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S-on AND Root

I've been posting here and there around here lately but thought I'd get a cleaner, more focused thread going for those of us who used HTC's unlock tool and want root.
I managed to get the bootloader unlocked with HTC's tool and installed SU and clockwork onto my Inc2 but I think I'm having problems because I'm still S-On instead of S-Off.
So, what do we do next after unlocking the bootloader? I'm under the impression that because I'm S-On still, I can flash a custom ROM, but not only the ones with the stock kernel intact. This would be why Sabotage was able to install, but Mik wouldn't. Still only a theory, though.
ANY HELP PLEASE!!!

Kayak83 said:
I've been posting here and there around here lately but thought I'd get a cleaner, more focused thread going for those of us who used HTC's unlock tool and want root.
I managed to get the bootloader unlocked with HTC's tool and installed SU and clockwork onto my Inc2 but I think I'm having problems because I'm still S-On instead of S-Off.
So, what do we do next after unlocking the bootloader? I'm under the impression that because I'm S-On still, I can flash a custom ROM, but not only the ones with the stock kernel intact. This would be why Sabotage was able to install, but Mik wouldn't. Still only a theory, though.
ANY HELP PLEASE!!!
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There are 2 options to flash a custom ROM that has a custom kernel on an unlocked bootloader.
1. Instead of booting to recovery mode directly, you need to boot in Fastboot mode and issue the command:
Fastboot boot [path to custom recovery.img]
This will boot you into recovery mode using the custom recovery image. Then you can flash a custom ROM with a custom kernel correctly.
2. Extract the boot.img from the custom ROM zip file and copy it to your SDK tool directory.
Then boot into recovery mode and flash the custom ROM. Next you must reboot into bootloader mode and enter Fastboot mode. Enter the following command:
Fastboot flash boot [path to the boot.img file].
Try either option 1 or option 2. You do not need to do both.
Hope this helps.

tpbklake said:
There are 2 options to flash a custom ROM that has a custom kernel on an unlocked bootloader.
1. Instead of booting to recovery mode directly, you need to boot in Fastboot mode and issue the command:
Fastboot boot [path to custom recovery.img]
This will boot you into recovery mode using the custom recovery image. Then you can flash a custom ROM with a custom kernel correctly.
2. Extract the boot.img from the custom ROM zip file and copy it to your SDK tool directory.
Then boot into recovery mode and flash the custom ROM. Next you must reboot into bootloader mode and enter Fastboot mode. Enter the following command:
Fastboot flash boot [path to the boot.img file].
Try either option 1 or option 2. You do not need to do both.
Hope this helps.
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Tried option 1 and when I go to select install zip from sd card after booting to cwm the phone restarts. Trying option 2 now...

Option #2 won't work since I get stuck at the HTC screen when trying to load a custom ROM.

Kayak83 said:
Option #2 won't work since I get stuck at the HTC screen when trying to load a custom ROM.
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How did you try to reboot into bootloader from recovery once the ROM was flashed. Once I get into recovery I connect the phone with a USB cable and then type
Adb reboot bootloader
This will boot you into HBOOT straight from recovery and should prevent the hang at the HTC.

Ok. Let's start fresh and complete:
1- Plug phone into computer.
2- select HTC sync on phone
3- open cmd and get to sdk
4- type "adb reboot bootloader"
5- phone should reboot to HTC's recovery thing
now what?
I have cwm installed already.

Kayak83 said:
Ok. Let's start fresh and complete:
1- Plug phone into computer.
2- select HTC sync on phone
3- open cmd and get to sdk
4- type "adb reboot bootloader"
5- phone should reboot to HTC's recovery thing
now what?
I have cwm installed already.
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Just select Charge Only, not HTC Sync.
Once you type adb reboot bootloader you should get the HBOOT screen and it should show FASTBOOT USB.
At this point you should enter Fastboot commands from you PC command prompt.
So you said you tried fastboot boot [path to recovery.img file] and it did boot you into recovery, right? Then you should be able to flash the custom ROM and reboot normally when the install is complete.
For option 2 once you are in recovery mode flash the custom ROM and then when it is finished connect the phone with the USB cable and at the command prompt you should be able to type adb devices and it will respond with your device id.
If it does, then type adb reboot bootloader and it will take you back to the HBOOT screen. From there you would then enter the following Fastboot command:
Fastboot flash boot [path to boot.img file]
Then Fastboot reboot

tpbklake said:
Just select Charge Only, not HTC Sync.
Once you type adb reboot bootloader you should get the HBOOT screen and it should show FASTBOOT USB.
At this point you should enter Fastboot commands from you PC command prompt.
So you said you tried fastboot boot [path to recovery.img file] and it did boot you into recovery, right? Then you should be able to flash the custom ROM and reboot normally when the install is complete.
For option 2 once you are in recovery mode flash the custom ROM and then when it is finished connect the phone with the USB cable and at the command prompt you should be able to type adb devices and it will respond with your device id.
If it does, then type adb reboot bootloader and it will take you back to the HBOOT screen. From there you would then enter the following Fastboot command:
Fastboot flash boot [path to boot.img file]
The Fastboot reboot
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I'm able to fastboot into cwm. But when I go to select install zip from sd card via the phone controls (volume up/down/power), the phone reboots.

Kayak83 said:
I'm able to fastboot into cwm. But when I go to select install zip from sd card via the phone controls (volume up/down/power), the phone reboots.
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Which version of CWM are ou using. I use CWM 5.0.2 and it works fine.

SUCCESS. Thanks for your help!

Glad you got it goin!
Sent from my ADR6350 using xda premium

Kayak83 said:
SUCCESS. Thanks for your help!
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Which option did you have success with?

dumb question but...
how do you find the path to your custom recovery?

mza929 said:
dumb question but...
how do you find the path to your custom recovery?
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You determine what the path is when you download the recovery image to your PC. The best place to download or copy it to is the same folder you run adb.exe and fastboot.exe from.

tpbklake said:
You determine what the path is when you download the recovery image to your PC. The best place to download or copy it to is the same folder you run adb.exe and fastboot.exe from.
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great thank you... i was thinking i had to use a path to the recovery on my phone's storage not my PC's...

Can someone link me to a cwm recovery that works. I'm having the reboot issue after selecting choose file from SD card.
Sent from my dinc2 using XDA App

mza929 said:
Can someone link me to a cwm recovery that works. I'm having the reboot issue after selecting choose file from SD card.
Sent from my dinc2 using XDA App
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You should look for and use CWM 5.0.2

Kayak83 said:
I've been posting here and there around here lately but thought I'd get a cleaner, more focused thread going for those of us who used HTC's unlock tool and want root.
I managed to get the bootloader unlocked with HTC's tool and installed SU and clockwork onto my Inc2 but I think I'm having problems because I'm still S-On instead of S-Off.
So, what do we do next after unlocking the bootloader? I'm under the impression that because I'm S-On still, I can flash a custom ROM, but not only the ones with the stock kernel intact. This would be why Sabotage was able to install, but Mik wouldn't. Still only a theory, though.
ANY HELP PLEASE!!!
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OK maybe I am missing something here. Do you actually have full root? If you do, how did you get it? I don't know how to get the su binary and busybox installed. I have unlocked my bootloader using the htc supertool and I don't have root, which is keeping me from installing CWM or anything root related for that matter. I have not seen any instructions on how to root this thing since the unlock tool became compatible 3 days ago. But maybe I have missed something.
Thanks for any help.

Still cant get rom to boot... however, i have been able to fastboot into custom recovery and complete the flashing process...
Now i am just stuck at the HTC screen after reboot.
Any suggestions?
Thank you all so far. You have been most helpful.
***** update ***** I finally got it after fast booting into recovery, flashing rom, and then extracting boot.img from that rom and flashing it via fastboot.

mza929 said:
Still cant get rom to boot... however, i have been able to fastboot into custom recovery and complete the flashing process...
Now i am just stuck at the HTC screen after reboot.
Any suggestions?
Thank you all so far. You have been most helpful.
***** update ***** I finally got it after fast booting into recovery, flashing rom, and then extracting boot.img from that rom and flashing it via fastboot.
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Yes good job. The last part is the key to getting a custom ROM installed. Glad it worked for you.
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hackweed said:
OK maybe I am missing something here. Do you actually have full root? If you do, how did you get it? I don't know how to get the su binary and busybox installed. I have unlocked my bootloader using the htc supertool and I don't have root, which is keeping me from installing CWM or anything root related for that matter. I have not seen any instructions on how to root this thing since the unlock tool became compatible 3 days ago. But maybe I have missed something.
Thanks for any help.
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After you have an unlocked HBOOT, you need to flash CWM recovery image in FASTBOOT mode. Once you have CWM installed, you can install the latest SU-3.0.xx.zip to root your current ROM and then you can installl and use root programs like ROM Manager, Busybox, Titianium Backup, etc. or you can install a rooted custom ROM.

[Q] Stuck on boot X after clockwork

ISSUE FIXED!! SEE SECOND POST.
Just bought a Nexus 7 2013 and I was trying to root it with adb and clockwork on Ubuntu. The install went ok, but when I tried to reboot it got stuck on the Google logo.
So I rebooted it again and tried installing TWRP. I now have access to recovery via TWRP, however the device is still stuck on the X boot screen.
I'm sure I can try and load a custom ROM, but is there a way to try and fix this and use the current ROM?
I have tried holding the power for 1 minute like advised on another thread, but that did not work.
The two files I have used:
recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.3.1-grouper.img
openrecovery-twrp-2.6.0.0-flo.img
Thanks,
Vic.

ISSUE FIXED!!
- Downloaded the original system files from here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2381582
- Rebooted device in fastboot, connected to PC and ran
Code:
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot -w
fastboot reboot
- Device came up and working, so I rebooted it again in fastboot
- Connected to PC and
Code:
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.0.0-flo.img
- Reloaded boot
- Went into recovery to confirm TWRP was working
- Rebooted device and uploaded UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.43.zip to downloads
- Rebooted in fastboot, the recovery and installed sudo

victorbrca said:
Just bought a Nexus 7 2013 and I was trying to root it with adb and clockwork on Ubuntu. The install went ok, but when I tried to reboot it got stuck on the Google logo.
So I rebooted it again and tried installing TWRP. I now have access to recovery via TWRP, however the device is still stuck on the X boot screen.
I'm sure I can try and load a custom ROM, but is there a way to try and fix this and use the current ROM?
I have tried holding the power for 1 minute like advised on another thread, but that did not work.
The two files I have used:
recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.3.1-grouper.img
openrecovery-twrp-2.6.0.0-flo.img
Thanks,
Vic.
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You have the correct recovery for twrp, but your clcokwork touch is for the old N7. That's probably what messed it up in the first place.

Problem with access in Twrp

Hello guys,
I decided to install Twrp 2.7.01 in order to flash custom rom. So, i do that :
C:\Fastboot>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
It work and send me Okay.
But, when i want to go in twrp, it start loading with writting "enterring recovery", and finaly my M8 reboot and restart the phone. So, i can't access to my recovery in order to root it and flash custom.
If someone can help me it's cool.
Erratum : I flash Twrp 7.0.2.0 and it's working

What version of bootloader are you using, e.g. 3.16.0000?

TWRP 2.7; here, first turn your phone on fastboot mode,
in terminal/cmd type in:
fastboot erase cache
then flash this recovery: (GSM ONLY, NOT CDMA)
http://www.mediafire.com/download/6dtgx3w3kpid1ce/openrecovery-twrp-2.8.5.0-m8_3.img
(That's the official TWRP recovery, turns out that TWRPS site is kinda slow...)
let me know how it turns out.

i4GS said:
TWRP 2.7; here, first turn your phone on fastboot mode,
in terminal/cmd type in:
fastboot erase cache
then flash this recovery: (GSM ONLY, NOT CDMA)
http://www.mediafire.com/download/6dtgx3w3kpid1ce/openrecovery-twrp-2.8.5.0-m8_3.img
(That's the official TWRP recovery, turns out that TWRPS site is kinda slow...)
let me know how it turns out.
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The OP has already flash TWRP using the right commands, but if they're using an old version on a new HBOOT (or new version on old HBOOT) it might not load, hence me asking what bootloader they're using

I killed my watch

1 week ago i bought in china the watch .i dont know Chinese and i was just there for business so i thought that when i will connect to my phone it will automatically change to English but that never happend . So i tried several threads in xda to understand how it is working and what can i do . And i followed the thread that says to flash another system img recovery and boot . So i first unlocked the bootloader and booted on it and i flash the images and tried to reboot to recovery but already the recovey option in the bootloader is missing i get only shutdown , reboot , reboot bootloader , so i thought that i haven't correct flash the recovery.img so i flash it again but still the same . I also tried twrp recoveries and other recoveries that i found in other threads but still the same i can only boot to bootloader and nothing else . Has any one had the same problem and fixed it ? And if not were can i find the stock chinese firmware to try to flash it maybe it will come back to life .. thanks in advance

Have you tried using adb and fastboot commands?
Ex::
adb reboot-bootloader (for bootloader)
adb push xxxxxxx.img or xxxxxxx.zip /sdcard/ (for transfer files to sdcard)
adb push recovery.img /sdcard/ (for transfer yours custom recovery - i recommend the latest 3.1.1.0 because the others have some bugs)
after that boot to recovery: fastboot boot recovery.img (personally i never tried to flash the recovery but just boot it, baut it works)
from recovery just install the files that you have transferred earlier to sdcard (oh, and prior that erase everything except internal memory, or that toot but you have to transfer your files again)
ex: install zip (i recommend negalite) after that install kernel (negalite too) and install performance or battery booster .
Oh, after kernel install, it will automatically reboot, so you have to repeat the process to install the booster.
Reboot.
p.s. - the reboot process take LOOONG, so wait patiently.
Hope i could help you.

Currently my watch is stuck on AW boot logo from Skin Sturgeon kernel, how can I boot back to stock to reflash? Am unable to access adb as it doesn't seem to get that far in the boot process.

Enter bootloader
spicerackk said:
Currently my watch is stuck on AW boot logo from Skin Sturgeon kernel, how can I boot back to stock to reflash? Am unable to access adb as it doesn't seem to get that far in the boot process.
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If you want to enter the bootloader, to choose, where u want to reboot and you are stuck:
Hold the button on your watch...hold it, till you feel the first vibration after the restart at the HUAWEI-Logo. Then, press the button once again (Its just timing).
It should show you your bootloader and you can restart into recovery or wherever you want.
Hope I could help :highfive:

TWRP not persistent

Hi guys,
I've just updated to newest OOS firmware wich is 5.1.2 and I'm facing a weird problem.
Every time I flash codeworks TWRP and reboot to system, the next time i try to boot to recovery it boots to the original recovery.
It's like when I flash TWRP it doesn't remain persistent. When i flash it through fastboot and straightly boot from fastboot to recoverry I succeed to get in TWRP but as soon as I reboot to system and try to boot to recovery I reach the original OnePlus recovery.
Is anyone facing the same problem ?
And also do you have any idea about what i could do to solve this problem ?
Thanks in advance for your answers !

If you don't have root or custom kernel its normal, plus you should use blu spark's twrp, its newer and more reliable.

Adnan008 said:
If you don't have root or custom kernel its normal, plus you should use blu spark's twrp, its newer and more reliable.
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Indeed, I just needed to flash magisk to get it persistent. I'll try blu spark's one as you suggested.
Thank you very much for your answer !
Cheers !

Nothing to do with recoveries or kernel. After you do the fastboot flash recovery TWRP in fastboot, do this: "fastboot boot TWRP". I believe that's the right command. Basically after you flash it, manually boot to recovery through fastboot one time. After that it'll work from inside the phone or with the button combination with the phone off.

Jesus people are lazy these days.
First off there are official twrp versions for a reason!
Download the latest version: https://dl.twrp.me/dumpling/
Reboot into flash boot with the following command from your rom: adb reboot bootloader
With phone in fastboot mode: fastboot flash recovery 'twrp.img'
(You don't need to type out the entire file path you can just drag the file into the terminal and it'll insert the file location)
The reason you're not getting back into that recovery is because you're not booting into the recovery before you reboot into your ROM.
There is an option to boot straight into the recovery from the fastboot mode

pinnekeshaar said:
Jesus people are lazy these days.
First off there are official twrp versions for a reason!
Download the latest version: https://dl.twrp.me/dumpling/
Reboot into flash boot with the following command from your rom: adb reboot bootloader
With phone in fastboot mode: fastboot flash recovery 'twrp.img'
(You don't need to type out the entire file path you can just drag the file into the terminal and it'll insert the file location)
The reason you're not getting back into that recovery is because you're not booting into the recovery before you reboot into your ROM.
There is an option to boot straight into the recovery from the fastboot mode
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Actually not that lazy because I used to do what you mentionned.
The thing is that a flash of Magik is needed to patch twrp. That's the step I forgot in the procedure and explained here.
So before being unpleasant, please know what you're talking about...
Cheers !