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[Q] installing custom roms

hi...
can any1 tell me how to install custom roms using pc...........
i have searched the forum....but couldnt find any answer.................
sorry for starting a new thread........
thanks in advance

General Method:
- find, download and copy a flashable rom called "fullwipe 1.3" to the sd
- copy the zip with the rom you want to load in it to your sd card
- reboot into cwm recovery
- install zip from sd card
- choose the fullwipe 1.3 zip
- install
- then choose the rom's zip
- install
- reboot
wait for it to load. there you go.
For more advanced rom's, you must make directory's on your sd card for them to work properly. Follow instructions posted by the Rom's developer for proper installation.

thanks bro..........4 all ur help..............
1 more question........
what about using it through the fone......
i mean .....after downloading through the rom manager..........should i follow the same procedure ????

question
I rooted today, s-off & eng-off, installed rom manager
what do i have to do to get clockwork to work
I try booting into recovery but, display goes blank & has a red triangle symbol & after many minutes nothing happens..... can some inform me of the step I may have missed or something i can do to verify that i have the device set up properly.
Hopefully Thanks in advance.

gixer131 said:
question
I rooted today, s-off & eng-off, installed rom manager
what do i have to do to get clockwork to work
I try booting into recovery but, display goes blank & has a red triangle symbol & after many minutes nothing happens..... can some inform me of the step I may have missed or something i can do to verify that i have the device set up properly.
Hopefully Thanks in advance.
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Flash CWM recovery from rom manager again.

Hawks556 said:
Flash CWM recovery from rom manager again.
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I can appreciate that, but I need to know what to do. I try to do that & i get an error while attempting to run privileged commands. Flashing sounds all great but I cant seem to get it to do anything in recovery... error issues trying to do that, or anything else, I also have super user update issues that say they put a recovery image on the sd card & to go boot that from within recovery.
Just hoping to find out why i cant do the simple things everyone speaks of.

gixer131 said:
I can appreciate that, but I need to know what to do. I try to do that & i get an error while attempting to run privileged commands. Flashing sounds all great but I cant seem to get it to do anything in recovery... error issues trying to do that, or anything else, I also have super user update issues that say they put a recovery image on the sd card & to go boot that from within recovery.
Just hoping to find out why i cant do the simple things everyone speaks of.
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Well if you can't flash recovery from Rom Manager then there's something wrong with your root privileges or s-offs... Just to make things clear, how did you try to flash the recovery?

AT THE TOP OF THE BOOTLOADER IT MUST SAY "... ENG S-OFF RL" FOR THIS TO WORK
With the device connected, boot into bootloader and select FASTBOOT and press power once.
It will now show FASTBOOT USB, and give you 4 options.
Download the newest 4.x.x.x version of the cwm recovery from the dev section.
Download My Toolkit and Extract to C:\
In the recovery zip that you downloaded from the dev thread, find the "recovery.img" and extract it to the RESOURCE folder of my toolkit. (make sure its only the recovery.img and not the folders it sits in)
open up a command prompt (windows key + R, type "cmd" and hit enter)
type in: cd "C:\HTC ACE TOOLKIT\RESOURCE" and hit enter.
the prompt should now be in that directory.
now type in the following EXACTLY and press enter afterwards:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Let it flash, and badaboom, you have just flash cwm recovery.

JSLEnterprises said:
AT THE TOP OF THE BOOTLOADER IT MUST SAY "... ENG S-OFF RL" FOR THIS TO WORK
With the device connected, boot into bootloader and select FASTBOOT and press power once.
It will now show FASTBOOT USB, and give you 4 options.
Download the newest 4.x.x.x version of the cwm recovery from the dev section.
Download My Toolkit and Extract to C:\
In the recovery zip that you downloaded from the dev thread, find the "recovery.img" and extract it to the RESOURCE folder of my toolkit. (make sure its only the recovery.img and not the folders it sits in)
open up a command prompt (windows key + R, type "cmd" and hit enter)
type in: cd "C:\HTC ACE TOOLKIT\RESOURCE" and hit enter.
the prompt should now be in that directory.
now type in the following EXACTLY and press enter afterwards:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Let it flash, and badaboom, you have just flash cwm recovery.
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The BOOTLOADER SAYs "... ENG S-OFF but no RL @ the end
Can someone instruct me to what I may have done wrong? I know if I try to s-off or ENG-off I now get a connection problem but the first time I tried it seemed to work properly.
Thanks

Thanks for the help, I have successfuly flached clockwork now & a new rom.... What should I do to update a radio for my device on telus? Thanks

gixer131 said:
Thanks for the help, I have successfuly flached clockwork now & a new rom.... What should I do to update a radio for my device on telus? Thanks
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well, in that toolkit i told you to download is a command script that does pretty much what I told you do to for the recovery.
Since you and I have the exact same phone I recommend grabbing the radio from the 2.52 korean build (Radio_12.59.60.26U_26.11.04.21_M), and the rill's as well.
Here is the radio and ril (first 2 links, download via the dropbox links): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=996630
make sure you're in bootloader > fastboot and it says FASTBOOT USB on the screen
take a radio.img from within the zip and drop it into the resource folder and then run the shorcut in the toolkit.
It will now flash the radio to your phone and reboot.
Now with the rill's you flash via cwm recovery, from the RIL zip you downloaded, off your sd card in the same way you would flash a rom.

JSLEnterprises said:
well, in that toolkit i told you to download is a command script that does pretty much what I told you do to for the recovery.
Since you and I have the exact same phone I recommend grabbing the radio from the 2.52 korean build (Radio_12.59.60.26U_26.11.04.21_M), and the rill's as well.
Here is the radio and ril (first 2 links, download via the dropbox links): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=996630
make sure you're in bootloader > fastboot and it says FASTBOOT USB on the screen
take a radio.img from within the zip and drop it into the resource folder and then run the shorcut in the toolkit.
It will now flash the radio to your phone and reboot.
Now with the rill's you flash via cwm recovery, from the RIL zip you downloaded, off your sd card in the same way you would flash a rom.
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I would Like to thank you for your help & support, I was a the step of having fastboot usb And on my pc I unziped the radio And droped the image in the resource folder, a window pops up (disk burner) only option to choose is DVD R Drive.... do I have to have the SD card unmouted as a disk drive to the computer?

leave disk burner outta this. lol
The phone should be in bootloader under "fastboot" so the highlighted area will say FASTBOOT USB (since your phone is connected to your pc).
If radio.img is in the RESOURCE folder of my toolkit, go back to the main folder (HTC ACE TOOLKIT) and just double click the "Flash Radio" shorcut.

JSLEnterprises said:
leave disk burner outta this. lol
The phone should be in bootloader under "fastboot" so the highlighted area will say FASTBOOT USB (since your phone is connected to your pc).
If radio.img is in the RESOURCE folder of my toolkit, go back to the main folder (HTC ACE TOOLKIT) and just double click the "Flash Radio" shorcut.
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Most excellent! Thanks & Thank you, your help has been most usefull & is quite appreciated!

Changed Rom
Changed rom last night & wanted to know weather I should flash the "rill's" & "radio" each time I change roms. I just did the radio now so hope that cures the tinny sound, also it sounded kinda tinny just playing music, is there a patch or something else to do or is all that fixed in the radio?
Any suggestion on roms to try? using Revolution HD right now.

BRICKED Galaxy Nexus - please help me restore/advice

Hi I attempted to root my phone, got SU but was having problems flashing any roms, using any apps that required /root or accessing recovery. Figured something might not have worked and tried to unroot and start again. All steps were followed via http://forums.androidcentral.com/ve...-root-unroot-unlock-your-vz-galaxy-nexus.html
I'm stuck in the Google bootscreen with my only other option being bootloader, it still says Locked State - Unlocked. But my computer can't see my phone, Odin doesn't work and I still don't have a definitive method of restoring my phone via a MAC.
This ISN'T Resolved. I get errors when attempting to fastboot the stock image
~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/adb reboot bootloader
brings about the following error
"error: device not found"
I was already in bootloader and tried:
~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/fastboot flash boot ~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/boot.img
I get:
error: cannot load '/Users/grnmons/Desktop/adb-fastboot/boot.img'
If anybody has any ideas please let me know, I really don't know what to do at this point.

grnmons said:
Hi I attempted to root my phone, got SU but was having problems flashing any roms, using any apps that required /root or accessing recovery. Figured something might not have worked and tried to unroot and start again. All steps were followed via http://forums.androidcentral.com/ve...-root-unroot-unlock-your-vz-galaxy-nexus.html
I'm stuck in the Google bootscreen with my only other option being bootloader, it still says Locked State - Unlocked. But my computer can't see my phone, Odin doesn't work and I still don't have a definitive method of restoring my phone via a MAC.
If anybody has any ideas please let me know, I really don't know what to do at this point. Plan B is to use a PC which I can only access later in the week. If you know someone, or have a link I would really appreciate it. Also ask me anything if it can help make this clearer.
Thanks
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Okay your bootloader is unlocked which is good, but your MAC doesn't see your phone in bootloader mode?

grnmons said:
Plan B is to use a PC which I can only access later in the week.
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Can you bootcamp or use a virtual machine?

grnmons said:
Hi I attempted to root my phone, got SU but was having problems flashing any roms, using any apps that required /root or accessing recovery. Figured something might not have worked and tried to unroot and start again. All steps were followed via http://forums.androidcentral.com/ve...-root-unroot-unlock-your-vz-galaxy-nexus.html
I'm stuck in the Google bootscreen with my only other option being bootloader, it still says Locked State - Unlocked. But my computer can't see my phone, Odin doesn't work and I still don't have a definitive method of restoring my phone via a MAC.
If anybody has any ideas please let me know, I really don't know what to do at this point. Plan B is to use a PC which I can only access later in the week. If you know someone, or have a link I would really appreciate it. Also ask me anything if it can help make this clearer.
Thanks
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Wrong section..but
I would def use a PC and use Odin ! Make your life easier...it takes like 3-5 Mins..takes it to stock!
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

All you have to do is fastboot flash those stock images of 4.0.2 google gave us. There's not even any need for Odin. You can do this right on your Mac.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

Please uninstall and reinstall your phones drivers. Your just soft bricked is all. Once your computer sees the device you should be good.
sent from the Almighty One himself....

borgey said:
All you have to do is fastboot flash those stock images of 4.0.2 google gave us. There's not even any need for Odin. You can do this right on your Mac.
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I can't seem to figure out how to do that. Seems like that's what got me here in the first place, the mac version might be missing files I'm missing the steps to actually do that.
Can't find any forum/site/guide that tells me how to do that. Does anybody have this?

grnmons said:
I can't seem to figure out how to do that. Seems like that's what got me here in the first place, the mac version might be missing files I'm missing the steps to actually do that.
Can't find any forum/site/guide that tells me how to do that. Does anybody have this?
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fastboot flash (google on how to use these)
you do them when you're in bootloader mode. you need to have a ADB/Fastboot environment set up (look at root guides and do step one of it..... verifying the part of getting the environment, ignore drivers)
stock images are here: http://code.google.com/android/nexus/images.html

zephiK said:
fastboot flash (google on how to use these)
you do them when you're in bootloader mode. you need to have a ADB/Fastboot environment set up (look at root guides and do step one of it..... verifying the part of getting the environment, ignore drivers)
stock images are here: http://code.google.com/android/nexus/images.html
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Thanks. Can you confirm that these are the steps?
1) Download the latest stock image( i will leave finding that image to you since this post can become outdated)
2) Unzip the files, and place the images into the adb-fastboot folder you created on your desktop above.
3) Open a terminal and use the following commands:
Code:
~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/adb reboot bootloader
4) Wait for bootloader to reboot on phone.
5) Then, in terminal use the following commands:
~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/fastboot flash boot ~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/boot.img
~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/fastboot flash system ~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/system.img
~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/fastboot flash recovery ~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/recovery.img
~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/fastboot flash userdata ~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/userdata.img
~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/fastboot erase cache
~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/fastboot oem lock
6) Reboot to System, and you should be returned to Stock and Unrooted

~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/adb reboot bootloader
brings about the following error
"error: device not found"
I was already in bootloader and tried:
~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/fastboot flash boot ~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/boot.img
I get:
error: cannot load '/Users/grnmons/Desktop/adb-fastboot/boot.img'

anybody have any other suggestions to this? or a follow up?

It should be easy to fix. You do not seem to have the correct driver installed.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

Understood, I think I definitely did a few things wrong here. But my problem requires some kind of steps to solve. I don't mean to sound lazy but I've been running around the forums for awhile and I'm in way over my head, I was hoping someone could just list a few steps, links, SOMETHING. I'm looking for solvency here.

grnmons said:
Understood, I think I definitely did a few things wrong here. But my problem requires some kind of steps to solve. I don't mean to sound lazy but I've been running around the forums for awhile and I'm in way over my head, I was hoping someone could just list a few steps, links, SOMETHING. I'm looking for solvency here.
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reinstall the android sdk from here that will get your drivers in order so your computer can see your phone
then fastboot flash recovery
then manually flash su (attached)

ogdobber said:
reinstall the android sdk from here that will get your drivers in order so your computer can see your phone
then fastboot flash recovery
then manually flash su (attached)
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Thanks muchly, I feel like I'm getting closer but could you elaborate on the manual flash su step? My **** is all over the place now, my desktop is littered with files, should I be in recovery for this or still fastboot? and what is the command if you have?

grnmons said:
Thanks muchly, I feel like I'm getting closer but could you elaborate on the manual flash su step? My **** is all over the place now, my desktop is littered with files, should I be in recovery for this or still fastboot? and what is the command if you have?
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download the gnex-su.zip and put in in the root of your sd card. then in recovery select "-install zip from sdcard" then "-choose zip from sdcard" then select the gnex-su.zip. this will give you root and install the superuser app

not to get ahead (previous post), but after your computer recognizes the phone you need to flash clockwork recovery
you need to open a terminal in the platform-tools folder of the sdk (also put the recovery.img there) and then
Code:
fastboot flash recovery name-of-recovery.img

Thanks for your help ogdobber, I'm incredibly frustrated and you must be too trying to help me, but I must have done something wrong as after I flash recovery, i still cannot access it - it continues to hang out in the Google screen.
Let me go through my steps with you and you tell me what I might have done wrong. So with my bricked phone, 1. I clicked your link and updated my SDK.
There's no indication that I did anything right here, it just shows that everything is installed and that's all I think I need here.
2. Opened up terminal fastboot flash boot (in this case) bootloader-toro-primekk15.img DONE!
3. Fastboot flash recovery (in this case) recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-crespo.img
DONE!
Then... nothing. Recovery doesn't load for me. Just get a boot loop. Anything I might have done wrong prior or inbetween these steps? Also, besides flashing and running commands off terminal - i assume this is considered computer recognizes my phone. Could the problem be there?
Just got your last post, I'm unfamiliar with SDK but I've since put the recovery file in there, not sure how to flash recovery. I have tried flashing recovery through terminal and surprisingly it says "-bash: fastboot: command not found"

grnmons said:
Thanks for your help ogdobber, I'm incredibly frustrated and you must be too trying to help me, but I must have done something wrong as after I flash recovery, i still cannot access it - it continues to hang out in the Google screen.
Let me go through my steps with you and you tell me what I might have done wrong. So with my bricked phone, 1. I clicked your link and updated my SDK.
There's no indication that I did anything right here, it just shows that everything is installed and that's all I think I need here.
2. Opened up terminal fastboot flash boot (in this case) bootloader-toro-primekk15.img DONE!
3. Fastboot flash recovery (in this case) recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-crespo.img
DONE!
Then... nothing. Recovery doesn't load for me. Just get a boot loop. Anything I might have done wrong prior or inbetween these steps? Also, besides flashing and running commands off terminal - i assume this is considered computer recognizes my phone. Could the problem be there?
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that is for the nexus s
check your pm

ogdobber said:
that is for the nexus s
check your pm
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If you are still having problems ...like I said before ...use Odin......since the simple process of fastboot is not working properly for you.Odin makes things so Much easier
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

my phone keeps booting into fastboot mode

hello,
after i failed to root my phone
everytime i try to put it in recovery mode it goes back to fastboot mode ..
even if i tried to flash a recovery on it , it would boot to fastboot mode
even when trying to install a official htc software update it just boots into fastboot ..
now i want to get it back to stock..
can you please help me !!
if someone would like to help me .. i can open teamviewer and he can do it for me ..
thx

zsnorow said:
hello,
after i failed to root my phone
everytime i try to put it in recovery mode it goes back to fastboot mode ..
even if i tried to flash a recovery on it , it would boot to fastboot mode
even when trying to install a official htc software update it just boots into fastboot ..
now i want to get it back to stock..
can you please help me !!
if someone would like to help me .. i can open teamviewer and he can do it for me ..
thx
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If you are able to boot into fastboot, search the latest TWRP and flash it via adb. Connect your device while in fastboot mode and see if it recognize it.
If it does put the recovery file you have downloaded on your desktop and open a command window, press shift and right click at the same time and click on Open command window here.
Type adb devices, if you see a serial number go on and type adb reboot bootloader, then type fastboot flash recovery [ the name of the recovery file you have just downloaded ]
You can do this just by powering on your phone, no need to be already in fastboot mode, just follow the commands.
Press shift and right click : open command window here : adb devices : adb reboot bootloader : fastboot flash recovery [ the name of the recovery file you have just downloaded, do not forget the .img extension ]
fastboot reboot
Once you have a working TWRP you can flash your corresponding backup and go back to stock. The backup will be flashed from TWRP, search for instructions.

XSL-FO said:
If you are able to boot into fastboot, search the latest TWRP and flash it via adb. Connect your device while in fastboot mode and see if it recognize it.
If it does put the recovery file you have downloaded on your desktop and open a command window, press shift and right click at the same time and click on Open command window here.
Type adb devices, if you see a serial number go on and type adb reboot bootloader, then type fastboot flash recovery [ the name of the recovery file you have just downloaded ]
You can do this just by powering on your phone, no need to be already in fastboot mode, just follow the commands.
Press shift and right click : open command window here : adb devices : adb reboot bootloader : fastboot flash recovery [ the name of the recovery file you have just downloaded, do not forget the .img extension ]
fastboot reboot
Once you have a working TWRP you can flash your corresponding backup and go back to stock. The backup will be flashed from TWRP, search for instructions.
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can you sir please give me a link for the TWRP and teach em how to flash it ? it would be much appreciated..

zsnorow said:
can you sir please give me a link for the TWRP and teach em how to flash it ? it would be much appreciated..
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http://teamw.in/project/twrp2 and click on the upper right Get TWRP for your device.
Choose your device recovery and download the adb version. That is the .img
Once you have downloaded TWRP put it on your desktop.
Connect your device with your laptop/pc with the unknown sources checked also the usb debugging checked.
Move your mouse over a free space on your desktop, click once just to be sure there is no app or file clicked.
Then press shift and keep it pressed while you right click your mouse.
Press open command window here
in that command window type : adb devices
if you see a serial number type : adb reboot bootloader
then type : fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.8.1.0-m8.img
fastboot reboot
openrecovery-twrp-2.8.1.0-m8 : This is an example, you will write the name of your recovery but it should be pretty much the same.
Good luck.

Are you familiar with
adb/fastboot commands?

It's a bad idea to mess with your phone if you don't know how to repair it if something goes wrong

spinninbsod said:
It's a bad idea to mess with your phone if you don't know how to repair it if something goes wrong
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I agree with you but maybe he has done some reading and has fixed it sense he hasn't given us an update

ive tried everything
jball said:
I agree with you but maybe he has done some reading and has fixed it sense he hasn't given us an update
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i tried everything to fix my phone like sideloading (my phone doesent get recognised when in sideload mode) , pushing a ROM and the flashing it with TWRP (it says that its completed but it doesent work)..
what else can i do .. cant someone do it for me via teamviewer ..

zsnorow said:
i tried everything to fix my phone like sideloading (my phone doesent get recognised when in sideload mode) , pushing a ROM and the flashing it with TWRP (it says that its completed but it doesent work)..
what else can i do .. cant someone do it for me via teamviewer ..
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What guides/tutorials have you followed to get to the point you are at now.I'm sure someone wouldn't mind teamviewing the whole process but what would you learn by having that done .
From start to finish what have you used?

i honestly cant remember everything i did
jball said:
What guides/tutorials have you followed to get to the point you are at now.I'm sure someone wouldn't mind teamviewing the whole process but what would you learn by having that done .
From start to finish what have you used?
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i cant remember everything i did but im sure that i followed the tutorials that are on youtube/XDA/android forums correctly

zsnorow said:
i tried everything to fix my phone like sideloading (my phone doesent get recognised when in sideload mode) , pushing a ROM and the flashing it with TWRP (it says that its completed but it doesent work)..
what else can i do .. cant someone do it for me via teamviewer ..
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You say "pushing a ROM" with what?
You don't push a ROM with TWRP you just flash it.
Or are you talking about pushing the ROM with fastboot?
If you have TWRP than download a stock backup and flash it.
Take a long look at my profile man and if you look just right you will see I've done and asked some stupid things in my travels here on XDA.I can tell you I remember every phone and ridiculous thing I've done to each of them,I still feel crunchy when I think of the mistakes.
We really need more info about the full process.please I'm not trying to offend you and I'm trying to help

zsnorow said:
i cant remember everything i did but im sure that i followed the tutorials that are on youtube/XDA/android forums correctly
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If you can't remember what you did, or at least even try to list in detail the steps you did as best you can remember; it makes it very hard for anyone to help.
Saying you followed some tutorials on an entire website (3 websites actually) doesn't tell us jack, and isn't any better than telling us nothing.
Its not even clear the current condition of the phone. Your OP says TWRP doesn't work, then a later post says you are trying things with TWRP, so presumably you have TWRP. But since you never stated that, we can only guess.
What happens when you try to adb push or sideload? What error messages, does it make the phone reboot, stuck on boot screen, etc?
TWRP working? Bootloader is unlocked? If yes to both of those, you should be able to just adb push a ROM, or put one on removable SD with a card reader attached to your computer. Than flash the ROM in TWRP.

same thing happened with me but i remember what i did
redpoint73 said:
If you can't remember what you did, or at least even try to list in detail the steps you did as best you can remember; it makes it very hard for anyone to help.
Saying you followed some tutorials on an entire website (3 websites actually) doesn't tell us jack, and isn't any better than telling us nothing.
Its not even clear the current condition of the phone. Your OP says TWRP doesn't work, then a later post says you are trying things with TWRP, so presumably you have TWRP. But since you never stated that, we can only guess.
What happens when you try to adb push or sideload? What error messages, does it make the phone reboot, stuck on boot screen, etc?
TWRP working? Bootloader is unlocked? If yes to both of those, you should be able to just adb push a ROM, or put one on removable SD with a card reader attached to your computer. Than flash the ROM in TWRP.
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firstly i unlocked my bootloader via htcdev website then i installed twrp recovery successfully and then when i tried to root my phone by installing two zip files (mm-su-boot. & beta super su) i installed these two files and then tried to reboot my phone it opened in fastboot mode only . then i read here about the revolution hd rom installed it successfully but it does not reboot . help needed

farhanakhtar39 said:
firstly i unlocked my bootloader via htcdev website then i installed twrp recovery successfully and then when i tried to root my phone by installing two zip files (mm-su-boot. & beta super su) i installed these two files and then tried to reboot my phone it opened in fastboot mode only . then i read here about the revolution hd rom installed it successfully but it does not reboot . help needed
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Your device is M8 dual SIM .. mm-su-boot is for M8 single SIM, won't work on your device.
Install custom ROM with support for Dual SIM or restore your stock ROM backup

please can you provide any link of the rom for dual sim addition

farhanakhtar39 said:
please can you provide any link of the rom for dual sim addition
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Not so sure,
if Sense ROM - https://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/development/rom-sense-6-12-401-4-mra58k-stock-t3296066
maybe S.ROM too has dual SIM support, you need to ask in their thread
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ht...the-worlds-first100-m9-port-m8upload-t3064838
if non-Sense ROM
CM13 ROM - https://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/development/rom-cyanogenmod-13-0-experimental-t3259068
Nougat ROM -
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2753248
https://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/development/rom-resurrection-remix-v5-8-0-t3507210
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ht...cyanogenmod-14-1-htc-one-m8-dual-sim-t3507192
There are a few more that support Dual SIM but you have to check & ask in their development thread as I'm not familiar with most of the available custom ROMs .. I don't try most of them

Thnks
Thanks buddy it worked
cm 13 worked for me !
God bless you

If I may jump in on this post and ask some advise my m8s is only booting to fastboot screen it has never been flashed, have tried recovery: nothing just goes back to fastboot, also wiped cache and factory reset: same result..... It has done this 2 times previous but only after restarting phone, usually repeatedly doing reboot it loads but it's been 2 days now and still only getting fastboot screen...plez help

My phone is having similar issues
Stanna16 said:
If I may jump in on this post and ask some advise my m8s is only booting to fastboot screen it has never been flashed, have tried recovery: nothing just goes back to fastboot, also wiped cache and factory reset: same result..... It has done this 2 times previous but only after restarting phone, usually repeatedly doing reboot it loads but it's been 2 days now and still only getting fastboot screen...plez help
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I recently decided to root and install a custom rom on my old stock sprint HTC one m8. I unlocked the boot loader via HTC Dev website. I then flashed the TWRP recovery. Since doing the latter step, it's been booting into fast boot all the time! Did you ever figure out what was wrong with your phone?

pancho2009 said:
I recently decided to root and install a custom rom on my old stock sprint HTC one m8. I unlocked the boot loader via HTC Dev website. I then flashed the TWRP recovery. Since doing the latter step, it's been booting into fast boot all the time! Did you ever figure out what was wrong with your phone?
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You only flashed TWRP onto the phone? Or did you root also?
Not nearly enough info to provide the proper help.
Please do fastboot getvar all, and post the results (delete IMEI and serial number before posting).
What version TWRP?
What version SuperSU did you flash (if you got that far)?

[20.2.2015][Root and stay with stock recovery]

Hello Yu Yureka fans!!!
This for the Yu Yureka fans who want to root the phone but don't want to miss OTA update by flashing custom recovery
In this thread i will tell you how to ROOT your Yu Yureka without flashing custom recovery.
This method will not flash custom recovery over stock recovery, this will just boot the custom recovery once just to flash the superuser.zip. so you will be back to stock recovery after flashing superuser.zip.
So lets get started...
Your Bootloader should be UNLOCKED
Files you need:
1. adb and fastboot drivers
2. A CWM recovery link (don't worry we wont flash it, it is just needed to install superuser.zip)
3. Superuser.zip link (save this in your sd card or internal memory)
Note: Keep recovery.img file in the same folder where adb and Fastboot drivers are placed and always open command window from that folder.
Connect your phone to pc via data cable
Steps:
1. Open command window (cntl+shift+right click)
2. Type
Code:
adb devices
if your device is connected you will get it in connected devices
3. Type
Code:
adb reboot-bootloader
4. Type
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1ebf boot recovery-yu.img
now your device will boot into recovery mode
5. Select install zip from sd and navigate where you have downloaded the superuser.zip and select install.
6. Done!!! Your device is rooted and you are still in stock recovery :good: you wont miss the OTA
To check if you are in stock recovery just reboot into recovery :good:
Hit thanks if this helped :good:

This isn't yours, You copied it from YuPlayGodForums, from DoomLord's post...

N'ayam Amarsh'e said:
This isn't yours, You copied it from YuPlayGodForums, from DoomLord's post...
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First i am not a user of yuplaygod forums,
Second its not copied
Third you have no right to point at someone without any valid reason
Lastly stop spamming my post (read xda forum rules first you visit it here --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/announcement.php?f=3861)

@aashking
You can't boot the recovery image on locked bootloader; we have covered this fact already.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58628082&postcount=12

Titokhan said:
@aashking
You can't boot the recovery image on locked bootloader; we have covered this fact already.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58628082&postcount=12
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@Titokhan yeah dude thanks for reminding i will update the OP :good:

Unable to get the 3rd command working. It keeps waiting for the device and the device reboots in normal mode. What am I doing wrong?

jitendragarg said:
Unable to get the 3rd command working. It keeps waiting for the device and the device reboots in normal mode. What am I doing wrong?
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Reinstall ADB Drivers
adbdriver.com

N'ayam Amarsh'e said:
Reinstall ADB Drivers
adbdriver.com
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Thanks, will check. Although I downloaded the drivers just today, so not sure, how it is not up to date. Anyway, will check it once I am home in 3 hours.

tried resintalling the drivers. didn't help. command prompt still keeps on waiting for device forever, while phone is in fastboot mode.
Edit:
If I cancel the third command, and check the list again, phone is not listed. Somehow, after rebooting into bootloader, phone stops the adb connection.

i am on twrp recovery can i flash this recovery on that and update the new ota?
please help

[Q] help for root

Hi guys,
I have already read dozens of pages regarding the procedure to root my new Htc M8 but I am still a bit confused.
In the picture attached you can see the status of my phone, I think the previous owner has already unlocked it .
What I am kindly ask you is to help me to find the next step to root the phone. I suppose that I have to download a TWRP file, copy it to the internal memory of the phone and then chose "Recovery" but I'm not sure and I don't want to make a disaster !!!
Can U help me? I'm on Mac.
thanks
ciao
fausto

now flash any custom recovery and then flash supersu.zip from recovery to make your handset root

fcasini said:
I suppose that I have to download a TWRP file, copy it to the internal memory of the phone and then chose "Recovery"
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That is not the proper way to install TWRP, and I don't know how you got that notion.
The proper way to install TWRP is described on the TWRP website (see under "Fastboot Install Method"): https://twrp.me/devices/htconem8gsm.html

fcasini said:
Hi guys,
I have already read dozens of pages regarding the procedure to root my new Htc M8 but I am still a bit confused.
In the picture attached you can see the status of my phone, I think the previous owner has already unlocked it .
What I am kindly ask you is to help me to find the next step to root the phone. I suppose that I have to download a TWRP file, copy it to the internal memory of the phone and then chose "Recovery" but I'm not sure and I don't want to make a disaster !!!
Can U help me? I'm on Mac.
thanks
ciao
your lucky to have s-off already phone lol, install TWRP via fastboot command then flash supersu in TWRP
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ok, thanks to all,
now I have downloaded the TWRP.IMG, adb and Fastboot files and I am approaching to connect my phone to mac, open terminal and then
./adb reboot bootloader
./fastboot twrp.img
SuperSU is already installed on the phone, so I think I don't need to download and install again.
Is it right?
Once Flashed the twrp image, phone will be wiped?
Thank you again, you help and patience is very appreciated
ciao
fausto

fcasini said:
SuperSU is already installed on the phone, so I think I don't need to download and install again.
Is it right?
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Did you check to see if the phone was still rooted? It was clearly modded by the previous owner, so may still be rooted. You can check with one of the root checker apps; or simply any app that requires root (such as Titanium Backup).
Although its also possible they unrooted and left the SuperSU app still installed. Just having the app installed does not in itself give you root, the binary also has to be installed. So if that is the case (no root) then UES you will still need to download the current version SuperSU and flash in TWRP in order to gain root.
fcasini said:
Once Flashed the twrp image, phone will be wiped?
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Nope, TWRP just overwrites the recovery partition. Completely separate partition from user data, ROM, etc.
Regardless, I still highly recommend you backup any personal data that is important to you (preferably backup to an off-phone location) before doing any mods, just in case something goes wrong.

Hi Redpoint73, thanks for the useful info.
I am pretty sure that it is unrooted. I unsuccessfully tried to install Titanium Backup and also the SuperSu application don't start because of the missing of root permission.
Then If I have understood your suggestions:
1) connect the phone with debug Usb ON
2) type ./fastboot twrp.img
3) Phone off
4) Power+Vol-
5) Fastboot menu
6) Recovery+Power
Is it right?
And then? What's happen after? The phone will reboot himself?
thanks
ciao

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fcasini said:
Then If I have understood your suggestions:
1) connect the phone with debug Usb ON Doesn't matter if Debugging is on, this only enables adb commands. Fastboot commands work regardless of debugging on or not. But Debugging on is good to have in other situations (so I usually leave it on).
2) type ./fastboot twrp.img Don't know where you got this syntax from. Its not correct. The command given on the link I gave previously (Post #3) states: fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
If the syntax is not exactly right, the command will fail or perform the wrong action. Also note that the TWRP img filename in the command needs to match the actual TWRP file you with to flash. You will notice when you download the TWRP file, the file name is actually much longer than just "twrp.img". So you can either type that whole filename exactly, or change the name of the file to actually be "twrp.img" (with no quotes)
3) Phone off
4) Power+Vol-
5) Fastboot menu
6) Recovery+Power
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At some point before Step 6, you need to put the SuperSU zip on the phone. You can download it direct to your phone from here: https://download.chainfire.eu/696/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip
After step 6 (boot into TWRP) select "Install" from the main menu. Navigate to the SuperSU zip, then select it. Once its flashed, reboot. You should be rooted and good to go.

redpoint73 said:
My comments below in red font:
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img.
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redpoint73, I need your precious help
I have connected my phone to the Mac but with the command "./fastboot flash recovery twrp.img" I get the message "Permission denied".
Even with other command like ./reboot or ./adb devices...
What is going wrong? Maybe I've missed something?
I followed also the instruction here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOW38u-02I0 but without luck...
Help!!!
ciao
fausto

fcasini said:
redpoint73, I need your precious help
I have connected my phone to the Mac but with the command "./fastboot flash recovery twrp.img" I get the message "Permission denied".
Even with other command like ./reboot or ./adb devices...
What is going wrong? Maybe I've missed something?
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I don't know anything about Mac's, so I probably will be of limited help in that regard.
Did you install the Android SDK, or other Mac friendly adb-fastboot environment?

it is really strange...
I have installed both Adb and fastboot but whenever I try to flash the image file I get the same error: Permission denied.
With Mac there is no need of driver to work and I don't know ho to proceed.
Thank you redpoint73, your help has been very appreciated, I will search again on the net to solve the problem.
Have a nice day
ciao
fausto

fcasini said:
it is really strange...
I have installed both Adb and fastboot but whenever I try to flash the image file I get the same error: Permission denied.
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Make sure you are running fastboot command while the phone is in bootloader-fastboot mode. Run adb command while booted into OS (and Debugging needs to be enabled in Settings).
You are in the correct directory (where your fastboot and adb executables are located) when running the commands?
Try finding a thread specific to running adb/fastboot on a Mac (probably doesn't need to be M8 specific) and reading up or post a link to this thread. This may be some Mac-specific nuance that I am not knowledgeable in.

thanks again dear redpoint73,
I checked again and It seems to be all right but it doesn't work.
I have just one doubt yet. Perhaps I have to flash a root file like this http://www.androidrevolution.org/do...le=Android_Revolution_HD_Root_and_BusyBox.zip and then supersu.img through recovery menu?
Could it be the way to gain the permission?
thanks
ciao