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stuck on htc white screen, no backup, flash it using cwm, questions

i have a unbranded wildfire s 2.3.5 unlocked bootloader via htc dev with cwm recovery 5.0.1 and rooted. i watched some videos of MrTaco505 from youtube about overclocking and rooting. i flashed mine with OCkernel2.3.5.v2 by jikantaru.zip hoping to enable me to setcpu on the phone. after flashing the phone just freezes after boot. i installed it with stockkernel.zip for wildfire s hoping to correct the problem but after flashing the phone is stuck on white htc logo. i have several questions in mind that needs clarification
1. does roms here have their own kernels inside their package?
2. how long does it take for a rom to flash it? and what would the phone look like? (i havent tried thisa nd scared of doing this but i dont have other choice coz my phone is unusable)
3. what are the standard procedures in flashing a rom?
4. since i have no choice, im flashing a rom in cwm recovery using sdcard. is this safe?
5. does a rom like unofficial cm7.2 for wildfire s have its own kernel inside the package? do i need to download another kernel for the rom?
thank you for all your answers. any help would be a gift to me since i only have this phone at the moment. -simone-

1 - Yes, most custom roms come with a working OC kernel
2 - Depends on the size of the ROM. but usually no longer than 5 mins
3 - You have cwm. standard procedure is to install a rom in a zip format. btw you really should update cwm and flash the latest official versio 5.0.2.8
4 - as written above, this is the standard way to flash custom roms. it is safe
5 - All roms, wether they're custom or stock ship with a kernel. but custom ones most of the time come with an OC kernel.

[Q] How to flash a stock rom on the Note 8

I have a Note 8 but as I live in China I comes with the Chinese firmware withouth gapps support.
I was able to use a root exploit and noticed someone posted a stock rom in the development forum.
I would like to flash this rom but I am wondering how to get started, as I understand there is no CWM yet
so the only bootloader is the standard e3. Can that one be used to flash the rom?
Thnx

Are you trying to flash back to stock? As in like you got the phone out of the box? Or are you trying just trying to flash a stock ROM? There's a big difference between the two.
Flashing a ROM is done via a custom recovery, not Odin ....

I flashed a different stock rom
Hi
So I wanted to flash a different stock rom as bought mine in China where I live and it does not come with gapps
I ended up using the international stock rom provided in the development forum using the note 8 toolkit also provided
In the development forum. First it installed insecure boot, then the custom recovery system using odin.
The custom recovery did not work properly as the screen was rendered incorrectly upon selecting every other
Item in the recovery menu, but I managed to work my way through it and then install the international stock rom.
Worked like a charm and I now have a fully operational note 8 instead of a crippled chinese version
I cannot post in the development forum, but to everybody there a big thank you

[Q] Samsung S3 (cyanogenMod) unlock

Hi,
I bought a locked Samsung S3 (At&t). It is rooted with cyanogenMod 10.2 Android 4.3.1. All i was trying to do is unlock it so i can use it with other carrier. So i bought the unlock codes for 30 bucks but later i found out that the unlock codes only work with Stock rom. I am not an expert at this Root, Custom Rom...stuff, but not idiot either i can follow step by step directions if anyone knows how to make this work. I would like to use the custom rom though, so do i have to recover in stock rom, unlock the phone using the code and than install the custom rom again?
Plz help

Hi!
zeshanlahoria said:
[...] do i have to recover in stock rom, unlock the phone using the code and than install the custom rom again?
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Yes, that is what you will need to do. As you can only enter an unlock code on a stock ROM (or one of the numerous custom ROM based on the stock one), you won't be able to make it work on CyanogenMod or any AOSP derivatives. You will have to revert back to stock, then (if you want to try a cutom ROM) install another custom ROM of your choice, be it CM or anything else.
Though if you currently have CM installed in your device, you most certainly already have a custom recovery (TWRP, CWM, PhilZ Touch...), which make it even easier for you to flash ROMs at your will -- the step of installing a custom recovery is already done. So browse the AT&T SIII Android Development forum, choose a stock-based ROM, install it -- pay close attention to the installation instructions in the ROM's thread --, unlock your phone; then repeat those steps to install another ROM if you want to.

Alexandre-P said:
Hi!
Yes, that is what you will need to do. As you can only enter an unlock code on a stock ROM (or one of the numerous custom ROM based on the stock one), you won't be able to make it work on CyanogenMod or any AOSP derivatives. You will have to revert back to stock, then (if you want to try a cutom ROM) install another custom ROM of your choice, be it CM or anything else.
Though if you currently have CM installed in your device, you most certainly already have a custom recovery (TWRP, CWM, PhilZ Touch...), which make it even easier for you to flash ROMs at your will -- the step of installing a custom recovery is already done. So browse the AT&T SIII Android Development forum, choose a stock-based ROM, install it -- pay close attention to the installation instructions in the ROM's thread --, unlock your phone; then repeat those steps to install another ROM if you want to.
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Could you please direct me to how to unroot? I am able to go into the recovery mode but not really sure how to go on from there. I appreciate the help.

zeshanlahoria said:
Could you please direct me to how to unroot? I am able to go into the recovery mode but not really sure how to go on from there. I appreciate the help.
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Before you flash a stock ROM, you would need to check what bootloader your phone is currently on as flashing the wrong one could cause your phone to brick or become unusable. Custom ROMs like the CM you currently have do not have their own bootloaders but rely on manufacturer's bootloader to run. The bootloader, quite simply, is a small application that loads the operating system and all other applications & systems required for the phone to run once it is powered on. Therefore, with a faulty bootloader, your phone can not gather all the resources required to power on successfully. If your phone is running on the 4.3 bootloader which would be the case if it was on 4.3 before the update to a custom ROM, then you would have to return to stock Android 4.3 which is the latest OS available for the AT&T GS3. However, if it has an older bootloader, then you can flash Android 4.1.1 via Odin.
There are different sets of instructions for either system so I would suggest you check your phone's settings and advise the OS parameters you can see there so we can steer you in the correct direction.

zeshanlahoria said:
Could you please direct me to how to unroot? I am able to go into the recovery mode but not really sure how to go on from there. I appreciate the help.
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Did the phone originally have 4.3? or did it have an older version before you installed CM 10.2. This would determine how you would go about it.
Also is there a custom recovery like clockworkmod installed?

[Q] T210 - Need to re-root?

I've installed a new rom on my friends android device, we've installed a new custom rom on here but it is no longer rooted, how do we fix? Plus I think somehow the custom recovery has wiped off

Warmo161 said:
I've installed a new rom on my friends android device, we've installed a new custom rom on here but it is no longer rooted, how do we fix? Plus I think somehow the custom recovery has wiped off
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Flash supersu.ZIP with The Customrecovery, reboot and install supersu.APP from playstore.
Q?? Why do you post your Question here and at The dev sections?
If you want a stable Rom flash Nolekat V2.1.

Does installing a TWRP Backup also affect phone Firmware?

Hello guys,
following situation:
Long time I had a 4.4.something Rom installed. Before I flashed a custom Lollipop rom, I followed the advice to just go back to stock and let it update to Lollipop so that the firmware will be updated accordingly and I won't run into problems when flashing a Lollipop Custom Rom. Everything worked fine. Now I had to send my phone to HTC for display repair and just to make sure they won't nag about the custom Rom I reflashed some older stock rom via TWRP backup I found here, I think it was a 4.0 or so. The question is, does this also affect my phones firmware or is it still on the current newest level? So when I get it back, would I need to update to stock Lollipop again before flashing a custom rom or can I go for it straight away?

fBx said:
Hello guys,
following situation:
Long time I had a 4.4.something Rom installed. Before I flashed a custom Lollipop rom, I followed the advice to just go back to stock and let it update to Lollipop so that the firmware will be updated accordingly and I won't run into problems when flashing a Lollipop Custom Rom. Everything worked fine. Now I had to send my phone to HTC for display repair and just to make sure they won't nag about the custom Rom I reflashed some older stock rom via TWRP backup I found here, I think it was a 4.0 or so. The question is, does this also affect my phones firmware or is it still on the current newest level? So when I get it back, would I need to update to stock Lollipop again before flashing a custom rom or can I go for it straight away?
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It won't affect your firmware.

Okay thanks, so Firmware should still be up to date and I can flash a Lollipop Custom Rom. I don't know what they do at HTC repair, if they only reset it or if they also update it, well I'll see.