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[HTC One S] Iggy Iggins:
Hello,

I'm considering rooting my international One S for a couple of things. Mainly, it's to overclock the CPU but I also want to try and fix an annoying problem during booting with the phone. The problem is that my phone is locked to Vodafone via a contract, thus the Vodafone icon appears and no startup sound is heard like I was used to with my Desire S.

I'm aware that rooting/overclocking can be dangerous but as long as I follow the rules carefully, I should be fine. I'm not a noob with technology but rather a noob in terms of rooting Android.

That brings me to this thread. I just wanted to ask a few questions before I tried it as it is still under contract until 2014. I hope I don't confuse anyone but here they are:

If I decide to root, will I lose any data? (contacts, music, videos, photos, apps, etc.)

Can rooting be 'undone'?

If I root, will my phone still have HTC Sense and Android 4.0 as before?

Can I still receive OEM updates with a rooted phone?

I don't want to modify anything other than the core frequency of the MSM8260A processor so I'm hoping things like CyanogenMod aren't required.

Thanks guys,

Iggy.
[HTC One S] WCCobra:
1. No you not lose what is on your SDCard, but when you unlock the bootloader, it will wipe your device/settings.

2. Yes.

3. Yes, unless you install a custom ROM to remove them.

4. No. You will need to unroot and relock the bootloader or update through a custom rom.
[HTC One S] azzledazzle:
If I decide to root, will I lose any data? (contacts, music, videos, photos, apps, etc.)

No, Rooting wont delete data, But Unlocking bootloader will.

Can rooting be 'undone'?

Yes, Just use the cleanup option in SU app, Or run RUU

If I root, will my phone still have HTC Sense and Android 4.0 as before?

Yes, You will only lose these if you flash a non HTC ROM, Like AOSP, AOKP, CM9, MIUI ect

Can I still receive OEM updates with a rooted phone?

No, you will need stock recovery and maybe relocked bootloader to receive it

EDIT: Damn WCCobra ! you're just too fast :p
[HTC One S] WCCobra:
Haha, your answers are a little more detailed :p
[HTC One S] Iggy Iggins:
Thanks guys for answering my questions. :)

So in regards to question 3, I don't have to install a custom ROM to root my phone? I'm trying to get my head around all of the keywords.

And in reply to question 4; I'll have to undo the rooting and relock the bootloader again to receive updates from either HTC or Vodafone?

To root my One S, I was thinking of using this method if that brings up anything else that I should know before continuing.
[HTC One S] azzledazzle:
No you dont have to flash a custom ROM for root, Just unlock bootloader and flash the superboot image in fastboot.

And yes, You will need to flash the stock recovery (if you replace it) to get OTA updates
[HTC One S] Iggy Iggins:
Okay, I appreciate the help, thanks. :)

Is there anything else that I should know?
[HTC One S] azzledazzle:
nope, its fairly simple, just be sure to read all of the instructions, dont skip any steps.

if you have a question.........ask !
[HTC One S] Iggy Iggins:
Okay.

Thanks to you and WCCobra for replying quickly. :)
[HTC One S] GuestX0019:
If you are rooting to OC only--I am OC'd and don't notice any perceptible speed difference.

However, once rooted, you may get the flash bug and not turn back--;)
[HTC One S] WCCobra:
OC'n really isn't going to do much aside from boost your benchmarks, drain your battery more, and add a slight boost to some games. Not really worth it imo.
[HTC One S] k1llacanon:
Dude trust me u want to flash a custom Rom I was a bit weary about it at the start I went from a Nokia 5530 to this I didn't want to mess it up but rooting is the best thing I'm using leedroid and love it u will make mistakes I did too but u got fantastic developers and people on here to help u out just download ur ruu and if anything goes wrong flash it and ur good always make nandroid back ups at the end of the day ur call but ur missing out :D
[HTC One S] Iggy Iggins:
I'm merely wanting to root it to prove points to some One X and Galaxy S III holders. 'Overclocking' the CPU to 1.70GHz will hopefully prove that Tegra 3 is useless unless you are gaming. It isn't really an overclock considering the CPU specifications over at Qualcomm provide this as its highest core frequency. Overclocking would be going beyond this - i.e. 1.80GHz. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sarmate:
Well, I know that it’s a really old thing but I haven’t been able to find an answer in any of the existing threads here or anywhere else on the web.

I am planning to migrate my and my son’s I9000s to ICS. As I’ve understood things the best thing to do is to install the latest official Samsung 2.3.6 first before rooting and proceeding further.

To be able to do this on my phone running 2.3.4 I started with a new install of Kies 2.3.2 on my Windows XP laptop. I had to reinstall the drivers too and then it worked properly.

However, with my son’s phone running 2.2.1 and the same settings, Kies detects the phone, keeps trying connecting endlessly without any result.

Yes, I tried all the usual solutions I could find, the phone is on the standard home screen, USB*connection on Kies, debugging mode off (if I put it on Kies detects this and sends an error message).

Both phones are the same model, age and build.

What could I*still try?

Thank you all inadvance!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
Here is my kit containing ezodin, ezbase ROM (GB) and the root kernel, download it, unzip, and read.txt first.....kies is rubbish!

http://db.tt/MOGZx01S

If you want to try slim ROM here is link to website with downloads and instructions

http://www.slimroms.com/
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
By the way to connect with Odin you need to be in download mode, volume down/home/power simultaneously, you will see yellow triangle, when you plug in usb one of the boxes should turn yellow, then you are connected, any problems post back here :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlwaysDroid:
Dont worry about changing firmware first. Just root it using super-oneclick on stock firmware, then flash a kernel such as CF root through ODIN. You cant flash the kernel through stock recovery because recovery is packaged with the kernel in SGS and it wont flash unsigned codes. Now that you have CWM, then flash a ROM such as Cyanogen Mod 9, and then flash a kernel of your choice through CWM (i used devil). Enjoy !
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zodiaxe66:
I thought nitr8 made ezbaze as a recovery and later flash base to insanity cm7.correct me if im wrong.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
It's just a stripped out Sammy ROM basically, it's just a handy way to do a clean gb flash and is, imho, a great recovery ROM, and ezodin also is just a stripped Odin, noob friendly! There is ezbase froyo also. Rest assured, I was beta tester for nitr8 and looked after his sgs thread as well :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zodiaxe66:
Ahh,that's were i remember u from.yeah ezbase is a great resurrection rom.like darky ress. 12.1.great dev's and great roms.btw doc is back in gs3 thread and kitchen is under "maintenance ".insanity & docrom were the best back in froyo days.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
Insanity was a great thread, great ROM, great Dev, working the slappy humour over in slim now, and doing much the same there.....for better or worse! :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zodiaxe66:
Kravind is making a great rom and slim rom is a great successor to insanity.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] n0brainr:
Hello, today (6/16) Sony Mobile has posted my SI-number on their Xperia Mini ICS thread, which means that the official ICS update is now available for my device using the PC Companion.

Problem is, I have unlocked my bootloader & I'm now running the stock Gingerbread with a prerooted kernel. I've read many topics where people get bricks by updating their unlocked SE phones via OTA or the PC Companion.

The solution seems to be extracting the update from the PC Companion, and then flashing it with Flashtool. But I'm a n00b and I don't know how to do this, can some1 help me :). Just don't wanna brick my phone now, I need it xP.

Oh, and another question, if I update with the official rom, will I lose the unlocked bootloader?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Feanor88:
You have two ways to do this. One is the simplest in the world: find a .ftf file for stock ICS rom and flash it through flashtool. And that's all.

If you want to upgrade through PC Companion, you'll have to:

1) Flash stock kernel

2) Relock your bootloader

3) Use PCC to upgrade

;)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] n0brainr:
Thanks for the quick reply! Won't updating via Flashtool interfere with the unlocked bootloader?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] jakakolenk:
same like me bro

i had unlocked bootloader and get the ICS

just download the official ICS FTF file

here's the link http://www.mediafire.com/?wot47vumhstlc4h

its from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1568792
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Feanor88:
No, it won't. Don't worry ;)

Unlocked bootloader is only a problem when using PC Companion or SUS ;)
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaxcer:
Hello. I got my HTC 7 Trophy developer - unlocked to install bt file sharing app, but it need fully unlocked phone... I tried getting it fully unlocked via RSPL launcher, I did everything by instructions, but it seems that i'm not getting "USB" sign at the bottom of the tri- color screen when im in bootloader. Anyone know how to fix this or another way to do full- unlock? Oh yeah, i tried custom rom... not working... It says that it's not connected to computer when in bootloader, but when it' regular, it connects to zune and sync and stuff.... Sorry for my english, and i'm also kind of noob when it gets to this... Help is appreciated.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roqstr:
not possible yet, experienced the same problem. not even with goldcard.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] setspeed:
A friend has an Arc and it's a nice little phone. She has one problem with it though, you can't silence the camera shutter which she finds embarrassing in some situations.

I haven't got the full details of the ROM she's on yet, but the phone has never been rooted, so it's going to be some sort of official one I guess, either UK or international, Gingerbread.

EDIT: She's just come back to me, it's Build no 4.0.2.A.0.62

I've had a quick look and search on this forum, but I couldn't find a definitive answer to my question.

Is there an official GB ROM that includes a silent setting for the camera shutter? If so, where might I procure said ROM?

I did automatically think "I wanna stick ICS on it" but a quick search turned up this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1600727&highlight=4+0+2+a+0+62

I don't feel like reading 35 pages of issues, and I know for sure I don't want to give her back a phone that performs worse than when she gave it to me. Can anyone give me the lowdown on whether I want to stick an (official) ICS ROM on it or not? I don't want her to have any issues later on when it comes to warranty and such, so custom ROMs.

Also finally, can you direct me to the easiest instructions for the Sony-sanctioned ROM update procedure?

Thanking you kindly!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] setspeed:
Also, what's the situation with rooting this phone? I've been on HTCs all my Android life with the exception of my latest Samsung. I know that each official software update with the HTCs I had always managed to block the previous method of root - meaning it was a cat & mouse game for the devs.

What I'm getting at is that I don't want to cut off her options later on, by installing an official ROM that blocks all known root methods.

Does anyone care to expand on this for me, please?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheHaso:
As i know its possible. Try to hit the menubutton while the camera is open then choose shutter sound then choose off

Typed down from the sky with sexy LT15i
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] setspeed:
She has assured me that, in contradiction to what I have read on this forum, there is no shutter off sound. There are three options, none of which is silent.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RamEsRock:
For her rom, she'll use Global.

About the shutter problem, you can disable it IF ON ROOT.

To disable it while on root with Root Explorer go to:

System>Media>Audio>Common Here you can delete the Focus sound.

System>Media>Audio>Camera1 (or something like that, I'm on CM now) Here you can delete the Shutter sound.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] setspeed:
Excellent, that sounds pretty simple. I'll go and look up how to root it then. Thanks.
[HTC One X] Amicushia:
Hello guys,

I've got a slight problem with my HOX,

the problem is I got it relocked for warranty but i've got it back because i've void warranty with htcdev > cwm, pretty stupid me :) Also CWM has been removed, can't boot in it and there isn't a stock recovery on it.

I can't unlock it anymore because i have a problem with the battery, it will charge for 30 minutes - 1 hour and then it shuts itself off. ( In usb as in normal charger aswell, tried other charger but no avail )

When i try to unlock it, it gives me error FAILED <remote: battery low>>

Also i cannot find my HOX in adb devices, got the driver installed and my pc sees the HOX.

HBOOT 0.43.0000

*** Relocked ***

*** Security warning ***

I'm getting pretty desperate, i've read alot threads but all say it should charge full if put in hboot/fastboot

There is no ROM on it, I wanted to flash other rom on it but this went terribly wrong >> low battery, i've wiped all before i relocked it. I know super stupid.

I hope you can help me :)

Thanks in advance,

Dave

https://www.dropbox.com/s/90woypwkutldv0d/IMG_20120616_153855.jpg
[HTC One X] Amicushia:
fixed

May someone running into this problem is fixed with a script to let the phone reboot into bootloader and turn off over again, and show Mv of the battery. Hope this helps.

Original thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1658084
[HTC Incredible S] abheshekk:
Hi Guys,

My Incredible S has HBOOT 1.13.0000, Can anyone please tell me how to S-OFF it and install CWM.

Thanx in advance
[HTC Incredible S] zukri90:
revolutionary.io for s-off. The installer includes cwm. Just follow the on-screen instructions and you'll be fine :)
[HTC Incredible S] poondog:
http://theunlockr.com/2011/08/02/ho...android-phone-using-the-revolutionary-method/

This is the guide I used

It installs a recovery for you
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] flhthemi:
Is there any hope of my being able to run the .28 update again even though I have done it already OTA?. I'm having problems and I was thinking if I did a wipe and then could do a re-install of.28 it might fix it....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Zephyrot:
Yeah, you could save all your stuff with TitaniumBackup (remember to save it to either DropBox or a SD Card!!) and download the full install from the Asus page.

Then install using the SD Card method. It will wipe absolutely everything on your Prime and leave it like new :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] flhthemi:
Ok! Thank you! I'm going to try this and was going to wipe it prior to the re-install anyway.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] flhthemi:
I did it. It helped a lot. I couldn't use TitaniumBackup as I'm not rooted and from what I could find about it you need to be rooted.

At any rate, it's working a lot better. It got wiped twice and each time I flashed .28 again. This happened because the 1st time I wiped it I forgot to untick the option to restore my apps in the settings. So I just let it go and started over because I wanted things as close to "out of the box" as I could get them. Things just seem better now, could be my imagination, but it sure seems to be acting more like it did on .21.:)

Maybe if I had just uninstalled ICS+ browser and installed it again it might have fixed the flickering and jumping around I was seeing on long pages like Facebook.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] lil-devil:
to root on .28 use the [ROOT][TOOL]Debugfs automated root

=]
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ratman6161:
New TP arrives today...

I'm assuming it will come out of the box with Honey Comb on it and then do an OTA update when I connect it to WiFi.

Question: Just turn on the WiFi and let it run? Or is it better to download and manually install the .28 update?

On both PC's and my phones I've always preferred clean, full installs over "upgrades". Upgrading something that has problems just means the new install inherits the problems of the old. But in this case, I'm thinking that since it's brand new out of the box it would be just as good to just connect it up and let it do its thing - before connecting it to my gmail account or installing any apps.

On the other hand, how long can I expect an OTA to take? Since it's new, there is no data loss to worry about. I'f I'm the impatient type......?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Zephyrot:
I really dont thrust any update method. name it FOTA, OTA, Service Pack, whatever. They always break something, if I've learn something about updates in all these years programming, is that updates do not always work as planned lol, at least not for all users.

There are just too many variables in any OS, a lot of them customized by the user (Mods, tweaks, etc).

So far, with every update I have downloaded it from the Asus webpage and did the full install and I have had absolutely no issues, and none of the weirdness's I read every day here in XDA ^^

The only issue is the crazy amount of ANR messages when using ICS Browser+, I'm hoping that .28 fix them for me (No signs of .28 for DE SKUs yet).

Btw, just as some extra Info, do not use Browser2Ram :P after a while (About every day when I had it) it makes the Prime reboot itself since the Ram Management goes nuts.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ratman6161:
Agree completely. That's why I was saying I tend to always do full clean installs. I'm reminded of the time our network admin pushed out Sp1 for Windows 7 which killed half of our laptops - and we never did figure out why. We just re-imaged them. I'm thinking that's the way I'm going to go with the prime when I open the package this afternoon.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] shehzad.isbani@gmail.com:
my battery sucks so i wanna go back to froyo . i have 2.2 firmware but when install from odin the samsumg logo keeps on lopping and is doesnt start .

thanks //
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] 123shree:
There is tar ball you have to flash in Odin before switching back to froyo... It's called downgrage.tar..

I will upload it if i find it .. :)

EDIT : I found it!!!!!

And the link is posted :)

downgrade file
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] brainvision:
This is not needed anymore!! You should do all wipes from the Recovery and then flash through Odin..

{ brvsn ~ CM9 on GT-I5500 ~ Tapatalk2 }
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] spannernick:
Yep like he seid,

I just flash mine and it came up with the rom recovery before finishing the flash and i forgot the wipe it and just restarted it and it just kept looping the samsung logo,so I flashed it again and when the recovery came up again I wiped it all(cache and all) and it worked..;D

With my rom the recovery comes up sa its flashing it so it starts to copy the rom over the boots the recovery then you can wipe it then restart and then it boots the rom..

My rom is:

SAMSUNG_GALAXY_I5500XWJP4_BB_ORIGNAL_ROM_V2.2.tar.md5

If anyone wants this rom PM me for it,Its not in english you will have to change it to the one you use.

---------- Post added at 09:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:29 PM ----------

I am going to make a setup exe file it will help you set it up step by step on how it flash your phone. it will have all the files you need to flash your phone too..well it will need it..;)

Good idea..?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wk560300:
Hi guys

how long does Xoom2 get fully charged?? I just got a xoom2 and i tried to charge it through the genuine charger, but it took like 6-7 hours to fully charge my tablet which was very weird:confused::confused::confused:. I am wondering how long does xoom2 get fully charged normally?

Cheers
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] big ach:
I never timed mine but I find it charges pretty fast.

I read somewhere that the xoom family edition ( which also charges with a micro USB) is supposed to take 6 hours) so I imagine that the xoom 2 should be even faster because of the high capacity charger it comes with.

Sent from my Motorola Droid Xyboard 10.1 with Verizon 4G LTE
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wk560300:
thx mate, could u tell me the output of your charger? is it 5V 2A? i found mine is 5V 1A..
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] big ach:
Mine says on it 5V = 1.6A
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HuKuToC34:
Hello, all.

I'm using [ICS] QuadraSense [V1.0][Sense 4.0 Theme+Sense 4.0 Smoothness] on my Desire Z.

Everything works perfect if the sys lang is English (US).

When i change lang to Russian, dialer shows me an error: There is an error in "contacts" app. Whenever, contacts app is working.

Can you help me with solving?

Thx.
[HTC Desire S] NX3:
I've bought a phone which has S-OFF, ***LOCKED***, which I'm trying to root. I've seen many guides, read them but they are all from the point you have S-ON. I've tried manual ADB install of CWM but that fails, permission denied.

Any advice before I brick it ? The phone seems to be in a quasi state...not sure how I progress.

C:\Android>fastboot getvar all

(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 2.00.0002

(bootloader) version-baseband: 3822.10.08.04_M

(bootloader) version-cpld: None

(bootloader) version-microp: None

(bootloader) version-main: 2.10.401.8

(bootloader) product: saga

(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-7230

(bootloader) modelid: PG8810000

(bootloader) cidnum: 11111111

(bootloader) battery-status: good

(bootloader) battery-voltage: 3963mV

(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic

(bootloader) security: off

(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP

(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT

(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: ebd3df7d

(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 12

(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
[HTC Desire S] uqadwe:
are you sure you are S-OFF? If so, you can try a pre-rooted rom.(Flash a recovery first)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1183684
[HTC Desire S] Barbuzas:
Have the same problem. It says ***Locked*** S-OFF. Don't know what to do. Before made RUU I have rooted my phone succesfully (one click root), but now can't do that in the same way. ;/
[HTC Desire S] NX3:
I wasn't sure if S-OFF was really off but everything I tried was failing. This was from a Win7 64 bit, I switch to Win7 32bit PC and SuperOneClick worked then!

I've got root, CWM recovery installed and all sorted so thank. Not sure why 64bit Windows 7 was causing a problem, nothing indicated it was but a 32 bit pc everything worked perfectly.
[HTC Desire S] Barbuzas:
How you switch to windows 32bit?
[HTC Desire S] Jack_R1:
Generally, when S-OFF, the only thing needed to be able to do just about anything - is to use a special PG88IMG.ZIP that includes latest reengineered bootloader and custom recovery.

I'm not sure if there is one in this forum, but it's easy to create.
[HTC Desire S] Barbuzas:
Where could I get this? Or how it is called? Because I have no clue what I need to enter in google.
[HTC Desire S] Jack_R1:
To begin with, search for PG88IMG.ZIP to understand, what it is and what it does.
[HTC Desire S] stumpyz9:
You need to unlock the bootloader, the ***locked*** indicates its still locked. Use HTCDev or some other tool to unlock your bootloader. Not sure how S-off works for this phone, it might have just been re-locked, so try "fastboot oem unlock" i think is the command and it should unlock

Then you can flash a recovery image and then flash a zip file containing the su binary and app via recovery