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I just got my desire HD a few days ago. But have been visiting this site from some time back. Now i wanna load a custom mod on my phone. However there are several questions which i am stuck at. :|
1) What is the difference between the "Android Revolution HD 3.2 mod[ARHD]" and "Cynagenmod"?
2)Is rooting required? If yes, could anyone help me how to please.
3)In the Themes and Apps section i seen that many themes had the [CM7] tag. Im assuming this is for the cyanogenmod, but will it work on the "ARHD" also?
4)Most of the mods installation asks for S-off or so. What is it? :
5)What is flashing?
and lastly
6)Whats the difference between Sense UI and no-sense UI? [im thinking it includes/excludes the default htc sense.]
As i am new at these things too, i will try to answer some of your questions.
1. Cyanogenmod is based on AOST source, which is main android source, while Revolution, LeeDrOID and rest are based on HTC source.
2. To be able to flash cooked ROM your Desire HD needs to be rooted.
Full step-by-step guide is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11557769
3. Themes for one ROM might work on other, but are not recommended.
4. Check the guide in point 2.
5. Same as above.
6. I think you got that right.
I hope i helped you a bit.Cheers
glenvarun said:
I just got my desire HD a few days ago. But have been visiting this site from some time back. Now i wanna load a custom mod on my phone. However there are several questions which i am stuck at. :|
1) What is the difference between the "Android Revolution HD 3.2 mod[ARHD]" and "Cynagenmod"?
2)Is rooting required? If yes, could anyone help me how to please.
3)In the Themes and Apps section i seen that many themes had the [CM7] tag. Im assuming this is for the cyanogenmod, but will it work on the "ARHD" also?
4)Most of the mods installation asks for S-off or so. What is it? :
5)What is flashing?
and lastly
6)Whats the difference between Sense UI and no-sense UI? [im thinking it includes/excludes the default htc sense.]
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Some of the mods are made specificaly for a ROM. The tag describes what ROM they are designed for. Rooting and S-OFF is requred for installation of a custom ROM, so yes, it's required for the mods also. You should probably ask the mod developer if his mod is compatable with another ROM, but I think CM7 being Gingerbread and ARHD3.2 being Froyo, the chances are slim. S-OFF is "Security OFF". HTC introduced a level of security which was supposed to make the system "read only" for anyone but them to prevent custom ROMs, kernels and ultimately - overclocking, which potentialy can damage your device. Luckily thy didn't do a good job on that, so the developers found a workaround. Flashing is writing a new ROM, kernel or a set of system files in your phone. And lastly, you are correct about the sense/non-sense stuff.
You can find good guides in the developement section about rooting, S-OFF (both radio and eng), flashing ROMs, etc. Bear in mind though that if your software version is 1.72, you'll have to downgrade first to get to the rootable 1.32
First of all thanks for the help.
I suppose flash means to install. Also the guide you gave me tells how to put s-off but i wanted to know what does s-off mean??
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@ tkolev
Thanks a ton maan , that seriously helped a lot .
Btw you suggested in your post that overclockin could hwrm the system. Can cuetom roms also harm the system by any way??
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glenvarun said:
@ tkolev
Thanks a ton maan , that seriously helped a lot .
Btw you suggested in your post that overclockin could hwrm the system. Can cuetom roms also harm the system by any way??
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
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Custom Roms are there to help and inprove the things...
Overclocking is running an hardware to something which it was not designed for...So it could harm the phone (Does not mean that it always does, there are guys who are running the overclock phone without problem).
Custom Roms are just the installed ROM so if you flash one rom and don't like it replace it with another one..before flashing read the instruction and flash (I was only able to run official rom for 2 hours, after that I rooted and installed CM7...
@sanju.
so there wouldnt be any problems right? and which would you suggest.
Revolution or CM7 ?
Also the warranty gets void if im not wrong but is there any way to counter it like in the case of apple devices?
Yes you can revert your handset back to complete factory settings by running a suitable RUU (Rom Update Utility).
This will restore everything, except Radio S-OFF, back to HTC defaults. You could then send your handset away to be repaired, etc...
glenvarun said:
@sanju.
so there wouldnt be any problems right? and which would you suggest.
Revolution or CM7 ?
Also the warranty gets void if im not wrong but is there any way to counter it like in the case of apple devices?
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Rom depends on your choice, Revolution is based on HTC framework (sense and no-sense both available), 3.2 is froyo based, 4.X is gingerbread but its in beta..YOu will get the stock applications like video player, camera etc..
CM7 is also under development, RC2 is stable version, It is based on AOSP GingerBread...has a lot of modifications....I use this one....Just my preferance...
You can try both and see which one you like...
About warrenty, yes, you need to restore the RUU to claim it, but there are enough thread around which will tell you how to do that...
The only thing is I haven't seen the RUU for India, there is one for Asia and version number is close so that can work...in case it is required, or...before flashing custom rom create a backup for your official rom and save that backup...so that you can use that to come back to official rom...
Oh but i checked and seen that in CM7 the things like gps and google maps don't work .
tkolev said:
Some of the mods are made specificaly for a ROM. The tag describes what ROM they are designed for. Rooting and S-OFF is requred for installation of a custom ROM, so yes, it's required for the mods also.
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Not all custom roms require S-OFF btw... I would root your phone, once you have custom recovery you can flash your custom rom
get familiar with adb and just read read read .... plenty of guides out there
I would S-OFF after you are familiar with everything else... messing around with partition tables is a easy way to brick your phone... you can always S-OFF at a later date (just my personal view - alot of people S-OFF very quickly - depends how badly you want additional mods)
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Oh but i checked and seen that in CM7 the things like gps and google maps don't work .
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Some people have had trouble with the gps lock on CM7, not all, as I for one haven't got any problems with neither of the RCs nor the nightlys. I'm running nightly build 20 atm. And there is a fix for the gps included in the latest two nightlys so it's not a problem anymore.
just read a lot man, all informations you want is spread out there! in beggining this thread helps a lot: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846248
hope it can help! =o)
glenvarun said:
@ tkolev
Thanks a ton maan , that seriously helped a lot .
Btw you suggested in your post that overclockin could hwrm the system. Can cuetom roms also harm the system by any way??
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
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No, overclocking to a reasonable extend should not harm your phone. I'm running an overclocked kernel (1.2 GHz) and it has no negative effect on my phone. In the manufacturing process there are deviations from the design and Qualcomm has rated the processor which is in our DHDs to 1GHz. This means that most processors can safely handle higher frequencies, but the higher they rate their production, more units will have to be scrapped. I think it's quite safe to go for 1.2 or even 1.5 (if you really need it and monitor the teperature closely) but I would never run on 1.8 GHz. I just wanted to explain why HTC decided to go for locked internal memory. There is a reason for that, not just because they are mean control freaks... oh wait those were Apple .
BigMrB said:
Not all custom roms require S-OFF btw... I would root your phone, once you have custom recovery you can flash your custom rom
get familiar with adb and just read read read .... plenty of guides out there
I would S-OFF after you are familiar with everything else... messing around with partition tables is a easy way to brick your phone... you can always S-OFF at a later date (just my personal view - alot of people S-OFF very quickly - depends how badly you want additional mods)
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I didn't know that you can install a custom recovery without S-OFF. Or a custom ROM without a custom recovery. Anyway there are many users which followed the guide in the developement section (including me) and did just fine (thanks to the great tools made by jkoljo and all the help we get in this great forum). Ultimately is anyone's decision what to do with his/her own phone.
I'm gonna s-off this weekend after I've fixed my custom recovery
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Guess u guys are confusing between Radio S-Off and Eng-S-OFF.
You can't install a custom recovery without Eng-SOFF, hence u can't install custom Roms.
There is a one click S-Off for Eng-Soff & Radio S-OFf which u can find in Dev Section.
This should do the work quickly and in a painless way...
Personally i would recommend to go for MIUI or CM7...
All your questions have been answered clearly.
Just one warning regarding the warranty. It's possible to revert to stock EXCEPT if one hard key is needed and it doesn't work.
If on DHD all can be done via adb then it's ok (never checked).
I'm just coming from HD2 and without vol- key you were fu**ed (can't launch the bootloader but OS bootable).
Anyway never stopped me to install custom roms the first day
I don't have this phone. My friend owns one. He's asking me to update his device to Android 4.0 unofficially.
I have some questions :-
1) Which is the best method to root this via stock?
2) Which is the most stable ICS ROM? Any major/minor bugs?
3) Please link me to a thread that gives instructions on how to install recovery and other procedure for installing ROMs on this device.
4) Is there any way to return back to stock if I accidentally soft brick it or make some mistake?
PS : I have quite of experience in rooting, flashing ROMs and other stuff.
Thanks in advance
Sent from my Motorola Defy using CM9
first of all have you unlocked your bootloader via htcdev.com???
Check the stickies or try search feature :what:
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heres a couple of links that should help
return to stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1740664&highlight=root
root and custom recovery (for gsm)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1616326&highlight=root
or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721545&highlight=root
ics/cm9 rom (best i found)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1633198
hope this helps
i tried the unofficial /cm9 mod for wildfire s released on 26th of june, the rom is butter smooth with everything normal except the camera(it doesnt work), but the previous versions seem to have a working camera. although i will wait for a fix.
Sweet, thanks
Hi All,
First of all, congratulations for the forum and great project on adroid!!! I'm new on this, and hope learn something here and who knows help in some development.
I will inform a lot of things on this post since i don't know what can be relevant....
I unlocked my phone, and installed ICS Beta from Sony, and used for a while, but, I really want to use CM 9 or 10... so i've downloaded, the stable packages of CM9.1, and CWM5 and installed on the phone as described in many places here and on the CM Wiki, and all functions work ok besides my wifi, it simply doesn't start(Don't star on CM 9 /9.1/ 10)...
Ive also installed baseband mods hoping this can help, but nothing happens....
The same thing happend with ICS Beta From Sony but the Dommlord package to enable WIFI and Bluetooth helped on that version...
So my need is to enable my wifi connection that is dead on the CM 9.1, the phone shows enabling wifi message for a long time and never starts the wifi hardwares... any tips to help me ???
I'm Using a Xperia Arc Lt15a with CMW 5+ and CM 9.1 (FXP139 for now but this happens with any version of CM 9.XXX)...
I Know that SE made diffrent hardwares to some places of the world, so i'm from Brasil, if this helps...
Thanks in advance!!
Leonardo.
No One can help??
Theres a wifi patch addon. Install that. Look at the rom thread
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Install suitable baseband and libs if available.
Look at the ROM thread for supporting baseband.
Look at the thread for basebands and libs -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1688049
Not sure why anyone would choose to flash the Beta at this stage. Flash the latest stock ROM first then CM and report back.
Thanks
Hi, Guys,
Thanks for all replys... i'll try the basebands, but need to read more about it, i don't know wich version is the correct for my device or location, ...
I want to install CM 9 because its faster then the original from Sony, i'm using, the firmware from sony but it's realy slow.. and constantly freezes...
Thanks,
Leo.
leocarv said:
I want to install CM 9 because its faster then the original from Sony
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Do what I said above, I've never had any wifi issues CM9 and the reasons you are is obvious.
Hi.
I really need help to find a way to downgrade my hboot ! I read a lot for downgrade hboot on Htc evo 3d.
But are there no methods who works to downgrade one x hboot?
i really want so bad to downgrade my hboot back to 1.12, now 1.31 ! Thanks
Unless you have S-OFF it can't be done
No,you cant
In guessing you want to downgrade because you want to run CM10? Or AOKP
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slimldj said:
In guessing you want to downgrade because you want to run CM10? Or AOKP
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Yes, thats my case. I want to go back to CM10 and AOKP roms. There are not many good roms who support the 1.31 hboot yet.
I tryied the PA rom based on cm10, dosnt work with hboot 1.31. The only roms who works are Android revolutions hd, cm10_endeavoru-ota-eng.noeri with working gps, wifi.
i dont want stock sense rom, i want a good custom rom, clean rom.
Is there a way to do this with s-off? Any guides who may work on htc one x?
Super thanks!
groven87 said:
Yes, thats my case. I want to go back to CM10 and AOKP roms. There are not many good roms who support the 1.31 hboot yet.
I tryied the PA rom based on cm10, dosnt work with hboot 1.31. The only roms who works are Android revolutions hd, cm10_endeavoru-ota-eng.noeri with working gps, wifi.
i dont want stock sense rom, i want a good custom rom, clean rom.
Is there a way to do this with s-off? Any guides who may work on htc one x?
Super thanks!
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you simply can't... no S-OFF no downgrade... S-OFF is not possible for now
Because my phone is f*cked up, maybe I'll try to downgrade to H-BOOT 0.95 soon. And what happened? The screen is not pretty much of the time, sometimes it doesn't work, only softbuttons are light up.
THERE IS A WAY TO INSTALL EVERY AOSP Rom available there
at CyanogenMOD 10 "SE" you will havw link for a kernel to run CM10-SE , you can use this kernel for ever AOSP out there to make it run on your HTC One X , you need to follow these steps
1- Flash any AOSP from from Recovery as usual after wiping for sure
2- Dont reboot and use that provided kernel and flash it also inside recovery
3- Reboot into bootloader FastBoot and flash the boot.img inside there kernel as its called "boot_1.23_1.28_hboot_v1.0 " you can rename it as boot.img for easier installing as that for newer hboots and its compaitable with CM10-SE kernel which at this point compaitable with the kernel you have just flashed
but as it indicated it dosent have a functional GPS
with these steps I have been able to try all AOSP Roms
If you need to get the GPS running you may like to try the same above steps using TripNRaVeR flashable kernel zip
I hope that would help you
HTC Venom said:
THERE IS A WAY TO INSTALL EVERY AOSP Rom available there
at CyanogenMOD 10 "SE" you will havw link for a kernel to run CM10-SE , you can use this kernel for ever AOSP out there to make it run on your HTC One X , you need to follow these steps
1- Flash any AOSP from from Recovery as usual after wiping for sure
2- Dont reboot and use that provided kernel and flash it also inside recovery
3- Reboot into bootloader FastBoot and flash the boot.img inside there kernel as its called "boot_1.23_1.28_hboot_v1.0 " you can rename it as boot.img for easier installing as that for newer hboots and its compaitable with CM10-SE kernel which at this point compaitable with the kernel you have just flashed
but as it indicated it dosent have a functional GPS
with these steps I have been able to try all AOSP Roms
If you need to get the GPS running you may like to try the same above steps using TripNRaVeR flashable kernel zip
I hope that would help you
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sounds good, but on the one hand you have no working gps and on the other hand you got random reboots with the TripNRaVeR Kernel.
We just need that damn S-Off
YolCuA said:
sounds good, but on the one hand you have no working gps and on the other hand you got random reboots with the TripNRaVeR Kernel.
We just need that damn S-Off
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probably that will never happen...
matt95 said:
probably that will never happen...
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Hope dies last
matt95 said:
probably that will never happen...
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I see more and more posts that make me think .... thank god that i did not upgrade my hboot !!!
YolCuA said:
sounds good, but on the one hand you have no working gps and on the other hand you got random reboots with the TripNRaVeR Kernel.
We just need that damn S-Off
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but since they have managed to find the way to get the gps back for the new hboots at TripNRaVeR Kernel ,im sure it will be available also for other kernels in anytime soon , , so let us wait and cross our fingers here , lucky me I have never needed the GPS here at my country
Well.. we all who have the 1.31 hboot needs to wait for a good performance and batterylife rom.
I really love vanilla rom = With out sense !
I dont know why but on the CM10 or AOKP roms all games working smoothless, buttersmooth! But with all sense roms, you get framedrops and sometimes slow. Why? i dont know why, even with jelly bean sense roms.
That is the diffrence of sense roms and CM10 graficperformance? Are there a way to go for another kernel on jellybean sense rom?
Thanks, hope for a good answer
I have the same problem, i flashed the Renovate rom and used the remove sense launcher and install themed framwork option to get rid of rosie and the ugly notification center... I use it in combination with Nova Launcher, and i must say, i like it!
You still have the default sense apps like music, mail etc, but i prefer them above the aosp variants so thats no problem for me
Live wallpaper flickering with CM10 rom tripNaver kernel
HTC Venom said:
but since they have managed to find the way to get the gps back for the new hboots at TripNRaVeR Kernel ,im sure it will be available also for other kernels in anytime soon , , so let us wait and cross our fingers here , lucky me I have never needed the GPS here at my country
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Well i have a problem with CM10 with tripNraver kernel. i have display flickering with live wallpapers. I dont know why it happens but there are no flickering while gaming.
is there anyone else who has been through this flickering?
Would somebody be so kind to give me a link to the tripnraver kernel? And is it possible to use it with any AOKP Rom?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1956102
But it stills a lot buggy and im not sure will get the gps back
I contacted HTC about my bugs present on the 1.31 hboot and their response was :
Thank you for contacting our Customer Support Center.
With regards to your inquiry , kindly note that we have already started developing an update for your phone. Once available, it will be delivered to your phone through an over-the-air (OTA) process and you should receive a notification indicating the update is available for download.
Kindly note that if you rooted your device you won't be able to get the update .
You may refer back to the service center to be to retrieve the official software.
....service center contact details and address...blah blah...
Before sending the phone to the Repair Center, kindly make sure of the below:
1. Backup the device& remove all personal data.
2. Remove all accessories and send the bare unit. (SIM card, Headset, etc).
3. A copy of the POP if available.
4. Do send the device in a safe& sealed package (e.g. from the Post Office) but NOT the original box.
5. Please note that once the device is received at the repair center a full diagnostics will be made for it, in case it is found to be faulty due to miss-use, accidental damage or illegal firmware it will be regarded as out of warranty and you will be contacted regarding the cost of repair, if you choose not to pay for the quotation you can have the device back unrepaired but you will be charged for the labor fees and VAT
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It seems they will downgrade(probably S-OFF then S-ON after downgrade) the hboot in the process.(And maybe if you're lucky they forget to S-ON )
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Vcek said:
I contacted HTC about my bugs present on the 1.31 hboot and their response was :
It seems they will downgrade(probably S-OFF then S-ON after downgrade) the hboot in the process.(And maybe if you're lucky they forget to S-ON )
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sent to Recycle Bin ha ha
i have offical ginger bread rom in my htc wildfire s ... i want to install custom rom in my wildfire s .. plz tell me the best custom rom for htc wildfire s which can work all the things fine .. also plz tell me the procedure how can i move to custom rom .. thanx
Sheesh asked so many times!!!
Unlock bootloader at htcdev.com
get clockworkmod recovery
backup
wipe data n factory reset
wipe system
flash a rom in my signature IF U R CDMA THEN DON'T FLASH IT'LL BRIKK IT!!!
I RECOMMEND CLEAR GLASS.
engr_adnan_00 said:
i have offical ginger bread rom in my htc wildfire s ... i want to install custom rom in my wildfire s .. plz tell me the best custom rom for htc wildfire s which can work all the things fine .. also plz tell me the procedure how can i move to custom rom .. thanx
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Dude use the search option......or go to this thread if you are new here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1970145
best rom
Okay, I know this question was asked many times, but I went through the results and can't find what I'm looking for.
I have HTC Wildfire S (marvelc) , rooted, and I'm looking for custom rom which:
enables link2SD
has standard sense keyboard (or more to say, has this little button enabling to quickly toggle input languages)
has working sense clock/weather widget (might sound silly, but i love those weather animations)
I've spent last weekend installing different custom roms on my htc (WildChild, Random, HenseMod7) and neither fulfilled these requirements. Some didn't work at all
If you guys know any rom that does do what I need, that would save me a lot of time and probably my mental health
It Really isnt do hard, download your ROM, copy it into the sdcard, boot into recovery(turn off you phone and take the battery out, reinsert it and hole the volume down button+power button, use the volume keys to nevigate, and the power key to select) locate you ROM and there you have it! itll take some time to install it and reboot. \
I use the CM9 ICS ROM by Modpunk, You can find it here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1633198
anka.sauer said:
Okay, I know this question was asked many times, but I went through the results and can't find what I'm looking for.
I have HTC Wildfire S (marvelc) , rooted, and I'm looking for custom rom which:
enables link2SD
has standard sense keyboard (or more to say, has this little button enabling to quickly toggle input languages)
has working sense clock/weather widget (might sound silly, but i love those weather animations)
I've spent last weekend installing different custom roms on my htc (WildChild, Random, HenseMod7) and neither fulfilled these requirements. Some didn't work at all
If you guys know any rom that does do what I need, that would save me a lot of time and probably my mental health
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The only ROM for Marvelc that i can think of that uses these are Hensemod, or any other variant of the stock ROM...someone just posted a CM10 for the Marvelc, which doesn't meet any of these requirements, but I love it already...
jmz sense or teamblueridge sense. you can get the second one from goo manager just download the app and look at compatible roms. personally I like dudeman's pa for marvelc and of course the new cm 10 which has come a long way in 3 days.
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