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[HTC Rezound] brenuga:
To issue fastboot commands, you have to be in the fastboot screen on hboot. Reboot to the bootloader (adb reboot bootloader), then press power button on menu option that says Fastboot. You can test with the command 'fastboot devices.' It should then show your device ID in the command line window. When you are actually booted up in Android, you can use adb commands. Test it's working with adb devices.

The way I launch amon ra is put the amon ra recovery file that ends in .img in the same directory as your fastboot executable on your PC. Then do the command 'fastboot boot amon_ra_filename.img' It will say it's sending the boot.img to the phone, then your screen will switch to the amon ra recovery. This way is *different* than flashing amon ra to your phone. It's just a temporary way of launching amon ra that gives it more access to the phone.

For the stock ROM, try Global OTA Blue, which is a debloated, rooted version of the stock ROM. Download the zip to your PC, then unzip the file (it should make a new folder with all the contents, separately from the .zip file itself). Copy the boot.img that is inside the folder you got after unzipping rom to the folder where you keep adb/recovery.

Backup all your apps and system data with Titanium Backup.

After following my steps in post 59, where it says restore backup or flash new rom, you have a few options:

Option 1) Reboot to fastboot screen, then use fastboot boot amon_ra_recovery.img to launch amon ra in the temporary mode. Then do a clean wipe: factory reset * 2, wipe dalvik cache * 2, wipe boot * 2, wipe system * 2

1b) At this point, you can either restore your nandroid backup or go to the flash zip menu and flash the new stock rom you downloaded previously. Nothing else you need to do, provided you launched recovery using fastboot boot amon_ra_recovery.img

Option 2) If you already have amon ra permanently flashed to your phone, you can still use it for the above steps, just make sure before you reboot system, you go to the Developer menu in amon ra and choose reboot to bootloader.

2b) Then you can flash the boot.img from the rom you downloaded using the command fastboot flash boot boot.img

2c) Then reboot system.
[HTC Rezound] Snuzzo:
Regarding points 1 & 2. If you did fastboot boot <<recovery>>.img, even if s on, it will flash boot.img properly. No reboot to boot loader needed.
[HTC Rezound] brenuga:
Thanks. That last paragraph about flashing boot.img was meant to apply only to option 2.

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JCatman, reason fastboot can't find amon ra is because its a file you need to download, unzip and put in adb folder on your PC. Here's a link to latest version for Rezound.

Again, you need to unzip the file so that you have a file that ends in .img That's the file you will be working with.

When I say the command is: fastboot boot amon_ra_filename.img I mean for you to replace that with the actual filename. You can rename the file if you want to make typing easier, just make sure you use the new filename in your command. The file extension still needs to be .img
[HTC Rezound] DCnovicky:
is there an RUU available for the official global update yet? if not, will there ever be?
[HTC Rezound] hgoldner:
No, there is not. I would expect there eventually would be an RUU for any official OTA update, but how long that takes is anyone's guess. They ought to release kernel source within 30 days, but HTC has been inconsistent with that, especially for older handsets.
[HTC Rezound] DCnovicky:
so is there a way for s-on ppl on Global leak to update to the current radios and hboot of the official global release at this point? or do we have to wait for an official RUU to be released?
[HTC Rezound] hgoldner:
I don't believe you can change firmware (hboot/radios) if you are S-ON, someone else feel free to correct me. However, on XDA "search" is your friend. There are multiple threads on xda in these forums with: (1) the latest hboot; (2) the latest radios; (3) the latest ROM MINUS the firmware; or (4) all 3. There is not an RUU.

BTW, why remain S-ON?
[HTC Rezound] MedleHed:
The answer to your first question is yes. Start reading on the 3rd page of this very thread. And I wonder the same as the person I quoted below, why stay S-ON?
[HTC Rezound] brenuga:
Grab the firmware.zip flyhalf posted on post 35 of this thread then read my instructions for flashing firmware while s-on in post 59.

You will be locking and unlocking your device during this process, so make sure to backup first. Have your HTC unlock code handy.
[HTC Rezound] DCnovicky:
Thx for taking the extra time to give a clear answer. It's greatly appreciated!
[HTC Rezound] MedleHed:
Aw come on! I took the extra time to find out where the information was in the thread (kinda). ;) Then my ignorance prevented me from helping any further! :D

Edit: I see you thanked my reply too. Thanks for thanking!
[HTC Rezound] jrredho:
I hope you guys viewing this, by now old thread, won't mind my reposting it, but I just wanted to give a hearty thanks to brenuga. This process led to the most trouble-free update I've done since I've owned my rezound.

Brenuga, if I could buy you a beer, I'd do it.

Cheers!

John
[HTC Rezound] brenuga:
You're welcome! I actually originally wrote those instructions under the tutelage of [MENTION=3437245]scotty1223[/MENTION], who runs the Rezound rooting forum on another site. He pretty much taught me everything I know about rooting a phone and flashing ROMs. All I ask is that you keep passing the knowledge along to others who need help, we all gotta start somewhere :)
[HTC Rezound] ThomasAn:
It has been a while since I fiddled with these things.

Will this work if the phone was updated a year ago to the global RUU leak in August 2012 ?

The phone is otherwise S-off, unlocked, and rooted.

-The bootloader opens the zip but doesn't find anything to do and stops.

-Trying to install from recovery fails (using TWRP).

Neither methods work. I must be missing something ?

EDIT: Never mind ... I was putting the PH98IMG.zip in the internal SD. It needs to be on the external one. Argh, all is good, false alarm sorry.
[HTC Rezound] namebrandon:
Hey guys! In desperate need of some assistance here, been reading for quite a while now.. phone is rebooting 4-5 times a day to install OTA, and I canceled my land line, need my phone for work conf calls and stuff. I want to follow brenuga's instructions, but do I need to download and add anything to my SD card or anything first? Do I have firmware.zip and unlock_code.bin magically on my phone already? Should it be on the internal storage, or my micro-sd card?

I'm stock, s-on, rooted, + amonra (so I guess that means unlocked?). I haven't done a thing to this phone for probably 8-10 months, so no idea how out of date I am and if there are dependencies brenuga's instructions may have assumed were in place?

Am definitely willing to go nuclear on this thing and blow it all away to get it back to normal and stop rebooting on me every 3 hours. At this point I don't care what I lose, so there's an easier method (brenuga's looks pretty easy though!) to get this thing to bone stock + root, happy to do that as well.

thankyouthankyouthankyou!!!!! :) :good:

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K, just saw that.. Will give it a try.
[HTC Rezound] Snuzzo:
[MENTION=2931558]namebrandon[/MENTION]

Make a backup and flash a custom ROM. That should at least get the ota to cease from flashing for the day(or attempt to). Maybe try some Nils or Ineff Deus.
[HTC Rezound] namebrandon:
Oh, thanks.. so just go find a ROM thread (like the super stock + root one) and follow the instructions.. since I already have AmonRa it should just load up no issues (obviously I'll wipe everything first).. ?
[HTC Rezound] Snuzzo:
Yup. Just find something that is rock stable that you may enjoy enough to keep.
[HTC Rezound] namebrandon:
Thank you kind sir! :)

Quick question.. Looking at Nils Business Sense requirements..

Have flashed the 3.14.605.5 RUU or later (Optional old GB firmware patch available in Aroma Installer)

I have 3.14.605.13 71ORD.. any idea how I get to 605.5? Just find the ruu and apply it from Amon Ra via install zip.. or is it a fastboot / adb command?
[HTC Rezound] Snuzzo:
You have a later version. ;) Feel free to install.
[HTC Rezound] namebrandon:
Holy crap, I need some coffee.. thanks bud!
[HTC Rezound] Snuzzo:
You're welcome.
[HTC Rezound] Talguy:
Is this still the best way for an S-Off user to install the global update firmware and radios without wiping out their ROM and recovery partition?
[HTC Rezound] tmanschuette:
If the above is true, is my phone off? I an comparing the Baseband from the link to my phone.

Don't know if this helps but, I'm S-Off and unlocked with twrp recovery.

If I do need to update, do I just rename the file from the download link and boot into hboot?

Sent From The PACMan Lair using Tapatalk 4 Beta On My Rezound.
[HTC Rezound] hgoldner:
Global OTA radios are 2.23.10.0123r, 2.23.10.0124r, so, no, you don't have the latest firmware.

Yes, you flash radios in hboot (or via fastboot usb).
[HTC Rezound] rwideman:
This isnt working for me. I have the following:

HTBOOT=2.25.0000

RADIO=1.22.10.0421r/1.22.10.0424r

device is unlocked

I can see all my files in /emmc, internal sdcard

I can see all my files in /sdcard, my external sdcard

When I DL the file and rename it to PH98IMG.zip it loads with the side bar going up and then nothing, I rename the file to Update.zip and it boots to recovery and get error failed when trying to flash.

I have tried this as well:

fastboot flash zip firmware.zip

sending 'zip' (33877 KB)...

OKAY [ 4.230s]

writing 'zip'...

(bootloader) adopting the signature contained in this image...

(bootloader) zip header checking...

(bootloader) zip info parsing...

FAILED (remote: 99 unknown fail)

finished. total time: 5.847s

Any ideas?
[HTC Rezound] DCnovicky:
Believe you need to lock bootloader first then unlock afterwards. If s_on
[HTC Rezound] Flyhalf205:
[MENTION=2867300]rwideman[/MENTION]

I am looking at your directions. You have to

1. lock if your s-on

2. fastboot oem rebootRUU

3. fastboot flash zip firmware.zip

4. Might have to run it twice

5. reboot bootloader
[HTC Rezound] rwideman:
This worked. I did have to run 2x as the first didnt update everything. Thanks
[HTC Rezound] DCnovicky:
My motto: Wipe till it bleeds, Flash till it agrees :)
[HTC Rezound] rwideman:
After installing this firmware.zip no matter what rom I install or recovery I install my rezound reboots and freezes at the white HTC screen.

I relfashed boot.img in htboot just in case but no go. Any ideas?
[HTC Rezound] Flyhalf205:
Is it giving you any errors when trying to flash the recovery?
[HTC Rezound] rwideman:
NOTE: My sig shows v2.6 but I have been running v2.10 since it came out.

While flashing the recovery everything goes normally, TWRP or AmonRa, doesnt matter the version either.

I do receive an error when installing Business ICS rom when I click the continue to start the install which starts with removing the old OS, error is below and found in the install log.

AROMA INSTALLER version 2.00

(c) 2012 by amarullz xda-developers

ROM Name : Business ICS 4.0.3 Sense 4.0

ROM Version : 2.10

ROM Author : Nils

Device : HTC Rezound

Start at : Wed Jan 1 02:19:22 1992

Removing Old System

Creating filesystem with parameters:

Size: 1308621824

Block size: 4096

Blocks per group: 32768

Inodes per group: 7988

Inode size: 256

Journal blocks: 4992

Label:

Blocks: 319487

Block groups: 10

Reserved block group size: 79

Created filesystem with 11/79880 inodes and 10501/319487 blocks

error: file_write: write: I/O error

Installer Error (Status 1)

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Also, to answer specifics here is the output from my fastboot flashes:

C:\Users\rowidema\AppData\Local\Android\android-studio\sdk\platform-tools>fastboot flash recovery twrp-2.4.4.0-vigor.img

sending 'recovery' (5842 KB)...

OKAY [ 1.179s]

writing 'recovery'...

OKAY [ 4.944s]

finished. total time: 6.134s

C:\Users\rowidema\AppData\Local\Android\android-studio\sdk\platform-tools>fastboot flash recovery twrp-2.4.3.0-vigor.img

sending 'recovery' (5840 KB)...

OKAY [ 1.184s]

writing 'recovery'...

OKAY [ 8.889s]

finished. total time: 10.084s

C:\Users\rowidema\AppData\Local\Android\android-studio\sdk\platform-tools>fastboot flash recovery amonra-3.16-vigor.img

sending 'recovery' (7796 KB)...

OKAY [ 1.416s]

writing 'recovery'...

OKAY [ 8.876s]

finished. total time: 10.301s

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UPDATE: I went back and locked it, flashed the firmware 2x, then unlocked the device. At this point I flashed TWRP and installed CM 10.1 but nogo, even installed AmonRa and CM 10.1 and nogo. I did at this point install Nils Business ICS v2.10 and it is working now. Dont know what is going on with TWRP or CM 10.1 but AmonRa 3.16 and Nils Business ICS 2.10 is working. I might have to wait on CM 10.1, bummer...
[HTC Rezound] gr8nole:
This looks like the boot is not flashing...are you s on? Try fastboot flashing the boot.img after the rom install.
[HTC Rezound] rwideman:
I did try flashing boot separately and it flashed just fine but still had the white HTC screen. I got Nils rom runnning right now.
[HTC Rezound] v941726:
Can't find any link to download it from

Me
[HTC Rezound] DCnovicky:
Because there hasn't been an official ruu released yet, check around page 4 or 5 of this thread for other options

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This is a little more clearer...
[HTC Rezound] v941726:
Thought the file was supposed to be 207mb. Why only 30mb

Me
[HTC Rezound] jrredho:
I'm not 100% sure that I understand everything that you've tried, but if you're still having problems, it sounds to me like you're flashing the wrong boot.img for your ROM. This is a non-issue if you followed brenuga's instructions in this thread (is it post 59?) because (a) you restored the nandroid backup you made for yourself in that process, which has the correct boot.img in it, and (b) you're doing the restore-from-backup using amon-ra after booting it directly from fastboot.

Of course, that's not relevant if you haven't followed his procedure.

Regardless, just so everyone here understands, are you absolutely positive you have the right boot.img? Also, just in case, did you do an md5sum check on the original firmware download to ensure that it's not corrupt?

Hope that helps!

cheers,

john
[HTC Rezound] Mystique:
Dead horse here..

I'm S-OFF was running 2.27 working fine but what else was I going to do with the next few moments of my life..

:)

worked fine; but my previous hboot was hex edited by vinylfreak89.

Now I have:

*** TAMPERED ***

*** LOCKED ***

VIGOR PVT SHIP S-OFF RL

HBOOT-2.28.0000

RADIO-2.23.10.0123r/2.23.10.1024r

OpenDSP-v14.6.0.77.8.00.0507

eMMC-boot

Sep 20 2012, 17:40:22

[Q] everything seems normal but I wanted to confirm as I didn't see anyone else posting that..

I was able to PH98IMG twrp and amonra no problem so I don't think I'm "LOCKED"..

Simply looking for confirmation that this is now what other S-OFF people see..

Thanks in advance.
[HTC Rezound] Snuzzo:
[MENTION=380376]mystique[/MENTION]

Go ahead and revert back to the patched hboot. It will restore your remote fastboot functions. Either that or you may have to unlock the stock one.
[HTC Rezound] el Filou:
New firmware radio fixed my problems with UMTS 3G !

Hi, just wanted to provide some feedback: if anyone uses the Rezound with UMTS, the new radio in this official firmware fixed a massive problem I had with the 4.03.605.2 leak firmware (radio 2.22)!

I use the Rezound on GSM/UMTS in Europe, and regularly - but also randomly - my phone would use up to a third or more of the battery in a night of sleep just being in standby with absolutely no active programs running or data connections open. When I looked at the battery stats, "cell standby" and "phone idle" would be shown as having used most of the power, each using about the same amount (44-46%).

That meant I would often find my phone at 60-70% in the morning (depending on how long I slept) having fully charged it in the evening, which is something I never encountered with any phone before and was quite bothering because of course it also sometimes dit that during the day, which was a problem if I didn't have access to a charger.

I'm therefore very happy to say after a few weeks testing it that the new 2.23 radio in this official global firmware has fixed this problem!

I didn't switched ROMs, just flashed the new firmware without boot nor recovery, so the fix must have come from the firmware alone.

I know it was my own problem as global service wasn't in the Rezound official specs, but it feels good seeing that was fixed.

So if anyone is using the Rezound with GSM/UMTS and hasn't flashed this already, do it quickly because it rocks! :victory:
[HTC Rezound] Chuck Snorus:
el Filou raises a question that is interesting to me. If I'm running the global leak, locked and S-on, can I update the firmware without flashing a custom recovery? Brenuga has posted some excellent instructions but they *appear* to my noob eyes to assume that I want to end up with a custom recovery and non-stock ROM.

In short, what do I do if I want to end up as though I was bone stock and took the OTA?
[HTC Rezound] jrredho:
You have read brenuga's procedure incorrectly: No where does he suggest that you flash a non stock recovery.

Read it again carefully, and note that *booting* a recovery image is not the same as flashing it.

Also note that after you've finished his procedure you still will have updated to the latest firmware only. You will still need to flash the latest ROM afterwards to bring yourself to the current stock version of things.

Good luck!

John
[HTC Rezound] Chuck Snorus:
Thank you John! I do understand the difference between booting and flashing but was lazy in reading brenuga's instructions. I knew the error was in my interpretation but I didn't know where!

Two other questions if I may: what is the purpose of making a backup? If it is to save time reloading apps and I'm okay with downloading them individually again, can I skip that part? If I don't flash the latest ROM, will the phone still work but with my current ROM or will it not boot?

Thanks for your help. This is a company-paid phone so I have to be a little extra cautious in my manipulations!
[HTC Rezound] bast525:
Just followed these steps, coming from S-On, HTCDev unlocked, and running a stock global leak ICS rom (with many bloatware apk's removed), it worked perfectly. I didn't get the cache error that brenuga had after doing these steps, either. One thing that surprised me, I thought unlocking wipes emmc (internal SD), but when I followed these steps it did not, only did a factory reset. Though I have not updated the ROM itself, it seems to run fine with the boot.img that gets flashed when flashing this firmware.zip.

The only step I would want to clarify for less knowledgeable people who might be trying these steps, the step "-fastboot boot amon ra", this didn't work and I didn't expect it to since flashing firmware.zip flashes a stock recovery. The final steps in my case went:

-fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin

-confirm you want to unlock

-phone will start to reboot, pull the battery and replace to stop this, the hold down volume down button plus power button to boot into hboot

-switch to fastboot mode

-fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (make sure your custom recovery file is in the same folder as adb.exe and named recovery.img)

-boot into recovery

-restore full backup

-reboot

EDIT: as brenuga clarifies, this may not work for anyone who runs a rom with a kernel that is different from the one provided with the OTA or earlier ICS Global leak ROM.
[HTC Rezound] brenuga:
I didn't literally mean type 'fastboot boot amon ra'. I meant, 'fastboot boot recovery-ra-3.16.img' which is the filename of the custom recovery I keep in a folder on my PC. When you fastboot boot something from your PC over USB, as opposed to fastboot flashing a recovery permanently to your phone, you put S-On phones in a temporary mode in which they can read and write to the /boot partition. Thus, avoiding the need for flashing a ROM's boot img.

If you try to restore a full backup without a) being s-off b) or using a fastboot booted recovery, you won't be able to restore the boot.img that goes along with your backup and you will likely be bootlooped.
[HTC Rezound] bast525:
Ah ok. Wasn't as issue for me as I was running the stock kernel that came with the Global ICS leak, which appears to be the same (or same enough) to the kernel that came with this OTA. So when I flashed the firmware.zip, I just left the boot.img that was installed with it. I had never heard the trick of booting recovery remotely like that before.

On a side note, one thing I noticed with this OTA, it seems to break the app associations again. I removed HTCLinkifyDispatcher, and changed the ro.da1.enable in build.prop (I found two) to false, but my app picker popup doesn't work when I try to open various things, and if I clear defaults for the apps in question (browser, Youtube), they immediately set themselves back to default....
[HTC Rezound] halcut:
I am also on ICS Global leak but locked and S-on. Can I use these steps to get to current OTA?
[HTC Rezound] bast525:
these steps will get you the current firmware, e.g.: hboot, radios, recovery, and kernel. you would then need to flash the actual Rom separately. a couple people have posted the Rom in the dev section already as a zip you can flash from custom recovery. there isn't a ton of difference from the leak and this official ota... you can flash this firmware zip and keep your Rom the same if you wanted to...
[HTC Rezound] halcut:
Great thanks.

Just one question - Do I need to unlock to follow these steps? I don't want to if not needed as this is my company's phone.
[HTC Rezound] bast525:
You don't have to be unlocked to flash the firmware, but you do if you want to flash a standalone rom. If you aren't unlocked, you might be able to flash the OTA.zip itself? Assuming your rom is 100% stock, no system apk's removed? You might have to actually roll back to the official/non-global ICS OTA first.. I'm not 100% sure how far you can get without unlocking.
[HTC Rezound] halcut:
I have heard that the rom itself has nothing major in it so I will be happy with just flashing firmware.
[HTC Rezound] halcut:
I was able to install firmware.zip correctly but now my WIFI is gone. I cannot turn it on or off.. seems like its stuck. Wonder what did I do wrong? I performed these steps:

-adb reboot bootloader

-fastboot erase cache

-fastboot oem rebootRUU

-fastboot flash zip firmware.zip

-fastboot flash zip firmware.zip <-- 2nd time

-fastboot reboot-bootloader

-reboot
[HTC Rezound] jrredho:
I think this is due to the fact that you didn't restore your nandroid backup, which contains the proper boot.img for your ROM. For example, if you were on the global leak, I don't think that the boot.img on the firmware.zip will work.

Try booting to the bootloader, then booting amon ra recovery and restoring your nandroid backup. You could also flash a copy of the boot.img for your ROM using this method of accessing recovery.

Good luck!

John
[HTC Rezound] halcut:
That was it. Had to flash boot. Thanks
[HTC Rezound] insanecain:
Could this be reuploaded please
[HTC Rezound] kc6wke:
Don't have the rez anymore, but I might still have the ota file.

I'll post if I do.
[HTC Rezound] acejavelin:
Look in the Q&A forum and find [MENTION=5037435]REV3NT3CH[/MENTION]'s downgrade upgrade thread, the file is in there in the first post if I am not mistaken.
[HTC Rezound] REV3NT3CH:
yes and latest ota is my "this 2nd ph98img" file
[HTC Rezound] insanecain:
much appreciated
[HTC Rezound] Nickw1978:
Posting

Can we all please stop posting links to drop box as they never work and say "file not found". Instead lets repost this file using Goo.im or a server where we can actually download the file. Thanks.