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question about return back to stock

I need to get a new phone and i want to return back to stock before i ship it to verizon. Can i flash the RUU and it return everything back where verizon wont charge me? Or is there something elsr i need to do?

Download and flash one of the ota non root roms, should be named PB000IMG.zip. put it on the root of your SD card. Power down your phone, then hold down power and send to boot it up. Install the image and then you're done...I think lol
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I just rooted my wife 1.49 S-ON phone. I followed Jcase's engineering bootloader thread. Then I flashed the 1.47 Bootloader from the 1.5 downgrade thread. Then I flashed the RUU. Probably overkill but I now have the 1.47 stock hboot and the OTA rom, as stock as I can get.

[Q] Rooting and HBOOT question

Rooting and HBOOT question
Hi,
I have a STock Legend with Vodafone Froyo. Is it possible to downgrade my HBOOT and flash the AlphaRev HBOOT to get r/w on /System?
If yes, could it be possible to root it after that? Or is the only possible root for the Legend a modified ROM?

HBOOT cannot be downgraded. Check out /system overlay

I have seen this guide: h**p://android.modaco.com/content/htc-legend-legend-modaco-com/323201/downgrading-from-froyo-ota/ it shows how to downgrade. Is it possible to flash the alpharev hboot after that downgrade, without (permanent )root? I can't use system overlay, because i have a non rooted stock rom, i have just soft root

ThauExodus said:
I have seen this guide: h**p://android.modaco.com/content/htc-legend-legend-modaco-com/323201/downgrading-from-froyo-ota/ it shows how to downgrade. Is it possible to flash the alpharev hboot after that downgrade, without (permanent )root? I can't use system overlay, because i have a non rooted stock rom, i have just soft root
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That guide won't downgrade the HBOOT
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Thanks for your help. Now i have to wait until there is a new downgrade method.

[Q] 2.76.651.4 rootable?

[ROM]RUU_Speedy_S_Sprint_WWE_2.76.651.4_Radio_1.08.00.0 506_NV_SPCS_1.88
is this rom rootable? i cant seem to get visionary to root this rom.
i am unable to gain s-off with .98.0001 boot image. is there anyway to revert back to the orginal hboot?

rchris494 said:
[ROM]RUU_Speedy_S_Sprint_WWE_2.76.651.4_Radio_1.08.00.0 506_NV_SPCS_1.88
is this rom rootable? i cant seem to get visionary to root this rom.
i am unable to gain s-off with .98.0001 boot image. is there anyway to revert back to the orginal hboot?
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id say hit the irc for a faster response from someone who knows and ask them if you can use newkidds 1 zip to get your old hboot back, but keep in mind newkidd now has like 3 ruu files the old one with the .93 hboot and one with the .98 hboot and one with none I think
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flashed .exe
I flashed the .exe so i dont have access to clockwork recovery any more, To flash zip files. Probably a big mistake until a perm root solution is found.

rchris494 said:
I flashed the .exe so i dont have access to clockwork recovery any more, To flash zip files. Probably a big mistake until a perm root solution is found.
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You won't be flashing an exe with the ruu program on your computer, it should just return you to 100% old stock
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i just need.
I just need to find one that will revert me back to stock with .93 hboot so i can start over from scratch. The v1 version will not allow this due to being the wrong hboot when it does itks check...

[Q] How to Unroot and having stock hboot without RUU method?

I've installed the revolutionary for the S-off, rooted and have a Nandroid backup thanks to the excellent guide:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1029318
Since somebody said the RUU rom is somehow different from the stock rom, so if I flashed a custom rom, the only way for me to get into the stock rom is flashing the backup in Nandroid.
After that, I can flash the fastboot into S-on Hboot 1.01.0001 thanks to this guide:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1160251.
But it is still not the stock Hboot 1.01.0002(only flashing RUU can do so). Does any method allows me to flash the Hboot into 1.01.0002 version and also unroot the rooted-Nandroid-backup, so my phone can be completely restored? Thank you so much!

An RUU is necessary to remove the Clockworkmod Recovery (Custom Recovery which allows you to flash stuff). That is the only reason why an RUU is needed to back to a completely stock state.
You can replace the HBoot file in that 2nd guide using any HBoot. So, you can extract 1.01.0002 from a RUU/OTA you know carries it, and replace the file accordingly.
Replacing the Stock Recovery should be possible without an RUU - BUT, it will need someone to extract and verify it. Till that process is done, I guess its the only way to completely get back to Stock.

Or are there any method to upgrade the Hboot 1.01.0001 into 1.01.0002 by extract the boot.img from the RUU?

3xeno said:
An RUU is necessary to remove the Clockworkmod Recovery (Custom Recovery which allows you to flash stuff). That is the only reason why an RUU is needed to back to a completely stock state.
You can replace the HBoot file in that 2nd guide using any HBoot. So, you can extract 1.01.0002 from a RUU/OTA you know carries it, and replace the file accordingly.
Replacing the Stock Recovery should be possible without an RUU - BUT, it will need someone to extract and verify it. Till that process is done, I guess its the only way to completely get back to Stock.
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Oh...I forget the most important part (remove CWM), thank so much!!

Here's what I propose:
- Restore your Nandroid Backup of your Stock ROM. This will give you the Stock ROM.
- Extract the Recovery.img from an RUU. Flash this using flash_image or Fastboot. This will remove the Clockworkmod Recovery and get back the Stock Recovery
- Extract the HBoot 1.01.0002 .nb0 file from an RUU/OTA, and flash using the guide above. This will remove the AlphaRev HBoot and replace it with stock.
These 3 steps should help you get back to a completely stock system. WITHOUT touching an RUU.

3xeno said:
Here's what I propose:
- Restore your Nandroid Backup of your Stock ROM. This will give you the Stock ROM.
- Extract the Recovery.img from an RUU. Flash this using flash_image or Fastboot. This will remove the Clockworkmod Recovery and get back the Stock Recovery
- Extract the HBoot 1.01.0002 .nb0 file from an RUU/OTA, and flash using the guide above. This will remove the AlphaRev HBoot and replace it with stock.
These 3 steps should help you get back to a completely stock system. WITHOUT touching an RUU.
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Thx!
But the Nandroid backup require root permission, will the rooting permission be still exist after getting back to the stock ROM? how can I Unroot it?

Yes which is why in the 3 steps I posted, Nandroid Backup comes first. So once you restore that, then you have the stock ROM, But, you have Clockworkmod and Revolutionary HBoot.
To remove Clockworkmod, and get back the Stock Recovery, Extract the Stock Recovery.img from an RUU and follow this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=974590
Now, you have your Stock ROM and a Stock Recovery, You just have to remove the Custom Revolutionary HBoot. Again, extract the HBoot 1.01.0002 .nb0 file from an RUU, and follow the same guide you already linked, to get back to S-ON.
Thus, you can revert back to Stock completely without running an RUU and losing your data,

biteyou said:
Thx!
But the Nandroid backup require root permission, will the rooting permission be still exist after getting back to the stock ROM? how can I Unroot it?
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Nandroid backup and nandroid restore will not require root permissions.
And your question depends on whether (or not) you have rooted and then made nandroid backup.
And if you have to unroot it, do it before flashing hboot. Because once s-on is made, it is bit difficult (nearly impossible on hboot 1.0x with stock recovery) to unroot. Use super one click or gingerbreak.apk to unroot .
[In short, unroot = removing su binary from /system/bin (or) /system/xbin ]
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[Q] Unrooted still S-OFF

I have unrooted my phone but it still reads S-OFF. How can I change this to be S-ON?

How did you root? What hboot version do you have? Why are you unrooting? If you give more information, you're more likely to get answers.
If you rooted with unrevoked, you need to flash the s-on tool. You'll need to reflash your recovery. You may need to downgrade your radio for the s-on zip to take. You may need Amon Ra to do this. Once you've downgraded/s-on, flash the RUU again to get rid of your recovery.
If you rooted with revolutionary, there are several threads about unrooting it. Check those.
If you're taking its in for repair, you may not need to be s-on. I'd leave mine s-off, but that choice is yours.
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