Root Rezound Unlocked How to remove bloat ware

[phxfireguy]

I have unlocked my Rezound via the HTC bootloader. I am still S-ON and would like to remove bloat ware from the phone. Do I need to go S-Off to do this? Also how do I get superuser on the phone? I upgraded from the HTC EVO 4G which I was really comfortable with flashing ROM's etc, but the Rezound is definitely different. Thanks for your help.

 

[scotty85]

I have unlocked my Rezound via the HTC bootloader. I am still S-ON and would like to remove bloat ware from the phone. Do I need to go S-Off to do this? Also how do I get superuser on the phone? I upgraded from the HTC EVO 4G which I was really comfortable with flashing ROM's etc, but the Rezound is definitely different. Thanks for your help.

you do not need to be s-off to remove bloat,but you do need to flash superuser in recovery. link for superuser,and directions for flashing recoveries are in this thread: http://androidforums.com/rezound-al...ys-noob-friendly-root-guide-start-finish.html

id pretty strongly reccomend reading thru that post. you do not need to keep a permanent recovery on your phone,and if you are concerned with recieving OTAs then you should NOT keep a recovery.

if OTAs are not a concern,you can permently install recovery if you want to,however,you will want to launch recovory from fastboot(directions in linked post to "temporarily" install) when you flash roms,or restore backups,even if you have a permanently installed recovery.

listen carefully to this bit,as it is important.youll see it in a number of other places,since i spew it any time someone asks about rom flashing: launching recovery with the fastboot boot command will let the recovery write the kernel.

a permantly installed recovery cannot write to the boot partition,and as such will not flash the kernel,youll have to do it manually.

i know hooking your s-on phone to the PC,opening a cmd window,and launching recovery is somewhat a pain. however,doing so will let you flash roms just as you were used to on the evo,as devs are now scripting the roms to install the kernel for the s-off crowd. if this notion is unacceptable for whatever reasons,then i would reccomend going the extra steps to become s-off,as your permanent recovery then acts "normally" and will install kernels for you.

now that we have the rom speech out of the way , make a backup before you do anythig else. this will give you a good,stable backup with all the bloatware in case you need it.

to remove bloat,use titanium backup to temporarily freeze it first. run the phone a few days.at that point,you can freeze more things,leaving the rest frozen,or go ahead and permanently delete them.

freezing first,and doing a few at a time in stages makes it easy to trouble shoot and correct a situation where you accidentally freeze or delete something you shouldnt

read thru the root guide,holler if have questions

 

[phxfireguy]

Scotty....Thanks for all your help. I have gotten through your guide without issue, but have the following issue. I used the Unlimited script with the wire trick to S-Off my phone. I have S-Off but the phone will not boot up in "normal" mode. I can boot into recovery, but cannot recover the phone with the stock image. Suggestions?

 

[phxfireguy]

OK I have done a TON of reading, and found several answers from Scotty that have brought me back from the brink of throwing the phone in the drink! I want to say THANK YOU to all the senior members and developers that keep us noobs up and running!

 

[scotty85]

sorry,i had fallen asleep... 5am comes early glad you got everything figured out

 

[obscuro]

For any future readers, going S-OFF is a bad idea if you don't have much experience with unlocking/rooting. As scotty says, it takes away "the safety net" that HTC has built in to the phone to keep you from bricking it.

Titanium Backup is the way to freeze things -- but don't delete system apps as that *may* mess up OTA updates. I freeze everything related to Verizon (except the Verizon SSO engine) and most of the HTC custom apps. Freezing unneeded apps/libraries does free up some memory for your phone.

 

[scotty85]

For any future readers, going S-OFF is a bad idea if you don't have much experience with unlocking/rooting. As scotty says, it takes away "the safety net" that HTC has built in to the phone to keep you from bricking it.

i do personally think s-off is a good idea,if a person is comfortable with the method.it is better,and makes things easier,in so many ways. however, i do pretty firmly believe jupunutbear's s-off tool is not something any new user should just jump right into.folks need to read,and root/rom and gain some experience and confidence.

i also agree 100% it is nearly impossible to brick an s-on,unlocked phone,running a current RUU will fix most if not all issues that arrive from bad software flashing.

folks that do decide to s-off,need to realzie they now have 100% acess,and need to make concious efforts to protect the bootloader and radio,as a bad flash of either could leave you with a very expensive paperweight.

always make sure to double and triple check the md5 sum of anything that you intend to flash,that contains an hboot or radio update.

and if you just asked "whats an md5 sum? " then continue your research,youre not quite ready to s-off yet.

 

[obscuro]

scotty, I read what you wrote on another post about S-OFF actually being safer than S-ON and I understood your reasoning.

I do think it's important for someone to be familiar with rooting, I have been reading this forum for several months now and just now feel comfortable being able to troubleshoot when something goes wrong (ie bootloops).

I guess what I was trying to say is, if someone has just rooted their Rezound for the first time, it may seem "cool" when they read about the ability to go S-OFF and want to try it as soon as possible. Relying on a physical "trick" to be able to do that just makes me uncomfortable at this point in my rooting knowledge.

I do know how to check md5 sums, but to be honest, I am too lazy to "be religious" about doing that as you say is necessary. So I'm leaving S-OFF alone for now. Although it would make sense for me, after going ICS I put amon ra on permanently and know I will probably forget about not being able to restore backups without fastboot.

I have a powerpc mac at home, so I need to get adb up and running on that (it's possible but not officially supported) before I go back to stock recovery.

 

[scotty85]

excellent. seems we are on the same page. theres nothing wrong with keeping the perment recovery,in some situations you may need to flash a mod that doesnt have a kernel,and in this case permanent recovery works fine. it also works to flash a rom or restore a backup with the permanent recovery as long as it uses the same kernel as whats currently on the phone. i just dont mention that as i try and keep things as simplified as possible defiantely dont feel like you have to chose between permanent and temp recoveries. its perfectly fine to do both

also,dont think i was directing the md5sums comment at you personally. that "you" was referencing the general public.

last and not least,i defaintely appreciate the help troubleshooting,ive seen you posting on some other threads