 and Desire Z General] gee one:
ohh boy- what a headache! I tried to root the OTA and got in over my head...

I bonked the recovery and the boot image, so all I had left was fastboot. Try to find a recovery image that is flashable via fastboot!

I finally got CWM back, but now I'm stuck on the stock g2 bootscreen... the rom won't start, but adb works boot is insecure!

One last thing to try before I flash back to CM7...
[G2 and Desire Z General] trademarkent:
ok i have a problem i have a stock g2 with 2.2...just tried to update...it worked successfuly but i hear a weird clicking sound coming from my earpiece and wwen i try to open an app on my phone (make a call, open market, text, etc) it just restarts all the time..any help? or atleast a way to go back to my stock version ?
[G2 and Desire Z General] HTC HD2 MAN:
i can remove the zip from my sd card now, right?
[G2 and Desire Z General] ACHILLES R32:
I downgraded to 2.2 and ran the update, worked like a charm. ADB was a bit of a pain, until i figure that i can copy and paste while using it.
[G2 and Desire Z General] c0nvel:
I just received the update here in the suburbs of CHiicago. But sorry to say I forgot to run logcat. happens when you've been drinking though. :(

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[G2 and Desire Z General] obas:
So will the over the air update be different for the 2.3.3 users? Then tmo has two types of OTA's going on?
[G2 and Desire Z General] leech1980:
Anyone able to update using clockworkmod recovery?
[G2 and Desire Z General] RebelScum75:
No, there is no update from 2.3.3; that was never officially released. That's why ppl have to downgrade to 2.2 first.
[G2 and Desire Z General] jorenko:
I posted a guide to make the collected info easier to find: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=16316301
[G2 and Desire Z General] costipl:
So, the T-Mobile OTA update is 2.3.4, while the update for unbranded Desire Z is 2.3.3?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Crashdamage:
Nice! I logged in with Firefox just so I could hit the 'thanks' for you. Hopefully lost n00bs will pay attention.

Applied the update, went perfectly. Runs great and love the new look. I may keep the G2 another year.

Sent from a HTC G2 with xda premium
[G2 and Desire Z General] Tmender:
Being S-off via hboot and rooted via Visionary, if I flash via clockwork, is the worse I'll encounter being loss of root, S-on and stock recovery? Basicly I'm worried about a brick.
[G2 and Desire Z General] jorenko:
So far no one I've seen has been able to flash it from clockwork; it gives an error
[G2 and Desire Z General] casron:
I just received mine when I turned my G2 on.

All I did was click okay,System Update! Michigan
[G2 and Desire Z General] gee one:
So what hboot does it install? Did anyone apply the update with s-off?
[G2 and Desire Z General] lawalty:
Yep... i realize i was getting all caught up in the hype of flashing the 'NEW' GB 2.3.4 OTA update - getting all excited with this new stock rom, and I realize that when running the latest CM7 nightly, i go into about phone, I see my version 2.3.5.. WOW! plus, with all the little features that CM7 has to offer as a custom rom, why change?

Plus, I have been keeping up with this thread, and I don't 'yet' see a clear root possibility.

The temptation of using the latest stock rom, with all the native updated stock drivers and all, i'm sure if I just hold out a little longer, some wonderful dev or the devs at CM7 will eventually take this stock rom, and pull all the goodies off of it, and apply them to something more custom.

I have to hold back my crack flashing habit. :o
[G2 and Desire Z General] bankai27:
Currently i have s-off and clockwork mod. Do I have to flash a pc10.img for 2.2 or do i have to upgrade to the leaked gingerbread then downgrade to be able to flash the update?
[G2 and Desire Z General] mnball44:
I have a completely stock 2.2 rom, absolutely nothing altered from the Tmo release version. Will the update on mediafire posted by zkid2010 work or will I end screwing up my phone. And before anyone says it, I know I'm a noob and no one likes me.
[G2 and Desire Z General] captainreynolds:
It will work. Follow this guide: (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=16316301)

Also, we were all new here once, and no one doesn't like you!
[G2 and Desire Z General] spookievision:
Rooted version of this OTA update.

I have rooted this OTA update and have a ROM ready to upload/post but I am apparently too new to be able to post it in the dev forum.

It will require that you currently have root and S-OFF and Clockworkmod recovery on your phone to install. You will need to manually install the radio that comes with this OTA before installing this ROM via fastboot. I have also set it to wipe the phone before installing as it is not an update and will cause problems if you were to try to install it as such.

I was able to temp root this OTA after installing it and I successfully raw dumped the system and boot partitions to the SDCARD from where I created a complete rooted version for a fresh install using dsixda's Android kitchen.

As soon as I have been cleared to post the ROM, I will let you all know.

Cheers
[G2 and Desire Z General] captainreynolds:
Fantastic. I think you only need 10 posts: looks like you are two away from being so. Answer a couple of questions in the g2 Q&A section!
[G2 and Desire Z General] Kilroy672:
Does anyone know if I do a factory data reset will it go back to 2.2? Or will it stuck at 2.3.4? I like this new rom, but too many features I miss with CM7. Maybe sometime soon the devs will find a way to root this new rom. Time will only tell.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Kilroy672:
Wow, that was fast. Sounds like great news. What kinda of ROM are we talking about here? I'm not too familar with dsixda's Android kitchen. How simular is too the famous CM7?
[G2 and Desire Z General] spookievision:
You will need to downgrade to the stock 2.2 and then re-root to put CM7 back on. There are instructions in the wiki.
[G2 and Desire Z General] spookievision:
It is exactly as if you did a factory reset with this OTA installed with the addition of root, busybox, nano, ad blocking hosts file (you will need to install AdFree to keep it updated) and a resolv.conf (DNS setting) that uses uncensored DNS servers. I made it for myself but I can see that quite a few people are waiting for a rooted version so I was going to post it. Anyone can take it from there and customize it to their whims.

PS: It was only fast because of all the work and tools that the other devs on this site have done before. :-)
[G2 and Desire Z General] Nippero:
Noob question here.

To install your rooted 2.3 ROM. I have to have a rooted phone already.

Im hoping whoever I bought my phone from didnt do some weird **** with the phone, and I hope I dont need to downgrade it T_T.

Just out of curiosity, how hard was it to root 2.3?
[G2 and Desire Z General] spookievision:
You will need a rooted phone to install it. Go to the dev forum and look at the DZ/G2 wiki linked from there for information on what to do if you already have 2.3.x installed. It would be a good idea to read through all of that just to be familiar with the phone's hardware too.
[G2 and Desire Z General] lawalty:
Your Da'BOMB! A quick question though, i am unfamiliar with AdFree. Is this an app, and what do you mean "to keep it updated"? Are you talking about the rom itself? Also, about DNS settings. If this you did a true rooted vanilla GB stock rom, why then would put a resolv.conf file in it?
[G2 and Desire Z General] GinoAMelone:
AdFree is an app that keeps your hosts file updated with dummy entries that block most (some) ads on your phone. It requires root to work. It sounds like he included a recent hosts file in the ROM but you need to install AdFree to keep that hosts file up-to-date.
[G2 and Desire Z General] drk421:
I have rooted this OTA update and have a ROM ready to upload/post but I am apparently too new to be able to post it in the dev forum.

It will require that you currently have root and S-OFF and Clockworkmod recovery on your phone to install. You will need to manually install the radio that comes with this OTA before installing this ROM via fastboot. I have also set it to wipe the phone before installing as it is not an update and will cause problems if you were to try to install it as such.

I'm currently on the rooted/leaked 2.3.3, can we upgrade directly to your new ROM?

Or will I need to downgrade to my rooted stock 2.2?
[G2 and Desire Z General] spookievision:
That is correct.
[G2 and Desire Z General] spookievision:
You will need to downgrade to the rooted 2.2 to install.
[G2 and Desire Z General] spookievision:
ROM posted

See this thread for the ROM.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=16324076#post16324076

It might get moved to the Dev area soon so let me know if it disappears.

Cheers.

Edit: See here now for the thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1202498
[G2 and Desire Z General] coznosis:
on/off crt animation

Hi everyone, anyway to get the crt animation back onto the 2.3.4 ota update I just flashed on my phone?
[G2 and Desire Z General] RebelScum75:
Awesome! Thanks!

Hey, can you tell us how you temp-rooted? That is actually all I'm interested in; I've been running Visionary on 2.2 to temp-root on boot, and that serves my purposes. I'd just like to be able to keep doing the same thing, although I realize Visionary won't work, but would you be able to put together a Visionary-like app that does give us temp-root on the new 2.3.4?

Thanks again!
[G2 and Desire Z General] spookievision:
In the DZ/G2 wiki are instructions on downgrading using fre3vo in order to temp root. It works for this OTA as that is what I used in order to dump the partitions to SDCARD so I can permanently root. Currently there isn't a way to permanently root 2.3.x while the ROM is installed as far as I know.
[G2 and Desire Z General] spookievision:
Thread for ROM Moved to Dev Area

Here is where the thread moved for the rooted OTA ROM:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1202498

Cheers
[G2 and Desire Z General] erasable:
Anyone with the leaked 2.3.3 get the ota yet?
[G2 and Desire Z General] spookievision:
After looking at what the OTA does internally, it will only update the stock non-rooted 2.2 properly. It will definitely fail for the 2.3.3 leak.
[G2 and Desire Z General] hal2001ph:
Good job!

Would it be asking too much if you could also share with us a guide on how to downgrade from from 2.3.3 (leaked) back to 2.2?
[G2 and Desire Z General] spookievision:
See this thread for all rooting and downgrading for the DZ/G2:

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision
[G2 and Desire Z General] xsteven77x:
You are NEVER GOING TO GET AN OTA ON A LEAKED ROM. PERIOD.
[G2 and Desire Z General] erasable:
I wonder how this is going to affect the in-store updates.
[G2 and Desire Z General] spookievision:
The in store update should work fine as that will apparently use the PC10IMG.zip method of installation which is why you need to backup your info to your SDCARD and remove it prior to the update. The OTA only updates the files that have changed between the last stock 2.2 and the current 2.3.4. That is why the OTA fails for the leaked 2.3.3.
[G2 and Desire Z General] clintz:
I'm all updated thanks to you guys, still stock and unrooted, but happy as a clam :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] erasable:
Makes sense. Thanks.
[G2 and Desire Z General] konoplya:
so if i have clockwork recovery, how would i install the update then?
[G2 and Desire Z General] GrandfatherJesus:
When trying to manually upgrade I got the following error when I press the volume up + power button within the recovery screen:

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command

I didnt try upgrading and just rebooted instead. Anyone else getting this and if so, were you able to upgrade without issues?

The phone is stock.
[G2 and Desire Z General] HTC HD2 MAN:
can i remove the update.zip file after i'm done?
[G2 and Desire Z General] spookievision:
Correct me if I am wrong but I believe it is normal to see that and it can be ignored and you can proceed with the update. As long as you are completely stock with the last 2.2 OTA installed.
[G2 and Desire Z General] spookievision:
You have to be completely stock with the last 2.2 OTA installed.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Crashdamage:
The 'E can't open' thing has already been answered in this thread. Doesn't mean anything, just ignore it and the upgrade will continue.

Sent from a HTC G2 with xda premium
[G2 and Desire Z General] spookievision:
Yes. It is safe to remove the update.zip after the update successfully completes.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Crashdamage:
@spookievision...even though I'll likely just leave the bone-stock 2 3.4 on this particular phone, I still wanted to say thanks not only for the quick root, but especially for hangin' around after to answer questions.

Sent from a HTC G2 with xda premium
[G2 and Desire Z General] spookievision:
Any time.

I remember when I first started hardware hacking and how much easier and faster things would have went if there was a forum like this around then. I also was a lurker here for a long time and learned a lot from XDA so I am just giving it back a little.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Aznrace7:
So after we installed the OTA 2.3.3, can anyone confirm if it switched our phones to S-off? If so is there a way to reroot it back to S-Off again?
[G2 and Desire Z General] spookievision:
Look here:

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision
[G2 and Desire Z General] mmafighter121:
well I tried to downgrade to 2.2 from my t-mobile supplied 2.3.3 ... screwed that up a bit.. then ended up with what looked to be 2.2, but lost all my apps and shortcuts in the process. So trying to stay positive I figured I was at least happy to get the update now,I've had to redownload everything and recreate shortcuts before. I tried to update it (and verified the checksum) and received:

assertfailed: file_getprop("/system/build.prop", "ro.build.fingerprint") == tmobile/htc_vision/vision/vision:2.2/FRF91/277427:user/release-keys"

and a bunch of other gobbletygook...ending with

E: Error in /sdcard/update.zip

(status 7)

Installation aborted

So I figured screw it at this point and did a factory reset.. and when it came back I had 2.2 still. Tried to install the update AGAIN and got the SAME ERROR.

:mad::mad::mad:

so.. I'm confused.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Nippero:
I'm guessing youre using Clockwork mod recovery.

Doesn't work with that.
[G2 and Desire Z General] trademarkent:
So I have a MAJOR issue with my G2 after I installed Gingerbread. Before the upgrade I had a bone stock g2 (no root etc), so I used the download link on this forum to update my phone. Everything went perfect, I followed the instructions to the teeth and bamm gingerbread is finally on my phone. BUT when the phone turns on and I go run an app or try to make a phone call my phone automatically restarts, I tried factory reset etc etc, and still the same problem. Now Im stuck with no working phone and have no idea why. Any ideas? Or a way to go back to 2.2?
[G2 and Desire Z General] spookievision:
You might have an app installed that is incompatible with Gingerbread or this version of Gingerbread. Did everything update without any errors or messages when you did apply the update?
[G2 and Desire Z General] mmafighter121:
no i didn't have any mods at all. it was a unit that came straight from tmobile with 2.3.3 as a factory replacement. after I downgraded (with some fumbling) to 2.2 I got an OTA update to a NEWER 2.2 than to what I downgraded to, then once that installed I easily ran the 2.3.4 update with no problems.
[G2 and Desire Z General] spookievision:
It should have worked for with no problems then. Try to do it again and make sure the 2.2 is completely S-OFF, un-rooted and factory radio and recovery etc including the factory G2 hboot. Then try the update again. Maybe something got corrupted in download.
[G2 and Desire Z General] obas:
I need some help downgrading my G2 I am following these steps

http://theunlockr.com/2011/07/22/how...can-be-rooted/

I typed /data/local/tmp/fre3vo -debug -start FBA90000 -end FFFFFFFF

it then says exploiting device and then goes back to C:\androidsdk\tools and I never get the # command prompt. Looking for advice on what to do next.

Thanks in advance.
[G2 and Desire Z General] spookievision:
Type adb shell to get to the root prompt without doing anything else on the phone.
[G2 and Desire Z General] obas:
THANK You Very Very much! :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] spookievision:
I prefer this guide myself: http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision

I am not familiar with the guide you are using.
[G2 and Desire Z General] obas:
Ok, I am confused I got the following

FAILED (remote: 90 hboot pre-update! please flush image again immediately)

C:\AndroidSDK\tools>fastboot oem rebootRUU

< waiting for device >

... INFOerase sector 196609 ~ 197120 (512)

OKAY

booted up the phone and its still at 2.3.3 did I miss a step?
[G2 and Desire Z General] spookievision:
Did you use misc_version to fake a lower version so you can downgrade?
[G2 and Desire Z General] spookievision:
I see what the issue is. fastboot oem doesn't work on the G2. That is for the Nexus phones. Follow the guide in the link I posted for downgrade on the G2.
[G2 and Desire Z General] obas:
yes, followed the directions to a "T" do you think I should start over again from step 5 on this page (p.s. I like this page cause its easy for a newbie like me to follow)

http://theunlockr.com/2011/07/22/how-to-downgrade-a-gingerbread-t-mobile-g2-so-it-can-be-rooted/
[G2 and Desire Z General] obas:
This guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=999796 and do I start with the first part or the 2nd part?