[Q] Another noob with a bricked HOX - HTC One X

At the moment it's on a bootloop with the HTC screen, although I've managed (just now) to flash CM10 which is now stuck on a loop of the CM10 Android splash screen
I'm feeling confident that this can be sorted as I can access phone through fastboot/adb and can mount the SD so all isn't lost... I'm on UK O2 HOX
Just looking for a little direction, I used to be fairly confident around the inside of my old HTC desire, but lost interest... Things are rather different with the HOX and I suspect I've maybe screwed up with some misguided bravado...
Mr Hofs has provided some excellent learning material on his responses to issues similar to mine but to no avail...
I've tried a lot of things, bootloader is unlocked, flashed boot.img and recovery.img but when I flashed x.xx.206.x - O2 UK (United Kingdom) firmware.zip with hboot 1.36 it said it failed (with no information as to why)
Just looking for pointers on where to go next!
Starting to become concerned I've made a proper mess...

mathesonewan said:
I've tried a lot of things, bootloader is unlocked, flashed boot.img and recovery.img but when I flashed x.xx.206.x - O2 UK (United Kingdom) firmware.zip with hboot 1.36 it said it failed (with no information as to why)
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Additional to this - I've been through 10-12 pages of various fixes (searched bootloop within HOX forum) that's why the above is a little vague... They've all merged into one...

1: what hboot do you have now ?
2: what recovery are you on ?
and put the phone in the recovery in the mean time. it charges the battery there

Are you flashing cm10 or cm10.1 'cause cm10 does not support hboot 1.36.

Recovery is TWRP v2.4.1
HBoot is 1.36
and I'd read that somewhere about not supporting 1.36 and I've just checked it's 10.1 I was trying to flash

Everything sounds good to me.
Try again with my instructions:
1. Flash boot
2. Full wipe
3. Flash rom
4. Flash gapps
It should boot.

Yep....and otherwise the way around ! because i helped somebody on team-V ...it didnt work the way TT described. but actually did work the other way around
in recovery a full wipe....
install the rom and gapps
adb reboot bootloader
and flash the boot.img followed by
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot

TToivanen said:
Everything sounds good to me.
Try again with my instructions:
1. Flash boot
2. Full wipe
3. Flash rom
4. Flash gapps
It should boot.
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Mr Hofs said:
Yep....and otherwise the way around ! because i helped somebody on team-V ...it didnt work the way TT described. but actually did work the other way around
in recovery a full wipe....
install the rom and gapps
adb reboot bootloader
and flash the boot.img followed by
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot
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Right I'll try these out - If TTs method isn't successful is there anything I would need to be aware of inbetween these two methods? Or are both pretty much starting from scratch? (I hope you understand what I mean..?)

mathesonewan said:
Right I'll try these out - If TTs method isn't successful is there anything I would need to be aware of inbetween these two methods? Or are both pretty much starting from scratch? (I hope you understand what I mean..?)
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TToivanen said:
Everything sounds good to me.
Try again with my instructions:
1. Flash boot
2. Full wipe
3. Flash rom
4. Flash gapps
It should boot.
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I've expanded on the above steps to ensure I'm completing them correctly
1. Extracted the boot.img from the firmware zip contained within the CM10.1 zip, then ran fastboot flash boot boot.img from cmd line - this completed and reported "OKAY"
2. Full wipe done using TWRP - system wipe - for good measure wiped everything else too (wasn't sure if system was a catch all for the others or not)
3. Rom Flashed using TWRP install cmd (I've assumed this is the correct way to do it...)
4. Flashed Gapps similarly
It's now past the HTC "quietly brilliant" splash (very very quiet just now...) and is stuck on the CyanogenMod splash just circling round and round...
Going to try the other method see if I have anymore luck!

OK... So haven't had any luck with either method...
When flashing the boot.img it's behaving differently to how it did before - it now triggers the phone to reboot whereas it never did before... Is that normal?
Is there any more information I can give you guys that might narrow down the issue?
Thanks in advance!

i would try a stanrd sense based rom ..... just to check its all fine, i have seen more people that didnt get it booted, why ? no clue....
did a proper wipe....factory reset,wipe caches, dalvik cache, data, system ?
then it should work !

Just downloading the stock rom just now, going to try from there... At this point in time I'll be happy to just have a working phone!

Success!
I tried going back to the stock rom but something mad happened with the recovery (i.e. it didn't work anymore) and was replaced with a graphic of a flat HOX with a sync symbol and then the sync symbol was replaced by a red cross...
So had a minor panic, realised that something wasn't right with TWRP, so flashed on CWM, then flashed the boot.img from the stock zip, and flashed the rom perfectly.
I'm tempting fate but I started this process wanting a new rom and I will finish it, but I'm glad my phone isn't bricked!
Thanks to you both for your input, your faith certainly encouraged me to not give in!
Keep up the awesome work!

Well you can always try again to install CM10.1.....again but now with cwm.

I went with viper - which has flashed successfully, but everytime I unlock the screen it comes up with a white HTC screen... haha time to start trawling the viper forum... or go for CM again!

Strange.....tho i have the idea you missed something in the wiping process ?

Funnily enough for a "low stress" option I wiped everything (CWM > advanced > wipe em all) then reflashed the boot.img from CM10.1, then flashed the rom and it's loading into CM10 but repeatedly flashes "unfortunately the process com.android.phone has stopped"
There is something funny going on if no custom roms are working no?

Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe cache partition
Advanced - wipe dalvik cache
Mounts & storage - format cache,data,system
That should do it.....

ohhhhh the mounts and storage one is new to me... I'll try that now with a custom...

Meh didn't work... I'm going to reflash the stock and go to bed I think!

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Wifi not authorized? PLEASE HELP

Hello all. I am rooting my gfs cuz KF. I applied root using the .96 auto root tool. 2.2.2.1 twrp recovery that ran 6.3.1 amazon software. I flashed 3-4 roms and they wouldn't let me get passed the android set up guy. I clicked on the android and it says "sorry, setup wizard cannot be opened." So I found the glazed ics rom that didnt have the set up menu. Flashed the glazed rom and it boots up. When I go in to set up my wifi connection it says authorized failed. And them acquire network connection, and then back to authorization. Is their something I could have done wrong in root? Is their something I can do to fix! Please help!
DROID DOES ....DROID X and DROID XYBOARD.
Explain your exact method you`re using to flash a rom and gapps in full detail. What wipes you are doing, everything from beginning to end. Maybe its just better off I tell you how?
1. Transfer rom.zip and matching gapps.zip to your sdcard in zip form. ( Matching gapps as in the correct one for Gingerbread ,ICS or Jelly Bean there`s one designed for each system)
2. When in recovery wipe factory reset , wipe cache , wipe dalvik , wipe system.
3. Flash rom.zip , flash gapps.zip , when done select reboot then system if prompted.
Do you believe you are missing any of these step? In this order? Bet you are.
Good luck
Edit: If gapps are included no need to flash them but sometimes when prebaked in you can experience mounting issues. This doesn`t sound like your problem sounds more like missed steps and a dirty flash.
Thank you sir. I am going to do it how you said. I am doing the wiping out of order. I am flashing using twrp recovery. It boots up it just really weird how the wifi wont work. If you dont mind if it does not work I will send you a PM. If that will be alright. Thank you again. I will try this tonight.
DROID DOES ....DROID X and DROID XYBOARD.
That`s fine let me suggest a rom. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1778010 Twrp is what you want to be flashing with.

[Q] Need Help, Phone stuck on boot up

I have had Cyanogenmod 7 for some time now, but ever since yesterday it is stuck on the Cyanogenmod boot screen and does nothing. I can get into Clockworkmod Recovery, but I am scared to do anything past that for fear of messing something up. Do you all know something I could try to get my phone back working (It is an HTC Inspire on AT&T)
Thanks
Ellimistopher said:
I have had Cyanogenmod 7 for some time now, but ever since yesterday it is stuck on the Cyanogenmod boot screen and does nothing. I can get into Clockworkmod Recovery, but I am scared to do anything past that for fear of messing something up. Do you all know something I could try to get my phone back working (It is an HTC Inspire on AT&T)
Thanks
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Do you remember anything that happened/changed between when it was working and when it wasn't? S-ON or S-OFF?
Since you can get into CWM, I would just flash a new ROM. In fact, I would first dirty flash the same ROM over the one you've got first to see if that fixes it. If that doesn't work, clean flash a different ROM.
bananagranola said:
Do you remember anything that happened/changed between when it was working and when it wasn't? S-ON or S-OFF?
Since you can get into CWM, I would just flash a new ROM. In fact, I would first dirty flash the same ROM over the one you've got first to see if that fixes it. If that doesn't work, clean flash a different ROM.
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What's the easiest way of going about this, I haven't ever done anything past the initial root and flash
Just put the ROM to be flashed on the SD card, it's a zip - and then choose to "install from zip" and navigate to it in Recovery. You could find a superwipe .zip file - which cleans all caches etc - on this forum, and that will give you the assurance that your phone is squeaky clean for when you flash the ROM zip file.
Just make sure your phone is - preferably - fully charged. The only thing that can go wrong is the battery running out while flashing .
If for whatever reason it still doesn't get past the bootloop, re-flash or try flashing a different ROM.
There are plenty of really good ROMs for the HD in the ROM sub-forum, for a rock-solid alternative, look at the Android Revolution ROMs.
Ellimistopher said:
What's the easiest way of going about this, I haven't ever done anything past the initial root and flash
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Download the ROM (make sure it's the exact same version as the one you first flashed) onto your computer. Get the ROM onto your phone, either by using an sdcard adapter or by booting into CWM and mounting the sdcard on the computer. In CWM, wipe cache and dalvik, then install the ROM zip. Reboot. (If you're S-ON, say so; there are a couple extra steps.)
If that doesn't work, do it again with a different ROM. Also, instead of wiping only cache and dalvik, also wipe system and data. You will lose all your installed apps and saved data.
Sorry, but I can't give exact step-by-step CWM instructions because I don't use CWM.
So all I did was reflash the exact same file that I already had on my SD card, and that worked. Cleared the data/caches and I'm back online. Thanks for the help.

[Q] Flashing a rom...

Extract Rom and grab the boot.img
Make a Full Wipe (Factory Reset,System,Cache,and Davlik Cache)
Install ROM
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
REBOOT
Enjoy!!!
With these instructions *i've never flashed a rom before* I should download the rom, extract the boot.img where I have the fastboot.exe on my computer, do full wipe, put the zip file on my sd card and install in recovery, reboot and go into fastboot mode and flash the image, and then reboot again right? Or am I missing something? Sorry, as I said i've never done this before.
Yeah that's right but flash the kernel (boot.img) first ...because you may get stuck in a bootloop ...so flash kernel first
Ya too bad each step has very specific things you need to do and it takes quite a bit of time sifting through these forums to understand just wtf is going on.
This might help flashing if you've rooted already:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNR84FST1KQ&feature=plcp
donhashem.dh said:
Yeah that's right but flash the kernel (boot.img) first ...because you may get stuck in a bootloop ...so flash kernel first
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atonz said:
Ya too bad each step has very specific things you need to do and it takes quite a bit of time sifting through these forums to understand just wtf is going on.
This might help flashing if you've rooted already:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNR84FST1KQ&feature=plcp
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Thanks for your help. I actually went ahead and tried mine first, to see because i'm impatient and it worked totally. Thanks everyone!!!
Ok, I'm having issues with this installing ROMs/kernels.
I entered fastboot
I flashed the boot.img for the kernel I want
I toggled to hboot
I went into recovery (twrp 2.2.0)
I did wipe -> Factory Reset, Cache, Dalvik Cache, System
I installed the zip for ROM I want to use [found here]
I flashed the zip for the kernel I want to use (to install the libs) [found here]
wiped dalvik/cache again
reboot system
Now my phone just bootloops. Not sure what I did wrong.
I should mention I did get it to boot once back when I first installed the ROM because I did a normal reboot not a reboot into fastboot (was doing the install the ROM then the boot.img approach at the time) and hadn't installed any boot.img (still had the stock) but ever since I overwrote it all i get is bootloops.
Also, I even tried the same steps using the boot.img included with the ROM as opposed to the other one.
To make things worse, backups are almost useless because with the phone being S-ON even if the boot.img is being backed up, it not getting restored. A point made extremely obvious by the fact that it still bootloops after restoring my backup.
I am currently running the RUU but am hesitant to try and install any ROMs without some idea of what I did wrong.
Any help is appreciated.
-----EDIT------
Ok, I think the problem was the recovery I used. I installed the CDMA TWRP from the OneV tool, and one linked in the cdma development thread and a couple CWM version found there as well. But what seemed to work was getting TWRP straight from the source. After running the RUU I installed version 2.3.1.0 and repeated the steps using the boot.img included in the ROM and it worked. If I'm feeling adventurous later I'll try my luck with the other kernel lol.

[Q] Problem booting custom rom after firmware update

Hi all,
As you can see from my post count I usually manage to solve any issues I have with the search funtion but this one has got complicated
I updated the firmware on my handset to upgrade the hboot, I know have 1.36.0000.
Since this though I'm having trouble booting any ROMs. Fastboot and CWM recovery are all fine but flashing boot.img and flashing the ROM from the sdcard I can't get past the HTC screen or sometimes the ROM's boot image. I also remember to erase cache after flashing the boot.img
I have a nandroid backup of a stock ROM that I've used to get the phone working but I'd like to know what's happening! I've tried this thread on getting out of boot loops but not had any luck.
If anyone has any ideas I'd appreciate it or if you need any other info please ask
I believe the handset has supercid but I used the info cidnum: ORANG001 3.16.61.6 anyway
I'm not very experienced with this so am hopeful I've missed something simple
Thanks in advance
This may sound stupid but did you perform a full wipe before installing the rom.zip ?
Mr Hofs said:
This may sound stupid but did you perform a full wipe before installing the rom.zip ?
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Hey, thanks for the reply.
I've been over and over the process as I thought it might be something like that, but went through the instructions for each ROM step by step and wiped everything from CWM before flashing
I've done some more Googling and it looks like a lot of people have had problems with non-sense ROMs on hboot 1.36. I'm going to download a sense one and give that a try
Ah oke.....well i know this, if you want to run CM10 you need a modified boot.img ! This one
http://db.tt/uDdWaAtH
For the rest of the aosp roms i have no to less knowledge
Mr Hofs said:
Ah oke.....well i know this, if you want to run CM10 you need a modified boot.img ! This one
*boot.img link*
For the rest of the aosp roms i have no to less knowledge
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I think I saw your post helping someone else about a modded boot.img for CM10 - there's no GPS, correct?
Maybe it's time to love Sense again
Yes i believe so, CM10.1 has it working. But yeah I'm always on sense
Problem rebooting
Mr Hofs said:
This may sound stupid but did you perform a full wipe before installing the rom.zip ?
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I hav the same problem as above hav also updated to the same hboot and fw I'm also with orange. Tried to flash a rom did fastboot flash boot boot.img. Phone would not reboot. I did a nandroid backup but still my HOX will not boot it stays on the HTC quietly brilliant screen when I try restore from nandroid back up
Did you also flash the boot.img from the nandroid backup ?
Mr Hofs said:
Did you also flash the boot.img from the nandroid backup ?
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No I can't get into the phone storage to get it. Where would I get that boot.img
yes you can, go into the recovery and mount the sdcard as a mass storage device....that way its a diskdrive and you can copy out the boot.img file....what recovery do you have, type and version number ?
Drunkineck said:
Hi all,
As you can see from my post count I usually manage to solve any issues I have with the search funtion but this one has got complicated
I updated the firmware on my handset to upgrade the hboot, I know have 1.36.0000.
Since this though I'm having trouble booting any ROMs. Fastboot and CWM recovery are all fine but flashing boot.img and flashing the ROM from the sdcard I can't get past the HTC screen or sometimes the ROM's boot image. I also remember to erase cache after flashing the boot.img
I have a nandroid backup of a stock ROM that I've used to get the phone working but I'd like to know what's happening! I've tried this thread on getting out of boot loops but not had any luck.
If anyone has any ideas I'd appreciate it or if you need any other info please ask
I believe the handset has supercid but I used the info cidnum: ORANG001 3.16.61.6 anyway
I'm not very experienced with this so am hopeful I've missed something simple
Thanks in advance
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Can you send me your boot.img I have same hboot CID and fw
Going into the recovery and mounting it .... Is faster i guess ..... Takes just a few minutes......
Mr Hofs said:
yes you can, go into the recovery and mount the sdcard as a mass storage device....that way its a diskdrive and you can copy out the boot.img file....what recovery do you have, type and version number ?
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Clockwork mod 5.8.2.7 can't get it to mount I get this
E:Unable to open ums lunfile(no such file or directory)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/guvfqd7tp8acxg6/recovery 5.8.4.0.img
flash this one and your problem is solved
Mr Hofs said:
flash this one and your problem is solved
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In my haste to mount the phone last time I've ballsed up big time I've deleted all my sd card data nandroid back up has gone Your recovery did work and I managed to mount the successfully. Is there any thing I can do now
yes...flash a brand new rom. you said you updated the hboot to a JB one, so you must be able to run any rom now. which one would you like....
ow and keep the phone in the recovery, the battery loads in there !!!
Mr hofs the helper
Mr Hofs said:
yes...flash a brand new rom. you said you updated the hboot to a JB one, so you must be able to run any rom now. which one would you like....
ow and keep the phone in the recovery, the battery loads in there !!!
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Thanks for all the advice and help I'll try another rom. :good:
Need a small tut ?
start in the bootloader and flash the boot.img of the rom
unhook the cable and enter recovery (to avoid error messages)
in the recovery you do :
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
advanced - wipe dalvik cache
mounts & storage - Format cache,data,system
then you mount the sdcard as a mass storage device, hook on the cable and copy the rom.zip.
UNHOOK THE CABLE BEFORE INSTALLING THE ROM !
install the rom.zip and reboot the phone.
Good luck mate.....if you need help just ask here again :good:
Mr Hofs said:
Need a small tut ?
start in the bootloader and flash the boot.img of the rom
unhook the cable and enter recovery (to avoid error messages)
in the recovery you do :
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
advanced - wipe dalvik cache
mounts & storage - Format cache,data,system
then you mount the sdcard as a mass storage device, hook on the cable and copy the rom.zip.
UNHOOK THE CABLE BEFORE INSTALLING THE ROM !
install the rom.zip and reboot the phone.
Good luck mate.....if you need help just ask here again :good:
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Thank you again I got insert coin rom up and running, the rom it went wrong on was jellybam. :good::good::laugh:
Nice ! :thumbup:
CASE CLOSED !

[Q] MIUI for V One Help! (What in hells name am I doing wrong?!)

Hey there;
Firstly, thanks for your great efforts on the ports of your roms and consistent, useful forum help.
I appreciate that you probably get a load of these threads but I could really use some help with the installation of the ROM, as I've had a load of problems trying to install it.
I am attempting to install the MIUI rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1797515), and I am coming from the original software that comes with the device.
I have an unrooted One V, coming from the base OS and kernel. Currently, I can't get past the Jellybean Android screen (getting stuck on starting apps), and usually I can't even get past the MIUI screen at all. Here are the steps I've taken;
- I downloaded this kernel: boot-TK-USB-201302150054 from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1765687 and flashed it in fastboot, twice.
- Then launch into recovery, follow the instructions on your thread (format all apart from SD), and go ahead and install the .zip.
- Clear Delvik, clear Battery and Fix permissions, then proceed to reboot in an attempt to get in. At this point it hangs on MIUI screen for up to 5 minutes.
- I then try re-flashing the kernel in fastboot again. Still no help.
- I then try and reinstall the .zip from the SD card, and still no improvement.
I imagine I'm doing something very wrong, but I can't work out what it is and it's driving me crazy.
Can you help?!
Thanks in advance, Reasoner.
you are installing an older rom version which has no support..and is old
paarthdesai said:
you are installing an older rom version which has no support..and is old
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Any chance you good point me in the right direction for an newer version?
Also, am I doing all the steps right?
paarthdesai said:
you are installing an older rom version which has no support..and is old
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Okay, I have now attempted to install YOUR version of MIUI, and I'm still not having any luck.
I have;
- Flashed the boot.img using the one you suggest on your thread (twice)
- Booted into Recovery, cleared all caches excluding SD
- installed from .zip in CWM Recovery
- Cleared Delvik
On reboot I still get stuck on the MIUI screen.
Reasoner said:
Okay, I have now attempted to install YOUR version of MIUI, and I'm still not having any luck.
I have;
- Flashed the boot.img using the one you suggest on your thread (twice)
- Booted into Recovery, cleared all caches excluding SD
- installed from .zip in CWM Recovery
- Cleared Delvik
On reboot I still get stuck on the MIUI screen.
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Ignore this, tried again and got through! Thanks a bunch!

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