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[Q]flashing stock ROM

Can I flash stock ROM.zip extracted from RUU 2.26.401.3 via CWM ? Or rename ROM.zip to PG76IMG.zip and flash via HBOOT ?
I have HBOOT 1.09.0099, unlocked bootloader and CWM recovery.

miso00 said:
Can I flash stock ROM.zip extracted from RUU 2.26.401.3 via CWM ? Or rename ROM.zip to PG76IMG.zip and flash via HBOOT ?
I have HBOOT 1.09.0099, unlocked bootloader and CWM recovery.
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You can do the latter but you may need a goldcard and a locked bootloader.
Sent from my Wildfire S A510e using xda premium

miso00 said:
Can I flash stock ROM.zip extracted from RUU 2.26.401.3 via CWM ? Or rename ROM.zip to PG76IMG.zip and flash via HBOOT ?
I have HBOOT 1.09.0099, unlocked bootloader and CWM recovery.
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better go with PG76IMG.zip and flash via HBOOT.and if you have branded phone make gold card first.
this works for me.
good luck

Interesting
Interesting. Will this process also be able to lock bootloader and not have it say relocked?
Thank you again

Dmcd7782 said:
Interesting. Will this process also be able to lock bootloader and not have it say relocked?
Thank you again
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no its only for unrooting..bootloader will be relocked symbol.if u remove that and fully restored to factory state use downgrading hboot tutorial it ll unroot+lock bootloader.

Thank you. All I have to do is search the forums for a tutorial to Remove the relocked symbol, find the right stock rom ( i have metropcs does it matter which rom i get as long as its metro?) and downgrade hboot?
Thank you for the help
Sorry if this has been asked before (which it proberly has)

Dmcd7782 said:
Thank you. All I have to do is search the forums for a tutorial to Remove the relocked symbol, find the right stock rom ( i have metropcs does it matter which rom i get as long as its metro?) and downgrade hboot?
Thank you for the help
Sorry if this has been asked before (which it proberly has)
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for downgrading your hboot this is the tutorial.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1540952
and ya it matter when you s-on.find your appropriate rom sometimes if you ported wrong stock rom,your phone can be bricked.so please for your phone's safety use your stock rom.i told you because ages i mistakely ported european ruu on my wfs.and its just bricked so be careful.
today i saw rezo's tool for removing symbols i dont know much but you can try it too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1748367
good luck.:good:

thank you for the help and info. Do you know where i can find the right stock rom for my phone what should i look for? i have metro pcs. i found one that i matched up with the radio numbers from hboot but, the one i found its last 4 digits were different then my radio digits. i cant seem to find the stock rom.
thank you

Dmcd7782 said:
thank you for the help and info. Do you know where i can find the right stock rom for my phone what should i look for? i have metro pcs. i found one that i matched up with the radio numbers from hboot but, the one i found its last 4 digits were different then my radio digits. i cant seem to find the stock rom.
thank you
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did u see football's marvel collection?
http://www.filefactory.com/f/7b4aa0a541dcf00f/
or if u cant find there post question in q&a section,maybe someone helped you.
because i cant find it.
good luck

yeah, i checked that site. the third one down says metro but, im not sure if its the right one. Thank you for your help. I'm gonna go to the q and A section
thank you again

Dmcd7782 said:
yeah, i checked that site. the third one down says metro but, im not sure if its the right one. Thank you for your help. I'm gonna go to the q and A section
thank you again
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Send me your phone's software detail.maybe can find.

where do i find my phones software info?
---------- Post added at 07:06 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:01 AM ----------
would this be it
marvelc pvt ship s-on rl
hboot-1.10.0001
microp-0354
radio-0.94.00.1226
Apr 17 2012, 18:21:30
thank you

Dmcd7782 said:
where do i find my phones software info?
---------- Post added at 07:06 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:01 AM ----------
would this be it
marvelc pvt ship s-on rl
hboot-1.10.0001
microp-0354
radio-0.94.00.1226
Apr 17 2012, 18:21:30
thank you
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no.not this..go in setting>about phone>software information>more and tell me build and baseband version.
coz by this u can find ur suitable stock rom...when i want my ruu its not available on net i find alot but i put thread in q&a section.and someone has it so i got it..so u also put thread about that and i ll try my best to find it.

oh, my screen is cracked. i can see it just the touch part wont work. Can i find it if i log into my carriers website or on the sd card anywhere? Maybe theres a command in cmd?
thank you

Dmcd7782 said:
oh, my screen is cracked. i can see it just the touch part wont work. Can i find it if i log into my carriers website or on the sd card anywhere? Maybe theres a command in cmd?
thank you
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no.i dont think so. i cant find yr stock rom till now..hope anyone reply on your new thread.
good luck

Dmcd7782 said:
yeah, i checked that site. the third one down says metro but, im not sure if its the right one. Thank you for your help. I'm gonna go to the q and A section
thank you again
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Yes, that's the right one. But with that one you have to do 2 OTA's.
Here's insink71's stock MetroPCS rom : http://androidforums.com/wildfire-s...1-rooted-apps2sd-metropcs-only-marvelc-3.html
It's version 1.1 and it's in post 116. Caveat: this didn't work for my phone after the second OTA, but I have a weird-ass phone, so it might work for you.
My solution was to use a nandroid another forum member had posted, ran it through dsixda's kitchen (to get it rooted and such), then themed with UOT kitchen. It took a lot of searching, then reading to understand all that, but it was worth it. I now have a nice rom running on my phone. Do the reading and you'll be surprised at how much you learn.
Good luck.

Thank you so much you have been such a big help

[Q] Quick unrooting for OTA question

Hi experts,
i know this is very simple for you.. please help....
i have an orange version of HOX, which i have rooted(only root, no cust roms).
now to get OTA, i know that i will have to lock the bootloader again.
but my question is... i have been reading a lot about RUU... so do i need to do anythng there??? or just lock the bootloader?
please give me specific link to download and follow...please...

BTW my speck -
HTC One X, it is the UK Orange version, and i live and use it in India.
android ver - 4.04
sense - 4.1
softwre no - 2.17.61.3
htc sdk api - 4.23
kernel - 2.6.39.4
ENDEAVORU S-On RL
HBOOT - 1.12.0000
Radio - 2.1204.135.20
CID - ORANG001

No you don't need to flash ruu
Only relock bootloader
Also if youve installed cmw or twrp so any other recovery ...you have to install stock recovery ...
And you have to temporarily unroot by using the app ota root keeper
1.flash stock recovery
2.backup root then delete it (nit the backup )
3.lock bootloader
4.install ota update

You dont need to lock the bootloader, just flash the stock recovery and unroot the rom. That's all

how to ( or where to ) find stock recovery????????????

yode said:
how to ( or where to ) find stock recovery????????????
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google is your friend :good:

yode said:
how to ( or where to ) find stock recovery????????????
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Or a quick search here on xda is enough ! Don't be lazy now !!!

not tht he is lazy.. i think we noobs are just scared tht we dun scre* up the phone...
i will try to find it and post a link here....
but just 1 question.... can i just install any stock recovery tht i find for HTC one X, or it need to be somethng specific to my model... for ex version, CID etc..

You need to flash the stock recovery from the right base. Like the 2.17 or 1.29 base.
And the lazy part was just a little hint that everything is really easy to find here on xda. There are enough guides to follow....check the stickies in the android dev section and you will see that everything has been covered there ! :thumbup:

i really.. really did search for recovery img for ENDEAVORU, softwre no - 2.17.61.3, HBOOT - 1.12.0000
Radio - 2.1204.135.20
CID - ORANG001
i seriously dont seem to find it... i do find 2.17.XXX.xx though
please give me a link if someone has it.
also i will be using the ALL in One tool and i am hoping thts the best method.

niftycalls said:
not tht he is lazy.. i think we noobs are just scared tht we dun scre* up the phone...
i will try to find it and post a link here....
but just 1 question.... can i just install any stock recovery tht i find for HTC one X, or it need to be somethng specific to my model... for ex version, CID etc..
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just right. i was doing moding and flashing with my ex galaxy mini and that was much easier than this . so very sorry and much thanx

niftycalls said:
i really.. really did search for recovery img for ENDEAVORU, softwre no - 2.17.61.3, HBOOT - 1.12.0000
Radio - 2.1204.135.20
CID - ORANG001
i seriously dont seem to find it... i do find 2.17.XXX.xx though
please give me a link if someone has it.
also i will be using the ALL in One tool and i am hoping thts the best method.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1859714
It's in the first post. If you scroll and read a bit you see the download links for the recovery's
You need the 2.17 recovery ..the rest of the numbers are not important.

hi all.. is there a way to find out when CID - ORANG001 JB update is released so that i can unroot at that time?
i googled but didnt find an answer... is there a site or specific thread?

Yes keep an eye on this thread !
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1967859
All info about updates are there

hey experts...
i am gonna unroot my HOX today....
so i have the 2.17 recovery...
which i can flash....
i have been reading a lot of tutorials whr thy finally flash RUU, but i dont need that as i already have stock.
i just need to unroot...
so what exactly do i do here?
1 - Flash Stock recovery
2 - Fastboot oem lock
Then what... what is the step that gets it unrooted??
is locking the boot loader enough???
i hope you understand what exactly i need here.....
i am doing all this just so that i get OTA!
Thanks in advance

BTW.. i also have SU installed.. do i need to uninstall it,

also as per MarcelHofs, i dont need to lock bootloader... so just flash stock recovery, and unroot...
so hows the unroot process exactly?

Flash recovery.img
Erase cache
Reboot remove supersu app(actually just to do this step before flashing the recovery)
Reboot and you are done.

niftycalls said:
hey experts...
i am gonna unroot my HOX today....
so i have the 2.17 recovery...
which i can flash....
i have been reading a lot of tutorials whr thy finally flash RUU, but i dont need that as i already have stock.
i just need to unroot...
so what exactly do i do here?
1 - Flash Stock recovery
2 - Fastboot oem lock
Then what... what is the step that gets it unrooted??
is locking the boot loader enough???
i hope you understand what exactly i need here.....
i am doing all this just so that i get OTA!
Thanks in advance
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Hey
Since Ur Already On stock I would Recommend This Link
Just Scroll Down At The Bottom It will Be Written Ignore The Top Part
http://onexroot.com/one-x-unroot/how-to-unroot-rooted-htc-one-x/ :laugh:

Uninstalling the su app= unrooting.

[Q] HTC One X cm 10.1 install

Hey there, I am having issues trying to install CM 10.1 on my One X.
To start, I sort of messed up, hit the wrong button on accident and somehow wiped my entire OS from my phone and can't remember how to install one back. If someone has insight on how to bring the original android OS back, that would be helpful. Okay, now to real issue.
This is the issue I have trying to install CM 10.1 on my phone.
Bootloader is unlocked and the phone is rooted.
Once I flash the boot.img and go back into TWRP to install from SD card, it tells me
"assert failled: getprop("ro.product.device") == "endeavoru" 11 getprop("r
E:Error executing updater binary in zip '/sdcard/cm-10.1.0-endeavoru.zip
Error flashing zip '/sdcard/cm-10.1.0-endeavoru.zip'
Any help would be great!

Post the outcome of :
Fastboot getvar version-main
From there we can help better and have some critical info

Mr Hofs said:
Post the outcome of :
Fastboot getvar version-main
From there we can help better and have some critical info
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It came up with 3.18.502.6

Did you make a nandroid backup of the stock rom ? And what does the top of your bootloader say, can you provide that info ?

Mr Hofs said:
Did you make a nandroid backup of the stock rom ? And what does the top of your bootloader say, can you provide that info ?
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EVITA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
hboot 2.14.0000
radio 0.24p.32.09.06
openDSP-v34.1.0.45.1219
eMMC-boot
and I did, but for some reason everything was wiped from my sd card so I could not go back and restore my phone

Ah thought so, you are fishing in the wrong forum. You have to be in the HTC one XL (AT&T) forum. We can't help you here as all of this is for a different type hox !
Edit : but your phone can be fixed you can even make it s-off and flash anything you want. But for all that you have to go to your device specific forum

Mr Hofs said:
Ah thought so, you are fishing in the wrong forum. You have to be in the HTC one XL (AT&T) forum. We can't help you here as all of this is for a different type hox !
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Lol, could you possibly link me the correct forum? I was sent here due to apparently being in the wrong forum?

The link to the correct forum is in the thread i linked here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2356998

[Q] HTC One X Recovery Issue

Hi.
I had some issues hope here i got the solutions. I have HTC One X - International Version
I am trying to make backup of my original rom from Hboot Menu. But when i select RECOVERY it restart and shows a Red Exclamation sign then i have to restart the phone. Please tell solution with screenshot and download files link that are needed step by step because i don't know much about these things. Device is not rooted
Device Details"
*** LOCKED ***
ENDEAVORU PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.72.0000
CPLD-None
MICROP-None
RADIO-5.1204.167.31
eMMC-bootmode: disable
CPU-bootmode: disable
HW Secure boot: enable
Modem Path : Off
Jun 21 2013, 18:24:41
Hope this will help to answer.

First unlock the boatloader via the HTC dev site then you flash a custom recovery (philz touch recovery for instance) and in there you make a nandroid backup.
And please read up first on how things work exactly, there are many good tutorials here on xda hox forum to guide you all the way. and always start with a 100% charged battery !!!

Mr Hofs said:
First unlock the boatloader via the HTC dev site then you flash a custom recovery (philz touch recovery for instance) and in there you make a nandroid backup.
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Ok i have successfully unlocked the bootloader
how to - flash a custom recovery can you explain with screenshots.. :good:

See that's what i mean. We are not here to spoonfeed.
Download the recovery and place it in the fastboot folder. Then phone in boitloader and flash it

Mr Hofs said:
See that's what i mean. We are not here to spoonfeed.
Download the recovery and place it in the fastboot folder. Then phone in boitloader and flash it
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Found this... got the files now and reading steps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2487443

Good ! When you encounter serious issues come back here
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yqzlpqo8illa53j/Philz recovery 5.15.9.img
Flash that one, it's explicit for our hox !

Mr Hofs said:
Good ! When you encounter serious issues come back here
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yqzlpqo8illa53j/Philz recovery 5.15.9.img
Flash that one, it's explicit for our hox !
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@Mr Hofs are this philz_touch_6.01.0-endeavoru.zip recovery work well or have any problem because I see you mention the previous version?

Thant said:
@Mr Hofs are this philz_touch_6.01.0-endeavoru.zip recovery work well or have any problem because I see you mention the previous version?
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Yes i personally have the issue that UMS is not working. Some others around me confirmed it as well. According to Phil it can be pc driver related but i havent found a solution at all. So i am sticking to safe

Mr Hofs said:
Yes i personally have the issue that UMS is not working. Some others around me confirmed it as well. According to Phil it can be pc driver related but i havent found a solution at all. So i am sticking to safe
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@Mr Hofs you are really awesome man... Thumbs Up brother :good:
I have taken the backup now...
So can you tell me any good roms which are stable i will do rest of the things by reading.
One question : Is is necessary to root android to do custom roms ?

No custom roms are pretty much always rooted.
I won't recommend any roms, you have to read the threads a bit and make a decision on your own (rom comparison threads are forbidden on xda)
Look for what you might like, stock but rooted, aosp, sense with lots of tweaks or maybe a very stripped down rom......
All personal choices
Edit :
How do i say this....you can root your stock rom or flash a custom rom which is already rooted. The phone itself is not really rooted. Root applies to the software that is flashed on the phone.

Well i have checked my phone now it's rooted. Have superuser and titanium backup too. :thumbup:
I have taken backup of my original rom and save it on my laptop.
Now i want to select the rom with stability, good ui and performance.
Thanks man you always been the most helpful person on xda..:beer:
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app

sam53 said:
Well i have checked my phone now it's rooted. Have superuser and titanium backup too. :thumbup:
I have taken backup of my original rom and save it on my laptop.
Now i want to select the rom with stability, good ui and performance.
Thanks man you always been the most helpful person on xda..:beer:
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app
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Cheers mate, happy flashing !

htc one x stuck on bootloop while rooting

hi all,
today i tried to root my htc one x. i unlocked its bootloader from htcdev. all went fine. i checked the bootloader unlocked.
then i tried to root my phone using this thread early published (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1644167)
but the root.zip file was not downloadable.
then i tried other sites, same probs necessary files were not downloadable.
went to other site (http://www.knowyourmobile.com/htc/htc-one/17426/how-root-your-htc-one-x) downloaded the file, followed the instructions,
my phone stuck into bootloop. only i can switch off my phone using power+vol down, and can acess the fastboot menu... my phone is not
powering up. any help please. i don't know anything how to fix this. any help will be appreciated.
I THINK MY PHONE IS NOT GOING TO POWER UP, HELP PLEASE
my phone CID is:HTC_38
version-main: 4.19.720.1
HBOOT-1.73.0000

b2jeeet said:
hi all,
today i tried to root my htc one x. i unlocked its bootloader from htcdev. all went fine. i checked the bootloader unlocked.
then i tried to root my phone using this thread early published (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1644167)
but the root.zip file was not downloadable.
then i tried other sites, same probs necessary files were not downloadable.
went to other site (http://www.knowyourmobile.com/htc/htc-one/17426/how-root-your-htc-one-x) downloaded the file, followed the instructions,
my phone stuck into bootloop. only i can switch off my phone using power+vol down, and can acess the fastboot menu... my phone is not
powering up. any help please. i don't know anything how to fix this. any help will be appreciated.
I THINK MY PHONE IS NOT GOING TO POWER UP, HELP PLEASE
my phone CID is:HTC_38
version-main: 4.19.720.1
HBOOT-1.73.0000
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as you have mention above the link of root.zip,its of HTC One XL(non-tegra device)
if you have htc one xl then you are in wrong place..

He has the quad-core. The XL variant has no 1.73 hboot and 4.19.720 software number. So he is in the right place
Easiest way now is to restore the nandroid backup you probably didn't make before messing around with the superuser.zip !

Mr Hofs said:
He has the quad-core. The XL variant has no 1.73 hboot and 4.19.720 software number. So he is in the right place
Easiest way now is to restore the nandroid backup you probably didn't make before messing around with the superuser.zip !
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ok so far i have downloaded a nandroid back up from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975140
CID HTC__038 .. Nandroid Backup 3.14.720.24 CID HTC__038 thanks to aakash_hellyeah
and did restoring http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1859714 using this as instructed
still didnt done. while restoring it said an error message.
any suggestion will be appreciated. thanks

The 3.14 ain't gonna help you as the touchscreen won't work ! You need a nand that matches your main.
If you can't find one then i suggest you install a clean new custom rom of your choice !

then cyangenmod?
Mr Hofs said:
The 3.14 ain't gonna help you as the touchscreen won't work ! You need a nand that matches your main.
If you can't find one then i suggest you install a clean new custom rom of your choice !
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if i install clean new cyangenmod? do i need to do anything extra? i mean any other installation!
do i need to follow any other method except installing using clockworkmod recovery?
sorry for asking many things, i never knew that tinkering with htc one x would cause me a brick device on my hand

You need to flash the boot.img via fastboot, make a full wipe in the recovery and install the CM.zip and the appropriate GAPPS......

thanks for your precious time
Mr Hofs said:
The 3.14 ain't gonna help you as the touchscreen won't work ! You need a nand that matches your main.
If you can't find one then i suggest you install a clean new custom rom of your choice !
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thanks for your precious time. i took your advice and just installed cyangenmod it has powered up
thanks friend

htc sense
Mr Hofs said:
You need to flash the boot.img via fastboot, make a full wipe in the recovery and install the CM.zip and the appropriate GAPPS......
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is there any way to go back to my original firmware? cause i really loved htc's own rom, it was really beautiful.
if possible pls give detailed instructions.
thanks for bring my phone back from dead

Well you need a stock nandroid backup that has the same main version number 4.19.720 and restore it. As long as you don't have that you can't go back to stock. But there are custom roms based on pure stock looks. You can install that too.

good roms based on htc sense
Mr Hofs said:
Well you need a stock nandroid backup that has the same main version number 4.19.720 and restore it. As long as you don't have that you can't go back to stock. But there are custom roms based on pure stock looks. You can install that too.
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pls suggest me some good custom roms based on pure stock looks. if i tri i feel that i might mess up again
thanks

b2jeeet said:
pls suggest me some good custom roms based on pure stock looks. if i tri i feel that i might mess up again
thanks
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These are close to stock :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1562603
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2562616
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1546970
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2410320
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2027029

same nandroid for htc one x
Mr Hofs said:
These are close to stock :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1562603
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2562616
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1546970
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2410320
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2027029
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i have a friend who has same version-main: 4.19.720.1, like mine. but the problem he has s-on in his phone
if i install clockworkmod recovery v5.8.4.0 in his phone without unlocking it, and then make a nandroid back up and transfer that to mine, would
that help me?
if not what should i do, pls give some detailed guide, cause i really dont like cyangenmod, and the other stock looking roms have the installation guide that is quite complex for me.
thanks

b2jeeet said:
i have a friend who has same version-main: 4.19.720.1, like mine. but the problem he has s-on in his phone
if i install clockworkmod recovery v5.8.4.0 in his phone without unlocking it, and then make a nandroid back up and transfer that to mine, would
that help me?
if not what should i do, pls give some detailed guide, cause i really dont like cyangenmod, and the other stock looking roms have the installation guide that is quite complex for me.
thanks
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You can't install anything like that via fastboot if phone is locked...you need to be unlocked and for the latest cm roms like cm 11 that recovery is too old... He can unlock too, flash a recovery make a nandroid backup without flashing another Rom and there is your backup
Gesendet von meinem HTC One X mit Tapatalk

Other roms installs the same way as CM. Flash the boot.img make a full wipe and install the rom.zip....done

Here is the nandroid backup for HTC 038 4.19 - https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B3ipMMzpaJW4bGpMVTRNRHFpOUk/edit
But they're seperate files and you need to download them all and place them in the right folder.
Sent from my HTC One X

did you try formatting cache, data and Dalvik in recovery??
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

AhsonAli said:
did you try formatting cache, data and Dalvik in recovery??
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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That is considered in the term full wipe !?

flashed android revolution hd
Mr Hofs said:
Other roms installs the same way as CM. Flash the boot.img make a full wipe and install the rom.zip....done
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i have flashed the android revolution hd rom. this rom is the perfect one, just the same as htc stock rom.you guys were really helpful.i would like to know many things about kernel and kernel flasher. what kernels actually does? i tried search the forum but couldn't find a simple post about it.
i like using android, and i wanna know most of it if i can.......thanks

Simple explanation, the kernel and hboot function sort of as a bios of a pc. It interacts with the software.
A kernel flasher....you don't need that if you flash the boot.img (kernel) straight from fastboot. The flasher does the same.