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[Desire General] Lrs121:
No they didn't change it. Some ruu's use a different format requiring the use of a tool called unruu instead of trying to capture the zip file when using the exe (I just learned this today). I've gone ahead and used unruu and the resulting zips have been put in a single tar file. you can download it from here for about 30 days after which ill have to delete the file. also i dont know which zip has what in it.
[Desire General] gandolf007:
hi

master how to open Zip firmware !!?

i want to open zip firmware (PM60IMG.zip Desire 400)with 7zip ! but shows below error :

"can not open file PM60IMG.zip az archive "

how to pass this encryption ?
[Desire General] jpwhre:
https://github.com/kmdm/ruuveal/tree/f4936338f19841c75edafbe7e622242105cb39aa
[Desire General] jmcclue:
try that way above
[Desire General] f1tzg3r4ld:
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I had been looking and asking how to do this. You are a life saver.
[Desire General] StanWiz:
Thank You Inside 4ndroid - you're a life savior. :good:

I thought my htc amaze was a permanent brick when it went into a bootloop while doing s-off.

No stock RUUs are available for the Ruby ICS Videotron ( only 1 OTA). Did manage to eventually find an .exe with hboot 1.93 - the rest is history :)
[Desire General] aag:
I've been trying to get my HTC Desire 510 Sprint back to stock, and although I managed to get the rom.zip out of the .exe, the resulting file was useless to flash directly (fastboot flash zip) or to flash via a SD card.

Finally I was able to flash the lastest ROM from HTC extracting another set of ZIP files from the ROM.ZIP using the romtool.exe that is created in the same directory you'll find the ROM.ZIP file when running the RUU .EXE of HTC.

I'm posting here so if somebody has this problem can go a little bit further:

Run HTC's original RUU and find ROM.ZIP as explained in this guide.

Copy the whole directory to a safe location, not just ROM.ZIP file.

From a Command Prompt (cmd.exe) go to your just created copy of HTC software.

Run: romtool.exe -u rom.zip

A set of usable .zip files will be extracted. In my case: rom.zip_00.zip to rom.zip_05.zip.

Flash the recently extracted files to the phone using "fastboot flash zip"

Doing this procedure my phone got all the stock firmware _but_ the recovery image.

Thanks!
[Desire General] sbrownla:
There is no such exe in the directory pulled from temporary.
[Desire General] Mr_DerpFace1337:
Quicker method and easyist IMO

(Step 1) : Download Process Hacker 2

(Step 2) :eek:pen it

(Step 3) : Start the RUU you need the rom from

(Step 4) : Get to where it says "Welcome to the ROM Update Utility for your Android phone."

(Step 5) : Search in Process Hacker 2 for ARUWizard.exe

(Step 6) : Right click and go to properties and find Image file name click open folder

(Step 7) : Get $$$$$$$???????????
[Desire General] lordkian2000:
what partition??

witch partition should i flash these images ??

my rom.zip also have these images to.

dzdata_4g.hdr

dzdata_4g.img

lib.img

ramdisk.img

rcdata.img

tp_atmelc12_20aa.img
[Desire General] zrzhu:
Got the file. so I can just flash the Rom file thru TWRP instead of RUU, correctly? If i want to go back to stock.
[Desire General] OskyEdz:
I'm not sure...

It all works and so, but I'm not sure about the content of my rom.zip;

I know I want "boot_signed.img" (renaming to "boot.img" later), but I was not expecting all of these "dzdata_XXg.img" and "dzdata_XXg.hdr".

Content of my rom.zip (RUU_HIMA_UL_M60_SENSE70_ATT_MR_Cingular_US_3.38.502.17.exe)[HTC ONE a9]

EDIT:

Ok, it made sense to me now that I used the wrong carrier. I'm not a AT&T/Cricket-user. Honestly I don't know for sure what to use, I bought mine in Sweden so my carrier is Telia SE.

My CID is HTC__034

so I'm choosing HTC Europe 1.56.401.70

I hope I made the right call. I finally managed to get my RUU.zip and then I used the SD card method to flash it. cuz fastboot didn't cut it.

I'm managed to get back to stock recovery (my goal for today, yes!).

Regards,

OskyEdz
[Desire General] shafik3194:
there is no jump button i saw rom.zip but i cant copy pls help me
[Desire General] OskyEdz:
More specific

What device(s) are you using?
[Desire General] lycka13:
i have the ruu for my phone as a zip file. how do i make it executable so i run from my pc
[Desire General] rjaymo:
the Rom.zip after process monitor

I was able to see the .img files from the zip but 1 thing is that its saying ! C:\adb\rom.zip: The archive is corrupt

! C:\adb\rom.zip: The archive is corrupt

what's up with that? i been trying to bring back to life a 0Pcv1 htc. it goes to bootloader ok. fastboot ok. I tried to install a twrp and it momentarily shows up. I need to find something make it work. ????? any ideas? :eek:
[Desire General] Pavan70:
After i selected "jump to" I didnt get any rom.zip file...

What should i do??
[Desire General] xeroks:
FYI - there is new tool which provides extraction, decryption and inflation of the ROM images and firmware. See here ->https://xdaforums.com/chef-central/android/tool-universal-htc-ruu-rom-decryption-t3382928
[Desire General] Formedras:
Alternatively, find the RUU flasher program (NOT the InstallShield wizard) in the Task Manager and select Open File Location in the context menu (right-click or Menu key). If it doesn't work in the Applications tab of the 8/10 Task Manager (in advanced mode), it will in the Details tab.
[Desire General] atrujano10:
for the ones that are not getting the events in the process monitor, be sure to add ".exe" at the end of the process name
[Desire General] KurOptic:
I want to install a rom to my phone that has turned into a brick but my TWRP errors as I try to flash the rom.zip from recovery
[Desire General] MSKUMRD:
as per this thread need help to extract ruu for customization purposes,

above thread is not usefull

any one can help pls
[Desire General] hrcdan:
Any idea’s on how to extract boot img from a ruu.zip file, I can’t find an official htc update for my phone, I have googled and checked many guides, thx in advance
[Galaxy S III General] yakie47:
sorry wrong section,
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] tama00:
Okay i was following the instructions here

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=16916

on my vmware workstation running under Linux

I opened up the himaupgrade.exe put in the apporiate files and then sync my device and click upgrade... shortly after i notice that the usb icon in vmware wasnt active and then my pocket pc went blank

after a while the upgrade reported that it failed, active sync said it had no connected devices and my pocket pc when put infront of light had USB writng on the top and v1.06 writtin on the bottom

now it said in the install to soft restet it plug it back into the cradle and continue the installation. so i soft reset it.. it did nothing -_- so then i hard resetted it and it the writing on the screen starts to fade then it comes back.. so out of desperations i removed the battery and it seams that its still going hard on the backup battery with the same text

now i got nothing.. my pocket pc wont start up at all and thus theres no way to conintue the update to make it work

so im asking you smart xda people out there.. how on earth do i make it work again, do i have to send it into imate to get it repaired!! im lost and have no idea this is my first time doing a new rom on this webpage

PLEASE

*gets on knees and begs*
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] emay:
tama(?),

you are stuck in bootloader mode. The device should still be detected when you put it in the cradle. Once that has happened you can either run the Himaupgrade once more and try it once more or install the original ROM through the executable (on CD?) you should have got from your vendor.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] tama00:
whoa im pretty please with that time it tock for a reply ^_^

anyways iv connected the device to my vmware windows 2000 pro and active sync detects it is there and sits on "connecting"

so far due to it being on connection the updates on this site arent working, im going to try the one on the cd now
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] tama00:
okay everythings been working fine now for a while ill just some people advice out there..

you cannot upgrade your rom using a virtal machine in Vmware running on Linux

i had to use another computer running windows and it worked first time..
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] fbloise:
thanks a lot

Also worked for me!!
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] vnmnavarro:
Restore back to 1.66

Ladies and gentlemen out there... please help.

I foolishly tried to upgrade my O2 Xda II and now I reset more often. Everytime I reset it says "IIs" on the bottom. Plus the buttons seem configured for the IIs. Further, the unit no longer is recognized by my desktop. I have spoken to the local distributor and local repair center here in Manila and both have said that restoring the unit back to 1.66 is possible BUT it similarly might cause the unit to "die" (be a dead unit). A result that is simply unacceptalbe, given I use my unit heavily for work. Please help.

If you are based in Manila, I would greatly appreciate an SMS response to the question below. Kindly SMS the following mobile numbers; +63920.928.3385 and/ or +63917.855.7599, with my "+63920" number being the primary number to send to.

So, is it possible to restore a unit from a 2.0-something back to 1.66 without the unit dying on me? If yes, how do I do this?

Cheers! Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] a7med mo7sen:
i have a problem in whatsapp that when i send a vioce massge i can't hear my vioce and when someone send to me a vioce massge i cant hea it too !

MY rom oneOfAkind hybired v 19.1

plz help :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] Akhayev:
i dont think you can fix it .. because cm9 doesnt support this file format .. i tried to fix it.. but maybe someone knows how to fix it .. i have the same problem
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] saul1991:
Hello as the tittle says has anyone tried this theme out. It's for the international s4 maybe work with our s4 running tw roms. Here's a link to it http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2304251
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshm.1219:
in about to nandroid and go for it looks awesome

Sent from my SCH-I545 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] saul1991:
Did it work???
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshm.1219:
It works mostly, mind you he said to flash on an unthemed rom with no mods. Just read my sig I'm heavily modified. Still it mostly works and looks great, the contacts apps force closes, the battery icon doesn't work, the lte icon is a little cut off, etc. Just some little stuff like that.

Sent from my SCH-I545 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] saul1991:
Thanks for being an adventurer lol we need themes like this for our Verizon's s4s
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshm.1219:
Yeah this is a pretty deep level of integration theme wise.

Sent from my SCH-I545 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] saul1991:
Here's another one lol. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2271332
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] npjohnson:
Which version did you use?

What version did you use of Domination? (i9505 or i9500, 2.0 or 2.1, etc.)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshm.1219:
This was over 7 months ago I don't remember
[HTC One Max] alfamega190:
Wondering what this icon is for cuz I live in Rochester NY and I don't think Sprint Spark is here yet.
[HTC One Max] alfamega190:
Sprint Spark or Regular LTE?? Also, icon spins when in use.
[HTC One Max] lawnguy:
Sprint spark
[HTC One Max] milesje:
This is for both spark and single band LTE
[HTC One Max] alfamega190:
Oh ok. So that means there is Spark where I am ?? Cuz we r jus starting to get single band LTE
[HTC One Max] milesje:
Even if you only have single band you will get the same icon.
[HTC One Max] alfamega190:
Oh ok . That is the answer I was looking for. Thanks
[HTC One Max] akastixx:
It's the same semi-shady stuff they did having phones show 3g whether it was on 3g or 1x.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] tommo123:
from a end users POV i mean?

why can't i get a new phone, install supersu from the play store, go to dev options or security, and enable root and point to supersu to handle it?

no security holes needed to get root and far less hassle for us end users to get to do what we want with our phones

is it just an attitude thing by google and the OEMs or a more technical thing?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] SUPERUSER:
well...what I can see is that the general public don't need or care for these functions. And they are quite good security locks. The ones who don't know what these functions are will not attempt to unlock the bootloader etc etc.

If for example these functions are visible in the settings menu and someone who just got their device scrolling the menus and finds this interesting button.

hmm..It says "root"? Beneath is another button says "unlock bootloader".

WOOW! Lets press the buttons and see what happens!!! :laugh::laugh:

And somehow the user bricked the device because the person didn't have any knowledge of what was going on.

There is probably more to it like warranty questions.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] tommo123:
but it wouldn't be visible - like on this phone you had to know where to go to enable dev options so an average user wouldn't see it at all.

plus not all devices have locked bootloaders either. this is my 1st since the HTC desire.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
I'll just quote "Kay" from Man In Black;

"A person is smart. People are dumb"

People in general are so soo stupid and they would tap something and three seconds later SystemUI would've been gone. Not likely of course, but you know that guy who's everywhere and manages to do some pretty stupid stuff with everything he touches. With that said, i think every single individual at XDA would love to have a pre-rooted device, or simply have (like you say) a toggle in the developer settings or something, but we all know how stupid people are, so i understand why it's not an option.

I would rather have a simple procedure like the Nexus' have where you have to know what you're about to do, and you can do it. If you do that, you probably know what root means, and you won't try to delete the system folder.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] hansip87:
I have to agree with the OP though. Because even Linux itself comes with su. Windows comes with Administrator mode. So it shouldn't be a problem to provide root into the system even though majority of people doesn't know what are they doing. If something goes wrong, just recommend them to flash again (in Windows term, format and fresh install) even then google already provides contact backup so it shouldn't take a long time. Unlocking the bootloader on the other hand..
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Sure, but does your mom or sister use Linux, or even a terminal/CMD? No they do not. Linux is a "niche" OS, and the people that uses it knows what it is and what it does. Geeks. Being a Windows admin is not nearly as dangerous as having root in Android or Linux. You can destroy the whole system by deleting one file. And flashing and formatting is something few people do. There's a reason why I hate it when friends and family start messing around with their devices, because I know that I'll have to either take a look at the damn thing or reformat it next week.

People are morons when it comes to technology. WE are a special group of people that spend A LOT of time with these things, so it's natural that we want it all. Regular people on the other hand want to check Facebook and use Spotify. Throw the whole kitchen sink into the OS and people will get confused and get an iPhone, or simply stop using it for what it is or could be. Remember that we are the minority here. Android is a mainstream OS that is meant for regular people and should be simple to use, but advanced under the hood (so people like us can play with it).

If you take a closer look at KitKat, you'll notice that Google have made some tiny changes, like the arrow on the lock screen that tells you that if you drag the arrow up, you'll open Google Now. Also notice the camera icon on the lock screen. Tap it and it'll move a little - like a hint for people that you can slide it to open the camera. Google understands that people need guidance and not hidden shortcuts and more gestures. We may know about all the features and easter eggs, but that's because we're actively looking for them. People in general are not.

My point is, people don't care. WE, the geeks are the minority and not the main group of people OEM's are thinking about when they make devices. We, the geeks already have devices that are targeted at us and it's called "Nexus".

/rant
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] hansip87:
But if people really don't care, why Microsoft and Linux devs give such Administrator access to their 'Home edition' software? We bought the device and the ROM so why such restriction compared to a casual desktop solution? Following Google's logic to make it easy user friendly as it is, just put it in hidden place like developer option and boom problem solved. No casual user would ever know about tapping the Android build number continuously. Plus with a revised policy for warranty will be nice, for example, it will be void if you ever unlocked the bootloader of the device, because imho, that is the lifeline nowadays to guarantee that your device is still recoverable with some flashing. Casual super user activity shouldn't be closed completely i'd say (i.e Titanium backup anyone?).
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Deleted member 4605205:
Hmmm, someone corrects me if I'm wrong, but isn't rooting on Android or Linux more risky if the user has no idea what they're doing?

Windows allows users to do some stuff but the worst thing you could do is mess it up so bad you have to do a clean install. There might not be a link from changing something in windows to completely screw up BIOS.

Now for rooting on Android, the average Joe hears about it, cool, let's press some buttons. Then some people mentions about kernels and radios, cool, let's flash some. Bam, phone gone. As some other have said, people will never cease to amaze you with their stupidity. So in Google and OEM's mind, it's best to make it as inaccessible as possible to avoid having some dumbass sue them for including something "potentially risky" in their devices.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] hansip87:
Yes it is more risky but as i said in my post, warranty void IF the bootloader (ie the BIOS in desktop terms) is unlocked because even if you mess up the phone, there's always PC Companion fresh install if you still have locked bootloader, just like Windows fresh install, so therefore, Root/Admin priv should not be cut off completely from the system.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] tommo123:
maybe but the nexus is an extremely limited device and not something i'd ever consider without google making major changes.

i don't see how something like this would mess up the average user either. i mean if you have a hidden dev options menu you have to unhide, then you have to download supersu and then enable root in dev options.

if someone does all that then they know what they're getting into and must have read some guide to get there. no different to now really.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Deleted member 4605205:
I think kit all depends on the people who set the first stone for these mobile operating systems. They obviously didn't think of them in the same sense as computer OS, so they just do things in certain ways. And I think from the way the market has evolved, Google hasn't found a reason to incorporate such features into Android because there's no real demand for it. You know how sometimes it doesn't take companies to do certain things, but they just don't do it. (like the freaking battery percentage on Android).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] fcmugen:
hey guys/gals, I was wondering if anyone in the Note 3 world has used Heimdall (open source alternative to Odin) to sucessfully root their device. The reason I ask because I do not have access to a Windows machine and was wondering if this tool will work. I wanted to know before hand before I have to create a Windows environment. Thanks guys.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] chstewart:
It's my understanding that it needs to be updated to work with the note3. Until that's been done it won't work and I don't know how soon that will be as most now use Odin.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] pyrilium:
Actually this isn't strictly true.

I think technically Heimdall does't support the Note 3, however I and at least one other person on the forums have used it successfully under Mac OS. In my case, something went wrong in Odin while I was applying RDLV to my device and I ended up with a partial flash. After trying a bunch of troubleshooting with Odin to no avail, I decided to give Heimdall a shot. Fired it up through the GUI, hit "read PIT", and got a reasonable partition map on screen. A bit of experimentation later, I had my phone back up and rooted!

One thing I found, which may have been an issue with the partial flash but may not have, is that the "resume" mode didn't seem to work completely. At least most of the time, any command that wasn't the first one after a fresh boot into download mode would fail. I haven't yet used it since then, so I don't know if this is still an issue with a completely consistent system on the phone. To be safe, I recommend rebooting into download mode before each Heimdall command - that means boot into download -> download PIT into file -> shut down (hold power button for ~10s) and boot back into download -> flash (or whatever).

[Having just started Heimdall to check version, it's slightly possible that I didn't have "resume mode" checked under the "advanced" menu]

This was done using Heimdall 1.40, which was current release as of a month or so ago.

Hope this helps! Good luck with Heimdall - in my experience, it's much more functional / stable than Odin!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mlpmail:
I wrote a post about this a while ago:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2475262
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] risingfate:
Hello there

I've been happily flashing and using recoveries for several years now for myself and for others. Never had any real problem. Everything has been generally foolproof. But a few months ago I installed Santos unsense ROM on my phone and today I decided to switch it up to maceks galaxy clone. Well when I went to flash my new ROM I set it all up and hit reboot on EXT4 recovery and the phone just rebooted normally.

I tried again... Reflashed my recovery and eventually went back to clockworkmod. I also tried booting into recovery straight from hboot ... No luck... Anyone got any ideas on what I've screwed up?
[Moto X Accessories] natezire71:
[deleted, sold all codes]
[Moto X Accessories] willlay:
wow...
[Moto X Accessories] natezire71:
What?
[Moto X Accessories] PhxCliff:
They exchanged one for me last week. All they did was deactivate the code and issued me a Visa card. Maybe you didn't speak to the right rep?
[Moto X Accessories] natezire71:
Which number did you call?
[Moto X Accessories] PhxCliff:
The standard motorola support line: 1-800-734-5870. Spoke with sales. I received my promo code for buying the Verizon moto X on day 1 of the motomaker availability. I received my code in my email. Later that day, I saw that they were offering either the promo code or a Visa card, so I called back, explained that I would rather have the Visa card, and they politely said they would send me a card, and please not to use the code as they were going to deactivate it.

Your situation may be different, but I know they CAN swap the code for a card, but it may be a matter of finding a rep that is willing or able to. Try a Sales extension, they seem to have more power to "please the customer."
[Moto X Accessories] natezire71:
Yeah, Moto has been incredible. I'll give it another go then. I appreciate it!