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[HTC Amaze 4G] harisjd:
Thanks alot for your reply. But that is exactly what i want to do and being not able to do :) ...

Actually let me put my case more appropriately.

1. I want to update my phone to ICS but then again don't want to loose my warranty (which right now is lost as the phone is un locked and rooted). So before going to update my OS i would like to make sure i can un-lock/lock and root/un-root it? un-lock and rooting part is done now its the reverse mechanism i am seeking help with. No custom or stock rom has been flashed on my bootloader so far.

i have CWM recovery installed on my phone i have made a backup of my phone through it, which i saved on my pc as well as the phone storage now that would be my stock roms image please correct me if i am wrong?

2. And then in the second step i would like to update my os to ICS for that reason i had visited this thread

[Collection] HTC Ruby/Amaze 4G Stock ROMs (RUUs & OTAs)

Thread By: krook6023

and from here i can download the RUU you are talking about right? But wouldn't the software build or kernel version difference make it un successful updation?

if not then i will download one of those RUU's but guide me through with the next steps actually required to update it currently the phone is Un-locked, rooted and S-ON.

I know i am being too naive about things but this is my first android device and i really don't want to mess it up but that doesn't mean i haven't done research i have been reading stuff but as long as i don't get it done once by my hand i think i wont be comfortable doing it, hence require guidance.

Thanks in advance.
[HTC Amaze 4G] hyphydragon:
put the RUU into the root of the sdcard, it must be named PH85IMG.zip to be detected so rename it if it isnt.

turn off fastboot if its on (find it yourself) power off the phone and then power it on by holding pwr and down on the volume key

OR turn off the phone and then pull the battery, replace and power on using pwr and volume down. Then you will see the menu and choose fastboot it will check the RUU and take a long time then it will say press a key to flash the update, do it. wait a while. even if it seems to take a while dont pull the battery. when the phone boots do the setup and then in google market get ES file explorer and use it to rename the PH85IMG.zip to PH85IMG_1.zip or something so it wont detect it and start the long RUU check if you just want to get into the recovery.

I leave the RUU on my sd card just renamed cause ive had some funny problems and this can save your ass

hope this helped,
[HTC Amaze 4G] harisjd:
Thanks alot for your reply. Your reply seems to be about the second part of my question which was to update the OS to ICS. But before flashing the new rom i would like to know the steps required for the first part of my question so i can safely revert back to my original stock rom if something bad happens... Just playing safe you know.... :)

If you can help me in that regard as well that would be wonderfull...
[HTC Amaze 4G] rcjohn:
hey haris. im also from pakistan..i also giot my amaze just few days ago.. but my amaze is ICS official updated wuth s-on and bootloader locked on T-mobile.. would u plz guide me to how to unlock my bootloader and s-off..

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and if i unlock my bootloader by htcdev.. is my phone memory format in the procedure?
[HTC Amaze 4G] harisjd:
Hey,

Well i can help you with unlocking bootloader but i haven't done S-Off mine is still S-On. For unlocking your bootloader i am attaching this word file for you which contains all the steps that are required to unlock your bootloader.

And yes everything on your phones internal memory get wiped once you unlock the and reboot your phone. But things stored on the external memory wont be touched they will stay intact. So before unlocking do make a backup of all your applications and store it on your pc and later on put it back on your sd card and download the recovery software you used before to make backup to do restore this time... Hope that would help you. :)
[HTC Amaze 4G] danyal241:
Isnt your method for 2.3.6? This guy has ics. I have the same tmobile one I simply used hasoon tool to unlock bootloader install recovery and root. Havent done s=off yet. I dont see the point of s=off and supercid yet. Still confused as to if I need them or not

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And also from Pakistan
[HTC Amaze 4G] harisjd:
Hi,

Well with regard to just unlocking bootloader the method i sent him would work just fine whether it is ICS or GG. But to install recovery and rooting you need extra steps which he didn't asked for and yes you can do that with the hasoon all in one tool kit. :)
[HTC Amaze 4G] danyal241:
Can you tell me how you got s-off is wire trick the only way? If so youtube is blocked how can I get that video
[HTC Amaze 4G] harisjd:
Well daniyal i haven't done S-Off yet as i wrote in my previous posts and what i have read in the articles and discussions its a little cumbersome method to achieve that since i haven't done it myself. For youtube part if you want to use youtube you can download and use hotspot shield. Just download it and connect it and it will allow you to use youtube. I hope this helps you.
[HTC Amaze 4G] hatlesssandman:
Also studying in Pakistan and a question does your phone have tmobile logo? If so then do the ph85img method mentioned earlier (don't worry it won't mess up your device) and you don't really need to s-off if you use 4ext recovery which is the best imo. Right now I am on vacation (back in us) but I come back first week of january if you still can't figure this out or feel too scared just call me up (I will pm you my number) and I can walk you through it on the phone quite simple (and if you want to s-off and I can help you with that too) would do it personally if you were in karachi...
[HTC Amaze 4G] danyal241:
That will be great whenever you are back. I used titanium backup to remove most tmobile bloatware but would prefer someone to help me out soff and flashing the tmobile free rom with ics
[HTC Amaze 4G] harisjd:
Well this is great to have some to talk to in person. It would be doubly great if you could help out with the original questions i posted in the start of my thread. Thanks.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Keylogger_0:
If you want to update it to ICS, most likely, you will have to S-Off it, as there are probably no RUUs that will work with your phone's CID.

It would be helpful if you told us what your CID was. To obtain the CID code from your phone, use the included attachment, extract it to an accessible location, and then boot your phone in FASTBOOT mode, not the BOOTLOADER mode. After you boot in there, plug in the USB cable to the computer.

After you've done that, double click on the file, CID.bat

Let the command run, and then go in the folder where you extracted the files to, and there should be a file called CIDNUMBER.log. Copy the result and then post it here.
[HTC Amaze 4G] harisjd:
hi,

Thanks alot for your reply. My phones CID is HTC__044
[HTC Amaze 4G] Keylogger_0:
Anyone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think there is a RUU you can use with that CID.

It *IS* possible to have the phone update to ICS, but what is *NOT* possible (as of now, because of no RUU for your CID), is to have the phone downgrade back to GB if you need it for warranty purposes. In this scenario, it's an one way street.

You have 2 options really, to leave your phone as is, or to S-OFF the phone in order to update the phone to ICS.
[HTC Amaze 4G] harisjd:
In either case to update to ICS or to get the locked (not relocked) status back with S-on for warranty purposes i need to do S-off isn't that right?

Well for now my amaze is unlocked and rooted so warranty is out of the window and i cant get it back to locked status it always says relocked so i would like to move forward and then with the help of guys like you i would like to get back to original stock if possible.

so whats the next step for me to get my phone to ICS? If i have to do S-off whats the easiest way of achieving it and after achieving it what are the next steps to perform upgradation?
[HTC Amaze 4G] danyal241:
I have a question. I have s-on and rooted my phone and installed twrp while having unlocked bootloader. I want to install 4ext as someone told me thats better on here. Do i have to uninstall twrp or I can just use hansoon tool to install 4ext and it will over right twrp?
[HTC Amaze 4G] harisjd:
Do share your findings when you do that.... :P
[HTC Desire S] zihinsiz:
I am using MIUI zero 2.11.30 by ahmedsalahais. (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2016648)

I saw that our ds is officially supported by MIUI and I wanted to give a try to install official release just for curiosity. I tried to flash miuiandroid.com 2.11.30 version but it does not boot. It is stuck with a black screen.

Then I followed this tutorial: http://miuiandroid.com/community/threads/tutorial-for-installing-miui-v4-desire-s.17470/

I installed official ICS using this guide: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1858508

After official ICS, I flashed official MIUI 2.11.30. This time MIUI boot animation logo appeared. But I didn't succeed to boot again. I tried releases from miui.us, miui.com china but I did not succed to boot successfully with these official releases.

What am I missing? Why miuiandroid version needs stock 4.0 for desire s and specific hboot version, I did not understand but anyway I followed the steps but no luck. Can you tell me how to flash an official MIUI release (for example: 2.11.30) successfully? I will be glad if you help about this issue.

My HBOOT version is 7.00.1002 now

RADIO: 3831.17.310

I am S-OFF
[HTC Desire S] ben_s247:
here follow my tutorial and then just flash this rom and kernal http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1678485
[HTC Desire S] zihinsiz:
Which tutorial?
[HTC Desire S] ben_s247:
sorry forgot to post the link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2021403
[HTC Desire S] rain987:
Just flash it how u would flash any other rom. Put the zip in the sd, clean wipe, install, reboot.

edit : bankup 1st before all else, always a must.
[HTC Desire S] zihinsiz:
I know how to flash a rom normally. But this time, for official miui it didn't work. I wanted to learn if there are any different steps when flashing miui. But now my problem has solved. I formatted all partitions three times, wiped data, cache and dalvik, flashed the official miui rom from miuiandroid.com and magically it booted.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emerich46:
Hey!

I installed the Slim Bean Rom on my I9000. Everything works smooth expect for one thing: I kind of have no clue how my signal strength is.

The stairs like icon is missing completely. Is there any way I can turn that on?

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cryss17:
me too I have problems with the signal,we can report problem here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1780071
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ViaraiX:
I just updated to EOS 156 via goo manager (and latest gapps) backed up before flashing via clockwork

Something went wrong on update and now tablet boots but when it gets to lock screen I enter pattern and it just freezes (I get a popup after a while system is not responding and to wait or FC)

So rebooted into clockwork to restore and it came up no files found! - Had a look just via "flash a zip" and it seems directory structure has changed and root now has just 3 folder... '0'. 'legacy' & 'obb', going to '0' shows my normal root where I can navigate to clockwork dir and shows all my backups but no way of manually choosing where to restore from

Tried flashing EOS 155 again and it just refuses to boot and sits on logo, reflashed 156 and again same issue of just freezing on lock screen

USB mount in clockwork dont seem to work either just pauses for a few secs and takes me back to front screen so no way of pulling any data off or putting a new rom on :(

Any ideas?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackylhome:
same issue

I am having the same issue. I cannot flash back to anything before 156...
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ViaraiX:
Spent ages sorting it in the end I I reinstalled 155 and factory reset once booked moved old backups back to normal dir then restored that way

Finally got it working again after hours so sticking with 155 for now
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackylhome:
same issue

Would you be kind enough to list out step by step what you did? I am unable to get back to 155. It hangs at team eos logo with anything but 156. I did a factory reset etc. really weird. I also cannot add my gmail account to 156, don't have play store app, but when i go to store via browser, it thinks all of my apps are installed but they aren't. i haven't seen this before at all. any help would be GREATLY appreciated!
[HTC One V] sohamssd:
Soo we all know about HTC's invention of leaving the "security" on or off. This basically means that we can't flash kernels using the recovery. Also, we can't flash another radio from anywhere else and also can't downgrade the hboot.

But why is this done? I have flashed several phones like Samsung galaxy y, etc and everyone can flash kernels in the recovery. So what's the whole motive/purpose of HTC behind all this? If we can flash kernels from the BL then why not straight from the recovery? Its not that we are doing anything illegal..
[HTC One V] aaronrw:
I have no good answer, BUT this will be my first and last HTC device because of this BS. LG all the way IMO.
[HTC One V] sohamssd:
Yeah, lg or Samsung, both can flash kernels in recoveries...:(:banghead:
[HTC One V] aaronrw:
To me when you can unlock, root and flash a custom recovery the fun should begin. It's a cop out by HTC no doubt. My old optimus S was a cake walk :banghead:
[HTC One V] cybervibin:
The whole purpose is that we don't root our phones and because many problems happen due to rooting

htc wants to keep a track of all the devices which have unlocked their boot loaders so that if they get spoiled they don't have to repair free of cost
[HTC One V] aaronrw:
Yea but HTC basically gives you the whole do at your own risk with devunlock anyways. Why not include an S off option at least?
[HTC One V] cybervibin:
See there are

1.devs ,

2.people who actually use root functions ,

3.people with low internal memory and want to get rid of that notification....(people who see their friends phone rooted, but have no idea about it but want it)

see now I come under the first two mainly the second......

see the third type of people will see such a lengthy process and will avoid it so their phone will not get spoiled...I hope u understand
[HTC One V] aaronrw:
I understand u don't get it. If I want to unlock my phone via HTC I'm taking the risk already. S on is just a dumb extra. Dumb people will brick their phones regardless s on or off. But give the smart people the option of truly gaining control of their devices.
[HTC One V] sohamssd:
True, if we already are going to unlock the BL then we should be given an option for s on...

Vibins argument about the third type of people is justifiable though.....:banghead:
[HTC One V] 1ceb0x:
I wonder how many of you know how EASY is to brick your phone by flashing a radio rom :).

I for one I am happy about not having S-OFF because:

1. when you flash a rom made from source - the rom makes a kernel that it is called "INSECURE" because it can brick your phone - such roms are having those insecure kernels only if the developer doesn't swap the one made from source with another one that works.

2. when S-OFF will be available for our device, I will not try to flash a different radio rom for sure because you don't know if the flash will break your phone unless someone else does it and tells that it works.
[HTC One V] cybervibin:
If I read correct, SimonSimon is working on that s_off :D

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Soham, the more the security the more the pride the company has...if u know most of the motorolla phones can't be boot unlocked...so it's no kennel for them unless some dev finds out a exploit
[HTC One V] Deleted member 3452239:
Does the one v have any hboot that allows flashing kernels in recovery?

Sent from my HTC One X-
[HTC One V] sohamssd:
No that's why the thread.
[HTC One V] sohamssd:
Also, the question is if HTC wanted to be so secure then why are some HTC phones s off and some s on?

In fact even some one vs have s off, like someone had xb ship s off and smartboy_anu even had a pvt ship s off out of the box.
[HTC One V] simonsickle:
Oh wow. Double facepalm there. :eek: firstly unsecured don't break your phone. It allows you to adb remount to write to system from adb. 2ndly there's no "from source" radios. So you can't brick if it doesn't exist >.<
[HTC One V] sohamssd:
Chill mate, I don't know about the insecure one but he didn't mean radios existing in source, what he meant was if someone makes another radio he won't flash it because its not safe :)
[HTC One V] simonsickle:
And that's exactly what I meant.. there won't be any radios unless released by htc. If they released another it was not hacked but build from source in another country, mostly Germany. I'm just helping someone new out so they don't go through XDA getting more rude comments :)
[HTC One V] Deleted member 3452239:
I asked because the one x and one s can downgrade, I thought the method would work here, but not without an old hboot that allows kernel flashing :\

Sent from my HTC One X-
[HTC One V] meehow81:
Is this lock the reason why we can't istall Gingerbread or earlier roms on HOV?
[HTC One V] simonsickle:
We didn't ship with gingerbread so why would you want it
[HTC One V] meehow81:
Just to see whether it is faster than ICS!!!
[HTC One V] simonsickle:
Not when we have no proprietary bins got gb
[General Questions and Answers] patriotaki:
Is there any league of legends hack for RIOT and IP points?

Sent from a modified Galaxy S3 using Swift Key.
[General Questions and Answers] xmixmaster:
playing a game w/o hacks is much better :)
[General Questions and Answers] Clark Joseph Kent:
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[Streak 5 General] MaggiesStreak:
I'm having a few issues with my streak these days. But, its still pretty dang cool. Its still the best size for a tablet, imo.

I never had the nerve to put a custom Rom on it.

Anyone else wanna show some appreciation for their Streak? I'd love to talk about the Pros and Cons.
[Streak 5 General] hunderteins:
I like my Streak best, although it has been a bumpy and sometimes expensive ride, till now.

Cons:

* Qisda - I'm done with Qualcomm's hide and seek, hidden features/menues,crypted partitions and so on. I'll never ever buy a SOC from them.

* pdmi-connector - ascessoires (data cable, desk stand) building on it are expensive

* Mugen 4800 mAh is still costly

* broken screen is costly

Pro:

* gorilla glass, the real deal, not that V2 stuff

* 5' 16:9 landscape

* USB-OTG

* HDMI

* having kernel-sources

* DSC and associated projects

* Olleh

* easy teardown - pretty much everything is changeable

* even 1 year after dropping the product, dell is still paying google adwords for it

* pentagon approved

* the people here

hunderteins
[Streak 5 General] _n0p_:
Pros:

Still works :)

Have no problems running everyday tasks.

Mugen battery gives solid backup.

Cons:

Quisda/Qualcomm. Semi-opensource is just not right.

(Personal) Sensor keys can die without a warning.

(Personal) Screen should be recalibrated on weather changes.
[Streak 5 General] Vennesch:
Pro:

- Best aesthetics ever seen, it is a beautiful device in contrast to the Galaxy Notes

- Hardware still not outdated

- Best screensize

- Unbrickable! (this is my first device which I have rooted, flashed custom roms and applied hacks on. It gave me some trouble at first, but the QDL-tool has been useful several times at the beginning).

- Awesome community: from 1.6 to 4.0 maybe even to 4.2. Great support, hacks and roms by DjSteve, Nop, TheManii, Hunderteins. Nice ports by others.

- Double OS rocks!

- Replaceble sd cards, battery, screen, housing etc (nothing left from my original Streak atm:)).

Cons:

- semi-opensource chipset, gives our developers a hard time getting the drivers working

- positioning of the screen makes it almost prone to get damage/shattered.

- heavy in comparison to modern devices.

Overall: I will never give up my Streak although I get to see and work with all new devices on the market due to my work. From SGSIII to HTC One X to Note II, all that extra cores, RAM and better GPUs, I simply do not need it.
[Streak 5 General] ammujee:
Rhyming the Streak song :)

Pro

1. It has got the exact maximum dimension operable with single hand. Any mm added to it needs using your two hands for simplest of tasks.

2. Exact placement of power, camera buttons to ease the use.

3. Perfectly saturated screen display ( well! I don't like those over saturated ultra AMOLEDs.

4. Almost any DPI setting makes it usable in a different way.

5. Anonymity :p is unrecognizable to most, due to this people ask you which device is this. No wild guesses.

Cons

1. PDMI connector :( a simple mini or micro USB would have been better.

2. Disowned to unfortunate death by DELL.
[Streak 5 General] deysmacro:
this one i get a lot and all the time too... and then when i said dell streak.. they said.. what?? say that again...

and then they said.. wow.. its big ... :D

then when i show them the charging connector, they became speechless too... :D
[Streak 5 General] Ace38:
I love this giant beast.

Even bought a new one after busting my screen.

My biggest 'pro' is the size. Watching movies in bed, surfing the web, or reading a book on it.

My son's got an iphone but he wants to watch youtube and all on my streak.

Con is that it's unhandy in my coatpocket with the rubber protection case. Doesn't wanna slide in easy. Other than that I love the streak.
[Streak 5 General] deysmacro:
get yourself a leather case for streak then... i use it.. and it look nice and expensive at the same time.. and whenever i make call, people would stare at it... :D
[Streak 5 General] Ace38:
I've put that on my Christmas wishlist :D

Sent from my Dell Streak.
[Streak 5 General] Vennesch:
Do you have a link?
[Streak 5 General] deysmacro:
use ebay
[Streak 5 General] MaggiesStreak:
I'm a little sad...I did not even know this post got attention. :( I missed out on all the fun.

But, I still do love this device. I was all set to buy the Moto X...which gave me the courage to flash a Rom on it...and now its like I have a new device! F the Moto X! hehe.. I don't want their always running microphone and virtual assistant anyway. hehe..ok, I do! But, until MotoX gets with Nuance Dragon Assistant I'm just going to pass and stick with the Streak.

Con: "not compatible with this device". This happens too often with the Google Play Store.

Finding accessories and parts is becoming difficult.

Pro: My undying affection for its perfect size and still is quicker than my HTC Design I have for work.