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In the development section seems root will come soon. Now the question is who.is stil planning on returning the vivid? I have till Monday I bought it a launch. I'm still debating especially with root seemingly coming in some time now from what's been said in think tank in development section.
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In the development section seems root will come soon. Now the question is who.is stil planning on returning the vivid? I have till Monday I bought it a launch. I'm still debating especially with root seemingly coming in some time now from what's been said in think tank in development section.
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Not sure how soon it will come, but it's nice to know someone is working on it at this point. I've always favored root rhough XDA as oppose to through HTC.
I think I'm keeping mine. I don't like any of the other phones. Not a fan of Samsung. This phone will be awesome when it is cracked.
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keeping mine. stock its not bad, and rooted will be epic! i'd consider the SG2, but for $100 more, it doesnt seem like the right deal... loving the vivid!
Mines going back tomorrow for the nitro, I won't miss it too much since I also have an amaze 4g. The wife doesn't understand why I need 2 hi end phones but what she doesn't realize is that come march I'll have 3 and in July I'll be adding another. If the vivid gets perm root and unlocked with s-off I'll probably get another one. I love the phone and the screen is one of the prettiest out there in my opinion. Hopefully it won't take long to get things moving on it, if htc doesn't keep their promise the amaze might be my last htc device unless if they were to bring a rezound to att, if that happened I'd be like a kid at Christmas.
Best of luck to those keeping it, it really is a great phone but I see the word HD in a device name and I start slobbering all over myself.
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Already returned mine, still with HTC though. I just couldn't do the Samsung.
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i returned mine... i now have the gs2 1777. i love that phone. when i got the vivid, i wasnt really liking it but i learned to like it... but the gs2 i loved almost instantly. really glad i switched
I'm Keeping Mine
It does what I need - phone calls, texting, web access, running apps I've installed. Except for a couple of random reboots (none recently) and one system freeze (pulled the battery) over 30 days, I've had no real problems. It's fast when I have a good data connection, and I don't think it's the phone's fault when I don't. I did give AT&T a list of issues for their survey, but overall, I'm satisfied.
As for the Carrier IQ issue, any phone I get from AT&T (except for possibly the iPhone 4S) will have CIQ software on it. Rooting, when available, may not be totally stable yet for any of the new LTE phones. The best solution for me is to keep my communications plain vanilla, which I do any way, so there's nothing that I need to be worried about. I do want to CIQ stuff off my phone if and when there is a safe way to do it.
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As for the Carrier IQ issue, any phone I get from AT&T (except for possibly the iPhone 4S) will have CIQ software on it. Rooting, when available, may not be totally stable yet for any of the new LTE phones. The best solution for me is to keep my communications plain vanilla, which I do any way, so there's nothing that I need to be worried about. I do want to CIQ stuff off my phone if and when there is a safe way to do it.
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the SGHi777 aka the Galaxy S 2, does not contain CIQ
as for rooting LTE phones, i guess you havent seen the GS2 Skyrocket forums? its rooted and has custom roms.
I have 211 confirmed receipts so far from those were lied to and are joining the class action suit.
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Oh well, I'm keeping mine. I really like the phone and tbh I'll get another one in about a year, so I think I can live with it till then.
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Is there any update on XDA for rooting the Vivid?!
akcooper9 said:
is there any update on xda for rooting the vivid?!
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do you see any?!
Pirateghost said:
do you see any?!
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Busted! You are. Just wishful asking.
akcooper9 said:
Is there any update on XDA for rooting the Vivid?!
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Our own Gsleon has been talking with Evil_Devnull a little bit. Evil is working on rooting the HTC Rezound (which is nearly identical to the Vivid). So as of now, keep on the lookout for the progress with the Rezound root, because that could very well translate to when/how we Vivid owners get root.
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i returned mine... i now have the gs2 1777. i love that phone. when i got the vivid, i wasnt really liking it but i learned to like it... but the gs2 i loved almost instantly. really glad i switched
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You made a good choice. I owned gs2 earlier, switched to vivid, and had to come back to GS2. I wanted to Love vivid but HTC/Att who ever locks the boot loader shattered my plans. Well, I'm happy to be back to GS2.
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Went in to return the vivid tonight...
I didn't.
Quite simply, there is no viable alternative.
The skyrockets screen is horrendous and build quality is scary.
The nitro has the most beautiful screen I have ever seen but it is so laggy, unresponsive and jittery it feels like am entry level Android device, plus even with an unlocked bootloader devs hate LG so who knows what roms will ever come out for it.
So I sit... And pray someone crack this thing.
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Went in to return the vivid tonight...
I didn't.
Quite simply, there is no viable alternative.
The skyrockets screen is horrendous and build quality is scary.
The nitro has the most beautiful screen I have ever seen but it is so laggy, unresponsive and jittery it feels like am entry level Android device, plus even with an unlocked bootloader devs hate LG so who knows what roms will ever come out for it.
So I sit... And pray someone crack this thing.
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Finally... someone talks some sense. LG development is/has always been a joke. Samsung development consists of TouchWiz and AOSP Rom's (is there even a difference between the two?). I guess I can see all the people pissy about being lied to from HTC, but I don't see another option right now. Samsung phones are boring. I'm waiting for Evil and Gsleon.
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Finally... someone talks some sense. LG development is/has always been a joke. Samsung development consists of TouchWiz and AOSP Rom's (is there even a difference between the two?). I guess I can see all the people pissy about being lied to from HTC, but I don't see another option right now. Samsung phones are boring. I'm waiting for Evil and Gsleon.
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I'm going to stick it out as well and hope that these guys come through which I'm pretty sure they will. Don't get me wrong as I'm pissed off as well. But it'll give me satisfaction when we "stick it to he man".
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Is there some unlock tool that I can use for this phone that does not require s/off?. I'm farily good at doing this with mother other phones but here I am feeling like a total n00b. I volunteered to do this for a friend, and after further investigating the whole thing I see I have to do a wire trick to s/off the phone just because I want to unlock it? That's outrageous, is there any other alternative whatsoever?
Call your carrier...
Pay on eBay...
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Depends what you are trying to unlock. You can still flash roms by just using the htc unlock but s-off is easy man don't get nervous because it uses a wire
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Depends what you are trying to unlock. You can still flash roms by just using the htc unlock but s-off is easy man don't get nervous because it uses a wire
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Yeah, that's my problem.. The wire part, haha. I've unlocked over 10 phones in the past, but have never ran across the wire trick. My main issue is that it's not my phone. If it were, I wouldn't be hesitant. However, with that being said, is the wire trick dangerous, am I going to zap the phone into a brick? I mean what's the possibility of this? I've read it's safeish, but would like confirmation from some of you.
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Yeah, that's my problem.. The wire part, haha. I've unlocked over 10 phones in the past, but have never ran across the wire trick. My main issue is that it's not my phone. If it were, I wouldn't be hesitant. However, with that being said, is the wire trick dangerous, am I going to zap the phone into a brick? I mean what's the possibility of this? I've read it's safeish, but would like confirmation from some of you.
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Before I get started(I'm going to take the plunge, I already explained I wasn't responsible), but I just want to confirm that the "STOCK RUU", is simply the stock rom that comes with the phone when it's purchased(noob question, yes, but be polite), also.. This HTC Dev Unlocked that mentions I need to verify that I have.. How can I verify that? Is there a different process I must undergo to receive HTC Dev Unlock before doing s-off?
Thanks.
Just trying to be extra careful since it's not my phone.
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Before I get started(I'm going to take the plunge, I already explained I wasn't responsible), but I just want to confirm that the "STOCK RUU", is simply the stock rom that comes with the phone when it's purchased(noob question, yes, but be polite), also.. This HTC Dev Unlocked that mentions I need to verify that I have.. How can I verify that? Is there a different process I must undergo to receive HTC Dev Unlock before doing s-off?
Thanks.
Just trying to be extra careful since it's not my phone.
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Alright guys, I got impatient(what a great thing), and I s-offed the phone as well as sim unlocked it. Pretty easy process, the wire part is intimidating but really it was quite easy. Thanks
Hey guys, just got my HTC ONE yesterday from best buy, loving the phone, just some random issue I have... I've been searching the web and figured atleast one other person should have the same issue as me... but maybe not haha!
I cant for the life of me remember what its called, but the pulldown notification bar, should have your carriers name on it, mine is Sprint, but the pull down says "print" . it is also misspelled when on a phone call, print is top left corner, and also on the lock screen top middle....
anyone have any suggestions? I brought it in to best buy, and as I predicted, the guy only watched a 20 min video on the phone and he has no idea...
also, im thinking about rooting it, as i did with my EVO 4G i traded in yesterday. and i know rooting it would give me access to changing it, flashing a new rom, but im a little hesitant to root it so soon.
You have the prelease software that was given out on the review devices. Was there no update available?
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You have the prelease software that was given out on the review devices. Was there no update available?
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Yeah, you need to update.
after the update, does it say Sprint or HTC?
Hey thanks guys for the response. I been checking for updates and it keeps saying there aren't any. I have the latest I believe 1.29.651.7 software version
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Everything says Sprint (without the S). The guy at bestbuy unfortunately had trouble yesterday activating my phone. There was 4-5 failed attempts. Then he luckily got it activated and jumped thru all the demo stuff. I'm not sure if it had anything to do with it but I went in today and he said I bought the only one they got in stock besides 2 preorders so he couldnt replace it .... Sadface
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Ok. Attempted again to update prl .... Saying it vouldnt update and forth again later. And it says I may need to contact customer service lol.
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Here's the phone info:
M7-WLS PVT ship s-on RH
Hboot 1.44.0000
Radio 1.00.20.0315
OpenDSP V26.120.274.0202
wMMC-boot
March 18 2013 18:47:36:-1
From bootloader I attempted to open recovery menu... It went black then a red triangle with a red exclamation point
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Thanks guys for the help. It wad in fact a best buy demo phone... They denied accidentally selling it to me, or even accepting the fact it was even their demo phone! It was the strangest experience I've ever had with best buy. It was like I was stuck between a battle of the best buys Anaheim vs Fullerton ! Drove between the two since they kept turning me away... About four times in fact. I finally got some help from corporate and got: free case. Free zagg protector. $50 gift card. And I now have two pairs of beats audio earbuds! They paid off their fault... And it worked haha.
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please help
I'm sorry for bringing this thread back from the dead but I don't understand why my phone still says print. I have ran 4 different custom roms and and the new stock rooted. I even had to ruu once from flashing an alpha kernal but my phone still says print.
eric00716 said:
I'm sorry for bringing this thread back from the dead but I don't understand why my phone still says print. I have ran 4 different custom roms and and the new stock rooted. I even had to ruu once from flashing an alpha kernal but my phone still says print.
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So you only used stock rooted roms?
Most have other things in the draghandle are those showing correctly
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dased14 said:
So you only used stock rooted roms?
Most have other things in the draghandle are those showing correctly
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No I'm running meanrom new base right but it says print on the lockscreen and pulldown. Can you tell me how to change or if you know of a flashable mode to change it?
pretty sure there is no meanrom for the HTC one
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pretty sure there is no meanrom for the HTC one
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I meant viper rom sorry got mixed up from me evo lte days
Hey man, the reason my phone said "print" was because best buy sold me their demo phone by accident. The only way I got it fixed was getting a new one, that of course, wasn't a demo phone.
I'm going to RMA my One due to the camera tint issue. I RUU'd back to stock, however the bootloader is showing I'm on HBOOT 1.56 locked and S-OFF.
Does anyone know if this will be an issue for the RMA? If so, how can I go back to locked/s-on?
Just to clarify: Stock --> moonshine S-OFF --> RUU 3.05.651.6 (fail) --> RUU 3.05.651.6 (success) --> OTA 4.06.651.4 --> Now
Thanks!
Check around the threads. Rootlinux created a boot loader masking script, that I belive will appear to be bone stock. Or pm him and ask, he is a helpful guy.
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jblaze10 said:
Check around the threads. Rootlinux created a boot loader masking script, that I belive will appear to be bone stock. Or pm him and ask, he is a helpful guy.
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I was able to fix this with "fastboot oem writesecureflag 3", now locked/s-on.
Thanks though!
Lol that's what I did about 2 days ago. Phone just arrived at Houston this morning . Kinda worried about how it goes though hoping they don't charge me for anything.
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luigi311 said:
Lol that's what I did about 2 days ago. Phone just arrived at Houston this morning . Kinda worried about how it goes though hoping they don't charge me for anything.
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Well please update if it was successful. Would be nice to know if it an option!!
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If you ask me HTC should fix the camera issue with out question. I see more stock unrooted users with the problem then rooted users. HTC see's a opportunity to get out of spending money to make things right. I been a HTC user for a long time and things like this really bothers me and i may go with a different brand next time around.
FYI, I've done about five insurance claims/replacements and each one that was returned was rooted/rommed and I've never had any issues, I've just usually had to pay the 100(twice) or 10(three times) bucks (old phone was an evo 3d, super cheap)
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FYI, I've done about five insurance claims/replacements and each one that was returned was rooted/rommed and I've never had any issues, I've just usually had to pay the 100(twice) or 10(three times) bucks (old phone was an evo 3d, super cheap)
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An insurance fix is at your expense and covers everything from water damage to user stupidity which is why they don't care if you had a custom rom or were rooted. A warranty exchange for the camera issue is covered by HTC and the end user usually only pays shipping.
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An insurance fix is at your expense and covers everything from water damage to user stupidity which is why they don't care if you had a custom rom or were rooted. A warranty exchange for the camera issue is covered by HTC and the end user usually only pays shipping.
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Ahh okay, I guess that makes a difference.
I have this problem with mine and sent it out however due to it saying relocked on the boot loader they now want to charge me 200 to fix a hardware defect. I guess I should have done better locking it. But come on this should have been a recall and should not matter whether or not in warranty. I'm not asking to get a brand new phone just want this fixed. Will keep everyone updated as I get more updates from them.
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I've shipped mine out to HTC. I don't suspect any issues as it appears to be completely stock, but we'll see.
I'll update when I get it back from them.
Mines on its way back should be getting here Monday . I s-offed via revone and I used revones tools to lock and s-on prior to ruu back to 4.1.2 and just updated till KK. After all that I sent it in and all went smoothly, no charges nothing. Just waiting for my phone to get here to test the camera.
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just got here!!
Just got my phone back . Seems like no charge was place and they did fix my camera sensor and they also raised my power button a little since it was sinked in. So far everything seems good. Anyone know how to check the camera sensor revsion and date?
Update to my situation.
I got a phone call from the escalation team from HTC the guy said that normally because the boot loader was unlocked they don't cover it under warranty. However since they found a stock rom on the phone they would honor the warranty and he also said that they already had the phone in repair. Basically he was calling as a courtesy to keep me in the loop. I was so relieved by this and this certainly restored my faith in HTC and will continue to support them. This happened last week and the phone should be back tomorrow. Will let everyone know how it goes
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I didn't hear from HTC at any point, but the phone left Houston the same day it arrived. Hopefully it was a quick fix. Should be here tomorrow, so we'll see.
Got my phone back with the camera fixed
Phone was wiped, but still on HBOOT 1.56 Locked/S-ON.
Here's a picture in probably a worst case scenario (ISO 1600, exposure +2, flash on, recording 1080p). Pitch black.
So I've had my HTC one for about a year now, and I'm about to switch to a nexus 5.
The problem is, I need to sell my HTC one. However, I rooted it, unrooted it and got stock for the 4.3+4.4 updates in hopes that it would fix the camera. So once I got the 4.4 update I decided to root it again, with just the stock rom.
Then came time for me to get my HTC one sold. I've used RUUs in the past, and they worked fine. Now with the most recent 4.4 update, I tried various RUU's and none worked. Yes, my phone is locked. It just comes up with Error 155: Unknown error.
Any advice on how I can get my phone back to stock? I really need to soon.
Or, has anyone ever traded in a phone to Amazon/Best buy/sprint with an unlocked bootloader?
My advice... Keep the one and stay away from the nexus 5. I hated mine...went to the g2 hated it...now I have a one and love it...Sprints tri band bullcrap is just using us a lab rats...u will have major issues with calls/receiving calls. There 800mghz and 1900mghz bands are not ready for csfb and can't handle the lte handoff for cdma....it was a 2 month nightmare for me. I would wait another 6 months.
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My advice... Keep the one and stay away from the nexus 5. I hated mine...went to the g2 hated it...now I have a one and love it...Sprints tri band bullcrap is just using us a lab rats...u will have major issues with calls/receiving calls. There 800mghz and 1900mghz bands are not ready for csfb and can't handle the lte handoff for cdma....it was a 2 month nightmare for me. I would wait another 6 months.
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Where do you live? I live in the Kansas City area and have a few friends with Spark devices, and it works great for all of them.
Also, I loved the HTC One, with its sexy design and speakers, but there's three things I couldn't stand about it.
1. How easily the body is dented/scratched
2. The battery died quickly/took forever to charge when not using a custom rom
3. The inconvenience of unlocking/rooting it.
Won't be getting another metal device until someone finally uses Liquidmetal.
I'm in Raleigh nc and got all three bands of lte. But it's the technology that the towers have atm...so if you know they receive and make calls and switch over from lte to cdma properly ur good. Also the nexus 5 and g2 don't even come with all three bands enabled..so it's possible ur ppl are still on normal lte and may not even be tribanning it.lol
Also build quality and sound are horrible on the nexus 5...g2 is better than nexus 5
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I'm in Raleigh nc and got all three bands of lte. But it's the technology that the towers have atm...so if you know they receive and make calls and switch over from lte to cdma properly ur good. Also the nexus 5 and g2 don't even come with all three bands enabled..so it's possible ur ppl are still on normal lte and may not even be tribanning it.lol
Also build quality and sound are horrible on the nexus 5...g2 is better than nexus 5
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I'll admit sound quality kinda sucks on the nexus 5. I plan on doing the hardware mod+software tweaks to make the sound good.
But the build quality does not suck, it's pretty good (at least after the hardware revision. The g2's build might be sturdy but it feels like a creaky slippery plastic piece of crap, and I absolutely cannot stand the rear buttons and LG's UI.
Also, again the main reason I'm getting it is because of how easy to mod/repair (software and hardware) it is. That's what I loved about my GNEX.
I hear ya...just wanted to sound the horn. If u r going the nexus5 than u Prbly wanna get it from the play store cuz they have the 32gb ...Sprint only sells the 16 gb version...so that leaves about 12gbs
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I hear ya...just wanted to sound the horn. If u r going the nexus5 than u Prbly wanna get it from the play store cuz they have the 32gb ...Sprint only sells the 16 gb version...so that leaves about 12gbs
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Not too worried about that. Only used about 6 gbs on my one.
Flash an older version of hboot like 1.40 then run the Ruu
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So I've had my HTC one for about a year now, and I'm about to switch to a nexus 5.
The problem is, I need to sell my HTC one. However, I rooted it, unrooted it and got stock for the 4.3+4.4 updates in hopes that it would fix the camera. So once I got the 4.4 update I decided to root it again, with just the stock rom.
Then came time for me to get my HTC one sold. I've used RUUs in the past, and they worked fine. Now with the most recent 4.4 update, I tried various RUU's and none worked. Yes, my phone is locked. It just comes up with Error 155: Unknown error.
Any advice on how I can get my phone back to stock? I really need to soon.
Or, has anyone ever traded in a phone to Amazon/Best buy/sprint with an unlocked bootloader?
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there is no official RUU for kk yet only way to ruu is to downgrade and you must be s-off and unlocked to do this.
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Flash an older version of hboot like 1.40 then run the Ruu
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Is there a good guide available on how to do that?
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Is there a good guide available on how to do that?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2634256