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Hello there,
I'm looking for a gingerbread ROM with 3.0 Sense to it, and both HiApk and InsertCoin look amazing.
What are the major differences and which is recommended?
Thanks in advance!
InsertCoin is better !i use it for a long time !
Also, I would definitely go for InsertCoin. I tried both, but HiApk was a bit laggy.
Kudos you two
Just FYI, InsertCoin is mostly based on RcMixS.
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Another question:
I had my desire rooted by using unrevoked few months ago. I now notice I have ClockWork 2.5 and my device is S-ON.
Correct my humble try to understand:
I need to make a nandroid backup, go S-OFF (1. by using unrevoked? alpharev?), update ClockWork to 3.2 (2. what is the difference to amon-ra?), and flash InsertCoin (3. do I have to flash a radio or does it come with one?)
Thanks!!
The-Q said:
Another question:
I had my desire rooted by using unrevoked few months ago. I now notice I have ClockWork 2.5 and my device is S-ON.
Correct my humble try to understand:
I need to make a nandroid backup, go S-OFF (1. by using unrevoked? alpharev?), update ClockWork to 3.2 (2. what is the difference to amon-ra?), and flash InsertCoin (3. do I have to flash a radio or does it come with one?)
Thanks!!
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S-OFF using alpharev, also i would suggest going for CM7 HBOOT if you gonna use InsertCoin, and yes you probably need CWM 3.x.x.x because its supporting new installer scripts which are required in some ROM's.
Use 32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.08 or 32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.23 Radio, see which is best for you.
InsertCoin is constantly developed and the stable version is very reliable and fast.
Insertcoin!!!
InsertCoooin
More questions:
1. Which alpharev version should I use?
2. What is the difference between "download" and "PB99IMG" on alpharev website?
Thank you for your time!
HBOOT and recovery...
The-Q said:
More questions:
1. Which alpharev version should I use?
2. What is the difference between "download" and "PB99IMG" on alpharev website?
Thank you for your time!
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hboot partition table
if you mean which HBOOT to use,
then you need
"Bravo Stock 1.8" for ROM InsertCoin a2sd
"Bravo CM7" for the ROM InsertCoin cm7 (hence the cm7 in the name)
The "download" files are for updating the hboot with fastboot command from your computer (you need the ADB toolkit or one the of fastboot GUI interfaces you can find in the HTC Desire development thread).
The "PB99IMG" files are for updating the hboot directly on your phone without computer. It requires to boot the phone in bootloader/fastboot mode and is probably riskier than the computer method.
Anyway you need to first S-OFF with alpharev iso (which will also update the recovery to CWM-AlphaRev 2.5.1.8 with dark blue color and keep the default bravo stock 1.8 partition table) and then you can update the partition table to CM7.
Correct my humble try to understand:
I need to make a nandroid backup, go S-OFF (1. by using unrevoked? alpharev?), update ClockWork to 3.2 (2. what is the difference to amon-ra?), and flash InsertCoin (3. do I have to flash a radio or does it come with one?)
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Radio
InsertCoin rom does not come with radio.
You should flash the recommended radio. it is better to do it with fastboot command (or GUI tool) from a computer. And it is the only way to do it after flashing the CM7 HBOOT as the cache partition is then too small (5Mb) for allowing radio flashing from recovery.
Recovery fake flash
If you don't want to change your recovery you could try to fake flash the 3.2 recovery when you need it.
Fake flash means to load another recovery (3.2) while in recovery (2.5) by simply applying a zip file. You then have all the feature of the 3.2 recovery without permanently installing it.
1) put the zip with 3.2 recovery on your SD card (zip in thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1039954)
2) boot in recovery
3) apply the zip (like you would flash a rom, but it only loads the 3.2 recovery operating system without removing/deleting any file in your phone). You should notice the text color change and a few more options in the menu.
4) enjoy
I've been doing this for all the InsertCoin GB versions (well at least 30 times so...) and never had any problem. This allows to flash zip with amend and edify scripts by selecting either the default recovery or the 3.2.
You can also use the fake flash method to run Amon-RA recovery.
Fake Flash is more or less what what Rom Manager is doing when you use it to reboot in recovery mode (but it only supports a restricted set of recovery versions that have been tuned to work with Rom Manager).
Another benefit of fake flash is that you can still use your old nandroid backups, as it it not recommended to restore with recovery X a backup made with recovery Y.
[advanced] You can also fake flash the img recovery with fastboot from your computer
By the way there are also detailed info in the wiki (it was for the InsertCoin HD but most of it still applies):
http://insertcoin.baadnwz.eu/wiki/InsertCoin_Data%2B%2B_RoM
Hope it helps...
Helps? This is golden! Thank you so much for your time and effort!
I prefer IC, more than HiApk.
I don't mean to be OT but what about IC vs Reflex? I tried both and maybe Reflex is a little faster than IC.
I prefer InsertCoin for gingerbread and Sense over other ROM. I tried both , but InsertCoin is faster and more stable.
1. Why can't I flash alpharev's Bravo CM7 .img immediately?
2. Where is alpharev's livecd .iso? Is it necessary to use it and not to fastboot flash immediately?
3. Why shouldn't I use "unrevoked forever" (1) s-off tool?
1. If s-off goes wrong, it won't change partition table's sizes
2. http://alpharev.nl/alpharev.iso
3. It supports only few Desires
JUst to throw a cat among the pigeons...RCMix, FTW!!
Update:
First of all, I gparted the sd-card (3.5 fat32, 512mb ext3, 32mb swap).
Then I had success doing s-off (I flashed a stock rom prior to that) using alpharev's cd, flashbooted (so easy using these tools on linux) alpharev's Bravo CM7 .img, wiped it all, flashbooted CWM 3.2 and now flashing InsertCoin v45 Nightly <3 <3
More updates soon, and ofcourse, many thanks to all of you!
Update:
It's working quite good, besides few lags and slow-downs of Sense.
Flashed a new radio as well, and right now it seems wonderful.
Kudos to alpharev, baadnwz and all you guys too!
Hi!
After flashing latest insertcoin rom I always get stuck at wallpaper, booting goes fine but then a wallpaper with notification bar shows and I can't do anything.. After a while a screen turns off and I can turn it on again but that's all
I have tried flashing Oxygen ROM and everything works fine but I really want to try Insertcoin one.
Thanks for all answers
I have HTC Desire AMOLED, S-OFF
Malcolm. said:
Hi!
After flashing latest insertcoin rom I always get stuck at wallpaper, booting goes fine but then a wallpaper with notification bar shows and I can't do anything.. After a while a screen turns off and I can turn it on again but that's all
I have tried flashing Oxygen ROM and everything works fine but I really want to try Insertcoin one.
Thanks for all answers
I have HTC Desire AMOLED, S-OFF
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Did you make an extended partition ? Do you have custom hboot or stock ?
original HBOOT so I have downloaded A2SD+ version (not CM7) and I have not yet created and extended partition, going to do it now in Oxygen, hope that helps
Malcolm. said:
original HBOOT so I have downloaded A2SD+ version (not CM7) and I have not yet created and extended partition, going to do it now in Oxygen, hope that helps
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You have to have and ext partition.
yep at least 1gb ext3/4
AND - AS USUAL - IT IS ALL IN THE FIRST POST OF INSERTCOIN THREAD
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It's now working like a charm thanks a lot!
and may I also ask, what what software would you recommend me to flash CM7 HBOOT? Somewhere I read Android flasher but it could also be managed through recovery. Also, is it really worth flashing?
Thanks
1) you must be S-OFF to change your hboot (go to alpharev.nl)
2) you dont flash .img files through recovery, it is done through fastboot mode, and you must have ANDROID SDK set up on your pc to use adb/fastboot commands with windows cmd prompt (or try android flasher, but i strongly recommend you do it yourself, less software means less probability something will go wrong)
3) CM7 version will be faster (apps will run from NAND) and also you will get lots of space for them so this is recommended, yes (note that you cant restore a nandroid of stock hboot rom etc, after changing hboot you must flash a CM7 rom
Malcolm. said:
It's now working like a charm thanks a lot!
and may I also ask, what what software would you recommend me to flash CM7 HBOOT? Somewhere I read Android flasher but it could also be managed through recovery. Also, is it really worth flashing?
Thanks
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I did it manually. http://alpharev.nl/ Android flasher works as well but by the time I would've had finished downloading the operation was done.
Yes, it is worth flashing.
S-OFF and then:
1) Nandroid backup in recovery.
2) Verify the MD5SUM of the file you downloaded against the one in the table.
3) Flash HBOOT with your phone in fastboot mode (Back+POWER) -> 'fastboot flash hboot bravo_alphaspl.img' (change into the correct filename for the HBOOT you downloaded)
4) 'fastboot reboot-bootloader'
5) 'fastboot erase cache'
6) Boot recovery, wipe everything and restore.
and one last question:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016940
here they require 130mB for /system but
http://alpharev.nl/ offers only 145mB version for system...
could that make any trouble?
....
145 is MORE than 130 right ?
seriously
Malcolm. said:
and one last question:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016940
here they require 130mB for /system but
http://alpharev.nl/ offers only 145mB version for system...
could that make any trouble?
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Think about it, the answer is not so difficult to find out.
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Hi guys, I had this problem as well.
I've done the partition okay, my problem is this:
Clean install (after wiping dalvik, cache etc) stuck on wall paper.
however when i revert to my stock nand backup and don't wipe any data and try to install, it works fine (except it messes up the people app so I can't add anymore friends).
Some knowledgable insight would be appeciated as I am loosing some good friends.
Desire AMOLED
insertcoin 1.0.8
stock hboot
S-ON
ext3 - 1gb (made with Gparted)
Hi all!
I'm a little noobish on Android and customizing it, but I've been playing around and I've been trying to install Sense 3.0 Roms like:
Cool3D RunnyMede v2
Cool3D AceS v3
Aurora v03
Aced Off!
PyramidMod007
And every time when I try to install them I would get stuck at the HTC Splash screen(quietly brilliant); it would just constantly reboot that screen for some reason. I've tried letting it sit for 30 minutes but nothing happened
Here's what I have on my phone:
Revolutionary CWM
Bravo PVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
MICROP-031d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.17.05.23
And my installing procedure is:
1. Backup current nandroid
2. Delete cache, delete user data, delete dalvik cache
3. Install ROM
4. Install the rom converter CM7 --> HBoot.zip
5. Install Dalvik cache to ext. zip file
6. Reboot
I've actually tried installing them on CM7 too, but I reverted back to HBoot because my current rom requires Stock hboot.
Any help would be awesome! Thanks!
Try installing one at a time, rebooting between each one.
That's very weird something u are doing wrong for sure but can't understand what from what u wrote because there is no way that roms with sense 2.1 works and others with 3 no... It's impossible
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@ craftycarper1
What I did was backup and install one rom at a time, and when it doesn't work I revert back to my original rom, then I would try installing another one hours after or something, and I just repeated the process. I didn't install one on top of another.
@ halaros2
I was just actually trying to install other roms. I'm not sure what you mean by that 2.1 doesn't work with 3.0?
Thanks for the replies!
Are you rebooting after installing the rom?.....or are you installing rom, then Hboot, then Dalvik zip?
You need an ext partition on your SD card, do you not read the requirements before flashing?
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@ craftycarper1
I actually just install the rom, then install the hboot converter.zip and the dalvik zip. Am I supposed to reboot then install the zip files?
@ elliottg61
I do have an 1gb ext4 partition
hiohokaybye said:
And my installing procedure is:
1. Backup current nandroid
2. Delete cache, delete user data, delete dalvik cache
3. Install ROM
4. Install the rom converter CM7 --> HBoot.zip
5. Install Dalvik cache to ext. zip file
6. Reboot
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Maybe add one more step before (3)
2.5. Install Hboot CM7/r2
Then replace step 4 with a reboot, making sure the rom works first, then following by installing any mod. When installing mod, also clear dalvik cache before and after
ikidntu said:
Maybe add one more step before (3)
2.5. Install Hboot CM7/r2
Then replace step 4 with a reboot, making sure the rom works first, then following by installing any mod. When installing mod, also clear dalvik cache before and after
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I just followed your instruction, did a backup, cleared my data/cache/dalvik cache, installed CM7/r2 to HBoot, it's still giving me the whole constant reboot at the HTC splash screen
hiohokaybye said:
I just followed your instruction, did a backup, cleared my data/cache/dalvik cache, installed CM7/r2 to HBoot, it's still giving me the whole constant reboot at the HTC splash screen
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Sad to hear that.
Maybe check following things :
1) On Hboot screen, does it show CM7 r2 - S-OFF, once you sure about that, can ignore any hboot installation later, it is because of other problem
2) Does it get to the 2nd stage of the boot i.e. showing "quite brilliant" ? if yes... should be booting to your rom soon, so wait !
3) Boot to recovery, mount sd-card to usb, and use gparted to check if you ext is there, 1GB and it's ext4, the other should be FAT32
- or you can remake it by using the partition sdcard on the recovery, and use gparted to convert it to ext4
This is really strange, you must be doing something wrong but I just can't work out what haha
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ikidntu said:
Sad to hear that.
Maybe check following things :
1) On Hboot screen, does it show CM7 r2 - S-OFF, once you sure about that, can ignore any hboot installation later, it is because of other problem
2) Does it get to the 2nd stage of the boot i.e. showing "quite brilliant" ? if yes... should be booting to your rom soon, so wait !
3) Boot to recovery, mount sd-card to usb, and use gparted to check if you ext is there, 1GB and it's ext4, the other should be FAT32
- or you can remake it by using the partition sdcard on the recovery, and use gparted to convert it to ext4
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1) Should I check the CM7/r2 screen on the Bootloader after installing the cm7/r2 to HBoot converter.zip file? I just did that and my boot loader still shows HBoot. And Yes it says S-OFF.
2) When I first boot up after installing the rom, the "quietly brilliant" screen reboots, so it would load HTC quietly brilliant, then do that over and over again. Am I supposed to wait there?
3) I created the partition with a partition wizard, and I double checked that I have an ext 4 partition on my mac.
1) which ROM are you trying to install ? If it's cool3d or aurora, just install the CM7r2, don't install the converter whatsover, once you get it done you will see CM7r2 in pink at your hboot screen. if you don't know what you're having, just download the new one here http://alpharev.nl/
2) Something went wrong... probably hboot
3) OK
ikidntu said:
1) which ROM are you trying to install ? If it's cool3d or aurora, just install the CM7r2, don't install the converter whatsover, once you get it done you will see CM7r2 in pink at your hboot screen. if you don't know what you're having, just download the new one here http://alpharev.nl/
2) Something went wrong... probably hboot
3) OK
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Attempt #94820
I just tried to install cool3D without flashing the converter, I went to my boot loader, it's showing AlphaRev in pink then:
Bravo PVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
Did I do something wrong again?
Last attempt of mine...
Is it "Alpharev CM7 r2" ? If not, install it by downloading the flasher ultilities
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794638
Flash the hboot with the tool using the bravo CM7 r2 image from Alpharev website http://alpharev.nl/bravo_alphaspl-cm7r2.img
If you sure it's already CM7r2, then you can go on try AURORA or COOl3D ( dun install the D2EXT version , you will need another hBoot). If still cannot, I suggest you replace your SDCARD and try again.
hiohokaybye said:
Attempt #94820
I just tried to install cool3D without flashing the converter, I went to my boot loader, it's showing AlphaRev in pink then:
Bravo PVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
Did I do something wrong again?
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If its only showing Alpharev then you are still on stock hboot. If you are on CM7 hboot you will get:
AlphaRev CM7r2
Bravo PVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
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ikidntu said:
Last attempt of mine...
Is it "Alpharev CM7 r2" ? If not, install it by downloading the flasher ultilities
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794638
Flash the hboot with the tool using the bravo CM7 r2 image from Alpharev website http://alpharev.nl/bravo_alphaspl-cm7r2.img
If you sure it's already CM7r2, then you can go on try AURORA or COOl3D ( dun install the D2EXT version , you will need another hBoot). If still cannot, I suggest you replace your SDCARD and try again.
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&@ itachi1706
I actually thought that I could just be on stock hboot and install them then use the ROM converter.zip to boot up the ROM, but I guess not I will give it another try today! Thanks for the help!
hiohokaybye said:
&@ itachi1706
I actually thought that I could just be on stock hboot and install them then use the ROM converter.zip to boot up the ROM, but I guess not I will give it another try today! Thanks for the help!
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Actually for cool's roms, you can remain on stock hboot. All you do is flash stock_users.zip after the Rom. Although it is better to be on CM7r2 as it gives more space for apps.
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itachi1706 said:
Actually for cool's roms, you can remain on stock hboot. All you do is flash stock_users.zip after the Rom. Although it is better to be on CM7r2 as it gives more space for apps.
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I just flashed CM7/r2 HBoot now when I'm at the boot loader it shows:
AlphaRev CM7 r2
and I just cleared my data, cache and dalvik cache and installed the Cool3D rom, still stuck at the quietly brilliant thing again constant reboot of that screen
EDIT: I'm gunna try to recreate my SD card for 1gb ext4
EDIT2: I recreated the partition, everything is working great now! thanks for the help!
Hi all. I've spent the whole day searching but can't find a step by step on how to flash cyanogenmod hboot. Am I correct if I follow these steps.
Download (from alpharev) the file PB99IMG_cm7r2to my computer then rename file to PB99IMG.zip. then place this file onto my sdcard. Switch phone off then turn it on while holding on/ff button + volume down. Phone should go to little screen with lots of options plus the little androids at the bottom, phone would ask (without me doing anything) if I want to install update, choose yes, then hboot should've been flashed.
Do I need do to anything else before or after this. What about wipe and restore. I read I need to restore the rom after flashing hboot. Rom is already backup (stock rom 2.2, root,s-off via revolutionary) so, do I do a complete wipe before transfering the PB99IMG.zip to sd card, flash hboot, than restore.
Also, Do I need to partition sd card (never done it before) after flashing cm hboot, (the reason I'm doing this is because I want more space after flashing custom rom but not clear if I need to do both (hboot + partition) or choose one or the other. Thanks a lot in advance...
wilborama said:
Do I need do to anything else before or after this. What about wipe and restore. I read I need to restore the rom after flashing hboot. Rom is already backup (stock rom 2.2, root,s-off via revolutionary) so, do I do a complete wipe before transfering the PB99IMG.zip to sd card, flash hboot, than restore.
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Take note that a Stock rom will not fit into the CM7r2 Hboot so it means that even if you have a backup of your stock rom, it's useless since you wouldn't be able to use it after flashing the HBoot. What ROM do you intend to flash anyway?
When I started using CM7r2 Hboot, I was already using Cyanogenmod rom so I was able to do a NAND restore after changing HBoot.
Thanks for reply. I intend to try oxygen first then maybe cm7. So I guess I must flash one of the roms first then attempt to flash hboot right. What about the partition sd card part. Do I need to do both (hboot+partition) or just pick one, cheers...
Just save the NAND backup of your Stock ROM on your PC or your SD card if you have a large capacity one. You'll never know when you are gonna need it.
I would suggest that you partition your SD card with EXT just in case you would apply data2ext in the future and if you have a large capacity sdcard..
Go and flash Oxygen rom first on your phone using stock hboot then do a NAND backup. Then go change your hboot to Oxygen r2 or CM7r2. Once the HBoot has been replaced. Flash the Oxygen rom NAND you just saved.
I prefer downloading the .img file, booting into fastboot and running
fastboot flash hboot xxxx.img
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I have cm7 nand backdup and r2 PB99IMG.zip wont flash (no or bad img). I'm trying on a telstra branded version.
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Deifyed said:
I prefer downloading the .img file, booting into fastboot and running
fastboot flash hboot xxxx.img
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It is the best way
ididnt said:
I have cm7 nand backdup and r2 PB99IMG.zip wont flash (no or bad img). I'm trying on a telstra branded version.
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If you are trying that check if PB99IMG.zip is in the sdcard root folder and you must have S-OFF done already!
Yeah...s-off and in root.
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Just use FASTBOOT! Seriously.
FAQ in my signature. Skip the ADB section as it is not relevant here
i got it using android flasher, was having trouble with drivers and sdk..
thanks all
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
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Hello guys, I have a problem this is why I have turned to you. I wanted to upgrade my HTC desire ROM and I have tried a lot of version from this page...also stable and beta version and neither one of them works. I install them i get the succesfull install message but when I restart my phone it either stays with the HTC screen or it restarts once or twice and goes directly to Revolutionary Recovery.
I even tried versions that have specified on them [ALL_HBOOTS] and still no efect. I have only two versions that work on him, the current one 2.3.3 with Sense 2.1 and another older one. I want to install another version with a more recent Sense or even Android 4.
Do I have to change my Hboot? if so can somebody give me a tutorial or something explicit on how to do this?
I want to mention that I am .NET developer so I will understand anything you throw at me , just that I don't want to mess up my phone with all the different opinions I read online.
I also cleared the /cache, /data, /sd-ext, /sdcard/.android_secure and dalvik cache.
Aditional details:
Revolutionary CWM V4.0.1.4
Hboot Details:
AlphaRev Oxygen r2
BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
that happend to me as i frogot to do a full wipe before hand
So you have oxygen hboot? Try flashing the stock one from the alpharev site. First download the hboot downgrader, rename it PB99IMG.zip, put it on the root of your sd-card, enter hboot, select yes. Then download the desired hboot, do the same.
Oh...some roms require an ext partition. Did you make one?
For better features, easy partitioning, touch and easy management, try 4ext recovery. Check my sig. Flash it like i wrote above.
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abaaaabbbb63 said:
So you have oxygen hboot? Try flashing the stock one from the alpharev site. First download the hboot downgrader, rename it PB99IMG.zip, put it on the root of your sd-card, enter hboot, select yes. Then download the desired hboot, do the same.
Oh...some roms require an ext partition. Did you make one?
For better features, easy partitioning, touch and easy management, try 4ext recovery. Check my sig. Flash it like i wrote above.
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Yes, it requires a ext partition, I created it. Is there any change I did not wipe all that i should have?
Is there any risc in damaging the phone?
Thank you
Before installing a rom, factory data reset +clear cache and dalvik
No. There's no chance of damaging anything.
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abaaaabbbb63 said:
Before installing a rom, factory data reset +clear cache and dalvik
No. There's no chance of damaging anything.
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Everything worked like a charm...it's all well now, I am currently running Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich. Thank you abaaaabbbb63 !