Originally Posted by mudknot2005

How hard would it be to flash a splash screen this way?

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I believe to update the splash screen you would have to flash hboot, the whole idea of this thread is to not have ENG S-OFF so you don't run the risk of messing up your phone by flashing hboot, whether on purpose or by accident. Barring that, I'm not sure how to flash the splash screen.

Originally Posted by mj0528

Is there a way to reverse eng s-off?

Yes, flashing back to stock using the PD...zip from the RUU turns it back on.

Originally Posted by mj0528

Is there a way to reverse eng s-off?

Also, I'm not sure if running the RUU itself puts it back on as I've never tried, maybe someone else can chime in.

I do know that if you extract the rom.zip and rename it to PD98IMG.zip and flash it in hboot it does restore it.

Originally Posted by lrs421

Also, I'm not sure if running the RUU itself puts it back on as I've never tried, maybe someone else can chime in.

I do know that if you extract the rom.zip and rename it to PD98IMG.zip and flash it in hboot it does restore it.

Running the stock RUU will unroot you, but you'll still be S-Off. Follow the instructions in this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=957692) thread to get S-On BEFORE you run the RUU.

Note: If you're flashing the RUU for purposes other than a return, it's not necessary to S-On. You can leave S-Off and still run stock (this is also nice because then you can flash a stock rooted just like they're suggesting flashing the radio, by renaming the ROM's .zip to PD98IMG and flashing through HBoot, rather than going through the whole root process again)

Originally Posted by homeslice976

Running the stock RUU will unroot you, but you'll still be S-Off. Follow the instructions in this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=957692) thread to get S-On BEFORE you run the RUU.

Note: If you're flashing the RUU for purposes other than a return, it's not necessary to S-On. You can leave S-Off and still run stock (this is also nice because then you can flash a stock rooted just like they're suggesting flashing the radio, by renaming the ROM's .zip to PD98IMG and flashing through HBoot, rather than going through the whole root process again)

You're thinking s-on, we're talking about eng s-on. They'e different

Originally Posted by lrs421

The real danger is in the process, if you brick your phone while performing eng s-off you won't be happy. Personally I've never found a need to swap radios, on reflash it. The stock radio is HSUPA with plenty speed.

Flashing radios and hboots carry the same risks.

This method is safer than using fastboot with eng s-off to flash radios, and it's why I did it this way in the hack kit. If you already have eng s-off, you should still use this method.

Originally Posted by lrs421

You're thinking s-on, we're talking about eng s-on. They'e different

I was ENG S-Off, and the way I was able to get back to S-On was to rerun steps 2 and 3 of your hack kit, but instead of "./gfree -f" I ran ".g/free -s on" and I was back to S-On. At least that's what bootloader showed. Then I reran the hack kit to obtain S-Off and didn't do the ENG S-Off again.

Towards the middle of the thread I linked was where I got that information. Either way, this is the only way I flash radios anymore.

Originally Posted by attn1

Flashing radios and hboots carry the same risks.

This method is safer than using fastboot with eng s-off to flash radios, and it's why I did it this way in the hack kit. If you already have eng s-off, you should still use this method.

Thanks, am I correct in saying that flashing back to stock using the rom.zip from the RUU restores it but running the RUU alone will not?

So just having Eng s off and not using it is no danger?

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Originally Posted by homeslice976

I was ENG S-Off, and the way I was able to get back to S-On was to rerun steps 2 and 3 of your hack kit, but instead of "./gfree -f" I ran ".g/free -s on" and I was back to S-On. At least that's what bootloader showed. Then I reran the hack kit to obtain S-Off and didn't do the ENG S-Off again.

Towards the middle of the thread I linked was where I got that information

That's:

ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF RL

English S-off is not done via the hack kit. It's se[erate from what's above.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=994670