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[HTC Amaze 4G] KnowledgeBroker:
Just follow the instructions here to get superuser if you don't have it - you don't technically need s-off - Once you've installed the stock ICS rom with root and you have clockworkmod or 4ext recovery on the phone, reboot into one of them, flash the superwipe script in my OP, flash the rom(and the update until I put out a full new one) and you're good to go.

There is also speed rom, same general principal - aosp-ish and all.. but think mine may have more tweaks and be more stable ;)

Are you still running stock glacier? Both me and EclipzeRemix have just about all the sense taken out that can be safely removed, only stock dialer/contacts remain.. which is what I'm gonna see if I can fix now :)
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
Yes I am...

Sent from my HTC Ruby running Sense 3.6
[HTC Amaze 4G] EclipzeRemix:
Mission #1 is to get glacier out of stock, :D
[HTC Amaze 4G] mznatnat:
#1 Mission is to show Glacier what he's missing.....

#2 Mission is to get him out of stock.....

But I don't know if he's missing much ....
[HTC Amaze 4G] mznatnat:
I'm gonna try this tomorrow....... last night I soft bricked my phone..... took me all night to unbrick it.... THANK GOD FOR MY NANDROID BACK UP!!!! ..... I was trucking around with kernels..... that wasn't a good idea..... so now i'm gingerbread again... so it should be easier for me to get this rom......

I figured out how to root ICS ... yay! After millions of years searching for a working SU.... lol
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
Everything functions on my stock. Why change? Every ROM is a modified stock. My stock has a different launcher, can get custom icons, can install a custom theme, killed cap and is debloated to my liking. What am I missing?

Sent from my HTC Ruby running Sense 3.6
[HTC Amaze 4G] mznatnat:
Amen!
[HTC Amaze 4G] KnowledgeBroker:
I'm pretty sure the "modified stock" part will change soon.. and I can give you a zip that will take out all the bloat, add beats audio, really increase your battery life, add adreno drivers.. so far that and some aosp goodness is all my rom is rocking.

I'm only "deving" at all because I would normally make all these changes myself just like you are- I just figured I can do it in flashable zip form and maybe make a few other people happy who might not know how(and I'm learning a lot too)!
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
That's a nice idea. :)

Sent from my HTC Ruby running Sense 3.6
[HTC Amaze 4G] Pulsewave:
I have to +1 the debloated stock 3.6 man. Its a good tie over until 4.0 inevitably makes its way to the Amaze

</sensefanboyrant>
[General Questions and Answers] z33dev33l:
Well, I don't much like android, but needed a device for emulation. I'm getting an s2 in a trade, will it still play the latest games and emulators? I really dislike Samsung, but they're the only android OEMs who seem to be trying with android. Opinions?
[General Questions and Answers] ejatds:
definitely viable. gs2 is still a very powerful device, and considering this was released over a year ago, an amazing feat by samsung :)
[General Questions and Answers] Product F(RED):
It's faster than the Galaxy Nexus, and still on par to be a mid-high range device when compared to say a One X. So yes, for sure.
[General Questions and Answers] slapshot30:
Agreed. It still does a fantastic job even with newer games. I played PES 2012 soccer on one and it ran smooth as can be. GTA also runs great as well.
[General Questions and Answers] Product F(RED):
The thing you have to remember is it's not just the CPU that makes it powerful; it's the GPU, which in the GSII (Mali 400) is top of the line. Seriously, fire up GTA III with maximum draw distance and effects, and turn off the frame limiter. It runs at almost 60 FPS when you don't have tons of cars and explosions on the screen.
[General Questions and Answers] z33dev33l:
Not a big GTA fan, I just want to play LoZ OOT and Final Fantasy games on emulators and I'll be happy.
[General Questions and Answers] VikoAlucard:
just wait for a while to get a Galaxy s3 if you're buying new now. Otherwise, S2 was elected best phone of the year recently, so it's never a bad choice !!!
[General Questions and Answers] bqudamith:
GS2 is the one of the best android smart phone up to date .

http://www.samsung.com/uk/galaxys2/awards.html

you can check their awards. im not comparing with one x , ;)

but still GS2 rulez the world..
[HTC Amaze 4G] Keylogger_0:
This is a modified HBOOT that is designed to be compatible with ICS while retaining its S-OFF capabilities. It is

NOT

an ENG hboot, but rather a S-OFF hboot. It still has fastboot capabilities.

This is not my work, but I got the permission to release the modified leak (the full ICS leak) from Unlimited.io team (Hyuh).

This has the modified hboot in it, so you do not need to flash an engineering hboot before flashing the leak. It has everything in it. Just flash this as you would with the normal leak such as:

renaming it to PH85IMG.zip and then flashing it through hboot, or flashing this with fastboot under RUU mode, or whatever method works best for you

The only difference with this is that this is fully compatible with the ICS ROM, while the other ENG hboots are not. ENG hboots still will work, but it is said that this hboot is more compatible.

REMINDER: YOU MUST HAVE S-OFF BEFORE FLASHING THE MODIFIED ROM OR BEFORE FLASHING THE MODIFIED HBOOT!!!

Disclaimer: I am not responsible for bricks or malfunctions you may experience. Flashing a new hboot can be dangerous, so heed caution. (Insert standard disclaimer here)

LINK for the -FULL- modified ICS leak:

http://hyuh.net/files/ruby/PH85IMG_juopunutbear.zip

CREDITS: Unlimited.io and hyuh for their awesome work, and Football for releasing this leak!

I also took the liberty of pulling the hboot from the modified ICS leak, for those who need to flash the updated hboot on the ICS ROM, as I previously had an incompatible (but working) ENG hboot on the ICS rom. I just flashed this and it worked.

Again, you must have S-OFF!

Instructions: Download the file and then flash in fastboot with this command

fastboot flash hboot updatedhbootICS.img

Note: I used this method when I had an ENG hboot beforehand, so results may vary.

This updated hboot version is 1.93.2222

Link: Look at file attached
[HTC Amaze 4G] superevilllama:
Thanks for the post, but the ENG boot loader DOES work just fine with ICS. Don't want other people to be confused.

If it is working, I'm not sure how it is supposedly incompatible.
[HTC Amaze 4G] sportsstar89:
I'm using the eng hboot with ics right now with no problems........ anyway is the hboot and eng hboot or is it just s-off
[HTC Amaze 4G] Keylogger_0:
Fixed post. It is a regular S-OFF hboot. Hyuh himself said that this hboot update is more compatible with ICS, and that an ENG hboot is NOT necessary.
[HTC Amaze 4G] sportsstar89:
While an eng hboot is not necessary its more useful then a standard release hboot and its not more compatible its just a bootloader the eng hboot and this hboot are equally compatible with any rom
[HTC Amaze 4G] Keylogger_0:
I'm just rephrasing what hyuh mentioned to me that's all. Nevertheless, it is here.
[HTC Amaze 4G] sportsstar89:
Yep just letting you know the facts
[HTC Amaze 4G] rbaruch:
Any differences besides "compatability"??
[HTC Amaze 4G] sportsstar89:
Nope its just the same way jupuntobear modified the other stock hboot i would recommend sticking to eng hboot if you got it
[HTC Amaze 4G] Keylogger_0:
From what I've seen in the other thread, to flash the NFC part of the ICS update, you need the new HBOOT, and this allows the NFC part to flash correctly
[HTC Amaze 4G] kaabob:
Right, and the Tmous ICS RUU comes with a version of HBoot necessary to flash the updated NFC (and thus why it reboots on its own a few times).

So the point of having a "more compatible" HBoot I don't understand, unless for futureproofing a new version of NFC or something.
[HTC Amaze 4G] electronicrice:
I flashed it and checked it out. This actually gives you the functions of both ENG and SHIP HBoots. You can SuperCID and run fastboot flash commands. Seems like this might be the better HBoot to flash. If only it didn't say "JuopunutBear" where it should say "Locked"/"Unlocked"
[HTC Amaze 4G] djxspike:
Stupid question... (the best kind!)

Will flashing this hboot wipe my device or my CWM?

I understand flashing the whole freakin leak will, but if flashing this hboot isn't going to change anything other than supposedly be more compatible - why not?
[HTC Amaze 4G] raven198:
I don't see that as a stupid question, alot of people won't know that answer. Aren't we a community, here to help each other?
[HTC Amaze 4G] Roadcabe:
I had troubles with other hboots and this worked perfectly for me. Running ICS on my amaze 4g from mobilicty , thanks for all your help OP!
[HTC Amaze 4G] electronicrice:
No it will not wipe your device or your recovery
[HTC Amaze 4G] Keylogger_0:
No, the hboot alone will not wipe anything, I tested it myself.
[HTC Amaze 4G] crose948:
ok ive never just done the hboot so how do we install it ,,,put on sd card and open comand prompt or what,,,,thanks in advance
[HTC Amaze 4G] St Veronus:
Download the file from post 1. Copy to your external sd card root folder and rename to ph85img.zip (do not extract the download). Reboot into bootloader and it will automatically update.
[HTC Amaze 4G] crose948:
ah ezzz ok thank you so much ,,,
[HTC Amaze 4G] St Veronus:
Well, it wasn't as easy as I thought. I am attaching the hboot from the first post into a ph85img.zip file that will work. Just put this on the root of your sd card and reboot into bootloader.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Turboboxer:
I put it on there, thanks!
[HTC Amaze 4G] Opentang:
anyone else tried this hboot?
[HTC Amaze 4G] St Veronus:
I was having trouble flashing the ENG HBoot after the RUU upgrade with S-Off and this allowed me to then install SuperUser and Root the RUU. There were also a few others from the first couple of pages. It does work, it just has the J-Bear on the top instead of Un/Locked.
[HTC Amaze 4G] kaabob:
Yup, running it now. Works smooth as butter =).

Fastboot commands work.

SuperCID works.

Beautiful.

You flash SuperUser.zip from bootloader?

I always thought it's flashed through Recovery.
[HTC Amaze 4G] raven198:
What would this do for me, what would i notice different? I have the Eng Hboot and have been running the leak without a problem. Someone convince me why i need to use this please.
[HTC Amaze 4G] St Veronus:
Sorry, wasn't clear. You are correct, thru Recovery, but after changing the hboot. I was getting an error when trying to write the SuperUser.zip with the original J-Bear hboot from S-Off. This is an unbranded (Telus) handset that I also had to mod the CID on.

Hope that helps.
[HTC Amaze 4G] kaabob:
Ohh interesting... Good to know
[HTC Amaze 4G] hasoon2000:
If you have no problems, then do not try to fix it.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Marquis63:
I just flashed the hboot in jbear and this is what I got hboot 1.93.2222, still have root, so it works for me :)
[HTC Amaze 4G] morepr:
I loose root after flashing this hboot grrrrr any help please
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
Bootloader has nothing to do with root. I'm tired of people blaming the bootloader. Root is in the rom just flash the superuser package and you will be rooted again
[HTC Amaze 4G] morepr:
How ?? Cus I loose root plus recovery I try to reboot on recovery and I don't have it no more either I don't have recovery just the black screen with a phone and a sync icon on top then the icon turns as a red warning sing
[HTC Amaze 4G] blast0id:
umm how did you attempt to flash this hboot?

are you s-off? if not this is your fail...

please describe the steps you took to flash this hboot if you are s-off...
[HTC Amaze 4G] morepr:
I flash it through hboot and I still have s-off but I loose root privileges and custom recovery
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
Just reflash cwm or whatever recovery and then flash the superuser.zip once again root is in the rom! And you lost root because you reflashed everything not just the the hboot you should have just tooken the hboot he extracted and flash that from fastboot
[HTC Amaze 4G] Kennii:
Can I gain s off from this?
[HTC Amaze 4G] ImperialX12:
No, you can't get S-OFF from this.

Sent from my HTC_Amaze_4G
[HTC Amaze 4G] edhenry59:
Sorry, I'm a noob and I was tinkering around with my phone, trying to get the cell reception to work on my phone. Hence, i decided to flash this. It flashed fine, but now the phone is in a bootloop and since i placed the ph85img.zip in the internal sd card, I can't boot into the recovery either. When i boot into the bootloader, it asks me if i want to carry out the ph85img.zip update. Regardless of which option i select, it doesn't stay in the bootloader and tries to boot the rom, where it gets stuck. Have i hard-bricked my phone? :confused:

Edit: Oh, I am s-off and was running cm11 prior to this.
[HTC Amaze 4G] incapable86:
try removing your microSD card from your phone, it should get you past bootloader update and go into recovery. Backup and reflash your Rom. If you still have any issues create a thread in amaze Q&A forum. Good luck!
[Nexus S General] bruce081:
I have a Koodo Nexus S I9020a. On 2.3.2, Bootloader KL1, Radio KB2, Build GRH78C. My problem is I have no service. In "about phone" it says baseband unknow. What do I have to do? Or am I screwed?
[Nexus S General] elnahir:
You're not screwed, mate. I had the same problem yesterday. You need to flash a new radio.

Check out this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1116884

Find a radio version that works on your model and try it. If it doesn't work, try another one. I had to flash two version to find a working one, but I'm all set now. Don't worry. :)
[HTC Amaze 4G] amad99:
Hi everyone,

Is there a mac tutorial for s-off? I really want to move up to ICS, but kinda wanna have S-off before I do.
[HTC Amaze 4G] porkchopexpress:
Since the tool required for achieving S-Off is Windows only, your only option is to either install windows in Bootcamp or possibly a virtual machine, or use a Windows PC.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dojavamostar:
pleas help

Why does Samsung Kies say that my device does not support software upgrading via kies?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sathkartha:
that would be the case if you have in place any custom rom;you ought to be on pure stock meant for your region for Kies to support updates.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dojavamostar:
thanks for the reply, can you help me what to do to be able to reuse samsun Kies and do the official update
[Galaxy S I9000 General] paintball23456:
you need to have the stock firmware which is JVT latest one go to sammobile.com

and download JVO then install from kies and then upgrade to JVT:cool::rolleyes::);)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sebxtreme:
Probably you don' t have a stock rom.You have to flash a stock rom with odin.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dojavamostar:
Can you explain how to do it with Kies, because I just download and unzip JVO but when I run again Kies wrote the same
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] lidaswen:
Hello everyone!for my bad English,I want someone help me ,

I want to tanslaste KartRider Rush for Chinese.I used apktool.

but I can't find the language pakage,The styles didn't have all language,It' have a

little Korea,So I want translate it,BUt It didn't work. I hope someone can help me
[HTC Sensation] JustinRawr:
Hello all. I was thinking about selling my Sensation because the One X is screaming my name. But I'm having a hard time thinking of a fair price for it it's in mint condition, rooted (obviously) ICS 4.0.4, Sense 4, few screen protectors, case, and a anker extended battery. Any ideas on an asking price?
[HTC Sensation] strauss0829:
I would say 250
[HTC Sensation] JustinRawr:
I forgot to mention the 16gb sd card with it as well. Only $250 huh :/ I was hoping to get more than half of the cost of the One X to pay some on it! lol I'll keep my sensation! :D
[HTC Sensation] lazar89nis:
sell it in serbia for like 300 euros :D
[HTC Sensation] JustinRawr:
Lol or do that :D
[HTC Sensation] shahkam:
I saw sensation go for 260 max you could get is 300 if its like 9/10 condition and whit lot of extras...
[HTC Sensation] lazar89nis:
its sad but its rly like that... i was looking like 20 days to hardly find one sensation for 280 euros with no extras... :(
[HTC Sensation] rustyxj6:
I don't know but the One X is just not doing it for me. I have a Sensation 4G and and Amaze 4G. Not even a month ago I sold a Sensation 4G with some scratches on the screen for $250. Sold it with the box, charger and a 8 gig micro sd and a cheap silicone case.

For now I'll keep my Amaze 4G. I'm thinking about selling my Sensation I'll how much I can get for this one.
[HTC Sensation] ungraph:
I'd say $320 is a fair price.
[HTC Sensation] yahhboy:
I payed $320 brand new in box, the highest I saw used was 280 and that had a white housing so everyone must have been flipping out :D

Sent from my sensational sensation 4g
[HTC Sensation] JustinRawr:
Thanks for the advise. I think I'm gonna stick with my sensation the One X is a little too pricey!
[HTC Sensation] thetinguy:
http://swappa.com/buy/htc-sensation-4g-t-mobile

It's going for 270-310 on swappa.
[HTC Sensation] JustinRawr:
Never heard of swappa. Gonna check it out. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] variance:
As someone with a sprint galaxy nexus. it's hard to find clear topics on what's relevant to my device.

Perhaps we can separate General by CDMA/LTE and GSM/HSPA

or alternately since sprint and verizon have differences themselves.

Sprint Nexus, Verizon Nexus and GSM Nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Hey buddy. We've been dealing with it just fine before the Sprint phone showed up. General and Q&A need to be kept together. The only need for separate forums is when it comes to Development (which they've added).

MOST topics pertain to everyone. And if theres a need for a specific thread, label it with [SPRINT], [VERIZON], or [GSM]. There's no need to spread out the usefulness of a general forum because you can't comprehend what's going on in an OP.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] iGoogleNexus:
Served lol

- Google Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Smokeey:
No need for over-organization. This is fine.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BrianDigital:
Been fine over at the nexus s forums for a while. A month after the spring phone has been out. It week seem less cluttered
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Anthonok:
If you can't differentiate between a GSM thread or a CDMA thread I don't think you need to be flashing your phone anyway. Plus most "general" issues are the same no matter the device.
[HTC Rezound] theascended:
I have yet to successfully use the wire trick for juopunutbear (I think I'm not making proper contact on both pins), but I have found that this method can fail fantastically and leave you with quite a feeling of despair. After a couple of attempts of the wire trick, controlbear failed to start again giving me the error /system/bin/sh: /data/local/JuopunutBear: not found

Unfortunately, the new boot image and recovery prevented my phone from loading back into my ROM as well. Fortunately, I'm an absolute lunatic when it comes to backing things up and was able to restore my phone to a working state.

Before you try the S-OFF method, make sure you have a few things available:

1.) A valid boot image for your ROM (i.e. one that will allow you to boot)

2.) A recovery image of your choice

3.) A backup with the recovery image of your choice (you should probably offload this from the SD card just in case it gets fscked in the process -- mine did even with the newer version of the tools)

4.) A local copy of your internal SD card (if you haven't remounted it and made your external the phone storage AND if you want to backup your .android-secure)

5.) A cool head (don't throw your phone at anything if things screw up on you)

What to do if you fail the wire trick, juopunutbear fails and you can't load your ROM:

1.) Use one of the methods in http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1613309 to fix your SD card if it won't mount anymore. I used diskpart in windows 7 and just deleted all the partitions and then formatted it. After you fix the SD, make sure you copy the backup back to it.

2.) Boot the phone to hboot and get into fastboot

3.) Flash your boot and recovery images ("fastboot flash boot boot.img"; "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img")

4.) Reboot to recovery and restore your backup

5.) (optional) Reinstall your chosen ROM to make sure the proper boot image and system files are installed

6.) Boot into your ROM

7.) If you haven't moved .android_secure off the internal SD card, plugin your USB and switch the phone to storage mode. Copy your internal SD contents back and return the phone to charging mode only. The phone will take a couple minutes to recognize and process the SD applications, but it will work just fine.

I'll give S-OFF another go some other night... I'm worn out for now.
[HTC Rezound] ronartest2005:
Thanks for the warning, I never do any of the new root methods/hboot/s-off stuff until I see a good solid couple of months of people having success with it.

Then I just read,read and read to try and check every scenario so i can be prepared. Thanks again.
[HTC Rezound] luis86dr:
If only more people were like you. :p

Sent from my Htc Rezound

Follow me on twitter @lmrtech
[HTC Rezound] Andro X:
What are you using to do the wire trick? At first I was using a thin speaker wire but it wasn't working so I grabbed a paper clip and wrapped it in electrical tape exposing about a quarter inch on each side.

Sent from my HTC Vigor
[HTC Rezound] syikho:
I used a piece of coax cable and used one hand to keep contact on pin 1 while using the other to quickly tap the gnd pin. It was about 10" long with roughly 3/8" stripped on both ends.

Sent from my BAMF'n Rezound
[HTC Rezound] yojoe600:
make sure its making contact down in the whole lol i had trouble with that
[HTC Rezound] sogone209:
ughh dude its so simple, i wish i could just fly to where you were and do it for you! im sorry your having problems. im glad i didnt have to throw my phone against the wall and such... just follow the directions... -__-
[HTC Rezound] WookieFan:
I do exactly this as well. You can imagine me sitting back with a bag of popcorn and watching the fireworks fly over the past few days. Sorry to say, but it's fairly entertaining to watch people who haven't read the instructions, mess up and then come here and re-post the same issues over and over again (having obviously not read/searched any of the threads for solutions).

I give props to people like con247 and antp for spending hours helping people. They really showed the quality of help you can expect here. There were others, of course, but those were the two I saw the most.

I look forward to gaining s-off. In a month or so. And I do know the benefits, and appreciate them. Thanks to all those who spent long hours helping everyone who had troubles!!!