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[Thunderbolt General] johnnyv5:
Sorry but another dumb question, if you are already rooted with Revolutionary shouldn't it block this RUU from overwriting hboot? I have old school root and my wife's tbolt has revolution.

jv
[Thunderbolt General] ponyboy82:
Finally! I'm curious where this was "found" though. Any ideas on when an official OTA might come in?
[Thunderbolt General] nbdysreal:
So far no rollout, at least not according to http://support.verizonwireless.com/system_update/thunderbolt.html. Still says it is coming soon. Curious if this is another "test" build like 605.0 and 605.1 were or if this is the one that will roll out. The update instructions on the vz site still have the picture showing 605.3 and the size of the .3 update, so that hasn't been updated either. Guess we will see in a couple days. In any case, thanks for the drop! It'll give me something to play with in the mean time.
[Thunderbolt General] open1your1eyes0:
My mistake I didn't mean to say final (this is not a confirmed OTA yet). I have changed the title.

Flashing an RUU will overwrite any previous HBoot you have unless you flash the patched HBoot I provided. That HBoot will never be rewritten and will remain unlocked even after full RUU flashes. I am not sure if Revolutionary already has this HBoot incorporated or uses the unlocked/unpatched version but I would recommend to follow the steps above and flash the patched HBoot so you won't have to worry.
[Thunderbolt General] RomsWell:
Yes
[Thunderbolt General] system6:
New ROM works great and is easily rootable via Revolutionary method. Cheers!
[Thunderbolt General] kidhudi:
so if i am rooted i can just install this rom and root with revolution? we don't have to worry about creating bricks?
[Thunderbolt General] system6:
I can't promise anything there, but it worked for me. I just downloaded the SU file and ran it in recovery.....and ROOTED AGAIN.

It was that easy.
[Thunderbolt General] open1your1eyes0:
Please be advised that the Revolutionary tool does not actually root your device. It only flashes the HBoot to an unlocked S-OFF version and optionally flashes Clockworkmod recovery. In order to gain root, must follow step 10 of the method I posted here: Link. After that you should be all set.
[Thunderbolt General] PhillyCheez:
Why not wait till its deodexed ...probably by the end of the day.
[Thunderbolt General] hallstevenson:
Now you're just going to confuse people !! :D

---------- Post added at 03:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:30 PM ----------

No one here knows (unless they work in VZW's engineering or related group). If someone posts a date, take it with a grain of salt.... How many updates have EVER been released on time ?
[Thunderbolt General] ponyboy82:
Very true, on both counts. Point taken. So... maybe another year or so for VZW to push this out? ;)
[Thunderbolt General] nbdysreal:
Im betting 2 weeks after ICS code is released :cool:
[Thunderbolt General] johnnyv5:
Any bets on if restoring data will hose it? anyone, anyone? :)
[Thunderbolt General] system6:
Just did. Works great.
[Thunderbolt General] johnnyv5:
We both win! Did the reroot on page 1 and restored data and so far so good!!! Google video ffc works...

jv
[Thunderbolt General] mastabrozif:
I haven't had any bugs because I just use Google Voice for my voice mail. Free transcription of voice messages anyone
[Thunderbolt General] loonatik78:
Verizon has practically nothing to do with new firmware coming out. It's almost entirely between HTC and Qualcomm.
[Thunderbolt General] hallstevenson:
You're right, practically nothing ... except ultimately pushing it, hence my comment.
[Thunderbolt General] Soldi3rxx:
Flash this update, exactly nothing has been fix IMO, phone still acts up. I'm guessing it just might be my phone
[Thunderbolt General] DRGilroy:
I'm interested to know if the call answer bug still exists.
[Thunderbolt General] Grnlantern79:
Only on sense 3.0 roms this is a gingerbread update, it does not update to sense 3.0

If I helped you in any way please use the thank you button
[Thunderbolt General] DRGilroy:
Thanks for reminding me! Forgot about that, LOL
[Thunderbolt General] Satava:
Verizon has too small of a test group so fixes take forever. They're the worst carrier with OTA pushes. Also you forget they have to approve the rom and package the bloat.

Sent from my Thunderbolt using my thumbs.
[Thunderbolt General] unteaglejohnk:
when i try to root using Thunderbolt_Patched_hboot.zip my hboot still says locked? i'm placing the PG05IMG.zip file in root. why isn't it working.
[Thunderbolt General] open1your1eyes0:
Did you follow these two steps exactly as stated?

3) Open Thunderbolt_Patched_hboot.zip, you should see PG05IMG.zip inside. Take PG05IMG.zip and place it in the root of your microSD card. Reboot into Hboot.

4) It should detect PG05IMG.zip. Just install it. Then delete PG05IMG.zip
[Thunderbolt General] TheLoonyRebel:
Does this official update help out with the battery issues?
[Thunderbolt General] Ryanmo5:
Not that I can tell man, updated my rom a few hours ago and battery life still crappy despite very light use. Running stock kernel and settings.
[Thunderbolt General] Grnlantern79:
Stock is not the way to go to save battery, I need a custom kernel.

If I helped you in any way please use the thank you button
[Thunderbolt General] Ryanmo5:
Yes I know that but that wasn't his question, stock isn't really all that horrible for me. I have used multiple combinations of roms/kernels and none really save a ton of battery. In the end its all about how you use your phone.
[Thunderbolt General] thejoiners:
Updated yesterday, everything went fine...except video playback stutters for both streaming (youtube) and downloaded content.

I am stock non-rooted.
[Thunderbolt General] jumpman1229:
Just installed this last night. I was one of the few that got left behind from the original update. I got tired of waiting so I downloaded this. Works great compared to stock froyo. Smooth like butter. Revolutionary roots perfectly
[Thunderbolt General] hallstevenson:
Few that got left behind ? Seemed to me that not very many actually got it before VZW stopped it.
[Thunderbolt General] clintb:
Any possibility someone could post the contents of /etc/gps.conf from this ROM? I'm checking out the different settings/options for the GPS, trying to find what ends up being a good one and curious what the stock ROM has.

Thanks!
[Thunderbolt General] recDNA:
It would be great if a developer made this into a rom we could download and install from recovery while maintaining root (just to save a few steps). I wouldn't mind debloat but nobody seems to like just creating a rooted form of stock that blocks ota's.

In the mean time thanks very much for making the new build available!
[Thunderbolt General] Jrocker23:
You can go here http://www.htcthunderbolt4g.com/htc-thunderbolt-custom-roms/gingerbreadrockv1-0-v1-1-(newest-gingerbread-leak)/and get the rooted version if you like
[Thunderbolt General] Grnlantern79:
Quite a few are out, you must not do much researching.

If I helped you in any way please use the thank you button
[Thunderbolt General] paulsg63:
Not sure if others are seeing this... but I am seeing GREAT battery life with this new build!

like 35% available after 12 hours of decent use. Stock battery.
[Thunderbolt General] Dangerous Dave:
Will this download wipe the phone? I'm currently bone stock.

TIA
[Thunderbolt General] clintb:
The answer you seek is in the link a few posts above. For ease, this one: Link
[Thunderbolt General] jumpman1229:
This. I usually use my extended battery but I wanted to get a true feel for battery consumption so I popped my stock battery in and I must say this a HUGE improvement. I got 8 hours off of it running 4g the whole time and with heavy use
[Thunderbolt General] Dangerous Dave:
Unfortunately, your link won't take me there since I'm not a member of that forum. It also won't let me use that forums search function for the same reason. And since I can't get the full link from your post or the previous one, I can't even pick my way there. So any chance I can get a simple yes or no answer so I don't have to join another forum just to get a yes or no answer?

Thanks again,

D Dave
[Thunderbolt General] clintb:
Weird, I'm not a member there and was able to browse around.

To answer your question, no, it will not wipe your data. But...it was posted and recommended that you wipe cache to avoid problems.

edit: Sorry, for some reason my link was taking you to the forum root. Follow Jrocker23's.
[Thunderbolt General] Dangerous Dave:
Wow, somebody who answers a question graciously without feeling the need to be a douche first...how refreshing. Pinged your thanks meter for it.
[Thunderbolt General] open1your1eyes0:
This build is now the official and final Gingerbread OTA. I have updated the OP and the thread title to accompany this update.

Courtesy of Droid-Life
[Thunderbolt General] open1your1eyes0:
Updated links in OP with Rooted/Odex and Rooted/Deodexed/Zipaligned versions.
[Thunderbolt General] nbdysreal:
Question for any one who has downloaded any of these, as i downloaded a different version from somewhere else. What are your default screen timeout and animations (both in settings/display). The one i have now is 15, animations off. I've been reading people saying this version is giving better battery life and i'm curious if these are part of the reason, or if my versions debloater/rooter/editer did this to the version i have.
[Thunderbolt General] bzouiden:
issues with updates

Hello, I am having some issues and hope someone can help me out. I had a rooted tb for awhile then decided to flash the Gingerbread RUU that came out last week. I follow the instructions on androidpolice:

After downloading it, rename it to "PG05IMG.zip" Note: If you're doing this from a Windows machine, make sure you don't rename the file "PG05IMG.zip.zip," as Windows hides known file extensions by default.

Drop the file on the root of the SD Card

Turn off your device

Hold Volume Down + Power to reboot into the bootloader -- the file should automatically be detected and the flashing process will begin.

Wait for your device to complete the process and reboot

Everything worked OK except I wasn't rooted so I tried to root and could not achieve using any method. So then I this post was updated with the rooted version so I thought cool I will just rename mecha_signed_2.11.605.5 (Root only) to PG05IMB.zip and flash it and I'll be good. When I do this it loads the file then checks it then goes back to the hboot screen. What am I doing wrong, I am not new to rooting (have had fascinate, incredible, & TB all rooted with really no issues. Thanks in advance and sorry if the answer is in the forum and I just have not found it.
[Thunderbolt General] nbdysreal:
Also in that same article...

"Using this RUU will wipe all data on your device! Please make a backup of all sensitive data before proceeding. Similarly, you will lose root if you flash this. It is unclear right now whether or not this version is easily rootable. Proceed with caution!"

If you're still s-off you can flash a custom recovery, then su. If you're s-on try using http://revolutionary.io/
[Thunderbolt General] Grnlantern79:
You must be new to rooting if you think a rooted rom has to have any specific name. If you downloaded the rooted version of the OTA you would just flash it in recovery not Hboot, anything Rom flashed in Hboot must included a radio.

Your first problem was you flashed OTA in Hboot that made you lose your root so now you have an unrooted phone. You must regain your root before you can flash any rooted Rom. Since you are not new at rooting I will end this here.

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[Thunderbolt General] bzouiden:
Come on...

This is the reason I read a lot of posts but never actually post. There is no reason to be condescending, does that give you some sort of satisfaction. Do you sit around thinking, I have no life, no significant other but I can sit in my parents basement and flame people on xda. If you don't have anything constructive then don't post. I know I need to regain my root that is the problem. I thought maybe the new rooted rom was an ruu that I could flash as I am grasping at straws at this point because I cannot regain root on the device. And then for you to say "If I helped you in any way please use the thank you button", whatever.

Yes I know I shouldn't have used the RUU but my TB like many others had reboot issues, VM issues, and I just wanted them to stop. Trust me I wished I had waited and just flashed the rom that they made available this week. I do make a lot of mistakes. I did try revolutionary as well but it flashes a cmd prompt then goes away. So cannot get S-off using that method to work. Thanks nbdysreal for the help.
[Thunderbolt General] Grnlantern79:
I help people who have problems that I have never seen posted or people who use common sense. As for the thank you its my signiture and no I don't expect it from you.

If I helped you in any way please use the thank you button
[Thunderbolt General] nbdysreal:
Have you tried the old downgrade method? If you do try it, please follow it to the T as you CAN brick your phone if you don't. If revolutionary doesn't work, seems to be your only method, unless this is "unrootable" for the time being. Haven't heard it is though, so...
[Thunderbolt General] bzouiden:
Cool thank you
[Thunderbolt General] nbdysreal:
FYI, this will revert back to a froyo radio, so after root and before new rooted gingerbread rom, grab a gingerbread radio
[Thunderbolt General] mi7chy:
Anybody have problems with the debloated version with Adobe Flash 11 update causing in-browser video, on hardocp dot com for example, to stop working once it's resized or autorotated? The only way to restore functionality is to open new tab and close previous.
[Thunderbolt General] guinzo:
can i use ##3282# or ##778# to edit sim card function with GB ?
[Thunderbolt General] smac302:
loss of wireless tether

I downloaded and installed a rooted build of 2.11.605.5 a few days ago but had to revert to a build of .3 because the data service would continually crash while using wireless tether for root...just curious if anyone else is having the same issue with this build
[Thunderbolt General] mi7chy:
Follow up to my own question for the benefit of others. I ended up trying a rooted full version from a difference source and it works with original Flash in addition to version 11 update. Something funky going on with that debloated version.
[Thunderbolt General] Grnlantern79:
Removed by me.
[Thunderbolt General] Pender1:
should be able to. That's a sense thing IIRC. although I don't know what ##3282# does, so I can't tell you on that one
[Thunderbolt General] fillyo:
I received my replacement TB from Asurion - cracked the screen on my first TB. Last night, I installed the new RUU, didn't have time to root. I noted the hboot is now 1.05.0000. I can still follow the method posted in here to root my TB, correct? I forgot how bad it is to have an unrooted device.!
[Thunderbolt General] nbdysreal:
Revolutionary is supposed to work for both hboots.
[Thunderbolt General] fillyo:
Yes, this method seems just as easy, can I just flash the patched hboot, since I already installed the RUU, then flash CWM?
[Thunderbolt General] nbdysreal:
You can't just flash the hboot. You will either have to use the rev tool or the old downgrade tool, which would take longer. The rev tool should give you the option of flashing cwr in it. Once you have that installed, flash su through cwr.
[Thunderbolt General] darkrad3r:
I did as told, everything worked out, once i checked my settings page, It still said i was running 2.2 (yes im rooted)
[Thunderbolt General] nbdysreal:
Check your app drawer, does it have the bottom buttons like this?
[Thunderbolt General] nbdysreal:
If it doesn't, download the other rooted version that you didnt then do this.

Boot into cwr (assuming that's what you use), make a backup. Wipe data, wipe cache. Go into mounts and storage and format system. Back out one menu, then go into advanced and wipe dalvik. Back to main menu and choose install option, install from as card, scroll and find the rooted version you downloaded. After it installs, reboot.
[Thunderbolt General] mi7chy:
Just got a spontaneous reboot on 2nd day with new radio. Was at a campus indoors where it went into 1x data. After leaving campus it was still stuck in 1x so I tried toggling to CDMA then to LTE/CDMA but the screen went black and the phone rebooted. That never happened with previous official release. Arggghh... Will try previous radio.
[Thunderbolt General] nbdysreal:
Check out the tbolt radio thread in the dev section. They broke down all the radios into a cdma and a separate LTE. Mix and match based on speeds and connectivity. That might help with your reboot issue also.
[Thunderbolt General] hallstevenson:
Is anyone else seeing anything similar to this ? At work, I'm apparently just outside the 'line' of 4G service (they claim I should have it here though), so I toggle to "CDMA Auto (PRL)" just to keep the radio from trying to get 4G and killing the battery. On more than one occasion, when I get back to areas that I know have 4G coverage, I can't get it to toggle (after picking CDMA+LTE). Even turning the radio off and back on does nothing. Only a reboot will get me back to 4G service.

Sometimes it works perfectly though ! I can toggle from 3G to 4G to LTE only at will.

I've only seemed to notice this after switching to the most recent radio. And no, I haven't tried an older radio (yet).
[Thunderbolt General] mi7chy:
I'm running the latest Gingerbread official release radio. I'm just surprised they reintroduced an old issue. May roll back to Froyo for the stability since I haven't noticed much difference yet.
[Thunderbolt General] nbdysreal:
Its not so much an old issue. I actually had the reboots on the froyo radios, but none on the gingerbread. I think its hardware issues more so. Instead of the newest, try the release just before if you want to keep this software. Good luck.
[Thunderbolt General] KoMarCek:
Damn, our European company bought this device to aid development and now that it was updated, it won't go past the Phone Activation step even with Airplane Mode on :mad: Any useful advice? Thanks.

Edit: Ahhh... removing the SIM card was all it took to get it to work again :P
[Thunderbolt General] alirulzz:
i was wondering if update this .. will i get htc sense 3.0 as thats what i am trying to get but cant find it anywhere.. every rom i put on my thunderbolt , it still keeps my htc on 2.1 and doesnt update to 3.0. can anyone help me?
[Thunderbolt General] bond32:
No on the Sense 3.0, at least thunderbolt won't get it from HTC. I wouldn't count on it ever getting an update to sense 3.0.
[Thunderbolt General] rentskiwiz:
got new ota update stock

got it this morning at 12:35. the only problem im having is slow charging. anyonyelse having this issue?
[Thunderbolt General] Fastlivin:
One more time for a slow learner...

So just so I'm clear, since there are some old replies in this thread that make things a bit confusing...

The Facts:

- I'm rooted via Revolutionary

- I have CWR installed

- I have 2.11.605.3 installed currently

What I'm supposed to do:

- Download the rooted, deodxed, zipaligned version

- Copy to my sdcard

- Make a backup with Titanium Backup

- Make a Nandroid backup with ROM Manager

- Boot into HBOOT

- Go into CWR

- Wipe the cache and dalvik

- Install the downloaded ROM through CWR from my SD card

-

- Profit?

Do I have that correct? Am I missing any steps?

Thank you in advance. You guys are one hell of a resource for someone learning as they go like me...
[Thunderbolt General] Fastlivin:
Note to those fellow neophytes when it comes to installing your first ROM (as opposed to rooting, which has taken on all the difficulty of clipping your toenails):

The process I outlined immediately above worked just fine for me. It doesn't wipe your data (note that I did not wipe data, I only deleted the cache partition and dalvik cache), and it did not require a restore of my apps via Titanium Backup. No issues so far. YMMV, obviously.
[Thunderbolt General] Dreamweavn:
Ok, I like the idea of getting all the fixes, although I didn't have all these issues, just the reboots and GPS issues. Was thoroughly pissed when I had the recent update from a few days ago force fed on to my T-Bolt. Lost the tethering and hotspot I have had for free for so long ...would REALLY LOVE to have that back!!!

So, overnight, another update came to my phone and is causing some problems I don't know how to resolve. The first update simply added the My Verizon app and took away the tethering and hotspot free options. The one last night I believe to be the Gingerbread update. My T-Bolt is rooted (revolutionary) and I believe the update that came through is the unrooted version.

How to I resolve this issue, anyone? HELP, PLEASE!!!?????

Dreamweavn
[Thunderbolt General] hallstevenson:
Doing a full wipe is NOT always necessary. It really depends on the 'back end' changes between ROMs. In my Eris days, if I remained on the same guy's ROM and he/she was just pushing new nightly changes, a full wipe wasn't needed and the dev often even stated the same. Going from CM5.x to CM6.x, on the other hand, would really benefit from a full wipe.

Devs can include in their intall script the step(s) to do a data wipe though and not leave the user the choice !

Then you have users who will wipe 3-4 times !! As if wipes 2-4 do ANYTHING !! :)

In the case of VZW's stock ROM, going from the recent .3 to .5 release, a wipe isn't absolutely essential.

In the end, the only thing that doing a full wipe hurts is your 'time'.
[Thunderbolt General] Lunatic768:
Thank you so much!

Does anybody else hate the new Sense app drawer?

Sent from my ADR6400L
[Thunderbolt General] Lunatic768:
PS this fixed my GPS finally!

Sent from my ADR6400L
[Thunderbolt General] Fastlivin:
Not a fan. I don't really know what the point of "segmenting" the scroll was.

I've noticed that if you prefer the endless scroll with one wipe, you can go to "list" view, but that's feels far less efficient (although I would guess you get the same number of apps per screen).
[Thunderbolt General] nl3142:
I installed the rooted rom but when I did I lost backup assistant and the v-cast stuff. How can I get it back?
[Thunderbolt General] hallstevenson:
I don't... There are some mods that disable it. Not sure how universal it is though or if it only works on certain ROMs.
[Thunderbolt General] mikeszekely:
I don't know about the rest of you guys, but my battery life went to crap after the 2.11.605.5 update. Before, even with the 2.11.605.3 update, I could take my phone off the charger when I woke up (around 7:30am, most days) and still be in the green when I put it on the charger when I went to bed (around 11:30pm). Now, I take it off the charger when I get up and I'm in the red by dinner. Even days when I work and can't do more than check the time or check Twitter. I tried checking to see what's using the battery, and most of my battery use is Display.
[Thunderbolt General] davidmac2003:
Updating to this build from Downgrade Root Method

Hi,

I rooted back in July using the downgrade, pre-Revolutionary method. I then did an RUU and Radio update using the S-OFF'd version of the August/September OTA.

I'd like to take this update and do it correctly - so I have a few questions about ordering and protecting my data.

Should I install Shadowmite's protected HBOOT as discussed earlier in this thread?

(http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18599327&postcount=3)

I understand that I am to install ROMs before Radios. I'm running 1.70.605.0 and 1.39.00.0627r, 0.01.69.0625r, which is (I believe) the equivalent of the most recent Froyo OTA.

The links here (http://www.htcthunderbolt4g.com/htc...breadrockv1-0-v1-1-(newest-gingerbread-leak)/) have newer radios than mine - I assume I should use the 2.6 Zipaligned and then HBOOT-flash the radios?

Thanks in advance,

-David