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[HTC Rezound] xXezmacXx:
Thanks for the continuous help, its much appreciated. I just started the downgrade process but have two questions.

1. When I followed the lock command in the directions I got this:

That means I was S-OFF and already locked this whole time. What does that mean, does that cause issues? I'm still continuing this guide, I just got done installing the first RUU but I was just confused on how I was S-OFF but locked?

2. I found this Minimal ADB and Fastboot while searching the forums. Can I use this and just unistall "android-sdk"?
[HTC Rezound] REV3NT3CH:
At the top of your hboot what does it say....take a pic if you can and ill be able to tell you if you already are
[HTC Rezound] xXezmacXx:
It just says:

*** TAMPERED *** w/ black background

*** LOCKED *** w/ pink background

VIGOR PVT SHIP S-OFF RL

HBOOT-2.28.0000

RADIO-2.23.10.0123R/2.23.10.0124R

Once I did the first RUU, it now says:

*** LOCKED ***

VIGOR PVT SHIP S-OFF RL

I'm almost done with all the RUU files, will be starting the OTA files in a second.
[HTC Rezound] REV3NT3CH:
ok ya your all set for this guide then
[HTC Rezound] xXezmacXx:
ok awesome cant thank you enough for the help. im doing the 1st ota and 3rd ota now. after that how do i get root access back and put twrp recovery back on? its been a long long time since i rooted and put a recovery on.

i just want to be on the latest stock sense w/ root. are there any roms like that out currently?
[HTC Rezound] REV3NT3CH:
for root download Amon Ra 3.16 and go to advanced tab in it and select install su & superuser....and twrp has a flashable ph98img file and you are gonna want 2.6.3.0 both can be found in the rezound developement forum
[HTC Rezound] xXezmacXx:
ok. i ran into an issue, i followed all the steps we talked about;

- i did all of part 1

- i installed all the RUU's, after the 1st RUU i let it boot into rom

- i flashed the 1st PH98IMG.zip and booted into the rom

- skipped the 2nd PH98IMG.zip like i was told

- then i flashed the 3rd PH98IMG.zip

i let everything boot up, but im not on 4.05.605.14. when i go into "software information" on my rezzy it says 4.0.3.605.2 710RD still? i've tried flashing the 3rd ota several times.

bootloader still says:

*** LOCKED *** in pink bacground

VIGOR PVT SHIP S-OFF RL

HBOOT-2.28.0000

RADIO-2.23.10.0123R/2.23.10.0124R
[HTC Rezound] REV3NT3CH:
thats the rom you are on...hboot 2.28 with the 2.23 radios is the highest youell ever get....for the 4.05.605.14 rom that is seperate rom all together and there is no ph98img for it....your all set to flash your custom recovery and rom bud
[HTC Rezound] xXezmacXx:
after i flash recovery can i just go ahead and flash [ROM] OTA-Global-Stock-4.05.605.14 710RD-Rooted 5/1/13 to get on 4.05? it'll root for me right. I thought 4.05.605.14 710RD was the highest you can go with what verizon released?
[HTC Rezound] REV3NT3CH:
did you do the amon ra 3.16 root method yet to get permanent root?
[HTC Rezound] xXezmacXx:
i thought 4.05.605.14 710RD was last ota that verizon released for the rezound? isn't that the highest you can go in official software updates?

about your question, i thought i could just install amon ra recovery on my phone and then flash that OTA-Global-Stock-4.05.605.14 710RD-Rooted.zip to not only get on the most up to date verizon ota but since it's also rooted, once i flash it, my phone will have root again. that way i wont have to install su via amon ra like you told me too.
[HTC Rezound] REV3NT3CH:
No it was a leaked ota and was never released...if you read the original post for it it even says that and does not come with the hboot 2.28 and 2.23 radios which is the most up to date...you can flash that rom that does come rooted but once you flash anything else you will loose root...you want a permanent fix for it trust me
[HTC Rezound] xXezmacXx:
so you recommend just flashing amon ra, then goto into advace and instal SU then just flash a sense rom of my choice?
[HTC Rezound] REV3NT3CH:
yes
[HTC Rezound] xXezmacXx:
Can I delete HTC sync now? Or will I need it if I need if I want RUU again?
[HTC Rezound] REV3NT3CH:
you can if you want....if you plug the rezound into the pc frequently or ever want to usb tether or anything i suggest keeping it for those purposes...you dont have to though
[HTC Rezound] xXezmacXx:
and my last question for the night lol. don't i need to be unlocked though to flash a recovery? Do the whole HTCdev unlock thing again?
[HTC Rezound] REV3NT3CH:
no....since you are s-off all you need to do is grab the ph98img file of the recovery and flash it through bootloader like you did the ota zips....with s-off you dont have to fastboot flash anything....even kernels...just flash that in recovery or just flash the rom and keep the one that comes with it....theres many benefits to being s-off and those are the biggest ones
[HTC Rezound] xXezmacXx:
ok i was able to download the ph98img.zip from the amon ra thread and i put the amonra3.16.img(renamed recovery.img) inside the ph98img.zip and flashed it. it seems to work except for nandroid backups. i want to backup my stock before i try any roms. but when i click backup/restore > nand backup > i check [x] on boot, system, data & cache. i then hit perform back up and i get this:

i have no idea whats going on? do you think my sdcard or something is messed up from being on jellybean. i havent formatted my internal or sdcard yet. i also gained root by going into developer menu > install su & superuser.
[HTC Rezound] REV3NT3CH:
did you format your sdcards while you were on jellybean before? if so youll have to do it again if you plan on staying on ics based roms stock or aosp or lower....if your gonna jump back to jellybean you can just flash twrp and nandroid through that...if you already installed su than you are now permanantly rooted
[HTC Rezound] xXezmacXx:
i think i did format my sdcard when i was on JB but can't remember how i did it? what is the best way to format my internal and external sd, through amon ra or while my phone is plugged into my pc?

i already installed su through amon ra. are you saying the trwp is recommended for jb and amon ra for everything else? i plan on staying on a sense rom for the time being but cant until i fix amon ra.
[HTC Rezound] REV3NT3CH:
Reformat and advance wipe internal SD card and emmc through twrp
[HTC Rezound] xXezmacXx:
I did do that but there are still like 5 different paths to the sdcard..emmc, mnt, sdcard, sd-ext, sdcard 1 & 2. there are so many. when i was originally on sense i swear there was an internal and external folder, not all these others. when i was on jb everything was installed/downloaded to the internal and not my 64gb sdcard. that is 1 big reason why i wanted to get sense back so i could use my sdcard properly.
[HTC Rezound] REV3NT3CH:
Original Post has been updated. I removed original this 2nd file as it wasnt needed for this and just duplicated what the 1st and 3rd one did. Renamed this 3rd to this 2nd. and changed the instruction for it in part 2b
[HTC Rezound] scottww2622:
upgrade radio without wipe?

I'm running the Infected ROM v2.9.1 and I am happy with the way my phone is set up and don't want to wipe if its not needed.

HBOOT - 2.27.0000

Radio - 2.22.10.0801r/2.22.10.0803r

I get constant random reboots and I've read in several post that the radio may need updated. My question is, which files do I need to flash and will it wipe my system?
[HTC Rezound] REV3NT3CH:
on yours all you will need is the very last ota zip......your random reboots is caused more than likely by rom as 4.2.2 had many random reboots unless you changed certain things in settings and do not use an app such as kernel tuner or system tuner....flashing this will not fix your issue

alot of these errors are in the original posts of the rom thread....if you need help ill guide you
[HTC Rezound] scottww2622:
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Never mind. I just checked again and it went to the file page.
[HTC Rezound] REV3NT3CH:
yes youll want the this second ph98img.....this will not fix your reboot issue though bud
[HTC Rezound] scottww2622:
Thanks for the quick reply and your hard work. I have to be up for work in about six hours, so I'll go back and re-read the ROMs forum and try the OTA flash tomorrow. Took me forever to decide which rom to use. I may change once I find a backup method that I'm sure will recover my data, most importantly my checkbook app.

Just one more thing so that I am clear, this flash

will

or

will not

wipe my current setup?
[HTC Rezound] REV3NT3CH:
what you have to do to get rid of reboots is up your minimum frequency in performance to at lowest 384...anything lowers causes these reboots...if s-on there is a method to flash the ph98img file....it shouldnt wipe anything
[HTC Rezound] scottww2622:
I didn't get around to flashing the second file last night, but I did increase the frequency and I haven't had a reboot in over a day. I've been dealing with reboots for about three months. Thanks for the quick fix.
[HTC Rezound] REV3NT3CH:
your welcome bud
[HTC Rezound] wireless_one:
Getting replacement Tuesday from VZW , , ,

Going back to stock so I can send back (thanks for the TUT BTW). Do you have to restore back to s-on? If so, is there a TUT for that too? TIA!!
[HTC Rezound] REV3NT3CH:
yes there is a method for that....its in the q&a but wasnt posted by me....it may be a few pages back but does say something along the lines of restoring to pure stock.....it does revert to s-on and stock recovery as well....with this guide youll be able to downgrade your radio to a stock one....which is the last ruu.exe is safe and the first ota is safe s those are straight factory

Edit: [MENTION=249435]wireless_one[/MENTION] ....( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2453701 ) that is the guide to get back to s-on....if youve done some of mine you will know which ones to already skip
[HTC Rezound] Stormwing:
I just got a phone off Swappa that was previously on Straight Talk that isn't activating on Verizon and was advised I should downgrade and restore all the way back.

I noticed my hboot and radio versions are the same as scottww2622 but I don't know if that has any bearing on my current situation and thus what steps I need to perform. But if that doesn't matter and I'm gonna have to redo everything, I might as well just start clean get the most updated components while I'm at it.

Thanks for the thorough guide and filehosting!

EDIT: Also it's got "LOCKED" on a pink bg at the top of the bootloader, what does that actually mean?
[HTC Rezound] acejavelin:
I think you said in a previous thread this phone is S-Off, correct? I would recommend just go through all steps then.
[HTC Rezound] winged mantis:
I'm pretty sure it says that from the eng hboot that was installed after the s-off process
[HTC Rezound] Stormwing:
My main concerns are the prerequisites - relocked bootloader and untampered hboot. Do I need to unlock/relock it (like through hasoon's A-I-O toolkit)? Do I need to install a stock hboot just in case (like vinylfreak's 2.27)? Or does that mean what I have now is still stock but just a consequence of the s-off process?

Sorry for constantly checking everything; I don't wanna botch this.
[HTC Rezound] mjones73:
If you're s-off, you don't need to re-lock/unlock anything. Just installing the leaked RUU and the latest firmware would probably do the trick for you, can't hurt to run through all of it though.
[HTC Rezound] Stormwing:
Thought I'd follow up on what happened.

-RUU'd anyway, took a while because half of them didn't download properly

-Tried activating through MyVerizon again, no luck

-Went and used Verizon's live chat service (lol) and the rep tried activating again, failed - although this time I managed to get an sms even though it still couldn't recognize my number

-Rep said it seemed like it was getting stuck halfway, said SIM card could be the culprit

-Flashed the two PH89IMGs for GSM functionality, wiped down sim contacts with alcohol (First Verizon store rep claimed he tried different SIMs, said it could be the sim contacts)

-Tried a friend's AT&T prepaid SIM, calls went through

-Re-RUU'd back to VZW stock

-Brought it to another VZW store for a new SIM card, didn't work

-Rebooted and "Activating SIM" came up

-Stayed that way for 15-20 mins

-4G popped up, signal came back, celebrated, thanked the rep, and wished him happy holidays, walked out

-Data immediately died, but calls still worked.

-Sat in the car fiddling for a while, no use

-Went back in, dude's like man this is weird, ultimately tried a hard reset

-Phone reboots, data comes back, says there's a software update

-Signal holds, phone updates, reboots, says there's another update

-Update download fails three times

-I say screw it, leave, flash the two PH89IMGs on my own instead.

-Unlock bootloader, flash TWRP, flash Tachyon, and I'm finally back to what everything looked like a week ago.

Was it the SIM? Maybe, but the system itself was definitely being temperamental. Either way it worked out in the end and it's running pretty great now. Thanks everyone!
[HTC Rezound] shushine4nep2ne:
cd folder

cd c:/Android/Fastboot and hit enter

PRO TIP- Hold shift and right click open area in any window to get context option "open command window here"

ie. in your fastboot folder (doesn't seem to work in any branch within "My Documents" folder...

---------- Post added at 09:47 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:38 AM ----------

fastboot oem lock is the command to relock [s-on] your bootloader

i guess that utility issues the command for us. i used in in my hayday xD

it's really easy either way
[HTC Rezound] shushine4nep2ne:
remember that this is only an indication of signal to comfort people, not a real indication of signal reception.

much like the battery bar xD
[HTC Rezound] craigviar:
Hi. Forgive me please but do I re-lock the bootloader before or after s-off? Or both?
[HTC Rezound] REV3NT3CH:
You have to be s-off and relock your boot loader BEFORE you do anything to use this...so after you s-off you must relock boot loader...s-off is a whole different step from this...follow each guide as instructed and you shouldn't have an issue
[HTC Rezound] craigviar:
lol ok thanks....but i have an issue..

I wiped everything and installed the red ICS OTA and something went wrong somewhere. Neither cwm nor twrp is able to mount the internal SD and I am stuck. I never even got started with the actual s-off stuff. Please advise

---------- Post added at 07:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:14 PM ----------

I see this guy is having the same problem right now...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2285256

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Ok i am back on track, lets see if i can not break it again.
[HTC Rezound] craigviar:
OK, I am s-off. Now... referring to this quote, it says I should not be on a custom hboot. But unless I misunderstand that is exactly what the s-off process did now my hboot screen says = JuopunutBear = at the top instead of *** TAMPERED *** and *** UNLOCKED ***.

I apologize if I am being a pain in the arse but I just want to be sure of what I am doing and not ruin my phone. Thanks
[HTC Rezound] scottww2622:
Here is my situation: I installed the RUU files in order. File 1-3 installed and I had 4G service after I installed the last file my service dropped down to 3G. Instead of using the provided OTA's, I allowed Verizon to push their OTA to my phone. The 1st was 6MB and it restored my 4G service. After rebooting there was another 6MB update that also left me with 4G service. After rebooting there was another OTA that is 200.1MB that downloads but instead of installing says SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE, although I have full signal and $G at the time. It also says something about checking for updates when service becomes available. I found the downloaded file (ADR6425LVW_4.05.605.14-3.14.605.13) in the cache folder in the root of my phone and it appears to be complete.

My question is, if I install the update from TWRP will it wipe my phone? What is different from the 630MB file provided here?

I tried to make this as thorough as possible without being confusing.

The OTAPkg.zip is corrupt so it doesn't matter now.
[HTC Rezound] shiggityx2:
So I went through this process, got all four RUUs to work, but my Rezound wasn't activated on Verizon's network yet. I called them to switch from the phone I have been using as a backup to the Rezound, CSR switches it over and says it should take a few minutes, but it just won't connect to the network(wifi works fine). I'm also pretty sure my sd card is corrupted because hboot gives me a "no image" message every time I go into the bootloader, and then just goes straight into fastboot. I also don't have an adapter here so I might have to go pick up a new sd card. Any suggestions? I've been trying to fix my phone for days and I'm just really fed up, might just go buy a new one at this point. Thanks so much in advance.
[HTC Rezound] REV3NT3CH:
after the ruu's there is an activation thing you HAVE to let it go through on each one to activate verizon on your phone...verizon sim must be in it and back cover must be on the phone....if you skip the step on each reboot you may not get activated
[HTC Rezound] shiggityx2:
I see, so I didn't try to activate it until the last one. So from here I should just go back to 1.00 and let it do its thing? And wow, thanks for responding so fast!:good:
[HTC Rezound] REV3NT3CH:
np...yea you have to let it full boot with each one for activation screen....when it boots up youll get that quick setup thing and its in that...if they are missed youll get the error
[HTC Rezound] REV3NT3CH:
thanks [MENTION=2534856]shiggityx2[/MENTION] for the kind donation. much appreciated and very helpful. glad i can help such a good community here.
[HTC Rezound] cleff:
exercising patience

I am currently trying to go through these steps to update my firmware before installing a 4.4.2 ROM. I have an old machine with a 32 bit core duo running Ubuntu 14.04. I have a virtual machine running tiny7 and am currently running the first RUU. This being a virtual machine on an old laptop, everything takes forever. It seemed to hang at every step for quite awhile and is currently hanging on "Updating Radio...." and has been for about 30min. I am about 2.5 hours into running the very first RUU and have checked the md5's and everything checks out. I was running Tachyon 1.2 with the Juopunutbear hboot installed. Anyways... I know this is an old thread, but if anyone has words of calm or advice that might help me through this, it would be greatly appreciated.

I have 3gb of RAM installed on my machine and the virtual machine is running on 512mb in case that helps.
[HTC Rezound] Uzephi:
Might be best to dual boot win7 virtual machine can have issues. My ruu took less than 5 mins each on win 7 x64 on an old AMD phenom II with 4GB ram

Sent from my Rezound
[HTC Rezound] cleff:
Thanks for the reply! Will it brick my phone to interrupt the process now with it hanging on the "Updating Radio..."? I would need to shutdown the virtual machine in order to install tiny7 to dual boot. I may just have to wait for my roommate to get home today with his Windows 8 machine. Will all this work in 8?

My phone is s-off btw and i did relock the bootloader before beginning. I was reading in an unbricking thread that these soft brick issues most often happen with an interrupted OTA or RUU with an s-on device... so am I wrong in taking this to mean that I am relatively safe? I suppose that, if not, I can just follow the instructions in the unbricking thread :P

Update: I finally just disconnected the phone and it booted into the ROM fully even though the RUU was hung up. The virtual machine was having usb issues, and so, taking the advice from Uzephi, I installed tiny7 to my hard drive. Since it had troubles before, I went ahead and ran the first RUU again. That went through without a hitch in about 5 minutes. I then ran the second RUU without a problem taking only slightly longer. I am currently having issues with the third RUU though, unfortunately. Although I can see my phone just fine using the fastboot command, the RUU says that it couldn't connect to the phone. I have checked and re-checked the md5 and am currently re-downloading that file hoping that that will work.

... well I may have to try attacking this again tomorrow, it keeps trying to gather information on "PDA device" instead of android and then saying that it couldn't connect to the phone and to reconnect and try again. I have done this many times now... I also had to use a program called PDANet to get a driver that would allow adb to display the device properly instead of just returning an empty list. I uninstalled that program as well as HTC Sync and am still getting issues... sorry I am just trying to provide as much information as possible in case somebody comes across this and can see where I went wrong :)
[HTC Rezound] Uzephi:
I have heard around that win8 and HTC phones do not mix (no drivers) unless someone would like to chime in on that, I would assume that is still true.

It should not hard brick your device if you stop the ruu program. It may be soft bricked though (cannot boot passed hboot) until you do a successful ruu

Sent from my Rezound
[HTC Rezound] cleff:
Thanks.. I have been trying to run the third RUU (2.01...) and it just keeps saying "verifying information on your PDA phone" instead of "android phone" like the first two... then after hanging on that for about 30 seconds, a screen comes up that says, could not connect to the android phone and that I should verify that it is connected and try again...

I know that it is connected as I have verified by running fastboot devices and it shows up and have even run fastboot reboot-bootloader and tried it again... not sure what my issue is, but I think I may be giving it up for the night as I have been at this for several hours today... I seem to have issues with data on the second RUU but the phone functions ok (at least SMS as that is all I tested) I appreciate the help and if I find the solution on my own I will post it back here in case anyone else runs into the issues that I am having
[HTC Rezound] Uzephi:
It might be driver issues with that virtual machine, which is why I suggested an actual install of win 7

Sent from my Rezound
[HTC Rezound] cleff:
You may have missed it earlier, but I had actually taken your advice and installed win7 directly to the hard drive of my laptop. I just backed up my files and figured I would reinstall ubuntu when I was done with this adventure. I may try wiping and reinstalling win again this evening and try the whole process from the beginning again. Clearly I made a mistake somewhere along the way if nobody else seems to have gotten the particular issue that I am having with the "verifying information on PDA phone" instead of "android phone" and then the failure to connect.

Anyways, I appreciate your help. I was able to flash the first two RUU's rather quickly and without incident. Well I'm off to work now. I was hoping to have this resolved before now but at least my phone is functioning at the moment with really old firware:laugh:
[HTC Rezound] jlipps75:
Hboot 2.28

Hello, looking for clarification about performing RUU back to 4.03.605.2 and here's where I stand:

S Off

Hboot 2.28

Radio 2.23.10.0123r/1.23.10.0124r

also running CleanRom 4.5

I read elsewhere that if your are S Off then you do not need to relock bootloader, but that does not seem right.....thanks for any hlep
[HTC Rezound] acejavelin:
There is no need to the boot loader before or after you S-Off. I had my Rezound S-Off and unlocked for a long time and never had a problem.
[HTC Rezound] jlipps75:
Thanks...I now have G2 rooted, wife is using my old rezound until her Verizon 2 year credit kicks in.... I actually RUU this rezound months ago after I could not switch her line over (due to root I guess) then rerooted now running CleanRom 4.5.......I plan on taking RUU yet again just in case I jack up my G2 down the road, so why do I need the second PH98IMG?