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[Q] rom issue

Hello, I've recently acquired the htc one x from a friend, i came from the sensation. I was trying to do some rom jumping today and put myself into a bit of a pickle.
what you alls need to know is that i accidently deleted the back ups. and now i have no roms to flash and none installed. I can get to twrp and mount to usb, but on the computer end it says i need to format disk before I can do anything. Since that's not really an option I seem to be stuck with no roms and no way to get a rom on it. I would like to put clean 5.0 back on and stick with that until i can better grasp the adb process on the one x. Any help would be appreciated, thank you -

horiz0ns said:
Hello, I've recently acquired the htc one x from a friend, i came from the sensation. I was trying to do some rom jumping today and put myself into a bit of a pickle.
what you alls need to know is that i accidently deleted the back ups. and now i have no roms to flash and none installed. I can get to twrp and mount to usb, but on the computer end it says i need to format disk before I can do anything. Since that's not really an option I seem to be stuck with no roms and no way to get a rom on it. I would like to put clean 5.0 back on and stick with that until i can better grasp the adb process on the one x. Any help would be appreciated, thank you -
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if the pc tells you that you have to format the sdcard you should do it, better than nothing mate...

i guess i was nervous about that deleting twrp and being stuck forever

horiz0ns said:
i guess i was nervous about that deleting twrp and being stuck forever
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you won't be stuck by deleting twrp, you can always flash any custom recovery from fastboot

with that i was able to get the rom onto it and install. however now I am in cleanrom 5.0 and I'm recieving .process and .phone failures and re boots. any idea how to proceed?

horiz0ns said:
with that i was able to get the rom onto it and install. however now I am in cleanrom 5.0 and I'm recieving .process and .phone failures and re boots. any idea how to proceed?
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have you flashed the rom's boot.img?

it claims it does it for you at the end? unfortunately i wanted to avoid that whole thing which is what got me into this mess.

horiz0ns said:
it claims it does it for you at the end? unfortunately i wanted to avoid that whole thing which is what got me into this mess.
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what are you talking about!? if you flash a rom (clean 5.0 in your case) you will also have to flash its boot.img to get it running!

at the end of the rom installation process it says it flashes the boot image for you.

horiz0ns said:
at the end of the rom installation process it says it flashes the boot image for you.
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never heard of an automatic flash of boot.img, it couldn't be possible cause you are not S-OFF

o ok. i've managed to flash it via http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1634786
unfortunately it didn't help that i got the phone and it had already been rooted, would have rather done it myself.
thank yo for all of your help!

horiz0ns said:
o ok. i've managed to flash it via http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1634786
unfortunately it didn't help that i got the phone and it had already been rooted, would have rather done it myself.
thank yo for all of your help!
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!??!?!??!!??!? could you speak english please? i cannot help you if i do not understand your problem

ok, i'll take it from the top- turn on phone into bootloader. I can no longer get to recovery. I have tried flashing twrp to no avail. when i reset it will go to cleanrom and bootloop. I need to completely reset and re install recovery and rom. just can't get it working for some reason

fastboot erase cache
Go recovery and erase the cache and dalvik cache.

i would but now recovery goes to boot loop, even after i try and flash recovery (twrp and cwm)

fastboot erase cache

i have erased cashe in fastboot through one x tool kit and fastboot flasher. now it goes to the rom and the rom crashes and re boots. :/ how can i wipe and re install rom through fastboot?
also if i click recovery it goes to white htc screen with red dev warning text, then loops

I don't know. I don't know what your tool is doing.
Have you tried reflashing latest recovery? I recommend clockworkmod 5.8.4.0.

is that for gsm ? mine is att version, dk if that matters here

Oh FFS.
You're asking questions about a dual core snapdragon phone in a forum for a quad core Tegra3 based phone and you only wonder out loud now whether that matters?
Yes. Yes it does.
Now go ask questions about your phone in the forum for your phone before you break it.

Device will not flash any recovery in fastboot

My device decided to randomly encrypt itself after using the CM12 port that is available. How this happened is beyond me. Anyhow, I tried to do a factory reset... Nothing would mount because the device was encrypted. So, I thought it would be a great idea to flash a different recovery. By now, I have flashed over 6 recovery images (all different) even the stock. Fastboot says that the transfer went through successfully only to find when I try to boot into recovery, it boots into fastboot instead.
Yes the device is unlocked.
I don't know if there is a ROM on it, but when i try to start it normally, it wont boot past the splash screen (before the boot animation)
Please help, as this is the only phone I am stuck with for a long time

Here's a thread with people that have a similar problem. There are some suggestions of what to do in there, but personally none of them worked for me. I ended up having to send it back to Amazon.

iananderson said:
Here's a thread with people that have a similar problem. There are some suggestions of what to do in there, but personally none of them worked for me. I ended up having to send it back to Amazon.
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Thank you. Still no success :/

BLEXXAR said:
My device decided to randomly encrypt itself after using the CM12 port that is available. How this happened is beyond me. Anyhow, I tried to do a factory reset... Nothing would mount because the device was encrypted. So, I thought it would be a great idea to flash a different recovery. By now, I have flashed over 6 recovery images (all different) even the stock. Fastboot says that the transfer went through successfully only to find when I try to boot into recovery, it boots into fastboot instead.
Yes the device is unlocked.
I don't know if there is a ROM on it, but when i try to start it normally, it wont boot past the splash screen (before the boot animation)
Please help, as this is the only phone I am stuck with for a long time
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Never factory restore when you have a Custom ROM as it isn't made to reset with the devices stock hardware and causes things to go crazy.
Always use a nandroid of the original system with root, then unroot, then factory restore from that.
Also. YouTube search - HTC Desire 816 root unlock bootloader.
Use the .exe recovery from that video in fastboot at least twice without exiting fastboot or rebooting.
Now try the recovery.
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Didn't work. Thanks though.

BLEXXAR said:
Didn't work. Thanks though.
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When you were on the stock recovery, could you wipe partitions?
Also what model do you have?

[Q] No OS, phone boots to cmw but won't go any further need help!

So I attempted to root my HTC Desire 816 dual sim. I managed to get it to work following instructions I found from this site. I then went on to try and install Cyanongenmod onto my device, I can't remember where the site was that I was following but I had to, within CMW recovery, wipe data/factory reset, wipe dalvik cashe, format system and format partition.
I did all this then tried to flash this ROM but it said it was the wrong ROM for my device and it said my device was htc_a5dug. which I've had no luck finding anywhere.
Now the phone will only boot into CMW recovery, I can install superSU but any other ROMs I've tried it has aborted automatically, if i restart the system from CMW, it comes up saying there is no root access, root missing /system/xbin/su ( see one of the attached pictures)
I've managed to get it restarted to the bootloader page twice (happens randomly when I select restart to bootloader from CMW) (pictures of bootloader in attatchments showing no OS)
I have a feeling I've totally stuffed my phone when i formatted the system and partition
If anyone has any idea how I can get this fixed I would be so greatful.
PS I'm feeling quite noobish right now

Download cwm backup for your device and restore it in cwm if you don't have your own backup

drummer1839 said:
Download cwm backup for your device and restore it in cwm if you don't have your own backup
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where do I get a cwm backup from?
[edit] OK I flashed a recovery stock.img file, then I got a red triangle, the phone rebooted and now its stuck on the htc android startup screen and I can't turn the phone off. so Ill have to wait till the battery runs flat.
In the mean time more suggestions and guidance would be super.

drummer1839 said:
Download cwm backup for your device and restore it in cwm if you don't have your own backup
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Found a backup and my phone is now working again, Thank you very much for helping.

Remember there is a golden rule always make a backup when you want to flash something new

[Q] Cant boot to recovery (SOLVED)

Hi guys!
After I restored my 5.0.2 nandroid backup from 5.1.1, I forgot to wipe dalvik/cache.
Now the device boots, but i cant access recovery (red notification light on boot).
After it comes up, almost every process is stopped, and after less than a minute the device reboots.
Does anybody have a solution?
5.0.2 (.242) rooted.

Oreltub said:
Hi guys!
After I restored my 5.0.2 nandroid backup from 5.1.1, I forgot to wipe dalvik/cache.
Now the device boots, but i cant access recovery (red notification light on boot).
After it comes up, almost every process is stopped, and after less than a minute the device reboots.
Does anybody have a solution?
5.0.2 (.242) rooted.
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I would try fastboot. If you can flash any boot and recovery IMG combo that would get you into recovery, you could re-restore your backup. Lots of files available for download in the forums. If you don't have fastboot set up, and don't want to, maybe just reflash ROM and re-root, since rooting 5.0 is not a big deal. Then you could get back to recovery.

levone1 said:
I would try fastboot. If you can flash any boot and recovery IMG combo that would get you into recovery, you could re-restore your backup. Lots of files available for download in the forums. If you don't have fastboot set up, and don't want to, maybe just reflash ROM and re-root, since rooting 5.0 is not a big deal. Then you could get back to recovery.
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didnt really understand the fastboot option..
can i do the ROM reflash without loosing data?

Oreltub said:
didnt really understand the fastboot option..
can i do the ROM reflash without loosing data?
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Probably not without recovery. If your bl is unlocked, you can use fastboot on your PC to get into recovery. Start with this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48915118#post48915118

levone1 said:
Probably not without recovery. If your bl is unlocked, you can use fastboot on your PC to get into recovery. Start with this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48915118#post48915118
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Update- i managed to flash 5.0.2 via flashtool, and didn't wipe data..
It works (apps still installed, no data disappeared) , but it seems like i have no data partition (storage notification, can't install apps, empty folder in ES Explorer..)
Update 2- I installed kk ROM, rooted it, and updated to lp..
Thank you levone1!
Mods can lock the thread.
Xperia Z1 Compact .242

Twrp wont work,so i have no backup.. help!

I had a rooted phone with twrp. someone told me about the nougat preview so I decided to try it. I got it... but its slow, choppy, and buggy. I attempted to boot into recovery to restore. it didn't work, it said no command. so, I flashed twrp. but when I try to boot into twrp I'm stuck at the logo with "teamwin". I just want everything back!i need my backup. help!! nothing I tried worked. booting into it in the command prompt didn't work either and I tried erasing recovery then reflashing . same issue. help.... also, I don't understand many technical terms and ive only had an android for 5 months. I just really need help!!

starlitserenity said:
I had a rooted phone with twrp. someone told me about the nougat preview so I decided to try it. I got it... but its slow, choppy, and buggy. I attempted to boot into recovery to restore. it didn't work, it said no command. so, I flashed twrp. but when I try to boot into twrp I'm stuck at the logo with "teamwin". I just want everything back!i need my backup. help!! nothing I tried worked. booting into it in the command prompt didn't work either and I tried erasing recovery then reflashing . same issue. help.... also, I don't understand many technical terms and ive only had an android for 5 months. I just really need help!!
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I'm new to the 5X but have been using Nexus devices for a while. The 5X is different though. From my understanding, the data on the device is encrypted. TWRP can't read the contents on the internal storage as it is. At least not on the Dev Preview. In order to allow it to read the storage, you need to decrypt the data which means you need a custom boot.img. There is one around here somewhere. just fastboot flash it and install TWRP again. I can't recall if it wipes the data so you might want to backup your TWRP backup to a computer before doing it. After flashing everything, move your backup back to your device and restore it.
Don't just take my word for it though. Read through stuff first. That's just my basic understanding of how it works to get you started.
EDIT: depending on how you got the preview on your device, if you opted in for the beta and got the OTA, you can sign out of the beta and another OTA will be sent to your phone to revert back to Marshmallow. Then go through the process of installing TWRP and your backup. This will probably be faster than I mentioned above. But transfer your backup to your computer first because that does wipe your device.