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Should I update my DHD?

I just received an notification for my phone saying I have a system update available. Should I just ignore it, or it is save to do so? Since my phone is rooted and unlocked and I might perform an eng-off, radio and custom rom flash this weekend.
Please advice.
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No do not update u will loose ur root and porentially ruin ure phone
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snowwhite007 said:
No do not update u will loose ur root and porentially ruin ure phone
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Thanks, how do I cancel it because the thing kinda stays on my notification bar unless I click update.

franklin20uk said:
I just received an notification for my phone saying I have a system update available. Should I just ignore it, or it is save to do so? Since my phone is rooted and unlocked and I might perform an eng-off, radio and custom rom flash this weekend.
Please advice.
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Yes, you will loose your root, but can you let us know in which country you use your phone and if you can see update is there number - version of update?

Yeah wat version is it 2.3? Anyway flash a custom rom and itl go i take it ure rooted on standard rom
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m7svk said:
Yes, you will loose your root, but can you let us know in which country you use your phone and if you can see update is there number - version of update?
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No there is no version number available on the notification. Which part of the phone software will it likely to update, firmware, basdband, kernel, or all of them?
My firmware is 1.40.61.2 with stock android 2.2
kernel: 2.6.32.21-gf3f553d
Radio: 12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.26_M
I am currently on UK Three contract, but the phone was purchase separately.

Could be anything dont do it anyway flash reedroid or another rom back ure rom up first tho with clockwork
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franklin20uk said:
No there is no version number available on the notification. Which part of the phone software will it likely to update, firmware, basdband, kernel, or all of them?
My firmware is 1.40.61.2 with stock android 2.2
kernel: 2.6.32.21-gf3f553d
Radio: 12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.26_M
I am currently on UK Three contract, but the phone was purchase separately.
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Strange, I am on Vodafone Uk, but phone is sim free, and no update available..., was phone from east or uk stock? , I don't think is 2.3, but 1.72 they removed, 1.83 was for branded and as I know was removed too, not sure what can be..

I had an update from 2.2o to 2.21 yesterday on Orange.
It didnt seem to do any harm but im running stock.

Yeah if u arent rooted it woodnt matter just ppl with root cant update ota
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Holst1981 said:
I had an update from 2.2o to 2.21 yesterday on Orange.
It didnt seem to do any harm but im running stock.
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thats probably what is it, since my DHD is from orange. I only unlocked so I can use it on my three contract.

Holst1981 said:
I had an update from 2.2o to 2.21 yesterday on Orange.
It didnt seem to do any harm but im running stock.
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Oh yes, I forgot, branded dhd just get it now 2.2.1, I am on 2.2.1 already, just before christmas, and very lucky, no any problems.., but still 2.3 will be nice ...

I was wondering if its better to install a new kernel and radio first better I install a custom Rom. Or it doesn't really matter which order I do it in.
Thanks.
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Doesnt matter dont flash radio unless u hav to kernal flash after rom
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snowwhite007 said:
Doesnt matter dont flash radio unless u hav to kernal flash after rom
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So I guess I don't need to get ENG-OFF unless I decide to use a different radio, or it is a better to do it anyway?

snowwhite007 said:
Doesnt matter dont flash radio unless u hav to kernal flash after rom
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Don't really understand what your trying to say! I would recommend, as Kali himself does, flashing one of the newer radios as they all seem to improve battery life, the most recommended one is Radio_12.28e.60.140f_26.04.02.17_M2_SF although I am currently running Radio_12.28g.60.140f_26.05.05.27_M3
which seems fine to me.

franklin20uk said:
So I guess I don't need to get ENG-OFF unless I decide to use a different radio, or it is a better to do it anyway?
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You'll need ENG h-boot if something goes awry in the flashing as it allows you to issue fastboot commands which can save a potentially bricked phone, plus it is the only way you can currently flash the new radio

ghostofcain said:
Don't really understand what your trying to say! I would recommend, as Kali himself does, flashing one of the newer radios as they all seem to improve battery life, the most recommended one is Radio_12.28e.60.140f_26.04.02.17_M2_SF although I am currently running Radio_12.28g.60.140f_26.05.05.27_M3
which seems fine to me.
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thanks for your advice
would the efficiency of the radio varies from phone to phone or network to network?
since I am doing this whole process slate clean, which order would u recommend I install them in? roms, radio, kernel?

well, i'd definately do the rom last, as you would probably have to reinstall it after patching a new radio anyway.

Just flashed Radio_12.28e.60.140f_26.04.02.17_M2_SF.
So it doesn't matter if I flash the kernel or the rom first right?

Can you root your new G2

I have rooted 17 G2's using unforgivens tutorial with visionary method with no issues. Last time i did this was a little over a month ago. We(business) upgraded, the other day, a bunch of our lines to G2's. I went to use this method like normal and can not get S-OFF. I tried two others thinking that there was something up with the first one. Could t-mobile be implementing something to block this on the newly distributed devices? I have a few more and will try with them tomorrow. Hopfully I'm wrong but has anyone else notice anything like this?
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You gotta post some details like firmware version radio ect.
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Sorry it's a little off topic, but why do you have all your business phones rooted anyway?
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TJBunch1228 said:
Sorry it's a little off topic, but why do you have all your business phones rooted anyway?
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Why not lol
sent from the rooty tooty fresh and fruity cm7 nighly powered G2

Because you're voiding your warranty...
Unless you want to revert to S-ON and everything back to stock, which is a pain in the behind.

You can't use visionary with the latest roms/radios.
You need to downgrade first:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_G2

GlenH said:
You can't use visionary with the latest roms/radios.
You need to downgrade first:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_G2
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The newer ROMs which are not (yet) rootable are versions 1.72 and above, and have only applied to the Desire Z (as far as the shipped ROM). The only existing T-Mobile G2 ROMs are 1.12 and 1.19 (both rootable using the "old" methods). To this point, there has not been any G2's which are not rootable due to security. So if in fact the new G2's are not rootable by design, it would seem that a new ROM was snuck in under the radar, or some other security implemented on these new units.

Just got a BRAND NEW g2 from tmobile yesterday and all the traditional methods worked so I'm thinking its something on your end...
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TJBunch1228 said:
Sorry it's a little off topic, but why do you have all your business phones rooted anyway?
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I agree. I wouldn't want to deal with having to upgrade that many phones for people. I actually wouldn't give someone a rooted phone that couldn't root it themselves! On that note maybe this guy works for a software company or something and everyone knows what up? I dunno but I don't even let the guys at my work touch my phone.
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I really appreciate the responses guys as I have been slammed lately and not able to keep up in the know. To clarify, the main reason for root is battery life and cache cleaner ng(auto cleaning). Also having a backup is great in case they hose it up. We use an older stable version of virtuous sense, which everyone likes the eye candy right.
I'm going to look into this more with all that has been said. I hope it's user error. Will post results.
Thanks again

Ok so I got a phone back that was not rooted yet, probably received it about two months back. I rooted it with no issues 20 mins ago. I tried the other three phones again and no luck.
xsteven77x "Just got a BRAND NEW g2 from tmobile yesterday and all the traditional methods worked so I'm thinking its something on your end..."
Hey xsteven77x, where did you get your phone from. I get all mine through business carel. I guess it could depend if it was from the store or what not and more so what stock since this is a very new thing for me and I have dwelt with quite a few of them. Let us know. thank you
I will be trying the rest that I have and report back.

Post the firmware and radio versions of the phones which are failing to root, as requested earlier.

Sorry, I didn't post this because it is the same even for the phone that I just rooted. Here you go
Android 2.2
Baseband version 12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.26_M
Kernel version 2.6.32.17-g9ab3677
build number 1.22.531.8 CL277427

Am I missing something? Ive not been to the site much lately but is there something wrong with the Gfree way of rooting? When i rooted mine and my wife's G2 I was told NOT to use the Visionary method back in Dec. & Jan.!

I'm not sure what you are doing wrong.. but just follow this guide, I've used it to root many phones around me for people
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928160
let me know if it works out for you.

Phace said:
Am I missing something? Ive not been to the site much lately but is there something wrong with the Gfree way of rooting? When i rooted mine and my wife's G2 I was told NOT to use the Visionary method back in Dec. & Jan.!
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I don't know, I always used this method many times as it says in the OP so I don't know if that's the issue here. I use this method on another G2 a couple hours ago and it worked as I said in a couple posts back. I don't know who told you you couldn't use the visionary method that unforgiven posted but they were wrong unless they know of a reason in the newer devices or something like that.
I will try Gfree and see if that works. Thank you for the idea.

CaliBoyPhillip said:
I'm not sure what you are doing wrong.. but just follow this guide, I've used it to root many phones around me for people
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928160
let me know if it works out for you.
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For what ever reason I am unable to dl the files for Gfree. can someone through them on here for me or direct me to where I can get them? Thank you

I did 2 phones both bought back in early feb time frame. I did both with visionary to temproot then gfree term emulator commands to perm root it. Both went smooth.
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Tomb77 said:
For what ever reason I am unable to dl the files for Gfree. can someone through them on here for me or direct me to where I can get them? Thank you
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sure thing, here is a link with multiple mirrors of it.
http://www.multiupload.com/E2OGS1FA85

Gfree sounds good just can't dl from phone or unzip on com.
Edit: Never mind. Got it. will try now

Need help dumping stock rom

I just got a shiny brand new Continuum when the radio fried out on my old one, and I'm wanting to do pre-activation and post-activation dumps to try to figure out why the radio disables itself on a stock rom flash (i.e. if you brick.)
Phone info:
SCH-I400
SKU SCHi400zkv
FCCid: A3LSCHi400
I'm currently in IRC freenode #Samsung-Continuum if anyone is willing to help.

There is actually a guide posted in Android Development by Imnuts... It tells you exactly how to dump everything (and make a odin image, which would be nice to share... Ours right now ain't too good )
However, if your talking about dumping the radio, no can do.. We need a radio leak, which Adrynalyne was working on getting a while ago... He lost his source though, so no luck since....
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trailblazer101 said:
There is actually a guide posted in Android Development by Imnuts... It tells you exactly how to dump everything (and make a odin image, which would be nice to share... Ours right now ain't too good )
However, if your talking about dumping the radio, no can do.. We need a radio leak, which Adrynalyne was working on getting a while ago... He lost his source though, so no luck since....
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Can i please get a link to the guide because i tried looking for it and using the search bar for it but no luck. thank you

[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.
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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

Are Radios compatible with any firmware *noob status*

1. Is a radio that is from a GB firmware compatible with phone that is running a Froyo firmware?
2. If not then would i have to upgrade to the rooted 2.3.4 and then be able to change the radio?
3. Also does a nand backup made on one radio and firmware work on a different radio and firmware or would it just revert back

I've never heard of radios being incompatible with ROMs on this device.
The radio is not backed up or restored by a nandroid.

mymeatb18 said:
1. Is a radio that is from a GB firmware compatible with phone that is running a Froyo firmware?
2. If not then would i have to upgrade to the rooted 2.3.4 and then be able to change the radio?
3. Also does a nand backup made on one radio and firmware work on a different radio and firmware or would it just revert back
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1. Gingerbread radios are for Gingerbread, and Froyo radios are for Froyo
2. Yes, upgrade to 2.3.4 then change the radio ONLY IF YOU NEED TO
3. Nandroid doesn't make a backup since wiping everything does not change the radio.

invasion2 said:
1. Gingerbread radios are for Gingerbread, and Froyo radios are for Froyo
2. Yes, upgrade to 2.3.4 then change the radio ONLY IF YOU NEED TO
3. Nandroid doesn't make a backup since wiping everything does not change the radio.
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Really? I've never had a problem.
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estallings15 said:
Really? I've never had a problem.
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That is just what I suppose. I wouldn't take any risks flashing GB radio on Froyo...could brick it. So just stick to same firmware, same radio.

thanks for the info so by flashing the 2.3.4 rooted rom will i be on the gingerbread firmware?

mymeatb18 said:
thanks for the info so by flashing the 2.3.4 rooted rom will i be on the gingerbread firmware?
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Yes. You will be stock GB, except rooted.

You may be right, as I know other devices have this issue. The thunderbolt, for instance has at least one thread dedicated to the topic. However, I don't recall anyone EVER reporting a brick related to radio version on the Glacier.
Can anyone report that they have?

So I'm on the endymion v 3.5 Rom and says firmware version 1.05.401.4 does that mean its a group firmware? I'm also on the newest GB radio
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Meant to type froyo not group
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mymeatb18 said:
So I'm on the endymion v 3.5 Rom and says firmware version 1.05.401.4 does that mean its a group firmware? I'm also on the newest GB radio
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Its gingerbread runny base. In about phone it should say kernel version 2.6.35 gb.
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I ok thanks guys just kind of new to this and was a little confused. But thanks a lot for the help
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Hell I flashed a GB radio on ICS, not once but twice.