yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
1. Unlocking the boot loader allows you to flash custom recovery and system images. Its necessary to flash any sort of custom ROM

2. S-off will help you flash kernels without fast boot or hboot. Unlimited.io is the website for the s-off method.

3. Amon Ra is the recovery. Its needed to flash ROMs and zips, mods, themes, etc.

4. Find a GSM ROM. Siul makes most of the gsm ROMs. ICS isnt a ROM, but there are ICS ROMs. ICS is the version of android.

Flashing a gsm ROM will fix all the errors and let you edit the APN.

Good luck :)

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[HTC Rezound] msirish:
stock gb on tmobile

If you are on tmobile that upgrade will not show up. Stock phone on gb to upgrade unrooted what is the procedure?

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Search Soul for the correct Rom install it then update to ics?

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Also, any suggestions for a good backup for unrooted phone?
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
1. Run the ruu ;) in post 3 instructions are in a link.

2 + 3 im not exactly sure What you mean

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[HTC Rezound] BrettMcCartney:
Why dosen't this ICS look like ICS on Galaxy Nexus.

This may be a stupid question, but why doen't the ics on the rezound look like the one on the Nexus. For instance when you go into all apps why is there no widget section or the ability to just drag the widget to the home screen of your choice.
[HTC Rezound] Tachi91:
It's a Sense vs Vanilla thing.
[HTC Rezound] rezoundness:
No notice yet of pay ice cream sandwich update that is 100 mb. Could it have something to do with removing some functionality.
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
That was fake. The guy who posted that thread faked it lol

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[HTC Rezound] rezoundness:
Well just because.you have a custom taskbar does not mean you won't get updates via its notification.
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
Well it really didn't look official. I could be wrong

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
Also, his notification said 605.12 but his about phone said 605.1 which makes it look really really fake

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[HTC Rezound] Corki2:
I hope someone can tell me if I have this right. I flashed the final ICS RUU. I then unlocked, rooted and flashed Amon Ra. In order to get future OTA'S I think I need to first flash stock recovery, then relock. I'm under the impression I can stay rooted to get the OTA but I will lose root and have to reroot, etc. Is this correct or am I missing something. I do not have S-off.

Thanks in advance for the help. :)

Sent from my Rezound
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
If you're rooted it probably won't work. You can take the OTA if you are unlocked, but if the OS has been modified (root, freezing apps etc) you won't be able to take an OTA. You can re run an ruu or run the update ruu if/when a new update comes

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[HTC Rezound] TheSilverStig:
Firmware question

Hey first of all I'll say I searched this and really couldn't find anything although I feel like this has been asked before so I apologize in advance.

I'm gonna unlock my friends Rezound using htcdev and flash him a custom rom. I'm familiar with the process except for one thing.

I keep reading about ics and gb firmwares. His phone is on stock gb but he recently accepted a gb firmware update that said it was in preparation for ics. Keep in mind this is OTA and not from any leaks. This is also NOT ics. What would be the best plan of attack when it comes to his firmware? Take the ota update to ics, and get the ota ics firmware and then root from there, or root now from gb and mess with these patches I see on threads that aren't very well explained other than gb needs them, but only some gb.

My goal is to get him from stock+the random gb firmware update to a nice new ics rom with proper firmware. If someone could direct me to a post somewhere or explain it here that would be great. Thanks in advance!
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
Take the ICS OTA and then use htcdev.com to unlock. The website will hive u full explanation on how to do that . Then flash amon ra (the recovery, which is necessary for flashing roms) Then flash the supersu.zip in post #3 or a custom ROM of choice, following the instructions from that ROM. All custom ROMs are pre rooted so you don't have to do anything to root after you flash them

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[HTC Rezound] TheSilverStig:
Thanks man thats what i figured I just wanted to check!
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
No problem bro if you need anything else don't hesitate to ask :)

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[HTC Rezound] Nopi45:
Has any one else ran into the problem of their vibration not working only on text messages after the OTA RUU process?
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
Go into messaging settings and click notifications settings and make sure vibrate is set to on

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[HTC Rezound] Nopi45:
Yea still nothing! I flashed the RUU twice. About the only thing I have not done is a full wipe and start from the beginning. I was not sure if it was a known bug with the update.
[HTC Rezound] rolrctermaniac:
Whenever I install the update data ends up broken. With stock (right after applying the RUU) data just completely doesn't work at all. Oddly, after flashing a ROM I get 3g.

I am s-off and unlocked.

I have tried many different methods too. Multiple .exe files from multiple sources and a .zip file. All the same result. yet when I go back to 2.01.605.11 I get 4g working and everything, though I do not get why it won't let me do an OTA update right after installing the 2.01.605.11 RUU.
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
Do a factory reset in hboot while on the stock recovery in ICS

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
I have no idea man. I guess try wiping and starting over

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[HTC Rezound] dalvear88:
Thanks Ashton for the PM! I currently dont have access to a computer though lol. On that note, Does anyone have a functioning link/download for GB Ruu in .zip format? Computer is currently down and want to do this via phone ;) Thanks in advance to you all.
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
I have no clue where you can get a .zip from, but you could just use the ICS ruu its in .zip form

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[HTC Rezound] dalvear88:
That was my first choice of action, but so far all the links on AndroidPolice keep failing when downloading over 4G (never gave me an issue before though) I'll keep trying though lol, I'm persistent!!!
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
Well good luck :) hope you can get it figured out

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[HTC Rezound] manbat:
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Shipped-ROMs.com..has all stock ROMs in EXE and ZIP....
[HTC Rezound] SympatheticAardvark:
First off, I apologize in advance for any noobish errors as I've never posted before.

I am experienced in flashing several different phones, but I just want confirmation from those more experienced than me that I am approaching a somewhat tricky situation correctly.

My starting point is CleanROM GBE 1.7.5, and with the OTA floating around I figure now is the time to take the plunge into s-off and ICS. I have decided on ViperRez 1.0.3. Please let me know if there is a flaw in my plan-

1. Backup all data, including content of SD card.

2. Re-lock bootloader

3. Install 3.14.605.5 ruu

4. HTCdev unlock

5. Install Amon Ra 3.15

6. Flash Superuser 3.0.7 .zip

7. S-off per instructions at Unlimited.IO

8. Install ViperRez via recovery

I have read many posts, and I'm pretty sure I'm on the right track, but want a bit more peace of mind.

Also, my understanding is that firmware/radio did not change from 605.5 to 605.12. Is that correct?

I greatly appreciate all the hard work from everyone here. From day one/phone one, my smartphone experience has been enhanced 10,000% thanks to everyone here at XDA. God bless you all!
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
That sounds perfect! Good luck!

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[HTC Rezound] SympatheticAardvark:
Thanks muchly! I already have all the files, and a free evening, now I just need to locate a precisely calibrated wire...
[HTC Rezound] dalvear88:
Check you out! Being all epic and helpful!!! Thanks, Will shoot over and grab one of those! :D

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That was the best site ever! didnt even know it existed. Plus super fast downloads! almost 500mb in just under 10 min!!!
[HTC Rezound] El Schisne:
When the ICS OTA came out last week, I RUU'd my phone to stock Gingerbread and then took the OTA. From there, I installed a custom recovery and flashed SuperSU to root. Now, I'd like to update to the new OTA without losing all my stuff, since I just went to all the trouble of restoring it a few days ago. But I imagine I'll need the stock recovery before I can update.

Four questions:

1. Am I correct in that assumption?

2. If so, I reckon there's a recovery.img file I can take out of the .12 zipfile RUU. Can I just fastboot flash recovery it?

3. Once I flash stock recovery, will the fact that I'm rooted prevent the new OTA from showing up in System Updates and/or installing correctly?

4. If the answer to 3 is yes, is it safe for me to just flash the new RUU?

I'm fine with restoring root after the update; I just want to get onto the update without losing my data. I'm S-OFF, by the way.

Thanks!
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
1. You're mostly correct, I'm not sure if rooting screws it up but I think it does.

2. Yes

3. I think it won't install correctly if you're rooted

4. Yeah you could just run the ruu but it will delete all your data

;)

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[HTC Rezound] famouscollin:
Hey Ashton you seem to be the best at answering questions about this stuff. So I got another.. I decided to take the new ruu after all. Ha zero problem throughs the process(locking,flashing stock rec, etc..and now back to my viperRez Rom). Amy how, found out today that the new radios (an update patch) came out 8/12 do I have to go thru the same process again too flash those? I have the download OTApkg.zip from android police just not sure if I have to go thru the whole locking and stock recovery thing again.. as always any reply would be greatly appreciated:)
[HTC Rezound] thelunchboxosu:
There is a zip with just the firmware, I'm trying to figure out prerequisites and results of flashing just that...
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
You would just have to put it into a ph98img.zip and flash it in hboot I believe

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[HTC Rezound] famouscollin:
Awesome lemme know how it works
[HTC Rezound] thelunchboxosu:
Well I am hesitant, I haven't seen instructions/results on flashing just the firmware zip, so hanging tight until I do.
[HTC Rezound] famouscollin:
Should I just change the name of OTApkg.zip to PH98IMG.zip? I thought I read somewhere to extract the firmware.zip from the OTApkg.zip or I think that was for s-off.. just wanna be sure and wanna be on the latest radios with the global comparability..
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
I think you rename the firmware.zip to PH98IMG.zip and then flash in hboot

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[HTC Rezound] famouscollin:
Thanks will try when I get home..
[HTC Rezound] famouscollin:
One more thing bud. Haha.. being that I'm already on the latest ruu.. the only thing I need outa the OTApkg.zip is the firmware.zip to get my radios and global comparability?
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
I believe so. I'm not sure entirely though to be honest

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[HTC Rezound] famouscollin:
Thanks I'll do a ill more digging and give it shot.. and I'll let ya know:)
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
Hope it works!

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[HTC Rezound] famouscollin:
Soooo glad I found this before I tried...

Annnnnnndddddd, there still are jerks who continue to be jerks. Apparently Po1soNNN feels this a forum for only those who know everything.

The radio is what communicates with the tower, but not knowing what you are doing with a radio file is the EASIEST way to Brick your phone. You CANNOT touch the radio if you are S-on. S-off is the last layer of security to protect you from yourself. My Dinc was S-off, but not my Rezound. I found with my Dinc, that changing the radio rarely helped me, and usually made reception worse. The reason for posting the radio separately are for those want the upgraded radio without adding any of the rest of the OTA update, or without having to return to stock. If you are s-off, you can just run this in Hboot and get the new radio. But it's definitely not for anyone who doesn't know what they are doing, and you won't usually find help if you don't. I understand the annoyance, by Po1soNNN, but still no need to be jerk about it. We all learned from someone else at some point.

from my ADR6425LVW using xda app-developers app
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
It does seem like everyone has been more hostile lately
[HTC Rezound] SR3TLAW:
I definently agrree. Just don't be hostile back and set an example ya feel me.

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On that note - in a non hostile answer could you tell me what guide to fallow to s-off since I updated yo ics while s-on. Been seeing you around the forums and figured you'd be a good man to ask .
[HTC Rezound] wlmeng11:
Lol he doesn't even have a rezound anymore.

Anyway, the procedure is the same.

Just make sure you download the ICS version of controlbear, and use the 2.25 jbear hboot.

If you updated to 2.27 hboot already, then idk. The devs need to update everything for the most recent update.

Sent from my NeoMax Rezound
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
There is a thread in the rezound general titles "s-off is official-with instructions" or something like that. It should have the info you need

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[HTC Rezound] xchang168:
it can't display operator name in lockscreen. the sim card is China Telecom. it is ok in 3.14.605.12.
[HTC Rezound] alphabets:
Just to be clear, if i am still on the GB firmware and want to update to ICS, I need to re-lock, run the RUU, unlock, flash recovery, flash rom?
[HTC Rezound] pwned3:
Yes unless you're s-off
[HTC Rezound] esheesle:
Was running stock GB /rooted and got the OTA a couple weeks back. Had a bunch of "unfortunately xxx has stopped" messages the day of the ota upgrade. A few reboots and they stopped. A couple days later and I started getting the errors again. Apps that stopped were Tasker, Settings, Weatherbug, etc.. Only 1 or two a day at most seemingly. I decided to factory reset, and during that process I decided what the heck, I'd ruu to that version just to make extra sure that everything was clean. So I grabbed the ruu that matched the ota(hopefully doesn't break future ota's) and ran it on my phone. All went well, got everything set back up the way I like and then 2 days later, first error message about settings again, then weatherbug again. So pretty sure at this point it isn't a bad upgrade.
[HTC Rezound] topgun1953:
Some people have had issue restoring apps via titanium backup..so if you've done that it might be part of your problem.
[HTC Rezound] esheesle:
No titanium restores, well no data restores at least. I did restore 1 app which isn't on the market anymore but it has never crashed. Can't imagine how restoring it could have affected a bunch of other unrelated apps.
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
Try using settings to force stop or disable the apps that are having issues. Then start them again

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[HTC Rezound] esheesle:
Settings is the primary app that is doing it.
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
......android fail lol

I'm not sure how to fix that... sorry man
[HTC Rezound] THE-COPS:
Typing randomly being slowed down to a crawl..so bad I had to clear cache and force close the browser to fix it. Now....Slide Show Wallpaper randomly turns itself on and f's up my typing .. Also ..on screen keyboard closes at random times for no reason causing me to suddenly click an ad or link that was underneath the keyboard and jack my message/conment etc... Camera Touch Focus no longer works properly. Normally, before when touchin a specific area on the screen that was bright or dark,...it would caus the camera to refocus and also properly adjust the Exposure level...After update, touching bright spot does nothing. It seems uncalibrated. If touching the darker area on the screen next to the bright spot causes the camera to turn exposure level down thus not focusing on the specific area. It also seems to have problems focusing on spots that were no trouble before. I have to keep touching multiple spots on the sceen to try and get it to focus properly.
[HTC Rezound] topgun1953:
Have you gone into bootloader and done a factory reset yet? Judging by your other thread and this comment here, something is obviously wrong with your phone. A factory reset, or fresh install is the first thing you should be thinking about at this point. IMHO :crying:
[HTC Rezound] phreon:
First, let me apologise if my questions were already answered somewhere in the previous 47 pages in this thread.

My Rezound was unlocked, rooted and running AmonRa recovery. I unrooted, flashed the stock recovery and relocked my phone to enable the OTA ICS upgrade. After downloading the nearly 300 meg upgrade, the update starts, but then dies about 1/4 of the way through, erroring out on the golf game .apk (I believe I debloated it). I've performed a factory restore and it still won't complete. Even with the CPU governor, backlight, etc. set back to conservative settings, my phone is stuck in this limbo state where the battery life is atrocious even with the extended battery.

Honestly, I'd rather have pure ICS w/o all the bloat so long as the phone works correctly (camera, wifi, etc), but just getting it to a more or less "normal" state (the verizon ICS build) would be good enough. Is that the RUU?

Thanks

P.S. Why the hell should the update depend on the presence of bloatware apps?
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
Yeah, you'll want to run the RUU, however the one in Post #3 isnt the newest. let me update it really quickly
[HTC Rezound] phreon:
The same RUU on the Android Police site? I'm already downloading that.

I'd post the URL, but I don't have enough posts so the board won't let me.

Thanks
[HTC Rezound] phreon:
Well, I ran the HHU that was posted on AndroidPolice on 8/15/2012 and it updated flawlessly.

Thx
[HTC Rezound] jbh00jh:
Mine updated flawlessly also. ;)
[HTC Rezound] abathingape16:
I need help with relocking the bootloader. I try to do the update for ics without thinking about my phone being rooted. now it wont boot up. it gets stuck at the htc screen. what do i do? i read around and saw that i had add some kind of img file but idk how. anyone can help me?? step by step process would be great, since i'm not too tech savy when it comes to rooting.
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
Sent you a PM ;)
[HTC Rezound] abathingape16:
thanks i try to follow the steps with the file and putting it on my sd card. but how do i relock the bootloader or turn s-off? my phone just says cant find img everytime i try to reboot bootloader
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
Problem solved via PM. If you have any more questions feel free to ask!
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
OP updated:)
[HTC Rezound] SirSigma:
To the guys that ran the RUU, I'm only a little confused on one thing.

When you connect your phone to the PC to run the .exe, does the Rezound need to be in fastboot or will just being booted in the ROM do just fine? I searched already but don't see anything as a clear answer. Just people saying they ran it.

Also, I'm S-OFF on juopunutbear's ICS hboot, and I mostly want to use this to update my radios and go straight back to ViperRez.

EDIT: Since I'm S-OFF on ICS firmware, I just ran the GB RUU and then it updated the firmware when it booted up. I really hope I'm on the right track.

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Okay, so apparently I'm locked again. What the fuck.

My recovery seems to be gone, too. I'm still S-OFF, and I'm going to be really pissed if I have to reinstall all the crap I used to root the first time with S-ON.

I'm downloading the newest update I could find, and it looks like I'll have to put it as PH98IMG.zip on the SD card and flash it through hboot. I'm getting really frustrated considering all I really wanted in the first place was updated radios.

EDIT: I'm accepting the latest update on my phone, considering it looks like I'll have to do a bunch of crap like reflashing and installing the Android SDK again one way or another.
[HTC Rezound] scottyh73:
Im about to start the update myself. Im currently on viperez, jbear hboot and s-off. As far as i can see youre on the right track. I think you just have to flash a custom recovery, then install viperez again. I dont think it matters thhat your hboot says locked if your s-off
[HTC Rezound] SirSigma:
I'm less angry and frustrated than I was a while ago, and the only issues I'm having so far are how my phone keeps getting one update after another after flashing the GB RUU.

I just finished getting the ICS OTA on it, and now it's downloading another one. This is the fourth update since then.
[HTC Rezound] scottyh73:
That doesnt sound right. Im not even confident you had to go back to GB. I'm just going to try to install the 4.03.605.2 ruu and install a custom recovery. I would say just let the updates do their thing, then install a custom recovery
[HTC Rezound] SirSigma:
Well, the first two updates were approximately 7MB in size, and only said "This firmware will prepare your phone for the ICS update" or something along those lines. I got two of those and the phone downloaded, installed (taking its sweet time), and then rebooted.

After the second one, I got the actual ICS OTA, or so I thought. After that finally finished downloading and installing, I got another one, and I'm still waiting on that one.

I wish I could just sit here and keep going with this, but I've got places to go today and I can't afford to waste all my time on this.

EDIT: Looks like there's nothing newer available. I guess I can make the assumption I'm on the latest version.

Now I just need to install a recovery, but I'm not exactly sure how to do that since I mostly find old posts on how to do it if you're S-ON and using HTCDev. I would prefer some method that doesn't require me to use adb because that means I'll have to reinstall everything and familiarize myself with the commands again.
[HTC Rezound] scottyh73:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1613576

Only way I know how
[HTC Rezound] SirSigma:
I would prefer Amon Ra, actually.

I downloaded some of the files I needed to make everything happen, but whenever I finally try to flash Amon Ra into my phone on fastboot, I get an error. When it gets to writing the recovery, it always says "FAILED: (remote: not allowed)".

Tell me there's a way to fix this.

Besides, I need Amon Ra because all my backups are compatible with it, and I really want my ViperRez back as soon as possible. I'm really running out of time.
[HTC Rezound] scottyh73:
If you already have adb installed on your computer then just use the steps in the link I posted. Same steps you're just flashing a different recovery
[HTC Rezound] SirSigma:
Are you trying to tell me that method works with Amon Ra? Because I'm not installing TWRP unless it recovers from Amon Ra backups.
[HTC Rezound] scottyh73:
The method works for flashing any custom recovery. In any case, you can restore from a backup whichever recovery you use
[HTC Rezound] SirSigma:
I flashed TWRP, but it doesn't find my backups. I want to restore my latest backup of ViperRez.

EDIT: I'm going to try flashing a new ViperRez (since it's pre-rooted already, I think), then use ROM Manager to flash Amon Ra, and after that boot into Amon Ra and restore. Going to take a long time too. I'm probably going to miss my class today thanks to this bull.

All I wanted in the first place was updated radios, and I end up wading through the dark for hours hoping I don't break my phone in the process.