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Hi there,
I have been battling (and learning) for now over 4 days with a mate that has succeeded installing Android 4.0 on his HD. We are having difficulties on a few points. I have some part of answers I found here and there, however there are still a few dark areas in my research at this stage. I have looked up the sticky one and have not found any answer that suits my issues.
I am at the point where I'm trying to S-OFF the phone, I wish to make a system recovery first. I have tried to reboot to recovery with the help 4ext and Rom Manager and getting a red triangle everytime.
My set is an Autralian HTC Desire from Telstra.
Thanks in advance if you wish to help us.
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zipstor said:
I am at the point where I'm trying to S-OFF the phone, I wish to make a system recovery first. I have tried to reboot to recovery with the help 4ext and Rom Manager and getting a red triangle everytime.
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You can´t install 4Ext recovery if you aren´t s-off...
Go to revolutionary.io
This will S-OFF and if I recall right also install a recovery.
Okay I've used the revolutionary tool, I am s-offed, thanks for that, now how can I make sure recovery went okay
Well... try it?
Press volume down + power to get into bootloader, then launch recovery.
You navigate the menu with volume up and down.
FYI this is the desire not desire HD forum.
Thanks to the s-off I was able to install original HTC rom of froyo, this way I got rid of this evil Tesltra rom thing, that was possibly being the spanner in the works.
Thing is, revolutionnary was supposed to create a recovery file, and I'm still getting red triangle when launching recovery from bootloader.
zipstor said:
Thanks to the s-off I was able to install original HTC rom of froyo, this way I got rid of this evil Tesltra "sense" thing, that was possibly being the spanner in the works.
Thing is, revolutionnary was supposed to create a recovery file, and I'm still getting red triangle when launching recovery from bootloader.
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If you can now boot into android I would recommend the 4ext recovery (see my sig). Download the app from the market and use this to install the latest Touch recovery.
yep 4ext is good can also solve usb bricks although i solved mine with a simple adb command
sure... but why sould I use 4ext since revolutionary was doing the job in the first place?
anyway I ordered 4ext 4hrs ago and i'm still w8ting for notification and still got nothing
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Item
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4EXT Recovery Control
€1.98
Tax:
€0.00
Total:
€1.98
Even if I try to get the free version it says that the content is not supported on the phone...and its a .apk..
why not just flash clock work mod touch recovery esentially the same thing all your paying for really is the touch recovery and a few extras
http://download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.0.2-bravo.img
I can give it a go... sure..
Any instruction sheet anywhere?
first of all download fastboot commander and the img file i linked boot into bootloader by hold power +vol down for 5 second once in boot loader choose fastboot by using volume to scroll and power to select then your in fastboot conect usb run fastboot commander choose recovery image and press flash on pc you can also flash hboot radio and other stuff but a failed radio can lead to perm brick
WAIT!
You mention Desire HD in first post. Please confirm yours is NOT HD.
not hd dude
seanpr92 said:
first of all download fastboot commander and the img file i linked boot into bootloader by hold power +vol down for 5 second once in boot loader choose fastboot by using volume to scroll and power to select then your in fastboot conect usb run fastboot commander choose recovery image and press flash on pc you can also flash hboot radio and other stuff but a failed radio can lead to perm brick
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Your syntax makes it difficult to understand. I will try this but in the future it would be good if you could improve it.
Shall I extract the img files with an ISO reader or shall I open them with my phone system?
hi,
use 7zip to extract the img file but don t touch the file img... this is the one to flash into your device by the command
Code:
fastboot flash recovery c:\wherethe.imgfile.isonyourcomp
i would advice to do first a
Code:
fastboot erase recovery
in a cleaner way but not mandatory.
have a look in this following link everything to know to install and use adb/fastboot
look to my signature there is a link to the 4ext dev's thread. he s really aware and give a best support for his work. what i ve seen, i advice to have a look and post your experience. once u got the app 4ext running on your device it becomes really easy to flash recovery (and his is really rockin')
hope this help
zipstor said:
sure... but why sould I use 4ext since revolutionary was doing the job in the first place?
anyway I ordered 4ext 4hrs ago and i'm still w8ting for notification and still got nothing
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Hi,
My understanding was that you could not get into recovery.
My suggestion of 4ext was due to the fact that is is (IMHO):
- the easiest to install as it can be done directly from within an app
- the best currently available
I was not suggesting that you needed the paid version (which has more bells and whistles). The free version should so the job just as well.
Okay so thats an attempt to use your tips, the phone is connected via usb in charge only mode and here is what I get on CMD
C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot erase recovery
< waiting for device >
Are you suggesting me to post on the EXT4 post as well?
ascot17 said:
Hi,
My understanding was that you could not get into recovery.
My suggestion of 4ext was due to the fact that is is (IMHO):
- the easiest to install as it can be done directly from within an app
- the best currently available
I was not suggesting that you needed the paid version (which has more bells and whistles). The free version should so the job just as well.
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That's okay mate, thanks for your concern.
What do you suggest if 4EXT is not getting me anywhere and I get the red triangle no matter what..?
I messed up real bad.
I tried installing the CM10 mod on my HTC One X using TWRP instead of CWM because CWM would never flash onto my phone.
I did not make a backup (Like a noob). Then when I installed the CM10 ROM, it wouldn't let me finish the last part (flashing).
And when I tried to fix it using ideas on the forum it wiped everything on my phone.
All I have left is Bootloader/Fastboot and Recovery.
When I boot into TWRP and try to boot phone it says I can't boot because I have no Rom (Obviously I have nothing on my phone).
I tried everything I could find on the first 10 pages of google.
Does anyone know what to do?
I have done:
ARUwizard
Different RUUs
LimesAreOranges said:
I messed up real bad.
I tried installing the CM10 mod on my HTC One X using TWRP instead of CWM because CWM would never flash onto my phone.
I did not make a backup (Like a noob). Then when I installed the CM10 ROM, it wouldn't let me finish the last part (flashing).
And when I tried to fix it using ideas on the forum it wiped everything on my phone.
All I have left is Bootloader/Fastboot and Recovery.
When I boot into TWRP and try to boot phone it says I can't boot because I have no Rom (Obviously I have nothing on my phone).
I tried everything I could find on the first 10 pages of google.
Does anyone know what to do?
I have done:
ARUwizard
Different RUUs
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The Snapdragon One XL and the Tegra One X require different roms. Download an RUU for your device and it should install fine.
tgascoigne said:
The Snapdragon One XL and the Tegra One X require different roms. Download an RUU for your device and it should install fine.
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I searched google for it, but to no avail. Google seems to change its results depending on the computer that searches it. Could you perhaps post a link? That would be largely appreciated.
Thanks.
I tried every link...
tgascoigne said:
The Snapdragon One XL and the Tegra One X require different roms. Download an RUU for your device and it should install fine.
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I tried every link on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671237
...
Every single RUU is not for my device apparently.
Steps for installing a ROM
Hey..
You can try following the below steps. First charge the phone upto at least 50% battery (to be safe). Then :
1. Download this pack>> Fastboot Pack http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1616741
2. Extract the boot.img from the Custom Rom you are trying to install in a folder on your computer.
I recommend ARHD ROM >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1562603
3. Extract Fastboot Pack into a folder on your computer and replace the boot.img by the boot.img extracted from the Custom Rom in Step.2
4. Turn your phone OFF
5. Turn your phone ON in bootloader mode by holding the power and vol down buttons at the same time, your phone will start in HBOOT mode. It will be displayed somewhere in the middle of the text.
6. Use the volume keys to move up and down the list, and select Fastboot, then press the power key. Now your phone will come in FASTBOOT mode.
7. Connect your phone to the computer via USB cable. Your phone will now display USB FASTOOT instead of just FASTBOOT.
8. Run 05-erase-cache.bat
9. Run 06-flash-custom-boot.bat
10. Run 08-install-clockwork-recovery.bat
11. Disconnect the USB cable. Your phone will now again say FASTBOOT.
12. Use the up or down volume key to select HBOOT and press the power button. This will take you back to HBOOT mode.
13. Use the volume keys to scroll to RECOVERY and press the power button.
14. This will take you to Recovery mode, now you can flash the Custom Rom you want using Recovery mode by using the " Install from SD card " option there.
**I do not take any credit for the tool or ROM mentioned above.
Let me know if I helped by clicking Thanks
The forums for your device are over here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1538
I suggest you make a post over there, they'll be able to help better than we can. Just know that roms and RUU's for the Tegra (international) One X will not work for your device.
Uh oh
sun_strings said:
Hey..
You can try following the below steps. First charge the phone upto at least 50% battery (to be safe). Then :
1. Download this pack>> Fastboot Pack http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1616741
2. Extract the boot.img from the Custom Rom you are trying to install in a folder on your computer.
I recommend ARHD ROM >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1562603
3. Extract Fastboot Pack into a folder on your computer and replace the boot.img by the boot.img extracted from the Custom Rom in Step.2
4. Turn your phone OFF
5. Turn your phone ON in bootloader mode by holding the power and vol down buttons at the same time, your phone will start in HBOOT mode. It will be displayed somewhere in the middle of the text.
6. Use the volume keys to move up and down the list, and select Fastboot, then press the power key. Now your phone will come in FASTBOOT mode.
7. Connect your phone to the computer via USB cable. Your phone will now display USB FASTOOT instead of just FASTBOOT.
8. Run 05-erase-cache.bat
9. Run 06-flash-custom-boot.bat
10. Run 08-install-clockwork-recovery.bat
11. Disconnect the USB cable. Your phone will now again say FASTBOOT.
12. Use the up or down volume key to select HBOOT and press the power button. This will take you back to HBOOT mode.
13. Use the volume keys to scroll to RECOVERY and press the power button.
14. This will take you to Recovery mode, now you can flash the Custom Rom you want using Recovery mode by using the " Install from SD card " option there.
**I do not take any credit for the tool or ROM mentioned above.
Let me know if I helped by clicking Thanks
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Thanks but I still do have one problem. I cannot access my phone storage or Virtual SD. I have no idea how. Because I have no ROM on my phone I can't see my phone on my computer and cannot access files
LimesAreOranges said:
Thanks but I still do have one problem. I cannot access my phone storage or Virtual SD. I have no idea how. Because I have no ROM on my phone I can't see my phone on my computer and cannot access files
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Do you have CWM installed? Because you can mount your sdcard inside CWM and add files there!
Sent from my fauxed HOX running ARHD 8.0.0
Tingelholm said:
Do you have CWM installed? Because you can mount your sdcard inside CWM and add files there!
Sent from my fauxed HOX running ARHD 8.0.0
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I have TWRP, not CWM. For some reason CWM will not install on my phone.
But, on TWRP I cannot mount SD card.
LimesAreOranges said:
I have TWRP, not CWM. For some reason CWM will not install on my phone.
But, on TWRP I cannot mount SD card.
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Maybe that's because you got the dual-core version?
Sent from my fauxed HOX running CMX Alpha 2 by tbalden
LimesAreOranges said:
Thanks but I still do have one problem. I cannot access my phone storage or Virtual SD. I have no idea how. Because I have no ROM on my phone I can't see my phone on my computer and cannot access files
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Looking at your other replies, I have a question, just to be sure, is your One X , S-OFF ? If not you need to do that first of all. Let me know if you need the steps to do that.
Let me know if I helped by clicking Thanks
sun_strings said:
Looking at your other replies, I have a question, just to be sure, is your One X , S-OFF ? If not you need to do that first of all. Let me know if you need the steps to do that.
Let me know if I helped by clicking Thanks
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My phone is S-ON. If you could link me the steps to make it S-OFF that would be awesome of you. (They work for the rogers dual core right?)
You can't make your phone s-off for the moment...
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
Tingelholm said:
You can't make your phone s-off for the moment...
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I think he can.
OP, seriously... Go to the correct forum and have a look. Maybe a dev sticky thread?
LimesAreOranges said:
My phone is S-ON. If you could link me the steps to make it S-OFF that would be awesome of you. (They work for the rogers dual core right?)
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There is an awesome tool by hasoon2000 for doing this, which you can find here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1604439
Just use the above tool to S-OFF your device, it should take you to HTC's developer's site. After S-OFF, flash the recovery and then follow the steps I have given before. If you need more help with S-OFF let me know and I will provide detailed instructions for doing that.
Let me know if I helped by clicking thanks
sun_strings said:
There is an awesome tool by hasoon2000 for doing this, which you can find here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1604439
Just use the above tool to S-OFF your device, it should take you to HTC's developer's site. After S-OFF, flash the recovery and then follow the steps I have given before. If you need more help with S-OFF let me know and I will provide detailed instructions for doing that.
Let me know if I helped by clicking thanks
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This tool is for the Tegra3 One X, a different phone to the Rogers One X (One XL, Snapdragon)
OP: Do you see why you should post in the correct forum?
You're gonna end up with a brick.
I just got an HTC Desire A8181, and it is my very first time using an Android Device. The thing is that I already know that you can do a lot of things with Android devices (thats why I swapped from iOS to Android). Now here is my point, I basically need to know:
Basics about software and OS customizing for Android.
Basic things to know before do anything to my phone.
Tutorials for root the device (HTC Desire A8181)
Want to know if it is possible to make the phone work faster in terms of Manage the Processor and Ram Usage, how to do it, and understand the process.
And any other information that could be useful in order to make my phone work a lot better (take into consideration that I'm new with the OS and the phone, so there are a lot of things that I dont know about this theme.)
I also want to know if it is possible to install the latest Android Version on my HTC Desire and make it work fast.
Thanks in advance for your help!!!
The desire comes with sense 2.3 gingerbread. Sense is HTC's skin that they overlay ontop of the android operating system. Although it may look nice (doesnt really look that good to me), it is heavy and causes decreases in performance. When you s-off your device, and install a custom recovery you will be able to flash an aosp based custom rom. Aosp = android open source project, and basically means stock pure android...nothing running on top. As you can probably predict, this will result in faster speeds, less ram usage, and better battery. I think that answers the first few questions.
Next Ill move on to how to root it (make your phone good). I honestly think the term "root" is deceiving to most new users. I see people asking "how do i root my phone", but i think what they really want is to install a custom recovery and flash a custom rom. Being rooted on stock rom is pointless to me. Custom roms are where the good stuff is at.
Post your bootloader details here and ill walk you through the process. To get these details turn the phone off, then hold power + volume down until the phone boots into the bootloader. It should look similar to this. Post all of the first couple of lines at the top. The whole process summarized is this: s-off, install custom recovery, flash custom rom
There are also some other things that i would recommend doing so that you can have extra space for apps (you probably noticed you barely have any space at the moment), but ill get to that later when i give you more instructions.
Thanks for response so fast!
Chromium_ said:
The desire comes with sense 2.3 gingerbread. Sense is HTC's skin that they overlay ontop of the android operating system. Although it may look nice (doesnt really look that good to me), it is heavy and causes decreases in performance. When you s-off your device, and install a custom recovery you will be able to flash an aosp based custom rom. Aosp = android open source project, and basically means stock pure android...nothing running on top. As you can probably predict, this will result in faster speeds, less ram usage, and better battery. I think that answers the first few questions.
Next Ill move on to how to root it (make your phone good). I honestly think the term "root" is deceiving to most new users. I see people asking "how do i root my phone", but i think what they really want is to install a custom recovery and flash a custom rom. Being rooted on stock rom is pointless to me. Custom roms are where the good stuff is at.
Post your bootloader details here and ill walk you through the process. To get these details turn the phone off, then hold power + volume down until the phone boots into the bootloader. It should look similar to this. Post all of the first couple of lines at the top. The whole process summarized is this: s-off, install custom recovery, flash custom rom
There are also some other things that i would recommend doing so that you can have extra space for apps (you probably noticed you barely have any space at the moment), but ill get to that later when i give you more instructions.
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Really thanks for all the information, I'll post the information you are asking me for when I go back to my house since now I'm working
But thanks for offer me your help with this, is my first Android and I would like to have fun with it, and you are right I barely have space for my apps now... Will be some other information needed in this process that I can post later on?
StheveO said:
Really thanks for all the information, I'll post the information you are asking me for when I go back to my house since now I'm working
But thanks for offer me your help with this, is my first Android and I would like to have fun with it, and you are right I barely have space for my apps now... Will be some other information needed in this process that I can post later on?
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Nope, just your bootloader details for now.
Please tell me that I did not ****ed my phone
Ok so here is my problem now on, I tried to flash the CyanogenMod, but I dont know if i ****ed my phone or im just missing something...
Here is what I did:
1- I followed the instructions on another thread about the HTC_Unlock_Bootloader_Tool in order to unlock the bootloader.
2- I copied the CM-7.2.0.1-bravo.zip file into the sd card manually and also by using the "adb push" command.
But now my phone turns on, but every time that I try to access the Recovery option from the Fastboot menu just gives me an icon of the phone with a red advertise sign and then I press "Volume Up + Power" and got access to some sort of recovery options... But cannot go further than that... What can I do? Please tell me that I did not ****ed my phone?
When u unlock the bootloader u must then flash recovery via fastboot commands. In my sig ul see 4ext recovery as PB99IMG, download and extract the recovery.img and flash via fastboot. U can find a fastboot guide in bortaks troubleshooting guide (in my sig also)
Thanks for your response.
jmcclue said:
When u unlock the bootloader u must then flash recovery via fastboot commands. In my sig ul see 4ext recovery as PB99IMG, download and extract the recovery.img and flash via fastboot. U can find a fastboot guide in bortaks troubleshooting guide (in my sig also)
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Ok so here is my new actual situation, cause I went to sleep at 3.00am just to keep working with the phone...
After check within some forums and stuff I realized that there was an app called ROM Manager that can flash the Recovery and also the ROM (Cyanogenmod is the one I want to install), I started researching for another way to do it since every single time that I tried to start in FastBoot and use the recovery option in order to flash anything I just got a black screen with an icon that seems to be the same phone with a red alert sign on its corner (icon which i really did not like at all!!!), so I started checking for another way to work with this and found ROM Manager, but when the app was installed and I tried to flash the ClockworkMod Recovery but ROM Manager was giving an error related with permissions, I thought that my HTC Desire was already Rooted since it said "*** Unlocked ***" on the Fastboot menu (My fault!) but I realized that it is not Rooted after download the Root Checker app from the Store... So basically here is the case resumed: Fastboot "Unlocked" (Via easy unlocker tool), ROM Manager App (Installed but no permissions to Flash the ClockworkMod Recovery nor CyanogenMod ROM), Root Checker App (Installed and seems that my phone is not rooted)... How do I need to proceed now on???
Thanks in advance for all your help! I never thought that Android were this complicated, but I like it ****ing so much!!! So I think that it is most likely a beginner issue
StheveO said:
Ok so here is my new actual situation, cause I went to sleep at 3.00am just to keep working with the phone...
After check within some forums and stuff I realized that there was an app called ROM Manager that can flash the Recovery and also the ROM (Cyanogenmod is the one I want to install), I started researching for another way to do it since every single time that I tried to start in FastBoot and use the recovery option in order to flash anything I just got a black screen with an icon that seems to be the same phone with a red alert sign on its corner (icon which i really did not like at all!!!), so I started checking for another way to work with this and found ROM Manager, but when the app was installed and I tried to flash the ClockworkMod Recovery but ROM Manager was giving an error related with permissions, I thought that my HTC Desire was already Rooted since it said "*** Unlocked ***" on the Fastboot menu (My fault!) but I realized that it is not Rooted after download the Root Checker app from the Store... So basically here is the case resumed: Fastboot "Unlocked" (Via easy unlocker tool), ROM Manager App (Installed but no permissions to Flash the ClockworkMod Recovery nor CyanogenMod ROM), Root Checker App (Installed and seems that my phone is not rooted)... How do I need to proceed now on???
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Well, to root it, you need to flash a Superuser zip from recovery. To flash it, you need a custom recovery. To get a custom recovery, you do what @jmcclue said 2 posts above.
StheveO said:
but I like it ****ing so much!!!
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I think it's " but I like it so ****ing much!!!".
More questions
abaaaabbbb63 said:
Well, to root it, you need to flash a Superuser zip from recovery. To flash it, you need a custom recovery. To get a custom recovery, you do what @jmcclue said 2 posts above.
I think it's " but I like it so ****ing much!!!".
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Hahahahaha yeah sorry about that but I'm working so it is difficult to be on the phone talking about Hard Drives and troubleshoot them, while trying to figure out whats going on with my phone hahahahaha
So Basically and if I'm not mistaken (hopefully not, let me know if I am) I need to do the following:
-Download and Flash the 4eXT Recovery as PB99IMG from the previous response: After download the file can I go to CMD and use "adb reboot bootloader" then "adb fastboot flash recovery PB99IMG.zip" (that must flash the recovery right?)
-Then I need to Flash the Superuser from a Zip file: By accessing the new Recovery Interface installed previously, wipe chache / install from sd card / install from zip (that must root my device right?)
-After that I should be able to turn on my phone as normal and use the ROM Manager in order to Flash the CyanogenMod 7.2 right?
Sorry that I bother all of you in this way with so many question and ****, but I really want not only to flash my drive but also to learn about the process and what I'm doing to my phone... Thanks for everything.
StheveO said:
Hahahahaha yeah sorry about that but I'm working so it is difficult to be on the phone talking about Hard Drives and troubleshoot them, while trying to figure out whats going on with my phone hahahahaha
So Basically and if I'm not mistaken (hopefully not, let me know if I am) I need to do the following:
-Download and Flash the 4eXT Recovery as PB99IMG from the previous response: After download the file can I go to CMD and use "adb reboot bootloader" then "adb fastboot flash recovery PB99IMG.zip" (that must flash the recovery right?)
-Then I need to Flash the Superuser from a Zip file: By accessing the new Recovery Interface installed previously, wipe chache / install from sd card / install from zip (that must root my device right?)
-After that I should be able to turn on my phone as normal and use the ROM Manager in order to Flash the CyanogenMod 7.2 right?
Sorry that I bother all of you in this way with so many question and ****, but I really want not only to flash my drive but also to learn about the process and what I'm doing to my phone... Thanks for everything.
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In my sig, you'll find a link "The PB99IMG method" under the "How to flash the 2.3 RUU" link. Use it to flash the recovery. Ignore the parts about the 2.3 RUU.
Another question...
abaaaabbbb63 said:
In my sig, you'll find a link "The PB99IMG method" under the "How to flash the 2.3 RUU" link. Use it to flash the recovery. Ignore the parts about the 2.3 RUU.
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Ok, so after check the other post with the PB99IMG method the phone should ask meto install something after put the zip file into the sd card and start the bootloader??? The thing is, if that doesn't happen what can I do? Because if I try to go to the Recovery option the phone gives me the Black screen with the Icon of the phone and a red alert sign... :S
StheveO said:
Ok, so after check the other post with the PB99IMG method the phone should ask meto install something after put the zip file into the sd card and start the bootloader??? The thing is, if that doesn't happen what can I do? Because if I try to go to the Recovery option the phone gives me the Black screen with the Icon of the phone and a red alert sign... :S
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You don't need to go to recovery for the PB99IMG method. Only bootloader.
StheveO said:
Ok, so after check the other post with the PB99IMG method the phone should ask meto install something after put the zip file into the sd card and start the bootloader??? The thing is, if that doesn't happen what can I do? Because if I try to go to the Recovery option the phone gives me the Black screen with the Icon of the phone and a red alert sign... :S
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Yes thats what you should do. If that doesnt work you would try flashing the recovery via fastboot.
When you go into recovery right now and see the red warning thing, that is normal. It is the stock recovery, which makes sense because you havent installed a custom recovery yet. Once 4ext is installed you will no longer see that screen.
Another problem
Chromium_ said:
Yes thats what you should do. If that doesnt work you would try flashing the recovery via fastboot.
When you go into recovery right now and see the red warning thing, that is normal. It is the stock recovery, which makes sense because you havent installed a custom recovery yet. Once 4ext is installed you will no longer see that screen.
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Ok, now here is the thing, I just used the BP99IMG method... But at the moment of go to the bootloader I just got an error message:
Main version is older!
Update Fail!
What Can I do!?
StheveO said:
Ok, now here is the thing, I just used the BP99IMG method... But at the moment of go to the bootloader I just got an error message:
Main version is older!
Update Fail!
What Can I do!?
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I forgot you weren't S-off. Pardon me.
Do this:
http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-set-up-android-adb-and-fastboot-on-windows-tutorial/
Then extract the .img file from the PB99IMG zip, and put it on your C drive, do the path would be C://recovery.img.
Then, open CMD, connect your phone in fastboot mode, and use this command:
fastboot flash recovery C://recovery.img
jmcclue said:
When u unlock the bootloader u must then flash recovery via fastboot commands. In my sig ul see 4ext recovery as PB99IMG, download and extract the recovery.img and flash via fastboot. U can find a fastboot guide in bortaks troubleshooting guide (in my sig also)
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Here I go again!
abaaaabbbb63 said:
I forgot you weren't S-off. Pardon me.
Do this:
http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-set-up-android-adb-and-fastboot-on-windows-tutorial/
Then extract the .img file from the PB99IMG zip, and put it on your C drive, do the path would be C://recovery.img.
Then, open CMD, connect your phone in fastboot mode, and use this command:
fastboot flash recovery C://recovery.img
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Ok so If I understood it is necessary to have the phone S-Off which means that the bootloader is unlocked, right??
Because my bootloader says "Unlocked" on the top of the menu... What I'm not doing right?
StheveO said:
Ok so If I understood it is necessary to have the phone S-Off which means that the bootloader is unlocked, right??
Because my bootloader says "Unlocked" on the top of the menu... What I'm not doing right?
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Unlocked does not mean s-off. You are Unlocked, but S-on. Just flash the recovery through fastboot, like jmcclue originally said.
Some good news
Sello I'm glad to let you know that finally I got my phone.cpletely flashed with the CM7 and this works just great... the only thing that I were not able to do is to partition my 4Gb SD card to assign 1Gb as phone extension and the rest as external storage...
Can you help me with this last thing, I just used a previous post...
With the 4ext recovery y created a first partition of 1024Mb as the ext of the system but my phone does not sees it, it keeps saying that only have 140Mb total as internal
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Sello I'm glad to let you know that finally I got my phone.cpletely flashed with the CM7 and this works just great... the only thing that I were not able to do is to partition my 4Gb SD card to assign 1Gb as phone extension and the rest as external storage...
Can you help me with this last thing, I just used a previous post...
With the 4ext recovery y created a first partition of 1024Mb as the ext of the system but my phone does not sees it, it keeps saying that only have 140Mb total as internal
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Yes thats normal. Ur partition is there doing its job, dont worry.
I just got an HTC one from Best Buy Mobile (Verizon) yesterday. Turned S-Off using runrunner. Verified root but can not access recovery. I had the same issue with a S4 but it was a known issue for all that has updated to the 4.3.
I have tried all the suggestions in flashing TWRP. I am wondering if this is a Verizon related issue? Maybe they are putting something on their phones to prevent recovery?
HELP!!!!
Something is really jacked up with my phone. It kept saying Unfortunately Amazon has stopped. Over and over again. So I gave up and went to do a factory restore and data wipe. I first went to Super user and removed permanent root. I then tried to do a factory wipe through settings/backup & reset reset phone. It still gave me issues trying to enter recovery mode. It would get hung up and then reboot to a sort of safe mode version of the OS. (with a red disclaimer at the bottom). Then I tried to do factory reset by holding the volume down and power. Its doing the same thing. At this point I don't are about root I just want a working phone.
Any suggestions?
Flash twrp from the xda thread here and then flash arom. What exactly are you doing to flash it?
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I have tried flashing a recovery. Now I dont have root and cant do anything. It will not let me even upgrade firmware. I tried to get it back to stock. My recovery is jacked up.
adodson927 said:
I have tried flashing a recovery. Now I dont have root and cant do anything. It will not let me even upgrade firmware. I tried to get it back to stock. My recovery is jacked up.
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OK, so you are s-ff, is your bootloader unlocked?
IF you are not on stock recovery YOU CANNOT run an update
I'm s-off bootloader unlocked. I have no recovery. Not even stock.
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adodson927 said:
I'm s-off bootloader unlocked. I have no recovery. Not even stock.
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.. you have to have a recovery..
I think?
can you successfully fastboot flash a custom recovery? If not can you fastboot the stock recovery..?
To be completely honest, I would just run the RUU. should fix you right up
You could boot into RUU and flash the decrypted stock rom zip to get back to straight stock. The zip reflashes stock recovery. I don't see why that wouldn't work.
Edit: Oops. Didn't even notice andy just recommended the same thing lol. My fault.
adodson927 said:
I'm s-off bootloader unlocked. I have no recovery. Not even stock.
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Thats odd, i thought you had to have a recovery of some kind.
Here is what I would do:
Lets try Flashing CWM instead of TWRP in fastboot I will post it, and I will also post the stock recovery there to as well.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kk2esdrx1g1b50p/recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.4.5-m7vzw.img
the image is easily installed via an unlocked bootloader with the following command:
fastboot flash recovery imagename.img
in this case: fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.4.5-m7vzw.img
See if it actually takes, and report back any errors.
If for some reason it does not, try booting into bootloader/fastboot then push the stock recovery:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hgzgq84svzahvnv/htconerecovery_signed.img
Hopefully that will at least take and try to push CWM again , reboot bootloader and reboot into recovery . I am hoping that does it for you.
Go here: http://download.chainfire.eu/370/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.80.zip and dump SU on the root of your SD card and flash the SU.
I have seen people have all kind of weird issues with rum runner and I am just glad i had the official java card method used on mine. I also tend to just use a stock ROM which is just de-bloated.
Anyways I have used Santod040 roms in case i need to go back to pure stock ROM only: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2485319
You will need the odex one to run any OTA
The firmware is a different thing to flash.
here are the checksums:
htconerecovery_signed.img
MD5: E3F5208454689BE7F09835D4A60953A8
SHA-1: 1B0734D97732039528159AD1409AFEE858B5E9F1
SHA3-256: E0741EB77E5DEBEA932EE74F374FAC9E1037776178944279E8B12832C30E2546
recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.4.5-m7vzw.img
MD5: 21A386CB920C485844E3BE0727351838
SHA-1: 312350D7383850915A648E2060AA2FC72B5EA08F
SHA3-256: 78B0C42CD62D3EB2B18BF62B544FC86878A56199DB96D13F26EA65663A822932
Thanks guys!
I was able to install TWRP and also Superuser.
Here are the instructions I used. Maybe they will help someone else like me.
Power off your device, then press and hold Power and Volume Down until you're in the bootloader menu. Highlight FASTBOOT and press Power. You should see Fastboot USB highlighted in red.
Download the latest version of TWRP for your phone and carrier. Rename file to twrp.img.
Open a command prompt on your computer and navigate to your SDK directory. Type "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img" and hit Enter.
Then I backed up my stock rom using TWRP
In TWRP's main menu, tap Reboot. It will tell you that you're not rooted and ask you to install SuperSU, so swipe to confirm. When you reboot your phone, you should see a notification that you need to install the SuperSU app. Open the notification and select TWRP, since the app from Google Play only works with S-OFF.
Worked flawlessly.
I installed NuSenseONE max and I love it so far.
adodson927 said:
Thanks guys!
I was able to install TWRP and also Superuser.
Here are the instructions I used. Maybe they will help someone else like me.
Power off your device, then press and hold Power and Volume Down until you're in the bootloader menu. Highlight FASTBOOT and press Power. You should see Fastboot USB highlighted in red.
Download the latest version of TWRP for your phone and carrier. Rename file to twrp.img.
Open a command prompt on your computer and navigate to your SDK directory. Type "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img" and hit Enter.
Then I backed up my stock rom using TWRP
In TWRP's main menu, tap Reboot. It will tell you that you're not rooted and ask you to install SuperSU, so swipe to confirm. When you reboot your phone, you should see a notification that you need to install the SuperSU app. Open the notification and select TWRP, since the app from Google Play only works with S-OFF.
Worked flawlessly.
I installed NuSenseONE max and I love it so far.
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how else were you trying to flash a recovery ?!?
Goo.im app as well as ROM Manager, ROM Toolbox can flash recoveries. I've notice there isn't much compatibility with the m7vzw though. You can also use terminal command's from the device. All of these require root access though.
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Hey everyone, so my problem is that i did run rumrummer the way it said on the directions and i double checked my rom version type countless times. It says that i am unlocked and s-off, but i cant access recovery. I tried flashing recovery with fastboot command prompt, and still no luck. It gives me a "error: cannot open 'open.img', I navigated to the folder that it is located in and executed the command properly every time. I also dont know how to flash superuser using flashboot, so any help will be very much appreciated. Also I'm kinda new to rooted, I have some experience from a few years back, but dont remember everything.
Jo5ton1018 said:
Hey everyone, so my problem is that i did run rumrummer the way it said on the directions and i double checked my rom version type countless times. It says that i am unlocked and s-off, but i cant access recovery. I tried flashing recovery with fastboot command prompt, and still no luck. It gives me a "error: cannot open 'open.img', I navigated to the folder that it is located in and executed the command properly every time. I also dont know how to flash superuser using flashboot, so any help will be very much appreciated. Also I'm kinda new to rooted, I have some experience from a few years back, but dont remember everything.
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place the name.img file in the same folder as the adb and fastboot executables, open command prompt as administrator for that directory, then type "fastboot flash recovery name.img" substitute name.img for the actual name of the file including extension and make sure there are no quotes around it. also, use "fastboot devices" or "adb devices" to make sure your phone is being recognized.
I got it to work, finally. Thanks for the reply pointedge. I beat u to it earlier in the day and forgot to post up again that I got it. It was like u said, I just had the file in the wrong folder.
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nrfitchett4 said:
how else were you trying to flash a recovery ?!?
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I'm willing to bet he flashed the wrong recovery. It's happened to a lot of people.
Hey all, little embarrassing coming here for this, but I'm in a little bit of a jam. I'm new to flashing custom ROMs, and I was trying to flash my first today, and managed to screw everything up in the process. I can boot into Clockwork mod via my PC, and I can still do everything I need to from there, but I was stupid, and didn't make a Nandroid backup before doing so. So I was wondering if anyone here could lend me theirs that I could slap onto an SD card, and recover my phone with. Any help would be appreciated.
EDIT: Just so we're clear, this isn't an attempt to get personal information. I will take any backups you have, with or without an unlocked bootloader, with or without rooting, with or without custom ROM, anything. Heck, I'd prefer to have it as close to stock as possible, so I can do everything myself. I just need a bit of a bailout here.
Shameful self-bump. I could still really use some help here.
fastboot flash stock recovery
adb side load latest firmware in stock recovery
enjoy
timbernot said:
fastboot flash stock recovery
adb side load latest firmware in stock recovery
enjoy
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That's a little hard to do when the device isn't recognized by my PC, and I can't get it to boot into any recovery that isn't Clockwork mod via my PC.
Misinko said:
That's a little hard to do when the device isn't recognized by my PC, and I can't get it to boot into any recovery that isn't Clockwork mod via my PC.
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how do you boot into Clockwork Mod via your pc when the device isn't recognized by your pc?
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how do you boot into Clockwork Mod via your pc when the device isn't recognized by your pc?
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EDIT: Nevermind, seems I ADB recognizes the device with CWM running. Now I gotta see where to go from there.
Now I've encountered problem number 2: I didn't allow USB debugging for the computer I'm using (USB debugging is ticked in the settings [or at least I think it is], but it's not authorized for my PC). So here's the question: Can I authorize it through Minimal ADB and Fastboot?
Triple post, but it's with a question. I'm nearly positive that this whole ordeal is going on because I tried to boot into recovery mode with the TWRP app when no recovery was available. So now the question is, is there any way I can stop the phone from trying to boot into recovery so I can install a proper one?
Turn it off, then press volume up + power when vibrates, release power while holding volume up, then release volume up as well, it should boot into bootloader where you can fastboot a new recovery.
fastmix said:
Turn it off, then press volume up + power when vibrates, release power while holding volume up, then release volume up as well, it should boot into bootloader where you can fastboot a new recovery.
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Tried that. Doesn't work. Like I said, it keeps booting into the psudo-recovery mode thing. I can't even boot into the bootloader from there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/general/guide-brick-soft-hard-bricked-zenfone-2-t3284256
that will help you - besides if you are silly enough to think anyone will just give you something like a backup, come on man, I am dumb but even I am not that dumb
Have u tried to boot into Fastboot from your Cm recovery? If not, there is a way to make the stock firmware flushable by twrp or cm recovery. I don't feel like typing the whole process but if u look around the forum for a sec u should find it pretty easily. Once u do that, everything will be factory again.
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jflow36 said:
Have u tried to boot into Fastboot from your Cm recovery? If not, there is a way to make the stock firmware flushable by twrp or cm recovery. I don't feel like typing the whole process but if u look around the forum for a sec u should find it pretty easily. Once u do that, everything will be factory again.
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I have tried booting from CWM, but TWRP overrides it still. I'll look into flashing stock firmware through CWM though.