Ok so a little background. I bought a new HTC One X back in August 2012. Before I did anything, I did the usual and installed a ViperX ROM (cannot remember which). It had been 18 months with that ROM so a few weeks ago I decided to look into a newer one. I went for ViperX 4.0.7 as I wanted to stay Team Venom. My firmware was still 0.93 so had to lock, update, unlock ect.
Currently it is 1.36, with the latest TWRP recovery (as suggested) and I flashed ViperX 4.0.7.
Everything worked fine and it installed as it should. But there are a few problems which I need to ask about:
1. Very short battery life while hardly using phone. Battery died overnight at one point from 60%. It seems to have settled but only slightly. Should I wipe battery stats?
2. I have uninstalled a few things I did not want using titanium Backup. Every time I restart the phone, the apps reappear in the app draw as in the photo attached. I can 'hold' on the apps and drag them to uninstall, it removes the icon and its fine after that. Just very annoying after every restart! Is there a way to get it so they never reappear after restart?
Im not sure if they are just bugs (if so, should I report them to Team Venom?) or if there is something I can actually do about them.
Any feedback is much appreciated.
Not able to install 4.0.7
I am not able to flash ViperX 4.0.7 on my HOX.
It always reboots my phone when installation reaches 13%.
Did someone else faced the same problem.
I am using the same boot.img as in the zip file provided.
I am able to flash and use 4.0.1 ver of ViperX.
Any help appreciated!
if you both search the ViperX thread you will find all the answers
Installation problem
lukes91 said:
if you both search the ViperX thread you will find all the answers
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I just searched ViperX thread, couldn't find any similar case.
I have also followed installation process to a letter...
Any other way???
1: Try a custom kernel. I do not have that much of a drain. Did you do a proper manual full wipe before installing the rom.
2: clear the cache/data from HTC sense and they will disappear.
Do I need to be s-off for a custom kernel? I am still s-on. Yes I did a full wipe, then an advanced wipe as I wanted to start with a fresh phone.
I cant seem to find how to clear sense cache, got a quick description?
I have been searching the forums, but as you can see I don't spend much time on here and am struggling to find the answers.
Scratch that! Read a bit more into it. So can you advise the best kernel with 4.0.7?
And as for the wipe, do you mean just the cache wipe in recovery?
A full wipe in the recovery (based on philz touch 5.15) :
Factory reset
Wipe cache partition
Advanced - wipe dalvik cache
Mounts and storage - format cach, data and system
Then install the rom and choose in aroma cache wipe only and a full rom install (apps) and i assume you flashed the boot.img from the rom.zip ?
Best kernel does not exist unfortunately. You have to try some, i am on the latest lyapota and the phone lasts all day with medium use (6:00-23:00)
Wiping sense data :
Settings - apps - all apps - navigate to the app called "sense" or "HTC sense" can't recall it at the minute.....select it and clear the cache/data
and no, you don't need to be S-OFF to flash custom kernel...
A full wipe in the recovery (based on philz touch 5.15) :
Factory reset
Wipe cache partition
Advanced - wipe dalvik cache
Mounts and storage - format cach, data and system
Then install the rom and choose in aroma cache wipe only and a full rom install (apps) and i assume you flashed the boot.img from the rom.zip ?
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Yes, I did exactly that.
Got the App draw problem sorted, thanks!
As for flashing just a kernel, is it a case of just downloading and flashing? No need to install the ROM again is there? Do I flash the kernel in recovery or ADB?
IVIr Shizzle said:
Yes, I did exactly that.
Got the App draw problem sorted, thanks!
As for flashing just a kernel, is it a case of just downloading and flashing? No need to install the ROM again is there? Do I flash the kernel in recovery or ADB?
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flash the kernel zip via recovery and the boot.img you find inside the zip via fastboot, just like you did for the rom's boot.img
Ok last question - I think!
Should I stick to a kernel alike my ROM? e.g I have a sense ROM, should I pick a sense kernel (or one from the Original Android Development thread)?
Or can they be mixed?
No they can't be mixed. Sense roms needs sense kernels.
If I was to flash a kernel, will it put more settings or another app full of settings on my phone? Or is it all behind the scenes pre built into the kernel? I don't exactly want to start messing around with overclocking, undervolting ect?
My home button doesn't always work as it should. Its intermittent when it wants to switch to home screen. Sometimes it doesn't even vibrate to register I've pressed it. I've looked through venom tweaks, nothing I can see would effect it. Any ideas?
I'm having problems with venom hub. When I first clicked the app and registered, it never sent an email to confirm. Now, every time I go on the app, the log in screen comes up and wont let me log in (because I haven't confirmed registration) or go back to try another email address. How do I get it to send another confirmation email OR reset the app to allow me to try another email?
afaik only lyapota's kernel installs an app to let you mount the sdcard as a diskdrive. The options of the kernel are build in, but you can use some kernel settings via venom tweaks like :
Turning on/off s2w
Turning on/off dt2w
Frequencies
Fastcharge
Schedulers
Or you can change scripts which are explained in his thread.
The venom hub should work. Submit 4 or 5 times, some say that worked. If you have continuing problems logging in you can send Ivicask (team venom dev) a PM with your info so he can check/activate the account.
Heloooo…
Am asking the advantage of flashing new kernel..??…. And there possibility of going back to stock kernel….??
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Heloooo…
Am asking the advantage of flashing new kernel..??…. And there possibility of going back to stock kernel….??
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Advantages :
Using it's mods like sweep to wake and double tap to wake, some are more battery friendly, more options to control the frequencies.
Going back to stock kernel :
Flash the boot.img from the rom and then install the rom with a cache wipe only.
Ok…. So maybe in htc one x which iz best…
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Ok…. So maybe in htc one x which iz best…
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There is no best......try them and find out how your specific device reacts on it in combination with certain settings
Ok… thankz.… .and I can reinstall the stock one…. After those customz
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Everytime I install a custom rom on rom manager, it has corrupted my phone and each and everytime I'd have to restore it. Is there any way to fix it? I've seen comments on the custom roms and people have commented that it works fine on the DHD.
Hi drkhrsy
Kindly explain further by your meaning of corrupt? This would allow us here to clearly understand the problems you're facing. Thanks.
Well I first installed cyanogenmod 7 and that gave me the boot loop. After restoring the phone I thought I'd try another ROM, so I went to download the TB 7.0.3 ROM and that booted up the phone but I had constant popups on HTC sense force closing and couldn't do anything else so I had to restore the phone again. So yeh, I'm not really sure what I'm doing wrong here.
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Well I first installed cyanogenmod 7 and that gave me the boot loop. After restoring the phone I thought I'd try another ROM, so I went to download the TB 7.0.3 ROM and that booted up the phone but I had constant popups on HTC sense force closing and couldn't do anything else so I had to restore the phone again. So yeh, I'm not really sure what I'm doing wrong here.
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Did you do a full wipe before flashing those roms, multiple fcs normally indicate that you didn't try a full wipe then reflash either of your chosen roms.
Full wipe as in factory settings?
Well I've installed a new RUU after the boot loop problem, isn't that considered as a full wipe? or should I just do a wipe again now?
I had that horrible boot loop aswell after installing Rom.manager but I fixed it with a ruu
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Installing a new RUU does not constitute that you have full wipe any data and cache. As the ROM you tend to flash is, in a small or large extent, relatively different from that of RUU. That why we always advised to do a full wipe whenever we wish to flash ROMs. Else it will cause some issues such as Force Close issues.
You have to boot into recovery and select Wipe Data and Wipe Cache. That you will consider yourself that you have wipe those data and caches. Then now you can flash the desired ROM in your list.
In addition, before flashing is best to do a Nandroid back-up.
Also do check on your recovery version before you flash any ROMs as different ROMs need/may require different version in order to be flashed successfully(i.e. no or minimal issues)
Cheers mate.
aiight sweet, I'll give that a go.
Cheers!
You're most welcome.
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aiight sweet, I'll give that a go.
Cheers!
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Memory serving EVERY ROM says you MUST perform a wipe of data and cache if coming from a different ROM. This is custom ROM 101. Please read instructions thoroughly before doing things like this. The ROM devs don't spend their free time writing instructions just for the hell of it.
Regarding ROM Manager, don't you get asked if you want to wipe data and cache when you flash a new ROM (or is that not an option on the free version)?
Yeh I do get asked for wiping data and cache, I do that and it just seems to still screw up. Also backing up my files through clockwork seems to make my phone get stuck on the HTC boot up screen which requires me to reformat using the RUU file.
I would suggest re-flashing the recovery.img file.
Also, are you using the same cwm-r version to restore as used to create backup? For example, If version 2.x.x.x was used to backup you can't use 3.x.x.x to restore.
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I've just checked my CWM-R version and its recovery version is at 3.0.2.6 hmm now I cant get into the recovery boot screen :S. I'd just most likely restore the phone again and try root the phone again. but thanks anyway
nvm I got in the recovery boot. Yeh the CWM-R are the same version.
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nvm I got in the recovery boot. Yeh the CWM-R are the same version.
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I think you miss understand. I don't mean do they match wherever you look.
Did you make the original backups using version 3.0.0.x or 2.5.x.x?
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I'd just most likely restore the phone again and try root the phone again.
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You don't need to do that, just redo the recovery.img
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First of all i must say i m new to rooting androids, did research for a couple of days then went ahead with rooting my Htc desire z which i did an OTA update to gingerbread 2.3.3
I downgraded to froyo 2.2 using this "[GUIDE] Downgrade G2 (2.3.X) & DZ (2.3.X) & mT4g (2.3.4) & DHD w/ S-ON to Stock Froyo" ..i had to create a gold card.
The boot loader shows :
vision pvt ship s-off
Hboot -0.85.0005
Micorp-0425
radio-26.03.02.18_M3
eMMC-boot
oct 11 2010,20:10:38
Next i used the 2nd post of this "[GUIDE][30/06/2011]Root AND Downgrade Desire Z/G2(S-OFF/ClockWorkMod) -No Gingerbread" to flash the Virtuous Unity 2.39.0 Sense 3.0 based on Pyramid
The rom ran fine for a day, then i started getting boot loops, it would boot, show loading then again restart to the htc logo. At first it loaded after 4-5 tries, then it started looping forever.
I restored my nandroid bakup via clockwork recovery...it worked for an hour, then again my own htc sense 2.2 froyo backed up rom also started boot looping.
I tried the "[ROM][10/21/11] Bulletproof MIUI :: 1.10.21 :: OC/UV/Stable!" it works for a while, then again the horror of boot loops renderin my desire z unusable
I tried cleaning the "wipe dalvik cache" "wipe battery stats" via clockwork recovery v3.0.2.4 nothing worked, i did "wipe data /factory reset" , "wipe cache partition" mounts and storage ...."format /cache, /data, /system" then again rooted, and installed the rom via browse from sd card menu.
again the mobile works for an hr or two and the boot loops occurs, and wont stop
im clueless on what to do. can anybody advise me on what to do so that i dont have to throw my phone away
EDIT:
Problem solved. Seems CWM 5 was causing the issue
Flash the latest cyanogen nightly. Do a full wipe first.
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Karakoram2 said:
Flash the latest cyanogen nightly. Do a full wipe first.
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thanks, will try that
Just read the startertopic from the virtous unity.
When you experiance reboots etc aply patch.
Important Notes
If you are experiencing random freezes and/or reboots, this is likely due to your device being incapable of handling our overclocking defaults. Download and apply this flashable patch, which will reduce the maximum CPU frequency to 1Ghz and likely eliminate this issue.
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Patch
after instaling rom succesfully do'nt reboot but flash this patch. All will be fine.
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misterextreme said:
Just read the startertopic from the virtous unity.
When you experiance reboots etc aply patch.
Patch
after instaling rom succesfully do'nt reboot but flash this patch. All will be fine.
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I was having boot loops even after installing different roms like MIUI, cynaogen, and even the default stock rom...
I did some research and found out that many people who are having multiple roms boot loop issue have one thing in common.. "clockwork mod recovery".
So i uninstalled the recovery and flashed with the stock htc recovery and then i reflashed with the stock htc rom....and voila no more boot loops and the stock rom which didnt worked previously is now running fine. I still have S-ON, but now im a little afraid to flash with a new rom again
Can anybody confirm that CWM recovery can cause this boot loop ??
I'm not sure about the bootloops with CWM, but if you decide to reroot, as an alternative, I highly suggestion flashing the 4EXT Recovery. It's amazing. I've had zero issues with it. And it has many additional options and fabulous support. The link is in my signature.
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Ditamae said:
I'm not sure about the bootloops with CWM, but if you decide to reroot, as an alternative, I highly suggestion flashing the 4EXT Recovery. It's amazing. I've had zero issues with it. And it has many additional options and fabulous support. The link is in my signature.
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Thanks will give it a try.
sandipbarik said:
I was having boot loops even after installing different roms like MIUI, cynaogen, and even the default stock rom...
I did some research and found out that many people who are having multiple roms boot loop issue have one thing in common.. "clockwork mod recovery".
So i uninstalled the recovery and flashed with the stock htc recovery and then i reflashed with the stock htc rom....and voila no more boot loops and the stock rom which didnt worked previously is now running fine. I still have S-ON, but now im a little afraid to flash with a new rom again
Can anybody confirm that CWM recovery can cause this boot loop ??
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CWM v5 has been known to bootloop, v3 doesn't (or at least didn't when I used it last)
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yeah i was using cwm 5, but i think ill try the 4EXT Recovery in a few days, and hope for the best
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yeah i was using cwm 5, but i think ill try the 4EXT Recovery in a few days, and hope for the best
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I've read that the latest CWM fixes the bootloop issue but I find that 4ext is far better so I haven't even tried using CWM since 4ext came out.
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I bought the "4EXT Recovery Control" from the android market today...haven't flashed any new roms yet...just running the stock rooted rom to see if everything works fine. So far so good.
One noob question though, what if i again wipe everything and get stock htc recovery for some reason, do i again have to purchase the 4EXT or since i have already purchased it, i just get to download it.
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I bought the "4EXT Recovery Control" from the android market today...haven't flashed any new roms yet...just running the stock rooted rom to see if everything works fine. So far so good.
One noob question though, what if i again wipe everything and get stock htc recovery for some reason, do i again have to purchase the 4EXT or since i have already purchased it, i just get to download it.
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When you wipe, you're using recovery to do the wiping so no, you won't lose the 4ext recovery. You will lose the 4ext Recovery Control app, as you will every other app you downloaded, but your purchase is linked to your Google account so as soon as you sign in with your account the Market will begin downloading everything you purchased.
If you plan on flashing new ROMs, I highly suggest Titanium Backup Pro. Before flashing a ROM, use it to back up all of your apps and their data and create a flashable zip of the program. With 4ext you can flash multiple zips so, set it to flash the new ROM and the Titanium app and that way you can just restore all your apps at once rather than waiting for the Market to download them. The added bonus is that all your data gets restored (saved games, etc.). Just be sure to never restore "system data" unless you're flashing like ROMs.
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Might sounds like a stupid question.... but..
How would someone upgrade/update his current Paranoid Rom? (or any custom Rom...)
I installed it on ~Nov 27th and since then there's a new version available.
Should I just re-flash the kernel (if it's new) and re-install the Rom in recovery?
Do I really have to do a factory reset again?
I might only have one post, but don't be afraid to go technical. I've been lurking and reading around here for a while, it's kind of a shame I can't post anywhere else just to comment on some roms or offer my help (programmer as a living...nothing as complex as a kernels or roms, but still useful )
Thanks in advance.
download the latest version and flash it in recovery after flashing boot.img from fastboot
You can do a dirty flash, which is flashing directly over what you have now, of you can use one of the backup apps like titanium and back up your settings, then go into recovery and wipe system data and cache and flash the ROM. Doing a dirty flash you might run into problems, not that's not a for sure thing.
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Or do this
I hope u have twrp recovery if not get it
Now boot in boot loader mode
Wipe
Wipe rom it only clears the rom nothing else and don't reboot
Flash the new rom
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Or do this
I hope u have twrp recovery if not get it
Now boot in boot loader mode
Wipe
Wipe rom it only clears the rom nothing else and don't reboot
Flash the new rom
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It worked great, but I somehow lost all my contact (not a big deal as they are mostly on gmail or facebook and will sync back I hope)
So, I was relocking my HOX in order to get the OTA JB update from carrier (H3G) in order to use the new Viper ROM.
All went well and managed this. Got re rotted and installed CWM ans Super SU.
However, I read that before installing the JB Viper ROM it was important to do a full wipe. Using CWM i did this. Specifically I did the wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition, wipe dalvik cache and format system.
Now my phone is stuck on the white HTC screen. Please help.
Thanks
You formatted system, which basically wiped the rom. Reflash and don't format system.
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You should probably read what bricking your phone means.
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And don't forget to flash the boot.img file !
Thanks for the quick response and apologies for the basic and wrongly termed questions. Just panicking a little.
How do i get the ROM and boot.img on to the fone? Because it sticks at the white screen the pc doesn't seem to detect it.
Last time i used a stock RUU and followed that process. Will i be able to flash the new Viper ROM instead?
thanks
The boot.img is supposed to be flashed from the PC. To get the Rom into the phone you need to go back to clockworkmod, go into mounts and storage and press the mount usb thing
Edit - to flash the boot.img find a thread about fastboot. Don't worry you'll get there
To get the ROM on the phone boot into cwm and GOTO mounts & storage
Then mount USB storage
It should now be detected as a drive on your PC and you can copy the ROM back over
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Thanks. I did as you guys suggested and was able to install the Viper ROM (used the tweaked stock kernel as recommended in the download).
So have a ROM now but I have no service with my carrier and when I try to connect to wifi it says 'error'. Have I missed or done something wrong?
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Thanks. I did as you guys suggested and was able to install the Viper ROM (used the tweaked stock kernel as recommended in the download).
So have a ROM now but I have no service with my carrier and when I try to connect to wifi it says 'error'. Have I missed or done something wrong?
Cheers
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While installing the rom, did you choose at the kernel question to keep the stock kernel and modules
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Mr Hofs said:
While installing the rom, did you choose at the kernel question to keep the stock kernel and modules
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Got it resolved. I had used the tweaked kernel and assumed that this was not standard, so when asked about which kernel i was using i said it wasn't the viper one.
So i went back to basics and used the kernel that came with the ROM zip and just flashed both. Working fine now. The only question is whether I could have used the tweaked kernel and answered yes to using the viper version?
Thanks for your help. Felt like I have learned a fair bit in the last 12 hours though!
Well if you flashed a different custom kernel you can answer that with the question so it won't load the stock modules but backs up the custom modules from the custom kernel. This way it won't mess up functionality.
When you use a boot.img without it proper modules it can mess up those things you experienced. Hope i make my self clear
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Well if you flashed a different custom kernel you can answer that with the question so it won't load the stock modules but backs up the custom modules from the custom kernel. This way it won't mess up functionality.
When you use a boot.img without it proper modules it can mess up those things you experienced. Hope i make my self clear
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Ye, perfectly. cheers
Looking at this thread, makes me realize that there are still a lot of polite helpful guys out there :thumbup:
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Hey guys. This is getting really frustrating. I was trying to find a custom kernel to use and so of course I made a backup. Backup is done, I go to flash kernel. Everything loads up, I think I'm golden. But to my surprise I can't connect to camera.
No big deal, I reboot to recovery restore backup and put my phone down to wait. Comeback later and my phone is stuck on white HTC logo not booting.
Do the button combination to restart in recovery and I go to wipe cache and dalvik thinking maybe that will help. Well it tells me it can't mount /system and I go to reboot after wiping and it says no OS is installed. Causing me to have to reflash whatever rom I was on(in this case it was Viper and the kernel I was trying to flash was elemental)
I am baffled as to why this is happening. Am I choosing the wrong partitions to backup?
I've had a lot of phones and I'm not new to TWRP or rooting and or S-Off for HTC devices. I am S-Off and bootloader is unlocked. Does anybody have any clues as to what the heck is going on?
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Hey guys. This is getting really frustrating. I was trying to find a custom kernel to use and so of course I made a backup. Backup is done, I go to flash kernel. Everything loads up, I think I'm golden. But to my surprise I can't connect to camera.
No big deal, I reboot to recovery restore backup and put my phone down to wait. Comeback later and my phone is stuck on white HTC logo not booting.
Do the button combination to restart in recovery and I go to wipe cache and dalvik thinking maybe that will help. Well it tells me it can't mount /system and I go to reboot after wiping and it says no OS is installed. Causing me to have to reflash whatever rom I was on(in this case it was Viper and the kernel I was trying to flash was elemental)
I am baffled as to why this is happening. Am I choosing the wrong partitions to backup?
I've had a lot of phones and I'm not new to TWRP or rooting and or S-Off for HTC devices. I am S-Off and bootloader is unlocked. Does anybody have any clues as to what the heck is going on?
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Hey mate, camera has issues on new base with custom kernel. Has been mentioned many times in Viper thread. Might get fixed soon due to new kernel source release. Just use stock kernel until you have stable setup.
purple patch said:
Hey mate, camera has issues on new base with custom kernel. Has been mentioned many times in Viper thread. Might get fixed soon due to new kernel source release. Just use stock kernel until you have stable setup.
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New kernels are already out for newer base.. You can try that and see
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purple patch said:
Hey mate, camera has issues on new base with custom kernel. Has been mentioned many times in Viper thread. Might get fixed soon due to new kernel source release. Just use stock kernel until you have stable setup.
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I had the same issue...turns out I just swiped to back up the default, on mine anyways, which was all boxes selected...just back up system, not system image, if you have that checked; and then boot and data. Maybe that will work for you.
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I had the same issue...turns out I just swiped to back up the default, on mine anyways, which was all boxes selected...just back up system, not system image, if you have that checked; and then boot and data. Maybe that will work for you.
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Thank you, I'll try this.
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