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[HTC Desire S] madoll:
Hello!

I'm probably going to ask a stupid question, but I havent found an answer anywhere.

I have a LOCKED desire S, but with S-OFF. How it got that way, dont know, was like that when I bought it from the store.

***LOCKED***

SAGA PVT SHIP S-OFF RL

HBOOT-2.00.0002

RADIO-3822.10.08.04_M

eMMC-boot

Aug 22 2011 ....

Question is, can I install the new ICS update from flash card by PG88IMG.zip file from this thread LINK, which has a removed hboot and recovery, to preserv my S-OFF and LOCKED status?

Thanks advance.
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
Please, for the love of god, read the stickies and the threads :eek:
[HTC Desire S] sMhsn:
Status Bar!

My status bar is same as before after this update I was hoping to have it changed in that blue theme can anyone tell how to change my status bar I've installed Apex Launcher also but still my status bar theme is like the old one!!
[HTC Desire S] dmatik:
Welcome to HTC Sense world ;)

I guess by "blue theme" you mean the stock Android ICS theme. HTC always overrides it with its own Sense theme.

Like it or not it's your desicion.
[HTC Desire S] sMhsn:
Ahhh that sounds bad man, so is there no other option to change it to that stock ICS theme?
[HTC Desire S] toxic-hero:
flash a CM or AOKP based rom and sense is gone...
[HTC Desire S] Dessloch:
I just updated my device to ICS. Everything runs great, however I'm not able to turn off the voice of the Google Navigation. There is nothing related in the options menu, the turnoff feature disappeared. There was a turnoff button in the older versions but the new one (Maps 6.12.0) missing it.

Any ideas?

Update: Found it, I had to plan a route, after that the turnoff feature appeared in the options menu.
[HTC Desire S] uncle_buckman:
So is the only way to save power done by switching off automatic sync?
[HTC Desire S] jarmal:
I found that if you have automatic synchronization enabled and your phone stays long time with good WiFi signal reception (e.g. at work or home) it's better to change default setting to turn WiFi off when phone is locked. Change it to always on. It reduced power consumption for me significantly. You can find this option in advanced WiFi settings.
[HTC Desire S] toxic-hero:
and to disable automatic brightness and maintain brightness as low as possible. display is the worst battery eater.

i don't disable the sync since the whole point of having a smartphone is to be in sync... ;)
[HTC Desire S] Dessloch:
I have an issue: the sense clock widget slowly updates itself. I think I have to increase it's service priority, but I don't know how to do that. My device isn't rooted and I don't have any memory manager application.

Any ideas?
[HTC Desire S] arjun1459:
worst update

this is the worst update by htc :(
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
That's probably why it wasn't released as an ota

sent from the thing I stab with my finger when I get two minutes
[HTC Desire S] arjun1459:
can u suggest me good rom that have internet thetering option in it
[HTC Desire S] miwanr:
Ice DS v5.0
[HTC Desire S] madpanter:
Good thing that my desire s motherboard burned and got new under waranty. Back on 2.3.5 :thumbup:
[HTC Desire S] HacksonX:
Please help.

Can you please give a step by step guide of what you did?

I know you didn't do everything listed on the main post.

Thanks.
[HTC Desire S] J4n1:
Same here. Just downgraded to Gingerbread. App drawer was stuttering and overall smoothness wasn't quite the same as I got used to running GB. I surely hope there'll be a ICS fix :fingers-crossed:
[HTC Desire S] bifter:
I may go back to 2.3 but the RUU link on the HTC Web site (Orange UK) just gives me an error:

http://dl4.htc.com/RomCode/Source_and_Binaries/ga_gb_mr-2.6.35-064c30e.tar.gz

However I'd much rather avoid the Orange bloatware anyway, does anyone have a link to a generic 2.3 RUU?
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
Look at the stickies, there's an index of stock roms used for downgrading. Here it is

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php.../RECOVERY/ROOT/GUIDES/HBOOT/RADIOS/TWEAKS etc

sent from the thing I stab with my finger when I get two minutes
[HTC Desire S] GeraldCmin6:
Losing network

Hi

I upgraded my Desire S and my wife's using HTC's ICS upgrade. Mine's working fine (apart from some of the niggles well-documented here), but my wife's keeps dropping its Mobile Network Connection. We' re with Vodafone UK and when I set it up after the upgrade I put all those details in there (they're not Rooted).

But it occasionally says 'no network provider'. I have manually connected it to Vodafone UK, but then when the signal is weak is drops it again. However, sometimes its fine and never has any issues.

Anyone any ideas?
[HTC Desire S] hankovsky.david:
I am saving power the most with the low display brightness... Until I had not rooted phone I used brightness control widget at 0-10%... When I was on sunshining place, I was able to unlock phone by "being blind" and click the widget to raise brightness level...
[HTC Desire S] belgianrebel:
Sorry wrong threat
[HTC Desire S] clubband30:
hi, i'm newbie here

i've upgraded my Desire S, from 2.3.5 to 4.0.4 using RUU ICS WWE,

umm, after i read this entire thread, there's much problem occured,

i wonder, how can i revert back to 2.3.5 stock rom?

my device :

***locked***

SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL

HBOOT-2.02.0002

RADIO-3831.19.00.110

eMMC-boot

Jul 31 2012, 15:41:32

sorry for my bad english..
[HTC Desire S] cnkapadia:
Hi

I have a few questions, would really appreciate some help

1) Is this RUU only for the European region handsets or does it apply to handsets in India too?

2) I have rooted my phone, and used 4ext recovery to run MIUI rom, in case this RUU can be used to upgrade to official ICS upgrade, I would like some help on how to install it

Can I extract the zip file from the RUU and install it using 4ext recovery after wiping cache, dalvik cache and removing all partitions and the extract the boot.img from the zip and use fastboot to flash or do i need to do something else?

I would really appreciate your help, I dont like MIUI or cyanogenmod and want to return to sense

Thanks in advance
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
1) WWE - World Wide Edition

2) Have a read of ]this thread and save yourself a bit of trouble and effort.
[HTC Desire S] cnkapadia:
the link for the download doesnt work.. i would appreciate if you could let me know if what i mentioned earlier

extract rom.zip from ruu would work

use 4ext recovery to install rom.zip and

then flash boot.img from rom.zip

do u think this would work??

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can u please explain how u did that? I am running MIUI v4 and have 4ext recovery, how do i install the RUU?

I extracted the rom.zip and renamed it PG88IMG.zip

now how do i proceed? Please help dont like MIUI or cm7.2 and want to install the official desire s ics with sense 3.5

your help will be appreciated
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
Your plan should work fine. I gave the wrong link earlier - not enough coffee in my veins at the time :(

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1858508 - as I assume you have S-Off right now and wish to keep it?
[HTC Desire S] J4n1:
edit: wrong thread
[HTC Desire S] cnkapadia:
I extracted the rom.zip from the official ics ruu and renamed it PG88IMG.zip then i copied it to my sd card and booted into bootloader but i get this error message no image or wrong image in PG88IMG.zip

i have rooted my phone and using 4ext recovery and running latest MIUI ROM

How the hell do i get back to official sense rom? do i need to lock the bootloader or something?
[HTC Desire S] cnkapadia:
i dont want to keep s off i only want to install official desire s rom
[HTC Desire S] hoyler30589:
I have official ics but my Bluetooth refuses to see anyone and no one can see me. Is this unique to me?

Thanks for your time
[HTC Desire S] 441Excelsior:
multitasking is really bad...apps are closing even with 150 MB of free RAM
[HTC Desire S] yaonos:
I've been using the official ICS as my daily ROM for a few weeks now and didn't encounter any issue with bluetooth.
[HTC Desire S] Guerde:
Hi! can I upgrade this even if my Desire s is s off and is rooted? and my hboot is 6.98.1002. Would I have no problems updating my phone? thanks in advance! :good:
[HTC Desire S] teadrinker:
The ruu? No, you're hboot isn't compatible, and I wouldn't recommend it anyway, for several reasons.
[HTC Desire S] Guerde:
Shoot! I upgraded and now its stuck on a black screen. Ive updated now to the hboot 7 something as i saw in other posts, but i cant still boot my phone. And i cant access recovery! It shows a mobile phone and a red triangle with an exclamation point icon! Please help!
[HTC Desire S] teadrinker:
Obviously your recovery was overwritten by the ruu, if you didn't know that was going to happen, you obviously didn't know nearly enough to be flashing it. I told you it wouldn't work.

Try flashing the ruu again, with the new hboot installed, or install a custom recovery again (in fastboot) and flash whatever you want.
[HTC Desire S] toxic-hero:
you're not the first with this problem, there are at least 2-3 like you every week. search the forum and you'll find the solution for sure!
[HTC Desire S] Guerde:
Finally! I was able to install cwm recovery thru fastboot! Just need to download a new rom now. :good:
[HTC Desire S] PVL_93_RU:
Why pull the battery?
[HTC Desire S] sMhsn:
it says:

SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL

HBOOT-2.00.002

RADIO-3922.10.08.04_M

eMMC-boot
[HTC Desire S] zedlor:
I've been using Fallout 4.4.0 on my Desire S but there's been a few too many bugs for me and I just find Sense 4.0 slow on it. Does anyone have any recommendations for a Sense 3.6 ROM that functions well? I've had a look myself but there's so many to choose from, it's hard...I'd have stock Android on it, I love it on my Nexus 7, but I use quick settings all the time :/

Thanks!
[HTC Desire S] user7167:
i've custom rom installed.

i need to lock the bootloader,and run the RUU installation file? do i need flash the stock 2.3 rom before run the RUU file?
[HTC Desire S] dmatik:
I mean the RUU zip... I was asking for zip that can Root the rom after flashing the RUU :)
[HTC Desire S] panfiluta:
Oficial HTC manual for ICS HTC

http://www.htc.com/us/content/docum...atsdifferentandnewgingerbreadvsics_032112.pdf
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
That's different. Once you've installed the RUU, use ADB to push 4ext recovery, then reboot into recovery and flash the Supervisor 3.1.3 file - once you then reboot into the full system again you will have root access and can install the 4ext updater from the Play Store and update recovery to the latest version.
[HTC Desire S] dmatik:
What I actually did is taking the ZIP out of the RUU, then removing the recovery image from that ZIP (to preserve my 4EXT recovery when flashing and save me some time :) ), and then I flashed that ZIP from bootloader.

After the ROM flashed successfully and booted I restarted it into my 4EXT recovery and flashed the "CWM-SuperSU-v0.95.zip" from here (look at the bottom of OP).

That's it, I have stock and rooted ICS.

Please note, part of what I described probably can be done only with XTC-clip S-OFFed device.
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
Ah - see, I couldn't be bothered with removing the Recovery image, so just ended up having to re-push mine from ADB. Not exactly a big problem, but your way is probably easier for those who know what they're doing.

My DS is also XTC-Clip S-Offed and unlocked, so I can't confirm or deny whether it would work on others, but the basic principle should be the same for all users, even if they are HTCDev unlocked, I'd have thought.
[HTC Desire S] c.m.b:
Sense ROMs have the option "fastboot", that means the device isn't really turned off. It is in some kind of sleep/standby mode. http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/0...s-5-second-boot-times-magic-trickery-or-both/

From the standby it boots a lot quicker, but you can't boot in the bootloader from it...

So you have 2 options, either pulling the battery while you are in standby or turning of fastboot in the settings. Then you don't have to pull the battery.
[HTC Desire S] esque:
Worked fine on my Desire S with HBOOT 2.00.0002, unlocked via HTCDEV and with stock ICS.

Thank you!
[HTC Desire S] gerge27:
Hello. I have 2.00.002 with S-on . Can i update my desire s with the official RUU safely ?
[HTC Desire S] sMhsn:
Of course you can!

Of course you can, set usb mode to charging only and plug your phone and run that exe it will hardly take 7 8 minutes i just did :)
[HTC Desire S] gerge27:
thank u :)
[HTC Desire S] gawain.j:
Hi, I have some questions about this RUU:

1. Will it keep all my settings & apps?

2. I'm currently S-ON and not rooted, can I update to ICS and, then, S-OFF and root it?

Here are my Desire S info:

*** LOCKED ***

SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL

HBOOT-2.00.0002

RADIO-3822.10.08.04_M

eMMC-boot
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
No, installing the RUU will wipe all data and partitions apart from the SD card
[HTC Desire S] gawain.j:
Thanks for your answer! Do you know something about my second question?
[HTC Desire S] d14r1:
Made a request on the other thread, but could anyone with Sense 3.6 (Sensation, EVO 3G etc) download the notes app that comes pre-installed, using airdroid and upload it here? Would be very grateful!

Thanks
[HTC Desire S] Nomader0:
2 questions..

1. Deos installing hboot require a complete wipe?

2. Has anyone tried titanium backup to restore apps+data from gingerbread to ICS?
[HTC Desire S] linqdesires:
Hi guys, my Desire S was virgin with GB. I upgraded to ICS with the RUU .exe then rooted the phone with clockwork and su.

Now is rooted but S ON, is there a way to SOFF the phone in my situation?

thank you ;)
[HTC Desire S] sMhsn:
Language and Keyboard...

In language and keyboard option it is showing me:

Google voice typing

Thai keyboard

Touch input

Zingkey

How to remove thai keyboard & zingkey any idea, I cant figure it out, thanks!
[HTC Desire S] dmatik:
I've done that. No problem, but do it only for 3d party apps, not system or HTC Sense apps.
[HTC Desire S] remusator:
facebook

Does anybody know, how to hide "Authorize HTC Sense" notification ?

I have added facebook account, but when i click on notification, it open up facebook showing error authorizing that service.
[HTC Desire S] linqdesires:
shutdown the app, remove fb app data
[HTC Desire S] NTonee:
Will it work on a branded phone? My friend has a DS from T-Mobile and he asked me, but i'm not completely sure about it.
[HTC Desire S] soak:
How would I go to have Sense 4 Lite on this new version? Do we need to wait/create a custom ROM with it?

Sorry for the extremely lame question. : )
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Custom ROMs for sense 4 has been out since May...
[HTC Desire S] .bucch:
Unistall is impossible if not rooted, but you can simply disable those keyboards:

Go to Settings > Applications

Select the 4th tab "All Applications" and scroll down until you find Thai Keyboard, open it and just click Disable (the button on the right)

Repeat with ZingKey
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Anyone confirm any bugs about the front camera? I heard a few people had issues?
[HTC Desire S] sMhsn:
Erase SD Card option!!

after this update 'Erase SD Card' option is deactivated now how can I format my SD Card it has some apps and music files I want to format it, any help!!
[HTC Desire S] adisan2002:
Unmount SD card first, then Erase SD card.
[HTC Desire S] sMhsn:
worked!

worked thanks :)
[HTC Desire S] broomer68:
Yes, but you loose the branding. That means you are left with an unbranded phone, just htc-stuff; nothing to remind of t-mobile.

Verstuurd van mijn Nexus 7 met Tapatalk
[HTC Desire S] stefio89:
The best thing in ICS is that you can disable stock apps

My free ram memory is now 370mb (in GB I had always free 265mb) !!!!! this rom is fast and smooth

and I love rotation effect

most important:

no bugs at all

I LOVE IT! Thank you HTC for this RUU :victory:
[HTC Desire S] Garz.SP:
Really? How can I do it?
[HTC Desire S] wapz:
Go to Apps in Settings, click on a system app, and you can disable them there. They will show up at the bottom of the app list grouped with all disabled apps.
[HTC Desire S] Garz.SP:
It works. Thank you wapz.

**** you, facebook apps!
[HTC Desire S] kennee:
whatsapp problem

whatsapp doesn't work like it did before. mostly when i send messages they don't even send. there is just the grey clock thing next to the message where should be at least one checkmark. The messages don't send until someone sends me a message. Then the chemarks are there and so on.

can anyone help me with this? this really bugs me because i need whatsapp a lot. :(
[HTC Desire S] karabaja2:
And the battery?

I haven't seen any comments about the battery life on this rom?:confused: hope it's good, cause I'm about to flash it :fingers-crossed:
[HTC Desire S] MTB75:
First problem :(

Can't connect to hidden ssid network.
[HTC Desire S] karabaja2:
I'm not sure but this might be WIFI issue. I've had similar problem with viber. When I send a message it's status is always "sending" so I had to switch wifi Off-On and then it would send itself...:rolleyes: but that was fixed when I changed rom... Hope it helps.
[HTC Desire S] d14r1:
Battery is draining faster almost by double, compared to GB ROM. Also, there are no power save options!
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
Entirely possible. I had problems with my Wi-Fi at home when I installed the official ICS ROM - sometimes it worked perfectly, other times it would just 'hang' even though I could ping the phone on the network OK. I reverted to Reaper and have no such problems so it isn't the new radio doing this. I have also had problems in the past with certain ROMs (All Sense-based I believe) having problems with my home Wi-Fi (Virgin Media provided router) when they have been fine on other Wi-Fi networks.
[HTC Desire S] Garz.SP:
I think wifi disconnects when the phone is sleeping. Can anyone confirm this issue?
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
You should be able to change this under the Wi-Fi settings. This is fairly standard to save battery.
[HTC Desire S] Garz.SP:
I tried, but I can't.

My settings:
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
"Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep" - you should be able to click on the arrow and change that setting. I can't verify as I'm not running ICS at the moment.
[HTC Desire S] Garz.SP:
Yes, but I tried all options and it doesn't work. :(
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
What options do you get under that list then?
[HTC Desire S] remusator:
wifi sleep policy bug

I have set Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep to Always, but wireless turns of anyways :/

I'm probably reverting to Gingerbread.

I have awaited better performance and smoothness of the phone, but so far experienced the oposite :/ It's sad.
[HTC Desire S] karabaja2:
was afraid of that...:crying: I'm really dissapointed to be honest.
[HTC Desire S] Garz.SP:
Always

Only when plugged in

Never

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Me too. Today.
[HTC Desire S] karabaja2:
I've been waiting for this update for so long and now I can't believe this official rom is no where near some of the custom ICS roms out there... Hope someone will make it work better. I don't like Sense at all.
[HTC Desire S] :
My what's app works fine and battery life seems no different to on gb, what I have noticed is that the Wi-Fi signal seems a lot stronger, I assume through an updated radio.
[HTC Desire S] remusator:
Luckily, 4ext remained installed, so i will just complete wipe everything and flash this

[ROM][4 FEB 2012]HTC_EUROPE_2.10.401.9_PREROOTED_DEODEXED

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1480576

At least, i have latest radio from that RUU.
[HTC Desire S] Garz.SP:
About wifi issue, I restarted and seems to be OK now.

But some users in Spanish forums report the same problem with wifi and network data since 0:00 h in all ICS ROMs:silly: Like Cinderella

Sounds weird. Is it possible?

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How can I disable vibrate feedback when I type?
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
It is certainly possible. The best way to check is to stay up late. Make sure that Wi-Fi is working under sleep mode at 11:55 pm, then try it again at 12:05 am and see if it has gone faulty. If it has then restart the phone (or try switching in and out of Airplane Mode) to see if that fixes it.

I know that HTC have released this ICS ROM as an RUU only, but I suspect they would still value, and act on, feedback of bugs.
[HTC Desire S] Garz.SP:
Thank you Simon.

I hope it!

P.S. Sorry for my English.
[HTC Desire S] sMhsn:
Goto Settings - Sound - System - Vibrate feedback
[HTC Desire S] Garz.SP:
I did it, but keyboard vibrate feedback is still working.
[HTC Desire S] cyRq:
Well, after trying out the update for two days now, I'm not surprised that they didn't released this as an OTA...

Wysyłane z mojego HTC Desire S za pomocą Tapatalk 2
[HTC Desire S] kristokristo:
Strange.

That is very strange. My works perfectly!
[HTC Desire S] ceumeukam:
Is This ICS rom Laggy ???
[HTC Desire S] Garz.SP:
IMO, just a little bit...
[HTC Desire S] sMhsn:
Strange mine is working fine means I've disabled it and it's not working now...

Do one more thing goto Language & keyboard - Touch input (settings) - Other settings - Vibrate & type unchecked it! It will work now!
[HTC Desire S] Garz.SP:
It doen't appear "Other settings" option:
[HTC Desire S] eschtak:
A bug which was confirmed by lots of people in a german forum is that in many apps you cannot open links anymore. E.g. Whatsapp crashes if you try to open a link. Copy&Paste works though...

There are some other options you need to take care off. I had a bad time to find them yesterday, but now vibration is off ... everywhere! :cowboy:

Einstellungen --> Sprache & Tastatur --> Thai Keyboard "Settings-Symbol" --> Vibrate on keypress

Einstellungen --> Sprache & Tastatur --> Touch Input "Settings-Symbol" --> Texteingabe --> Beim Tippen vibrieren

Let me just have a try to guess how the are named in English. :confused:

Settings--> Language & Keyboard--> Thai Keyboard "Settings-Symbol" --> Vibrate on keypress

Settings--> Language & Keyboard--> Touch Input "Settings-Symbol" --> Text Input--> Vibrate on keypress

Hope that works for you. :good:
[HTC Desire S] Garz.SP:
Thank you eschtak! It works now!

Thank you too, sMhsn.
[HTC Desire S] esque:
Keyboard feedback needs to be set (or unset) in keyboard settings.
[HTC Desire S] kennee:
Yeah i can confirm that.

And about the WiFi settings i tried everything but nothing works. I don't get it. For some it works and for some not.
[HTC Desire S] bubi90:
The first time I opened the contacts it asked me if I wanted to import the contacts from my SIM (which are duplicates of my google contacts). I taped yes and after restoring sms, they seem exchanged with the contacts from the SIM (without full name and profile photos). Is it possible now to change that setting?
[HTC Desire S] panfiluta:
Google have restore option https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?shva=1#contacts

under more button.
[HTC Desire S] bubi90:
Sim contacts haven't been imported to my google account, they've been imported only to my phone. Nothing will change
[HTC Desire S] remusator:
Reverted back to gingerbread 2.3.5 with sense 3.0.

I have never been so happy with gingerbread like now. In my oppinion, it's great progress against ics from htc. What about you ?

Do you think, that HTC will repair, debug and publish new RUU even OTA for our beloved Desire S ?

I'm still hoping, that it was just a bad joke or kind of prieview and we will get normal fully working ROM.
[HTC Desire S] Garz.SP:
My modest review:

advantages

New Gmail app

Disable stock app option

IU improvement (sense 3.6)

New Gtalk app

GPS seems to work better

disadvantages

App links (whatsapp, talk) serious issue

Wifi serious issue

Higher battery consumption than GB

I'm getting back to GB.
[HTC Desire S] Don_Gore:
Hi,

If the Link problem has something to do with the "HTC Linkify Patend Fix", maybe this could help:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1696536

Could maybe somebody with root try this?