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Hi
I have an unbranded (unlocked) HTC One X (Bought in UK). I recently received 4.1.1 update but I have decided that I want to root my phone. I have never rooted any phone before so I am pretty much new to the whole process.
I would really like to back up my phone as it is. I am not sure if it is possible to create a ROM of the current state of the phone and restore it if I want to. This is because my phone is still under warranty and if it goes faulty I would like to send it back to HTC in its original state.
I can backup my contacts, messages, apps etc. separately. It is the actual original HTC software I am more worried about.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you
Anyone please?
I have been browsing through the forum and I have seen few people ask very similar questions but no one seem to have figured it out yet. I have also seen many topics where people are struggling to recover back to stock ROM because they did not make any proper backups.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks
So you need 3.14.401.27 RUU. You are on 2.17.401.x now?
Check htcruu.com, the UK ROM is widely available.
BenPope said:
So you need 3.14.401.27 RUU. You are on 2.17.401.x now?
Check htcruu.com, the UK ROM is widely available.
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Thanks for the reply.
I have official HTC 3.14.401.27 installed on my phone right now. I have never rooted it or anything. That is why I am asking if there is a way for me to save that as a ROM or save that ruu before I root my phone.
Make sure you make a nandroid backup of your stock rom after unlocking bootloader and installing clockworkmod recovery, and keep that backup in a safe place.
Cocktopus said:
Make sure you make a nandroid backup of your stock rom after unlocking bootloader and installing clockworkmod recovery, and keep that backup in a safe place.
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Okay thanks. Any other way to make a copy of stock kernel and recovery too?
i believe there are links to stock kernels and stock recoveries. there's also a thread to go back from custom rom to stock rom if ever you change your mind
jinogungon said:
i believe there are links to stock kernels and stock recoveries. there's also a thread to go back from custom rom to stock rom if ever you change your mind
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Yup I have been reading that.
But it says that:
These instructions require that you have one of the ICS hboot versions in order to work (1.12.0000 or lower). If you have one of the new JB hboots 1.28, 1.31 or 1.33 there is currently no way to return to stock until a JB ruu is released for your device.
After checking my phone, it seems like I have 1.33. It seems like there is no way for my phone to get back to stock at the minute. That is why I was asking if there is anything else I can do to make it possible before I actually root my phone.
Okay so youtube "(HD) Root the HTC One X - Part 1/2 - Unlocking the Bootloader - Cursed4Eva" and "(HD) Root the HTC One X - Part 1/2 - Unlocking the Bootloader - Cursed4Eva"... These two videos will tell you exactly what I did to my phone. Anyways everything worked i rooted my phone. I turned it on it was successful. Then I downloaded font changer from play store. I chose a font then i tried to open my settings then it wouldn't open so i restarted my phone............ then when it turns back on it wont go passed "HTC one beats audio" screen..... idk what to do... i tried factory reset ... erase cache... EVERYTHING.. IT WONT WORK.. AND I DONT HAVE WARRENTY HELP ME PLS!!!! =(!!!!!HOW DO I FIX MY PHONE WHEN ITS STUCK IN BOOT LOOP LIKE THIS!!!
help me please!
Here we go ,
Hold the power button and the volume - button together until it restarts into the bootloader menu
Then tell me what's there (hboot number and of it says fastboot USB)
Do you have the fastboot files on the pc and do you know anything about fastboot commands ?
Hi,
I didn't know about that font changer app until now. You should've said something about it in the original thread.
I assume you didn't backup your stock rom in recovery, so you have to flash something else.
Yesterday you said you want to have a custom rom and not the original stock rom so the question goes:
Do you want a ROM with HTC Sense skin or a pure Android without Sense (AOSP)?
If you want your mobile running in no time, I recommend either a ICS Sense ROM or ICS/JB AOSP ROM.
If you want a JB Sense ROM it will be more work for you and a slower process.
Pick between those and I will give advice on what particular ROM yous should choose.
You can take a look here for Sense roms: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1536
and here for AOSP-ROMs http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1684
My personal recommendation is the official CyanogenMod ROM, which is based on AOSP and is very stable and fluid.
Check it out here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1786696
When you have chosen your ROM, or have questions, I will help you.
Do not worry mate, I've seen hundreds of these cases and all have been sorted out just fine.
And please remember to click the thanks button.
TToivanen said:
Hi,
I didn't know about that font changer app until now. You should've said something about it in the original thread.
I assume you didn't backup your stock rom in recovery, so you have to flash something else.
Yesterday you said you want to have a custom rom and not the original stock rom so the question goes:
Do you want a ROM with HTC Sense skin or a pure Android without Sense (AOSP)?
If you want your mobile running in no time, I recommend either a ICS Sense ROM or ICS/JB AOSP ROM.
If you want a JB Sense ROM it will be more work for you and a slower process.
Pick between those and I will give advice on what particular ROM yous should choose.
You can take a look here for Sense roms: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1536
and here for AOSP-ROMs http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1684
My personal recommendation is the official CyanogenMod ROM, which is based on AOSP and is very stable and fluid.
Check it out here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1786696
When you have chosen your ROM, or have questions, I will help you.
Do not worry mate, I've seen hundreds of these cases and all have been sorted out just fine.
And please remember to click the thanks button.
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gimme a sec i need to digest this info
Count me in ! Always try to help but this all could be avoided by doing better research !
But we are here now and everything is going to be just fine with this tag team online :thumbup:
Going to put my kids to bed first
awesomelyawesome said:
gimme a sec i need to digest this info
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I also want my original rom... the official one.. my version is 2.17.111.3
awesomelyawesome said:
I also want my original rom... the official one.. my version is 2.17.111.3
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I think Its best to check or a ruu or a nandroid backup in the backup thread ! Hoe is your battery holding ?
Mr Hofs said:
Here we go ,
Hold the power button and the volume - button together until it restarts into the bootloader menu
Then tell me what's there (hboot number and of it says fastboot USB)
Do you have the fastboot files on the pc and do you know anything about fastboot commands ?
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I have.. HBOOT-1.12.0000
and no i dont know fastboot commands.. i just followed the video.. didn't know what he was doing and I honestly dontknow what fastboot and hboot is lol
Mr Hofs said:
I think Its best to check or a ruu or a nandroid backup in the backup thread ! Hoe is your battery holding ?
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i've been charging... but i cant tell where its at because my phone wont turn on (stuck on htc logo).. and I dont know what a ruu is.. my version is 2.17.111.3
TToivanen said:
Hi,
I didn't know about that font changer app until now. You should've said something about it in the original thread.
I assume you didn't backup your stock rom in recovery, so you have to flash something else.
Yesterday you said you want to have a custom rom and not the original stock rom so the question goes:
Do you want a ROM with HTC Sense skin or a pure Android without Sense (AOSP)?
If you want your mobile running in no time, I recommend either a ICS Sense ROM or ICS/JB AOSP ROM.
If you want a JB Sense ROM it will be more work for you and a slower process.
Pick between those and I will give advice on what particular ROM yous should choose.
You can take a look here for Sense roms: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1536
and here for AOSP-ROMs http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1684
My personal recommendation is the official CyanogenMod ROM, which is based on AOSP and is very stable and fluid.
Check it out here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1786696
When you have chosen your ROM, or have questions, I will help you.
Do not worry mate, I've seen hundreds of these cases and all have been sorted out just fine.
And please remember to click the thanks button.
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dont i need to put my phone in drive mode so i can save the rom to my sd card? Well.... I cant do that because in order to put it in drive mode u have to have ur phone on and my phone cant pass htc logo... so i cant install a rom?
Hooray, tag team!
@awesomelyawesome
I'm sorry, but I can't find the RUU or stock nandroid backup for your main version. It might be that you can't return to stock.
ROM transfer is possible in CWM.
Marcel, please see if you can spot the RUU?
TToivanen said:
Hooray, tag team!
@awesomelyawesome
I'm sorry, but I can't find the RUU or stock nandroid backup for your main version. It might be that you can't return to stock.
ROM transfer is possible in CWM.
Marcel, please see if you can spot the RUU?
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does it have to be the same version? cant I have an american version of htc sense? this is a german tmobile version and i dont like it because im not from germany.. i just change the language to english
Yes, it has to be the exact same version.
Start looking for those rom varieties I posted earlier.
TToivanen said:
Yes, it has to be the exact same version.
Start looking for those rom varieties I posted earlier.
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Do those roms have to be a specific version?
No, but with your current hboot version you should ignore JB Sense ROMs. All others are good.
Nope it's not there, only older ones but they are useless, guess you are stuck on a custom rom for a while ..... First we have to get fastboot up and running, download this
http://db.tt/ldx3qOOU
And put the files like this
C:\fastboot\here the files i gave you
Did u install HTC drivers ?
TToivanen said:
No, but with your current hboot version you should ignore JB Sense ROMs. All others are good.
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I want a Jelly bean one.. could you recommend one for me? I honestly dont know much about roms
You can't run a JB rom because your hboot doesn't support it
Mr Hofs said:
You can't run a JB rom because your hboot doesn't support it
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Can I get one that supports it?
Sorry if this has been posted already but i have searched literally hours before coming to this.
I'll start at the beggining.
I was on stock htc rom on 4.2.2 on my ONE X. i wanted to root so followed a tutorial and it went wrong, so i tried to boot the phone but it was stuck at the htc screen, so i did a nandroid restore
however the restore was for an older software version (ICS i think), now the phone boots up and i cannot use the touch in anyway. I have searched for RUU's but none work, i have tried nandroid restores but the give errors and i have also tried stock rom's but to nno avail.
I would honestly greatly appreciate help in any way shape or form. I am not a complete noob at this but a mere begginner compared to you guys here, (much love btw, helped me a hell of a lot through the years).
I can provide any information you want, just let me know how to access it as i dont have touch working. I have clockworkmod recovery etc, i dont think its rooted.
So yeah, please help me and im sorry if this is wrong section
arman azam said:
Sorry if this has been posted already but i have searched literally hours before coming to this.
I'll start at the beggining.
I was on stock htc rom on 4.2.2 on my ONE X. i wanted to root so followed a tutorial and it went wrong, so i tried to boot the phone but it was stuck at the htc screen, so i did a nandroid restore
however the restore was for an older software version (ICS i think), now the phone boots up and i cannot use the touch in anyway. I have searched for RUU's but none work, i have tried nandroid restores but the give errors and i have also tried stock rom's but to nno avail.
I would honestly greatly appreciate help in any way shape or form. I am not a complete noob at this but a mere begginner compared to you guys here, (much love btw, helped me a hell of a lot through the years).
I can provide any information you want, just let me know how to access it as i dont have touch working. I have clockworkmod recovery etc, i dont think its rooted.
So yeah, please help me and im sorry if this is wrong section
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are you sure your phone is an eandevoru and not an evita? (XL)? hboot?
thanks for replying
Stefan0vic said:
are you sure your phone is an eandevoru and not an evita? (XL)? hboot?
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thanks for replying i can confirm it is endeavour and hboot 1.72.000000..
Flash philz touch recovery , then get either a Rom or a newer nandroid, go in your recovery and mounts and storage and mount usb storage. That way you can copy a Rom on it and flash it.
Don't forget to flash boot.img!
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thanks!
Stefan0vic said:
Flash philz touch recovery , then get either a Rom or a newer nandroid, go in your recovery and mounts and storage and mount usb storage. That way you can copy a Rom on it and flash it.
Don't forget to flash boot.img!
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app
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thanks it worked great
same problem
arman azam said:
thanks it worked great
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what did u do? m facing same problem with my htc one x please help
piyushhumbe said:
what did u do? m facing same problem with my htc one x please help
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Problem at the nandroid backup ? Or problem at recovery ?
Be clear about your issue
If it's touch on recovery update it to either philz touch or latest TWRP. They can easily be found in the original dev section.
When touch doesn't work when you restored a nand backup you need a newer one matching your official main version !
Mr Hofs said:
Problem at the nandroid backup ? Or problem at recovery ?
Be clear about your issue
If it's touch on recovery update it to either philz touch or latest TWRP. They can easily be found in the original dev section.
When touch doesn't work when you restored a nand backup you need a newer one matching your official main version !
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there are no newer nandroid backup and ruu available for htc one x. i am using CID HTC__038 and build number 3.14.720.24. i restored ics nandroid i guess of same version but now my touch is not working after turning on the phone. touch is working in philz recovery but not after turning on. ICS lockscreen is showing up (the ring one). please help
piyushhumbe said:
there are no newer nandroid backup and ruu available for htc one x. i am using CID HTC__038 and build number 3.14.720.24. i restored ics nandroid i guess of same version but now my touch is not working after turning on the phone. touch is working in philz recovery but not after turning on. ICS lockscreen is showing up (the ring one). please help
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Than your official main is not 3.14. Do this command :
Fastboot getvar version-main
The nand must have that number too otherwise touch will not work !
sorry
Mr Hofs said:
Than your official main is not 3.14. Do this command :
Fastboot getvar version-main
The nand must have that number too otherwise touch will not work !
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You are right. i told u the wrong version. my version is 4.19.720.2. where can i get nandroid of this version. but my cid is HTC__38 so i did restore of that nand with a different main version(the one which i told u). please help me out! what should i do now
piyushhumbe said:
You are right. i told u the wrong version. my version is 4.19.720.2. where can i get nandroid of this version. but my cid is HTC__38 so i did restore of that nand with a different main version(the one which i told u). please help me out! what should i do now
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You should get a matching nand from somewhere. Without one i can't help (you should have made your own )
If there is no nand in the backup collection thread in the general section than i don't know. There is no other source available here on xda ...... maybe outside xda, a forum from your country ?
:crying:
Mr Hofs said:
You should get a matching nand from somewhere. Without one i can't help (you should have made your own )
If there is no nand in the backup collection thread in the general section than i don't know. There is no other source available here on xda ...... maybe outside xda, a forum from your country ?
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there are no good forums of my country(i think i should start one ). i searched everywhere but i didnt find nandroid backup of mine. :crying: i should have done a backup in the tutorial they had told to do a backup what is the last thing that i can do for this problem? shall i give to to htc service center?
piyushhumbe said:
:crying:
there are no good forums of my country(i think i should start one ). i searched everywhere but i didnt find nandroid backup of mine. :crying: i should have done a backup in the tutorial they had told to do a backup what is the last thing that i can do for this problem? shall i give to to htc service center?
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No mate , just flash a custom rom and use the phone. A stock rom is not different to your stock. It's only debranded (no carrier crap on-board). And there will be no major updates anymore, i don't even think there will be small ones either !
Mr Hofs said:
No mate , just flash a custom rom and use the phone. A stock rom is not different to your stock. It's only debranded (no carrier crap on-board). And there will be no major updates anymore, i don't even think there will be small ones either !
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no custom rom is working.. i flashed cm11 but the phone is not booting up.. its is stuck on the logo htc quietly brilliant logo -__-
Flash the boot.img
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piyushhumbe said:
no custom rom is working.. i flashed cm11 but the phone is not booting up.. its is stuck on the logo htc quietly brilliant logo -__-
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All custom roms work on your phone. You are installing it wrong, forgot to wipe something or indeed flash the boot.img via fastboot !
Mr Hofs said:
All custom roms work on your phone. You are installing it wrong, forgot to wipe something or indeed flash the boot.img via fastboot !
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i fashed boot.img via fastboot and then installed rom.. and now my phone is working just fine!! tysm mr.hoffs
hi all,
today i tried to root my htc one x. i unlocked its bootloader from htcdev. all went fine. i checked the bootloader unlocked.
then i tried to root my phone using this thread early published (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1644167)
but the root.zip file was not downloadable.
then i tried other sites, same probs necessary files were not downloadable.
went to other site (http://www.knowyourmobile.com/htc/htc-one/17426/how-root-your-htc-one-x) downloaded the file, followed the instructions,
my phone stuck into bootloop. only i can switch off my phone using power+vol down, and can acess the fastboot menu... my phone is not
powering up. any help please. i don't know anything how to fix this. any help will be appreciated.
I THINK MY PHONE IS NOT GOING TO POWER UP, HELP PLEASE
my phone CID is:HTC_38
version-main: 4.19.720.1
HBOOT-1.73.0000
b2jeeet said:
hi all,
today i tried to root my htc one x. i unlocked its bootloader from htcdev. all went fine. i checked the bootloader unlocked.
then i tried to root my phone using this thread early published (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1644167)
but the root.zip file was not downloadable.
then i tried other sites, same probs necessary files were not downloadable.
went to other site (http://www.knowyourmobile.com/htc/htc-one/17426/how-root-your-htc-one-x) downloaded the file, followed the instructions,
my phone stuck into bootloop. only i can switch off my phone using power+vol down, and can acess the fastboot menu... my phone is not
powering up. any help please. i don't know anything how to fix this. any help will be appreciated.
I THINK MY PHONE IS NOT GOING TO POWER UP, HELP PLEASE
my phone CID is:HTC_38
version-main: 4.19.720.1
HBOOT-1.73.0000
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as you have mention above the link of root.zip,its of HTC One XL(non-tegra device)
if you have htc one xl then you are in wrong place..
He has the quad-core. The XL variant has no 1.73 hboot and 4.19.720 software number. So he is in the right place
Easiest way now is to restore the nandroid backup you probably didn't make before messing around with the superuser.zip !
Mr Hofs said:
He has the quad-core. The XL variant has no 1.73 hboot and 4.19.720 software number. So he is in the right place
Easiest way now is to restore the nandroid backup you probably didn't make before messing around with the superuser.zip !
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ok so far i have downloaded a nandroid back up from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975140
CID HTC__038 .. Nandroid Backup 3.14.720.24 CID HTC__038 thanks to aakash_hellyeah
and did restoring http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1859714 using this as instructed
still didnt done. while restoring it said an error message.
any suggestion will be appreciated. thanks
The 3.14 ain't gonna help you as the touchscreen won't work ! You need a nand that matches your main.
If you can't find one then i suggest you install a clean new custom rom of your choice !
then cyangenmod?
Mr Hofs said:
The 3.14 ain't gonna help you as the touchscreen won't work ! You need a nand that matches your main.
If you can't find one then i suggest you install a clean new custom rom of your choice !
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if i install clean new cyangenmod? do i need to do anything extra? i mean any other installation!
do i need to follow any other method except installing using clockworkmod recovery?
sorry for asking many things, i never knew that tinkering with htc one x would cause me a brick device on my hand
You need to flash the boot.img via fastboot, make a full wipe in the recovery and install the CM.zip and the appropriate GAPPS......
thanks for your precious time
Mr Hofs said:
The 3.14 ain't gonna help you as the touchscreen won't work ! You need a nand that matches your main.
If you can't find one then i suggest you install a clean new custom rom of your choice !
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thanks for your precious time. i took your advice and just installed cyangenmod it has powered up
thanks friend
htc sense
Mr Hofs said:
You need to flash the boot.img via fastboot, make a full wipe in the recovery and install the CM.zip and the appropriate GAPPS......
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is there any way to go back to my original firmware? cause i really loved htc's own rom, it was really beautiful.
if possible pls give detailed instructions.
thanks for bring my phone back from dead
Well you need a stock nandroid backup that has the same main version number 4.19.720 and restore it. As long as you don't have that you can't go back to stock. But there are custom roms based on pure stock looks. You can install that too.
good roms based on htc sense
Mr Hofs said:
Well you need a stock nandroid backup that has the same main version number 4.19.720 and restore it. As long as you don't have that you can't go back to stock. But there are custom roms based on pure stock looks. You can install that too.
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pls suggest me some good custom roms based on pure stock looks. if i tri i feel that i might mess up again
thanks
b2jeeet said:
pls suggest me some good custom roms based on pure stock looks. if i tri i feel that i might mess up again
thanks
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These are close to stock :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1562603
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2562616
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1546970
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2410320
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2027029
same nandroid for htc one x
Mr Hofs said:
These are close to stock :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1562603
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2562616
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1546970
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2410320
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2027029
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i have a friend who has same version-main: 4.19.720.1, like mine. but the problem he has s-on in his phone
if i install clockworkmod recovery v5.8.4.0 in his phone without unlocking it, and then make a nandroid back up and transfer that to mine, would
that help me?
if not what should i do, pls give some detailed guide, cause i really dont like cyangenmod, and the other stock looking roms have the installation guide that is quite complex for me.
thanks
b2jeeet said:
i have a friend who has same version-main: 4.19.720.1, like mine. but the problem he has s-on in his phone
if i install clockworkmod recovery v5.8.4.0 in his phone without unlocking it, and then make a nandroid back up and transfer that to mine, would
that help me?
if not what should i do, pls give some detailed guide, cause i really dont like cyangenmod, and the other stock looking roms have the installation guide that is quite complex for me.
thanks
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You can't install anything like that via fastboot if phone is locked...you need to be unlocked and for the latest cm roms like cm 11 that recovery is too old... He can unlock too, flash a recovery make a nandroid backup without flashing another Rom and there is your backup
Gesendet von meinem HTC One X mit Tapatalk
Other roms installs the same way as CM. Flash the boot.img make a full wipe and install the rom.zip....done
Here is the nandroid backup for HTC 038 4.19 - https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B3ipMMzpaJW4bGpMVTRNRHFpOUk/edit
But they're seperate files and you need to download them all and place them in the right folder.
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did you try formatting cache, data and Dalvik in recovery??
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AhsonAli said:
did you try formatting cache, data and Dalvik in recovery??
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That is considered in the term full wipe !?
flashed android revolution hd
Mr Hofs said:
Other roms installs the same way as CM. Flash the boot.img make a full wipe and install the rom.zip....done
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i have flashed the android revolution hd rom. this rom is the perfect one, just the same as htc stock rom.you guys were really helpful.i would like to know many things about kernel and kernel flasher. what kernels actually does? i tried search the forum but couldn't find a simple post about it.
i like using android, and i wanna know most of it if i can.......thanks
Simple explanation, the kernel and hboot function sort of as a bios of a pc. It interacts with the software.
A kernel flasher....you don't need that if you flash the boot.img (kernel) straight from fastboot. The flasher does the same.
Hey guys, please help me out. I tried reverting back to stock AT&T HTC One M8 but I seem to have managed to remove the entire OS. I was following a guide on here on how to revert back but whatever I did in RUU, it completely ruined the phone so far. I can't load past the HTC logo. I'm able to install a custom recovery program but I don't know how to get back to anything at this point. I'm going to try to flash a custom ROM and see if that works but ultimately I'd like to go back to completely stock ROM. Thank you for the responses in advance.
First, flash a ROM in recovery to get it working again. Secondly, read the guides on going back to stock more thoroughly and make sure you understand what you're actually doing before trying to go back to stock again (the same is true before you even think about unlocking the phone - why do something when you have no idea what to do if something goes wrong?!?!).
I know my response may sound harsh but if you'd read up on everything first before doing anything then this question wouldn't have to be asked over and over again by multiple people every day...
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First, flash a ROM in recovery to get it working again. Secondly, read the guides on going back to stock more thoroughly and make sure you understand what you're actually doing before trying to go back to stock again (the same is true before you even think about unlocking the phone - why do something when you have no idea what to do if something goes wrong?!?!).
I know my response may sound harsh but if you'd read up on everything first before doing anything then this question wouldn't have to be asked over and over again by multiple people every day...
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Thank you for the response, appreciate it! I do read almost everything before flashing my devices, I like to see what problems people encounter before I attempt to mess with my phone. But I just found my mistake I ran into. The guide I was reading was about going from GPE to Sense Stock (I had maybe 4hrs of sleep in my defense on being brain dead). I did flash back to a custom ROM for now, I'll just do some more further research on going back to stock sense. Is it just as simple as getting the ROM and flashing like the custom ROMs?
Jayanyway said:
Thank you for the response, appreciate it! I do read almost everything before flashing my devices, I like to see what problems people encounter before I attempt to mess with my phone. But I just found my mistake I ran into. The guide I was reading was about going from GPE to Sense Stock (I had maybe 4hrs of sleep in my defense on being brain dead). I did flash back to a custom ROM for now, I'll just do some more further research on going back to stock sense. Is it just as simple as getting the ROM and flashing like the custom ROMs?
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So, were you running a GPe ROM or a Sense ROM? If you were running a Sense ROM you just need to restore a backup to get it back to stock. What software build was the phone on when you bought it new?
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So, were you running a GPe ROM or a Sense ROM? If you were running a Sense ROM you just need to restore a backup to get it back to stock. What software build was the phone on when you bought it new?
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I was on a Sense ROM. Android Revolution to be exact. And if you're talking about this number: 1.54.401.5 then I was that?
So just find a backup and restore to it? And that'll allow me to grab OTA updates too?
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I was on a Sense ROM. Android Revolution to be exact. And if you're talking about this number: 1.54.401.5 then I was that?
So just find a backup and restore to it? And that'll allow me to grab OTA updates too?
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If your phone was on 1.54.401.5 when you first got it (or before you flashed a custom ROM), and if you're S-OFF, you can follow the guide in my signature to go back to 100% stock
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If your phone was on 1.54.401.5 when you first got it (or before you flashed a custom ROM), and if you're S-OFF, you can follow the guide in my signature to go back to 100% stock
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Now what if I'm not 100% sure what build number I was before messing with my phone? Good chance of bricking? And one last question I promise, If I do go back to stock Sense ROM, can I still be rooted. S-Off, bootloader unlocked and still receive OTA updates? Or would I have to lock down again? I did read your guide, I was just wondering if I would still receive em before I decide to do all this work again lol
I really appreciate the quick responses. You're awesome.
Jayanyway said:
Now what if I'm not 100% sure what build number I was before messing with my phone? Good chance of bricking? And one last question I promise, If I do go back to stock Sense ROM, can I still be rooted. S-Off, bootloader unlocked and still receive OTA updates? Or would I have to lock down again? I did read your guide, I was just wondering if I would still receive em before I decide to do all this work again lol
I really appreciate the quick responses. You're awesome.
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If you're not sure on the original build then I wouldn't follow my guide. Do you know the CID of your phone? to check, run the following fastboot command:
fastboot getvar all
And post the results (blanking out the S/N and IMEI)
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If you're not sure on the original build then I wouldn't follow my guide. Do you know the CID of your phone? to check, run the following fastboot command:
fastboot getvar all
And post the results (blanking out the S/N and IMEI)
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Well I recently changed my CID to that 11111111 CID but here's what I got from that command:
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Well I recently changed my CID to that 11111111 CID but here's what I got from that command:
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Looks like an AT&T model to me.
Something that is not clear to me: Did you convert your phone to GPE or not? The partiton sizes are different so, if you did a GPE conversion you would need to convert your firmware partitions back.
If you didn't convert to GPE, you should just be able to restore a CWS__001 backup from the stock backups thread in the general section, flash stock recovery and download/install the OTA.
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Looks like an AT&T model to me.
Something that is not clear to me: Did you convert your phone to GPE or not? The partiton sizes are different so, if you did a GPE conversion you would need to convert your firmware partitions back.
If you didn't convert to GPE, you should just be able to restore a CWS__001 backup from the stock backups thread in the general section, flash stock recovery and download/install the OTA.
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Yes, I have an AT&T HTC One M8. As far as I know, I never converted to GPE. Here's a history of what I've done as far as flashing goes.
Unlocked bootload, rooted, went S-Off, flashed Android Revolution, flashed Viper ROM, went back to Android Revolution then tried to go back to stock and broke my phone. Now I'm back on Android Revolution. I did a whole bunch of factory resets/dalvik wipes and such so maybe that's why it looks confusing?
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If you didn't convert to GPE, you should just be able to restore a CWS__001 backup from the stock backups thread in the general section, flash stock recovery and download/install the OTA.
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Same Problem?
Hey folks!
I have the same question I think and I don't want to open a new thread.
I flashed SinlessRom over ViperOne without converting to GPe and now I'm stuck in a bootloop...
Can I restore a CWS__001 backup from the stock backups thread, flash stock recovery and I'm good to go?
Edit: Ok, my m8 is working now after flashing ViperOne, because it fixed the partitions
Edit2: There is still no information about the os when I'm booting into the bootloader
Does nobody know, why there is no firmware version?
Missing OS in HBOOT resolution
Finally got the answer I was looking for!
Download the modified TWRP from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=54054835
You are going to have to flash your current firmware first before installing it for the OS info to show up again in HBOOT. You can use the Flashify app to install it or else just do it the PC/ADB way using command prompt like I did. It totally worked for me, so go ahead and try it!!
If you have questions on how to flash anything, lemme know.
RockStar2005
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Does nobody know, why there is no firmware version?
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Sorry didn't see your post @RockStar2005
Disregard this message!!
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Sorry didn't see your post @RockStar2005
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Yoda,
Hey........ disregard my previous message. That version of TWRP DOES work (fixing "Blank OS" issue), HOWEVER........ I created a new backup using it and then tried to restore it over the weekend........... IT DIDN'T WORK! I think something is corrupted with it. So anyone who clicked on that link and got that version of twrp, delete it and ANY BACKUPS YOU CREATED WITH IT immediately. They are corrupted and useless.
Fortunately though, I was able to find a fully-operational version of TWRP over the weekend that has no issues and it too fixes the "Blank OS" problem too. Here you go:
http://themikmik.com/showthread.php?16278-SPRINT-RECOVERY-TWRP-Recovery-(UNOFFICIAL)-v2-7-0-4 (Control + F this: "Downloads TWRP Recovery 2.7.1.0 (DH) | Mirror (AFH) - build date: July 13, 2014". I downloaded from the Mirror link.)
Don't worry about it saying Sprint...... the dev CONFIRMED it works for all variants/carriers. So after creating a new backup using the standard twrp, I went back to stock recovery, re-flashed my most recent firmware (2.22.401.5), and then switched over to that new version of twrp........ created a new backup and then restored it using that new version. Worked like a charm!! And the "blank OS" issue........... gone! I highly recommend it!!
So please delete that old twrp and any backups you created using it, and you should be good to go!
P.S. My thanks to Midasgalp and also Captain Throwback!!
RockStar2005
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Anytime buddy!
RockStar2005