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[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] encik_racun:
And from that over 3 millions he wrote there, i wonder how many is the victim :D

-sent from my Nokia 8310 using xda premium-
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] ROMFlasherAce:
When they ask u if u hv rooted it or not, ask them

WHAT IS ROOTING ??:D:D:D:D:D:D

The ace of ROM flasher, feel free to PM me for obtaining SGA ROMs experience!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Harry GT-S5830:
You hard bricked it. try acting noobish at service centre or add cement and buy a new one... never install something that isnt for ace .. :what:

Im a rom manager victim...
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samli99:
Hi, I regret to say I am a noob. I have read around for the past few days and have a general idea of rooting and flashing ROMs.

I have a branded T Mobile DHD and I not only want it debranded, but I want it to function as if T Mobile never touched it. That is, I want to be able to debrand it once and then receive OTA updates direct from HTC when they are released (all the way up to the eventual ICS).

I have two main questions. One, can I replace the T Mobile ROM with the Stock HTC one without root and without a custom recovery (that is, installing the stock ROM using the stock recovery -renaming it update.).

Two, do I need to change the CID to HTC__001 to enable future OTA updates?

There may be things I have missed. Please point me in the right direction if this is the case, cause the info I've found isn't as specific as I'd like it.

Thank you!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rzgomba:
Unfortunately not sure if there is such a thing. I have rooted and used custom ROMS and in the end went back to my providers RUU. I find even though some bloat ware the software is fast enough bug free and battery life is very good. Search the net maybe find your answer there.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samli99:
I should have clarified, I'm using a T Mobile DHD off ebay with a 3 sim. The reason I want to have a clean DHD is primarily so I can be free from waiting on T Mobile for updates. The reason I want to be clean and have OTA direct from HTC is because I've always been happy with stock, unbranded ROMs.

Thanks though.

Is there no way of completely restoring the DHD to a purely unbranded state so that it functions as a factory bought one?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samli99:
I read this

"If you're coming from a branded ROM and just want to debrand, you can stop here. By reverting back to an unbranded 2.2 ROM, you will now be able to receive OTA update straight from HTC without any network bloatware. You can continue with the root process, but it is not recommended you download OTA updates when rooted."

on androidforums, the thread "How to root and install a custom ROM on the Desire HD" (I can't post links)

Which is what got me thinking about debranding and leaving it there, but reading up about CID and OTAs I got confused, wouldn't mine still be T Mobiles and not HTC__001 after downgrading? It'd be great if someone could explain how simply reverting back using a goldcard results in successful HTC OTAs.

Or I could just root the phone and install HTC WWE ROMs as they appear online.

What would be best?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marsdta:
You would have to gain root/soff/supercid first after that you just simply flash the unbranded ruu.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hunt3r.j2:
It should be doable, I would imagine all it takes is setting the proper CID/MID and flashing a WWE RUU, and never rooting/installing custom recovery.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samli99:
Could I use the Advanced Ace Hack Kit to give me those permissions, then using the Kit revert it to a WWE RUU?

If not, I'll try rooting then installing a RUU separately. I know how to install ROMS from zip files through recovery, how do I install a stock exe RUU on a rooted phone?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marsdta:
Reverting back to son unbranded to me would be an unnecessary step. This is what I would do.

1)use the hack kit to get supercid/soff

2) flash the unbranded ruu

3)done

To flash an ruu, you would simply just run the program from your PC with your phone connected
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sabresfan999:
Greetings!

I have a HTC T9295 HD7S device that I would like to try out since i have never used a windows mobile device. However, it appears to need a retail ROM as is continually enters DEMO mode. Is there an easy fix for this? When I say easy, I mean easy for a noob. I am not real good at this stuff. I tried updating thru Zune but I just kept getting an error. Here is the info:

OS version 7.0.7390.0

Firmware revision number: 2250.21.30306.502

Hardware revision number: 0002

Bootloader version: 3.4.2250.0(122650)

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jhonny:
hi

download this...http://htcfanboys.com/download/cotulla/?action=view&file=2942

then put phone into booloader and install

then download this....http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1271118

then put phone into bootloader and install

cheers and have a grate day

thanks button is next to qoute button
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sirajgoku:
follow the tutorial in this link :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1295068

after finally completing this tutorial search for a custom rom in the forums and just flash it :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] flashman2002:
Guess I will be the first one to try this on my wife's phone. What you did is just put the soak leak into an installer package just to be clear?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] afmracer6:
Sweet!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] johnny0911:
Will this work for non root users?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] flashman2002:
Yes. You can root using his installer, but I am having issues with root. It would allow somethings access and not others. I reinstalled root with OTA rootkeeper app and it completely screwed my root. Not saying it is due to the installer because it worked perfectly. Just something with ICS I assume. I will try to get root back somehow and install my bootstrap recovery because without that, I can't install zip packages through CWM.

Edit: Chances are the root loss is because of ICS. It is a known issue and there are terminal emulator steps that can help regain root if it is lost. And upon further testing I still don't have root access for bootstrap, ROM toolbox and others. I would not say it is directly related to the installer but something is going on to not allow me root access. I have root and full SU access on my phone which I updated the long way from the other forum. Not sure what is up with this.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Rouxe41:
Yes you must root first before using the ICS installer.

Also:

ICS leak sometimes has an issue with previous root methods. Mine worked fine, but 3/5 of the test phones I used had troubles after the install. Use the terminal emulator or adb shell to run the commands.

To Restore Root on the Ics Leak (Edited 4/2/12 @ 12:39PM PT):

Download Android Terminal Emulator for free from the market.

Enter the following commands EXACTLY as you see them listed here:

/system/su-backup

mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/system /system

cp /system/su-backup /system/bin/su

​Exit terminal & reboot.

Root should be restored at this point!

Again, you can use the terminal emulator or ADB shell to do these commands.

EDIT: you can also update the Superuser.apk and su binary by going to this page:

SUPERUSER
[Motorola Droid RAZR] flashman2002:
That's what i did and it would not allow root to my apps. I am going to start over and do the long way and see what happens.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ronin3178:
The key is to update your SU binary BEFORE you use voodoo. The standard motofail installs an old version that isn't compatible with ICS, update SU = rooted ics.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] flashman2002:
I didn't have to do that on my personal phone when I updated to ICS using the method outlined on the other forum.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] therazrguy:
It works only for the cdma right?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jideay:
Probably a dumb question, but is this a stock, unrooted ICS then?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Rouxe41:
Root is required for this install to work
[Motorola Droid RAZR] BytecodeMe:
So this method is safe it just screws with your root access with no other consequence than losing root access? But there are terminal emulator commands to fix this effectively?

Sorry, I just want to get this right before I try this on my phone;I want to make sure that most everything goes just fine.

Edit: What are the consequences of downloading this early? Will we be able to download the official update with no hassle? And if we decide that we don't like it how hard is it to flash back? I've heard some people saying that they almost bricked their phones going back to Gingerbread.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Rouxe41:
I personally did not lose root. I flashed back to stock and wiped everything. I have heard that there isn't an issue with going back to GB if you do it correctly.

Edit: there aren't any consequences. When it comes out, just go back to stock and OTA like normal.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sammyd253:
Beautiful. Everything you need in one spot, thank you for your work sir!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] krazie1:
Has anyone tried this does it work? And when i install this will it wipe my SD Cards?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] flashman2002:
It works. I will caution that in my instance, going back to .173 took about 7 hours because nothing through Matt's utility or RSD wanted to flash. Finally got it to flash .173 so I could redo the process using the ROM manager method and it worked flawlessly, root kept and everything. Again, this utility did work... but I had issues getting back to stock because my root did not work properly.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] blcklab:
Will this work if I have bootstrap cwm? Has anyone used this and suddenly had tether?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] projoe90:
ICS Installer problem

I get a mkdir failed because permission is denied. Didn't install ICS
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sammyd253:
Worked flawlessly for me. Followed all instructions 100% and didn't have any issues. Once the actual OTA is confirmed and a date is released, I'll use this utility to revert back to .173 stock.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JetFixxxer:
ADB finds my device. When I do "adb devices".

Ok I tried to install ICS

The only thing that show up was Rom Manager . There wasn't a 'OK' or 'Allow' on the screen.

ROM Manager didn't ask for SU.

I do appreciate the time you are taking out to assist me. I know many of you have perform the face palm every time you read one of my post. The instruction are straight forward, the road blocks are not so.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] joshw0000:
My file is still downloading (at 82% now - roughly an hour to go on this SLOW wifi). I wasn't aware that Rom Manager was even a step of this procedure. Is it trying to flash a file with Rom Manager, if so pull it up manually and do it. Sorry I cant be of more help until I've tried this.

Considering the size of the initial download, we can't rule out corrupt downloads. Have you confirmed the MD5 of your initial download? Please post the MD5 of your two zip files. If we could get others (with confirmed success) to post theirs as well, it'd be great.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JetFixxxer:
NM.. I rebooted the phone and now I got what I need to install ICS..

NM That didn't work. I was suppose to reboot in CWM but it just rebooted the phone without installing ICS. This is becoming a chore just to get ICS on my phone.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Rouxe41:
what did you do immediately before trying the ICS install?

were you on a stock .173?

did you mess with any files?

are you on a windows machine?

if you already tried the install or did something wrong at any point, there is a chance that the files will not write correctly and will not be accessible. (you will have to start over)

do this first:

1. put the ICSInstallerv1.1 folder on your C: drive

2. make sure the contents look like this

3. make sure you have replaced the ICSInstaller.bat file in the ICSInstallerv1.1 folder on your C: drive with the patched ICSInstaller.bat file

4. double click the .bat file

5. press 1

6. press enter

7. follow the instructions EXACTLY to the letter

8. if any processes failed, you HAVE to use RSDLite to get back to .173

9. if it worked, press 2

10. press enter

11. follow the instructions EXACTLY to the letter dont skip anything even if you think you did them do it again you could have missed something

12. press 4

13. press enter

14. follow the instructions EXACTLY to the letter

15. press 5 this is the ICS install

16. press enter

17. follow the instructions EXACTLY to the letter dont skip anything even if you think you did them do it again you could have missed something

18. WAIT FOR IT TO FINISH DONT MESS WITH THE DAMN PHONE DURING THIS SECTION

19. press 6

20. press enter

21. follow the instructions EXACTLY to the letter

22. You should be on ICS 4.0.3 at this point with root access. if you want you can download Titanium backup and it will make a tweak to your su binary. If anything above didnt work, you did something wrong.

I literally had a grandma do this whole process and she had a rooted razr in her hand when she was done.

If people have trouble after this I will take the time to do a youtube video...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Rouxe41:
...wow...

did you not read the part about it not working with CWM, bootstrap, safestrap or OTA .181?

I was pulling hair out looking for what I broke...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JetFixxxer:
This is what have done

-.173 via RSDLite

- ROOTED

- Protect/Backup root via voodoo

- Press 5 to install ICS - Finished but didn't get 'Ok' or 'Allow'

- Rebooted phone and Press 5, This time I got the 'Ok' and 'Allow'. Phone rebooted not into CWM, back to phone.

- I'm following the instructions without skipping anything.

- Notice in ICS setup removing crumbs "ics-ota" not found.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Rouxe41:
I'm gonna have to make a video aren't I?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] kblgy:
hi, thinking of doing this, just got a stupid question i pretty much know the answer aleady but have to ask.

if i do this will i have to redownload everything again? and will everything still be compatible with ICS (software)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Shinare:
I just had to log in so I could reply "LOL" to this.

LOL

heh
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Rouxe41:
the only way you would have to redownload stuff, is if you are on a custom rom, .181, or have used CWM, bootstrap, or safestrap.

If you are stock .173, you can root and upgrade to ICS. it works like an OTA from verizon. all your apps will be there but if the developers of those apps havent gotten them ready for ICS there may be issues.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JetFixxxer:
I'm not trying to run in CWM it's requesting it to be installed VIA CWM. I don't have .181, bootstrap, or safestrap. Again I'm not trying to install it via CWM. Once I install the ICS files Rom Manager appears telling me that it's going to reboot in CWM which the instruction tells me to click 'OK' which I did.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Rouxe41:
I'm gonna make a video of me upgrading a phone from stock .173, and i'm gonna shoot the video using another Droid RAZR XT912 with ICS already on it.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JetFixxxer:
[YOUTUBE]E09x6hcL22s[/YOUTUBE]

Here's a video I just made.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] joshw0000:
What he's saying is if you've tried any step and it failed you must sbf and start over. You cant just run that step again.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Rouxe41:
less than 5 seconds in, you are trying to run the installer after already running it.

ROMManager is already installed when you run it.

mkdir fails because there is already a directory with that name.

root permissions shouldn't already be granted to ROMManager when you run the install. Allow did not come up.

you are not following instructions. dont complain about having problems when you cant be bothered to do it right the first time.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] dahi:
tahnk you..
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JetFixxxer:
Once I go back to .173 do I need to setup the phone or I can I go directly into the rooting, etc?

---------- Post added at 03:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:03 PM ----------

I'm not complaining..

The first time I tried it, the OK or Allow did not come up. The second time the OK and Allow came up. Then it rebooted as the video shows. The video which was the third time which ROMManager already had permission from the second as you pointed out. As Josh pointed out I didn't start from the start on the third try.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Rouxe41:
you can add your google account later.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JetFixxxer:
ROUXE your directions are great, both in the Utility and the ones you just posted.

The only thing that failed after getting ADB hurdles corrected was the "OK and Allow" on the ROMManger. That's where I didn't start over from step 1.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] joshw0000:
I'm going to ask this although I think I know the answer. I had Safe Strap installed, uninstalled and proceeded with step 1. Everything when perfect except the phone rebooted with the exclamation mark. I force powered off and the phone immediately rebooted and now it's at the set up screen. Do I need to sbf?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] aktrazer:
Did you make it into ICS or still with GB? If you're still with GB, i would suggest fastbooting and doing it again.

Seems a lot of people are stuck with the whole "Your phone must have a completely stock ROM" issue. You CAN NOT have CWM, Safestrap or ANY OTHER BOOT MANAGER installed. Period. The ONLY modification that is allowed with this process is rooting. Everything else must be completely stock.

I just started by fastbooting, I was on a custom ROM with about 20 bells and whistles. Once you fastboot you will revert to STOCK .173. Then just root (option2), install OTA rootkeeper (option 4), preserve root using OTA rootkeeper, then use option 5 to flash over to ICS, then restore root in OTA Rootkeeper.

NOTE: When you use option 5 and it says hit ok and allow, simply hit whichever ones comes up. I think the option to press OK is first, then Superuser will ask to allow ROM Manager su access.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JetFixxxer:
Rouxe I had to move ADB like aktrazr had to do in order to get it to work or I would receive the "'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command."

I have it in C:\

Also everything went well up to the installation of "ICS" I got to the "OK" and "Allow" for ROMMAnger it rebooted and then I received the Triangle with the Exclamation point. No other error or failures.

I'm trying it again.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Rouxe41:
after set up or the 4 corner trick to get past it, if the phone has any of your old apps you are probably going to need to use RSDLite. otherwise you should be fine. It needs to be stock. and it cant have any of safestraps old partitions laying around.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JetFixxxer:
I don't think ICS will be installed on my phone. I performed step 1 again and this time when it rebooted I got the Triangle again.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] aktrazer:
I think a lot of people are failing to realize some things:

1- You are flashing a LEAKED version of ICS. For those of us more familiar with flashing, we understand that you will more than likely have to fasboot back in most cases which, as we all know, will wipe everything. Either to revert back for an OTA or to switch ROMs. If you are not fully aware of this fact, you should probably stay with Safestrap and just wait for ICS to be released and mess around with some of the tested and verified ROMs out there.

2- You should have everything synced to your google account or BackupAssist. When I finally booted into ICS last night, I entered my logins and sync information then just let the phone sit for 30 minutes and let it get everything back and installed. You WILL NOT be able to flash this monster and keep all of your apps, they will all have to be redownloaded. (Unless you use Titanium, but I don't. Not worth the hassle when I can just let google play do the work for me.)

3- If you successfully get ICS on your RAZR, many programs will not work as the providers have not made the necessary changes (My banking apps dont work, some do, some dont) to upgrade to ICS.

4- This is flashing, a very delicate and potentially dangerous thing to do to your phone. When the instructions say "Must be completely stock", they MEAN "Must be completely stock". No CWM, no safestrap, no OTA rootkeeper, nothing. They even provide RSDLite and a stock fastboot file. If you're afraid of losing things, maybe you shouldn't go for it.

5- You're all awesome and I love breaking my phone and working with all of you. lol!

---------- Post added at 03:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:50 PM ----------

Forget the installer. Use RSDLite to flash back. Users are having a lot of issues with this portion of it more than any other. When all else fails, use RSD Lite to get through step one and pick up with step 2 after you flash it.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JetFixxxer:
I'm RSDLite now..

Not sure where I'm screwing up. I'm following the instructions to the "T". I have all my other Android base hardware all rooted and running ICS/Custom ROMS.. This one is fighting me every step of the way.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] aktrazer:
Wouldn't be worth it if it was easy! :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JetFixxxer:
You got that right. That's why I haven't given up yet..
[Motorola Droid RAZR] aktrazer:
Attaboy! You'll get it, I have a feeling! Lol, or you may just throw your window up against a wall. :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Rouxe41:
Amen brother.

Here's a little story about what happened to me 2 days ago.

I get to work and open http://xdaforums.com getting ready for another day. I had updated my scripts and wanted to try them out and post my findings. My personal Droid RAZR XT912 is my daily driver so when I installed ICS originally it was the hard way, everything manually/big pain in the ass. Thankfully, my co-worker doesn't use his like I do. He has an iPhone and just had a RAZR from work. Its our company phone. This is where it gets good. I ask him for his RAZR for some testing and he's like no problem. Without thinking, I start up the new ICSInstaller.bat file and choose option 1, half way through, it fails. ****... I must have a typo somewhere. NOPE! It turns out he didn't plug the phone in the night before and I inadvertently flashed a phone that doesn't have a removable battery while it was in low power mode. I'm screwed I think. There isn't a way to charge the battery. It wont boot into anything. right now it is a hunk of plastic and glass and metal with no firmware, no kernel, no OS... I'm screwed. What can I do to fix it right now?! I explain to him that I just bricked his phone. Luckily hes cool with it and says he'll just take it into Verizon. I'm not cool with it though. I need it to work so I can test my stuff. LIGHTBULB! I have a RAZR. Exact same model. And its fully charged. What do I do? I disassembled both phones, removed the batteries, swapped them, and flashed his phone. Everything worked out. Maybe a bit extreme for the fix but it worked out in the end.

TLDR; I bricked my friends phone by trying to flash it in low power mode. Fixed my finding the smallest screwdriver possible and taking apart 2 RAZRs for a battery swap...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JetFixxxer:
I think it went this time. It didn't reboot this time we are unpacking!!!!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] aktrazer:
You get a thanks for telling one of the coolest stories ever about razr flashing. Well done!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] joshw0000:
Funny you should mention the 4 corners, since that's exactly what I did. I confirmed my apps where gone, and proceeded. When I got to CMW and rebooted, it again went to the exclamation point. I'm going to have to sbf later.

It seems that option 1 is not removing CWM even if the user uninstalls it prior to performing the operation. For the sake of simplicity, you may want to advise everyone to sbf if they've ever had CWM installed (instead of trying option 1 first).

I'll re-run everything later and report back.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Rouxe41:
Thanks for the heads up! I will change it in the next build. I'll add an update to the OP for now.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] aktrazer:
Almost home free buddy!