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[OTA] A reminder not to accept OTA updates, on rooted phones.

A new OTA update is rolling out for the Hero.
http://androidspin.com/2011/03/04/htc-tattoo-and-htc-hero-ota-update/
Keep in mind that they usually undo root.
Wait until the DEVs have sorted it out.

willy900wonka said:
A new OTA update is rolling out for the Hero.
http://androidspin.com/2011/03/04/htc-tattoo-and-htc-hero-ota-update/
Keep in mind that they usually undo root.
Wait until the DEVs have sorted it out.
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Hopefully there's at least a new radio for us.

willy900wonka said:
A new OTA update is rolling out for the Hero.
http://androidspin.com/2011/03/04/htc-tattoo-and-htc-hero-ota-update/
Keep in mind that they usually undo root.
Wait until the DEVs have sorted it out.
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I Ran Unrevoked4ever and was Able to Get S-Off, Am I Good or
Do I Still have to Worry? And if so How can I Prevent it?
Thanks in Advance!
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PMGRANDS said:
I Ran Unrevoked4ever and was Able to Get S-Off, Am I Good or
Do I Still have to Worry? And if so How can I Prevent it?
Thanks in Advance!
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Just don't dl it.
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user7618 said:
Just don't dl it.
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Will I still get it, Seeing I'm not on a Stock ROM? I know the last OTA that was Sent I didn't even Receive til I Switched ROMS to Update my PRL....
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PMGRANDS said:
Will I still get it, Seeing I'm not on a Stock ROM? I know the last OTA that was Sent I didn't even Receive til I Switched ROMS to Update my PRL....
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it depends on how you rooted. If you did the long form, you won't get OTA's, if you one clicked, I think you will, BUT with s-off it doesn't matter, because even if it "unroots" you you can flash a recovery from hboot, and then flash a rooted rom or nand restore, and you're good, so don't worry.

Or, go here, and look for how disable OTA updates at the end of the OP.

il Duce said:
it depends on how you rooted. If you did the long form, you won't get OTA's, if you one clicked, I think you will, BUT with s-off it doesn't matter, because even if it "unroots" you you can flash a recovery from hboot, and then flash a rooted rom or nand restore, and you're good, so don't worry.
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Perfect, Good to Know!!
Oh Yeah, and by the way...
Thanks for the Heads Up Guys!!
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[RUU LEAKS] 1.69.605.0 & 1.68.605.3 Froyo

http://themikmik.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=296
thanks chingy!

thanks for bringing this here

Both have been s*canned for MR2. Just an FYI.

I assume we wont lose root. WHy two different files

trikotret said:
I assume we wont lose root. WHy two different files
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trikotret wrote:
so if we are rooted we can flash this baby
chingy51o
No you shouldn't.

You welcome. thank chingy

Just installed Radio 1.69.605.0 on BAMF 3.0 RC4... No issues.
b33zy682 said:
http://themikmik.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=296
thanks chingy!
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trikotret said:
I assume we wont lose root. WHy two different files
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Why would you assume that?
If you flash any official RUU, you will lose root.

So whats the story with these? Whats new about them?

stevessvt said:
So whats the story with these? Whats new about them?
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They are newer than previous leaks I've seen posted here on XDA so far...
That being said... 1.68.605.3 was posted on Rootzwiki.com's forums around 6/24.
1.69.605.0 is slightly newer than that.
If these are "full" signed RRU's, and they include an hboot and recovery files, then flashing them will most likely remove root, S-Off, and clockwork/custom recovery.
Jcase mentioned being on a 1.70 build a few weeks ago too.

I'm running the 1.69.605.0 radio on bamf 3. everything seems to be fine.

KidJoe said:
They are newer than previous leaks I've seen posted here on XDA so far...
That being said... 1.68.605.3 was posted on Rootzwiki.com's forums around 6/24.
1.69.605.0 is slightly newer than that.
If these are "full" signed RRU's, and they include an hboot and recovery files, then flashing them will most likely remove root, S-Off, and clockwork/custom recovery.
Jcase mentioned being on a 1.70 build a few weeks ago too.
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looks like the final release version is 1.70.605.0
http://support.vzw.com/pdf/system_update/thunderbolt.pdf

The will be old soon...
http://twitter.com/#!/teamandirc
TeamAndIRC ✔ jcase
Uploading thunderbolt ota now and full ruu
50 minutes ago
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and I'm guessing that would be the 1.70.605.0 in the VZW PDF announcing the update.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...ed-1-70-605-0-update-for-the-htc-thunderbolt/
There ya go

1.70 ota's today and to correct earlier information MR2 was canned for these newer builds.

>> TeamAndIRC ✔ jcase Uploading thunderbolt ota now and full ruu 50 minutes ago
Excellent. New PlainJane right around the corner!

This released ruu has the release baseband, didnt check the older stuff, but here it is in a full PG05IMG flashable.
Compatible w/ the GB leak.
http://www.multiupload.com/IS8UTFDB3H

[ROM] [ZIP format] 2.11.605.0 Official Gingerbread for the ThunderBolt

First and foremost, credit goes to football for leaking RUU_Mecha_GINGERBREAD_S_VERIZON_WWE_2.11.605.0_Radio_0.01.78.0802w_3_NV_8K_1.41_9K_1.64_release_210841_signed.exe, here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1231680
This has been [FONT=&quot]tested and confirmed working[/FONT]. I am rooted and so far everything appears functioning as it should be.
I extract this using Process Monitor on Windows.
This is an untouched RUU, rename to PG05IMG.zip, transfer to root of your microSD, and flash in HBOOT.
[FONT=&quot]You can follow my tutorial here to restore Clockworkmod and (re)gain ROOT[/FONT]: http://themikmik.com/showthread.php...TC-Thunderbolt&p=106153&viewfull=1#post106153
[FONT=&quot]DOWNLOAD HERE http://depositfiles.com/files/gmzk4iktd
[/FONT]MD5: DAD61AEFC09E343F21600976A3DD4E79
SHA-1: C0AFDBAD5B3BFCD5DB25627760F6938E2E92B198

how do you know this will be official gb?

My Wife's phone is not rooted can I flash this on hers? so she gets GB sooner? Is this what is going to be loaded on her phone when ever it is officially released, and downloaded by the software upgrader?

justavillain said:
My Wife's phone is not rooted can I flash this on hers? so she gets GB sooner? Is this what is going to be loaded on her phone when ever it is officially released, and downloaded by the software upgrader?
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Yeah, it should work just fine. It'll update her's from Froyo to this Gingerbread build and when the official version is released by Verizon/HTC, she should not have any problems updating.

If I were to use this and decided to go back to MR2 would that be possible, or would I be stuck on gb till official release? I am unrooted running MR2
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jmc2543 said:
If I were to use this and decided to go back to MR2 would that be possible, or would I be stuck on gb till official release? I am unrooted running MR2
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Not sure... Anyone have an answer?
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I believe you would have to root to go back to an older version number.
Download link doesn't seem to be working.
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animez said:
I believe you would have to root to go back to an older version number.
Download link doesn't seem to be working.
Sent from my HTC Thunderbolt
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Hey. I just checked, the download link appears to be working a-ok. Could you retry? Thanks.

phooky said:
how do you know this will be official gb?
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Good question! I'm assuming the OP just means that it's "official" in that it was made by HTC and hasn't been modified. I haven't read anywhere else that the 2.11.605.0 release will be the OTA release.

Jacquestrapp said:
Good question! I'm assuming the OP just means that it's "official" in that it was made by HTC and hasn't been modified. I haven't read anywhere else that the 2.11.605.0 release will be the OTA release.
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Sorry about any confusion but that's correct. And I would like to add that it is not buggy like the test gingerbread build released back in May.

xstahsie said:
Sorry about any confusion but that's correct. And I would like to add that it is not buggy like the test gingerbread build released back in May.
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They will be termed "buggy" in my opinion until the VM notification is fixed. If you're using this phone in a business environment it's more "catastrophic" than "buggy".

Google Voice is a good alternative. Kinda glad this bug was in these builds cuz it got me using GV
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The voicemail app that is in this leak lets you know you have a voicemail when you open it. I just keep it on my home screenvand open it periodicallyv
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phooky said:
how do you know this will be official gb?
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Agree, How do we know this is the Official.. There is a lot of speculation data available I.E. Possible the 30th is the day etc. but a concrete answer would be helpful for your post.

A lot of people throw around the term official as a way of saying, an unadultered leak.

Will I lose S-off if I flash this?

xstahsie said:
Sorry about any confusion but that's correct. And I would like to add that it is not buggy like the test gingerbread build released back in May.
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I beg to differ. I've gotta bug (that could be the result of user error, but I don't think so) When I get a call, no one can hear me unless I'm on speaker or Bluetooth. I haven't seen any posts from anyone else with that issue, but it's been only since I flashed this leak.
Edit: I noticed someone else had the same prob on the previous build and wiping then reflashing fixed it. My 4g is working much better... Hopefully voice and sporadically missing texts are fixed too.
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How to root this build?
Jv
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I am downloading this now. Gonna give it spin this afternoon, while out drinking some micro brews. Will report back on it later

aftr I renamed the file and put it on my SD card went into hboot, and it says it is a invalid file

How to un-root my evo from ginger bread?

PLEASE COULD ANY BODY TELL ME HOW TO UN-ROOT MY EVO FROM GINGER BREAD?

VANDOME said:
PLEASE COULD ANY BODY TELL ME HOW TO UN-ROOT MY EVO FROM GINGER BREAD?
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MAKE SURE YOU BACKUP ANY USEFUL INFORMATION OR APPS FROM YOUR PHONE, BECAUSE YOUR ROM IS GOING TO BE WIPED.
First download the attachment. Remove the numbers from the name of the file so that it is renamed PC36IMG and place this on the root of your SD card. Power off the phone, then boot into your bootloader by holding the volume down and power buttons at the same time. Accept the update. If everything went OK, that should get rid of that Revolutionary at the top of your bootloader and flash the phone back to S-ON.
Next remove the file from your SD card by either rebooting your phone or going into your RECOVERY. I'm not going to give all the details for this.
Next, download this file.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VSFLE9CD
Rename it PC36IMG, place it on your SD card and follow the same steps as you did with the first PC36IMG file.
Let me know if that worked, because how to unroot the phone has seemed to be forgotten around here. Everyone is just happy to root.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780141
That took me 5 seconds to find with a quick search.

sitlet said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780141
That took me 5 seconds to find with a quick search.
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That doesn't work completely for Gingerbread.
You can downgrade the ROM back to Froyo, but the S-ON tool will not work with the new bootloader, and the bootloader will not downgrade by running any of the PC36IMG Froyo files or RUUs if Revolutionary was used to turn S-OFF.

Assuming that you mean to unroot and regain S-OFF on an Evo 4G that was rooted using Revolutionary...
It seems that this has been worked out.
Check out this post.

m20120 said:
Assuming that you mean to unroot and regain S-OFF on an Evo 4G that was rooted using Revolutionary...
It seems that this has been worked out.
Check out this post.
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Same thing that I posted, just thought I'd make it a little less detailed.

shortydoggg said:
Same thing that I posted, just thought I'd make it a little less detailed.
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Good idea.
Maybe someone can create a guide, to put this question to rest? (I mean, since we finally have a working solution)

Captain_Throwback said:
Good idea.
Maybe someone can create a guide, to put this question to rest? (I mean, since we finally have a working solution)
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Oh by the way, thanks for the S-ON solution Captain. I thought of your idea about a week ago with the bootloader, and have a hex editor, but did not think it all the way through at the time.

this worked great but one prob. now when i try to re root with revolutionary it says im already s off but on bootloader im not. wassup with that?

EarnyBaller said:
this worked great but one prob. now when i try to re root with revolutionary it says im already s off but on bootloader im not. wassup with that?
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if ur s-off then you are rooted. flash a recovery.

That's my issue. Revolutionary says I'm s off but on my bootloader it says s on
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EarnyBaller said:
That's my issue. Revolutionary says I'm s off but on my bootloader it says s on
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OK so try and flash a recovery to check for sure. Maybe the hex edit fix may only be visual..... give it a shot man....go for it
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I tried flashing cwm and anon ra yesterday as pc36img's but no luck . I'm just gonna try to partition my SD card and hard reset . Hopefully itll work then
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EarnyBaller said:
That's my issue. Revolutionary says I'm s off but on my bootloader it says s on
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You need to flash an unrooted stock ROM to roll back your HBOOT to an upgradable version. I assume you used the modded 6.17 HBOOT to S-ON, but didn't flash a stock ROM to restore your HBOOT to stock?
Because the modded HBOOT is a higher version number than Revolutionary, most likely it believes you're already rooted.

I used RUU to update my phone to latest stock Rom and flashed the attachment on this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17501533 . But i do believe you're right sir and ill be trying this as soon as I get home
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Which Rom/version do you reccommend
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EarnyBaller said:
Which Rom/version do you reccommend
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You essentially have two options:
- Run the RUU (ROM Update Utility) for the latest stock ROM on your PC
- Flash the latest stock ROM, in PC36IMG.zip format through FastBoot
Files for either/both of those can be found in my post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17206283&postcount=5
"I hope you brought an umbrella, 'cause it's raining cold hard facts up in here."

Ahh thanks so much you're a lifesaver. And do I download the hboot in your link or just flash Rom
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EarnyBaller said:
Ahh thanks so much you're a lifesaver. And do I download the hboot in your link or just flash Rom
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Just flash the ROM. That should restore your HBOOT to 2.16, which is rootable with Revolutionary.

root acquired! you sir are the ****ing man lol

2.2 Shifts are still available!

I got mine at Best Buy even. First thing I did was CANCEL the firmware check it tried to do. Figured if it was already at 2.3 no harm would be done. Checked the firmware version and sure enough, it says 2.2. Gonna keep it there till a perm root for 2.3 comes around.

Root it right now you idiot.

benutne said:
I got mine at Best Buy even. First thing I did was CANCEL the firmware check it tried to do. Figured if it was already at 2.3 no harm would be done. Checked the firmware version and sure enough, it says 2.2. Gonna keep it there till a perm root for 2.3 comes around.
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Why wait? There is perm root for 2.2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=932153
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VICODAN said:
Root it right now you idiot.
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LMFAO yeah no ****

VICODAN said:
Root it right now you idiot.
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Heh, I'm gonna do it tomorrow while its slow at work.

crump84 said:
Why wait? There is perm root for 2.2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=932153
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I know. What I meant was I plan on rooting and keeping it at 2.2 instead of updating and dealing with a temp root every time I reboot.

benutne said:
I know. What I meant was I plan on rooting and keeping it at 2.2 instead of updating and dealing with a temp root every time I reboot.
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Just install one of the many custom gingerbread roms once its rooted, you never have to take on ota to update your phone, thats the best part of rooting, once its rooted upgrade or downgrade your os when ever you want, i rooted on 2.2 still have the eng bootloader and im running the most packed sense gingerbread roms for the shift its almost 3.0
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Yeah I will probably keep the stock ROM for a while with only a very basic root. I can ignore the OTA as long as I want, right? I won't wake up one day with 2.3 installed without my permission will I?

benutne said:
Yeah I will probably keep the stock ROM for a while with only a very basic root. I can ignore the OTA as long as I want, right? I won't wake up one day with 2.3 installed without my permission will I?
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No, you'll have to manually accept the update. There's actually a way to turn off the ota notification, its just been so long since I've used a Sense ROM I don't remember exactly where it is in settings.

crump84 said:
No, you'll have to manually accept the update. There's actually a way to turn off the ota notification, its just been so long since I've used a Sense ROM I don't remember exactly where it is in settings.
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Well I'm sure I will decide to flash a ROM but for now I think I'll just get used to the phone as close to stock as I can. Thanks for the info about the OTA. I think I figured out how to keep it from checking for updates.
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benutne said:
Well I'm sure I will decide to flash a ROM but for now I think I'll just get used to the phone as close to stock as I can. Thanks for the info about the OTA. I think I figured out how to keep it from checking for updates.
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Just go to settings/system updates/ htc software update/ turn off automatic system check

Just root, then flash a rooted version of the stock 2.3.3 ROM. Then you have the latest stock and perm root.

notsointeresting said:
Just go to settings/system updates/ htc software update/ turn off automatic system check
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Yup. This is what I did.
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HTCotta said:
Just root, then flash a rooted version of the stock 2.3.3 ROM. Then you have the latest stock and perm root.
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Yeah I probably will someday. Gonna mess around with it for a week or two before I go off and break stuff.
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benutne said:
Yeah I probably will someday. Gonna mess around with it for a week or two before I go off and break stuff.
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With all the support here at xda, as long as you have recovery your probably not going to break anything... but do what your comfortable with. Enjoy your rooted Shift.

Yeah I'll get around to putting a new ROM on sooner or later. Root first though. I really like Sense though so I'll probably go with one of those ROMs.
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I got mine on Saturday night at Best Buy, and it came with 2.3.3 :-(