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Hello everybody!
Firstly I'd like to apologize for posting a few threads here recently! I'll be picking up this device in under 2 weeks when I get paid and I'll be tinkering with it as soon as possible so I'd rather know what I'm doing now instead of waiting till I get the device and then start asking questions and getting help so...
I'm not a complete noob when it comes to Android phones. I've flashed both of my devices and messed around with other things along with ROM Porting etc so the HTC One V shouldn't be too much of a challenge/task for me to mess about with!
Basically, when I get the device I'll be using the Toolkit to unlock bootloader and install a recovery then flash the PROVISION ROM as it seems to be the best for me.
So when I open the Toolkit do I simply follow the instructions to unlock the Bootloader followed by flashing a Recovery (Which one is recommended? I've used Clockworkmod on my past devices) then the next option is flashing a Kernel, which one do I choose or can I just skip this part and reboot my device into recovery and start flashing? And will I need to flash the Superuser app via the Toolkit or are the ROMs pre-rooted?
The ROM which I want to flash (Provision) mentions something about flashing the boot.img in the zip folder before flashing the ROM, how do I go about flashing that or can I just flash the ROM folder with the boot.img in it and that's fine?
Finally, does this device have decent internal memory or will I need to use A2SD scripts and move my Dalvik to SD?
Any nice idiot-proof tutorial/help would be great.
Thanks.
I recommend cwm I find it more easy to use. But u may always try the other. flash the kernel inside the rom.zip or any other one that is prescribed by the dev(u will have to flash kernel from fastboot,u can't skip it as the rom won't boot without this step)how to flash is described in the link given below .most Roms are pre-rooted if not flash the superSU.zip from recovery.
I have accidentally thanked you enjoy!
See this for info regarding flashing-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1996665
Try TWRP u will never switch back
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Thanks for the replies. I appreciate it.
I've created a folder on my desktop with the Toolkit in along with the Provision rom zip, the gapps and the boot file. Do I basically follow the toolkit then fastboot the boot.img then reboot into recovery and flash the rom and gapps then reboot and everythings fine? Also should I keep the boot.img inside the zip or should I remove it now?
no harm if you keep it
Sent from my One V
Use toolkit which is best way to all this type.of stuff
Sent from my HTC One V using xda premium
ok im truely frustrated after trying to figure this out in past 2 days and reading more than 60 threads/websites.
Problem:
my one x was running 4.0.4 rooted +supre user+CWM, till i got the notification for 4.1 update. i pressed install now and downloaded around 380 MB, during the update phase a red exclamation icon appeared and phone rebooted into 4.0.4.
relocked bootloader, flashed stock recovery and downloaded it again and this time copied the OTA file before pressing install. so i installed and same issue.
uninstalled Avast AV (android) and ran through the same process again, same thing, started up into 4.0.4 again.
unlocked the bootloader, flashed CWM 5.8.4, copied ota file into phone and renamed it to update.zip. ran it from recovery menu and got status 7 error.
downloaded and ran JBFWTOOL21 and followed the instructions, during one of the steps i encountered an error and after restarting the phone i was stock at "HTC One x" with "beatsound" logo at bottom.
NOW NOTHING WORKS
what ive tried so far:
relocked loader and flashed stock recovery and tried Factory Reset, no luck.
unlocked loader and flash CWM and tried wiping cache and wiping disk. nothing.
relocked loader,flashed recovery and ran stock RUU "RUU_ENDEAVOR_U_ICS_40_HTC_ARA_1.28.415.9_Radio_1.1204.103.14_release_25679_signed" but it doesnt work, give an error related to version numbers or something.
extracted system.img, boot.img from RUU temp folder ROM.zip and tried to flash but cant flash system.img (918mb). something about not enough HEAP i think.
from the OTA JB zip extracted recovery.img, boot.img and recovery.img and flashed them. nothing.
downloaded "One_X_All-In-One_Kit_v2.1" and tried kernel flash, nothing.
clearing cache via fastboot command also doesnt work
really appreciate any helpful input guys, im really frustrated. thanks
Oh my.. First, stop unlock and relock of bootloader. Do you have a cwm backup from before all this started? Flashing cwm and restoring that backup will get you far.
The first ota attempt failed due to cwm, always return to stock recovery (recovery.img from your cwm backup image) before applying ota update!
Kind Regards
TwinAdk
unfortunately, no. no backup.
since it all started from the official update i didnt make any backups.
Stop trying flash randomly. Run the following command:
fastboot getvar version-main
it wasnt just random flashing, i starting reading different posts and so tried them all one-by-one to see which works, anyway the output:
version-main: 3.16.415.4
woomera said:
it wasnt just random flashing, i starting reading different posts and so tried them all one-by-one to see which works, anyway the output:
version-main: 3.16.415.4
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Well that's why the older RUU wouldn't work. You have the latest.
You'll need to go to the ROM backups thread and see if you can get a backup and flash its boot.img and restore it from CWM.
Actually, reboot your PC and try to flash system.img and boot.img again. You will probably need to be locked.
but isnt that the boot.img from "OTA_ENDEAVOR_U_JB_45_S_HTC_ARA_3.16.415.4-2.17.415.2_release_304331jrfus698taf4vm1x"?
cause i have already tried it, didnt work. i have the OTA file.
Modified my post. Look up.
i have boot.img from firmware with hboot 3.16 and 3.19, which one to use?
and the system.img is from stock RUU which is "RUU_ENDEAVOR_U_ICS_40_HTC_ARA_1.28.415.9_Radio_1.1204.103.14_release_25679_signed", will that work?
the OTA JB is a zip file and doesnt have system.img.
Err.. 1.39?
yes
the firmware included in "JBFWTOOL21" is 1.36 which is used by many to manually upgrade to JB but the firmware inside the OTA file itself is 3.19 which is also the version i updated to since i thought its the reason the update doesnt work.
the Hboot version on my phone is 1.39 at the moment.
Hmmm. Looks like you'll have to find a backup in the backups thread and flash it.
BenPope said:
Hmmm. Looks like you'll have to find a backup in the backups thread and flash it.
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i dont understand, a backup of what? the system.img?
Something similar happened to me....my phone was bootlooping. I flashed a custom rom and it booted up fine... did u try flashing a custom rom?
sridheepan said:
Something similar happened to me....my phone was bootlooping. I flashed a custom rom and it booted up fine... did u try flashing a custom rom?
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I thought about suggesting that too, but I'm new to flashing so I didn't feel confident enough to do it..
But off the top of my head, a custom rom, complete with boot.img and everything should work..
I'm using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2013506, it's super great and support all hboot versions.
No guarantees it will work though.
Kind Regards
TwinAdk
sridheepan said:
Something similar happened to me....my phone was bootlooping. I flashed a custom rom and it booted up fine... did u try flashing a custom rom?
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guess it worth a try even though i'd rather fix the problem in hand in another fashion.
gonna give it a try and post the results.
k so i downloaded the Blade rom and it worked, thanks "TwinAdk".
so now about JB. should i just use "JBFWTOOL21" or better if i do it manually?
and is this the right order to do it manually: ?
-unlock bootloader
-flash CWM
-flash boot.img
-install from zip in CWM
woomera said:
i dont understand, a backup of what? the system.img?
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A nandroid backup, like what Clockworkmod recovery makes.
woomera said:
k so i downloaded the Blade rom and it worked, thanks "TwinAdk".
so now about JB. should i just use "JBFWTOOL21" or better if i do it manually?
and is this the right order to do it manually: ?
-unlock bootloader
-flash CWM
-flash boot.img
-install from zip in CWM
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NP, glad it worked! So now you have a phone that can actually boot up and make phone calls.. Not on the stock rom you wanted, but it's better than when you started this thread
From this point on, you can use a "return to stock" thread for the HOX.
1. Make a NANDROID backup via CWM (so you can get back to what you have now!)
2. Move the backup to your computer, to avoid anything happening to it
3. See this tutorial ([TUT] Getting back to stock after flashing custom roms [Noob friendly])
NOTE: The thread says the following in the top:
NOTE: These instructions require that you have one of the ICS hboot versions in order to work (1.12.0000 or lower). If you have one of the new JB hboots 1.28, 1.31 or 1.33 there is currently no way to return to stock until a JB ruu is released for your device.
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The "new jb hboots" also refers to 1.39.
I have the 1.39 myself, and i believe i am able to return to stock via my CWM backup of my stock phone, from before i flashed a custom rom the first time.. Is that assumption wrong? Someone more experienced than me to the rescue, please
Kind Regards
TwinAdk
BenPope said:
A nandroid backup, like what Clockworkmod recovery makes.
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thanks for the clarification
TwinAdk said:
NP, glad it worked! So now you have a phone that can actually boot up and make phone calls.. Not on the stock rom you wanted, but it's better than when you started this thread
From this point on, you can use a "return to stock" thread for the HOX.
1. Make a NANDROID backup via CWM (so you can get back to what you have now!)
2. Move the backup to your computer, to avoid anything happening to it
3. See this tutorial ([TUT] Getting back to stock after flashing custom roms [Noob friendly])
NOTE: The thread says the following in the top:
The "new jb hboots" also refers to 1.39.
I have the 1.39 myself, and i believe i am able to return to stock via my CWM backup of my stock phone, from before i flashed a custom rom the first time.. Is that assumption wrong? Someone more experienced than me to the rescue, please
Kind Regards
TwinAdk
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i have read the same thing, also "BenPope" mentioned it. so with this version of Hboot (1.39) i cant restore unless its a nandroid backup.
but i dont wanna go back to stock ICS! i wanna finish what i was trying to do in first place, Upgrade to JB.
but no matter what i do i get the "status 7 error". i have tried it with the OTA my phone downloaded and also downloaded it again directly from HTC website via a link from one of the threads in forum.
so status 7 apparently is related to CRC error but how can that be? and what is my option right now to do the upgrade? also bear in mind that before all these happened the normal upgrade process via the "system update" also failed with a red icon error.
Hey guys!
First sorry if this is wrong subforum, or there is an anserw for my problem. I spent about 5 hours on trying to do this.
Firstly I'm a noob in this subject.
I want to flash rom X - Gamer or True Smooth. ( are they any good?)
And I flashed generic .62 on my phone (Xperia Arc ) but I don't know what to do next.
I tried doing all those drivers, CWM, kernel things but I'm just lost now.
I can't learn all the things in one day..
Can someone give me links to best versions of things I need and say step by step how to do it? (or link to good toutorial)
Thank you so much for any help guys!
~ J
you need first flash kernel, then you must open cwm and set your zip file of rom from your sd card
So I need to paste it on SD card in zip? K.
When I'm trying to flash it in fastboot mode that appears "ERROR - This action can only be done in fastboot mode"
Do you have unlocked bootloader?
You have to place the ROM .zip file on the SDcard.
Depending on the bootloader status, you have to either install custom kernel for CWM Recovery or install one in system partition, latter being more riskier.
Someguyfromhell said:
Do you have unlocked bootloader?
You have to place the ROM .zip file on the SDcard.
Depending on the bootloader status, you have to either install custom kernel for CWM Recovery or install one in system partition, latter being more riskier.
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Yup I've gott my bootlader unlocked.
So what next after placing .zip file on SD?
"- Copy ROM setup file to SD card
- Enter CWM and choose the setup file
- Follow instruction in AROMA installer, customize the ROM as you like and click Install. NOTICE: in Extra section, unchecked item means you don't like it to install with this ROM, so it will be removed if it's already existed (in case you re-install the ROM)"
These are isntructions, so how do I intall CWM correctly?
Phone is rooted, I've got recoveyx on it and i installed CWM for GB. But I can't acces recovery mode. I spammed back button, volume down, hold it..
Please help..
If you have unlocked bootloader, get custom kernel for GB (LuPuS or DooMKernel), flash it in fastboot mode, get into the recovery, factory reset, wipe /system and then install zip from sdcard and choose the ROM zip.
Having unlocked bootloader and then rooting phone, installing CWM via an app is useless, time-wasting and caused many issues.
Okay I'm lost again.. I flashed Lupus and my phone didn't want to start. Blue led flashed but screen was still black..
now I've got android version 2.3.4 (4.0.2.A.0.62) generic.
Bootloader is unlocked (100% sure)
Which kernel should I choose to make this work?
Sorry I'm so nooby in this subject
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K I kindof sorted everything. Thx for help!
well, I was installing a aosp jelly bean rom and I installed the boot.img first and then flashed the rom, but the rom said that the install was aborted due to bootloader issues or something. I then tried to restore my nandroid backupand that put me stuck on the htc screen on bootup. I then tried to install stock recovery as a guide told me or something and it got rid of my backup. I have no idea what to do. I have reflashed CWM and can boot into the bootloader and the recovery. How can I install a new rom or a stock rom to make this work. Please help!
My main number is this : 4.18.401.4
my hboot version is 1.72.0000
my radio version is 5.1204.167.31
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well, I was installing a aosp jelly bean rom and I installed the boot.img first and then flashed the rom, but the rom said that the install was aborted due to bootloader issues or something. I then tried to restore my nandroid backupand that put me stuck on the htc screen on bootup. I then tried to install stock recovery as a guide told me or something and it got rid of my backup. I have no idea what to do. I have reflashed CWM and can boot into the bootloader and the recovery. How can I install a new rom or a stock rom to make this work. Please help!
My main number is this : 4.18.401.4
my hboot version is 1.72.0000
my radio version is 5.1204.167.31
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are you flashed the boot.img from the backup?
Thant said:
are you flashed the boot.img from the backup?
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It deleted my backup so I couldn't get it... not sure what to do...
my situation is that my backup is gone and I am stuck at the htc quietly brilliant logo
gman88667733 said:
It deleted my backup so I couldn't get it... not sure what to do...
my situation is that my backup is gone and I am stuck at the htc quietly brilliant logo
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ok wich hboot and wich recovery you flashed first time, now you are with the stock one.
1. Unlock bootloader and flash THIS recovery
take the recovery.img from zip paste it in your fastboot folder and flash it with the command fastboot flash recovery recovery.img then go in recovery and charge the phone
2. Do you have some rom on your sd card?
3. Wich CWM version?
Edit if your AICP rom is still on sd card flash THIS RECOVERY then install the rom and flash the boot.img.
I think you tryed with the old recovery to install KitKat or LP rom big mistake
Thant said:
ok wich hboot and wich recovery you flashed first time, now you are with the stock one.
1. Unlock bootloader and flash THIS recovery
take the recovery.img from zip paste it in your fastboot folder and flash it with the command fastboot flash recovery recovery.img then go in recovery and charge the phone
2. Do you have some rom on your sd card?
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okay, so this will sound odd but I rfandomly flashed philz touch recovery and my phone turned on and is now working.... I think I need the proper help to install a custom rom now, instead of messing up... could you maybe get me the files for a JB AOSP rom? I would appreciate it! not sure what to look for now after this, scared i'll mess up. Thanks!
gman88667733 said:
okay, so this will sound odd but I rfandomly flashed philz touch recovery and my phone turned on and is now working.... I think I need the proper help to install a custom rom now, instead of messing up... could you maybe get me the files for a JB AOSP rom? I would appreciate it! not sure what to look for now after this, scared i'll mess up. Thanks!
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Why you not install some sense for first time or try to flash some CM12 or lolipop. Remember Philz 5.15.9 is only for JB roms and mount sd card work only on 5.15.9. If you want KitKat or Lolipop you must to change the recovery to this where I give you in my post, but dont forget to copy the rom to sd card with this recovery first., or easy way download some sense and flash it
Say wich rom you want to flash and I will give you the right link for rom
Thant said:
Why you not install some sense for first time or try to flash some CM12 or lolipop. Remember Philz 5.15.9 is only for JB roms and mount sd card work only on 5.15.9. If you want KitKat or Lolipop you must to change the recovery to this where I give you in my post, but dont forget to copy the rom to sd card with this recovery first., or easy way download some sense and flash it
Say wich rom you want to flash and I will give you the right link for rom
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You are very kind when flashing a rom, do I remove the boot.img from the rom file to flash via fastboot, or do i just make a copy of it? I would like to flash cm 10.2 to begin with, which files do i need and which recovery? thank you in advance, you are a great help!
Also, my phone only came with 1.5gb free space for apps... It is a 32gb phone and i have 25gb of storage left but it says only 1.5gb out of 6gb for apps, how do i unlimit this?
gman88667733 said:
You are very kind when flashing a rom, do I remove the boot.img from the rom file to flash via fastboot, or do i just make a copy of it? I would like to flash cm 10.2 to begin with, which files do i need and which recovery? thank you in advance, you are a great help!
Also, my phone only came with 1.5gb free space for apps... It is a 32gb phone and i have 25gb of storage left but it says only 1.5gb out of 6gb for apps, how do i unlimit this?
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10.2 is too old but it is your decision. just extract the boot.img from zip and put it in your fastboot folder. Don't extract the hole zip, and copy the original zip on your sd card. You can move the apps to your sd card CM support it
Well I want an aosp rom that means i can stick to the same recovery. It seems easier to stick to JB, would that be okay? Could you find me the relevant files?
I basically want the easiest one to install and the most risk free!
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Dear XDA Members,
I currently run stock 5.1.1 (14.6.A.1.236) with no modifications whatsoever and a locked bootloader.
I would like to install a custom rom (PAC-ROM LP-MR1 5.1.1) on my Z1C.
I did some research and these are the steps i came up with:
1. install sdk and drivers
2. unlock bootloader
3. fastboot flash recovery "fota.img" (shouldn't it specify somehow that i need it to be flashed on the fota partition?)
4. factory reset/wipe
5. install custom rom + gapps
Coming from a locked bootloader a fully stock phone is there anything else i need to do like a new bootloader or something?
Also I'll be doing it through Win 10 64bit, I hope that isn't a problem.
Any advice will be highly appreciated.
Thank you very much
ursidae1 said:
Dear XDA Members,
I currently run stock 5.1.1 (14.6.A.1.236) with no modifications whatsoever and a locked bootloader.
I would like to install a custom rom (PAC-ROM LP-MR1 5.1.1) on my Z1C.
I did some research and these are the steps i came up with:
1. install sdk and drivers
2. unlock bootloader
3. fastboot flash recovery "fota.img" (shouldn't it specify somehow that i need it to be flashed on the fota partition?)
4. factory reset/wipe
5. install custom rom + gapps
Coming from a locked bootloader a fully stock phone is there anything else i need to do like a new bootloader or something?
Also I'll be doing it through Win 10 64bit, I hope that isn't a problem.
Any advice will be highly appreciated.
Thank you very much
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First things first... Root. If you already did that then you're on the right track.
1. If you're not doing major development stuff, don't install the whole sdk. See here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48915118 There may be issues you'll have to work with on newer versions of Windows. I haven't done it on anything later than 7. Keep in mind, though, that you won't need the computer to flash your boot img or rom, but you will need it to unlock the bootloader.
2. -
3. You can do this with an app called Rashr on your phone with root. Just download a recovery img, then open Rashr and follow the instructions.
4-5. Boot into recovery, full wipe, (system data and caches), flash rom zip and gapps zip. Maybe best to not flash more than that at once to start, in case there's a problem and you have no way to figure out what it is.
BTW, PacMan is a great choice. I've been using it for months.
levone1 said:
First things first... Root. If you already did that then you're on the right track.
1. If you're not doing major development stuff, don't install the whole sdk. See here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48915118 There may be issues you'll have to work with on newer versions of Windows. I haven't done it on anything later than 7. Keep in mind, though, that you won't need the computer to flash your boot img or rom, but you will need it to unlock the bootloader.
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3. You can do this with an app called Rashr on your phone with root. Just download a recovery img, then open Rashr and follow the instructions.
4-5. Boot into recovery, full wipe, (system data and caches), flash rom zip and gapps zip. Maybe best to not flash more than that at once to start, in case there's a problem and you have no way to figure out what it is.
BTW, PacMan is a great choice. I've been using it for months.
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Thanks a lot for your reply.
I was reading on the cyanogen mod wiki how-to for our phone and it doesn't require a prior root.
I did those steps on my xperia m and it worked and i had never rooted it, the only difference is that i flashed cyanogen recovery and install cm12 which basically roots the phone and then flashed fota recovery.
Should i go this way again to gain root or would you recommend an easier root method for my stock build which is the newest.
If you recommend another root method when should it occur? prior unlocking the bootloader or afterwards?
Thanks
If this is your first time unlocking your bootloader, make sure you backup your DRM-Keys! You need to be rooted for that.
They are lost when bootloader gets unlocked. Some features in regards of camera performance are lost for example.
ursidae1 said:
Thanks a lot for your reply.
I was reading on the cyanogen mod wiki how-to for our phone and it doesn't require a prior root.
I did those steps on my xperia m and it worked and i had never rooted it, the only difference is that i flashed cyanogen recovery and install cm12 which basically roots the phone and then flashed fota recovery.
Should i go this way again to gain root or would you recommend an easier root method for my stock build which is the newest.
If you recommend another root method when should it occur? prior unlocking the bootloader or afterwards?
Thanks
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True, if bl is unlocked, then you can flash the kernel and recovery via fastboot, then flash your rom. You may need the boot.img from your rom zip file. Then use commands 'fastboot flash boot' for the boot img, and 'fastboot flash recovery' for recovery. If you're rooted already, you can just do it on the phone.
levone1 said:
True, if bl is unlocked, then you can flash the kernel and recovery via fastboot, then flash your rom. You may need the boot.img from your rom zip file. Then use commands 'fastboot flash boot' for the boot img, and 'fastboot flash recovery' for recovery. If you're rooted already, you can just do it on the phone.
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This is fantastic.
Do you think itll be ok to fastboot flash boot boot.img from cm12.1 rom zip then fastboot flash recovery fota.img instead of the cyanogen recovery that comes with cm12.1?
Do you think that might cause an issue?
ursidae1 said:
This is fantastic.
Do you think itll be ok to fastboot flash boot boot.img from cm12.1 rom zip then fastboot flash recovery fota.img instead of the cyanogen recovery that comes with cm12.1?
Do you think that might cause an issue?
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Should be fine. It's also a 1 second operation to extract boot.img from your rom zip, which you need already downloaded and on your SD card before you flash imgs. You might even be fine without flashing the boot img - can't hurt to try. Just flash the recovery and reboot and see if you get a purple light. Then, volume button changes purple to orange, and you're in recovery. Some recoveries don't work with some kernels, (been my experience).
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Should be fine. It's also a 1 second operation to extract boot.img from your rom zip, which you need already downloaded and on your SD card before you flash imgs. You might even be fine without flashing the boot img - can't hurt to try. Just flash the recovery and reboot and see if you get a purple light. Then, volume button changes purple to orange, and you're in recovery. Some recoveries don't work with some kernels, (been my experience).
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I now have cm12.1 with cyanogen recovery.
Which recovery is best for our phone, which one do you use?
I can find 2 options:
FOTA TWRP 2.8.6.0 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/sony-xperia-z1-compact/general/fota-twrp-recovery-amami-t2909719)
XZDualRecovery (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2647480)
Thanks a lot
ursidae1 said:
I now have cm12.1 with cyanogen recovery.
Which recovery is best for our phone, which one do you use?
I can find 2 options:
FOTA TWRP 2.8.6.0 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/sony-xperia-z1-compact/general/fota-twrp-recovery-amami-t2909719)
XZDualRecovery (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2647480)
Thanks a lot
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I have only used xzdr with stock rom. I think in the past I've had it not work for me on CM, so I just stick to straight twrp by default. I know NUT has always been hard at work and has made steady improvements, so maybe not an issue now. Personally I realized that I only need 1 recovery anyway. There's a newer Twrp here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/twrp-v2-8-6-0-f2fs-z1-z1c-z2-z3-z3c-t3098573
One important fact that has already been probably mentioned is that installing custom roms on your XPERIA will worsen your camera, esp the front one. Keep this in mind.