Originally Posted by attn1

You still have all that because you didn't wipe data/factory reset. In stock trim, a clean install with this rom will result in disabled sideloading, and it will set up a proxy in the APN that with require a tethering plan to use tethering features.

AT&T is still up to it's tricks.

But I did do a data wipe/factory reset on my wife's phone--at least I think I did. It came up with the HTC setup wizard just like a full wipe.

Originally Posted by Gene Poole

But I did do a data wipe/factory reset on my wife's phone--at least I think I did. It came up with the HTC setup wizard just like a full wipe.

Well, when I installed a stock version of the release, the sideloading checkbox was disabled. So we have some oddness here.

I think you can get around the tethering plan issue by setting up a new custom APN without the new "proxy" settings pointing to AT&T's proxy. You can't just delete the setting in the provided default APN because it's locked.

We'll see how long that little hack lasts - they could require that proxy setting for data to work at all in the future, and that would kill free tethering on even unbranded firmware.

So far, I am not impressed with this official 2.2.2 AT&T ROM release at all. It gets us nothing and the branding tricks run even deeper.

I've been following your kernel work. Nice work there.

Thanks. I'm with you on this. It doesn't give us anything that wasn't already in FR008. I haven't tried the radio image yet. Anything to be gained (or lost) there? Also, I'm thinking of doing the full RUU for testing. If I do, can I still run the older RUU exe to put it back to a version that I can root with unrevoked, or will a RUU exe run over a newer version (or does it even check)?

Originally Posted by attn1

I've been following your kernel work. Nice work there.

Nothing but patches from your work on cyanagen.

Originally Posted by Gene Poole

Thanks. I'm with you on this. It doesn't give us anything that wasn't already in FR008. I haven't tried the radio image yet. Anything to be gained (or lost) there? Also, I'm thinking of doing the full RUU for testing. If I do, can I still run the older RUU exe to put it back to a version that I can root with unrevoked, or will a RUU exe run over a newer version (or does it even check)?

No, please don't do that (install the new update unmodified). You will end up with a device you can't put custom recovery on. The newer hboots closes the old nand exploit, and you can't downgrade it. You won't be able to get to custom recovery again, in which case, you'd better really be liking the new stock ROM.

on the radio; I don't know, I flashed it because I can. I really didn't see anything earth-quaking yet. We should probably bundle it up so people can flash that without going to the updated and losing custom ROM capability.

What do you think the chances are that they'll crack the new hboot? I will be very dissapointed if new HTC devices become un-rootable/extremely hard to root.

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Originally Posted by terwine

What do you think the chances are that they'll crack the new hboot? I will be very dissapointed if new HTC devices become un-rootable/extremely hard to root.

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50/50? Newer, hotter devices will always get more attention and maybe this hboot will get a trickle down benefit from that - but then again, maybe not.

Gene,

thank you for such a great contribution; just a quick question: how did you manage to extract the contents out of the .exe file ?

Originally Posted by loursonbrun

Gene,

thank you for such a great contribution; just a quick question: how did you manage to extract the contents out of the .exe file ?

When you run the exe they extract to a folder in your temp folder. clear out your temp folder then run the exe and you will see the extracted contents (like the rom.zip) in the folder.


At least this is what I did for my Incredible, I doubt they changed it up any.

That's essentially what I did.